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Ascension 0520 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rokki Kukko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy McLarnin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jimmy McLarnin has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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171 lbs
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183 lbs
15 - 9 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 23 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rokki Kukko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy McLarnin!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Phil Schofield and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McLarnin misses the jab.
Kukko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McLarnin manages to avoid it.
McLarnin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kukko connects with a crisp jab.
McLarnin lands a nice looking body shot.
Kukko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McLarnin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McLarnin misses with a two punch combination.
A big left from Kukko misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McLarnin throws a hook but Kukko avoids it easily.
Kukko half committed to a counter leg kick.
Kukko thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kukko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McLarnin.
Kukko was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kukko misses with a right hand
and McLarnin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McLarnin tests Kukko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kukko tries to clinch there but McLarnin circles away.
McLarnin moves out of range of the leg kick from Kukko.
Kukko moves into the clinch successfully.
McLarnin tries to land a knee to the head but Kukko blocks with his arms.
Kukko has McLarnin pushed against the cage.
Kukko is looking for a takedown.
McLarnin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kukko avoids it.
Kukko effectively controlling the action here.
McLarnin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kukko has managed to clinch.
Kukko wants a takedown but no success here.
Kukko has hold of one of McLarnin's legs. McLarnin is fighting the takedown attempt but Kukko gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kukko sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Kukko throws an elbow that misses. McLarnin uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kukko's guard. Nice move by McLarnin!
McLarnin wants to control from the top but Kukko keeps moving.
McLarnin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kukko keeping moving, preventing McLarnin from controlling successfully.
Kukko not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kukko wants to stand and escape but McLarnin is having none of it.
Kukko is controlling McLarnin's posture.
McLarnin connects with a couple of short punches.
Kukko looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but McLarnin puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
McLarnin prevents Kukko from improving his position.
Kukko has his hands clasped together around McLarnin's back. He's all about the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
McLarnin is looking to take a break and control but Kukko is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kukko is trying to maintain the position but McLarnin is very close to passing his half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Kukko moves to clinch but McLarnin breaks away
and McLarnin counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy McLarnin dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
McLarnin cracks Kukko with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kukko avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kukko drops down looking for a counter takedown but McLarnin sprawls and moves away.
McLarnin doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Kukko cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kukko tries to clinch
and McLarnin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by McLarnin.
Kukko looking for a sweep. Not yet Kukko, not yet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kukko uses the cage to get back to his feet.
McLarnin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kukko pinned against the cage. Kukko gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Kukko drops down looking for a counter takedown but McLarnin sprawls and moves away.
Kukko looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jimmy McLarnin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kukko throws a shot to the body.
McLarnin cracks Kukko with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rokki Kukko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kukko misses with a left hand
letting McLarnin counter with a right hand.
McLarnin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kukko staying out of range there.
Kukko shoots in for a takedown but McLarnin shows good takedown defense.
Kukko throws a series of punches but McLarnin avoids them all with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Kukko. Those never looked like landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kukko connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between McLarnin's hands.
Kukko doesn't succeed with the takedown
and McLarnin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kukko goes for a double leg but McLarnin avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as McLarnin continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rokki Kukko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kukko misses with a double jab
and McLarnin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Kukko enables McLarnin to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Kukko manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Kukko manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Kukko swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McLarnin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLarnin is defending well against a takedown attempt.
McLarnin wants to break free but Kukko has control.
Kukko has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. McLarnin is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Kukko breaks the clinch.
McLarnin ducks under a wild hook from Kukko.
McLarnin goes for a double leg but Kukko avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Kukko continues to drive forward.
McLarnin misses with a body shot.
Kukko wants to clinch
and Kukko takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McLarnin lands a nice hook to Kukko's body. Kukko takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kukko throws a series of punches but McLarnin avoids them all with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kukko tries to clinch but McLarnin moves away
and McLarnin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kukko closes the distance and clinches up with McLarnin, looking for a takedown. Kukko pushes McLarnin against the cage but McLarnin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
McLarnin shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kukko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kukko avoids the head kick by McLarnin.
Kukko tries to counter with a takedown but McLarnin is quick to defend against it.
Kukko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McLarnin moves away.
McLarnin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kukko misses with a takedown attempt
and McLarnin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy McLarnin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Kukko throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McLarnin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kukko misses with a hook
and McLarnin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kukko cracks McLarnin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
McLarnin misses with a two punch combination.
McLarnin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kukko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kukko moves away from the strike by McLarnin.
A big right from Kukko misses.
McLarnin looks to throw the jab but Kukko is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McLarnin lands a jab.
McLarnin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kukko finds it's way round the side to connect with McLarnin's head.
Kukko is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Kukko takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
McLarnin misses with a wild body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Kukko misses its target.
McLarnin throws a shot from downtown. Kukko moves away and avoids it.
McLarnin misses with a looping left.
McLarnin tests Kukko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McLarnin blocks a head kick by Kukko.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McLarnin swings for the body but Kukko moves out of range.
Kukko seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Kukko shoots for a takedown but McLarnin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kukko misses with a leg kick
and McLarnin counters with a nice uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Kukko misses the target.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
McLarnin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kukko moves into the clinch.
McLarnin tries to circle away but Kukko has him pinned against the cage.
Kukko stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kukko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kukko has McLarnin pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. McLarnin manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kukko presses McLarnin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kukko lands a right hand that snaps the head of McLarnin backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kukko throws an elbow but misses.
Kukko throws a punch but it's blocked by McLarnin.
Kukko tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rokki Kukko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kukko is trying to pull guard but McLarnin turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
McLarnin is trying to push Kukko away but Kukko has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
McLarnin has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kukko seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if McLarnin can turn it around.
McLarnin breaks from the clinch.
Kukko scores with a three punch combo!
Jimmy McLarnin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McLarnin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kukko scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McLarnin has his takedown stuffed
and Kukko counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kukko.
Kukko looking for a takedown.
McLarnin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kukko misses with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McLarnin misses with an uppercut. Kukko saw that one coming.
McLarnin darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Rokki Kukko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McLarnin trying to control from half guard but Kukko is working away.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jimmy McLarnin.
I've got McLarnin winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy McLarnin!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Manolito Damhuis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clarence McGee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Manolito Damhuis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clarence McGee!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGee misses with a body kick.
Damhuis looks to land a combination but McGee avoids it well.
McGee uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Damhuis has time to react.
McGee lands with a right hand.
Damhuis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McGee throws a leg kick
and Damhuis counters with a nice uppercut.
McGee blocks a jab.
McGee throws a body shot but no joy.
McGee misses with a body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by McGee.
Good leg kick by McGee there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
McGee closes the distance and clinches.
McGee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Damhuis managing to block the knees to the body from McGee.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Damhuis is trying to force a seperation but McGee has the dominant position.
Damhuis looking for a takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damhuis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McGee staying out of range there.
Clarence McGee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Damhuis scores with a push kick.
McGee fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Damhuis on the side of the head.
We've been informed that McGee has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Damhuis moves away from the strike by McGee.
A punch lands to the side of McGee 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A solid leg kick lands there for McGee.
Damhuis throws the left hand but McGee avoids the punch easily.
Damhuis swings for the body but McGee moves out of range.
Damhuis misses with the body kick
and McGee counters with a thumping low kick.
Damhuis throws a low kick but McGee moves out of range easily.
McGee fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Damhuis.
Damhuis pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
McGee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Damhuis was well out of range. Poor timing from McGee.
McGee lands a head kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Damhuis throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Damhuis misses with the body kick
and McGee cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McGee swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - McGee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Damhuis misses with a kick to the body.
McGee now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
McGee tries to clinch but Damhuis moves out of range.
Damhuis has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from McGee finds it's way round the side to connect with Damhuis's head.
Damhuis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McGee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McGee looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
McGee connects with a body shot that sends Damhuis's belly button to the back.
McGee fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Damhuis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Damhuis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McGee throws a leg kick but Damhuis moved away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Damhuis. That's going to slow McGee down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damhuis tries to land a front kick but McGee steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
McGee wants to counter the offense by Damhuis and move into the clinch position.
Damhuis works the jab nicely.
McGee throws out a loose jab but Damhuis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Damhuis blocks a head kick by McGee.
Damhuis blocks a low kick nicely.
McGee buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
McGee wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
McGee drops his hands momentarily and Damhuis takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A punch lands to the side of Damhuis 's head but he takes it in his stride.
McGee rushes Damhuis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
McGee cracks Damhuis with a nice body shot.
McGee lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Damhuis.
McGee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Damhuis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Damhuis effectively controlling the action here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damhuis is looking to break free of the clinch but McGee has double underhooks.
Damhuis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McGee's elbow.
Damhuis misses with a hook from the clinch.
McGee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A left hand lands to the body for McGee.
McGee lands a damaging elbow.
Damhuis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Damhuis tries to break free but McGee pushes him back against the cage.
McGee lands an elbow that stopped Damhuis in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from McGee.
Damhuis lands a hook that snaps the head of McGee backwards.
Damhuis will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning McGee up against the cage.
McGee lands a nice elbow.
McGee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Damhuis's defenses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McGee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clarence McGee dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Damhuis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Manolito Damhuis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGee moves out of range as Damhuis strikes.
Damhuis tries to work over McGee's front leg with a kick but McGee checks it.
McGee connects with a leg kick. Damhuis looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
McGee tries a head kick but it misses.
McGee misses the shot to the body.
Clarence McGee seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Damhuis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
McGee tries to clinch but Damhuis is having none of it.
Damhuis throws a push kick but McGee slaps the foot to one side.
McGee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Damhuis attempts a counter takedown but McGee avoids it well and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Damhuis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
McGee forces Damhuis back against the cage and clinches.
McGee lands a right hand.
McGee softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Damhuis is trying to maintain a safe position but McGee gets an underhook and turns Damhuis into the cage.
Clarence McGee seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damhuis wants to break the clinch but can't.
McGee lands an elbow that stopped Damhuis in his tracks for a moment.
Damhuis wants to stall.
McGee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Damhuis struggles to land a body shot inside as McGee controls his hands.
McGee throws a punch but it's blocked by Damhuis.
Damhuis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Damhuis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McGee sizes up Damhuis with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
McGee tries to clinch up.
Damhuis half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
McGee lands with a slapping head kick.
Damhuis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McGee.
McGee avoids the head kick by Damhuis.
McGee lands a nice hook to Damhuis's body. Damhuis takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Damhuis punishes McGee's body with a nice straight punch.
Damhuis throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damhuis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McGee.
McGee lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Damhuis avoids the head kick by McGee.
Damhuis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Damhuis's corner calls for a 1-2. Damhuis obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Damhuis misses with a lunging right hand
and McGee counters with a good low kick that Damhuis was not able to check.
Damhuis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Damhuis lands a head kick. McGee smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
McGee connects with an inside leg kick.
Damhuis throws a lazy head kick
and McGee counters with a low kick, right behind Damhuis 's knee.
Damhuis throws a sloppy head kick and McGee moves out of range easily.
McGee walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Damhuis checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Damhuis half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Damhuis uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McGee has time to react.
McGee throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damhuis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McGee throws out the jab.
Damhuis drops down looking for a counter takedown but McGee sprawls and moves away.
McGee checks a low kick from Damhuis.
Nice uppercut lands for Damhuis. That snapped McGee's head back.
McGee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Damhuis.
McGee throws a fast counter high kick but Damhuis manages to duck under it in time.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
McGee takes a swing at Damhuis's ribcage but misses.
Damhuis with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Damhuis walks into a jab.
McGee drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from McGee - that will leave a mark!
Damhuis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Damhuis lands a jab to McGee's midsection.
McGee has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Damhuis lands a nice shot that snaps McGee's head back.
McGee throws a body punch but Damhuis moves out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Damhuis misses with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damhuis avoids a kick to the body.
Damhuis half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
McGee misses with a leg kick
and Damhuis counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Damhuis wants to control from the top but McGee keeps moving.
Damhuis throws an elbow that misses. McGee uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Damhuis's guard. Nice move by McGee!
McGee is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Clarence McGee will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
McGee misses with a looping right.
McGee lands the left hand.
Damhuis fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Damhuis swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McGee counters with a good, hard body kick but Damhuis shrugs it off.
Damhuis walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
McGee throws a low kick but Damhuis moves out of range easily.
Damhuis misses with a body kick.
McGee staying out of range there.
Damhuis shoots in looking for a takedown. McGee tries to sprawl out of it but Damhuis keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McGee manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGee is looking to clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from McGee, right into the meat.
Damhuis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGee lands with a slapping head kick.
McGee misses with a low kick.
McGee throws a body punch but Damhuis moves out of range.
McGee misses the shot to the body.
McGee with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Damhuis looks to land a right hand but McGee moved out of range.
McGee cracks a nice hook into Damhuis's ribs.
McGee ducks under a wild hook from Damhuis.
The fighters circling - Damhuis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A nice side step and McGee releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Damhuis misses with a hook. McGee ducked under it nicely.
McGee takes a swing at Damhuis's ribcage but misses.
Damhuis stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McGee.
McGee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Damhuis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McGee lands with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damhuis looks to score with a jab to the body but McGee is just out of range.
McGee is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Damhuis with a body shot.
McGee connects with an inside leg kick.
Damhuis throws a combination. McGee tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McGee fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Damhuis on the side of the head.
McGee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Damhuis.
McGee lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Damhuis. McGee does a little dance to reset his feet.
McGee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Damhuis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
McGee tries to clinch but Damhuis moves away
and Damhuis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McGee throws a half hearted mid kick.
McGee on the wrong end of a nice hook.
McGee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGee tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
McGee tries to clinch up.
Damhuis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McGee was well out of range. Poor timing from Damhuis.
A countering left hand to the body from McGee misses.
McGee pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Damhuis throws a hook but McGee blocks it.
McGee is looking to score with low kicks.
Damhuis moves out of range of the body kick from McGee.
Manolito Damhuis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McGee is looking to slow Damhuis down with leg kicks.
McGee changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Damhuis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Damhuis feinted with a counter takedown.
McGee clinches up with Damhuis and pushes him back against the cage.
Damhuis managing to block the knees to the body from McGee.
McGee lands a damaging elbow.
Damhuis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damhuis throws a low kick but McGee moves out of range easily.
A big left from Damhuis misses.
Damhuis misses with a looping right.
McGee pushes Damhuis away with a front kick.
McGee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Damhuis.
Damhuis ducks right into an uppercut from McGee.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Damhuis lands a jab to the nose.
Damhuis closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Damhuis blocks the body kick.
McGee lands a right hook to the body.
Damhuis tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Damhuis misses the shot to the body.
Damhuis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Clarence McGee comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got McGee winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clarence McGee!
Clarence McGee tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samart Payakaroon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Justice comes to the cage accompanied by Montana of 300 - Daddy Used to be the Plug. Payakaroon is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by My Balls and My Word - Geto Boys. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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34
218 lbs
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38
212 lbs
25 - 16 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samart Payakaroon!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Payakaroon throws a nice looking combination but Justice bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Justice throws a lazy right hand but Payakaroon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big left from Justice misses.
Justice moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Justice cracks Payakaroon with an open hand slap.
Justice leaves Payakaroon with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Justice looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Justice scores with a nice strike.
Payakaroon chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Justice can pounce on him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Justice looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Payakaroon misses with an uppercut.
Johnny Justice seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body kick there by Justice.
Justice tried to score with a low kick but Payakaroon checks it.
Justice throws a right hand that misses
and Payakaroon counters with a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Payakaroon shoots in for a takedown but Justice shows good takedown defense.
Justice throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Payakaroon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by Justice.
Justice lands with a right hand.
Payakaroon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Justice moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Payakaroon misses with a lunging right hand
and Justice connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Payakaroon drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Payakaroon takes a little break here. Justice wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Justice is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Payakaroon trying to control the action but Justice is working from the bottom.
Payakaroon lands a few punches from side control.
Justice throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice loads up on a big right hand but Payakaroon slips the punch.
Payakaroon wants to counter with a clinch but Justice pushes him away.
Justice looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Justice throws a shot from downtown. Payakaroon moves away and avoids it.
Justice misses with a leg kick.
Payakaroon throws a hook to the side of Justice's head but Justice sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd cheers as Justice lands an impressive looking overhand right. Payakaroon doesn't seem phased though.
Justice tried to score with a low kick but Payakaroon checks it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Payakaroon! But no joy.
Payakaroon throws a leg kick which misses Justice's front leg but catches the back leg as Justice tries to avoid it.
Justice buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Payakaroon looks to score with a jab to the body but Justice is just out of range.
The fighters circling - Payakaroon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Justice avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Justice waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Payakaroon.
Justice looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice tries a head kick but it misses.
Justice connects with a body shot.
Payakaroon blocks a leg kick.
Justice scores with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Justice misses with a straight right.
Justice connects with a single shot there.
Justice misses with a low kick.
Justice lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Justice misses with a kick to the body.
Justice is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A swing and a miss from Justice.
Justice sizes up Payakaroon with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Payakaroon.
Payakaroon rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Justice counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Justice dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
The crowd cheers as Justice lands an impressive looking overhand right. Payakaroon doesn't seem phased though.
Justice lands with an uppercut that bounces Payakaroon off the cage and back into range.
Payakaroon avoids the body shot from Justice.
Payakaroon on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Justice. Justice obviously looking to wear him down.
Justice is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Payakaroon can do to turn this around?
Payakaroon cracks Justice with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Payakaroon swings for the body but Justice moves out of range.
Payakaroon dips to his left and cracks Justice with an uppercut!
Donk. Justice catches Payakaroon right on the button with a cross.
Justice avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Justice uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Payakaroon.
Payakaroon takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Payakaroon swings for the body but Justice moves out of range.
Justice connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good leg kick by Justice there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Payakaroon tries to work over Justice's front leg with a kick but Justice checks it.
Justice scores with a punch to the head.
Payakaroon throws an ugly left hook that misses
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Justice counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Justice throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Payakaroon tries to counter with a clinch but Justice shakes him off and moves away.
A leg kick checked by Payakaroon.
Justice throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Payakaroon tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Payakaroon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Justice.
Justice misses with a straight right.
Payakaroon was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Justice throws a series of punches but Payakaroon avoids them all with ease.
Justice takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Justice throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Justice misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Payakaroon lands with a nice combination. Justice backs away looking to recover.
It looks like Johnny Justice has been cut.
Payakaroon's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Payakaroon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnny Justice is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Payakaroon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jab by Justice.
Payakaroon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Justice.
Jab, jab by Justice - just one landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Justice misses the target.
Payakaroon unleashes a big counter combination but Justice bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Payakaroon gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Justice lands with a cross.
Payakaroon takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Justice fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Justice buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Payakaroon misses its intended target.
Justice fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Payakaroon on the side of the head.
Justice thows a left - swing and a miss!
Payakaroon slips a jab from Justice.
Justice fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Payakaroon.
Justice tests Payakaroon's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Justice connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Justice darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Payakaroon bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Justice's head.
Payakaroon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Justice.
Payakaroon takes a swing at Justice's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Payakaroon.
Payakaroon throws a series of punches but Justice avoids them all with ease.
Payakaroon fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Justice has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Justice lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Payakaroon checks the leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Justice darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Justice misses with a looping right.
Payakaroon unleashes a big counter combination but Justice bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Justice misses with a straight left.
Justice cracks Payakaroon with a good jab.
Payakaroon has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Payakaroon with a poor takedown
and Payakaroon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Justice misses with a two punch combination.
Payakaroon shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Justice napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Justice bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Justice dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Justice's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Payakaroon takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Justice connects with a good right hand that stumbles Payakaroon. Payakaroon circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Payakaroon fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Justice avoids it really well and circles away.
Payakaroon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Justice manages to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Justice misses the target.
Justice lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Justice misses with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Payakaroon tries to clinch there but Justice circles away.
Payakaroon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Justice sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Justice on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Payakaroon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Justice.
Payakaroon takes one to the chin there.
Payakaroon shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Justice as he avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice scores with a nice right hand.
Justice misses with a hook. Payakaroon ducked under it nicely.
Payakaroon wants to counter the offense by Justice and move into the clinch position.
Justice swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Justice attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Payakaroon is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Justice misses with a looping left.
Justice throws out a powerful jab.
Payakaroon shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Justice as he avoids it easily.
Johnny Justice has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Samart Payakaroon.
Payakaroon's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Justice connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Payakaroon scrambles back to his feet.
Payakaroon ducks under a wild hook from Justice.
The crowd cheers as Justice lands an impressive looking overhand right. Payakaroon doesn't seem phased though.
Justice moves into range and connects with a jab.
Justice throws a nice inside leg kick.
Payakaroon misses with a body shot
and Payakaroon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Samart Payakaroon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice misses with a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Justice plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Donk. Justice catches Payakaroon right on the button with a cross.
Justice delivers a nice body kick.
Payakaroon misses with a wild combination.
Justice chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Johnny Justice is winning the standup battle so far.
Payakaroon steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Justice. That one must have hurt.
Justice fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Payakaroon has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Justice is looking to land body kicks.
Payakaroon wants to counter the offense by Justice and move into the clinch position.
Payakaroon gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Payakaroon walks into a straight right hand from Justice.
Payakaroon moves out of range of the strikes.
Justice keeps Payakaroon at a distance using the push kick.
Justice connects with a right hand. Payakaroon shakes it off.
Justice fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Justice looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Payakaroon avoids the body shot from Justice.
Justice cracks Payakaroon with an open hand slap.
Nice defenses there by Justice.
Justice scores with a jab.
Payakaroon slips a jab and a cross from Justice.
Payakaroon throws out a counter right but Justice avoids it with no problem.
That kick from Justice tenderised Payakaroon's leg. Payakaroon is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice connects with a solid leg kick.
Payakaroon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Justice throws a jab but it's blocked by Payakaroon.
Payakaroon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Payakaroon blocks a jab.
Justice throws a right hand that Payakaroon ducks under and follows up with a left that Payakaroon also avoids with ease.
Justice finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Payakaroon wants to slow Justice down by chopping away at his legs.
Payakaroon throws a combination that misses
and Justice cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Justice lands a nice leg kick that just misses Payakaroon's sensitive parts.
Payakaroon lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Justice showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Justice has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Justice!
A relieved looking Johnny Justice thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Samart Payakaroon was interviewed post fight and said 'It's been a great tournament. I have no regrets other than the regret I have in informing my opponent that his mom is waiting for me in the locker room! OH YEA BABY!!'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bo Xiang Pao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Olympia Unchained (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xiang Pao comes to the cage accompanied by Enter The Palm. Unchained has chosen Murphy Lee (feat. King Jacob & Prentiss Church) - Stomp (Explicit) as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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148 lbs
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36
154 lbs
15 - 9 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bo Xiang Pao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Olympia Unchained!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, William Gold and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xiang Pao connects with a body shot.
Xiang Pao has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Bjorn's Elite Team in the buildup to the fight.
Xiang Pao with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Xiang Pao looks to land a left hand but Unchained moved out of range nicely.
Unchained throws a leg kick
and Xiang Pao counters with a straight right hand.
Xiang Pao feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Unchained's calf.
Unchained lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Xiang Pao throws a nice outside leg kick.
Xiang Pao avoids the body shot from Unchained.
A lazy body kick from Unchained
and Xiang Pao counters with an outside leg kick.
Xiang Pao uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Unchained.
Unchained lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Unchained misses with a jab to the body
and Xiang Pao counters with a thumping low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Unchained chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Xiang Pao can pounce on him.
Unchained throws a low kick but Xiang Pao moves out of range easily.
Xiang Pao tried to counter with a leg kick but Unchained avoided it.
Unchained cracks Xiang Pao with an open hand slap.
Xiang Pao thumps Unchained with a low kick.
Unchained blocks a leg kick.
Unchained on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Xiang Pao attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Unchained moves out of range as Xiang Pao strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xiang Pao misses with a low kick.
Unchained flicks out a counter leg kick but Xiang Pao steps away.
Xiang Pao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Unchained manages to avoid it.
Unchained throws a quick inside leg kick.
Xiang Pao is looking to slow Unchained down with leg kicks.
Unchained misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Xiang Pao.
Unchained sizes up Xiang Pao with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Unchained checks a low kick from Xiang Pao.
Xiang Pao punishes Unchained's body with a nice straight punch.
Xiang Pao cracks Unchained with a right hand to the side of the head.
Unchained swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Xiang Pao throws a lazy right hand but Unchained sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Xiang Pao lands with an uppercut that bounces Unchained off the cage and back into range.
Unchained jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Xiang Pao fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Unchained.
That kick from Xiang Pao tenderised Unchained's leg. Unchained is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Unchained on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Unchained fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Xiang Pao manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Unchained throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Xiang Pao connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Xiang Pao throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Unchained checks the leg kick nicely there.
Xiang Pao lands with a shot to the body.
Unchained keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Unchained on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Xiang Pao. Xiang Pao obviously looking to wear him down.
Unchained tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Xiang Pao is able to avoid easily.
Xiang Pao lands a leg kick that knocks Unchained off balance momentarily.
Xiang Pao scores with the left hand. Unchained knows he should have avoided that one.
Xiang Pao connects with a crisp jab.
Unchained throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Xiang Pao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Unchained throws a jab but it's blocked by Xiang Pao.
Unchained misses with an uppercut.
Xiang Pao lands a nice looking body shot.
Xiang Pao throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Unchained sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Xiang Pao looks to land a right hand but Unchained moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xiang Pao checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nice uppercut lands for Xiang Pao. That snapped Unchained's head back.
Unchained misses with a hook.
Xiang Pao throws a shot to the body.
Bo Xiang Pao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice leg kick lands there from Xiang Pao.
Unchained's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A bone on bone clash there as Xiang Pao blocks the leg kick.
It looked like Xiang Pao was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Unchained.
Xiang Pao blocks a low kick nicely.
Xiang Pao feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Unchained's calf.
Xiang Pao thumps Unchained with a low kick.
Unchained is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Unchained throws out a leg kick but Xiang Pao moves out of range and Unchained only half commits.
Nice shot lands for Unchained.
Unchained scores with a hook to the body. Xiang Pao takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Unchained takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Xiang Pao thuds a left hand into Unchained's body.
Xiang Pao misses with an uppercut.
Xiang Pao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Unchained moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xiang Pao takes a swing at Unchained's ribcage but misses.
Unchained looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A big right from Unchained misses.
Unchained misses with a low kick.
Unchained lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Xiang Pao chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Unchained looks to throw the jab but Xiang Pao is out of range.
Xiang Pao connects with a right hand. Unchained shakes it off.
Xiang Pao swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Xiang Pao walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Unchained checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Unchained throws a jab but it's blocked by Xiang Pao.
Xiang Pao fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Good leg kick by Unchained there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Xiang Pao connects with a solid leg kick.
Xiang Pao does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Xiang Pao scores with a punch to the head.
Unchained swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Unchained misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bo Xiang Pao dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Xiang Pao, right into the meat.
Unchained takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Xiang Pao scores with a leg kick.
Unchained fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Unchained throws a hook but Xiang Pao avoids it easily.
Xiang Pao swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Unchained getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Xiang Pao throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Unchained lands a leg kick that knocks Xiang Pao off balance momentarily.
Unchained throws a low kick but it's checked well by Xiang Pao.
Unchained defending well as Xiang Pao loads up on a big left hand.
Xiang Pao misses the shot to the body.
Unchained tries to work over Xiang Pao's front leg with a kick but Xiang Pao checks it.
Xiang Pao cracks Unchained with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Xiang Pao fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Unchained goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bo Xiang Pao is winning the standup battle so far.
Xiang Pao lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Xiang Pao checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Unchained jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Xiang Pao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Unchained replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Xiang Pao blocks it well.
Xiang Pao works the jab nicely.
Unchained misses with a looping right.
Unchained walks into a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Xiang Pao.
Unchained tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Xiang Pao takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Unchained throws an overhand right that lands on Xiang Pao's shoulder, as Xiang Pao tries to avoid the shot.
Unchained throws out a loose jab but Xiang Pao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Xiang Pao thows a left - swing and a miss!
Unchained takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Xiang Pao is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Unchained can do to turn this around?
Good standup being displayed there by Xiang Pao as he connects with a hook.
Unchained connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Xiang Pao does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A slow jab from Xiang Pao misses its intended target.
A jab from Xiang Pao does it's job there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Unchained connects with a solid leg kick.
Xiang Pao scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Xiang Pao works Unchained's body with a nice hook.
Unchained throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Xiang Pao counters with a left and a right that stings Unchained.
Unchained chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Xiang Pao can pounce on him.
Unchained misses with a low kick.
Xiang Pao moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Unchained attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Unchained takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Xiang Pao lands with a cross.
Unchained pivots, looking for a leg kick but Xiang Pao is out of range and Unchained settles back down.
Xiang Pao throws a leg kick
and Unchained counters with a good low kick that Xiang Pao was not able to check.
Unchained takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Xiang Pao scores with a hook.
Xiang Pao misses with a body punch
enabling Unchained to counter with a crisp jab.
Xiang Pao scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xiang Pao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Unchained was well out of range. Poor timing from Xiang Pao.
Unchained ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Xiang Pao moves away.
Xiang Pao blocks the body kick.
A low kick from Xiang Pao misses
and Unchained counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Unchained checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Unchained only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Xiang Pao scores with a hook to the body. Unchained takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Xiang Pao attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Unchained looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Unchained misses with a left hand
and Xiang Pao counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Unchained thinking.
A big right from Xiang Pao misses.
Xiang Pao lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Unchained avoids the body shot from Xiang Pao.
Xiang Pao connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Unchained's hands.
Xiang Pao stuns Unchained with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Xiang Pao just misses with a punch to the body.
Unchained swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Xiang Pao looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Unchained misses the target.
Xiang Pao takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Xiang Pao fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Unchained.
Unchained keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Xiang Pao shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Unchained checks a leg kick.
Unchained tries to land a front kick but Xiang Pao steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Xiang Pao tries a low kick but Unchained avoids it.
Jab, jab by Unchained - just one landing.
Xiang Pao fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Unchained.
Xiang Pao moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Xiang Pao misses the shot to the body.
Unchained keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Some bone on bone action there as Xiang Pao checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Unchained looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Unchained throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Unchained walks into a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bo Xiang Pao dominated that second round.
That's time! Xiang Pao's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Nice straight punches there by Xiang Pao. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Xiang Pao.
Xiang Pao buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Unchained on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Unchained, as that shot connected.
Unchained has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A slapping leg kick lands for Unchained.
Unchained misses with a low kick as Xiang Pao jumps back.
Unchained bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Xiang Pao misses with a low kick.
Xiang Pao displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Unchained throws out the jab.
Xiang Pao misses with a hook.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Unchained! But no joy.
Xiang Pao with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Unchained connects with a right hand. Xiang Pao shakes it off.
Xiang Pao wants to land a leg kick but Unchained is out of range.
Xiang Pao uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Unchained.
Xiang Pao just misses with a punch to the body.
Xiang Pao misses with a combination
enabling Unchained to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Unchained checks a low kick from Xiang Pao.
Xiang Pao takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Unchained buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Unchained throws a jab when Xiang Pao was well out of range.
Unchained walks into a left hand.
A slow jab from Unchained misses its intended target.
Xiang Pao has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Xiang Pao there as he acknowledges the shot.
Unchained goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Xiang Pao lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Unchained has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Unchained and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Unchained throws a leg kick that is checked
and Xiang Pao counters with a right hand to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Unchained might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Xiang Pao has got the better of the exchanges.
Xiang Pao misses with a wild body shot.
Xiang Pao connects with a solid leg kick.
Xiang Pao dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Unchained. That did some damage!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Xiang Pao.
An inside leg kick lands from Xiang Pao.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Xiang Pao tries to land a leg kick but Unchained saw it coming and moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Unchained scoring well with a low kick there.
Xiang Pao buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Xiang Pao checks a leg kick.
Unchained throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Xiang Pao counters with an inside leg kick.
Xiang Pao throws a body shot but no joy.
Unchained looks to score with a jab to the body but Xiang Pao is just out of range.
Xiang Pao misses with a low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Unchained misses the target.
Unchained has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Xiang Pao.
Xiang Pao moves out of range as Unchained throws a body kick.
Xiang Pao appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Xiang Pao is looking to chop away at Unchained's legs.
Xiang Pao walks into a stiff left hand from Unchained.
A decent looking cross lands there for Xiang Pao.
Unchained misses with a body kick.
Xiang Pao misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Xiang Pao moves out of range of the body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Xiang Pao.
Xiang Pao takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Unchained throws a front kick aimed at Xiang Pao's knee but Xiang Pao avoids it well.
Unchained bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Xiang Pao's head.
Xiang Pao lands a nice leg kick that just misses Unchained's sensitive parts.
A big left from Unchained misses.
Xiang Pao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Unchained.
Unchained takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A looping hook to the body misses from Xiang Pao. Unchained does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big right from Unchained misses.
Xiang Pao was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Unchained tried to score with a low kick but Xiang Pao checks it.
Xiang Pao appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Xiang Pao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Unchained was well out of range. Poor timing from Xiang Pao.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Unchained, right into the meat.
Xiang Pao shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Unchained throws a leg kick that is checked
and Xiang Pao counters with an inside leg kick.
Xiang Pao blocks the body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xiang Pao is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
An inside leg kick from Unchained misses.
Unchained looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Xiang Pao throws a leg kick but Unchained sees it coming and moves out of range.
Xiang Pao is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice uppercut there from Xiang Pao.
Xiang Pao cracks Unchained with a good jab.
Xiang Pao connects with an inside leg kick.
Unchained fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Xiang Pao fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Unchained throws the left hand but Xiang Pao avoids the punch easily.
Xiang Pao attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Unchained takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Xiang Pao scoring well with a low kick there.
Bo Xiang Pao is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Unchained will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Unchained swings for the body but Xiang Pao moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bo Xiang Pao showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Xiang Pao has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bo Xiang Pao!
In his post fight interview, Bo Xiang Pao started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Benedict Arnold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Sturd Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sturd Jr has chosen Waka Flocka Flame - 50K (Neon Dreams Remix) as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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191 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Benedict Arnold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jason Sturd Jr!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sturd Jr takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sturd Jr lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sturd Jr fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Arnold has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Arnold closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sturd Jr feints and then cracks Arnold's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Arnold down.
Arnold ducks under a wild hook from Sturd Jr.
We've been hearing reports that Arnold has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
An inside leg kick lands from Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Arnold doesn't seem bothered though.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr is looking to chop away at Arnold's legs.
Arnold avoids a kick to the body.
Sturd Jr walks into a straight right hand from Arnold.
It looks like Jason Sturd Jr has been cut.
Arnold throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sturd Jr on the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sturd Jr moves out of range as Arnold strikes.
Sturd Jr counters with a body kick.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Sturd Jr has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Arnold cracks Sturd Jr with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Arnold checks a low kick from Sturd Jr.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arnold lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sturd Jr misses with a wild body shot.
Arnold rushes Sturd Jr and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sturd Jr.
Arnold lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sturd Jr misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sturd Jr has had enough of the clinch but Arnold keeps him there for the moment.
Sturd Jr working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Sturd Jr fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sturd Jr.
Arnold misses with the head strike.
Arnold tries to work over Sturd Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sturd Jr manages to break the clinch.
Sturd Jr changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice body kick there by Sturd Jr.
Arnold misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arnold ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Good standup being displayed there by Sturd Jr as he connects with a hook.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sturd Jr lands a front kick.
Arnold fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sturd Jr, pushing him back against the cage.
Arnold can't find room to land a body shot as Sturd Jr controls the action.
Sturd Jr manages to break the clinch.
Arnold wants to clinch but Sturd Jr slips to the side
and Sturd Jr counters with a body kick.
Arnold throws the left hand but Sturd Jr avoids the punch easily.
Sturd Jr pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Arnold throws a counter high kick but Sturd Jr was just alert enough to avoid it.
Sturd Jr connects with a leg kick. Arnold looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sturd Jr.
Jason Sturd Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sturd Jr is looking to land body kicks.
Sturd Jr fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Arnold lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sturd Jr doesn't seem phased though.
Sturd Jr lands with a nice body kick.
A shot to the liver by Sturd Jr. Beautiful body shot.
Arnold wants to clinch up but Sturd Jr keeps it at a distance.
Sturd Jr lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Sturd Jr chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Arnold tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sturd Jr swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sturd Jr misses the jab.
Sturd Jr throws a shot from downtown. Arnold moves away and avoids it.
Sturd Jr closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Arnold is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Arnold throws a hook to the side of Sturd Jr's head but Sturd Jr sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Arnold slips a straight right by Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr cracks the inside of Arnold's front leg.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sturd Jr. Arnold does a little dance to reset his feet.
Arnold swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arnold takes a head kick and keeps coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sturd Jr avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sturd Jr misses with a jab, cross combination.
Arnold walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sturd Jr throws a low kick but Arnold moves out of range easily.
Sturd Jr fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sturd Jr throws a right hand that misses
and Arnold counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Arnold throws a body shot but no joy.
Arnold misses with an uppercut.
Sturd Jr raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Sturd Jr.
Arnold throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Arnold throws an off balance right hand
and Sturd Jr counters with a single leg into guard. Arnold didn't expect that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Sturd Jr dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Sturd Jr's cut.
That's time! Arnold's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A right-left combo lands from Sturd Jr.
Arnold is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Arnold blocks a jab.
Sturd Jr fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Arnold throwing a counter right hand but Sturd Jr manages to avoid it.
Sturd Jr displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Arnold throws out the jab.
Sturd Jr looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Arnold thuds a left hand into Sturd Jr's body.
Arnold dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Arnold misses with a looping right.
Arnold will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Arnold swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A swing and a miss from Arnold.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sturd Jr buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Arnold checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Arnold lands with a kick to the temple. Sturd Jr shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sturd Jr getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Arnold is looking to clinch but Sturd Jr is avoiding it.
Sturd Jr appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sturd Jr throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sturd Jr.
Nice uppercut there from Sturd Jr.
Arnold misses with a hook to the body
and Sturd Jr counters with a stiff right hand.
Arnold steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sturd Jr.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr lunges at Arnold with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Arnold's hand.
Arnold displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sturd Jr throws out the jab.
Arnold moves in looking to clinch but Sturd Jr pushes him off.
Sturd Jr lands with a shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sturd Jr.
Arnold just misses with a punch to the body.
Sturd Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Sturd Jr - just one landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sturd Jr tries to keep at a distance but Arnold has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sturd Jr is trying to break the clinch but Arnold is controlling him.
Arnold working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Arnold.
Sturd Jr blocking some punches.
Sturd Jr has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sturd Jr creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sturd Jr lands with a light punch inside.
Arnold can't find room to land a body shot as Sturd Jr controls the action.
Sturd Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Arnold.
Sturd Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
Sturd Jr throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Arnolds head.
Sturd Jr misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Sturd Jr.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sturd Jr blocks an uppercut.
Arnold blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sturd Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
Arnold tries to work over Sturd Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Arnold makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sturd Jr.
A head punch on the inside from Arnold fails to land.
Arnold swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Arnold blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sturd Jr.
Still in the clinch, Arnold scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sturd Jr is trying to break the clinch but Arnold has him pressed against the cage.
Arnold throws a head punch that misses.
Sturd Jr working aggressively here.
Arnold blocking some punches.
Arnold lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sturd Jr blocks a body shot from Arnold.
Sturd Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sturd Jr lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sturd Jr.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sturd Jr wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Arnold tries to move into range but Sturd Jr moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Arnold checks a leg kick.
Sturd Jr looks to land a left hand but Arnold moved out of range nicely.
Sturd Jr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Arnold sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Arnold was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Arnold swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Sturd Jr counter with a right hand.
Sturd Jr misses with a hook. Arnold ducked under it nicely.
Sturd Jr lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sturd Jr lands a head kick. Arnold smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Sturd Jr bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Sloppy strikes from Arnold. Those never looked like landing.
Sturd Jr throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Sturd Jr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jason Sturd Jr's cut.
That's time! Arnold's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Sturd Jr blocks a jab.
Arnold swings for the body but Sturd Jr moves out of range.
A slow jab from Sturd Jr misses its intended target.
Arnold misses with a straight right.
Arnold stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sturd Jr.
Arnold blocks a jab.
Sturd Jr thumps Arnold with a low kick.
Arnold throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sturd Jr feints the counter takedown.
Sturd Jr darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sturd Jr tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Arnold avoids a kick to the body.
Arnold keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Arnold takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sturd Jr ducks under a wild hook from Arnold.
Sturd Jr lands with a hook. Arnold tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That kick from Arnold tenderised Sturd Jr's leg. Sturd Jr is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sturd Jr throws a nice outside leg kick.
Arnold throws a series of punches but Sturd Jr moves out of range.
Arnold walks into a jab.
Arnold walks into a jab.
Sturd Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Arnold is just out of range.
Sturd Jr misses with a kick to the body
and Arnold counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Arnold throws a body punch but Sturd Jr moves out of range.
Sturd Jr throws a lazy right hand but Arnold sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Arnold walks into a left hand.
Sturd Jr throws a quick inside leg kick.
Benedict Arnold has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arnold dodges the punch combination from Sturd Jr.
Arnold uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sturd Jr.
A little feinted left hand from Arnold on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Arnold takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sturd Jr connects with a single shot there.
Arnold keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Arnold throws a jab when Sturd Jr was well out of range.
Jason Sturd Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Arnold slips under a jab.
Sturd Jr misses with a body kick.
Arnold swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sturd Jr.
Arnold tries to move into range but Sturd Jr moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Arnold has closed the distance and engaged Sturd Jr in a clinch.
Sturd Jr prevents a body shot from Arnold.
Benedict Arnold has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Sturd Jr on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Arnold.
A head punch on the inside from Arnold fails to land.
Sturd Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Arnold lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr lands a nice uppercut.
Arnold swings wildly with an uppercut but Sturd Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Arnold looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sturd Jr working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Arnold - that landed with a thud.
Sturd Jr working aggressively here.
Sturd Jr prevents a body shot from Arnold.
Sturd Jr prevents a body shot from Arnold.
A head punch on the inside from Sturd Jr fails to land.
Arnold throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arnold tries to throw a body punch but Sturd Jr avoids it by throwing Arnold back against the cage.
Arnold makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Arnold tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sturd Jr's elbow.
Arnold swings wildly with an uppercut but Sturd Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sturd Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Sturd Jr there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A left and a right from Sturd Jr both land. Nice combination.
Arnold throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice body punch from Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Arnold throwing a counter right hand but Sturd Jr manages to avoid it.
Sturd Jr lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sturd Jr looks to land a body kick but Arnold moved away.
Arnold appears to be looking for a big counter.
Sturd Jr waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Arnold.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Sturd Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sturd Jr winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Sturd Jr!
An out of breath Jason Sturd Jr thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Benedict Arnold spoke after the fight, saying 'Stupid auto flight, free win for opponent'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Monteban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davie Brophy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brophy has chosen Pantera - Walk as his entrance music. Davie Brophy has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ricardo Monteban's chin.
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146 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ricardo Monteban!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Davie Brophy!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brophy throws a right and a left that both miss.
A nice inside leg kick there by Monteban. That's going to slow Brophy down.
Brophy connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Monteban momentarily.
Donk. Monteban catches Brophy right on the button with a cross.
Ricardo Monteban seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brophy throws a body shot but no joy.
Brophy drops Monteban with a beautiful combination! Monteban stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Brophy is looking for the KO!
Monteban is rocked!
It looks like Ricardo Monteban has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Monteban misses the target.
Monteban lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A good leg kick by Brophy.
Brophy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brophy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brophy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A low kick from Monteban is predictable there
and Brophy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A head kick misses from Brophy.
Brophy misses with a kick to the body
and Monteban counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Monteban to score with a decent uppercut.
Monteban throws a body punch but Brophy moves out of range.
Monteban ducks under a wild hook from Brophy.
Monteban is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Brophy.
Monteban shoots in and bounces Brophy off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Monteban might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Monteban lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Monteban is looking to work some ground and pound but Brophy has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Monteban scoring with some ground and pound.
Brophy lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Monteban looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Monteban looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Brophy passes into side control.
Monteban is trying to get back to half guard.
Brophy in side control, just content to control the action for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Monteban is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Brophy off and has taken his back!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy breaks Monteban's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Brophy must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Monteban looking for a guillotine here but Brophy defends easily.
Brophy works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Monteban regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Monteban looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Brophy passes into side control.
Monteban wants to control but Brophy postures up.
Monteban is looking to reverse the position.
Monteban looking for a sweep but Brophy has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Brophy sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Monteban looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Davie Brophy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Monteban's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Brophy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Monteban throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Monteban tries to clinch there but Brophy circles away.
Monteban takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brophy is looking to slow Monteban down with leg kicks.
Brophy motions for Monteban to come forward. Brophy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Monteban throws a body punch but Brophy moves out of range.
Monteban jabs Brophy right on the nose. Brophy blinks but takes it well.
Monteban punishes Brophy's body with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Monteban darts in and clinches Brophy up against the cage.
Monteban doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brophy throws a punch but it's blocked by Monteban.
Brophy misses with the head strike.
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Monteban is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Brophy is working Monteban over against the cage.
Monteban blocking some punches.
Monteban lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brophy backwards.
Nice body punch from Brophy.
Monteban makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Monteban fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy is working Monteban over against the cage.
Monteban is working for takedown but Brophy is calmly controlling the position for now.
A left hand lands to the body for Brophy.
Monteban is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Brophy to keep the fight standing.
Monteban takes a shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Brophy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brophy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Monteban's elbow.
Brophy tries to work over Monteban's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Monteban blocks an uppercut.
Brophy misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brophy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brophy misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Brophy fails to land.
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy digs a right hand into Monteban's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Monteban's gas tank.
Brophy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Monteban backwards.
Brophy lands a body punch.
Monteban is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricardo Monteban. That's going to take a lot out of him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brophy.
Brophy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Monteban backwards.
Brophy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Monteban tries a body shot but Brophy blocks it.
Brophy can't find room to land a body shot as Monteban controls the action.
Monteban lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brophy backwards.
Brophy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Monteban stalling in the clinch but Brophy improves position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Brophy fails to land.
Brophy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Brophy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Brophy misses with some punches.
Brophy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Brophy tries a body shot but Monteban blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brophy.
A right handed body shot lands from Brophy.
Brophy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Monteban's elbow.
Brophy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brophy is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Monteban blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Monteban blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Monteban blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Monteban is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Brophy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Brophy gets underhooks to prevent Monteban's takedown attempt.
Monteban throws a punch but it's blocked by Brophy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Monteban will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Brophy up against the cage.
Brophy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brophy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Monteban manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Monteban working for submissions but it's allowed Brophy to get to half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Brophy looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Monteban looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Still in half guard, Brophy seems content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Davie Brophy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Monteban's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A low kick from Monteban misses
and Brophy counters with a leg kick.
Monteban uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brophy.
Brophy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Monteban finds it's way round the side to connect with Brophy's head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Brophy.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Monteban, as that shot connected.
Monteban cracks Brophy with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Monteban takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Brophy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Monteban throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brophy counters with a stiff right hand.
Monteban throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Brophy thumps Monteban with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brophy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Monteban scores with a jab to the head.
Brophy works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Monteban lands a really nice looking cross but Brophy seems unphased.
Monteban swings for the body but Brophy moves out of range.
Brophy throws a fast counter high kick but Monteban manages to duck under it in time.
Monteban lands with a cross.
Monteban takes a swing at Brophy's ribcage but misses.
Brophy flicks out a counter leg kick but Monteban steps away.
Brophy has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Monteban blocks a jab.
Brophy ducks under a wild hook from Monteban.
Brophy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Brophy tries to throw a body punch but Monteban avoids it by throwing Brophy back against the cage.
Brophy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Monteban is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Brophy gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Brophy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brophy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Monteban misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brophy.
Davie Brophy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Brophy misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy throws a head punch that misses.
Monteban is trying to stall.
Brophy lands with a right to the head.
Monteban drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Brophy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Montebans head.
Monteban escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brophy has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A bone on bone clash there as Brophy blocks the leg kick.
Monteban takes one on the button.
Oh Monteban is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice shot lands for Brophy.
Brophy throws a shot from downtown. Monteban moves away and avoids it.
Ricardo Monteban has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Monteban misses the shot to the body.
Monteban checks the leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy lands a lovely overhand right.
Monteban shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Brophy lands a brutal head kick. Monteban looks out on his feet and Brophy throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Davie Brophy!
Davie Brophy spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Trent Cotchin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Ajax (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ajax has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Marco Ajax has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Trent Cotchin's chin.
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32
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32
158 lbs
24 - 12 - 1 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Trent Cotchin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marco Ajax!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ajax connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cotchin momentarily.
Cotchin looks to score with a jab to the body but Ajax is just out of range.
Ajax on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Ajax - that will leave a mark!
A jab from Cotchin does it's job there.
Ajax throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cotchin.
Ajax lands with an uppercut that bounces Cotchin off the cage and back into range.
Cotchin throws out a leg kick but Ajax moves out of range and Cotchin only half commits.
Ajax clinches up with Cotchin and pushes him back against the cage.
Ajax tries to throw a body punch but Cotchin avoids it by throwing Ajax back against the cage.
Cotchin gets underhooks to prevent Ajax's takedown attempt.
Ajax blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ajax.
I was talking to Cotchin's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cotchin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cotchin lands with a right to the head.
Cotchin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cotchin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cotchin.
Ajax misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cotchin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ajax is leaning against Cotchin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cotchin blocking some punches.
Cotchin throws a punch but it's blocked by Ajax.
Ajax throws a punch but it's blocked by Cotchin.
Ajax jumps guard and drags Cotchin to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Ajax is looking for a triangle but Cotchin pushes his legs off easily.
Cotchin avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cotchin trying to control but Ajax is working from the bottom.
Cotchin looking to pass the guard.
Cotchin is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Ajax is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Ajax has escaped and now he's on top!
Ajax trying to control the position from guard on top but Cotchin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cotchin wants to sweep here but Ajax controlling him for the moment.
Cotchin will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Ajax advances position into side control!
Ajax wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Cotchin, who protects the arm well.
Ajax scoring with punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cotchin is looking to reverse the position.
Cotchin is trying to control Ajax's posture but Ajax avoids it.
Cotchin is trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ajax landing strikes.
Cotchin tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ajax wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ajax landing a few strikes.
Ajax in side control lands a decent elbow.
Cotchin is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Ajax off and has taken his back!
Ajax can't escape the position.
Cotchin gets his hands free as Ajax looks to control.
Ajax can't escape the position.
Cotchin looking for the choke from the back.
Ajax has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Cotchin keeps control of the position easily here as Ajax tries to buck him off.
Cotchin controlling well, preventing Ajax from escaping the position.
Cotchin looking for the RNC.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cotchin struggling to land strikes to the head as Ajax covers up.
Cotchin looking to hold on to the position here but Ajax rolls and ends up regaining guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ajax working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Cotchin doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Cotchin manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Cotchin throws a sloppy strike and Ajax has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Cotchin is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Ajax!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Marco Ajax!
Marco Ajax is the new lightweight champion!
A less than humble Marco Ajax misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maurice Vontavious Payne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Nicolosi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vontavious Payne's entrance music is Hope. A fine choice. Nicolosi is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by A Fistful Of Dollars by Ennio Morricone. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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283 lbs
18 - 9 - 0 |
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276 lbs
27 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Maurice Vontavious Payne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank Nicolosi!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nicolosi clinches up with Vontavious Payne and pushes him back against the cage.
Nicolosi misses with the head strike.
Vontavious Payne wants a takedown.
Vontavious Payne misses with a punch on the inside.
Vontavious Payne misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nicolosi.
Nicolosi lands a nice uppercut.
Vontavious Payne tries to work over Nicolosi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vontavious Payne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nicolosi throws a punch but it's blocked by Vontavious Payne.
Vontavious Payne's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nicolosi cracks Vontavious Payne with a nice body shot.
Nicolosi presses Vontavious Payne against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nicolosi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nicolosi dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Vontavious Payne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vontavious Payne is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Nicolosi pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Nicolosi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Vontavious Payne.
Vontavious Payne is breathing heavily.
Vontavious Payne takes an elbow to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nicolosi leaning against his opponent.
Vontavious Payne tries to work over Nicolosi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicolosi blocking some punches.
Nicolosi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nicolosi stalling against the cage.
Nicolosi lands an elbow just above Vontavious Payne 's eye.
Vontavious Payne throws a head punch that misses.
Vontavious Payne struggles to land a body shot inside as Nicolosi controls his hands.
Vontavious Payne takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nicolosi missing with knees to the body.
Vontavious Payne goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nicolosi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vontavious Payne misses with the head strike.
Nicolosi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vontavious Payne throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Nicolosi on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Nicolosi fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Vontavious Payne fails to land.
Vontavious Payne can't find room to land a body shot as Nicolosi controls the action.
Vontavious Payne lands with a right to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Vontavious Payne tries a body shot but Nicolosi blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicolosi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vontavious Payne avoids it.
Come on Nicolosi - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Vontavious Payne lands a shoulder strike.
Vontavious Payne tries to throw a body punch but Nicolosi avoids it by throwing Vontavious Payne back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Vontavious Payne fails to land.
Nicolosi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nicolosi digs a right hand underneath Vontavious Payne's ribcage. Vontavious Payne let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Vontavious Payne struggles to land a body shot inside as Nicolosi controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Vontavious Payne fails to land.
Nicolosi connects with a knee to the head.
Vontavious Payne takes an elbow to the temple.
Vontavious Payne can't find room to land a body shot as Nicolosi controls the action.
Vontavious Payne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vontavious Payne struggles to land a body shot inside as Nicolosi controls his hands.
Vontavious Payne misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vontavious Payne being controlled against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vontavious Payne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nicolosi blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vontavious Payne.
Nicolosi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Good body shot from Vontavious Payne.
Nicolosi swings wildly with an uppercut but Vontavious Payne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nicolosi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vontavious Payne.
Vontavious Payne goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nicolosi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vontavious Payne lands a nice shot to the body.
Vontavious Payne lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nicolosi backwards.
Nicolosi missing with knees to the body.
Nicolosi blocks a body shot from Vontavious Payne.
Vontavious Payne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vontavious Payne digs a right hand underneath Nicolosi's ribcage. Nicolosi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nicolosi.
A body shot lands from Vontavious Payne.
Vontavious Payne lands a nice shot to the body.
Vontavious Payne lands an uppercut.
Vontavious Payne lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nicolosi.
Vontavious Payne works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Vontavious Payne looking to pass the guard.
Vontavious Payne is in close to Nicolosi's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Vontavious Payne stopping the sweep attempt from Nicolosi.
Vontavious Payne postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Vontavious Payne scoring with punches to the head and body.
Vontavious Payne trying to control but Nicolosi is working from the bottom.
Vontavious Payne scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Frank Nicolosi will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Nicolosi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Vontavious Payne manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nicolosi loads up on a big right hand but Vontavious Payne slips the punch.
Nicolosi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vontavious Payne.
Vontavious Payne looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nicolosi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Vontavious Payne is able to avoid easily.
Vontavious Payne needs to keep his hands up - Nicolosi had a free shot at his head there.
Nicolosi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Vontavious Payne takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Vontavious Payne throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nicolosi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Vontavious Payne is able to avoid easily.
Vontavious Payne fires out a quick counter leg kick but Nicolosi just manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nicolosi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vontavious Payne was well out of range. Poor timing from Nicolosi.
Vontavious Payne takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nicolosi ducks right into an uppercut from Vontavious Payne.
Vontavious Payne throws a wild body kick that Nicolosi sees coming a mile off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicolosi works Vontavious Payne's body with a nice hook.
Vontavious Payne swats away the attempt to clinch by Nicolosi.
A quick step to the side and Vontavious Payne tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vontavious Payne lands with a hook. Nicolosi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nicolosi moves to clinch but Vontavious Payne breaks away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Nicolosi lands with a nice body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nicolosi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Maurice Vontavious Payne has been cut.
Nicolosi lands a left and a right that send Vontavious Payne crashing to the mat, dazed. Nicolosi thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Frank Nicolosi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A clash of legs there as Nicolosi blocks the low kick.
Nicolosi lands a big right hand that sends Vontavious Payne crashing to the mat! Nicolosi stays standing though and waves Vontavious Payne back to his feet!
Vontavious Payne is rocked!
Vontavious Payne checks the leg kick nicely there.
Oh Vontavious Payne is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nicolosi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vontavious Payne moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicolosi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vontavious Payne.
Vontavious Payne seems to have got his legs back now.
Vontavious Payne takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Vontavious Payne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nicolosi, right into the meat.
Nicolosi is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Vontavious Payne rather than just go for the knockout.
and Nicolosi counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Vontavious Payne! He's just covering up as Nicolosi starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Nicolosi!
Frank Nicolosi bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ichabod Crane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shogun Iron Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crane's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Way of The Ninja. Iron Tyson has chosen Slaughterouse - Party as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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154 lbs
31 - 18 - 0 |
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149 lbs
28 - 15 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ichabod Crane!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Shogun Iron Tyson!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crane moves out of range as Iron Tyson strikes.
A shot to the liver by Iron Tyson. Beautiful body shot.
Iron Tyson lands with an uppercut that bounces Crane off the cage and back into range.
Iron Tyson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crane lands with a nice body punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Crane misses the target.
Iron Tyson misses with a looping right.
Iron Tyson throws a hook but Crane avoids it easily.
Iron Tyson connects with a crisp jab.
Crane slips a straight right by Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Iron Tyson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crane was well out of range. Poor timing from Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Iron Tyson throws a shot from downtown. Crane moves away and avoids it.
Crane connects with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crane thuds a left hand into Iron Tyson's body.
Iron Tyson scores with the left hand. Crane knows he should have avoided that one.
A big left from Iron Tyson misses.
Iron Tyson misses with an uppercut.
Crane moves into the clinch successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Iron Tyson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Iron Tyson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crane swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Iron Tyson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As Iron Tyson looks to move away, Crane throws a big counter combo but Iron Tyson just gets out of the way.
Iron Tyson misses with a looping left.
We've been told by Crane's head coaches at Westside Martial Arts that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Iron Tyson misses with a hook.
Iron Tyson throws a jab but it's blocked by Crane.
Shogun Iron Tyson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Iron Tyson cracks Crane with a good jab.
Iron Tyson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Crane slips a straight right by Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson misses with a straight right.
Crane throws a hook to the side of Iron Tyson's head but Iron Tyson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jab, jab by Iron Tyson - just one landing.
Iron Tyson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Iron Tyson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Crane.
Iron Tyson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Crane moves away from the strike by Iron Tyson.
A jab lands there for Iron Tyson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crane takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ichabod Crane is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Iron Tyson throws out a loose jab but Crane uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crane moves away from the strike by Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson lands with a right hand.
Iron Tyson walks into a jab.
Iron Tyson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Crane misses with a body shot.
Crane bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Crane on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Crane throws the left hand but Iron Tyson avoids the punch easily.
Crane misses the shot to the body.
Crane takes one on the button.
Crane thows a left - swing and a miss!
Crane throws a lazy right hand but Iron Tyson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Crane moves out of range of the strikes.
Iron Tyson cracks Crane with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Iron Tyson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Crane on the side of the head.
Crane is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Crane steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Iron Tyson.
Good exchange - Crane coming out on top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iron Tyson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Iron Tyson throws the left hand but Crane avoids the punch easily.
Iron Tyson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Crane lands a right hook to the body.
Iron Tyson scores with a hook.
The fighters circling - Iron Tyson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Iron Tyson defending well as Crane loads up on a big left hand.
Iron Tyson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Crane.
Nice defenses there by Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson with a jab.
The fighters circling - Iron Tyson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Crane tries to clinch up but Iron Tyson circles away and keeps his distance.
Crane has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crane throws a good cross that connects.
Good exchange - Iron Tyson coming out on top.
Crane bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Iron Tyson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nice cross by Iron Tyson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crane defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Iron Tyson.
Crane misses with a hook. Iron Tyson ducked under it nicely.
Crane with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Iron Tyson to score with a decent uppercut.
Crane uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Iron Tyson.
Crane swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crane. Iron Tyson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Iron Tyson misses with a left hand
and Crane counters with a straight right hand.
Iron Tyson lands with an uppercut that bounces Crane off the cage and back into range.
A jab from Iron Tyson does it's job there.
Iron Tyson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Crane throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Iron Tyson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Crane tries to clinch there but Iron Tyson circles away.
Crane misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crane looks to land a right hand but Iron Tyson moved out of range.
Crane is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson throws the left hand but Crane avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Crane was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Iron Tyson.
Crane bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Iron Tyson connects with a body shot that sends Crane's belly button to the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shogun Iron Tyson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Crane slips under a jab from Iron Tyson.
Crane uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Iron Tyson.
Crane is looking to counter the offense by Iron Tyson and move into the clinch.
Crane slips a jab from Iron Tyson.
Crane takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Crane fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Iron Tyson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Iron Tyson takes a swing at Crane's ribcage but misses.
Iron Tyson thuds his right hand into Crane's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Iron Tyson looks to land a combination but Crane avoids it well.
It looked like Crane was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crane manages to avoid it.
Crane throws out a loose jab but Iron Tyson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Iron Tyson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Iron Tyson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Crane.
Iron Tyson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Crane.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Iron Tyson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Iron Tyson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crane.
Crane throws a body punch but Iron Tyson moves out of range.
Shogun Iron Tyson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Crane checks the leg kick.
Crane looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Iron Tyson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Crane.
Iron Tyson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Crane looks to land a right hand but Iron Tyson moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Iron Tyson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Crane.
Crane tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Iron Tyson manages to circle out of the way.
Iron Tyson jabs at Crane's body.
Crane jabs Iron Tyson right on the nose. Iron Tyson blinks but takes it well.
Iron Tyson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Crane.
A slow jab from Iron Tyson misses its intended target.
Crane is looking for a counter combo.
Crane misses with a body shot.
Iron Tyson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Iron Tyson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Crane holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Crane prevents Iron Tyson from improving position.
Crane is trying to buck Iron Tyson off.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Iron Tyson decides to stand back up.
Crane misses the shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crane misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crane misses with an uppercut.
Iron Tyson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Iron Tyson goes for a double leg but Crane avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Crane continues to drive forward.
Crane uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Iron Tyson.
Crane dips to his left and cracks Iron Tyson with an uppercut!
Iron Tyson takes a swing at Crane's ribcage but misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Crane misses its target.
A jab from Iron Tyson finds it's way through Crane's defenses.
Crane moves out of range of the strikes.
Iron Tyson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Crane circles away.
Iron Tyson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Iron Tyson misses with an uppercut. Crane saw that one coming.
A big right from Crane misses.
Crane uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Iron Tyson.
Crane connects with the punch.
Iron Tyson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Iron Tyson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Crane throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It seemed like Iron Tyson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iron Tyson lands a nice shot that snaps Crane's head back.
Iron Tyson looks to land a combination but Crane avoids it well.
Iron Tyson throws an off balance right hand
and Crane counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Iron Tyson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Crane counters with a one-two to the body.
Iron Tyson throws a hook to the side of Crane's head but Crane sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Crane throws a lazy right hand but Iron Tyson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Iron Tyson wants to counter the offense by Crane and move into the clinch position.
Iron Tyson moves away from the strike by Crane.
Crane takes a swing at Iron Tyson's ribcage but misses.
Crane fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Iron Tyson, pushing him back against the cage.
Iron Tyson misses with a body punch.
Iron Tyson pushes Crane back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Iron Tyson swings wildly with an uppercut but Crane uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crane is trying to break the clinch but Iron Tyson has him pressed against the cage.
Iron Tyson lands an uppercut.
Iron Tyson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Iron Tyson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Iron Tyson blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Iron Tyson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Iron Tyson misses with the head strike.
Crane manages to break the clinch.
Iron Tyson throws a hook but Crane avoids it easily.
Iron Tyson lands with an uppercut that bounces Crane off the cage and back into range.
A nice combination there by Crane.
Iron Tyson throws out a loose jab but Crane uses good head movement to avoid it.
Iron Tyson looks to land a left hand but Crane moved out of range nicely.
Iron Tyson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Iron Tyson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crane was well out of range. Poor timing from Iron Tyson.
A telegraphed right hand from Iron Tyson misses the target.
Iron Tyson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crane slips under a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Crane misses the target.
Iron Tyson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crane uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Iron Tyson.
Crane fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Crane throws the left hand but Iron Tyson avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Shogun Iron Tyson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Iron Tyson takes one to the side of the head.
A combination from Crane does no damage.
Crane on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Iron Tyson moves out of range as Crane strikes.
A swing and a miss from Crane.
Crane moves out of range as Iron Tyson strikes.
Crane steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Iron Tyson.
It looked like Crane was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson throws the left hand but Crane avoids the punch easily.
Crane just misses with a punch to the body.
Donk. Iron Tyson catches Crane right on the button with a cross.
Iron Tyson misses with an uppercut
letting Crane counter with a right hand.
Iron Tyson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Crane takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Crane throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Iron Tyson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Iron Tyson misses with a shot to the body
and Crane counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Iron Tyson throws a jab but it's blocked by Crane.
Crane throws a body punch but Iron Tyson moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crane just misses with a punch to the body.
Crane connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Iron Tyson momentarily.
Iron Tyson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Iron Tyson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Crane counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Crane takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Iron Tyson scores with a sloppy right hand. Crane should have avoided that one.
Crane misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Crane.
Crane backing away here, and Iron Tyson unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Crane throws the left hand but Iron Tyson avoids the punch easily.
Crane takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The fighters circling - Crane throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Iron Tyson lands a slapping body shot.
Crane throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Iron Tyson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Crane throws the left hand but Iron Tyson avoids the punch easily.
Iron Tyson connects with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Iron Tyson looks to score with a jab to the body but Crane is just out of range.
Iron Tyson lands with a good body shot.
Crane throws a looping overhand right but Iron Tyson ducks down to avoid it.
Crane swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crane swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crane misses with a straight right.
Crane just misses with a punch to the body.
Crane throws a good cross that connects.
Crane looks to land a left hand but Iron Tyson moved out of range nicely.
Iron Tyson throws a series of punches but Crane avoids them all with ease.
Iron Tyson throws out a powerful jab.
Iron Tyson throws a series of punches but Crane avoids them all with ease.
Crane steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Iron Tyson.
Crane throwing a counter right hand but Iron Tyson manages to avoid it.
Iron Tyson connects with a nice looking jab.
Iron Tyson lands a jab to Crane's midsection.
Iron Tyson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Crane comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Crane misses the shot to the body.
Iron Tyson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Crane fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Iron Tyson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Iron Tyson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Crane throws an overhand right that lands on Iron Tyson's shoulder, as Iron Tyson tries to avoid the shot.
Iron Tyson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Crane dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Iron Tyson misses with a body shot.
Crane tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Iron Tyson manages to circle out of the way.
Iron Tyson throws a shot from downtown. Crane moves away and avoids it.
Iron Tyson throws a shot from downtown. Crane moves away and avoids it.
Iron Tyson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Iron Tyson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crane keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Iron Tyson.
Crane connects with a body shot.
Crane ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Iron Tyson moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Iron Tyson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Crane on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crane throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Iron Tyson swings widly with a right hand
and Crane counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Iron Tyson thinking.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crane. Iron Tyson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crane lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Iron Tyson throws a jab but it's blocked by Crane.
Crane lands a jab to the nose.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crane. Iron Tyson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Iron Tyson throws a hook but Crane blocks it.
Crane ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Crane wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Crane misses with a straight left.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Iron Tyson throws the left hand but Crane avoids the punch easily.
A swing and a miss from Crane.
Iron Tyson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Crane throws out the jab.
Iron Tyson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ichabod Crane clearly takes that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Crane throws a right and a left that both miss.
Crane looks to throw the jab but Iron Tyson is out of range.
A swing and a miss from Iron Tyson.
Crane throws a jab when Iron Tyson was well out of range.
A little jabbing left from Iron Tyson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Iron Tyson misses with a body shot.
Iron Tyson cracks Crane with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Crane scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Iron Tyson looks for a takedown but Crane sprawls well.
As Iron Tyson tries to get set, Crane tries to push him back and clinch up but Iron Tyson manages to avoid the attempt.
Iron Tyson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Iron Tyson throws a shot from downtown. Crane moves away and avoids it.
Crane moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the body from Iron Tyson misses
and Crane counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Iron Tyson looks to throw the jab but Crane is out of range.
Crane just misses with a punch to the body.
Crane slips under a jab from Iron Tyson.
Crane blocks a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Iron Tyson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crane was well out of range. Poor timing from Iron Tyson.
Crane's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Iron Tyson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Crane scrambles back to his feet.
Iron Tyson throws a lazy right hand but Crane sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It looked like Crane was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Iron Tyson needs to keep his hands up - Crane had a free shot at his head there.
Crane digs a good body shot into Iron Tyson's ribs.
Crane takes a swing at Iron Tyson's ribcage but misses.
Crane takes a swing at Iron Tyson's ribcage but misses.
Iron Tyson throws a body shot but no joy.
Crane misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Iron Tyson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Iron Tyson gets a double leg takedown into Crane's guard.
Crane manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crane blocks an uppercut.
Crane lands a right hand that snaps the head of Iron Tyson backwards.
Crane is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Iron Tyson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Crane backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crane is trying to break the clinch but Iron Tyson is controlling him.
Crane looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Iron Tyson gets through Crane's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Iron Tyson tries to throw a body punch but Crane avoids it by throwing Iron Tyson back against the cage.
Iron Tyson lands a nice uppercut.
Iron Tyson swings wildly with an uppercut but Crane uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crane breaks the clinch.
Crane avoids the body shot from Iron Tyson.
Crane misses with a wild body shot.
Crane works the jab nicely.
Crane ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Iron Tyson misses with an uppercut. Crane saw that one coming.
Crane just misses with a punch to the body.
Iron Tyson throws a lazy uppercut
and Crane counters with a straight right hand.
Crane uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Iron Tyson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iron Tyson misses with an uppercut
and Crane counters with a straight right hand.
Iron Tyson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crane moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crane. Iron Tyson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Iron Tyson digs a good hook to Crane's body.
Iron Tyson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Crane on the side of the head.
Iron Tyson connects with a body shot that sends Crane's belly button to the back.
Crane misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Iron Tyson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Iron Tyson lands a right hook to the body.
Iron Tyson lands with a shot to the body.
Crane lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Crane takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Crane forces Iron Tyson back against the cage and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crane scores with a shot to the side of Iron Tyson's head.
Iron Tyson swings wildly with an uppercut but Crane uses good head movement to avoid it.
Iron Tyson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crane's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crane goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Iron Tyson lands a nice uppercut.
Crane's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Crane with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Crane throws a shot from downtown. Iron Tyson moves away and avoids it.
Crane throws out a loose jab but Iron Tyson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crane scores with a jab to the head.
Iron Tyson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Crane.
Iron Tyson ducks under a wild hook from Crane.
Iron Tyson misses with a hook. Crane ducked under it nicely.
Crane lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Crane throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Iron Tyson blocks a jab.
Iron Tyson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Iron Tyson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Iron Tyson defending well as Crane loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Ichabod Crane will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Iron Tyson ducks under a wild hook from Crane.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crane. Iron Tyson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crane throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Iron Tyson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Crane's hands.
Crane loads up on a big right hand but Iron Tyson slips the punch.
Crane swings for the body but Iron Tyson moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Iron Tyson! But no joy.
Iron Tyson misses with a body punch
and Crane counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Crane slips a jab and a cross from Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Crane moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Crane steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Iron Tyson.
Crane blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crane takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The fighters circling - Iron Tyson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Crane seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Iron Tyson moves out of range of the strikes.
Iron Tyson avoids the body shot from Crane.
Crane pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Crane throws a series of punches but Iron Tyson moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crane tries to bum rush Iron Tyson with a series of wild strikes but Iron Tyson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Crane dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Iron Tyson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Iron Tyson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crane.
Iron Tyson misses with a hook
and Crane counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Iron Tyson thinking.
Iron Tyson throws a good cross that connects.
Iron Tyson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Crane gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Iron Tyson.
A big right from Crane misses.
Iron Tyson throws an overhand right that lands on Crane's shoulder, as Crane tries to avoid the shot.
Iron Tyson works Crane's body with a nice hook.
Iron Tyson thuds his right hand into Crane's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Crane swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Iron Tyson.
Crane slips a jab from Iron Tyson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crane throws the left hand but Iron Tyson avoids the punch easily.
Iron Tyson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Crane cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iron Tyson misses with a wild combination.
Iron Tyson throws a shot from downtown. Crane moves away and avoids it.
Iron Tyson slips a jab from Crane.
Crane fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Iron Tyson on the side of the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Iron Tyson.
Nice body punch from Iron Tyson.
A telegraphed right hand from Iron Tyson misses the target.
Iron Tyson lands a glancing blow to the side of Crane's head.
Iron Tyson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Crane pushes Iron Tyson off and scrambles back to his feet.
Iron Tyson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Crane displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Iron Tyson throws out the jab.
Iron Tyson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iron Tyson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Crane.
Iron Tyson throws a poor cross that misses
and Crane counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Iron Tyson stuns Crane with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Iron Tyson lands a nice shot to the body.
Crane lands with a straight right. Iron Tyson didn't see that one coming.
Crane uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson ducks under a wild hook from Crane.
Iron Tyson throws a looping overhand right but Crane ducks down to avoid it.
A shot to the liver by Iron Tyson. Beautiful body shot.
Crane connects with a body shot that sends Iron Tyson's belly button to the back.
Iron Tyson missing with a left hand there. Crane was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Crane misses with a straight right.
A jab lands there for Iron Tyson.
Nice sprawl there from Crane as Iron Tyson shoots in.
A counter left hand to the body from Crane misses its target.
Crane slips under a jab.
Iron Tyson throws a big shot that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crane throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Iron Tyson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Crane displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Iron Tyson throws out the jab.
Crane dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Crane throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Iron Tyson cracks a nice hook into Crane's ribs.
The fighters circling - Crane throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Crane scores with the left hand. Iron Tyson knows he should have avoided that one.
Crane lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Iron Tyson circles away quickly and effectively.
Iron Tyson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Crane throws a predictable looking body shot
and Crane takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Crane with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Iron Tyson misses with a hook
and Crane moves into the clinch.
Crane lands a right hand that snaps the head of Iron Tyson backwards.
Crane breaks from the clinch.
Crane throws a body shot but no joy.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ichabod Crane.
I think Crane has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 46:49
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 48:47
Judge James Glass scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Ichabod Crane!
Ichabod Crane retains his featherweight title!
In his post fight interview, Ichabod Crane started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
Shogun Iron Tyson spoke after the fight, saying 'Another garbage decision, of course.'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robbie Luatua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Bustamante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luatua kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Puff Daddy feat Jimmy Page - Come with me. Bustamante is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Here Comes The Boom!. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robbie Luatua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Diego Bustamante!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bustamante clinches.
Bustamante with a knee to the head.
Bustamante pushes Luatua back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bustamante misses with a knee to the head.
Luatua lands a shoulder strike.
Bustamante trying to land knees to the body.
Luatua blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bustamante working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bustamante landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Luatua misses with a punch to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bustamante takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bustamante works on Luatua's body with a couple of short punches.
Bustamante has a couple of punches blocked by Luatua.
Bustamante blocks a body shot from Luatua.
Bustamante lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Luatua backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bustamante just leaning against Luatua, taking a breather.
Bustamante working aggressively here.
Luatua managing to block the knees to the body from Bustamante.
Bustamante manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bustamante avoiding damage as Luatua throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Luatua.
Bustamante tries to work over Luatua's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bustamante misses with some punches.
Luatua breaks from the clinch.
Bustamante tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luatua was well out of range. Poor timing from Bustamante.
Bustamante tries to land a body kick
and Luatua counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bustamante thinking.
Luatua throws a low kick, looking for Bustamante's leg but Bustamante calmly moves out of range.
Bustamante misses with a body kick.
Luatua slips under a jab.
Bustamante fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Luatua checks it well.
Bustamante misses with a body kick.
Bustamante checks a leg kick.
Luatua looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luatua scores with a nice right hand.
Bustamante thows a leg kick but Luatua checks it
and Luatua counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bustamante thinking.
Bustamante blocks a head kick by Luatua.
Bustamante lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Luatua misses with a body punch
and Bustamante counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bustamante avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bustamante drives through and clinches with Luatua against the cage.
Bustamante using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Luatua has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Luatua pushes off an throws an elbow but Bustamante leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Luatua.
Bustamante is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Luatua is defending well for now.
Bustamante tries to land a knee to the head but Luatua blocks with his arms.
A short left from Luatua.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luatua lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bustamante looks winded!
Luatua lands a body punch.
Luatua breaks the clinch.
Luatua throws a head kick but Bustamante moves out of range.
A jab from Bustamante misses.
Bustamante moves forwards but Luatua connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Luatua feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bustamante's calf.
Bustamante throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Luatua appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jab from Luatua.
Luatua connects with an inside leg kick.
Luatua tried to score with a low kick but Bustamante checks it.
A jab from Bustamante misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bustamante uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Luatua throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bustamante stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luatua ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bustamante throws a jab but it's blocked by Luatua.
Luatua lands a big head kick that sends Bustamante tumbling to the mat! Luatua takes a step backwards and waves Bustamante back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Bustamante is rocked!
It looks like Diego Bustamante has been cut.
Bustamante swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Luatua counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Luatua throws a half hearted mid kick.
Luatua feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bustamante's calf.
Bustamante drops his hands momentarily and Luatua needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Bustamante just on the top of the head. Bustamante drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Bustamante - he's done!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Robbie Luatua!
Robbie Luatua bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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