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AD496: FORCEE PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brady Burns (ranked 2227 p4p, 238 weight class) and Bartek Pietrzak (ranked 2306 p4p, 245 weight class). Burns comes to the cage accompanied by Pápai Joci - Origo. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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152 lbs
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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
17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brady Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
48 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bartek Pietrzak!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left lands for Burns.
Burns lands a jab to Pietrzak's midsection.
Pietrzak moves out of range as Burns strikes.
Nice body punch from Burns.
Burns connects with a jab.
Burns throws a looping overhand right but Pietrzak ducks down to avoid it.
Pietrzak looks to score with a jab to the body but Burns is just out of range.
Pietrzak throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pietrzak misses with a left hand
letting Burns counter with a right hand.
Pietrzak showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Burns.
Pietrzak appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Pietrzak circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pietrzak throws the left hand but Burns avoids the punch easily.
Burns throwing a counter right hand but Pietrzak manages to avoid it.
Burns connects with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An inside leg kick from Burns misses.
Nice shot by Burns.
Burns looks to throw the jab but Pietrzak is out of range.
Bartek Pietrzak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pietrzak loads up on a big right hand but Burns slips the punch.
Burns moves out of range as Pietrzak throws a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pietrzak is looking to score with low kicks.
Pietrzak tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pietrzak takes a swing at Burns's ribcage but misses.
Burns tried to counter with a leg kick but Pietrzak avoided it.
Pietrzak throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Burns's head.
Pietrzak misses with an uppercut.
Pietrzak throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Burns tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Pietrzak is in Burns's guard.
Burns wants to stand and escape but Pietrzak is having none of it.
Burns is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Burns gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Pietrzak keeps the fight on the outside.
Pietrzak tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Pietrzak swings for the body but Burns moves out of range.
Pietrzak throws a predictable looking body shot
and Burns counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pietrzak scores with the left hand. Burns knows he should have avoided that one.
Burns slips a straight right by Pietrzak.
Pietrzak misses the body punch
and Burns counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pietrzak closes the distance and clinches up with Burns, looking for a takedown. Pietrzak pushes Burns against the cage but Burns circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Burns defending well as Pietrzak loads up on a big left hand.
Burns tries to close the distance and clinch but Pietrzak swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Burns takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Burns misses with an uppercut.
Burns throws a lazy right hand but Pietrzak sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Burns scores with a punch to the head.
Pietrzak moves out of range of the strikes.
Burns uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pietrzak.
Burns moves into range and connects with a jab.
Burns chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Burns avoids the body shot from Pietrzak.
Pietrzak throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Burns counters with a series of strikes. Pietrzak will be more careful next time no doubt.
Burns connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pietrzak gets tackled into the cage by Burns. Burns maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Burns fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns can't find room to land a body shot as Pietrzak controls the action.
Pietrzak pushes Burns back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Burns will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pietrzak up against the cage.
Pietrzak wants to stall.
Burns just leaning against Pietrzak, taking a breather.
Burns breaks the clinch.
Pietrzak takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pietrzak getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pietrzak throws a hook but Burns avoids it easily.
Burns is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A jab lands there for Pietrzak.
Pietrzak lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Burns uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pietrzak.
Burns keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pietrzak has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Burns finds it's way round the side to connect with Pietrzak's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pietrzak throws a looping overhand right but Burns ducks down to avoid it.
Burns throws a series of punches but Pietrzak moves out of range.
Burns cracks Pietrzak with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pietrzak blocks a leg kick.
Pietrzak tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Burns was well out of range. Poor timing from Pietrzak.
Pietrzak turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pietrzak takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Burns scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pietrzak in his tracks.
Burns tries to clinch up.
Pietrzak drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Burns defends it well.
Pietrzak feints and then cracks Burns's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Burns down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burns. Pietrzak does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pietrzak moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Brady Burns is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pietrzak circles away from the clinch attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Burns. That's going to slow Pietrzak down.
Pietrzak throws a lazy uppercut
and Burns counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brady Burns dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Pietrzak moves out of range of the strikes.
Pietrzak looks for the body kick but Burns saw that one coming.
Pietrzak looks to land a right hand but Burns moved out of range.
Brady Burns is winning the standup battle so far.
Burns is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Pietrzak moves out of range of the strikes.
Pietrzak lands with a hook. Burns tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Burns misses with a straight right.
Pietrzak is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Decent striking displayed by Burns there.
Burns scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Pietrzak connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Burns is rocked!
A punch lands to the side of Burns 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Oh Burns is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Burns 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.
Burns misses with an uppercut.
Pietrzak with the counter takedown but Burns avoids it easily.
Burns fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pietrzak is out of range.
Pietrzak walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Burns drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Pietrzak swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Burns's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bartek Pietrzak!
Bartek Pietrzak very nearly forgot to thank FORCEE amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Trey Brown (ranked 1707 p4p, 260 weight class) and Eddy Maiden (ranked 1872 p4p, 285 weight class). Maiden has chosen Iron Maiden as his entrance music. Eddy Maiden has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
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174 lbs
32 - 20 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Trey Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eddy Maiden!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maiden connects with a high kick.
Brown lands a nice leg kick that just misses Maiden's sensitive parts.
Maiden 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.
Brown avoids the head kick by Maiden.
Brown definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Maiden throws out a leg kick but Brown moves out of range and Maiden only half commits.
Brown looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Maiden throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brown sizes up Maiden with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Brown scores with a nice body kick.
Brown cracks a nice hook into Maiden's ribs.
Brown scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Maiden looks winded!
Brown has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Maiden.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown digs a good body shot into Maiden's ribs.
A head kick misses from Maiden.
Brown misses with a leg kick.
Brown blocks a head kick by Maiden.
Brown tests Maiden's chin there with a solid looking shot.
It looks like Eddy Maiden has been cut.
Brown jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brown sets himself, and Maiden steps forward looking for the clinch! Brown avoids it this time.
A head kick by Maiden misses
and Brown counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Maiden thinking.
Maiden throws a head kick that misses
and Brown counters with a nice uppercut.
Brown motions for Maiden to come forward. Brown throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Brown scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Maiden doesn't seem bothered though.
Brown connects with a leg kick. Maiden looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maiden takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Brown throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Brown tests Maiden's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Brown cracks Maiden with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Brown has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Maiden to stand back up!
Maiden is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maiden leaves his chin hanging out and Brown seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Maiden crumbles to the floor in a heap, and the referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Trey Brown!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Escobar (ranked 2271 p4p, 242 weight class) and Gray Maynard (ranked 1359 p4p, 154 weight class). Escobar comes to the cage accompanied by KoRn En Vivo Mtv. 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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155 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
38 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pablo Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gray Maynard !
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar misses with a left hand
and Maynard counters with a stiff right hand.
Maynard lands a nice shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Escobar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maynard misses with a leg kick.
Nice jab there from Maynard .
Escobar gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Escobar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Maynard counters with a nice leg kick.
Maynard throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Escobar looks to land a right hand but Maynard moved out of range.
Maynard scoring well with a low kick there.
Maynard throws a shot from downtown. Escobar moves away and avoids it.
Maynard lands a body shot.
Maynard lands a nice hook to Escobar's body. Escobar takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Escobar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big right from Escobar misses.
Escobar scores with a nice head shot.
Maynard moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maynard misses with a wild combination.
Escobar gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Escobar doesn't manage to clinch there - Maynard circles away.
Maynard lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Maynard throws a shot to the body.
Escobar shoots in but no luck this time.
Maynard lands a really nice looking cross but Escobar seems unphased.
Escobar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Maynard throws out the jab.
Maynard jabs Escobar to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Maynard takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Escobar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice cross by Maynard .
Escobar takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Escobar throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Maynard .
Maynard sizes up Escobar with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Maynard ducks under a wild hook from Escobar.
Maynard has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Maynard is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Maynard misses with a wild body shot.
Maynard has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Maynard rushes Escobar and presses him up against the cage.
Escobar misses with a body punch.
Escobar can't find room to land a body shot as Maynard controls the action.
Escobar misses with a punch to the body.
Escobar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maynard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maynard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maynard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Escobar takes the fight into the clinch.
Maynard blocks a body shot from Escobar.
Escobar misses with a body punch.
Escobar tightens his grip and picks Maynard up, before dumping him to the ground. Maynard manages to land in guard.
Escobar looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maynard keeping moving, preventing Escobar from controlling successfully.
Escobar advances to half guard.
Maynard wants to get back to full guard.
Escobar not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Maynard actively working from the bottom here.
Escobar tries to pass the half guard into mount. Maynard knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Escobar is working hard here to advance position.
Escobar seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maynard wants to improve his position but Escobar is controlling well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Maynard actively working from the bottom here.
Escobar works his foot free and advances to mount.
Escobar can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Maynard is looking to escape.
Escobar is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Maynard is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Maynard bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gray Maynard dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Escobar with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Maynard to counter with a crisp jab.
Escobar slips under a jab from Maynard .
Escobar is looking to clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Escobar misses the target.
Maynard throws a body shot but no joy.
Maynard throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Escobar on the side of the head.
Maynard has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Maynard works Escobar's body with a nice hook.
Maynard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice shot by Escobar.
Escobar loads up on a big right hand but Maynard slips the punch.
Maynard lands a head kick!
Escobar doesn't manage to clinch there - Maynard circles away.
Maynard swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Maynard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Escobar throws a hook but Maynard avoids it easily.
Escobar with a nice cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Escobar lands a nice shot that snaps Maynard 's head back.
Escobar with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maynard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Escobar.
Maynard lands with a shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Escobar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maynard throws a leg kick but Escobar moved away.
Escobar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maynard manages to avoid it.
Escobar checks a leg kick.
Escobar misses with a wild body shot.
Escobar dives in and scores a takedown into Maynard 's guard.
Escobar trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Escobar stands and throws Maynard 's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Escobar tries to advance to mount but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maynard is pushing Escobar's head away, looking to escape. Escobar manages to hold on to the position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maynard sneaks back into half guard.
Maynard is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Escobar scores with a couple of nice shots.
Maynard tries to get to full guard but Escobar has control of the leg.
Maynard looking for submissions off his back.
Escobar seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Maynard does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Escobar tries to pass the half guard into mount. Maynard knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Maynard on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Escobar sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Maynard defending well though.
Escobar trying to control from half guard but Maynard is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maynard looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Escobar prevents Maynard from improving his position.
Escobar seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Maynard does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Maynard looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Escobar is thwarting Maynard 's attempts to control the position.
Maynard flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Escobar content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Maynard throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Escobar loads up on a big right hand but Maynard slips the punch.
Escobar shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Maynard manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Maynard looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Escobar trying to control the position from guard on top but Maynard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Escobar working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Escobar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Maynard is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Pablo Escobar 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. This is the final round!
Escobar is trying hard to land a takedown here. Maynard sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Decent striking displayed by Maynard there.
Escobar shoots in for a takedown but Maynard shows good takedown defense.
A little jabbing left from Maynard on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice shot lands for Escobar.
Maynard closes the distance and clinches.
Maynard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Escobar tries to throw a body punch but Maynard avoids it by throwing Escobar back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Escobar.
Maynard prevents a body shot from Escobar.
Escobar misses with a punch to the body.
Maynard misses with the head strike.
Maynard misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short uppercut from Maynard .
Escobar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maynard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Escobar swings for the body but Maynard moves out of range.
Maynard scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maynard misses with a straight right.
Escobar takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Maynard throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Maynard scores with a hook to the body. Escobar takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Maynard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Escobar.
Maynard misses with a body kick.
Gray Maynard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar throws a hook but Maynard avoids it easily.
Maynard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Escobar moves away.
Escobar attempts a counter takedown but Maynard avoids it well and moves away.
Maynard lands with a thumping leg kick.
Escobar takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Escobar throws a looping overhand right but Maynard ducks down to avoid it.
A thudding body kick lands there by Maynard !
Maynard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Escobar was well out of range. Poor timing from Maynard .
Maynard misses the shot to the body.
Escobar drops down looking for a counter takedown but Maynard sprawls and moves away.
Maynard lands the left hand.
Maynard lands with a good body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maynard misses with a straight left.
Escobar is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Escobar on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Maynard cracks Escobar with an open hand slap.
Escobar swings for the body but Maynard moves out of range.
Maynard swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Escobar moves into the clinch.
Escobar tries a body shot but Maynard blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Escobar.
Escobar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Escobar makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Escobar gets through Maynard 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Escobar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Escobar scores with a shoulder strike.
Escobar misses with some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Escobar.
Maynard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maynard working aggressively here.
Escobar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maynard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Escobar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Maynard .
Maynard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maynard moves away from the strike by Escobar.
Escobar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Maynard throws out the jab.
Escobar is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Maynard throws a big shot that misses.
Escobar closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Maynard 's guard.
Escobar postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Escobar trying to control but Maynard is working from the bottom.
Escobar might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Escobar got a little sloppy there for a moment and Maynard has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Escobar has managed to get both his arms back between Maynard 's legs - danger averted.
Escobar preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar tries to free his leg and advance position but Maynard is retaining full guard.
Escobar scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Maynard manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Escobar manages to get himself to full guard.
Escobar working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Maynard doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Maynard manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Escobar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Maynard avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Maynard stopping the sweep attempt from Escobar.
Maynard sitting in guard, not really doing much.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gray Maynard comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Maynard 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gray Maynard !
Gray Maynard thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Fadden (ranked 1694 p4p, 256 weight class) and Dom DeLuise (ranked 1861 p4p, 282 weight class). Fadden's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hate Song by THE HAUNTED. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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165 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 23 - 2, fighting out of New York, John Fadden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
36 - 19 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Dom DeLuise!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fadden throws a hook but DeLuise blocks it.
DeLuise pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fadden throws a right and a left that both miss.
DeLuise takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fadden gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Some bone on bone action there as DeLuise checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Fadden cracks DeLuise with a right hand to the side of the head.
Fadden connects with a crisp jab.
Fadden throws an overhand right that lands on DeLuise's shoulder, as DeLuise tries to avoid the shot.
Fadden swings widly with a right hand
letting DeLuise counter with a right hand.
Fadden stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from DeLuise.
The fight stays on the outside here - DeLuise looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fadden misses with a jab to the body
and DeLuise counters with a lovely shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fadden works the jab nicely.
John Fadden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fadden tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but DeLuise was well out of range. Poor timing from Fadden.
Fadden throws a combination. DeLuise tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Fadden lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fadden misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from DeLuise.
Fadden lunges at DeLuise with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by DeLuise's hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fadden throws a poor cross that misses
and DeLuise counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fadden rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and DeLuise counters with a good low kick that Fadden was not able to check.
DeLuise uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fadden.
Fadden misses with a right hand
and DeLuise counters with a leg kick.
DeLuise uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fadden.
DeLuise moves out of range as Fadden strikes.
Fadden bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of DeLuise's head.
DeLuise works Fadden's body with a nice hook.
Fadden throws a hook to the side of DeLuise's head but DeLuise sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
DeLuise fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fadden manages to avoid it.
Fadden was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fadden lands with a shot to the body.
DeLuise looks to score with a jab to the body but Fadden is just out of range.
Fadden throws a lazy uppercut
and DeLuise cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
DeLuise keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
DeLuise now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Fadden misses the shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fadden ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fadden has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Touch Of Death Combat Academy in the buildup to the fight.
Fadden tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but DeLuise was well out of range. Poor timing from Fadden.
DeLuise now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Fadden throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
DeLuise with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeLuise fails with an attempt to clinch.
DeLuise lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
DeLuise clinches up against the cage.
DeLuise fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
DeLuise lands a right hand.
DeLuise tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fadden is trying to break free.
DeLuise working aggressively here.
DeLuise tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fadden's elbow.
DeLuise misses with a body punch.
DeLuise misses with a punch on the inside.
DeLuise throws a punch but it's blocked by Fadden.
DeLuise lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
DeLuise has a couple of punches blocked by Fadden.
DeLuise throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Faddens head.
Fadden makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeLuise working some nice short punches in the clinch.
DeLuise tries to work over Fadden's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fadden is trying to break free.
Fadden tries to break the clinch but DeLuise is controlling the position.
Fadden has a couple of punches blocked by DeLuise.
Fadden breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
DeLuise has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
DeLuise fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
DeLuise clobbers Fadden with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fadden throws a front kick aimed at DeLuise's knee but DeLuise avoids it well.
DeLuise tries to close the distance and clinch but Fadden swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
DeLuise tests Fadden's chin there with a solid looking shot.
DeLuise connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice defenses there by DeLuise.
Fadden throws a right hand that misses
and Fadden takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fadden fakes high and swings low for a body shot but DeLuise manages to avoid it.
A big right from Fadden misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
DeLuise blocks a jab.
Fadden throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
DeLuise tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fadden manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
DeLuise takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fadden misses with an uppercut.
Fadden lands a jab.
DeLuise avoids the head kick by Fadden.
A telegraphed right hand from Fadden misses the target.
Fadden throws an uppercut from half a mile away. DeLuise sees it coming and avoids it easily.
DeLuise lands the left hand.
Fadden throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
DeLuise moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Good leg kick by DeLuise there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fadden is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by DeLuise.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
DeLuise tries to clinch but Fadden moves out of range.
Fadden keeps the fight on the outside.
DeLuise closes the distance and pushes Fadden back into the cage.
Fadden tries to work over DeLuise's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Dom DeLuise will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Fadden scores with a nice head shot.
Fadden rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but DeLuise moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fadden misses with a shot to the body
and DeLuise connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
DeLuise lands a lovely overhand right.
Fadden walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
John Fadden is winning the standup battle so far.
A telegraphed right hand from Fadden misses the target.
Fadden tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but DeLuise was well out of range. Poor timing from Fadden.
Fadden misses with a body shot.
DeLuise feints a counter leg kick.
DeLuise cracks Fadden with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fadden lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but DeLuise circles away quickly and effectively.
Fadden throws a head kick but DeLuise moves out of range.
Fadden misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from DeLuise.
Fadden misses with a hook.
Fadden swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
DeLuise swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fadden misses with an uppercut. DeLuise saw that one coming.
DeLuise uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fadden.
DeLuise has managed to clinch.
DeLuise misses with a hook to the ribs.
DeLuise lands with a right to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fadden misses with a short punch on the inside.
DeLuise lands a hook to the side of the head.
DeLuise lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dom DeLuise seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
DeLuise keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fadden's efforts to push away.
DeLuise keeps control of Fadden as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
DeLuise lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fadden backwards.
DeLuise misses with a punch on the inside.
DeLuise blocks the elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for DeLuise.
DeLuise tries a body shot but Fadden blocks it.
DeLuise presses Fadden against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
DeLuise tries a body shot but Fadden blocks it.
DeLuise scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fadden.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeLuise tries a body shot but Fadden blocks it.
DeLuise scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fadden escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
DeLuise tests Fadden's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fadden takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fadden jabs DeLuise right on the nose. DeLuise blinks but takes it well.
DeLuise has managed to clinch.
Fadden tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fadden blocks an uppercut.
Fadden blocking some punches.
A short body shot lands from DeLuise as the two fighters clinch.
Good body shot from DeLuise.
Fadden blocking some punches.
DeLuise misses with a hook to the ribs.
DeLuise tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
DeLuise can't find room to land a body shot as Fadden controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeLuise lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fadden has a couple of punches blocked by DeLuise.
DeLuise presses Fadden against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from DeLuise.
Fadden pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by DeLuise.
DeLuise misses with a body punch.
Fadden wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
DeLuise tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fadden has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fadden is trying to force a seperation but DeLuise has the dominant position.
DeLuise lands a nice uppercut.
DeLuise scores with a shoulder strike.
Fadden manages to break the clinch.
Fadden misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
DeLuise tries to close the distance and clinch but Fadden swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fadden on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fadden tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fadden throws a looping overhand right but DeLuise ducks down to avoid it.
Fadden misses with a shot to the body
and DeLuise counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
DeLuise fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fadden looks to land a left hand but DeLuise moved out of range nicely.
Fadden throws a right hand that misses
and DeLuise counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fadden misses with a lunging right hand
and DeLuise counters with a nice body shot.
Fadden scores with a decent looking hook.
DeLuise has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
DeLuise has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fadden prevents a body shot from DeLuise.
Fadden blocks a body shot from DeLuise.
A short right hand to the side of the head by DeLuise.
DeLuise prevents Fadden from breaking the clinch.
Fadden is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fadden lands a body punch in the clinch.
DeLuise scores with a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dom DeLuise showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
DeLuise tries to close the distance and clinch but Fadden swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fadden lands with a shot to the body.
Fadden rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and DeLuise counters with a straight right hand.
A jab from DeLuise misses.
Fadden misses with the combination.
DeLuise scores with a body shot.
Fadden misses with a wild combination.
DeLuise fakes the leg kick and cracks Fadden in the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fadden misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
DeLuise looks like he wants to counter punch here.
DeLuise throws a leg kick which misses Fadden's front leg but catches the back leg as Fadden tries to avoid it.
DeLuise bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
DeLuise moves into the clinch successfully.
DeLuise tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
DeLuise misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by DeLuise.
DeLuise throws a head punch that misses.
Fadden breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fadden misses with a right hand
and DeLuise counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fadden scores with a body shot.
Fadden misses with a looping left.
A jab from Fadden misses.
DeLuise now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Fadden connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice defenses there by DeLuise.
Fadden misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fadden sizes up DeLuise with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
DeLuise cracks Fadden with a good jab.
DeLuise connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fadden. Fadden circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
DeLuise showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fadden.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fadden chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before DeLuise can pounce on him.
John Fadden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Fadden misses.
Fadden misses with a body shot.
Fadden jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fadden misses with a hook. DeLuise ducked under it nicely.
DeLuise blocks a jab.
Fadden throws a lazy uppercut
and DeLuise counters with a stiff right hand.
Fadden shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
DeLuise comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fadden throws a right hand that misses
and DeLuise counters with a good low kick that Fadden was not able to check.
DeLuise uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fadden.
Fadden chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before DeLuise can pounce on him.
Fadden misses with a hook.
Fadden goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
DeLuise bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fadden's head.
Fadden stuns DeLuise with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
DeLuise lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
DeLuise fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fadden, pushing him back against the cage.
DeLuise lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fadden or not.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from DeLuise.
DeLuise lands a hook that snaps the head of Fadden backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for DeLuise.
DeLuise can't find room to land a body shot as Fadden controls the action.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fadden just misses with a elbow thrown towards DeLuise's brow.
Fadden blocks a body shot from DeLuise.
Fadden trying to control the position but instead, DeLuise has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fadden into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fadden.
DeLuise lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fadden or not.
Fadden blocking some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from DeLuise.
DeLuise doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by DeLuise.
Fadden misses with an elbow strike.
A nice left hand lands by DeLuise.
Fadden can't break the clinch.
DeLuise lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from DeLuise.
DeLuise tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fadden blocks a body shot from DeLuise.
DeLuise scores with a shot to the side of Fadden's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
DeLuise lands a body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from DeLuise.
Fadden blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A body shot lands from DeLuise.
DeLuise misses with a shot to the kidneys.
DeLuise stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from DeLuise.
DeLuise lands a nice shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dom DeLuise comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got DeLuise 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dom DeLuise!
Our winner, Dom DeLuise, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wampage Johnson (ranked 1366 p4p, 176 weight class) and Sjaardsen Hooj (ranked 1672 p4p, 223 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Come Over (feat. Stylo G). Sjaardsen Hooj will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wampage Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sjaardsen Hooj!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hooj takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
Hooj appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Johnson!
Johnson throws a head kick but Hooj moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Hooj misses.
Johnson feints and then cracks Hooj's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hooj down.
Hooj throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
Hooj checks a leg kick nicely.
Hooj misses the shot to the body.
Johnson throws a leg kick
and Hooj counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson throws a front kick aimed at Hooj's knee but Hooj avoids it well.
Johnson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Hooj counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hooj moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hooj takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hooj misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Wampage Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Hooj does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hooj misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
As Hooj backs away, Johnson returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Johnson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hooj takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hooj takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Johnson tries to land a body kick
and Hooj counters with a straight right hand.
Johnson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nice defenses there by Johnson.
Hooj takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A chopping leg kick lands by Johnson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Johnson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hooj tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hooj manages to avoid it.
Johnson throws a sloppy body shot
and Hooj counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nice uppercut there from Hooj.
Hooj just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson moves out of range as Hooj strikes.
Johnson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Hooj misses with a straight right.
Johnson throws a low kick, looking for Hooj's leg but Hooj calmly moves out of range.
Johnson stuns Hooj with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Johnson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hooj appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Hooj scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Johnson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hooj throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hooj throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Johnson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hooj slips a straight right by Johnson.
Johnson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hooj fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Johnson.
Johnson tries to land a body kick
and Hooj counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hooj takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Johnson lands a nice looking body kick.
Johnson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hooj.
Johnson is rocked!
Johnson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hooj counters with a huge right that knocks Johnson out cold! Hooj is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sjaardsen Hooj!
Sjaardsen Hooj seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Charles Ng (ranked 1288 p4p, 143 weight class) and Juan Koski (ranked 1451 p4p, 169 weight class). Ng's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Wedlock - I'm The Fuck You Man. Juan Koski is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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145 lbs
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156 lbs
30 - 21 - 2 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Charles Ng!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 21 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Juan Koski!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koski takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Some bone on bone action there as Koski checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
As Ng backs off Koski throws a huge counter combo but Ng manages to avoid it all.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ng.
Koski takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ng swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Despite the aggression on Koski's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Ng lands a jab to the head.
Ng fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Koski checks it well.
Koski unleashes a big counter combination but Ng bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A leg kick checked by Koski.
Koski lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
An inside leg kick from Ng misses.
Koski is looking for the big counter here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ng swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ng cracks a nice hook into Koski's ribs.
Ng lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Ng wants to slow Koski down by chopping away at his legs.
As Ng backs off Koski throws a huge counter combo but Ng manages to avoid it all.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ng misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koski.
As Ng backs off Koski throws a huge counter combo but Ng manages to avoid it all.
Ng 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.
Koski lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Charles Ng is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ng lands a jab to the head.
Charles Ng seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ng throws a lazy head kick
and Koski counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Koski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ng.
Koski lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Ng connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Decent striking displayed by Ng there.
Koski on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ng. Ng obviously looking to wear him down.
Ng looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Despite the aggression on Koski's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Ng throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Koski counters with a series of strikes. Ng will be more careful next time no doubt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ng tries to work over Koski's front leg with a kick but Koski checks it.
Koski unleashes a big counter combination but Ng bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Ng throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ng thows a leg kick but Koski checks it
and Koski counters with a left and a right that stings Ng.
Ng misses with a looping right.
Ng just misses with a punch to the body.
Koski throws a counter combo.
Ng throws a jab when Koski was well out of range.
Ng throws an off balance right hand
and Koski counters with a left and a right that stings Ng.
Ng throws a leg kick which misses Koski's front leg but catches the back leg as Koski tries to avoid it.
Ng looks to score with a jab to the body but Koski is just out of range.
Ng throws a big shot that misses.
Koski takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ng swings widly with a right hand
and Koski counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Koski is working the combinations to good effect here.
Ng misses with a leg kick
and Koski counters with a three punch combo that has Ng backing up. Ng nods at Koski to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ng walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Koski checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
As Ng backs off Koski throws a huge counter combo but Ng manages to avoid it all.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ng. Koski does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Ng misses.
Ng chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ng throws a predictable looking body shot
and Koski counters with a two punch combo.
Ng throws a low kick, looking for Koski's leg but Koski calmly moves out of range.
Koski is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A big left from Ng misses.
As Ng backs off Koski throws a huge counter combo but Ng manages to avoid it all.
Ng pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Koski unleashes a big counter combination but Ng bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ng.
Ng misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koski.
Ng works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ng throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ng is looking to chop away at Koski's legs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ng.
Ng is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Koski.
Ng fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Koski has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ng throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ng throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ng throws a leg kick that misses.
Koski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Koski avoids the body shot from Ng.
Koski is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Koski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Ng dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ng misses with a hook
and Koski counters with a three punch combo that has Ng backing up. Ng nods at Koski to acknowledge the strikes.
A head kick by Ng misses
and Koski counters with a two punch combo.
Koski staying out of range there.
Koski is looking for the big counter here.
Ng dips to his left and cracks Koski with an uppercut!
Koski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ng misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koski.
Charles Ng is winning the standup battle so far.
Ng lands a right hook to the body.
Ng misses with a wild body shot.
Koski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ng.
Koski is looking for the big counter here.
Ng scores with a crisp jab that stopped Koski in his tracks.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ng 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 Koski has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Koski and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ng scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ng throws a sloppy body shot
and Koski counters with a three punch combo that has Ng backing up. Ng nods at Koski to acknowledge the strikes.
Ng punishes Koski's body with a nice straight punch.
Koski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ng.
Koski lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Koski moves away from the strike by Ng.
Koski is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Ng throws a poor cross that misses
and Koski counters with a one-two to the body.
Ng takes a swing at Koski's ribcage but misses.
Ng swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Despite the aggression on Koski's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Koski might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Ng has got the better of the exchanges.
Ng fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koski manages to avoid it.
Koski throws a counter combo.
Koski blocks a jab.
Ng throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ng stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ng is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Koski can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koski takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Despite the aggression on Koski's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Ng misses with a low kick.
Juan Koski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ng lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Koski moves out of range as Ng strikes.
As Ng backs off Koski throws a huge counter combo but Ng manages to avoid it all.
Koski on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ng. Ng obviously looking to wear him down.
Koski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Koski is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Ng throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ng wants to land a leg kick but Koski is out of range.
Ng connects with a leg kick. Koski looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ng misses with a straight right.
Koski has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ng.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ng cracks Koski with a good jab.
Ng just misses with a punch to the body.
Despite the aggression on Koski's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Ng waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Koski.
Ng throws a body shot but no joy.
Koski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A shot to the body from Ng misses
and Koski counters with a one-two to the body.
Ng just misses with a punch to the body.
Despite the aggression on Koski's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Ng misses the body punch
and Koski counters with a left and a right that stings Ng.
Good work by Koski as he checks the leg kick.
Koski lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Ng thumps Koski with a low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Ng misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ng throws a shot from downtown. Koski moves away and avoids it.
Koski lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Ng misses the body punch
and Koski counters with a series of strikes. Ng will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ng throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Koski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Koski takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ng throws a leg kick
and Koski counters with a two punch combo.
Ng misses with a wild body shot.
As Ng backs off Koski throws a huge counter combo but Ng manages to avoid it all.
Koski's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Koski defending well as Ng loads up on a big left hand.
Koski is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Ng misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ng jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ng misses with a hook.
Ng misses with an uppercut. Koski saw that one coming.
Koski unleashes a big counter combination but Ng bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Ng dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
The fighters circling - Ng throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ng feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Koski's calf.
Ng thows a leg kick but Koski checks it
and Koski counters with a two punch combo.
Ng darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice defenses there by Koski.
Koski unleashes a big counter combination but Ng bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Ng misses with a looping left.
Ng tried to score with a low kick but Koski checks it.
Despite the aggression on Koski's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Ng swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koski ducks under a wild hook from Ng.
Koski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ng.
Ng misses with an uppercut.
Koski unleashes a big counter combination but Ng bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ng tries to land a leg kick but Koski saw it coming and moves away.
Ng throws a jab but it's blocked by Koski.
Koski unleashes a big counter combination but Ng bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Koski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ng.
Ng throws a low kick but Koski moves out of range easily.
Koski is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Ng throws a lazy uppercut
and Koski counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Ng fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ng thows a leg kick but Koski checks it
and Koski counters with a two punch combo.
Ng throws a hook to the side of Koski's head but Koski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Koski throws a counter combo.
Nice shot lands for Ng.
Ng misses with a body shot.
Despite the aggression on Koski's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Koski takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Juan Koski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ng attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Koski lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Ng throws a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ng fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Koski is out of range.
Koski unleashes a big counter combination but Ng bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Ng stuns Koski with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Koski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As Ng backs off Koski throws a huge counter combo but Ng manages to avoid it all.
Koski moves away from the strike by Ng.
Charles Ng is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ng misses with a low kick.
Koski sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ng connects with a body shot.
Ng loads up on a big right hand but Koski slips the punch.
Koski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Koski lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ng throws a leg kick which misses Koski's front leg but catches the back leg as Koski tries to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Ng misses the target.
Koski blocks a head kick by Ng.
Koski unleashes a big counter combination but Ng bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Ng takes a swing at Koski's ribcage but misses.
Koski is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A telegraphed right hand from Ng misses the target.
Ng connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ng ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Koski moves away.
Ng looks to land a left hand but Koski moved out of range nicely.
Despite the aggression on Koski's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ng.
Ng cracks a nice hook into Koski's ribs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ng, right into the meat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ng throws the kick towards the body but Koski avoids it.
Despite the aggression on Koski's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ng. Koski shrugs it off though.
Ng fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koski manages to avoid it.
Ng throws a wild body kick that Koski sees coming a mile off.
Ng lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ng throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Koski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ng looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ng looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Koski is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Koski blocks a head kick by Ng.
Ng misses with a low kick.
Koski throws a counter combo.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Ng showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ng 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Ng!
Charles Ng decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Hale (ranked 821 p4p, 134 weight class) and DeShawn Johnson (ranked 1157 p4p, 182 weight class). Hale comes to the cage accompanied by Dead Sara - Weatherman. Johnson has chosen Eazy e- real mother fuckin gs as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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177 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
40 - 20 - 2, fighting out of London, Brandon Hale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, DeShawn Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hale just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hale looks to throw the jab but Johnson is out of range.
Hale misses with an uppercut.
Hale avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Hale has been working on his boxing with his coaches at AREA 51 in the buildup to the fight.
Johnson takes a swing at Hale's ribcage but misses.
Johnson throws a body punch but Hale moves out of range.
Hale half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Johnson lands with a nice body punch.
Johnson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hale rather than just go for the knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hale connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Johnson momentarily.
It looks like DeShawn Johnson has been cut.
Johnson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A lazy body kick from Johnson
and Hale counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hale.
Johnson has his hands on Hale's head, controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hale throws a big right hand that misses.
Johnson looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Hale wants to pass the guard but Johnson is keeping the position.
Johnson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hale throwing strikes but missing.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Johnson controlling the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Johnson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hale takes a step back to recover.
Hale uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Hale misses the target.
Johnson misses the body punch
and Hale counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hale blocks a head kick by Johnson.
Hale misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hale uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Johnson punishes Hale's body with a nice straight punch.
Johnson with a hook.
Johnson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hale breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson swings for the body but Hale moves out of range.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hale circles away quickly and effectively.
Hale throws a head kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson staying out of range there.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hale was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hale throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hale misses with an uppercut. Johnson saw that one coming.
Johnson wants to counter with a clinch but Hale pushes him away.
Johnson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Johnson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hale is breathing heavily.
Hale throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Johnson counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but DeShawn Johnson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on DeShawn Johnson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Hale avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Hale appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Hale takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hale throws a nice inside leg kick.
DeShawn Johnson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheers as Hale lands an impressive looking overhand right. Johnson doesn't seem phased though.
Johnson looks to land a right hand but Hale moved out of range.
Johnson tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Hale misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson works the jab nicely.
Hale doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Johnson misses with a shot to the body
and Hale cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hale.
Hale feinted with a counter takedown.
Johnson misses with an uppercut
and Hale counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hale was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Hale moves out of range of the body kick.
Johnson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hale on the side of the head.
A head kick misses from Johnson.
Johnson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnson throws a right hand that misses
and Hale counters with a good low kick that Johnson was not able to check.
Johnson throws a hook but Hale blocks it.
Johnson scores with a hook to the body. Hale takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sloppy strikes from Hale. Those never looked like landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hale takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Brandon Hale has been cut.
Johnson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Hale is just out of range.
Johnson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Johnson lands a big head kick that sends Hale tumbling to the mat! Johnson takes a step backwards and waves Hale back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Hale is rocked!
Johnson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Oh Hale is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hale takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hale seems to have got his legs back now.
Johnson misses with a hook. Hale ducked under it nicely.
As Johnson backs away, Hale returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Hale bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hale swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
Hale looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Hale doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Johnson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Johnson lands with a cross.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hale throws a big shot that misses.
Johnson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hale looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from Hale.
Johnson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hale thows a leg kick but Johnson checks it
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
Johnson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Johnson scores with a shot to the body.
Johnson lands with a straight right. Hale didn't see that one coming.
Johnson thuds a left hand into Hale's body.
Hale ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Johnson drops Hale with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Hale looks back up at him and smiles so Johnson waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
That kick from Johnson tenderised Hale's leg. Hale is trying to keep his angry face on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
DeShawn Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Hale drops his hands momentarily and Johnson needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Hale just on the top of the head. Hale drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Hale - he's done!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). DeShawn Johnson!
Our winner, DeShawn Johnson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arjen Diaz (ranked 415 p4p, 67 weight class) and Tarkhan Naranbaatar (ranked 383 p4p, 63 weight class). Diaz comes to the cage accompanied by Rise Against - Give It All. Naranbaatar has chosen Batzorig Vaanchig as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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176 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arjen Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Tarkhan Naranbaatar!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz moves out of range as Naranbaatar strikes.
A big right from Naranbaatar misses.
Naranbaatar missing with a left hand there. Diaz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Naranbaatar throws a shot to the body.
Diaz looks to land a right hand but Naranbaatar moved out of range.
A nice side step and Naranbaatar releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Naranbaatar tries to clinch but Diaz moves out of range.
Naranbaatar lands a jab to Diaz's midsection.
Naranbaatar throws a quick inside leg kick.
Diaz darts in and clinches Naranbaatar up against the cage.
Naranbaatar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diaz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diaz cracks Naranbaatar with a nice body shot.
Naranbaatar's coach down at Dr Hatsumi's Clinic was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Naranbaatar's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Diaz avoiding damage as Naranbaatar throws knees to the body.
Naranbaatar lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Diaz or not.
Naranbaatar has a couple of punches blocked by Diaz.
Naranbaatar misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz struggles to land a body shot inside as Naranbaatar controls his hands.
Naranbaatar stalling in the clinch but Diaz improves position.
Diaz prevents a body shot from Naranbaatar.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Naranbaatar.
Naranbaatar breaks the clinch.
Tarkhan Naranbaatar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diaz thuds his shin into the meat of Naranbaatar's side.
We've been told by Diaz's head coaches at Aspire Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Naranbaatar connects with a right hand. Diaz shakes it off.
Naranbaatar checks a low kick from Diaz.
Diaz walks into a left hand.
Naranbaatar throws a wild body kick that Diaz sees coming a mile off.
Naranbaatar throws a leg kick which misses Diaz's front leg but catches the back leg as Diaz tries to avoid it.
Naranbaatar throws a shot from downtown. Diaz moves away and avoids it.
Naranbaatar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diaz throws out the jab.
Naranbaatar misses with a lunging right hand
and Naranbaatar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
It looks like Tarkhan Naranbaatar has been cut.
Naranbaatar fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Diaz throwing a counter right hand but Naranbaatar manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naranbaatar is looking to slow Diaz down with leg kicks.
Diaz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Naranbaatar counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Naranbaatar throws a body shot but no joy.
Naranbaatar lands a nice looking body shot.
Diaz throws a hook to the side of Naranbaatar's head but Naranbaatar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diaz lands a jab.
Naranbaatar throws a body kick that misses
and Diaz counters with a combination of strikes to the head and body that crumple Naranbaatar!
Naranbaatar wants to improve his position but Diaz is controlling well.
Naranbaatar keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Diaz prevents Naranbaatar from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naranbaatar keeps trying to improve his position.
Diaz wants to pass the guard but Naranbaatar is defending well.
Naranbaatar is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Diaz content to control rather than advance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Naranbaatar is trying to get back to full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Naranbaatar looks to land a left hand but Diaz moved out of range nicely.
Diaz misses the body punch
and Naranbaatar counters with a nice uppercut.
Diaz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Naranbaatar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Diaz moves into range and clinches up with Naranbaatar.
Diaz misses with a punch to the body.
Naranbaatar tries to pull guard but Diaz holds him up against the cage and eventually Naranbaatar drops back down to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tarkhan Naranbaatar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tarkhan Naranbaatar's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Naranbaatar throws a leg kick that is checked
and Diaz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Naranbaatar misses with a wild body shot.
Diaz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Naranbaatar looks for the body kick but Diaz saw that one coming.
Naranbaatar misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Diaz counters with a straight right hand.
Naranbaatar lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Naranbaatar throws a one two combo.
Diaz ducks right into an uppercut from Naranbaatar.
Diaz scores with a hook.
Diaz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Naranbaatar. That did some damage!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Naranbaatar throws out a powerful jab.
Naranbaatar moves out of range of the leg kick from Diaz.
Naranbaatar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Diaz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Naranbaatar with a hook.
Naranbaatar takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Diaz checks a leg kick nicely.
Naranbaatar needs to keep his hands up - Diaz had a free shot at his head there.
Naranbaatar shoots in for a takedown but Diaz shows good takedown defense.
An attempted straight right counter from Diaz misses the target.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Naranbaatar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Naranbaatar moves out of range of the strikes.
Naranbaatar clobbers Diaz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Naranbaatar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Naranbaatar scores with a kick to the midsection.
Diaz misses with a looping left.
Diaz avoids the body shot from Naranbaatar.
Diaz blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands a nice hook to Naranbaatar's body. Naranbaatar takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tarkhan Naranbaatar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diaz staying out of range there.
Naranbaatar throws a hook but Diaz blocks it.
Arjen Diaz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice body kick there by Naranbaatar.
Naranbaatar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short body shot lands from Diaz as the two fighters clinch.
Naranbaatar blocks a body shot from Diaz.
A short uppercut from Diaz.
Diaz blocking some punches.
Naranbaatar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Naranbaatar blocking some punches.
Diaz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Naranbaatar misses with a hook. Diaz ducked under it nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Diaz checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Diaz closes the distance looking to clinch
and Naranbaatar counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz gets a clinch.
Diaz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Naranbaatar.
Diaz can't find room to land a body shot as Naranbaatar controls the action.
Diaz misses with a punch to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Diaz.
Diaz pushes Naranbaatar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Naranbaatar stalling.
Diaz can't find room to land a body shot as Naranbaatar controls the action.
A short right from Diaz.
Naranbaatar blocks a body shot from Diaz.
Diaz tries a body shot but Naranbaatar blocks it.
Diaz tries a body shot but Naranbaatar blocks it.
A left hand lands to the body for Naranbaatar.
Diaz misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz can't find room to land a body shot as Naranbaatar controls the action.
Naranbaatar is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Diaz pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Diaz misses with a punch to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Naranbaatar.
Diaz gets through Naranbaatar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz throws a head punch that misses.
Diaz stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Diaz throws a punch but it's blocked by Naranbaatar.
Naranbaatar tries to work over Diaz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diaz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz misses with a knee strike.
A short body shot lands from Diaz as the two fighters clinch.
Diaz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Naranbaatar's elbow.
Diaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Naranbaatar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Naranbaatar misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Diaz.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diaz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Arjen Diaz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tarkhan Naranbaatar's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Diaz looks to land a right hand but Naranbaatar moved out of range.
Naranbaatar lands a slapping body shot.
A jab from Diaz misses.
Naranbaatar shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Diaz is looking to counter with a body kick.
Naranbaatar misses with a body kick.
The fighters circling - Naranbaatar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Naranbaatar moves out of range of the strikes.
Diaz moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Diaz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Naranbaatar.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Naranbaatar lunges at Diaz with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Diaz's hand.
Naranbaatar throws out a powerful jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Diaz.
Naranbaatar changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Naranbaatar misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Diaz blocks a body shot from Naranbaatar.
Diaz misses with some punches.
Naranbaatar tries to work over Diaz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diaz tries to throw a body punch but Naranbaatar avoids it by throwing Diaz back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Naranbaatar.
A head punch on the inside from Naranbaatar fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Diaz fails to land.
Naranbaatar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diaz's elbow.
Naranbaatar swings wildly with an uppercut but Diaz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diaz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Naranbaatar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Naranbaatar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Naranbaatar is leaning against Diaz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Diaz misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Diaz.
Diaz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Diaz.
Diaz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Naranbaatar.
Diaz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Arjen Diaz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Naranbaatar misses with some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz breaks the clinch.
Diaz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slapping leg kick lands for Naranbaatar.
Diaz with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Naranbaatar to score with a decent uppercut.
Naranbaatar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Naranbaatar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diaz swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Naranbaatar fakes the leg kick and cracks Diaz in the body.
Naranbaatar connects with a body shot that sends Diaz's belly button to the back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naranbaatar dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Diaz. That did some damage!
Diaz jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Naranbaatar turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Naranbaatar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Naranbaatar misses with a body shot
and Diaz counters with a nice body kick.
Diaz throws a big shot that misses.
Diaz avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Naranbaatar walks into a straight right hand from Diaz.
Naranbaatar tries a low kick but Diaz avoids it.
Diaz scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That has opened up Tarkhan Naranbaatar's cut even more.
Diaz on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Diaz looks to land a right hand but Naranbaatar moved out of range.
The crowd cheers as Naranbaatar lands an impressive looking overhand right. Diaz doesn't seem phased though.
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!
Naranbaatar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A little feinted left hand from Diaz on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Diaz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Naranbaatar slips a jab from Diaz.
Naranbaatar has a takedown stuffed.
A little feinted left hand from Diaz on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Naranbaatar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diaz manages to avoid it.
Diaz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Naranbaatar throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Diaz!
Diaz ducks under a wild hook from Naranbaatar.
Diaz thinks about countering with a body kick.
Diaz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Naranbaatar is rocked!
Diaz misses with a looping right.
Naranbaatar is still on wobbly legs! Can Diaz finish him?
An inside leg kick lands from Naranbaatar.
Naranbaatar seems to have recovered his senses.
Naranbaatar throws a sloppy head kick
and Diaz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Arjen Diaz.
I think Diaz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Arjen Diaz!
After winning the bout, Arjen Diaz 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Bregan Union (ranked 729 p4p, 118 weight class) and Optimus Prime (ranked 686 p4p, 110 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bregan Union!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Optimus Prime!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prime misses with a straight right.
Union is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Union misses with a hook.
Prime moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
It looks like Bregan Union has been cut.
Prime loads up on a big right hand but Union slips the punch.
Union displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Prime throws out the jab.
Union uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Prime.
Union throwing a counter right hand but Prime manages to avoid it.
Prime is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Union.
Union misses with a leg kick.
Prime 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.
Union misses with an uppercut.
Prime's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Prime duly obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Union tries to clinch there but Prime circles away.
Union looks to throw the jab but Prime is out of range.
Prime looks to land a combination but Union avoids it well.
A slow jab from Union misses its intended target.
Union misses with a wild body shot.
A left lands for Prime.
Prime takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Union ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Prime moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prime throws a hook but Union blocks it.
A slow jab from Union misses its intended target.
Union is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Prime's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Prime misses with a straight right.
Prime throws a right and a left that Union avoids nicely.
Prime misses with a double jab
and Union counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A jab from Union does it's job there.
Union blocks a jab.
Union half committed to a counter leg kick.
Prime ducks under a wild hook from Union.
Some wild striking there from Prime.
Prime works over Union's head and body with a nice combination.
Bregan Union's cut is getting worse.
Prime scores with a jab to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Prime walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Prime blocks a leg kick.
Prime takes one to the side of the head.
Union uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Prime.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Union throws a leg kick but Prime moved away.
Prime with a jab.
Union uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Prime.
Union drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Prime throws a lazy head kick
and Union counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Prime avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A little jabbing left from Prime on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
No joy there for Prime, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Prime lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Bregan Union's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Union avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice straight punches there by Union. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Union.
It looks like Optimus Prime has been cut.
Prime takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Union throws a good cross that connects.
Union throws a big shot that misses.
Prime wants to counter the offense by Union and move into the clinch position.
Prime misses with a left hand
and Union connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Prime shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Union lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Prime is rocked!
Prime misses with a series of wild punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prime slips under a jab from Union.
Prime looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Union misses with a low kick.
Prime takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Prime misses with a series of wild punches.
Prime throws a looping overhand right but Union ducks down to avoid it.
Prime lands a two punch combo.
Prime lands with a straight right. Union didn't see that one coming.
Jeez, Bregan Union's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
A solid leg kick lands there for Prime.
Prime throws a right hand that Union ducks under and follows up with a left that Union also avoids with ease.
It looked like Union wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Prime lands a right hook to the body.
Prime waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Union.
Prime throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Prime moves out of range as Union strikes.
Prime scores with a nice strike.
Prime swinging wildly here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prime misses with a straight left.
Prime swings widly with a right hand
and Union counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Union is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Union lands the left hand.
Prime moves away from the strike by Union.
Optimus Prime seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A left lands for Union.
Prime blocks a leg kick.
Union showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Prime.
Union thows a left - swing and a miss!
Union tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Prime was well out of range. Poor timing from Union.
Prime throws a left and a right that both miss
and Union counters with a nice uppercut.
Prime slips under a jab from Union.
Union misses with a hook. Prime ducked under it nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Prime moves out of range as Union strikes.
Union getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Prime throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Union sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Prime rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Union counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Optimus Prime will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Union will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Prime throws a shot from downtown. Union moves away and avoids it.
Union scores with a body shot.
Prime bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Prime falls off balance throwing a combination
and Union counters with a series of strikes. Prime will be more careful next time no doubt.
Prime throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Prime tries to keep at a distance but Union has taken the fight into the clinch.
Union is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Union scores with a nice short uppercut.
Prime working hard to break the clinch.
Union scores with a hook to the body.
Prime is looking for a takedown.
Prime has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Union clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Prime is breathing heavily.
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!
Prime wants to control the position but Union frees himself and scrambles - Prime manages to regain control in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Union keeping his opponent close.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Union is trying to improve his position.
Prime in side control, throwing shots but Union defends.
Union is looking for a sweep.
Union is not content to let Prime control the position.
Union wants to control but Prime postures up.
Prime throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Union works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Union is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Prime scores with a couple of nice shots.
Union looks like he's trying to stand up.
Prime seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Prime working the head and body with strikes.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bregan Union's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Optimus Prime!
Optimus Prime gave a mention to My$tic Clothing ~ (`10%Laundry`) in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Constantine Kermit (ranked 283 p4p, 42 weight class) and Mike Tyson (ranked 385 p4p, 55 weight class). Tyson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Mary had a little lamb. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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226 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
21 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Constantine Kermit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
50 - 28 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Tyson!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kermit thows a leg kick but Tyson checks it
and Tyson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A big left from Kermit misses.
Tyson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A left lands for Kermit.
Kermit on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tyson. Tyson obviously looking to wear him down.
Kermit slips under a jab.
Kermit looks to score with a jab to the body but Tyson is just out of range.
A nice side step and Tyson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kermit throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Good shot there by Tyson.
It looks like Constantine Kermit has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kermit moves away.
Tyson with a nice cross.
Kermit throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tyson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kermit misses with a hook to the body
and Tyson counters with a straight right hand.
Tyson misses with an uppercut. Kermit saw that one coming.
Kermit missing with a left hand there. Tyson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fighters circling - Kermit throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tyson only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Tyson takes one to the chin there.
Tyson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kermit counters with an inside leg kick.
Tyson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kermit takes a swing at Tyson's ribcage but misses.
We've been told by Kermit's head coaches at The Studio that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Tyson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kermit lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kermit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tyson is rocked!
Tyson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kermit moves away.
Tyson is still on wobbly legs! Can Kermit finish him?
Nice defenses there by Tyson.
Tyson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Tyson seems to have recovered his senses.
Kermit tries to land a front kick but Tyson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kermit throws a predictable looking body shot
and Tyson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kermit tries to land a body kick
and Tyson counters with a nice right hand that sends Kermit toppling to the canvas! Kermit scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Tyson finish him?!
Kermit just misses with a punch to the body.
Tyson throws a body punch but Kermit moves out of range.
Kermit misses with a wild body shot.
A lazy left from Kermit finds it's target.
Tyson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kermit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kermit waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tyson.
Kermit connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tyson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kermit tries to land a front kick but Tyson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tyson misses with a straight right.
Kermit misses with a looping right.
Tyson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Constantine Kermit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tyson lands a big right hand that sends Kermit crashing to the mat! Tyson stays standing though and waves Kermit back to his feet!
Kermit is rocked!
Constantine Kermit's cut is getting worse.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyson throws an overhand right that lands on Kermit's shoulder, as Kermit tries to avoid the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson throws a body shot but no joy.
Kermit feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Tyson sprawling to the canvas! Tyson rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Kermit finish him?!
Tyson avoids the body shot from Kermit.
Tyson flicks out a counter leg kick but Kermit steps away.
Kermit misses with a hook
and Kermit takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kermit waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tyson.
Kermit looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tyson moves out of range as Kermit strikes.
Tyson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice jab there from Kermit.
Kermit staying out of range there.
Tyson misses with a kick to the body
and Kermit counters with a huge left! Tyson is in big trouble! He's backing up but Kermit isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Tyson from any more damage. A dominating finish by Kermit!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Constantine Kermit!
A relieved looking Constantine Kermit 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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