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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brady Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arjen Franck Robbery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns comes to the cage accompanied by Pápai Joci - Origo. Arjen Franck Robbery has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brady Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 21 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Arjen Franck Robbery!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns throws a nice inside leg kick.
Robbery moves out of range of the body kick from Burns.
Burns connects with a body shot.
Robbery doesn't manage to clinch there - Burns circles away.
And Burns counters with a quick kick to the body but Robbery blocks it.
That kick from Burns tenderised Robbery's leg. Robbery is trying to keep his angry face on.
Burns looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
An inside leg kick lands from Burns.
Robbery misses with a straight left.
Robbery keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Robbery misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Brady Burns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Robbery looks to land a body kick but Burns moved away.
Burns takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Burns throws a wild body kick that Robbery sees coming a mile off.
Robbery throws out a counter right but Burns avoids it with no problem.
Robbery tries to clinch but Burns moves away
and Burns counters with a nice kick to the body.
Burns with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Robbery to score with a decent uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burns moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Robbery ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Burns moves away.
Burns lands a front kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns throws a hook but Robbery avoids it easily.
Robbery lands an overhand right.
Robbery tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Burns paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Burns.
Burns ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Robbery throws a push kick but Burns slaps the foot to one side.
A punch lands to the side of Robbery 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Robbery slips under a jab.
Burns dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Robbery. That did some damage!
Burns scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Robbery is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Burns lands with a nice body punch.
Burns looks to score with a jab to the body but Robbery is just out of range.
Burns has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Robbery finds it's way round the side to connect with Burns's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burns connects with a crisp jab.
Robbery throws a big shot that misses.
Burns lands a slapping body shot.
Robbery takes one on the button.
Burns misses with a looping right.
Burns is looking to wear down Robbery with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Burns misses with a double jab.
Burns closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Robbery moves forwards but Burns connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Robbery throws a looping overhand right but Burns ducks down to avoid it.
Burns scores with a leg kick.
Good exchange - Burns coming out on top.
Burns misses the body punch
and Robbery counters with a nice leg kick.
Burns takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A looping hook to the body misses from Burns. Robbery does a little dance to reset his feet.
Robbery misses with a looping left.
Burns is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns throws a hook to the side of Robbery's head but Robbery sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Burns scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Burns crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Robbery - the referee stops the clock and Burns gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Robbery. Burns manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Brady Burns is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Robbery fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Burns, pushing him back against the cage.
Burns swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Robbery lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Burns landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Burns gets through Robbery's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Burns.
A right hook to the body lands for Burns.
Burns doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Robbery working aggressively here.
Robbery swings wildly with an uppercut but Burns uses good head movement to avoid it.
Robbery is trying to drag Burns to the mat but Burns just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Robbery misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burns lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Robbery obliges.
A head punch on the inside from Robbery fails to land.
Robbery swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burns trying to land knees to the body.
Robbery tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Robbery.
A short body shot lands from Burns as the two fighters clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Burns.
Burns misses with a knee to the head.
Burns blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Robbery working aggressively here.
Robbery tries a body shot but Burns blocks it.
Robbery avoiding damage as Burns throws knees to the body.
Burns working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Robbery.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Burns.
Still in the clinch, Burns scores with a nice short uppercut.
Burns lands a hook to the side of the head.
Burns doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brady Burns dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Robbery scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Robbery pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Burns throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Burns. Robbery shrugs it off though.
Burns scores with a kick to the body.
Burns chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Burns lands a nice hook to Robbery's body. Robbery takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A slapping leg kick lands for Burns.
A low kick from Robbery misses
and Burns counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Robbery takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Burns looks for the body kick but Robbery saw that one coming.
Burns is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Robbery can do to turn this around?
Robbery lands a nice looking kick to the body. Burns takes a step back to recover.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robbery throws a right hand that Burns ducks under and follows up with a left that Burns also avoids with ease.
Robbery tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Burns manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Burns connects with an inside leg kick.
Burns pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Robbery.
Burns throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Robbery misses with a kick to the body.
Robbery throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Robbery needs to keep his hands up - Burns had a free shot at his head there.
Robbery waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Burns.
Burns throws a head kick that misses.
Robbery avoids the body shot from Burns.
Burns throws a body punch but Robbery moves out of range.
Brady Burns is winning the standup battle so far.
Robbery throws a push kick but Burns slaps the foot to one side.
Robbery ducks under a wild hook from Burns.
Burns misses with a head kick.
Burns moves out of range as Robbery strikes.
Burns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Robbery was well out of range. Poor timing from Burns.
Robbery raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns thuds a left hand into Robbery's body.
Burns takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Robbery throws a shot to the body.
Robbery throws a low kick but it's checked well by Burns.
Burns smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Burns throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Robbery looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Burns keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Robbery.
Burns dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Robbery misses with a left hand
and Burns counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Burns fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Robbery has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Burns.
Robbery is looking to land body kicks.
Burns connects with a solid leg kick.
Burns lands a nice hook to Robbery's body. Robbery takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Robbery swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Burns counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Robbery tries to clinch but Burns is having none of it.
Robbery is looking to chop away at Burns's legs.
Burns fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Robbery manages to avoid it.
Robbery throws an overhand right that lands on Burns's shoulder, as Burns tries to avoid the shot.
Robbery ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Robbery waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Burns.
Robbery throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Robbery has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Robbery there as he acknowledges the shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Robbery looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Burns misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Robbery makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Burns really felt that one!
Robbery fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Burns, pushing him back against the cage.
Burns tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Robbery lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burns.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burns blocking some punches.
Burns lands a left hand that snaps the head of Robbery backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Burns.
Robbery misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burns doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Burns working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Burns.
Burns blocks an uppercut.
Burns lands with a right to the head.
Robbery stalling.
Robbery tries for a takedown but Burns manages to get underhooks.
Robbery tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Burns lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body punch from Burns.
Robbery is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Burns working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Burns with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brady Burns dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Robbery misses with a body kick.
Burns feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Robberys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Burns looks to throw the jab but Robbery is out of range.
Burns throws a predictable looking body shot
and Robbery counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Robbery takes a swing at Burns's ribcage but misses.
Burns displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Robbery throws out the jab.
Burns finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Robbery throws a head kick that misses.
Robbery connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Burns's hands.
Burns bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Robbery's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns looks to land a body kick but Robbery moved away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Robbery! But no joy.
Burns moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Robbery takes the fight into the clinch.
Robbery's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Robbery takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Arjen Franck Robbery has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Robbery blocks the elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robbery missing with knees to the body.
Burns throws a knee to the head but misses.
Robbery misses with a punch to the body.
Burns lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Robbery.
Burns crunches a lovely knee into Robbery's ribcage.
Burns swings wildly with an uppercut but Robbery uses good head movement to avoid it.
Robbery taking a breather.
Robbery takes an elbow to the forehead.
Robbery lands a right hand.
Burns lands a left hand.
Robbery lands with a left to the head.
Burns digs a right hand into Robbery's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Robbery's gas tank.
Brady Burns has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Burns throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Robberys head.
Burns tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Robbery's elbow.
Burns can't find room to land a body shot as Robbery controls the action.
Robbery tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Burns lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Arjen Franck Robbery has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short uppercut from Burns.
Robbery takes an elbow to the temple.
Burns trying to land knees to the body.
Robbery blocks an elbow strike from Burns.
Burns unloads a knee to the mid-section. Robbery lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Burns scores with a shot to the side of Robbery's head.
Robbery looking to slow down the pace here.
Burns lands a knee to the body.
Robbery takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Burns tries a knee to the head but Robbery blocks it.
Burns presses Robbery against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A hook to the body from Burns.
Robbery fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burns misses with an elbow over the top.
Robbery lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Burns is leaning against Robbery and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Robbery swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Robbery tries to work over Burns's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robbery fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burns looking to throw knees to the head but Robbery is blocking nicely.
Robbery blocking some punches.
Robbery tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Robbery makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Robbery takes a shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Robbery.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Robbery swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Robbery's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Brady Burns is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Burns blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Robbery is trying to stall.
Robbery misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Robbery.
Robbery has a couple of punches blocked by Burns.
Robbery blocks the elbow strike.
Burns lands a hook to the side of the head.
Burns blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Burns will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Burns working Robbery over with knees to the body.
Robbery misses with a hook from the clinch.
Robbery wants a takedown but no success here.
Robbery displaying some good clinch control by pressing Burns up against the cage.
Robbery swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brady Burns showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Burns has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brady Burns!
Brady Burns thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayne Conner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conner comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Man Who Sold The World kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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221 lbs
15 - 8 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Daniel Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wayne Conner!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conner scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A good leg kick by Conner.
Williams throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Conner counter with a right hand.
It looks like Daniel Williams has been cut.
Williams takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Williams is looking to land body kicks.
Conner misses with a hook. Williams ducked under it nicely.
Wayne Conner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conner drops his hands momentarily and Williams takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Conner swings for the body but Williams moves out of range.
Conner cracks Williams with a right hand to the side of the head.
Williams is rocked!
Conner walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The fighters circling - Williams throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A telegraphed right hand from Williams misses the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conner gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Conner feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Williamss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Oh Williams is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Conner does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the body from Conner misses
and Williams counters with a good low kick that Conner was not able to check.
Williams seems to have got his legs back now.
Williams with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Conner to score with a decent uppercut.
Williams getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conner's jab looks to have found its range, popping Williams under the eye.
Conner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Williams.
Williams swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Conner 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 Williams has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Williams and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Williams looks to score with a jab to the body but Conner is just out of range.
Williams slips under a jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Williams.
Conner blocks a low kick nicely.
Williams punishes Conner's body with a nice straight punch.
Conner throws the left hand but Williams avoids the punch easily.
Conner throws a jab when Williams was well out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Conner 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Williams throws a nice outside leg kick.
Conner rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Williams makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Williams forces Conner back against the cage and clinches.
Williams working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conner slips a straight right by Williams.
Conner moves out of range of the strikes.
A slow jab from Conner misses its intended target.
Conner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Williams.
Williams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Conner cracks Williams with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Conner takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Williams fails in his attempt to clinch.
Williams lands with a slapping head kick.
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Conner.
Conner loads up on a big right hand but Williams slips the punch.
Williams missing with a left hand there. Conner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Williams throws a body punch but Conner moves out of range.
Williams cracks the inside of Conner's front leg.
Conner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Williams.
Conner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Williams.
Williams looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
The crowd cheers as Conner lands an impressive looking overhand right. Williams doesn't seem phased though.
Williams fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It seemed like Conner was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conner.
Williams closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Conner fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Williams to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Williams looks to clinch but Conner throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Williams taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Wayne Conner!
During a confident post fight interview, Wayne Conner thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Leo Yaj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bogdan Petrycki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yaj comes to the cage accompanied by Hey mr. DJ. Bogdan Petrycki will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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142 lbs
27 - 11 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leo Yaj!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bogdan Petrycki!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yaj throws an off balance right hand
and Petrycki counters with a stiff right hand.
Petrycki leaves Yaj with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Yaj has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Petrycki.
Yaj looks to score with a jab to the body but Petrycki is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Petrycki! But no joy.
Yaj drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nice body punch from Yaj.
Petrycki lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Petrycki misses with a wild body shot.
Yaj takes a swing at Petrycki's ribcage but misses.
Petrycki throws a jab but it's blocked by Yaj.
Petrycki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Petrycki scores with a kick to the body.
Petrycki misses with a hook. Yaj ducked under it nicely.
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!
Yaj swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yaj fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Petrycki manages to avoid it.
Yaj throws an overhand right that lands on Petrycki's shoulder, as Petrycki tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yaj throws a body shot but no joy.
Yaj takes a swing at Petrycki's ribcage but misses.
Yaj throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yaj with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Yaj thows a left - swing and a miss!
A head kick misses from Petrycki.
Yaj takes a swing at Petrycki's ribcage but misses.
Petrycki now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Petrycki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Petrycki moves out of range of the strikes.
Yaj misses with a straight left.
Yaj's jab looks to have found its range, popping Petrycki under the eye.
Yaj thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yaj lands a nice looking body shot.
Yaj throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Petrycki stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Petrycki.
Yaj swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Petrycki.
Bogdan Petrycki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yaj gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yaj struggles to land a body shot inside as Petrycki controls his hands.
Yaj definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Petrycki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Petrycki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yaj scores a nice knee to the body.
Yaj creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Petrycki's defenses.
Yaj working Petrycki over with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Petrycki fails to land.
Yaj lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yaj trying to land knees to the body.
Yaj blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yaj lands an elbow just above Petrycki 's eye.
Yaj using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Petrycki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yaj goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yaj blocks an uppercut.
Petrycki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big right from Yaj misses.
Yaj stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Petrycki.
Petrycki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrycki lands with a kick to the ribs.
Petrycki looks to land a right hand but Yaj moved out of range.
A shot to the body from Yaj misses
and Yaj takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yaj misses with a body shot.
Yaj throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Petrycki to counter with a crisp jab.
Leo Yaj seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrycki ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Yaj shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Yaj was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Yaj with the ground and pound but Petrycki regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Petrycki is trying to stand.
Yaj throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Yaj winds up and cracks Petrycki with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Petrycki wants to get back to his feet.
Petrycki has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Yaj is on him like a limpet, forcing Petrycki back against the cage.
Petrycki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Petrycki breaks the clinch.
Petrycki throws a sloppy head kick and Yaj moves out of range easily.
Petrycki scores with a decent looking hook.
Yaj instigates a clinch.
Petrycki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Petrycki fails to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yaj misses with a punch to the body.
Petrycki has a couple of punches blocked by Yaj.
A nice left hand lands by Yaj.
Petrycki is trying to force a seperation but Yaj has the dominant position.
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 Leo Yaj will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Petrycki slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Petrycki throws out a leg kick but Yaj moves out of range and Petrycki only half commits.
An attempted straight right counter from Yaj misses the target.
Yaj throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bogdan Petrycki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Petrycki misses with the combination.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Yaj looks to score with a jab to the body but Petrycki is just out of range.
Yaj throws a looping overhand right but Petrycki ducks down to avoid it.
Yaj throws a body shot but no joy.
Yaj misses the shot to the body.
Petrycki throws a big counter head kick but Yaj avoids it with no problem.
Yaj looking to score a takedown here. Petrycki is defending well but Yaj drives through and ends up in Petrycki's guard.
Yaj postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yaj connects with a couple of short punches.
Yaj throws a big elbow that misses.
Yaj throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Petrycki has his feet on Yaj's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrycki avoids the body shot from Yaj.
Yaj shoots in and bounces Petrycki off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Petrycki pushes Yaj off and scrambles back to his feet.
Petrycki has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Yaj misses with a body shot
and Petrycki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yaj avoids the body shot from Petrycki.
A counter left hand to the body from Yaj misses its target.
Yaj is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Petrycki's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Yaj.
Petrycki ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Yaj throws a hook but Petrycki blocks it.
Petrycki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yaj.
Yaj's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Petrycki connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Yaj scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yaj takes one to the chin there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yaj swings for the body but Petrycki moves out of range.
Yaj shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Petrycki as he avoids it easily.
Petrycki defending well as Yaj loads up on a big left hand.
Petrycki connects with a body shot.
Yaj chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Petrycki can pounce on him.
Yaj moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Yaj looks to throw the jab but Petrycki is out of range.
Yaj clinches up with Petrycki and pushes him back against the cage.
Petrycki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yaj's elbow.
Yaj tries to work over Petrycki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Petrycki swings wildly with an uppercut but Yaj uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yaj tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Petrycki avoids it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yaj.
Yaj softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yaj misses with an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrycki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yaj's elbow.
Petrycki swings wildly with an uppercut but Yaj uses good head movement to avoid it.
A shot in the inside from Yaj.
Petrycki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Petrycki blocks an uppercut.
Yaj prevents Petrycki from breaking the clinch.
Petrycki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yaj misses with a lunging right hand
and Petrycki counters with a nice uppercut.
Petrycki throws a right and a left that both miss.
Petrycki jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Yaj pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Petrycki takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Petrycki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yaj.
Nice body punch from Yaj.
Petrycki defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Yaj.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leo Yaj. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Petrycki misses with a low kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Yaj misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yaj misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Petrycki counters with a three punch combo that has Yaj backing up. Yaj nods at Petrycki to acknowledge the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Yaj.
Petrycki fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Petrycki misses the shot to the body.
Bogdan Petrycki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Petrycki misses with a body kick.
Yaj swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Petrycki misses with a hook. Yaj ducked under it nicely.
Yaj throwing a counter right hand but Petrycki manages to avoid it.
Petrycki tests Yaj's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Petrycki takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Petrycki is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Yaj gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Yaj tries to throw a body punch but Petrycki avoids it by throwing Yaj back against the cage.
Yaj tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Petrycki managing to block the knees to the body from Yaj.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yaj.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yaj.
Yaj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bogdan Petrycki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Petrycki misses the shot to the body.
Yaj tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Petrycki was well out of range. Poor timing from Yaj.
Yaj avoids the body shot from Petrycki.
Yaj avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Petrycki misses with a two punch combination.
Good exchange - Petrycki coming out on top.
A looping hook to the body misses from Petrycki. Yaj does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yaj throws a sloppy body shot
and Petrycki counters with a stiff right hand.
Petrycki fails to land with a series of punches.
Petrycki scores with a jab to the head.
Yaj throws an overhand right that lands on Petrycki's shoulder, as Petrycki tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petrycki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yaj dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yaj steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Petrycki.
Yaj ducks under a wild hook from Petrycki.
Nice defenses there by Petrycki.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yaj throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Petrycki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Petrycki cracks Yaj with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Petrycki lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Yaj throws a body shot but no joy.
Yaj throws an off balance right hand
and Petrycki counters with a stiff right hand.
Yaj steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Petrycki.
Yaj missing with a left hand there. Petrycki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Petrycki avoids the body shot from Yaj.
Yaj swings for the body but Petrycki moves out of range.
Yaj misses with a straight right.
Petrycki just misses with a punch to the body.
Yaj misses with a straight right.
Petrycki tries to land a front kick but Yaj steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Yaj connects with a jab.
Yaj takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters circling - Petrycki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yaj misses with a looping left.
Donk. Yaj catches Petrycki right on the button with a cross.
Yaj takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nice cross by Yaj.
Yaj is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Yaj dodges the punch combination from Petrycki.
Petrycki avoids the body shot from Yaj.
Yaj looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Petrycki misses with a head kick.
A slow jab from Petrycki misses its intended target.
Petrycki misses with a straight left.
Yaj lands a right hook to the body.
Yaj throws a body shot but no joy.
Yaj throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yaj keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Petrycki.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Petrycki. Yaj does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yaj misses with a body shot
and Petrycki counters with an outside leg kick.
Yaj throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Petrycki avoids the body shot from Yaj.
Yaj tests Petrycki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yaj swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Petrycki throws a counter combo.
Yaj is looking to wear down Petrycki with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Yaj throws an off balance right hand
and Petrycki counters with a nice uppercut.
Yaj misses with a takedown attempt
and Petrycki counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yaj walks into a stiff left hand from Petrycki.
Petrycki connects with a high kick.
Petrycki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yaj.
Petrycki throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Petrycki misses with a wild combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yaj misses with a body shot.
Petrycki now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yaj throws a hook to the side of Petrycki's head but Petrycki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yaj blocks a head kick by Petrycki.
Yaj throws a big counter combination but Petrycki scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Yaj dodges the punch combination from Petrycki.
Yaj lands a really nice looking cross but Petrycki seems unphased.
Petrycki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yaj.
Petrycki lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A shot to the body from Yaj misses
enabling Petrycki to counter with a crisp jab.
Yaj closes the distance and clinches.
Yaj tries a knee to the head but Petrycki blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yaj creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yaj connects with a nasty looking knee right to Petrycki's face.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bogdan Petrycki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Petrycki 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bogdan Petrycki!
After winning the bout, Bogdan Petrycki 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Seleznyov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Achilles Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roberto Seleznyov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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220 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 16 - 1, fighting out of New York, Roberto Seleznyov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Achilles Jones!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seleznyov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Seleznyov looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jones is fending him off so far but Seleznyov persists. Nope, Jones circles away and we're back to standing.
Jones connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Seleznyov manages to avoid it.
Seleznyov seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Seleznyov bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Jones tries to move into range but Seleznyov moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jones walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Roberto Seleznyov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Jones takes a kick to the side of the head.
Seleznyov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
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!
Seleznyov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.
Seleznyov misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jones keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Seleznyov.
Jones needs to keep his hands up - Seleznyov had a free shot at his head there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones connects with a nice looking jab.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Seleznyov lands with a thumping leg kick.
Seleznyov is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Jones takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Seleznyov checks a low kick from Jones.
Seleznyov looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seleznyov moves away.
Seleznyov is looking to counter punch.
Seleznyov throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seleznyov. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones misses with a lunging right hand
and Seleznyov counters with a nice body shot.
Seleznyov paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A chopping leg kick lands by Seleznyov.
Jones throws a low kick but Seleznyov avoids it.
Jones throws a leg kick but Seleznyov checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seleznyov throws out a loose jab but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Seleznyov slips a jab from Jones.
Jones wants to slow Seleznyov down by chopping away at his legs.
Seleznyov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Seleznyov pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
An inside leg kick from Jones misses.
Seleznyov defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
Seleznyov motions for Jones to come forward. Seleznyov throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jones throws a body punch but Seleznyov moves out of range.
Jones moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jones throws a front kick that sends Seleznyov stumbling back into the cage.
Jones misses with a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Seleznyov.
Jones displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Seleznyov throws out the jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Seleznyov misses with a jab to the body
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Roberto Seleznyov has been cut.
A jab from Jones does it's job there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Seleznyov.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones misses the body punch
and Seleznyov counters with a nice body kick.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seleznyov is looking to counter with a body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Seleznyov misses the target.
Seleznyov tests Jones's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Seleznyov misses with a head kick.
Jones let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A nice inside leg kick there by Seleznyov. That's going to slow Jones down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seleznyov is looking to score with low kicks.
Seleznyov throws a predictable looking body shot
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Seleznyov throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jones's waist but Jones gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Seleznyov off to one side.
Seleznyov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Good body shot from Seleznyov.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Seleznyov scores with a shoulder strike.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Seleznyov.
Seleznyov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Seleznyov lands with a light punch inside.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Seleznyov avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Seleznyov.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Jones.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Seleznyov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Seleznyov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Seleznyov prevents a body shot from Jones.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Seleznyov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roberto Seleznyov's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A clash of legs there as Seleznyov blocks the low kick.
Seleznyov misses with a hook
and Jones counters with a nice low kick that buckles Seleznyov's knee momentarily.
Jones slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jones thuds his right hand into Seleznyov's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jones throws a body punch but Seleznyov moves out of range.
Jones throws a leg kick
and Seleznyov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jones has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Jones keeps Seleznyov at a distance using the push kick.
That kick from Seleznyov tenderised Jones's leg. Jones is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Seleznyov avoids the head kick by Jones.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seleznyov shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jones now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Seleznyov lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Seleznyov has taken the fight to the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones looking to slow down the pace here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Seleznyov.
Jones misses with a punch to the body.
Jones working aggressively here.
Seleznyov lands a nice uppercut.
Seleznyov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Seleznyov lands with a short shot to the head.
Seleznyov tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
The referee calls for Seleznyov to work.
Seleznyov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Seleznyov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Seleznyov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Seleznyov is working Jones over against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Seleznyov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Roberto Seleznyov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Seleznyov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Seleznyov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Seleznyov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jones lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Seleznyov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right hook to the body lands for Jones.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones is trying to maintain a safe position but Seleznyov gets an underhook and turns Jones into the cage.
Jones blocking some punches.
Jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Seleznyov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Seleznyov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Seleznyov scores with a shoulder strike.
A right hand to the body from Jones.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones working aggressively here.
Seleznyov working aggressively here.
Jones lands a hook that snaps the head of Seleznyov backwards.
Jones lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jones blocks a body shot from Seleznyov.
Jones gets through Seleznyov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Jones.
Seleznyov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Seleznyov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Seleznyov.
Seleznyov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Seleznyov gets through Jones's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Seleznyov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Seleznyov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
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!
Jones pushes Seleznyov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Seleznyov misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seleznyov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jones misses with some punches.
Seleznyov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Seleznyov misses with a punch to the body.
Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jones misses with some punches.
Seleznyov struggles to land a body shot inside as Jones controls his hands.
A short left from Jones.
A short uppercut from Jones.
Jones lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Seleznyov blocking some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jones.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Jones pushes Seleznyov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jones.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Seleznyov looking to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Achilles Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Roberto Seleznyov's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Seleznyov is just out of range.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Seleznyov connects with an inside leg kick.
Seleznyov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good exchange - Jones coming out on top.
Seleznyov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A left lands for Jones.
Seleznyov tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jones is able to avoid easily.
Seleznyov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jones. That did some damage!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good leg kick by Seleznyov there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Seleznyov takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Seleznyov missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jones lands a right hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones lands with an overhand left.
Seleznyov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Seleznyov was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones.
Jones takes a swing at Seleznyov's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Seleznyov wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Seleznyov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Jones checks a low kick from Seleznyov.
Seleznyov doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Jones blocks a leg kick.
Seleznyov takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Seleznyov connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Seleznyov 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 Jones has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jones and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seleznyov throws out a leg kick but Jones moves out of range and Seleznyov only half commits.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Seleznyov misses with a body shot.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Seleznyov moves out of range easily.
Seleznyov has a takedown stuffed.
Jones doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Seleznyov scores with a jab to the head.
Seleznyov throws a nice head kick!
Jones throws a leg kick but Seleznyov sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seleznyov misses with a left hand
and Jones counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Seleznyov was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones.
Jones looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jones throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Seleznyov.
A leg kick checked by Jones.
Seleznyov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Roberto Seleznyov is winning the standup battle so far.
Seleznyov lands a leg kick that knocks Jones off balance momentarily.
Jones throws a big shot that misses.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones cracks a nice hook into Seleznyov's ribs.
Both fighters circling a little - Seleznyov finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Seleznyov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jones throws a fast counter high kick but Seleznyov manages to duck under it in time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seleznyov connects with a high kick.
Seleznyov throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jones lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seleznyov walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jones checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jones lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Jones.
Seleznyov shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Jones eats them both and turns towards Seleznyov to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Seleznyov misses with the body kick
and Jones counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jones avoids the body shot from Seleznyov.
Jones is looking to slow Seleznyov down with leg kicks.
Seleznyov ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Achilles Jones.
I think Jones 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rauli Raunio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steel comes to the cage accompanied by Kollegah - Bossaura. David Steel looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
37 - 24 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, David Steel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rauli Raunio!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steel misses with a straight left.
Steel has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Raunio scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Raunio with a nice cross.
Raunio has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Steel is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Raunio scores with the left hand. Steel knows he should have avoided that one.
Steel misses with a kick to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Raunio! But no joy.
Steel misses with an uppercut
and Raunio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Raunio staying out of range there.
Raunio lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Raunio scores with a body shot.
Steel throws a jab when Raunio was well out of range.
A shot to the body from Steel misses
and Raunio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raunio clinches up against the cage.
A short right from Raunio.
Raunio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Raunio.
Steel blocking some punches.
Steel throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Raunios head.
Steel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Raunio dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel just misses with a punch to the body.
Steel throws a hook to the side of Raunio's head but Raunio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Steel misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Raunio counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Steel is breathing heavily.
Steel throws a head kick that misses.
Raunio works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jab from Raunio.
Decent striking displayed by Raunio there.
Raunio scores with a punch to the head.
Raunio steps into range and cracks Steel with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Steel flops backwards and Raunio dives into his guard looking to finish!
Steel is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raunio is working Steel over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Oh Steel is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Raunio lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Steel seems to have got his legs back now.
Raunio is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Raunio connects with a couple of short punches.
Raunio is in close to Steel's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raunio looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Raunio has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Raunio throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Raunio working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Raunio is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Raunio scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Raunio lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Raunio wants to pass the guard but Steel is keeping the position.
Raunio throwing strikes from guard but Steel blocks nicely.
Steel being controlled here, momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raunio landing with the ground and pound.
Raunio makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Raunio chips away with some ground and pound.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Raunio is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Raunio trying to control the position from guard on top but Steel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Raunio is looking to work some ground and pound but Steel has wrist control.
Raunio postures up.
Steel keeping moving, preventing Raunio from controlling successfully.
Steel wants to get back to his feet but Raunio is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
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.
Steel looks to land a left hand but Raunio moved out of range nicely.
Raunio throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Steel is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Raunio's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A nice leg kick lands there from Raunio.
Steel scores with a nice strike.
Steel looks to throw a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Raunio.
Nice straight punches there by Raunio. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Raunio.
Raunio lands with a nice body punch.
David Steel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raunio cracks Steel with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Steel takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Steel has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Steel there as he acknowledges the shot.
Raunio moves into the clinch.
Raunio lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steel.
Steel can't break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rauli Raunio dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Raunio scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Raunio has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Steel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Raunio unleashes a big counter combination but Steel bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Steel throws a push kick but Raunio slaps the foot to one side.
Steel takes a jab right on the kisser.
Steel misses with a right hand
enabling Raunio to counter with a crisp jab.
Raunio scores with a shot to the body.
Raunio throws a nice outside leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Raunio.
Raunio drops Steel with a big left hand and mounts him. Steel is in big trouble!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Raunio looking to control and managing it successfully.
Steel is looking to get to half guard.
Raunio putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Raunio is landing with some decent strikes but Steel is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Raunio loads up with a big shot that hurts Steel! He's pulled Raunio in close but Raunio has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Steel survive? More strikes from Raunio and Steel is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Rauli Raunio!
Rauli Raunio decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bartek Pietrzak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Koski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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156 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
46 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bartek Pietrzak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Juan Koski!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, William Peck and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koski throws a low kick but Pietrzak avoids it.
It looked like Pietrzak wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jab by Koski.
A thudding body kick lands there by Pietrzak!
Jab from Pietrzak.
Koski takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Koski wants to land a leg kick but Pietrzak is out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Pietrzak 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pietrzak scores with a jab to the body.
Koski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pietrzak sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Koski walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pietrzak misses with a double jab.
Pietrzak lands with a slapping head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pietrzak shoots in looking for a takedown. Koski tries to sprawl out of it but Pietrzak keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Koski manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Koski stuffs the takedown.
Pietrzak moves out of range of the body kick from Koski.
Pietrzak throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pietrzak throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Koski wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Koski 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pietrzak, right into the meat.
Koski throws a lazy head kick
and Pietrzak counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Pietrzak postures up in Koski's guard and throws a big left but Koski blocks it.
Koski is pulling down on Pietrzak's head to control his posture.
Koski's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Pietrzak trying to control but Koski is working from the bottom.
Pietrzak wants to pass the guard but Koski is keeping the position.
Koski has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koski keeping full guard, as Pietrzak tries to pass.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
A solid leg kick lands there for Koski.
Koski cracks the inside of Pietrzak's front leg.
Koski walks into a stiff left hand from Pietrzak.
Pietrzak throws a big shot that misses.
Koski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Koski appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A head kick from Koski lands but Pietrzak takes it in his stride.
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!
Crunch! Koski slams his shin into Pietrzak's torso.
Koski chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pietrzak can pounce on him.
Pietrzak throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Pietrzak misses with an uppercut. Koski saw that one coming.
Koski has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Koski there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pietrzak throws the left hand but Koski avoids the punch easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koski tries a head kick but it misses.
Koski avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A slapping body kick lands there for Koski.
Koski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pietrzak ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Koski moves away.
Koski scores with a kick to the body.
Koski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pietrzak was well out of range. Poor timing from Koski.
Pietrzak moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Pietrzak tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Koski tries a low kick but Pietrzak avoids it.
Koski throws a looping overhand right but Pietrzak ducks down to avoid it.
Koski throws a hook but Pietrzak avoids it easily.
Nice straight punches there by Pietrzak. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Pietrzak.
Koski checks a leg kick nicely.
Koski was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Pietrzak closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Koski misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pietrzak keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Koski.
Pietrzak shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Koski as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bartek Pietrzak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pietrzak connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Koski throws a half hearted mid kick.
Koski misses with a leg kick.
Pietrzak tries to land a front kick but Koski steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Koski looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Koski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pietrzak lands a nice hook to Koski's body. Koski takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice defenses there by Koski.
Pietrzak throws a sloppy head kick and Koski moves out of range easily.
A swing and a miss from Koski.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Koski.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Koski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Koski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pietrzak ducks under a wild hook from Koski.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pietrzak checks a leg kick.
Koski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pietrzak.
Pietrzak takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Koski leaves Pietrzak with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Juan Koski 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.
Koski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pietrzak was well out of range. Poor timing from Koski.
A quick step to the side and Pietrzak tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pietrzak displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Koski throws out the jab.
Nice body punch from Koski.
Nice uppercut there from Pietrzak.
Koski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pietrzak attempts a counter takedown but Koski avoids it well and moves away.
Koski fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pietrzak looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A head kick misses from Koski.
Koski moves out of range as Pietrzak strikes.
Pietrzak fails with the takedown.
Juan Koski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pietrzak swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pietrzak cracks Koski with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A big right from Pietrzak misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A combination from Pietrzak does no damage.
Koski lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Koski tries a low kick but Pietrzak avoids it.
Koski defending well as Pietrzak loads up on a big left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koski throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Koski with a nice cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koski throws a good cross that connects.
Koski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Koski throws a big shot that misses.
Pietrzak misses with a low kick.
Pietrzak swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Koski scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pietrzak doesn't seem bothered though.
Koski slips a jab and a cross from Pietrzak.
Koski takes a swing at Pietrzak's ribcage but misses.
Koski ducks under a wild hook from Pietrzak.
Koski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pietrzak.
Pietrzak changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Pietrzak is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Koski thuds a left hand into Pietrzak's body.
Koski has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Koski does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pietrzak lands a head shot.
Koski blocks a head kick by Pietrzak.
Koski tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pietrzak uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Koski.
Koski lands a lovely overhand right.
Koski throws a jab but it's blocked by Pietrzak.
Koski moves out of range of the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Koski on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Koski scores with a hook to the body. Pietrzak takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pietrzak staying out of range there.
Juan Koski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Koski throws a sloppy head kick and Pietrzak moves out of range easily.
Nice uppercut there from Pietrzak.
Pietrzak uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Koski.
Koski takes a swing at Pietrzak's ribcage but misses.
Pietrzak shoots in and drives through. Koski sprawls well.
Koski looks to land a right hand but Pietrzak moved out of range.
Koski walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A slapping body kick lands there for Koski.
Pietrzak on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Koski tests Pietrzak's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Koski moves out of range of the body kick from Pietrzak.
Koski misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Koski.
Koski throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Pietrzak slips under a jab from Koski.
Koski moves out of range of the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Koski on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Koski lands a body shot.
Pietrzak waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Koski.
Pietrzak shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Koski as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bartek Pietrzak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Koski misses with a straight left.
Koski delivers a nice body kick.
Koski gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Koski wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The fighters circle momentarily. Koski darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pietrzak. Koski does a little dance to reset his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Koski! But no joy.
A cross from Koski lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pietrzak uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Koski.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koski blocks a leg kick.
Koski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pietrzak shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Koski sprawls well. Koski wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pietrzak gets slowly back to his feet.
Pietrzak uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Koski.
An attempted straight right counter from Pietrzak misses the target.
Koski slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Pietrzak looks to throw the jab but Koski is out of range.
Pietrzak throws out a loose jab but Koski uses good head movement to avoid it.
A left lands for Koski.
Pietrzak throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pietrzak connects with a good right hand that stumbles Koski. Koski circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A swing and a miss from Pietrzak.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pietrzak throws a nice looking combination but Koski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Koski lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Koski throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Koski jabs at Pietrzak's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Koski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Koski cracks Pietrzak with a good jab.
Pietrzak misses with an uppercut.
Koski goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pietrzak was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Koski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Koski wants to land a leg kick but Pietrzak is out of range.
Koski scores with a hook.
A big right from Pietrzak misses.
Koski lands a jab to the nose.
An inside leg kick lands from Koski.
Koski throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Pietrzak appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Koski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pietrzak moves away.
Pietrzak swings for the body but Koski moves out of range.
Pietrzak will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Koski 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 Pietrzak has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pietrzak and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A quick step to the side and Pietrzak tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pietrzak looks to land a right hand but Koski moved out of range.
Pietrzak takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Koski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Donk. Pietrzak catches Koski right on the button with a cross.
Pietrzak on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koski moves out of range of the strikes.
Koski misses with a low kick.
Koski moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Koski connects with a body shot.
Pietrzak gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Koski.
A big left from Pietrzak misses.
Koski misses with a kick to the body.
Koski swings for the body but Pietrzak moves out of range.
Koski listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pietrzak swings for the body but Koski moves out of range.
Koski throws a push kick but Pietrzak slaps the foot to one side.
Pietrzak throws a chopping leg kick but Koski manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Koski fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Pietrzak checks it well.
Koski misses with a wild body shot.
Koski throws a leg kick but Pietrzak moved away.
Koski has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Pietrzak 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.
Pietrzak takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bartek Pietrzak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koski scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pietrzak throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Koski follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Pietrzak looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pietrzak lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Pietrzak misses with a body shot.
Pietrzak throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pietrzak throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pietrzak misses with a left hand
and Koski makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Koski throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Pietrzak fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Koski avoids it really well and circles away.
Koski swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Koski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Koski checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Koski avoids the head kick by Pietrzak.
Koski just misses with a punch to the body.
Koski takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pietrzak moves out of range of the body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pietrzak chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pietrzak moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Koski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pietrzak manages to avoid it.
Pietrzak looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Koski cracks Pietrzak with an open hand slap.
Pietrzak takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pietrzak connects with a solid leg kick.
Pietrzak takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Pietrzak swings for the body but Koski moves out of range.
Koski scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A telegraphed right hand from Pietrzak misses the target.
Pietrzak avoids the body shot from Koski.
Nice body kick there by Koski.
Pietrzak tries to land a leg kick but Koski saw it coming and moves away.
Pietrzak looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koski lands with a thumping leg kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pietrzak.
A countering left hand to the body from Koski misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Koski. That's going to slow Pietrzak down.
Koski's corner calls for a 1-2. Koski obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Koski catches Pietrzak with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Pietrzak misses with an uppercut. Koski saw that one coming.
Koski lands with a shot to the body.
Koski throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Pietrzak stuns Koski with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Koski scores with a hook to the body. Pietrzak takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Koski is looking to slow Pietrzak down with leg kicks.
Koski cracks the inside of Pietrzak's front leg.
Pietrzak just misses with a punch to the body.
Pietrzak throws a jab but it's blocked by Koski.
Pietrzak takes a kick to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good shot there by Pietrzak.
Pietrzak misses the jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Koski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Koski 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Koski!
A relieved looking Juan Koski 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Bugaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Mubango (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mubango is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jessie J - Bang Bang. Christian Mubango told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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215 lbs
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30
218 lbs
14 - 10 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, David Bugaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Christian Mubango!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bugaev moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
It looks like Christian Mubango has been cut.
Mubango shoots in and bounces Bugaev off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Mubango being controlled here momentarily.
Mubango works over Bugaev with some ground and pound from guard.
Mubango with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bugaev wants to hit a switch here but Mubango passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Bugaev there!
Bugaev is desperately trying to improve his position but Mubango has a good base and remains in mount.
Bugaev in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mubango raining down shots from the mount!
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Bugaev working to try and regain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mubango lands a nice shot to the head.
Bugaev is trying desperately to improve position.
Mubango lands a nice shot to the head.
The referee warns Bugaev that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bugaev is rocked!
Bugaev is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bugaev regains half guard.
Mubango is looking to stall here but Bugaev recovers full guard.
Mubango pushing down on Bugaev's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Mubango has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bugaev is refusing to be controlled, as Mubango sits in half guard.
Bugaev is trying to control but can't.
Mubango landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mubango wants to pass the guard but Bugaev is defending well.
Mubango thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bugaev gets full guard.
Bugaev looking for a sweep. Not yet Bugaev, not yet.
Bugaev is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mubango moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Mubango 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.
Bugaev lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bugaev might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bugaev chips away with some ground and pound.
Mubango working for a triangle but Bugaev defends it easily.
Bugaev lands a couple of elbows.
Mubango keeping moving, preventing Bugaev from controlling successfully.
Mubango looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bugaev throws a big right hand that misses.
Bugaev stands up over Mubango, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bugaev with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bugaev distracts Mubango with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bugaev landing some decent shots from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bugaev trying to control but Mubango is working from the bottom.
Mubango is trying to control the position but Bugaev postures up.
We've been hearing that Bugaev has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Mubango keeping moving, preventing Bugaev from controlling successfully.
Bugaev keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mubango's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mubango has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Bugaev has passed into side control.
Mubango tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bugaev wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bugaev tries for a kimura but Mubango is defending well.
Mubango tries to improve position but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Christian Mubango will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Christian Mubango's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Mubango fails with a takedown attempt.
Bugaev just misses with a punch to the body.
Mubango shoots in but Bugaev avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bugaev dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bugaev smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bugaev lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mubango's sensitive parts.
Bugaev scores with a nice right hand.
Horrible takedown attempt by Mubango or perhaps it was just good defense by Bugaev, which made it look bad.
David Bugaev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Christian Mubango.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mubango takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Mubango looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mubango misses with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bugaev tries to land a body kick
and Mubango counters with a nice uppercut.
Mubango blocks a jab.
Mubango is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Mubango looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bugaev is on top in guard.
Bugaev controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bugaev working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mubango has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bugaev can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bugaev wants to control from the top but Mubango keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bugaev stands and throws Mubango's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Mubango taking punishment in the form of punches.
Bugaev tries for a kimura but Mubango is defending well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bugaev lands some shots froms side control.
Bugaev lands some shots froms side control.
Mubango is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bugaev looks up at the clock and then as Mubango takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Bugaev smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Mubango sneaks back into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mubango is trying to get back to full guard.
Mubango is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bugaev is looking to take a break and control but Mubango is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mubango moves into full guard.
Mubango 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.
Bugaev with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bugaev scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bugaev postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mubango is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bugaev trying to control the position from guard on top but Mubango is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mubango bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bugaev's guard.
Bugaev manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Mubango manages to get himself to full guard.
Bugaev stays in close to Mubango's body and controls the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Mubango is on top in guard.
Bugaev looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mubango is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Bugaev dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Christian Mubango's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A good leg kick by Mubango.
Bugaev throws out a leg kick but Mubango moves out of range and Bugaev only half commits.
Mubango ducks right into an uppercut from Bugaev.
That has opened up Christian Mubango's cut even more.
Nice takedown defense from Bugaev. No joy for Mubango on that attempt.
Bugaev tries to counter with a takedown but Mubango is quick to defend against it.
Bugaev stuffs the takedown.
A little feinted left hand from Bugaev on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bugaev misses with a body shot.
Mubango looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bugaev avoids the head kick by Mubango.
Bugaev connects with a leg kick. Mubango looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nice sprawl there from Bugaev as Mubango shoots in.
It appears Bugaev was looking to counter with a kick there.
David Bugaev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Christian Mubango.
Mubango ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mubango scores with a sloppy right hand. Bugaev should have avoided that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bugaev clinches up with Mubango and pushes him back against the cage.
Bugaev is pushing Mubango up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bugaev stops a takedown attempt from Mubango.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Bugaev.
Mubango struggles to land a body shot inside as Bugaev controls his hands.
Mubango takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bugaev scores with a shoulder strike.
Bugaev is struggling to control the position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mubango.
Mubango drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mubango blocks a body shot from Bugaev.
Bugaev has Mubango pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Bugaev pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Mubango tumbling to the mat - Bugaev dives into Mubango's guard.
Bugaev postures up and lands a big shot to Mubango's brow.
Bugaev working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mubango looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Bugaev is defending well. Mubango quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Bugaev has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Mubango celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Christian Mubango!
Christian Mubango was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wampage Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Handsome Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Come Over (feat. Stylo G). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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30
220 lbs
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224 lbs
14 - 1 - 1 |
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World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wampage Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Handsome Rutten!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Rutten misses.
Johnson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rutten lands a nice leg kick that just misses Johnson's sensitive parts.
Rutten 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.
Johnson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
Johnson misses the body punch
enabling Rutten to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rutten manages to avoid it.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Rutten is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Johnson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Johnson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A shot to the body from Johnson misses
and Rutten connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
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!
Rutten wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by Johnson. That's going to slow Rutten down.
Johnson is looking to wear down Rutten with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Johnson is looking to score with low kicks.
A countering left hand to the body from Rutten misses.
Johnson punishes Rutten's body with a nice straight punch.
Rutten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lands with a straight right. Rutten didn't see that one coming.
Johnson wants to slow Rutten down by chopping away at his legs.
Johnson digs a good body shot into Rutten's ribs.
Rutten moves out of range of the leg kick from Johnson.
Rutten uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Rutten misses with a hook.
Rutten misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Rutten misses with a few strikes there.
Rutten takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Rutten defending well as Johnson loads up on a big left hand.
Johnson connects with a single shot there.
Rutten uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Rutten throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A decent looking cross lands there for Johnson.
Johnson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
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!
Johnson looks for the body kick but Rutten saw that one coming.
Rutten missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Johnson misses the target.
Johnson tries a low kick but Rutten avoids it.
Rutten gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Johnson lands a nice uppercut.
Johnson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rutten backwards.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Rutten blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Rutten lands with a right to the head.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rutten lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
Rutten tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Rutten.
Rutten working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Rutten.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Johnson scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rutten misses with the head strike.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rutten scores with a shot to the side of Johnson's head.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Rutten misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rutten backwards.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rutten lands a right hand.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Rutten scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Rutten misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rutten lands a body punch.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Johnson tries a body shot but Rutten blocks it.
Rutten lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Rutten.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rutten lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rutten lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rutten lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rutten lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Rutten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Rutten lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rutten prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson tries a body shot but Rutten blocks it.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rutten swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Rutten tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rutten prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rutten backwards.
Rutten can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Rutten lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rutten.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Handsome Rutten will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Good leg kick by Johnson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rutten jabs at Johnson's body.
Johnson takes one on the button.
Rutten closes the distance and clinches.
Rutten fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Johnson.
Rutten lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Johnson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rutten backwards.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Rutten misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rutten.
Johnson tries a body shot but Rutten blocks it.
Rutten working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson tries a body shot but Rutten blocks it.
Rutten doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rutten lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johnson 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!
Johnson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ruttens head.
Rutten throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson tries to work over Rutten's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rutten breaks the clinch.
Rutten clinches with his opponent.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rutten prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Rutten tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Rutten.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Rutten lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Rutten avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Rutten misses with a body punch.
Rutten lands a hook that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rutten.
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Rutten controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten breaks from the clinch.
Rutten throws a half hearted mid kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rutten wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A jab from Johnson misses.
Johnson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rutten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rutten misses with a few strikes there.
Rutten lands a nice shot that snaps Johnson's head back.
Rutten walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Johnson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rutten throws a series of strikes that have Johnson backpedaling.
Rutten cracks a nice hook into Johnson's ribs.
Rutten throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rutten fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rutten avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Johnson throws a body kick that misses
and Rutten counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice uppercut lands for Rutten. That snapped Johnson's head back.
Wampage Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rutten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rutten.
Rutten throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rutten jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Johnson lands with a good body shot.
Rutten slips a straight right by Johnson.
Rutten now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Decent striking displayed by Johnson there.
Rutten scores with a decent looking hook.
Johnson looks to throw a body kick
and Rutten counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson looks for the body kick but Rutten saw that one coming.
Rutten takes one to the side of the head.
Rutten looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
It appears Johnson was looking to counter with a kick there.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rutten.
Rutten throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Johnson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Johnson lands a really nice looking cross but Rutten seems unphased.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rutten throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Rutten lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson connects with the punch.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick.
Johnson gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Rutten cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rutten uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Johnson backing away here, and Rutten unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rutten takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Donk. Johnson catches Rutten right on the button with a cross.
Rutten has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Johnson scores with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rutten is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson moves forwards but Rutten connects with a nice, crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Handsome Rutten showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Johnson misses with a kick to the body.
Rutten misses the shot to the body.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson cracks Rutten with an open hand slap.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.
Rutten throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson throws the kick towards the body but Rutten avoids it.
Johnson throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Rutten counter with a right hand.
Johnson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rutten throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson tries to land a front kick but Rutten steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rutten throws a counter combo.
Rutten scores with a jab. Johnson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Johnson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Johnson misses with a body punch
and Rutten counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with the body kick
and Rutten connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Johnson wants to land a leg kick but Rutten is out of range.
Johnson drops his hands momentarily and Rutten takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Johnson misses with the combination.
Johnson looks for the body kick but Rutten saw that one coming.
Johnson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Johnson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rutten looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Johnson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rutten! But no joy.
Johnson throws the kick towards the body but Rutten avoids it.
Johnson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rutten misses with a double jab
and Johnson counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Rutten on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rutten stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rutten misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a body punch but Rutten moves out of range.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Rutten throws a body shot but no joy.
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 looping hook to the body misses from Rutten. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rutten throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Rutten scores with a crisp jab that stopped Johnson in his tracks.
Rutten lands a hook that stumbles Johnson back into the cage. Rutten follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Johnson to the canvas! Rutten pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Johnson has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Handsome Rutten!
A relieved looking Handsome Rutten 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Bolivar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dasha Karimov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karimov has chosen ACDC - Hells Bells as his entrance music. Pablo Bolivar has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 13 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Bolivar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dasha Karimov!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bolivar misses with a looping left.
Bolivar misses with a low kick as Karimov jumps back.
Karimov avoids the body shot from Bolivar.
Karimov throws a head kick but Bolivar moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Bolivar on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Karimov misses with a hook. Bolivar ducked under it nicely.
Karimov attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Karimov throws a body shot but no joy.
Bolivar was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Karimov on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Karimov misses with a wild combination.
Bolivar tried to counter with a leg kick but Karimov avoided it.
Bolivar on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karimov lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bolivar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karimov moves away.
Karimov drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Karimov lands with an overhand left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolivar throws out a powerful jab.
Karimov tries to clinch there but Bolivar circles away.
Karimov throws a lazy head kick
and Bolivar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Karimov with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Karimov throws a jab but it's blocked by Bolivar.
Karimov finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
It looked like Bolivar wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bolivar on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A jab from Bolivar misses.
We've been informed that Karimov has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Karimov moves away from the strike by Bolivar.
Bolivar scores with a leg kick.
Karimov lands with a nice combination. Bolivar backs away looking to recover.
Karimov doesn't manage to clinch there - Bolivar circles away.
Bolivar throws a hook but Karimov avoids it easily.
Bolivar looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karimov tries to clinch there but Bolivar circles away.
Bolivar looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Karimov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karimov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bolivar looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Karimov tries to clinch up
and Bolivar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bolivar misses with a low kick.
Dasha Karimov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karimov misses with a hook. Bolivar ducked under it nicely.
Bolivar throws a counter high kick but Karimov was just alert enough to avoid it.
Bolivar scores with a crisp jab that stopped Karimov in his tracks.
Bolivar bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Karimov's head.
A clash of legs there as Karimov blocks the low kick.
Jab by Bolivar.
Karimov takes the fight into the clinch.
Karimov trying to control the position but instead, Bolivar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Karimov into the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Karimov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolivar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karimov can't find room to land a body shot as Bolivar controls the action.
Bolivar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bolivar tries to circle away but Karimov has him pinned against the cage.
Karimov misses with a knee to the head.
Bolivar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The referee is keeping an eye on Karimov - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bolivar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bolivar gets through Karimov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bolivar lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bolivar tries to work over Karimov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bolivar has a couple of punches blocked by Karimov.
Karimov swings wildly with an uppercut but Bolivar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karimov tries a knee to the head but Bolivar blocks it.
Karimov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bolivar tries to throw a body punch but Karimov avoids it by throwing Bolivar back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Bolivar as the two fighters clinch.
Bolivar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bolivar connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Karimov's hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karimov fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bolivar is out of range.
Bolivar is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A lazy left from Karimov finds it's target.
Karimov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bolivar. Bolivar obviously looking to wear him down.
Karimov tries to work over Bolivar's front leg with a kick but Bolivar checks it.
Bolivar moves out of range of the leg kick from Karimov.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karimov darts in and clinches Bolivar up against the cage.
Bolivar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Karimov backwards.
Karimov tries to land a knee to the head but Bolivar blocks with his arms.
Karimov misses with the head strike.
Bolivar struggles to land a body shot inside as Karimov controls his hands.
Karimov misses with some punches.
Karimov blocks a body shot from Bolivar.
Bolivar tries to throw a body punch but Karimov avoids it by throwing Bolivar back against the cage.
Karimov lands a left hand.
Bolivar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bolivar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bolivar pushes Karimov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Karimov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
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 Pablo Bolivar will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Karimov shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bolivar eats them both and turns towards Karimov to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Karimov swinging wildly here.
Bolivar misses with a body shot.
Karimov goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A slapping body kick lands there for Karimov.
Bolivar digs a good hook to Karimov's body.
Nice shot by Karimov.
Karimov darts in and clinches Bolivar up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karimov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bolivar backwards.
Karimov controlling the action here for a moment.
Karimov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Karimov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Karimov lands a nice uppercut.
Karimov lands with a left to the head.
Bolivar has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolivar misses with a punch on the inside.
Bolivar tries a body shot but Karimov blocks it.
Dasha Karimov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Karimov working aggressively here.
Bolivar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Karimov throws a punch but it's blocked by Bolivar.
A short right from Karimov on the inside.
Bolivar lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bolivar is working Karimov over against the cage.
Karimov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right handed body shot lands from Karimov.
Karimov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bolivar blocks it with crossed arms.
Karimov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bolivar backwards.
Karimov scores with a shoulder strike.
Karimov lands with a left to the head.
Karimov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bolivar lands an uppercut.
Bolivar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Karimov backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Karimov.
Bolivar throws a punch but it's blocked by Karimov.
Karimov tries to land a knee to the head but Bolivar blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Bolivar fails to land.
Karimov taking a breather.
Karimov misses with some punches.
Bolivar misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Bolivar fails to land.
Karimov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bolivar.
A short left from Karimov.
Bolivar lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bolivar lands a hook to the side of the head.
Karimov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bolivar tries a body shot but Karimov blocks it.
Bolivar lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nice elbow from Karimov.
Karimov throws a punch but it's blocked by Bolivar.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bolivar blocking some punches.
Karimov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bolivar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Karimov throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karimov is trying to maintain a safe position but Bolivar gets an underhook and turns Karimov into the cage.
Bolivar lands a body punch in the clinch.
Karimov blocks an uppercut.
Karimov prevents a body shot from Bolivar.
Bolivar tries a body shot but Karimov blocks it.
Karimov lands a nice uppercut.
Bolivar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bolivar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bolivar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Karimov backwards.
Bolivar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bolivar tries a body shot but Karimov blocks it.
Bolivar lands with a light punch inside.
Bolivar lands a shoulder strike.
Bolivar is trying to break free.
A bit of stalling here from Karimov.
Karimov lands with a left to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karimov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bolivar lands a nice uppercut.
Karimov lands a left hand.
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!
Bolivar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karimov's elbow.
Karimov blocks a body shot from Bolivar.
Bolivar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Karimov backwards.
Bolivar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bolivar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bolivar misses with a punch on the inside.
Karimov looking to throw knees to the head but Bolivar is blocking nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bolivar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bolivar prevents a body shot from Karimov.
Bolivar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karimov tries to work over Bolivar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bolivar lands with a right to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bolivar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Karimov backwards.
Bolivar scores with a shoulder strike.
Karimov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch on the inside from Karimov fails to land.
Bolivar misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dasha Karimov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Karimov slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Karimov misses with a straight right.
Karimov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bolivar.
Karimov tries to land a leg kick but Bolivar saw it coming and moves away.
Karimov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Karimov connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bolivar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dasha Karimov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Karimov throws a jab but it's blocked by Bolivar.
Bolivar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Karimov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Karimov jabs Bolivar right on the nose. Bolivar blinks but takes it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karimov misses with a right hand
and Bolivar counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Karimov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Karimov throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bolivar.
A lazy left from Karimov finds it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bolivar throws a low kick, looking for Karimov's leg but Karimov calmly moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karimov keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Karimov throws a head kick that Bolivar semi-blocks.
Karimov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bolivar can pounce on him.
Bolivar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karimov was well out of range. Poor timing from Bolivar.
Karimov wants to clinch up but Bolivar keeps it at a distance.
Karimov fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bolivar.
Karimov paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bolivar lands a body shot.
Karimov looks to score with a jab to the body but Bolivar is just out of range.
Bolivar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bolivar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karimov.
Karimov lands with an overhand left.
Karimov takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Bolivar takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Bolivar misses with a wild body shot.
A lazy body kick from Karimov
and Bolivar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Karimov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Karimov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bolivar was well out of range. Poor timing from Karimov.
A little feinted left hand from Bolivar on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Karimov. Bolivar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bolivar takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Karimov looks to land a right hand but Bolivar moved out of range.
Bolivar throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bolivar misses with a shot to the body
enabling Karimov to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice jab there from Karimov.
Bolivar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bolivar wants to land a leg kick but Karimov is out of range.
Bolivar's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Karimov connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bolivar scrambles back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolivar throws an overhand right that lands on Karimov's shoulder, as Karimov tries to avoid the shot.
Karimov steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Bolivar.
Karimov looks to throw the jab but Bolivar is out of range.
Karimov fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bolivar checks it well.
Karimov loads up on a big right hand but Bolivar slips the punch.
Bolivar connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Karimov's hands.
Karimov lands the left hand.
Bolivar fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Karimov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Karimov throws a poor cross that misses
and Bolivar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bolivar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bolivar throws a wild body kick that Karimov sees coming a mile off.
Bolivar connects with a nice looking jab.
Karimov lands with a cross.
Karimov misses with an uppercut. Bolivar saw that one coming.
Bolivar walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karimov throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bolivar makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bolivar staying out of range there.
Bolivar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karimov was well out of range. Poor timing from Bolivar.
Bolivar throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Karimov drops his hands momentarily and Bolivar takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bolivar missing with a left hand there. Karimov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Karimov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bolivar.
Bolivar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karimov.
Karimov scores with a punch to the head.
Bolivar takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Karimov tries to clinch but Bolivar moves out of range.
Karimov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bolivar.
Bolivar slips under a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dasha Karimov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Karimov has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 28:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dasha Karimov!
A pretty intense looking Dasha Karimov took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alvin Ray Dunkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jericho Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Alvin Ray Dunkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 14 - 3, fighting out of New York, Jericho Hill!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hill fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Dunkin sprawls well initially but Hill persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Hill not doing much here.
Hill thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dunkin tries to roll over but Hill keeps him under control.
Hill scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hill throwing shots but Dunkin is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dunkin kicks off Hill and gets to his feet.
Hill lands with a right hand.
Dunkin just misses with a punch to the body.
Hill wants to land a leg kick but Dunkin is out of range.
Hill is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunkin just misses with a punch to the body.
We've been informed that Hill has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Alvin Ray Dunkin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dunkin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hill ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hill tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dunkin. Hill does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dunkin looks to score with a jab to the body but Hill is just out of range.
Dunkin is looking to wear down Hill with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hill tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hill, right into the meat.
Hill throws the kick towards the body but Dunkin avoids it.
Dunkin is looking to counter punch.
Hill misses with a kick to the body.
Hill takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hill moves out of range of the body kick from Dunkin.
Dunkin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hill in his tracks.
Hill uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dunkin has time to react.
Hill avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hill swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dunkin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dunkin scores with a hook.
Dunkin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hill shoots for a takedown but Dunkin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hill gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hill drives through and clinches with Dunkin against the cage.
Hill misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dunkin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hill's elbow.
Dunkin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dunkin prevents a body shot from Hill.
Dunkin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dunkin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hill comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dunkin pushes Hill away with a front kick.
Dunkin misses with a series of wild punches.
Dunkin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hill momentarily.
Hill stalks Dunkin and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dunkin's face. Dunkin staggers backwards, shaken.
Good shot there by Hill.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill misses with a looping right.
Hill wants to clinch.
Hill throws a front kick aimed at Dunkin's knee but Dunkin avoids it well.
Hill tries to clinch there but Dunkin circles away.
Hill throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dunkin lands a glancing blow to the side of Hill's head.
Dunkin delivers a nice body kick.
Dunkin connects with a body shot.
Dunkin connects with a crisp jab.
Dunkin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Dunkin throws out a loose jab but Hill uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hill throws a leg kick that misses.
Hill ducks under a wild hook from Dunkin.
Dunkin works the jab nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunkin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hill on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dunkin scores with a head kick.
Hill is rocked!
Dunkin looks to score with a jab to the body but Hill is just out of range.
A jab from Dunkin misses.
Dunkin takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Hill fakes the leg kick and cracks Dunkin in the body.
Dunkin misses with a kick to the body.
A little jabbing left from Hill on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dunkin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hill sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dunkin keeps the fight on the outside.
Hill ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dunkin is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hill throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hill closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch on the inside from Hill fails to land.
Dunkin prevents a body shot from Hill.
Dunkin lands an uppercut.
Hill struggles to land a body shot inside as Dunkin controls his hands.
Hill softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alvin Ray Dunkin dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Dunkin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dunkin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hill.
Dunkin swats away the attempt to clinch by Hill.
Dunkin moves away from the strike by Hill.
It looked like Dunkin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hill misses with an uppercut.
Hill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dunkin.
Dunkin's corner calls for a 1-2. Dunkin obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dunkin misses with an uppercut.
Hill steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dunkin.
Dunkin throws an overhand right that lands on Hill's shoulder, as Hill tries to avoid the shot.
Hill ducks under a wild hook from Dunkin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dunkin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hill.
Hill closes the distance and clinches.
A short left from Hill.
Dunkin blocks a body shot from Hill.
Hill lands with a right to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dunkin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dunkin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hill stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dunkin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dunkin keeping moving, preventing Hill from controlling successfully.
Dunkin will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hill passes into half guard.
Hill looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dunkin with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hill stops Dunkin from getting back to his feet.
Hill has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hill missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dunkin wants to get back to his feet.
Dunkin trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dunkin throws a hook to the side of Hill's head but Hill sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dunkin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dunkin ducks under a wild hook from Hill.
Dunkin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A slow jab from Hill misses its intended target.
Hill connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Dunkin is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunkin looks for the body kick but Hill saw that one coming.
Hill takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Some bone on bone action there as Dunkin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dunkin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hill scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dunkin looks to throw a body kick
and Hill counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Dunkin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hill throws a big elbow that misses.
Dunkin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hill working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill won't allow Dunkin to get back to his feet.
Hill trying to control the position from guard on top but Dunkin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Dunkin misses with a body punch
and Hill counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hill avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hill tries to move into range but Dunkin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hill gets the takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dunkin is pushing Hill's head away, looking to escape. Hill manages to hold on to the position though.
Dunkin is not content to let Hill control the position.
Hill working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jericho Hill showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Hill closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Hill lands in his opponent's guard.
Dunkin keeping moving, preventing Hill from controlling successfully.
Dunkin uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Dunkin throws the kick towards the body but Hill avoids it.
Alvin Ray Dunkin is winning the standup battle so far.
Dunkin moves out of range of the body kick from Hill.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dunkin misses with a low kick as Hill jumps back.
Dunkin lands with a cross.
Hill throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
It looked like Dunkin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hill slips a straight right by Dunkin.
A big right from Dunkin misses.
Dunkin throws an overhand right that lands on Hill's shoulder, as Hill tries to avoid the shot.
Hill tries a quick counter leg kick but Dunkin is wise to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunkin throws a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hill. Dunkin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dunkin throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hill tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dunkin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dunkin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dunkin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hill throws a series of punches but Dunkin avoids them all with ease.
Hill misses with a straight left.
Hill uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dunkin.
Hill attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hill. Dunkin shrugs it off though.
Hill ducks under a wild hook from Dunkin.
Hill throws a good cross that connects.
Dunkin throws a looping overhand right but Hill ducks down to avoid it.
Jab from Dunkin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill works over Dunkin's head and body with a nice combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hill fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dunkin, pushing him back against the cage.
Hill lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dunkin.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hill.
Hill presses Dunkin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dunkin has a couple of punches blocked by Hill.
Hill throws a punch but it's blocked by Dunkin.
Hill blocks a body shot from Dunkin.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hill.
Dunkin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dunkin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dunkin struggles to land a body shot inside as Hill controls his hands.
Dunkin is trying to break free.
Hill working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Dunkin.
Dunkin prevents a body shot from Hill.
Dunkin working hard to break the clinch.
Dunkin blocks a body shot from Hill.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunkin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hill fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dunkin.
Dunkin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dunkin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hill moves in looking to clinch but Dunkin pushes him off.
Dunkin misses with a body kick.
Dunkin looks to throw the jab but Hill is out of range.
Dunkin misses with a wild combination.
Hill scores with a jab to the head.
Hill closes the distance and pushes Dunkin back into the cage.
Jericho Hill seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hill struggles to land a body shot inside as Dunkin controls his hands.
Dunkin leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dunkin takes a shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill blocks a body shot from Dunkin.
Dunkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hill.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hill creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dunkin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hill throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dunkins head.
Dunkin blocks a body shot from Hill.
Dunkin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dunkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Hill.
Hill misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hill tries to work over Dunkin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hill struggles to land a body shot inside as Dunkin controls his hands.
Dunkin is trying to break free.
Dunkin can't break the clinch.
Dunkin working aggressively here.
Dunkin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hill's elbow.
Hill can't find room to land a body shot as Dunkin controls the action.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jericho Hill.
I think Hill 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 William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jericho Hill!
Jericho Hill thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Alvin Ray Dunkin was interviewed post fight and said 'I came into the fight with a good game plan and it didn't work so I will go back to the drawing board.'.
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