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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Juan Koski (ranked 1579 p4p, 192 weight class) and Norman Parke (ranked 4100 p4p, 440 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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156 lbs
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180 cm
37
161 lbs
26 - 9 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 23 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Juan Koski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Norman Parke!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parke scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Parke is trying to control. Koski wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Parke missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Parke is pressing down on Koski's thigh, looking to free his foot. Koski is holding on for now.
Parke looks to land a strike but Koski avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parke throws a big elbow that misses.
Parke is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Parke wants to pass the guard but Koski is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koski wants to stand but Parke is controlling the position.
Parke throws an elbow that misses. Koski uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Parke's guard. Nice move by Koski!
Parke managing to control the position.
Parke lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Parke trying to control but Koski is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parke postures up in Koski's guard and throws a big left but Koski blocks it.
Koski wants to stand up but Parke is controlling him.
Parke tries to free his leg and advance position but Koski is retaining full guard.
Parke wants to control from the top but Koski keeps moving.
Parke stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Koski swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Parke with a flurry of punches that miss.
Koski is wriggling around but Parke manages to pass to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parke sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Koski defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Parke is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Parke trying to pass the guard but Koski defending well.
Koski blocking the ground and pound attempt from Parke.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parke trying to control the action but Koski is working from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Norman Parke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Parke gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Koski counters with a two punch combo.
Parke connects with a body shot.
Parke lands a right hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parke throws a body shot but no joy.
Koski went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A low kick from Parke misses
and Koski counters with a one-two to the body.
Parke throws a lazy uppercut
and Koski counters with a three punch combo that has Parke backing up. Parke nods at Koski to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Parke.
Koski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Koski seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A low kick from Parke is predictable there
and Koski counters with a three punch combo that has Parke backing up. Parke nods at Koski to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Parke throws a combination that misses
and Koski counters with a one-two to the body.
Parke misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Juan Koski will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Parke scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Parke rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Koski counters with a left and a right that stings Parke.
Parke misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Koski is looking for a counter combo.
Parke is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Koski rather than just go for the knockout.
A shot to the body from Parke misses
and Koski counters with a series of strikes. Parke will be more careful next time no doubt.
Parke falls off balance throwing a combination
and Koski counters with a one-two to the body.
Koski takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Parke cracks Koski with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parke wants to clinch but Koski slips to the side
and Koski counters with a two punch combo.
Parke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Koski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Koski went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Parke misses with a takedown attempt
and Koski counters with a three punch combo that has Parke backing up. Parke nods at Koski to acknowledge the strikes.
Parke misses with a wild body shot.
As Parke looks to move away, Koski throws a big counter combo but Parke just gets out of the way.
Parke lands a nice leg kick that just misses Koski's sensitive parts.
Parke throws a lazy uppercut
and Koski counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Parke looks to land a right hand but Koski moved out of range.
Koski throws a big counter combination but Parke scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Koski moves out of range of the body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koski moves away from the strike by Parke.
Koski is looking for a counter combo.
Parke throws a lazy uppercut
and Koski counters with a left and a right that stings Parke.
Juan Koski is winning the standup battle so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Parke closes the distance and pushes Koski back into the cage.
Koski trying to land knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Parke.
Koski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Parke can do to turn this around?
Parke tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Parke trying to stall but Koski improves his position.
Parke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Koski missing with knees to the body.
Parke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Parke makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Parke managing to block the knees to the body from Koski.
Koski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Parke avoids it.
Parke lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parke scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Parke lands with a short head shot on the inside.
It looks like Juan Koski has been cut.
Parke managing to block the knees to the body from Koski.
Parke swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Koski tries to land knees in the clinch but Parke avoids the damage to the body.
Koski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Parke avoids it.
Koski tries to land knees in the clinch but Parke avoids the damage to the body.
Koski trying to land knees to the body.
Koski tries to land knees in the clinch but Parke avoids the damage to the body.
Parke gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Parke thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Parke missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Koski pushes Parke off looking to stand but Parke dives back in and keeps control.
Parke wants to take a breather but Koski is having none of it.
Koski keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Parke looks to land a strike but Koski avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parke cracks Koski with a solid left hand.
Koski keeping moving, preventing Parke from controlling successfully.
Parke tries to free his leg and advance position but Koski is retaining full guard.
Parke trying to control the position from guard on top but Koski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Parke might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Koski haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Parke misses with a left hand
and Koski counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Parke throws a sloppy body shot
and Koski counters with a two punch combo.
Parke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koski manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Koski dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Juan Koski's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. 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.
Koski swats away the attempt to clinch by Parke.
Parke tries to clinch
and Koski counters with a left and a right that stings Parke.
Parke misses the shot to the body.
Parke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Koski appears to be looking for a big counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parke tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Koski swivels and escapes.
Koski throws a big counter combination but Parke scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Parke throws a leg kick
and Koski counters with a two punch combo.
Koski checks a low kick from Parke.
It looked like Koski was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parke chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A low kick from Parke is predictable there
and Koski counters with a series of strikes. Parke will be more careful next time no doubt.
Good exchange - Parke coming out on top.
Parke scores with a decent looking hook.
Parke misses with a body shot
and Koski counters with a series of strikes. Parke will be more careful next time no doubt.
Parke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koski went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Parke lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Koski circles away quickly and effectively.
Koski is looking for a counter combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koski gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice sprawl there from Koski as Parke shoots in.
As Parke looks to move away, Koski throws a big counter combo but Parke just gets out of the way.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Koski throws a big counter combination but Parke scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Parke shoots and misses
and Koski counters with a one-two to the body.
Juan Koski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Norman Parke.
Parke tries to close the distance and clinch but Koski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Koski throws a big counter combination but Parke scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Koski leaves Parke with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koski takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Parke throws a right hand that misses
and Koski counters with a three punch combo that has Parke backing up. Parke nods at Koski to acknowledge the strikes.
Parke misses with a low kick.
It looked like Koski was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Parke swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Koski counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Koski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Parke.
Parke throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Koski counters with a three punch combo that has Parke backing up. Parke nods at Koski to acknowledge the strikes.
An inside leg kick lands from Parke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parke swings widly with a right hand
and Koski counters with a left and a right that stings Parke.
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!
Parke throws a head kick but Koski moves out of range.
Norman Parke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A slapping leg kick lands for Parke.
Juan Koski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A jab from Parke misses.
Parke throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Koski on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Parke. Parke obviously looking to wear him down.
Parke misses with a left hand
and Koski counters with a three punch combo that has Parke backing up. Parke nods at Koski to acknowledge the strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Koski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Koski, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Koski!
After the big win, Juan Koski made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors FORCEE and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ian Smith (ranked 1366 p4p, 198 weight class) and Asmund Sykk (ranked 2205 p4p, 299 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by AC/DC. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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220 lbs
26 - 17 - 0 |
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205 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Ian Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Asmund Sykk!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sykk jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sykk has closed the distance and engaged Smith in a clinch.
Smith is looking to break free of the clinch but Sykk has double underhooks.
Smith is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Sykk pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Smith has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sykk's elbow.
Smith working hard to break the clinch.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sykk misses with some punches.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Sykk has him pressed against the cage.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sykk creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sykk has Smith pressed against the cage, preventing Smith from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sykk prevents a body shot from Smith.
Smith breaks the clinch.
Smith throws a solid leg kick but Sykk takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Smith.
Smith fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sykk has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Smith lands a leg kick that knocks Sykk off balance momentarily.
Smith misses with a low kick.
Sykk appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Smith takes a swing at Sykk's ribcage but misses.
Sykk ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Smith digs a good body shot into Sykk's ribs.
Smith throws a body punch but Sykk moves out of range.
Sykk moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Smith swings for the body but Sykk moves out of range.
Sykk looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sykk connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sykk tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Sykk missing with a left hand there. Smith was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sykk steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sykk wants to counter the offense by Smith and move into the clinch position.
Smith scores with a hook.
Smith throws a leg kick
and Sykk counters with a leg kick.
Sykk misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
Smith looks to throw the jab but Sykk is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sykk throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smith.
Sykk throws a big shot that misses.
Sykk on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Smith works Sykk's body with a nice hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Sykk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sykk checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Sykk is just out of range.
Sykk throws a counter combo.
Ian Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith cracks Sykk with an open hand slap.
Sykk misses with a straight right.
Smith swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Sykk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith misses with a straight right.
Sykk misses with a low kick.
Good exchange - Smith coming out on top.
Sykk throws a combination that misses
and Smith counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sykk swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Smith smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sykk defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Smith.
Sykk keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sykk tries to move into range but Smith moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sykk moves out of range of the leg kick from Smith.
Smith misses with an uppercut
and Sykk connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sykk drops his hands momentarily and Smith takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Smith scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sykk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith.
Smith moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Smith swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Sykk on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Smith misses with a hook. Sykk ducked under it nicely.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sykk.
Smith misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ian Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith slips a straight right by Sykk.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Smith.
Smith checks a leg kick.
A slow jab from Smith misses its intended target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sykk! But no joy.
Smith walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sykk checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith lands a jab.
Sykk misses with a series of wild punches.
Sykk checks the leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Smith blocks the leg kick.
Sykk looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range.
Smith ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sykk bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Smith digs a good hook to Sykk's body.
Sykk on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Smith. Smith obviously looking to wear him down.
Smith is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Smith lands a lovely overhand right.
Smith throws a good cross that connects.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ian Smith dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sykk was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Smith is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sykk can do to turn this around?
Sykk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith.
Smith tries to land a leg kick but Sykk saw it coming and moves away.
Smith takes one to the chin there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Sykk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Horrible takedown attempt by Smith or perhaps it was just good defense by Sykk, which made it look bad.
Sykk steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Smith.
A telegraphed right hand from Smith misses the target.
Sykk avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Donk. Smith catches Sykk right on the button with a cross.
Sykk looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith misses with a shot to the body
and Smith takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sykk takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sykk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith misses the body punch
letting Sykk counter with a right hand.
Smith throws a body punch but Sykk moves out of range.
Sykk wants to counter with a clinch but Smith pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throws out a loose jab but Sykk uses good head movement to avoid it.
A shot to the liver by Smith. Beautiful body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sykk checks a leg kick.
Sykk swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Smith.
Sykk needs to keep his hands up - Smith had a free shot at his head there.
Sykk checks a leg kick.
Sykk tries to counter by closing the distance.
Sykk works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Smith lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Smith throws a shot from downtown. Sykk moves away and avoids it.
Sykk tries to counter with a clinch but Smith shakes him off and moves away.
Smith sizes up Sykk with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sykk takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice defenses there by Sykk.
Smith swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ian Smith is winning the standup battle so far.
Smith lands with a right hand.
Asmund Sykk is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith throws a hook to the side of Sykk's head but Sykk sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Smith misses with an uppercut
and Sykk counters with a straight right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Smith tenderised Sykk's leg. Sykk is trying to keep his angry face on.
Smith throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sykk counters with a thumping low kick.
Smith throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sykk tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Smith is able to avoid easily.
Smith scoring well with a low kick there.
Sykk lands a nice shot that snaps Smith's head back.
Smith looks to throw the jab but Sykk is out of range.
Sykk misses with a straight left.
Smith connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A bone on bone clash there as Smith blocks the leg kick.
Smith throws a leg kick
and Sykk counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Smith blocks a low kick nicely.
Smith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sykk.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Smith, right into the meat.
Sykk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smith.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith looks to land a right hand but Sykk moved out of range.
Smith lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sykk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sykk slips a straight right by Smith.
Smith throws a leg kick but Sykk moved away.
Sykk swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Smith tries to land a leg kick but Sykk saw it coming and moves away.
Smith fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Smith tries for a takedown but Sykk sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Smith throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sykk counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A bone on bone clash there as Sykk blocks the leg kick.
Smith fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Smith takes a swing at Sykk's ribcage but misses.
Smith lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Smith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A punch combination from Sykk misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sykk swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Smith throws the left hand but Sykk avoids the punch easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Sykk misses the target.
Smith throws a nice outside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot to the body from Smith misses
and Smith takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sykk scores with a nice right hand.
Smith lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sykk's sensitive parts.
Smith throws a right hand that misses
and Smith takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Smith throws a leg kick
and Sykk counters with a slapping leg kick.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sykk looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Sykk is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
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 Ian Smith will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!
Smith fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Sykk takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Smith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sykk.
Sykk swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Smith.
Smith shoots in but no luck this time.
A little jabbing left from Sykk on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sykk connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sykk tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
An inside leg kick lands from Smith.
Smith connects with the punch.
Smith connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Smith scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Smith shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sykk as he jumps to the side.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Sykk misses.
Smith swings for the body but Sykk moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Sykk on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Smith swings widly with a right hand
and Sykk counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sykk misses with a looping left.
Jab by Smith.
Smith misses with a left hand
and Smith takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Smith fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sykk checks it well.
Sykk jabs Smith right on the nose. Smith blinks but takes it well.
Smith slips a straight right by Sykk.
Smith throws a leg kick
and Sykk counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sykk.
Smith is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ian Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short left from Smith.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Smith creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
Smith wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith takes a swing at Sykk's ribcage but misses.
A slow jab from Sykk misses its intended target.
Smith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Smith throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sykk stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sykk closes the distance and pushes Smith back into the cage.
Sykk lands a right hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith wants a takedown but no success here.
Still in the clinch, Sykk scores with a nice short uppercut.
Smith lands with a light punch inside.
Smith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sykk scores with a shoulder strike.
Smith lands a shoulder strike.
Asmund Sykk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a hook to the ribs.
Smith is looking for a takedown.
Smith can't find room to land a body shot as Sykk controls the action.
Smith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Smith has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sykk avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smith is trying to push Sykk away but Sykk has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Asmund Sykk seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sykk has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Smith uses from the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sykk lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Smith utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sykk throwing strikes from guard but Smith blocks nicely.
Sykk trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to sweep here but Sykk controlling him for the moment.
Smith avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Smith controls Sykk momentarily but Sykk frees himself.
Sykk throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Smith works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sykk throws a big right hand that misses.
Sykk with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sykk working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sykk with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Asmund Sykk.
I think Smith 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ian Smith!
After the fight, Ian Smith was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Vegas (ranked 653 p4p, 84 weight class) and Chad Murray (ranked 1241 p4p, 151 weight class). Murray is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Dead man walking. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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161 lbs
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166 lbs
23 - 16 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Vegas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chad Murray !
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murray misses with a hook
and Vegas makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Murray looks to land a body kick but Vegas moved away.
Vegas has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Murray throws a chopping leg kick but Vegas manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Vegas swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Murray uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vegas.
Murray looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jab from Murray .
Murray misses with an uppercut.
Murray lands a jab.
Murray connects with a leg kick. Vegas looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murray scores with a body shot.
Vegas connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vegas drives through and clinches with Murray against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murray throws a head punch that misses.
Vegas misses with some punches.
Murray pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Murray connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vegas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murray manages to avoid it.
Vegas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murray .
Murray chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Vegas can pounce on him.
A slapping leg kick lands for Vegas.
Murray misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Vegas counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Murray tries to score with a low kick but Vegas moves his leg out of the way.
Vegas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Murray misses the target.
Vegas seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Vegas throws a jab when Murray was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Murray is predictable there
and Vegas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vegas staying out of range there.
A little feinted left hand from Vegas on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vegas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Vegas scores with a hook to the body. Murray takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Vegas looks to land a left hand but Murray moved out of range nicely.
Murray scores with a jab. Vegas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Murray rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Vegas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Murray jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vegas tries a low kick but Murray avoids it.
Murray throws the left hand but Vegas avoids the punch easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Murray blocks the leg kick.
Vegas moves into the clinch successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vegas misses with a punch on the inside.
Murray blocks an uppercut.
Vegas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vegas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murray throws an elbow but it misses.
Vegas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murray misses with a punch to the body.
Vegas has a couple of punches blocked by Murray .
Vegas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murray s head.
Vegas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murray doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vegas lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Murray backwards.
Vegas misses with a punch on the inside.
Murray fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vegas blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vegas.
Vegas scores with a shot to the side of Murray 's head.
Murray prevents a body shot from Vegas.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murray .
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murray lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vegas tries a body shot but Murray blocks it.
Murray throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murray .
Vegas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vegas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murray fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murray presses Vegas against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Vegas scores with a shoulder strike.
Vegas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Vegas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vegas.
Murray lands a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Murray .
Murray doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murray swings wildly with an uppercut but Vegas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vegas misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Murray .
Vegas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Johnny Vegas will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Murray misses with a lunging right hand
and Vegas counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Vegas on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Murray checks a leg kick nicely.
Murray dips to his left and cracks Vegas with an uppercut!
Vegas scores with a kick to the midsection.
Nice shot lands for Murray .
Murray on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Murray throws the left hand but Vegas avoids the punch easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vegas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jab by Murray .
Murray throws a hook but Vegas blocks it.
Murray has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vegas looks to land a right hand but Murray moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Murray as he checks the leg kick.
Vegas finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Murray looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Vegas darts in trying to clinch
and Murray counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Murray tries to move into range but Vegas moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Vegas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nice uppercut lands for Murray . That snapped Vegas's head back.
Vegas misses with a body kick.
Murray was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Vegas just misses with a punch to the body.
Murray throws a lazy right hand but Vegas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It looked like Vegas was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Vegas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murray .
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vegas.
Vegas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Murray lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Murray misses with an uppercut
and Vegas counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Murray misses with a right hand
and Vegas counters with a solid body kick.
Vegas connects with the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A cross from Vegas lands.
Vegas misses with a hook. Murray ducked under it nicely.
Murray misses with a leg kick
and Vegas counters with a stiff right hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murray .
A telegraphed right hand from Murray misses the target.
Murray lands with an uppercut that bounces Vegas off the cage and back into range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray swings for the body but Vegas moves out of range.
Murray blocks a jab.
Murray counters with a body kick.
Vegas takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Vegas checks the leg kick nicely there.
Vegas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Murray lands with a shot to the body.
Vegas throws a sloppy body shot
and Murray counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Murray wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Vegas lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Murray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murray .
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray throws a leg kick
and Vegas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice shot lands for Vegas.
Murray is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murray moves out of range of the strikes.
Murray changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Vegas avoids the body shot from Murray .
Vegas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Vegas goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Murray is still on wobbly legs! Can Vegas finish him?
Murray slips a jab from Vegas.
Vegas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murray throws out the jab.
Vegas tried to counter with a leg kick but Murray avoided it.
Vegas gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Still in the clinch, Murray scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Vegas dominated that second 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Murray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vegas manages to avoid it.
Murray seems to have recovered his senses.
Vegas throws a leg kick
and Murray counters with a nice low kick that buckles Vegas's knee momentarily.
Murray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murray swings away with a body shot that misses
and Vegas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Murray tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Vegas moves out of range of the body kick.
Johnny Vegas is winning the standup battle so far.
Murray sizes up Vegas with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Vegas throws a left and a right that both miss
and Murray counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decent striking displayed by Vegas there.
Vegas misses with the combination.
Vegas misses with an uppercut.
Murray swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vegas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Murray with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murray swats away the attempt to clinch by Vegas.
Murray connects with a leg kick. Vegas looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Vegas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Vegas on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Vegas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Murray throws a body shot but no joy.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Vegas crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Murray - the referee stops the clock and Vegas gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Murray . Vegas manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Vegas is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Murray .
Vegas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Murray counters with a leg kick.
Vegas throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murray is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vegas.
Vegas throws a big counter combination but Murray scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Vegas misses with a body shot
and Murray counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Murray looks to throw the jab but Vegas is out of range.
Vegas pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Vegas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murray can pounce on him.
Vegas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murray lands a jab.
Chad Murray has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Murray .
Vegas looks to throw the jab but Murray is out of range.
A little jabbing left from Murray on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Murray scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Murray fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Vegas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johnny Vegas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vegas wants to clinch.
Murray takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vegas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Vegas looks to land a right hand but Murray moved out of range.
Vegas moves into range and clinches up with Murray .
Vegas misses with a punch on the inside.
Murray blocking some punches.
Murray escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murray uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vegas.
Murray is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vegas.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A nice leg kick lands there from Vegas.
A big right from Murray misses.
Vegas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murray .
And that's the end of the fight!
Chad Murray comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Vegas 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shinsuke Mitsurugi (ranked 764 p4p, 108 weight class) and Wampage Johnson (ranked 1252 p4p, 177 weight class). Mitsurugi comes to the cage accompanied by The Rising Sun. Johnson has chosen Come Over (feat. Stylo G) as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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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
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Shinsuke Mitsurugi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Wampage Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson misses with a straight right.
Mitsurugi throws a jab when Johnson was well out of range.
Wampage Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Johnson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mitsurugi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Johnson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mitsurugi.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
Mitsurugi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnson lands with a shot to the body.
Johnson scores with a jab to the body.
Johnson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mitsurugi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Johnson.
Mitsurugi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson punishes Mitsurugi's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice uppercut lands for Johnson. That snapped Mitsurugi's head back.
Johnson throws a body punch but Mitsurugi moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson takes a swing at Mitsurugi's ribcage but misses.
Mitsurugi swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Johnson connects with a nice looking jab.
Johnson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mitsurugi doesn't seem bothered though.
A punch combination from Mitsurugi misses.
Johnson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Mitsurugi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson misses with a hook
and Mitsurugi counters with an outside leg kick.
Mitsurugi closes the distance and clinches.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
Mitsurugi can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Mitsurugi swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mitsurugi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mitsurugi prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Mitsurugi lands a right hand.
Mitsurugi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Still in the clinch, Johnson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mitsurugi digs a right hand into Johnson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Johnson's gas tank.
Johnson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mitsurugis head.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Mitsurugi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mitsurugi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mitsurugi misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Mitsurugi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Mitsurugi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson lands an uppercut.
Mitsurugi tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Mitsurugi fails to land.
Mitsurugi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Mitsurugi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Mitsurugi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mitsurugi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mitsurugi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mitsurugi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Mitsurugi misses with the head strike.
Mitsurugi misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson digs a right hand underneath Mitsurugi's ribcage. Mitsurugi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mitsurugi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson lands with a short shot to the head.
Mitsurugi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mitsurugi blocking some punches.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Mitsurugi blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Mitsurugi working aggressively here.
Mitsurugi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mitsurugi tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mitsurugi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Johnson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson slips under a jab.
Johnson digs a good body shot into Mitsurugi's ribs.
Johnson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Mitsurugi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johnson! But no joy.
Mitsurugi misses with a low kick.
Johnson is trying to counter with his kicks.
Mitsurugi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Johnson slips a straight right by Mitsurugi.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wampage Johnson dominated that round.
That's time! Mitsurugi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Johnson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mitsurugi.
Johnson connects with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Johnson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mitsurugi 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.
Johnson pushes Mitsurugi away with a front kick.
Johnson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Mitsurugi is just out of range.
Johnson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson connects with a nice looking jab.
Wampage Johnson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mitsurugi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Johnson.
Mitsurugi closes the distance and pushes Johnson back into the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Johnson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lands a right hand.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Mitsurugi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Mitsurugi controls the action.
Mitsurugi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mitsurugi misses with a body punch.
Mitsurugi blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Mitsurugi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short body shot lands from Mitsurugi as the two fighters clinch.
Johnson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mitsurugi lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mitsurugi backwards.
Mitsurugi misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Mitsurugi.
Wampage Johnson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
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!
Mitsurugi has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Mitsurugi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Mitsurugi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mitsurugi working aggressively here.
Mitsurugi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johnson tries to work over Mitsurugi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mitsurugi throws a head punch that misses.
Mitsurugi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mitsurugi gets through Johnson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mitsurugi misses with a punch on the inside.
Mitsurugi misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Mitsurugi.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitsurugi tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Mitsurugi back against the cage.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mitsurugi backwards.
Johnson tries a body shot but Mitsurugi blocks it.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mitsurugi working aggressively here.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mitsurugi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.
Johnson working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johnson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson blocks a body shot from Mitsurugi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitsurugi working aggressively here.
A right hand to the body from Mitsurugi.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mitsurugi scores with a shoulder strike.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Mitsurugi.
Johnson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mitsurugi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Mitsurugi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Mitsurugi cracks Johnson with a nice body shot.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mitsurugi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
Mitsurugi breaks the clinch.
Johnson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Johnson throws a body kick that misses
and Mitsurugi counters with a thumping low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wampage Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Mitsurugi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mitsurugi.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mitsurugi manages to avoid it.
Johnson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mitsurugi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mitsurugi moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
Mitsurugi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Johnson throws a shot to the body.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Mitsurugi thinks about countering with a head kick.
Mitsurugi slips a straight right by Johnson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Mitsurugi was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Mitsurugi clinches with his opponent.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Mitsurugi.
Johnson scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitsurugi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johnsons head.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mitsurugi backwards.
Mitsurugi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Mitsurugi lands with a left to the head.
Mitsurugi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Mitsurugi avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Johnson presses Mitsurugi against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Mitsurugi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Mitsurugi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Mitsurugi controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mitsurugi.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mitsurugi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Johnson.
Mitsurugi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mitsurugi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shinsuke Mitsurugi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mitsurugi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Mitsurugi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mitsurugi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson scores with a shot to the side of Mitsurugi's head.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mitsurugi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Johnson.
Mitsurugi can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson lands a shot to the body.
Mitsurugi has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Mitsurugi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mitsurugi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A decent looking cross lands there for Johnson.
Mitsurugi misses with an uppercut.
Wampage Johnson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitsurugi blocks a jab.
Johnson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mitsurugi doesn't seem bothered though.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Mitsurugi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mitsurugi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Johnson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mitsurugi under the eye.
Johnson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mitsurugi is able to avoid easily.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Mitsurugi saw that one coming.
Mitsurugi is looking to counter punch.
Johnson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mitsurugi.
Mitsurugi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mitsurugi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Mitsurugi misses with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mitsurugi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a slapping body shot.
Johnson throws a body kick, spinning off balance
letting Mitsurugi counter with a right hand.
Johnson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Mitsurugi takes a step back to recover.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson throws a hook but Mitsurugi avoids it easily.
Johnson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Johnson checks a low kick from Mitsurugi.
Nice cross by Johnson.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It looked like Mitsurugi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Johnson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mitsurugi rather than just go for the knockout.
Johnson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Johnson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wampage Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Johnson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wampage Johnson!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Wampage Johnson made sure he mentioned Urban Fighter, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Do Who Tsoi (ranked 311 p4p, 44 weight class) and Sni Probong (ranked 502 p4p, 63 weight class). Tsoi comes to the cage accompanied by !!!. Probong has chosen Bodhi Mandala as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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162 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Do Who Tsoi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Sni Probong!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsoi tries to clinch but Probong moves out of range.
Probong takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Probong throws a sloppy head kick and Tsoi moves out of range easily.
Probong steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tsoi.
Tsoi scores with a decent looking hook.
Tsoi moves out of range of the body kick from Probong.
Tsoi definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tsoi throws a looping overhand right but Probong ducks down to avoid it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Probong.
Probong connects with a looping right hand.
Tsoi moves forwards but Probong connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tsoi lands with a good body shot.
Tsoi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Tsoi connects with a leg kick. Probong looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Probong checks a leg kick.
Probong throws a big shot that misses.
Good work by Probong as he checks the leg kick.
Tsoi lands a front kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Tsoi!
Tsoi misses with a lunging right hand
and Probong counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsoi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tsoi moves away from the strike by Probong.
Tsoi looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Probong jabs at Tsoi's body.
Tsoi clinches.
Tsoi prevents a body shot from Probong.
Probong breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tsoi lands a nice looking body shot.
Tsoi slips a straight right by Probong.
Tsoi blocks a head kick by Probong.
Probong lands with a kick to the ribs.
Tsoi misses with a hook
and Probong makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Tsoi really felt that one!
Tsoi jabs Probong to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Probong misses with a head kick.
Good shot there by Probong.
Tsoi throws a hook but Probong blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tsoi scores with a jab to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Probong. Tsoi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tsoi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Probong takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Probong pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Probong cracks Tsoi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tsoi swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Probong to counter with a crisp jab.
Tsoi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Probong's sensitive parts.
Probong on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Probong 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.
Probong displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tsoi throws out the jab.
Probong's corner calls for a 1-2. Probong obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Tsoi's corner calls for a 1-2. Tsoi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Tsoi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Probong on the side of the head.
Tsoi looks to land a left hand but Probong moved out of range nicely.
Tsoi throws a jab but it's blocked by Probong.
Tsoi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Tsoi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tsoi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tsoi is looking to counter the offense by Probong and move into the clinch.
Tsoi misses the body punch
and Probong counters with an outside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Probong looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Good work by Probong as he checks the leg kick.
Tsoi checks a low kick from Probong.
Tsoi closes the distance and clinches.
Probong lands a shoulder strike.
Tsoi gets through Probong's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Tsoi.
Probong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tsoi prevents a body shot from Probong.
Probong lands a nice uppercut.
Tsoi blocks a body shot from Probong.
Tsoi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Probong or not.
Tsoi lands a nice shot to the body.
Probong struggles to land a body shot inside as Tsoi controls his hands.
Tsoi prevents a body shot from Probong.
Probong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Probong scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tsoi has a couple of punches blocked by Probong.
Probong lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Probong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Probong.
Probong struggles to land a body shot inside as Tsoi controls his hands.
Probong controlling the action here for a moment.
Tsoi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tsoi prevents a body shot from Probong.
Nice body punch from Tsoi.
A shot in the inside from Tsoi.
Probong has a couple of punches blocked by Tsoi.
Tsoi content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Probong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tsoi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tsoi looking for a takedown.
Tsoi misses with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tsoi breaks the clinch.
Tsoi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Probong misses with a straight right.
Tsoi appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Probong on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tsoi. Tsoi obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Do Who Tsoi will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Tsoi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tsoi takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Tsoi misses with a low kick.
Tsoi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tsoi throws an overhand right that lands on Probong's shoulder, as Probong tries to avoid the shot.
Tsoi just misses with a punch to the body.
Tsoi with a jab.
Do Who Tsoi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tsoi is looking to clinch.
Tsoi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tsoi throws a right and a left that Probong avoids nicely.
Probong was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Probong throws a low kick but Tsoi avoids it.
The fighters circling - Probong throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsoi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Probong has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tsoi misses with a lunging right hand
and Probong cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tsoi lands a front kick.
Probong misses with a kick to the body.
Probong misses with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Probong cracks Tsoi with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Tsoi misses.
Probong avoids a kick to the body.
Probong's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tsoi throws a jab when Probong was well out of range.
Probong connects with a solid leg kick.
Tsoi checks a leg kick.
Tsoi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Probong walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tsoi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tsoi tries to counter by clinching up but Probong breaks away and moves out of range.
Tsoi throws a combination. Probong tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Probong keeps the fight on the outside.
Probong looks for the body kick but Tsoi saw that one coming.
Probong has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tsoi.
Tsoi misses with a leg kick
and Probong counters with a nice uppercut.
Probong steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Tsoi. That one must have hurt.
Tsoi throws a body shot but no joy.
Tsoi with a nice cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Probong sizes up Tsoi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Probong throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Probong dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Probong throws out a loose jab but Tsoi uses good head movement to avoid it.
It looked like Tsoi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tsoi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tsoi tries to land a front kick but Probong steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Probong misses with an uppercut. Tsoi saw that one coming.
Tsoi misses with a low kick.
A big left from Probong misses.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Tsoi. Probong shrugs it off though.
Do Who Tsoi is winning the standup battle so far.
Probong shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Tsoi clinches with his opponent.
Probong has a couple of punches blocked by Tsoi.
Tsoi is looking to control Probong's arms but Probong gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tsoi has his back to the cage.
Tsoi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Probong's elbow.
Probong is trying to stall.
A nice left hand lands by Tsoi.
Probong misses with some punches.
Probong misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Probong lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Probong.
Probong can't find room to land a body shot as Tsoi controls the action.
Probong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tsoi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Probong blocks an uppercut.
Probong looking to slow down the pace here.
Probong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tsoi's elbow.
Tsoi misses with a body punch.
Probong struggles to land a body shot inside as Tsoi controls his hands.
Probong tries to work over Tsoi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tsoi can't find room to land a body shot as Probong controls the action.
Tsoi tries to work over Probong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Probong gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Tsoi.
Probong lands a nice shot to the body.
Probong makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Probong is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sni Probong seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tsoi tries to throw a body punch but Probong avoids it by throwing Tsoi back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi misses with a body punch.
Probong tries a body shot but Tsoi blocks it.
Probong lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tsoi backwards.
Probong pushes Tsoi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Probong creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Probong scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tsoi struggles to land a body shot inside as Probong controls his hands.
Tsoi misses with the head strike.
Probong misses with a punch on the inside.
Probong lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tsoi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tsoi struggles to land a body shot inside as Probong controls his hands.
Probong has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tsoi.
Probong misses with a punch on the inside.
Tsoi throws a head punch that misses.
Tsoi can't find room to land a body shot as Probong controls the action.
Probong blocks a body shot from Tsoi.
Probong lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Probong misses with a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Probong scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Sni Probong will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Probong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Probong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tsoi manages to avoid it.
Probong throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tsoi.
Probong gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tsoi.
Tsoi misses with a leg kick
and Probong counters with a nice leg kick.
Probong tried to score with a low kick but Tsoi checks it.
Probong throws a head kick but Tsoi moves out of range.
Tsoi connects with a solid leg kick.
Tsoi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Probong counters with a nice leg kick.
Probong feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tsoi's calf.
Tsoi throws a jab when Probong was well out of range.
It seemed like Probong was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A combination from Probong does no damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsoi takes a swing at Probong's ribcage but misses.
Tsoi connects with an inside leg kick.
Tsoi misses with a kick to the body.
Probong fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tsoi.
Tsoi checks a low kick from Probong.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsoi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Probong tries to clinch up.
Tsoi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Probong stuns Tsoi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tsoi checks a low kick from Probong.
Probong looks to land a body kick but Tsoi moved away.
Tsoi tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Probong manages to circle out of the way.
Tsoi lands a head shot.
Tsoi throws a low kick, looking for Probong's leg but Probong calmly moves out of range.
Probong slips under a jab from Tsoi.
Probong throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tsoi.
Tsoi misses with an uppercut
and Probong counters with a thumping low kick.
Probong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tsoi lands a body shot.
Tsoi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Probong.
Tsoi misses with a hook. Probong ducked under it nicely.
Probong attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A jab lands there for Tsoi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi misses the shot to the body.
Probong with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Probong is looking to clinch but Tsoi is avoiding it.
Tsoi misses with a low kick.
Tsoi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tsoi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tsoi connects with an inside leg kick.
Probong getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Probong lands a leg kick that knocks Tsoi off balance momentarily.
Probong misses with a looping right.
Probong throws a looping overhand right but Tsoi ducks down to avoid it.
Tsoi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Probong on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tsoi connects with a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Probong 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Probong takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tsoi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
It seemed like Probong was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Probong checks a leg kick.
Probong looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tsoi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Probong finds it's way round the side to connect with Tsoi's head.
A shot to the liver by Probong. Beautiful body shot.
Tsoi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Probong has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Probong scores with the left hand. Tsoi knows he should have avoided that one.
Probong takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tsoi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Probong dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tsoi. That did some damage!
Tsoi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Probong manages to avoid it.
Probong has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Tsoi.
Tsoi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Probong.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tsoi 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 four minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi tries to move into range but Probong moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tsoi throws an overhand right that lands on Probong's shoulder, as Probong tries to avoid the shot.
Probong ducks under a wild hook from Tsoi.
Tsoi dodges the punch combination from Probong.
Probong pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tsoi.
A slapping body kick lands there for Probong.
Tsoi throws a front kick that sends Probong stumbling back into the cage.
Probong with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tsoi looks to score with a jab to the body but Probong is just out of range.
Tsoi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Probong swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It seemed like Probong was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Probong misses with a leg kick
and Tsoi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tsoi cracks Probong with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tsoi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Probong manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tsoi throws a leg kick that is checked
and Probong counters with a low kick, right behind Tsoi 's knee.
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 Do Who Tsoi.
I think Tsoi 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Do Who Tsoi!
Do Who Tsoi 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Moe Lester (ranked 146 p4p, 28 weight class) and Don Juan Matus (ranked 328 p4p, 46 weight class). Matus has chosen Crow Spirit as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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164 lbs
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33
155 lbs
30 - 14 - 4 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Moe Lester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 14 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Don Juan Matus!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matus avoids the body shot from Lester.
Matus moves out of range of the body kick from Lester.
Matus attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
And Lester counters with a quick kick to the body but Matus blocks it.
Lester misses with a low kick.
Lester definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Matus fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lester has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lester swings widly with a right hand
and Matus counters with a stiff right hand.
Lester misses the jab.
Matus avoids a kick to the body.
Matus throws a jab but it's blocked by Lester.
Matus takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lester misses with an uppercut. Matus saw that one coming.
Lester misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lester looks to land a right hand but Matus moved out of range.
Matus thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lester uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Matus.
Lester misses with a lunging right hand
and Matus counters with a stiff right hand.
Lester misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Matus.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matus slips a jab from Lester.
Matus 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.
Lester lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lester throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Matus tries a quick counter leg kick but Lester is wise to it.
Matus misses with a low kick as Lester jumps back.
Matus throws a body kick that misses.
Matus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lester.
Matus let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Lester looks to throw a body kick
and Matus counters with a nice uppercut.
Matus thuds a left hand into Lester's body.
Matus throws a leg kick
and Lester counters with a good low kick that Matus was not able to check.
Lester throws the left hand but Matus avoids the punch easily.
Matus is looking to slow Lester down with leg kicks.
Matus checks a leg kick.
Lester pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Matus shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Matus fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lester on the side of the head.
Don Juan Matus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matus misses with a left hand
and Lester cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Matus does it's job there.
Lester swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lester blocks a jab.
Lester works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Matus tries a head kick but it misses.
Matus swings for the body but Lester moves out of range.
Matus throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Lester counters with a nice body shot.
Lester misses with an uppercut.
Matus is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Matus misses with a kick to the body.
Lester throws a body punch but Matus moves out of range.
Matus counters with a body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Matus. That's going to slow Lester down.
Matus throws a series of punches but Lester moves out of range.
Lester looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A big right from Lester misses.
Lester thuds his right hand into Matus's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matus thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lester missing with a left hand there. Matus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lester slips a jab from Matus.
Lester throws a body punch but Matus moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Matus. That's going to slow Lester down.
Lester uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Matus.
Matus throws a looping overhand right but Lester ducks down to avoid it.
Lester looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Nice shot by Matus.
Lester connects with a crisp jab.
Matus throws a shot to the body.
Matus throws out a powerful jab.
Lester changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lester misses the shot to the body.
Matus throws a fast counter high kick but Lester manages to duck under it in time.
Lester just misses with a punch to the body.
Lester lands with a nice body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lester throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Matus throws a chopping leg kick but Lester manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lester swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Matus thumps Lester with a low kick.
Matus swings widly with a right hand
enabling Lester to counter with a crisp jab.
Matus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lester.
Lester swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lester takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lester throws a push kick but Matus slaps the foot to one side.
Lester misses with a kick to the body.
Lester bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Matus throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lester fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Matus looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matus scores with a decent looking hook.
Matus takes one on the button.
A decent looking cross lands there for Matus.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Moe Lester will probably get the nod.
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.
Lester works Matus's body with a nice hook.
Matus connects with a looping right hand.
Matus thuds a left hand into Lester's body.
Lester throws a body punch but Matus moves out of range.
A jab from Matus finds it's way through Lester's defenses.
Moe Lester is winning the standup battle so far.
Lester throws a leg kick
and Matus counters with a stiff right hand.
Lester throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Matus counters with a nice uppercut.
Matus lands with a nice body kick.
Lester moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lester crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Matus - the referee stops the clock and Lester gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Matus. Lester manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lester thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lester looks to land a left hand but Matus moved out of range nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Matus darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lester, right into the meat.
Lester displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Matus throws out the jab.
Matus 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 one minute gone in the round.
Lester connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Matus's hands.
Matus takes one on the button.
Lester is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Matus cracks a nice hook into Lester's ribs.
Matus lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lester scoring well with a low kick there.
Lester throws a nice outside leg kick.
A cross from Lester lands.
A leg kick checked by Lester.
A chopping leg kick lands by Matus.
Lester throws a big shot that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lester pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lester on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Matus connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matus takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lester throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Matus counters with a stiff right hand.
Lester misses with an attempted mid kick.
Matus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lester was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Matus defending well as Lester loads up on a big left hand.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Matus - that will leave a mark!
Matus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Matus takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Matus throws a hook but Lester blocks it.
Lester throws out a leg kick but Matus moves out of range and Lester only half commits.
Lester looks to land a right hand but Matus moved out of range.
Lester takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lester throws a wild body kick that Matus sees coming a mile off.
Lester on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Matus scoring well with a low kick there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lester.
Good shot there by Matus.
Matus keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lester.
Lester slips under a jab from Matus.
Matus throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Matus throws an off balance right hand
and Lester counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lester misses with a body kick.
Lester blocks a head kick by Matus.
Matus moves out of range of the body kick.
Lester connects with a single shot there.
Lester misses with a straight right.
Matus scores with a shot to the body.
Lester misses with a hook.
Lester throws a push kick but Matus slaps the foot to one side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matus thumps Lester with a low kick.
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!
Matus lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lester throws a low kick but Matus avoids it.
Lester steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Matus. That one must have hurt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lester.
Matus on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Matus ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lester swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Matus keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lester looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Lester throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lester is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Matus connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lester thuds his right hand into Matus's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Matus moves out of range of the body kick from Lester.
Matus throws a hook to the side of Lester's head but Lester sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lester is looking to counter punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Don Juan Matus will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Lester takes one to the side of the head.
Lester on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Lester is looking to land body kicks.
Lester scores with a punch to the head.
Matus scores with a body shot.
Lester takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lester scores with a hook to the body. Matus takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Matus misses with a hook. Lester ducked under it nicely.
A slow jab from Lester misses its intended target.
Lester throws a leg kick
and Matus counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lester lands an overhand right.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lester crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Matus - the referee stops the clock and Lester gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Matus. Lester manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matus takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Matus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lester moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Lester misses the target.
Lester moves out of range of the body kick from Matus.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matus is looking to slow Lester down with leg kicks.
Lester connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lester scores with a jab to the jaw.
Matus throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Lester counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lester steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Matus.
Matus takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Matus buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lester has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Matus.
Matus swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lester counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Matus thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Lester if he has to take too many more of those.
Lester throws a push kick but Matus slaps the foot to one side.
Matus throws a hook but Lester blocks it.
Lester loads up on a big right hand but Matus slips the punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Matus.
Matus steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matus ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lester swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Matus counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Lester throws a jab when Matus was well out of range.
Lester misses with a body shot.
Matus throws a body shot but no joy.
Lester throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Matus! But no joy.
Lester with a jab.
Matus takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lester takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Matus throws out a loose jab but Lester uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lester lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lester swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lester swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Matus steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lester.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matus is looking to score with low kicks.
Lester lands with a nice body punch.
Lester dips to his left and cracks Matus with an uppercut!
Lester throws a big shot that misses.
Matus lands a nice looking body shot.
Matus is looking to slow Lester down with leg kicks.
Matus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lester quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Matus keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lester.
Matus appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Matus checks a leg kick.
Lester chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Matus can pounce on him.
Lester moves away from the strike by Matus.
The crowd cheers as Lester lands an impressive looking overhand right. Matus doesn't seem phased though.
Matus misses with an attempted mid kick.
Matus swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lester tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matus was well out of range. Poor timing from Lester.
Lester ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lester will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matus walks forward, straight into a front kick from Lester.
Matus bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lester lands a jab to the nose.
Matus throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lester slips a straight right by Matus.
Matus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lester misses with a kick to the body.
Matus throws a hook but Lester avoids it easily.
Matus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Matus misses the target.
Matus throws a jab but it's blocked by Lester.
Matus looks to land a body kick but Lester moved away.
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 Moe Lester.
Well Lester 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Moe Lester!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sotiris Kakoullis (ranked 132 p4p, 20 weight class) and Kostas Karelis (ranked 915 p4p, 132 weight class). Karelis has chosen Sail - AwolNation as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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222 lbs
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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
47 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sotiris Kakoullis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Kostas Karelis!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kakoullis fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Karelis checks it well.
Karelis tries to counter by closing the distance.
Karelis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Karelis throws a push kick but Kakoullis slaps the foot to one side.
Karelis looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kakoullis scores with a jab to the head.
Karelis throws a right hand that misses
and Kakoullis counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Karelis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kakoullis ducks under a wild hook from Karelis.
Karelis avoids the body shot from Kakoullis.
Karelis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kakoullis can pounce on him.
Karelis clinches with his opponent.
Karelis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kakoullis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kakoullis scores with a shoulder strike.
Karelis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kakoullis.
Karelis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Sotiris Kakoullis has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karelis misses with a knee to the head.
Karelis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kakoullis is struggling to control the position.
Kakoullis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kostas Karelis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kakoullis thumps Karelis with a low kick.
Kakoullis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kakoullis connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Kostas Karelis has been cut.
Kakoullis looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Karelis blocks the body kick.
Kakoullis looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Karelis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Karelis moves out of range as Kakoullis throws a body kick.
Kakoullis throws a low kick but Karelis moves out of range easily.
Kakoullis is looking to land body kicks.
A little jabbing left from Karelis on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kakoullis has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gym Beam in the buildup to the fight.
Kakoullis throws a half hearted mid kick.
Karelis checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kakoullis cracks Karelis with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Kakoullis has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Karelis to stand back up!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karelis misses the jab.
Karelis throws a right hand that misses
and Kakoullis counters with a straight right hand.
Karelis is rocked!
Are you kidding me?! Kakoullis ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Karelis clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sotiris Kakoullis!
During a confident post fight interview, Sotiris Kakoullis thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Archie Moore (ranked 91 p4p, 14 weight class) and Hannes Haades (ranked 189 p4p, 31 weight class). Haades is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Accept - Head Over Heels. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
26 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Archie Moore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 10 - 4, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hannes Haades!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haades throws an off balance right hand
and Moore counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Moore misses with a straight right.
Moore takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Moore on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Haades. Haades obviously looking to wear him down.
Haades chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Moore can pounce on him.
Haades throws a big shot that misses.
Donk. Moore catches Haades right on the button with a cross.
Moore is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Haades.
Moore swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haades takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Haades looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Moore throws a body shot but no joy.
A nice inside leg kick there by Haades. That's going to slow Moore down.
Moore lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Haades finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Moore tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Haades throws out a leg kick but Moore moves out of range and Haades only half commits.
Moore is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Haades throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Moore counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Haades staying out of range there.
Moore connects with an inside leg kick.
Haades misses with a body shot.
Moore on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haades scores with a decent looking hook.
Moore slips a jab from Haades.
Moore was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Haades has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Moore.
Moore misses with a straight left.
Moore fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Haades, pushing him back against the cage.
Moore lands a hook to the side of the head.
Moore lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Haades is trying to break the clinch but Moore is controlling him.
Haades lands with a left to the head.
Haades misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Haades on the inside.
Haades scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Moore is looking to control Haades's arms but Haades gets an underhook and turns him. Now Moore has his back to the cage.
Haades swings wildly with an uppercut but Moore uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moore breaks from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moore lets loose with a powerful body kick. Haades will feel that in the morning.
Haades keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Moore 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Haades pivots, looking for a leg kick but Moore is out of range and Haades settles back down.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Haades.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore walks into a straight right hand from Haades.
Moore fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Haades on the side of the head.
Haades moves out of range as Moore strikes.
Moore has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Haades throws out a loose jab but Moore uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haades misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Moore.
Haades checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Moore takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Moore jabs Haades right on the nose. Haades blinks but takes it well.
Haades uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Haades looks to throw the jab but Moore is out of range.
Haades finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Haades takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Moore tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Haades is able to avoid easily.
Haades keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Moore.
Hannes Haades seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moore lands a jab to the head.
Moore wants to slow Haades down by chopping away at his legs.
Moore ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haades moves away.
Moore just misses with a punch to the body.
Moore blocks a head kick by Haades.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Moore 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.
Haades avoids the body shot from Moore.
Haades fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Moore's jab looks to have found its range, popping Haades under the eye.
Moore dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Haades tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Moore was well out of range. Poor timing from Haades.
Moore throws a quick inside leg kick.
Moore wants to clinch.
Moore tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Haades scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Haades fails to land with a series of punches.
Moore lands a nice leg kick that just misses Haades's sensitive parts.
Moore misses with a hook.
Moore looks to land a body kick but Haades moved away.
Moore lands a nice looking body shot.
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!
Moore throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Moore throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Haades doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Haades throws a body punch but Moore moves out of range.
Haades's corner calls for a 1-2. Haades obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Moore avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Haades throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jab from Haades.
Moore slips under a jab from Haades.
Haades takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Haades lands a nice shot to the body.
Moore attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Haades throws a hook but Moore avoids it easily.
Haades is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Moore had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A leg kick checked by Haades.
Haades checks the leg kick nicely there.
Moore connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Haades's hands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haades is looking to slow Moore down with leg kicks.
Moore uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Haades.
Moore is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Haades thows a left - swing and a miss!
Moore misses with a body kick.
Moore ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haades moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Archie Moore will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Moore jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Haades throws a sloppy body shot
and Moore counters with a left to the body.
Haades tries a head kick but it misses.
Haades showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Moore.
Moore uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haades.
Haades throws a solid leg kick but Moore takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Haades.
Haades misses with a straight right.
Haades keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Haades scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Haades misses with a looping right.
A little feinted left hand from Moore on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Haades jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Haades throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Moore walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Haades throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Haades moves out of range of the strikes.
Haades only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Moore looks to clinch
and Haades counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Moore throws a leg kick
and Haades makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Moore fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Haades manages to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haades ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moore moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Moore throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Haades throws out a loose jab but Moore uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good standup being displayed there by Haades as he connects with a hook.
Moore chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Moore ducks under a wild hook from Haades.
Haades connects with a single shot there.
Moore throws a lazy right hand but Haades sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A slow jab from Moore misses its intended target.
Haades throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Haades takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Haades throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Moore sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Haades moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Haades is looking to slow Moore down with leg kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haades. Moore does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moore misses with a straight left.
Haades misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Haades has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Moore.
Moore connects with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haades takes a jab right on the kisser.
Haades lands a jab to Moore's midsection.
Moore defending well as Haades loads up on a big left hand.
Moore feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Moore takes a jab right on the kisser.
Haades tries to keep at a distance but Moore has taken the fight into the clinch.
Moore blocks a body shot from Haades.
Haades misses with a punch on the inside.
Moore stalling in the clinch.
Moore tries a body shot but Haades blocks it.
Moore stalling in the clinch but Haades improves position.
A nice left hand lands by Haades.
Moore blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Moore breaks the clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Moore blocks the leg kick.
Moore throws a wild body kick that Haades sees coming a mile off.
Haades lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Haades throws a leg kick but Moore moved away.
Haades lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Moore tests Haades's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hannes Haades seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Moore fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Haades on the side of the head.
Moore ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haades moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Moore misses the target.
Haades ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moore moves away.
Moore swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Moore is looking to slow Haades down with leg kicks.
Moore pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Haades tries a quick counter leg kick but Moore is wise to it.
Haades tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Moore is able to avoid easily.
Haades lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice straight punches there by Moore. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Moore.
Haades's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Moore connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Haades scrambles back to his feet.
Moore throws the left hand but Haades avoids the punch easily.
Haades swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A quick step to the side and Moore tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Moore closes the distance and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moore prevents a body shot from Haades.
Haades blocks an uppercut.
Haades swings wildly with an uppercut but Moore uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haades fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section. Haades lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Haades throws a head punch that misses.
Moore throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Haades is breathing heavily.
Moore slowing the pace effectively.
A shot in the inside from Moore.
Haades misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Haades.
Haades's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Moore is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Moore lands a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Moore.
Haades working aggressively here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moore blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Moore scores with a shot to the side of Haades's head.
Moore lands a knee to the head.
Moore blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Moore misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haades.
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 Archie Moore will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Haades with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Moore to score with a decent uppercut.
Haades lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Haades takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Moore pivots, looking for a leg kick but Haades is out of range and Moore settles back down.
Haades tries a low kick but Moore avoids it.
Moore throws a leg kick but Haades sees it coming and moves out of range.
Moore throws a leg kick but Haades checks it.
Moore throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Moore misses the jab.
Haades throws a body punch but Moore moves out of range.
Haades checks a low kick from Moore.
The fighters circling - Haades throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Haades scores with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moore ducks under a wild hook from Haades.
Haades missing with a left hand there. Moore was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Haades misses with an uppercut.
Moore scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Haades dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Moore. That did some damage!
Moore checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haades on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Moore. Moore obviously looking to wear him down.
Moore misses with a hook. Haades ducked under it nicely.
Haades with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Moore to score with a decent uppercut.
Haades walks forward, straight into a front kick from Moore.
Haades pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Haades throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Moore displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Haades throws out the jab.
Moore lands a jab.
Haades moves forwards but Moore connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Haades misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haades. Moore does a little dance to reset his feet.
Moore lands a glancing blow to the side of Haades's head.
Haades takes one on the button.
Moore wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Haades has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moore fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Haades has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Moore feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Haades's calf.
Moore swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haades throws a big shot that misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Moore misses its target.
Hannes Haades has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haades throws a shot from downtown. Moore moves away and avoids it.
As Haades backs away, Moore returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Haades throws a leg kick but Moore moved away.
Moore attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Haades looks to throw the jab but Moore is out of range.
Haades throws a leg kick but Moore sees it coming and moves out of range.
Haades scoring well with a low kick there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Moore.
Moore stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Haades.
Moore throws a body punch but Haades moves out of range.
Haades scores with a head kick.
Moore takes one to the chin there.
Moore attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Haades looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Moore moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Moore fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Haades.
Haades on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Haades throws a low kick but it's checked well by Moore.
Moore thumps Haades with a low kick.
Moore lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Haades.
Moore displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Haades throws out the jab.
Haades connects with a leg kick. Moore looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haades. Moore does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haades takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Haades jabs Moore right on the nose. Moore blinks but takes it well.
Moore moves into the clinch.
Haades prevents a body shot from Moore.
Moore blocks an uppercut.
Archie Moore is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Moore pushes Haades back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Moore lands with a right to the head.
Haades blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Moore.
Moore lands a knee to the body.
Moore makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right handed body shot lands from Haades.
Haades fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Haades takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Knees to the body from Moore.
Moore's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Moore connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Moore rushes Haades and presses him up against the cage.
Haades doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Haades misses with the head strike.
Haades blocks a body shot from Moore.
Moore scores with a hook to the body.
Moore throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Haades blocks it with crossed arms.
Haades goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Archie Moore has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Moore putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Haades in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Haades.
Haades tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Moore - that landed with a thud.
Moore doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Archie Moore showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Moore 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Archie Moore!
An intense looking Archie Moore took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I am the Barbarian!'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robbie Luatua (ranked 182 p4p, 9 weight class) and Obelix De Gaul (ranked 55 p4p, 2 weight class). De Gaul is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Asterix and Obelix. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Robbie Luatua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Obelix De Gaul!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Gaul throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
De Gaul scores with a jab.
De Gaul avoids the body shot from Luatua.
De Gaul cracks Luatua with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Luatua listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
De Gaul throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Luatua gets off balance looking for a body kick
letting De Gaul counter with a right hand.
De Gaul bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
De Gaul jabs Luatua right on the nose. Luatua blinks but takes it well.
De Gaul pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Gaul scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A cross from De Gaul lands.
Luatua avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Luatua misses with a body shot.
De Gaul jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Luatua just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Gaul tries to land a front kick but Luatua steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
De Gaul throws a body kick that misses.
It looked like Luatua was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from De Gaul.
Luatua throws a body shot but no joy.
Luatua moves out of range of the body kick from De Gaul.
Luatua swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Luatua throws a nice outside leg kick.
De Gaul misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Luatua tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A countering left hand to the body from De Gaul misses.
De Gaul lands with a nice body punch.
De Gaul misses with a double jab.
De Gaul gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Gaul.
Luatua prevents a body shot from De Gaul.
De Gaul lands with a light punch inside.
De Gaul throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Luatua.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Luatua creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
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!
De Gaul blocks a body shot from Luatua.
Luatua can't find room to land a body shot as De Gaul controls the action.
A left hand lands to the body for De Gaul.
De Gaul is working Luatua over against the cage.
De Gaul lands with a right to the head.
De Gaul lands a left hand.
De Gaul lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Luatua.
De Gaul can't find room to land a body shot as Luatua controls the action.
A short left from De Gaul.
Luatua can't find room to land a body shot as De Gaul controls the action.
Luatua lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luatua.
Luatua struggles to land a body shot inside as De Gaul controls his hands.
Luatua can't find room to land a body shot as De Gaul controls the action.
Luatua throws a punch but it's blocked by De Gaul.
Luatua blocks a body shot from De Gaul.
De Gaul prevents a body shot from Luatua.
De Gaul has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Luatua seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if De Gaul can turn it around.
Luatua tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luatua tries to throw a body punch but De Gaul avoids it by throwing Luatua back against the cage.
Luatua tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Luatua takes a shot to the head.
A hook to the body from Luatua.
Luatua lands a body punch.
De Gaul tries a body shot but Luatua blocks it.
De Gaul misses with some punches.
De Gaul throws a head punch that misses.
Luatua lands a nice shot to the body.
De Gaul looks winded!
Luatua throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Luatua lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De Gaul backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Luatua.
Luatua misses with some punches.
Luatua swings wildly with an uppercut but De Gaul uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luatua tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Luatua lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Luatua digs a right hand underneath De Gaul's ribcage. De Gaul let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Luatua works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
De Gaul takes a shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luatua lands a shoulder strike.
Luatua misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Luatua creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Luatua tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Gaul's elbow.
Luatua misses with a body punch.
Luatua scores with a nice hook to the head.
Luatua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Gaul tries to throw a body punch but Luatua avoids it by throwing De Gaul back against the cage.
Luatua has a couple of punches blocked by De Gaul.
Luatua blocks a body shot from De Gaul.
De Gaul tries a body shot but Luatua blocks it.
Luatua lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of De Gaul backwards.
De Gaul struggles to land a body shot inside as Luatua controls his hands.
Luatua working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Luatua tries a body shot but De Gaul blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Luatua creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Luatua lands a right hand that snaps the head of De Gaul backwards.
De Gaul prevents a body shot from Luatua.
Luatua misses with a punch on the inside.
De Gaul doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Robbie Luatua will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
De Gaul tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Luatua counters with a crisp right that sends De Gaul to the canvas! Luatua follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robbie Luatua!
A victorious Robbie Luatua thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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