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CEC 519 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Manny Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Freddy White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freddy White acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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164 lbs
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164 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Manny Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 20 - 4, fighting out of Hilo, Freddy White!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone throws a leg kick
and White counters with a good low kick that Stone was not able to check.
Stone misses with a low kick.
White fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Stone on the side of the head.
Stone tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and White counters with an inside leg kick.
Stone takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A bone on bone clash there as Stone blocks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stone misses with a takedown
enabling White to counter with a crisp jab.
White uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Stone has time to react.
A shot to the body from Stone misses
and White counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
White lands with a cross.
White dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stone. That did some damage!
White circles away from the clinch attempt
and White counters with a two punch combo.
White is looking to slow Stone down with leg kicks.
Nice body punch from Stone.
Freddy White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White lands a high kick!
White throws a leg kick but Stone checks it.
White ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A head kick misses from Stone.
Freddy White is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stone looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White misses with a wild body shot.
White tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
White feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Stone's calf.
White smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but White paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A nice side step and White releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A jab from White does it's job there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Stone.
Stone throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.
Stone throws a lazy head kick
and White counters with a nice low kick that buckles Stone's knee momentarily.
Stone takes a jab right on the kisser.
White misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stone appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone lets loose with a powerful body kick. White will feel that in the morning.
White misses with a low kick.
White gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Stone.
Stone misses with a low kick.
Stone defending well as White loads up on a big left hand.
White pivots, looking for a leg kick but Stone is out of range and White settles back down.
Stone misses with a double jab.
A punch combination from Stone misses.
White scores with a sloppy right hand. Stone should have avoided that one.
White lands a jab to Stone's midsection.
White throws a leg kick
and Stone decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in White's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White keeping moving, preventing Stone from controlling successfully.
Stone stops White from standing up.
Stone trying to control the position from guard on top but White is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stone with a flurry of punches that miss.
Stone trying to control but White is working from the bottom.
Stone lands a couple of digs.
White keeping moving, preventing Stone from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stone is stalling in the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Freddy White 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.
Stone drives through with a takedown into White's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Stone is standing up over White. White looks to escape but Stone dives into side control.
Stone trying to control the action but White is working from the bottom.
White parries the strikes from Stone easily there. Stone is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable White to escape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stone wants to lay and pray for a moment but White keeps working.
Stone throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and White works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Stone in particular looking to stall.
Stone thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed White's head.
Stone is keen to just control but White is a slippery customer.
White scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Stone manages to mount him!
White felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Stone working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Stone looking to ground and pound but White is blocking nicely.
White wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Stone.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Stone wants to control the pace but White is squirming around nicely.
Poor strikes thrown by Stone there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
White's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Stone moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, White has worked his arm free - good work by White!
White regains half guard, as Stone was trying to land strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stone throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White wants to get back to his feet.
Stone thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed White's head.
Stone passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for White!
White is in a horrible position here. Stone smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
White is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Stone moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, White has worked his arm free - good work by White!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White defending against the ground and pound.
White is being controlled here.
Stone looks up at the clock and then as White takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Stone smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Stone working the ground and pound.
Stone throwing strikes but White manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Stone can't do much from the bottom here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
White decides to take the fight back to the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manny Stone dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
White dips to his left and cracks Stone with an uppercut!
White scores with a jab to the head.
Stone listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Good leg kick by White there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A solid leg kick lands there for White.
Stone takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Stone throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A punch lands to the side of Stone 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stone attempts a counter takedown but White avoids it well and moves away.
White connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Stone connects with a leg kick. White looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Stone takes one on the button.
The fighters circling - White throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stone tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
White looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Stone moves out of range of the leg kick from White.
Stone is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from White.
Stone clinches up with White and pushes him back against the cage.
White blocks an uppercut.
Stone misses with a punch on the inside.
Stone lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
White working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone tries a body shot but White blocks it.
Stone gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, White regains guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stone pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. White is keeping the position for now.
Stone working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
White keeping moving, preventing Stone from controlling successfully.
White pushes Stone off and scrambles back to his feet.
Stone throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Stone goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White wants to land a leg kick but Stone is out of range.
Stone changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
White dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stone. That did some damage!
White connects with a solid leg kick.
White throws a hook but Stone avoids it easily.
An inside leg kick from Stone misses.
White was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Stone throws a half hearted mid kick.
White misses with a low kick.
Freddy White seems to be getting the better of the standup.
White closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Stone on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by White. White obviously looking to wear him down.
Stone misses with a body kick.
White misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Stone is out of range.
White has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
White misses with a head kick.
White moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
White uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White throws a shot from downtown. Stone moves away and avoids it.
Stone cracks White with an open hand slap.
White misses with a hook. Stone ducked under it nicely.
Stone shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. White defends it nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Freddy White comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think White has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Freddy White!
After winning the bout, Freddy White thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bas Dekkers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ravistra Bullkheli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dekkers comes to the cage accompanied by Shells - Get your roll on. Bas Dekkers has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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155 lbs
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142 lbs
26 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
20 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Bas Dekkers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ravistra Bullkheli!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bullkheli fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dekkers has been working on his boxing with his coaches at mickeyharts the greatest in the buildup to the fight.
Ravistra Bullkheli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bullkheli is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dekkers.
Dekkers tries to clinch there but Bullkheli circles away.
Dekkers has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short right from Bullkheli on the inside.
Bullkheli working aggressively here.
Dekkers blocking some punches.
Dekkers lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dekkers.
Bullkheli misses with a punch to the body.
Bullkheli tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bullkheli lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dekkers backwards.
Dekkers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bullkheli is defending well for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bullkheli tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dekkers's elbow.
Bullkheli blocks an elbow strike.
Dekkers letting Bullkheli take a breather here.
Dekkers with a knee to the head.
Bullkheli misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dekkers missing with knees to the body.
Bullkheli takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dekkers throws an elbow but it misses.
Dekkers lands a nice shot to the body.
Dekkers lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bullkheli is rocked!
Bullkheli is working for takedown but Dekkers is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bullkheli is still on wobbly legs! Can Dekkers finish him?
Bullkheli tries a body shot but Dekkers blocks it.
Dekkers tries to land a knee to the head but Bullkheli blocks with his arms.
Bullkheli takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bullkheli looks winded!
Dekkers has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Bullkheli - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Dekkers, and another! Bullkheli is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Bas Dekkers!
A victorious Bas Dekkers thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nickey Spillane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stan Marsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stan Marsh has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Nickey Spillane's chin.
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238 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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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
24 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nickey Spillane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stan Marsh!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marsh pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Spillane closes this distance looking for a takedown but Marsh circles away.
Spillane shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Marsh counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Marsh lands with a kick to the temple. Spillane shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Marsh connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Spillane fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nickey Spillane. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Spillane gets a double leg takedown into Marsh's guard.
Spillane being controlled here momentarily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marsh is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Spillane presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spillane misses with a punch on the inside.
Marsh tries to stall but Spillane uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Marsh is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Spillane is keeping busy.
Marsh is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
A short uppercut from Spillane.
Spillane blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spillane lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
I was talking to Spillane's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Marsh tries to work over Spillane's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Spillane lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Spillane's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Marsh throws a punch but it's blocked by Spillane.
Spillane stalling against the cage.
Spillane misses with a punch on the inside.
Spillane can't find room to land a body shot as Marsh controls the action.
Marsh misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Spillane on the inside.
Spillane throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spillane.
Spillane lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spillane softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short body shot lands from Spillane as the two fighters clinch.
Marsh scores with a nice hook to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Spillane.
Spillane throws a punch but it's blocked by Marsh.
Spillane has a couple of punches blocked by Marsh.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marsh.
Marsh working aggressively here.
Spillane misses with some punches.
Marsh has a couple of punches blocked by Spillane.
Spillane escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Spillane shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Marsh as he avoids it easily.
Spillane closes the distance and clinches up with Marsh, looking for a takedown. Spillane pushes Marsh against the cage but Marsh circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Spillane shoots in for a takedown but Marsh shows good takedown defense.
Spillane will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Spillane wants to clinch up but Marsh keeps it at a distance.
Marsh looks to score with a jab to the body but Spillane is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spillane 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.
Marsh keeping moving, preventing Spillane from controlling successfully.
Spillane wants to pass the guard but Marsh is keeping the position.
Spillane wants to control from the top but Marsh keeps moving.
Spillane is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Spillane preventing the sweep.
Spillane is working Marsh over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spillane wants to pass the guard but Marsh is keeping the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Spillane slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Spillane is in close to Marsh's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Spillane pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Marsh is keeping the position for now.
Marsh is looking to stand up but Spillane isn't so interested in that idea.
Marsh working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Spillane.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Spillane won't allow Marsh to get back to his feet.
Marsh preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Spillane throwing strikes but missing.
Spillane passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Nickey Spillane will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Spillane looks for a takedown but Marsh sprawls well.
Spillane shoots for a takedown but Marsh saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Spillane shoots and misses
and Marsh counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nickey Spillane. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marsh lands a nice shot that snaps Spillane's head back.
Spillane shoots in for a takedown but Marsh shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Spillane shoots in looking for a takedown but Marsh manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Spillane's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Spillane fails with the takedown
and Marsh cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spillane fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marsh circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Spillane tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Marsh wins by KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Stan Marsh!
Stan Marsh thanked the fans post fight for their support.
The defeated Nickey Spillane had this to say: 'Please relase me from contract'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charles Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pops Maellard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cooper might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to s.mouse - slap my elbow. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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190 lbs
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188 lbs
16 - 9 - 0 |
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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
32 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pops Maellard!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooper wants to clinch up but Maellard keeps it at a distance.
Cooper pushes Maellard up against the cage in a clinch.
Maellard misses with the head strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cooper throws an elbow but misses.
Maellard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cooper blocking some punches.
Come on Cooper - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Cooper lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cooper throws an elbow but misses.
Maellard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cooper clinches.
I was talking to Cooper's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Maellard throws a punch but it's blocked by Cooper.
Maellard stalling.
Maellard lands an uppercut.
Maellard blocks an elbow strike.
Maellard avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
Maellard dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
Maellard avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper looking to slow down the pace here.
Cooper misses with an elbow over the top.
Maellard scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper throws an elbow but it misses.
Maellard struggles to land a body shot inside as Cooper controls his hands.
Maellard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maellard misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Cooper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Maellard works on Cooper's body with a couple of short punches.
Cooper misses with a punch to the body.
Cooper leaning his opponent against the cage.
Nice body punch from Maellard.
Maellard leaning against his opponent.
Maellard stalling.
Maellard receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Maellard scores with a hook to the body.
Maellard can't find room to land a body shot as Cooper controls the action.
Cooper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maellard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cooper can't find room to land a body shot as Maellard controls the action.
Maellard lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maellard avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
Maellard throws a head punch that misses.
Cooper lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Maellard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cooper backwards.
Maellard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cooper backwards.
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!
Cooper lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Maellard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maellard has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Cooper seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Maellard can turn it around.
Cooper throws an elbow but it misses.
Good body shot from Maellard.
Maellard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cooper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Maellard tries to throw a body punch but Cooper avoids it by throwing Maellard back against the cage.
Maellard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maellard blocks an elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper misses with an elbow strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Maellard.
Still in the clinch, Maellard scores with a nice short uppercut.
Maellard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cooper working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cooper digs a right hand into Maellard's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Maellard's gas tank.
Maellard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Coopers head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maellard tries to throw a body punch but Cooper avoids it by throwing Maellard back against the cage.
Maellard tries to work over Cooper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maellard lands with a left to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Maellard is trying to maintain a safe position but Cooper gets an underhook and turns Maellard into the cage.
Maellard avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
Maellard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cooper lands a shoulder strike.
Maellard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cooper misses with the head strike.
Maellard struggles to land a body shot inside as Cooper controls his hands.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cooper throws an elbow but misses.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Maellard blocks the elbow strike.
Cooper pushes off an throws an elbow but Maellard leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cooper misses with an elbow over the top.
Cooper is looking to control Maellard's arms but Maellard gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cooper has his back to the cage.
Maellard scores with a hook to the body.
Maellard works on Cooper's body with a couple of short punches.
Maellard pushes Cooper back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Maellard misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper wants to stall.
Maellard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maellard avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
Maellard is stalling here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nice elbow from Cooper.
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!
Cooper lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maellard backwards.
Maellard scores with a shot to the side of Cooper's head.
A short left from Maellard.
Maellard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cooper stalling against the cage.
Maellard misses with the head strike.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Maellard stalling in the clinch but Cooper improves position.
Maellard wants to stall.
Maellard is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Cooper has denied him.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cooper.
Maellard dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Pops Maellard will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch but Maellard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cooper clinches up against the cage.
Maellard can't find room to land a body shot as Cooper controls the action.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cooper just misses with a elbow thrown towards Maellard's brow.
Maellard avoids the elbow strike from Cooper, against the cage.
Maellard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cooper throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Maellard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maellard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cooper backwards.
Cooper lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Maellard misses with the head strike.
Maellard blocks an elbow strike.
Maellard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maellard avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper scores with a shoulder strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maellard tries to work over Cooper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maellard lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cooper.
Maellard works on Cooper's body with a couple of short punches.
Cooper misses with an elbow over the top.
Cooper tries to work over Maellard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maellard avoids the elbow strike from Cooper, against the cage.
Maellard scores with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short right from Maellard.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Maellard as Cooper tries to tie him up.
Maellard lands a nice shot to the body.
Maellard misses with a body punch.
Maellard avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
A short right from Maellard.
Maellard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cooper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cooper takes a shot to the head.
Cooper prevents a body shot from Maellard.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cooper throws an elbow but misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Maellard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Maellard.
Maellard avoids the elbow strike from Cooper, against the cage.
A short left from Maellard.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Maellard.
Cooper effectively controlling the action here.
A shot in the inside from Maellard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maellard misses with a punch to the body.
Maellard scores with a shoulder strike.
Cooper lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cooper lands an elbow just above Maellard 's eye.
Cooper pushes off an throws an elbow but Maellard leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Maellard scores with a shot to the side of Cooper's head.
Cooper is rocked!
Maellard lands a big right hand that drops Cooper! The killer instinct kicks in and Maellard finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Maellard!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pops Maellard!
Our winner, Pops Maellard, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arunas Samusiovas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Stonedberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
28 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arunas Samusiovas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michael Stonedberg!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samusiovas misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Stonedberg misses the target.
Stonedberg throws a sloppy head kick and Samusiovas moves out of range easily.
Stonedberg throws a nice inside leg kick.
Samusiovas misses with a straight left.
That kick from Stonedberg tenderised Samusiovas's leg. Samusiovas is trying to keep his angry face on.
Stonedberg throws a good cross that connects.
It looks like Arunas Samusiovas has been cut.
Stonedberg has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Samusiovas's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Stonedberg connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Samusiovas scrambles back to his feet.
Samusiovas throws a hook but Stonedberg avoids it easily.
Stonedberg lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Samusiovas has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gym Beam in the buildup to the fight.
Stonedberg throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stonedberg is looking to land body kicks.
A good leg kick by Samusiovas.
Stonedberg misses with a looping right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stonedberg fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Stonedberg throws a sloppy head kick and Samusiovas moves out of range easily.
Stonedberg takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samusiovas blocks the body kick.
Samusiovas looks to land a combination but Stonedberg avoids it well.
A big left from Stonedberg misses.
Stonedberg wants to clinch.
Stonedberg takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Samusiovas defending well as Stonedberg loads up on a big left hand.
Samusiovas throws a leg kick which misses Stonedberg's front leg but catches the back leg as Stonedberg tries to avoid it.
Samusiovas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stonedberg bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Samusiovas's head backwards.
Samusiovas lands a nice looking kick to the body. Stonedberg takes a step back to recover.
Samusiovas lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
It looks like Michael Stonedberg has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samusiovas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Stonedberg darts in and clinches Samusiovas up against the cage.
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 short right from Stonedberg on the inside.
Samusiovas lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Samusiovas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stonedberg throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Samusiovas blocks a jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Stonedberg darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Samusiovas scores with a punch to the head.
Stonedberg misses with the combination.
Stonedberg checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Stonedberg throws out a counter right but Samusiovas avoids it with no problem.
Samusiovas moves out of range of the body kick.
Samusiovas tries to keep at a distance but Stonedberg has taken the fight into the clinch.
Samusiovas misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Stonedberg as Samusiovas tries to tie him up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samusiovas tries to work over Stonedberg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Samusiovas throws a head punch that misses.
Stonedberg goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stonedberg.
Stonedberg digs a right hand into Samusiovas's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Samusiovas's gas tank.
Stonedberg misses with a body punch.
Stonedberg misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stonedberg softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Samusiovas presses Stonedberg against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Stonedberg tries a body shot but Samusiovas blocks it.
Samusiovas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stonedberg can't find room to land a body shot as Samusiovas controls the action.
Stonedberg tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Samusiovas's elbow.
Samusiovas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Samusiovas manages to break the clinch.
Stonedberg connects with a single shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stonedberg scores with a kick to the midsection.
Samusiovas misses with a head kick.
Stonedberg listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Stonedberg checks a low kick from Samusiovas.
Stonedberg unleashes a big counter combination but Samusiovas bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A telegraphed right hand from Stonedberg misses the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Samusiovas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stonedberg misses with a body shot.
Stonedberg throws a hook to the side of Samusiovas's head but Samusiovas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stonedberg lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Stonedberg throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Stonedberg wants to clinch.
Stonedberg tries to score with a low kick but Samusiovas moves his leg out of the way.
Samusiovas throws a body kick that misses.
Stonedberg throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Stonedberg dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Samusiovas's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Samusiovas displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A big right from Samusiovas misses.
Samusiovas takes a swing at Stonedberg's ribcage but misses.
Samusiovas missing with a left hand there. Stonedberg was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Samusiovas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stonedberg is looking to score with low kicks.
Stonedberg throws a hook but Samusiovas blocks it.
Samusiovas looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Samusiovas takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Stonedberg staying out of range there.
Stonedberg lands a big head kick that sends Samusiovas tumbling to the mat! Stonedberg takes a step backwards and waves Samusiovas back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Samusiovas is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Stonedberg! Samusiovas is out on his feet! Stonedberg rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Samusiovas is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Samusiovas is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Stonedberg!
An out of breath Michael Stonedberg thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chins Gone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sinbad Baba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baba has chosen King of Seven Seas as his entrance music. 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 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chins Gone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sinbad Baba!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gone connects with a body shot.
Baba misses with a double jab.
Baba throws out a leg kick but Gone moves out of range and Baba only half commits.
Baba scores with a jab to the head.
Gone tries to clinch up.
Gone blocks a jab.
Gone ducks under a wild hook from Baba.
Baba swings for the body but Gone moves out of range.
Gone misses with a body kick.
Baba swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gone misses with a body shot
and Baba counters with a stiff right hand.
Baba closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Gone kicks off Baba and gets to his feet.
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!
Baba moves out of range as Gone strikes.
Baba feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gone's calf.
Baba blocks the body kick.
Gone throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Baba throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gone throws a sloppy head kick and Baba moves out of range easily.
Gone lands a glancing blow to the side of Baba's head.
Gone throws a head kick but Baba moves out of range.
Baba displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gone throws out the jab.
Baba tries a quick counter leg kick but Gone is wise to it.
Gone scores with the left hand. Baba knows he should have avoided that one.
Chins Gone is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Baba throws a poor cross that misses
and Gone counters with a nice body kick.
Baba closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Gone did well to prevent Baba getting side control.
Baba wants to pass to mount but Gone is defending the position.
Gone pushes Baba off looking to stand but Baba dives back in and keeps control.
Gone is trying to control but can't.
Gone is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gone pushes Baba off and gets back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gone takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Baba connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gone moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Baba blocks a jab.
Gone misses with a right hand
and Baba counters with a straight right hand.
Gone misses with a straight right.
Gone throws a hook but Baba blocks it.
Baba takes one to the chin there.
Baba lands a nice hook to Gone's body. Gone takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Baba shoots in but Gone avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Baba lands with a good body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Gone.
Baba ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Baba throws an overhand right that lands on Gone's shoulder, as Gone tries to avoid the shot.
A little feinted left hand from Gone on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gone moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gone uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Baba.
Gone throws a jab but it's blocked by Baba.
Gone connects with an inside leg kick.
Gone avoids a punch combination nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Gone misses the target.
Gone throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Gone tried to score with a low kick but Baba checks it.
Gone sizes up Baba with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Baba misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gone takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Baba has Gone up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gone has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gone looking to throw knees to the head but Baba is blocking nicely.
Gone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Gone fails to land.
Gone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baba scores with a jab to the body.
Gone throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Baba.
Gone throws an overhand right that lands on Baba's shoulder, as Baba tries to avoid the shot.
Gone throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baba lands a jab-cross combination.
Gone misses with a left hand
and Baba counters with a thumping low kick.
Gone feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Babas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gone throws a hook to the side of Baba's head but Baba sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Chins Gone 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.
Gone takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gone has closed the distance and engaged Baba in a clinch.
Gone misses with a punch on the inside.
Gone with a knee to the head.
Baba scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gone.
Gone makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Baba is trying to break the clinch but Gone is controlling him.
Gone misses with a knee to the head.
Baba pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice jab there from Gone.
Baba is rocked!
Baba is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Gone Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Baba is out cold, face down on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Chins Gone!
Chins Gone took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Kruger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Corwin Anstey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kruger kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Enter The Spingbok Ninja. Anstey has chosen DJ Tiësto - Carmina Burana: Remixed as his entrance music. Dustin Kruger had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dustin Kruger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Corwin Anstey!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kruger on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kruger scores with a nice strike.
Kruger seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Anstey missing with a left hand there. Kruger was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Anstey tests Kruger's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Anstey ducks under a wild hook from Kruger.
Kruger moves away from the strike by Anstey.
Anstey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kruger.
Kruger throws a low kick but it's checked well by Anstey.
Kruger throws out a powerful jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Anstey.
Anstey misses with a looping right.
Anstey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anstey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kruger moves away.
Kruger looks to score with a jab to the body but Anstey is just out of range.
Kruger swats away the attempt to clinch by Anstey.
Anstey lands a left and a right that send Kruger crashing to the mat, dazed. Anstey thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
It looks like Dustin Kruger has been cut.
Anstey takes one on the button.
Kruger looks for the body kick but Anstey saw that one coming.
Kruger misses with a low kick.
Kruger looks to throw the jab but Anstey is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anstey lunges at Kruger with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kruger's hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kruger takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Anstey takes one to the chin there.
Anstey punishes Kruger's body with a nice straight punch.
Anstey blocks the body kick.
Anstey moves out of range of the leg kick from Kruger.
Kruger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Anstey misses with a straight right.
Kruger misses with a hook to the body
and Anstey counters with a nice right hand that sends Kruger toppling to the canvas! Kruger scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Anstey finish him?!
Kruger ducks under a wild hook from Anstey.
A quick step to the side and Kruger tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anstey forces Kruger back against the cage and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anstey jerks Kruger's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Kruger drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Anstey goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Anstey because Kruger was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Corwin Anstey!
An out of breath Corwin Anstey thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
In defeat, Dustin Kruger stepped up to the mic, saying 'Shape is a legend. Thank you for the lesson.'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Serge Spectre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arto Blomsten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spectre comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. 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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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 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Serge Spectre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arto Blomsten!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spectre checks a leg kick.
Blomsten misses with a straight right.
Blomsten missing with a left hand there. Spectre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Spectre misses with a left hand
and Spectre takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Spectre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blomsten thuds his shin into the meat of Spectre's side.
Spectre throws a body punch but Blomsten moves out of range.
Blomsten misses with an uppercut.
Spectre fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Spectre lands a jab to the nose.
Spectre loads up on a big right hand but Blomsten slips the punch.
Blomsten steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Spectre.
Spectre throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Blomsten to counter with a crisp jab.
Spectre scores with a nice head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spectre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blomsten manages to avoid it.
Blomsten now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A jab from Spectre misses.
Blomsten misses with a body kick.
Spectre was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Spectre slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blomsten misses with a hook. Spectre ducked under it nicely.
Blomsten looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Spectre throws a body punch but Blomsten moves out of range.
Spectre swings away with a body shot that misses
and Blomsten counters with a nice leg kick.
Blomsten misses with a looping left.
Spectre with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Spectre steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blomsten.
Blomsten closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Arto Blomsten is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Spectre misses with a body punch
and Blomsten connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Blomsten ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spectre moves away.
Spectre half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Spectre thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blomsten moves out of range of the strikes.
Blomsten scores with a body shot.
Blomsten keeps Spectre at a distance using the push kick.
Blomsten tries to land a front kick but Spectre steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Spectre looks to land a right hand but Blomsten moved out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blomsten misses with a hook. Spectre ducked under it nicely.
Serge Spectre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spectre throws a body shot but no joy.
Spectre cracks Blomsten with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Blomsten waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Spectre.
Blomsten looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Spectre just misses with a punch to the body.
Blomsten steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Spectre.
Spectre takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice defenses there by Blomsten.
Spectre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blomsten throws a looping overhand right but Spectre ducks down to avoid it.
Spectre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Spectre lunges at Blomsten with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Blomsten's hand.
Spectre throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Blomsten tries a quick counter leg kick but Spectre is wise to it.
Spectre avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Spectre was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Blomsten scoring well with a low kick there.
Spectre looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blomsten throws a wild body kick that Spectre sees coming a mile off.
Spectre fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Blomsten ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Spectre throws a jab when Blomsten was well out of range.
Spectre lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Blomsten misses with a looping left.
Blomsten lands with a good body shot.
A slow jab from Spectre misses its intended target.
Blomsten appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Blomsten swinging wildly here.
Spectre appears to be looking for a big counter.
Spectre blocks the body kick.
Spectre changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Spectre looks to land a left hand but Blomsten moved out of range nicely.
Blomsten cracks the inside of Spectre's front leg.
Spectre misses with a shot to the body
and Blomsten counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Spectre on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Blomsten throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spectre swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spectre throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Blomsten thuds a left hand into Spectre's body.
Nice shot lands for Blomsten.
Spectre throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Blomsten takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Blomsten lands with an uppercut that bounces Spectre off the cage and back into range.
Spectre moves out of range as Blomsten throws a body kick.
Blomsten explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Spectre bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Spectre throwing a counter right hand but Blomsten manages to avoid it.
Spectre throws a left and a right that both miss
and Blomsten counters with a three punch combo that has Spectre backing up. Spectre nods at Blomsten to acknowledge the strikes.
Spectre scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blomsten takes a swing at Spectre's ribcage but misses.
Spectre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blomsten takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Blomsten takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arto Blomsten dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Spectre throws the left hand but Blomsten avoids the punch easily.
Arto Blomsten seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Spectre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And Blomsten responds with a good body kick, but Spectre manages to step out the way in time.
Spectre digs a good hook to Blomsten's body.
Blomsten's jab looks to have found its range, popping Spectre under the eye.
Blomsten cracks Spectre with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Spectre has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Blomsten.
Blomsten misses with a straight left.
Spectre moves out of range of the body kick.
Blomsten takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Spectre lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Blomsten at a distance.
Spectre throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blomsten was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Spectre shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Blomsten is trying to defend but Spectre finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ground and pound from Spectre.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spectre wants to pass to mount but Blomsten is defending the position.
Blomsten is looking to control Spectre's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Blomsten avoid being mounted?
Blomsten gets full guard.
Blomsten working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Spectre.
Spectre lands a couple of elbows.
Spectre with a nice head shot there.
Blomsten trying to keep a closed guard but Spectre is proving a slippery customer.
Blomsten keeping moving, preventing Spectre from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blomsten seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Blomsten looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Spectre with a flurry of punches that miss.
Blomsten pulls Spectre in to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Spectre wants to control from the top but Blomsten keeps moving.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Blomsten throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Spectre sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Spectre throws out a loose jab but Blomsten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blomsten swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blomsten throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spectre on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Blomsten scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Blomsten staying out of range there.
Blomsten buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Blomsten cracks Spectre with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Blomsten.
Blomsten rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Spectre counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Spectre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blomsten stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Blomsten wants it to stay on the feet.
Spectre throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Blomsten to counter with a crisp jab.
Blomsten throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Blomsten avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blomsten throws a jab but it's blocked by Spectre.
Spectre takes a kick to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spectre scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spectre throws a jab but it's blocked by Blomsten.
Blomsten lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Spectre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blomsten was well out of range. Poor timing from Spectre.
Blomsten wants to land a leg kick but Spectre is out of range.
Blomsten throws a series of punches but Spectre avoids them all with ease.
Blomsten lands a nice shot to the body.
Blomsten fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Blomsten takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Spectre slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Blomsten misses with a looping right.
A telegraphed right hand from Blomsten misses the target.
Spectre throwing a counter right hand but Blomsten manages to avoid it.
Blomsten steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Spectre.
Blomsten throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Spectre.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Blomsten.
Spectre misses with a lunging right hand
and Blomsten counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Arto Blomsten will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Blomsten connects with an inside leg kick.
Spectre swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blomsten uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Spectre has time to react.
Blomsten clobbers Spectre with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Blomsten scores with a nice strike.
Spectre thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blomsten swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Spectre paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nice defenses there by Spectre.
Blomsten scores with a jab to the body.
Spectre ducks under a wild hook from Blomsten.
Good leg kick by Blomsten there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Spectre closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Blomsten to the mat! Blomsten manages to get full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spectre throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Spectre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blomsten keeping full guard, as Spectre tries to pass.
Blomsten is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Spectre is in close to Blomsten's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Blomsten keeping moving, preventing Spectre from controlling successfully.
Spectre is in close to Blomsten's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Spectre controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Spectre postures up in Blomsten's guard and throws a big left but Blomsten blocks it.
Serge Spectre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Arto Blomsten is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Spectre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Blomsten keeping moving, preventing Spectre from controlling successfully.
Blomsten controls Spectre momentarily but Spectre frees himself.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Spectre looks to score with a jab to the body but Blomsten is just out of range.
Blomsten swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blomsten is looking to chop away at Spectre's legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spectre takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Blomsten throws a head kick that misses.
Spectre takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Spectre checks a low kick from Blomsten.
Spectre displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blomsten throws out the jab.
Blomsten throws a chopping leg kick but Spectre manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Spectre changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Spectre is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Spectre throws a shot from downtown. Blomsten moves away and avoids it.
Despite the aggression on Blomsten's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Spectre doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Blomsten to counter with a crisp jab.
Spectre shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Blomsten counter with a right hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for Spectre.
Spectre takes one to the side of the head.
Blomsten lands with a good body shot.
Spectre misses with a body shot.
Blomsten is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Spectre with a body shot.
Spectre looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Blomsten scores with a decent looking hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blomsten lands a nice leg kick that just misses Spectre's sensitive parts.
Spectre shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Blomsten connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Serge Spectre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blomsten connects with the punch.
Blomsten slips under a jab from Spectre.
Spectre misses with a looping left.
Spectre swings widly with a right hand
and Blomsten counters with a straight right hand.
Blomsten lands a nice looking body shot.
Blomsten on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Spectre throws a right hand that misses
and Blomsten counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Blomsten scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Blomsten moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Blomsten smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Blomsten explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The fighters circling - Spectre throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arto Blomsten comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Blomsten 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arto Blomsten!
A relieved looking Arto Blomsten thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hector Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phol Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romero comes to the cage accompanied by Havana. 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 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hector Romero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
37 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Phol Hunt!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romero looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hunt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Romero jabs Hunt to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Romero throws out a loose jab but Hunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hunt ducks under a wild hook from Romero.
Romero ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hunt moves away.
Hunt throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hunt slips a straight right by Romero.
Hunt is looking to land body kicks.
It looked like Romero wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Romero tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Romero.
Romero looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunt is just out of range.
Hector Romero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hunt throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Romero looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Romero throws a lazy uppercut
and Hunt counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Hector Romero has been cut.
Romero throws a leg kick but Hunt checks it.
Hunt replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Romero blocks it well.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hunt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Romero throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Romero takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A shot to the liver by Hunt. Beautiful body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hunt throws a leg kick which misses Romero's front leg but catches the back leg as Romero tries to avoid it.
Romero lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt throws a body shot but no joy.
Romero is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A jab from Romero misses.
Hunt takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Romero ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Romero throws a jab when Hunt was well out of range.
Hunt only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Romero shoots in and gets a takedown into Hunt's guard.
Romero showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hunt keeping moving, preventing Romero from controlling successfully.
Romero stopping the sweep attempt from Hunt.
Hunt is pulling down on Romero's head to control his posture.
Romero preventing the sweep.
Hunt is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romero wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hunt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Romero avoids it.
Romero tries to pull guard but Hunt holds him up against the cage and eventually Romero drops back down to his feet.
Romero tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hunt just stands there and leans against the cage.
Romero tries a body shot but Hunt blocks it.
Romero misses with some punches.
Romero tries to pull guard but Hunt holds him up against the cage and eventually Romero drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hector Romero. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hunt has Romero pressed against the cage, preventing Romero from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hunt tries a body shot but Romero blocks it.
Romero pulls guard successfully.
Hunt is stalling in the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero keeping full guard, as Hunt tries to pass.
Hunt slips nicely into half guard.
Romero looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hunt is keen to just control but Romero is a slippery customer.
Romero looking for a kimura from the bottom but Hunt passes into side control!
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hunt decides to stand up, so the ref orders Romero to his feet.
Nice uppercut there from Romero.
Hunt throws a low kick but it's checked well by Romero.
Hunt has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Romero.
Romero 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.
Hunt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hunt doesn't manage to clinch there - Romero circles away.
Romero lunges at Hunt with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hunt's hand.
Hunt moves away from the strike by Romero.
Phol Hunt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Romero connects with a jab.
Romero steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hunt. That one must have hurt.
Hunt throws out a leg kick but Romero moves out of range and Hunt only half commits.
Hunt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Romero.
Romero moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hunt 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 Romero has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Romero and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Hector Romero will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hector Romero's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hunt tries to land a front kick but Romero steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Romero changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Hunt attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Romero ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hunt 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.
Romero throws a hook to the side of Hunt's head but Hunt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hunt tries to counter by closing the distance.
Hunt moves out of range of the strikes.
Romero throws a shot from downtown. Hunt moves away and avoids it.
Hunt bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Hunt takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Romero throws a hook but Hunt avoids it easily.
Romero blocks a jab.
Hunt tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Romero paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Romero on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hunt. Hunt obviously looking to wear him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunt throws a looping overhand right but Romero ducks down to avoid it.
Romero throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hunt scoring well with a low kick there.
Romero misses with a leg kick.
Hunt fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Romero is 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!
Hunt misses with a low kick as Romero jumps back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero's corner calls for a 1-2. Romero obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Romero moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hunt tests Romero's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Romero. Hunt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hunt wants to counter with a clinch but Romero pushes him away.
Romero connects with a solid leg kick.
Romero misses with a looping right.
Hunt feints a counter leg kick.
Romero moves out of range as Hunt throws a body kick.
Hunt checks a low kick from Romero.
Hunt moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Romero lands a right hook to the body.
Hunt lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hunt throws a hook to the side of Romero's head but Romero sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Romero throws a leg kick that misses.
Hunt is looking to chop away at Romero's legs.
Romero misses with a kick to the body.
Hunt misses with a head kick.
Romero with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hunt tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Romero manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hector Romero is winning the standup battle so far.
Hunt has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Romero.
Romero fails with a takedown attempt.
Hunt scores with a nice body kick.
Romero scores with a jab. Hunt acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hunt tries to land a front kick but Romero steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hunt throws a hook to the side of Romero's head but Romero sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hunt throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Romero just misses with a punch to the body.
Hunt was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Hunt takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hunt misses with a straight right.
Good leg kick by Hunt there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nice jab there from Romero.
Hunt throws a front kick aimed at Romero's knee but Romero avoids it well.
Hunt takes one to the chin there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt throws a quick inside leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Romero.
Romero lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Romero lands a right hook to the body.
Romero fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hunt manages to avoid it.
Hunt throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hunt's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Romero avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hunt feints and then cracks Romero's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Romero down.
Hunt throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hunt!
Hunt throws a leg kick but Romero sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hunt moves out of range as Romero strikes.
Hunt finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A bone on bone clash there as Romero blocks the leg kick.
Romero throws an off balance right hand
and Hunt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Romero lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hunt gets cracked there but stands up to it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romero fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt misses with a low kick.
Romero changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Hunt doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Romero throws a sloppy body shot
and Hunt counters with an outside leg kick.
Hunt throws a leg kick but Romero moved away.
Romero connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Romero fakes the leg kick and cracks Hunt in the body.
Hunt ducks right into an uppercut from Romero.
Romero closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Hunt's guard.
Hunt uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Hunt tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Romero is able to avoid easily.
Romero half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Romero digs a good body shot into Hunt's ribs.
Hunt misses with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Romero with a jab.
Hunt misses with a wild body shot.
Hunt throws a shot from downtown. Romero moves away and avoids it.
Hunt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Hector Romero will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hector Romero's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Romero takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Romero darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Romero tries to pass to full mount but Hunt defends it.
Hunt is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hunt looks like he's trying to stand up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunt is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Romero scores with a couple of nice shots.
Romero is pressing down on Hunt's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hunt is holding on for now.
Hunt tries to kick Romero off but Romero keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt is holding on to half guard well.
Hunt blocking the ground and pound attempt from Romero.
Romero prevents Hunt from improving his position.
Hunt wants to control but Romero is keeping busy.
Romero wants to control but Hunt is keeping him busy.
Romero wants to pass to mount but Hunt is defending the position.
Hector Romero is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hunt is pressing down on Romero's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Hunt managing to control the position.
Hunt wants to sweep here but Romero controlling him for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Romero accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hunt has control of Romero's left arm, preventing Romero from doing any damage.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Romero closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Hunt wants to control but Romero is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hunt works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hunt pulls Romero in close to his closed guard and prevents Romero from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero throwing strikes from guard but Hunt blocks nicely.
Romero trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hunt wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Phol Hunt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Romero throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hunt is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Romero is controlling him.
Romero scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Romero accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Romero wants to pass the guard but Hunt is keeping the position.
Hunt is trying to keep Romero in close.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Romero accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Romero wants to control from the top but Hunt keeps moving.
Romero throwing strikes but missing.
Romero stopping the sweep attempt from Hunt.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hunt lands with a nice body punch.
Hunt throws a push kick but Romero slaps the foot to one side.
Hunt keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
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 Hector Romero.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Romero, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Hector Romero!
Our winner, Hector Romero, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
The defeated Phol Hunt had this to say: 'vittu'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Timur Rubin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soa Palelei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Timur Rubin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Timur Rubin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Soa Palelei!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palelei throws a body punch but Rubin moves out of range.
Palelei throws a nice outside leg kick.
Palelei looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A big right from Rubin misses.
Rubin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Palelei moves away.
Palelei moves forwards but Rubin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
It looks like Soa Palelei has been cut.
Rubin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Palelei finds it's way round the side to connect with Rubin's head.
Rubin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Rubin missing with a left hand there. Palelei was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rubin throws a lazy uppercut
and Palelei counters with a left to the body.
A big left from Rubin misses.
Palelei cracks Rubin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rubin misses with a looping right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Palelei needs to keep his hands up - Rubin had a free shot at his head there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubin is looking to chop away at Palelei's legs.
Rubin steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Palelei. That one must have hurt.
Palelei ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Palelei 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.
Rubin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Palelei misses with a head kick.
Rubin fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Palelei avoids it really well and circles away.
Rubin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palelei thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rubin works the jab nicely.
Rubin closes the distance and clinches up with Palelei, looking for a takedown. Rubin pushes Palelei against the cage but Palelei circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Palelei misses with a straight right.
Rubin shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Timur Rubin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rubin misses the shot to the body.
Palelei scores with a nice strike.
It looks like Timur Rubin has been cut.
The crowd cheers as Palelei lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rubin doesn't seem phased though.
Rubin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Palelei.
Palelei throws a head kick that misses.
Palelei is looking to score with low kicks.
Palelei misses with the combination.
Rubin seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rubin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Palelei.
Rubin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Palelei.
Palelei connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rubin. Rubin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rubin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Palelei scores with a shot to the body.
Rubin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rubin throws a jab when Palelei was well out of range.
Palelei throws a big shot that misses.
Rubin throwing a counter right hand but Palelei manages to avoid it.
Palelei throws a hook to the side of Rubin's head but Rubin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rubin scores with a nice strike.
Rubin takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rubin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Palelei can pounce on him.
Rubin throws a shot to the body.
A left lands for Rubin.
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!
Palelei doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rubin digs a good body shot into Palelei's ribs.
Palelei looks to throw a body kick
and Rubin counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ground and pound from Rubin.
Rubin has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rubin looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Palelei with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Palelei wants to get back to full guard.
Palelei trying to control from the bottom.
Rubin is pressing down on Palelei's thigh, looking to free his foot. Palelei is holding on for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Soa Palelei will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Rubin lands a head shot.
Rubin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Palelei.
Palelei throws a poor cross that misses
and Rubin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rubin slips under a jab.
Palelei misses with a leg kick.
Palelei throws a jab when Rubin was well out of range.
Soa Palelei seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Palelei tries to bum rush Rubin with a series of wild strikes but Rubin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rubin lands the left hand.
Rubin blocks a jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Palelei.
Rubin misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Rubin misses its intended target.
Rubin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Palelei explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Palelei looks to land a left hand but Rubin moved out of range nicely.
Rubin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Palelei throws a head kick that misses.
Palelei takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Palelei takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A big left from Rubin misses.
Rubin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Palelei.
Palelei steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rubin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palelei lands a nice shot to the body.
Rubin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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!
Palelei throws a push kick but Rubin slaps the foot to one side.
Palelei tests Rubin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Palelei with a nice cross.
Rubin throws out a loose jab but Palelei uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rubin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rubin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Palelei throws out the jab.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Palelei and Rubin goes tumbling to the canvas! Palelei follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Rubin is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rubin is trying to control but can't.
Oh Rubin is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rubin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Rubin seems to have got his legs back now.
Palelei slips a nice elbow through Rubin's hands, connecting with Rubin's forehead.
Rubin is looking for a sweep. Palelei is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rubin has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Palelei is working away from the top position though.
Palelei takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Rubin regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Palelei.
Palelei pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rubin is keeping the position for now.
Rubin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rubin is working hard here to advance position.
Rubin pulls Palelei in close to prevent any damage.
Palelei cracks Rubin with a solid left hand.
Rubin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rubin looking for a sweep. Not yet Rubin, not yet.
Palelei throwing strikes but missing.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Palelei throws a hook to the side of Rubin's head but Rubin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rubin changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Palelei cracks Rubin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rubin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Palelei counters with a huge left! Rubin is in big trouble! He's backing up but Palelei isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Rubin from any more damage. A dominating finish by Palelei!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Soa Palelei!
Soa Palelei is the new heavyweight champion!
Soa Palelei seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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