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Bumfights 5: The Transition PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Evan Page (ranked 6385 p4p, 572 weight class) and Jack Badger (ranked 17250 p4p, 682 weight class). Jack Badger struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Evan Page!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 28 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Badger!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Page fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Badger looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Page clobbers Badger with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Badger drops his hands momentarily and Page takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A swing and a miss from Page.
Page lands a right hook to the body.
Badger takes one to the chin there.
Page drops Badger with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Badger! Page dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Evan Page!
After the fight, Evan Page 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arvo Ulpukka (ranked 24514 p4p, 228 weight class) and Eric Esh (ranked 5633 p4p, 178 weight class). Esh has chosen The ButterBean Song as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arvo Ulpukka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eric Esh!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Esh steps in with a hook that catches Ulpukka right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Esh follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Ulpukka looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Esh!
A pretty intense looking Eric Esh took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cajetan Shashi (ranked 5639 p4p, 538 weight class) and Jerry OLeary (ranked 25108 p4p, 651 weight class). OLeary has chosen U Can't Touch This by MC Hammer as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Jerry OLeary has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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169 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cajetan Shashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jerry OLeary!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
OLeary will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
OLeary has his takedown stuffed
and Shashi counters with a thumping low kick.
Shashi gets the takedown into side control.
Shashi in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
OLeary takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Shashi working the body and head with strikes.
OLeary is rocked!
OLeary taking a bit of punishment here - Shashi scoring with strikes.
OLeary is still in real trouble! Can Shashi finish him?
Shashi is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. OLeary is trying to escape and Shashi transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and OLeary is forced to tap! Nice work there by Shashi! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Cajetan Shashi!
A victorious Cajetan Shashi thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
The defeated Jerry OLeary had this to say: 'Don't stop the fight, I'm not punch drunk yet!'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shaggy Shank (ranked 4201 p4p, 464 weight class) and Gordon Razor (ranked 5110 p4p, 547 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shaggy Shank!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gordon Razor!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shank swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Razor.
Shank connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Razor looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Shank gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shank pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shank lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Razor circles away quickly and effectively.
Razor feints the counter takedown.
No joy there for Shank, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Razor tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Shank misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Razor changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Shank stuns Razor with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Shank lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Razor circles away quickly and effectively.
Shank looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Razor gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Shank.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shank throws a sloppy head kick and Razor moves out of range easily.
Razor drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Shank defends it well.
Shank dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Shank. Those never looked like landing.
Shank lands with a nice combination. Razor backs away looking to recover.
It looks like Gordon Razor has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Razor slips under a jab from Shank.
Razor with the counter takedown but Shank avoids it easily.
A jab from Shank misses.
Razor changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Razor takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Shank will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Shank misses the jab.
Razor raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Shank misses with a few strikes there.
And Razor tries to counter it with a takedown but Shank pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Shaggy Shank is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shank throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Razor changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Jab by Shank.
Shank wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Shank throws a series of punches but Razor avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shank misses with a wild combination.
Shank with a nice cross.
The crowd cheers as Shank lands an impressive looking overhand right. Razor doesn't seem phased though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shank just misses with a punch to the body.
Razor changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Shank has managed to clinch.
Razor stalls.
Shank misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shank is trying to force a seperation but Razor has the dominant position.
Razor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shank tests Razor's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Razor avoids a punch combination nicely.
Razor drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Shank defends it well.
A shot to the liver by Shank. Beautiful body shot.
Shank tries to clinch
and Razor counters with a takedown into side control.
Razor trying to control the position but Shank is working away.
The ground and pound from Razor seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Razor tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Razor tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Razor has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Razor working the ground and pound.
Razor has an Americana. Shank didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Razor is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Razor hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Gordon Razor!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksandr Emelianenko (ranked 5593 p4p, 550 weight class) and Dan Severn (ranked 8807 p4p, 705 weight class). Severn is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dan Severn Theme. Aleksandr Emelianenko is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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250 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aleksandr Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dan Severn!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko blocks a head kick by Severn.
Emelianenko closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Severn quickly recovers to half guard.
Emelianenko is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Severn wants to control but Emelianenko is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Severn pushes Emelianenko off looking to stand but Emelianenko dives back in and keeps control.
Emelianenko is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Severn doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Emelianenko.
Emelianenko prevents Severn from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emelianenko thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Emelianenko wants to pass to mount but Severn is defending the position.
Severn is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Severn is refusing to be controlled, as Emelianenko sits in half guard.
Ground and pound from Emelianenko.
It looks like Dan Severn has been cut.
Emelianenko is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Severn defends it well.
Severn is not content to let Emelianenko control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Emelianenko works his way into side control.
Severn avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Emelianenko.
Severn is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Emelianenko working away.
Emelianenko wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Severn, who protects the arm well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Severn, who protects the arm well.
Emelianenko working the ground and pound but Severn is defending the strikes.
Severn manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Severn wants to stand but Emelianenko has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Severn seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Emelianenko does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Emelianenko tries to roll over but Severn keeps him under control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Emelianenko moves into full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Emelianenko lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Severn tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Severn not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Emelianenko in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Emelianenko postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Emelianenko preventing the sweep.
Severn is still trying to improve position.
Emelianenko throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Severn works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksandr Emelianenko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Severn's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Severn.
Emelianenko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Severn can do to turn this around?
No luck for Emelianenko with that takedown attempt.
Severn with the counter takedown but Emelianenko avoids it easily.
Severn looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Emelianenko manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Emelianenko fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Severn avoids it really well and circles away.
Emelianenko will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aleksandr Emelianenko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Emelianenko tries for a takedown but Severn sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Emelianenko.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Severn looks for a takedown but Emelianenko sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Severn tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Emelianenko manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Emelianenko shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Severn trying to control from the bottom.
Emelianenko looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Emelianenko prevents Severn from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Severn doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Emelianenko.
Aleksandr Emelianenko overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Severn is looking to improve his position.
Emelianenko is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Severn sees it coming and defends easily.
Severn wants to improve his position but Emelianenko is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko seems to be looking for submissions.
Emelianenko prevents Severn from improving his position.
Emelianenko throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Severn flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Emelianenko is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Emelianenko looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Emelianenko seems to be looking for submissions.
Emelianenko is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Severn defends it well.
Severn tries to kick Emelianenko off but Emelianenko keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Emelianenko lands a nice short elbow.
Severn wants to control but Emelianenko is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksandr Emelianenko dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dan Severn's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Nice sprawl there from Severn as Emelianenko shoots in.
No luck for Emelianenko with that takedown attempt.
Severn is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Emelianenko drives through with a takedown into guard.
Severn working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Severn swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Severn keeping moving, preventing Emelianenko from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Severn looking to control.
Severn might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Emelianenko haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Emelianenko loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko trying to control the position from guard on top but Severn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Severn wriggles free and stands up.
Emelianenko throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Severn's waist but Severn gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Emelianenko off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aleksandr Emelianenko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Severn tries to clinch up.
Emelianenko wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Severn gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Severn wants to stand but Emelianenko is controlling the position.
Severn is trying to control the position but Emelianenko postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Severn can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Emelianenko controls the pace.
Emelianenko trying to control but Severn is working from the bottom.
Emelianenko trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Severn controls Emelianenko momentarily but Emelianenko frees himself.
Emelianenko wants to stand but Severn is controlling his posture from full guard.
Severn is looking to stand up but Emelianenko isn't so interested in that idea.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Severn with a poor takedown
and Emelianenko counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Emelianenko manages to pull guard.
Severn looking to pass the guard.
Emelianenko working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Severn doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Severn manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Severn wants to get up but he can't break Emelianenko's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Emelianenko escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Severn gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Emelianenko keeping moving, preventing Severn from controlling successfully.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Emelianenko looking to control.
Emelianenko looking for a guillotine here but Severn defends easily.
Severn wants to control from the top but Emelianenko keeps moving.
Aleksandr Emelianenko is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Severn showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aleksandr Emelianenko showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Emelianenko, 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aleksandr Emelianenko!
Aleksandr Emelianenko managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Blue Moon, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kelvin Pouncey (ranked 1844 p4p, 204 weight class) and Ivan Arago (ranked 4754 p4p, 485 weight class). Arago is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Russian Power. Kelvin Pouncey has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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255 lbs
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270 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 23 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Kelvin Pouncey!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ivan Arago!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pouncey scores with a hook to the body. Arago takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Arago looks for a takedown but Pouncey sprawls well.
Arago tries for a takedown but Pouncey circles away easily
and Pouncey counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Arago with a poor takedown
enabling Pouncey to counter with a crisp jab.
Kelvin Pouncey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivan Arago.
Pouncey shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Pouncey showed some decent athleticism there.
Pouncey is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Arago is looking to control Pouncey's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Arago avoid being mounted?
Pouncey is keen to just control but Arago is a slippery customer.
Pouncey seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Arago looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Pouncey takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pouncey lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pouncey is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Arago gets full guard.
Pouncey keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Arago's head.
Arago throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Pouncey has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Arago tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pouncey slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Arago.
Arago is trying to maintain the position but Pouncey is very close to passing his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arago is looking to improve his position.
Pouncey is nestled in close to Arago, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Pouncey not doing much here.
Arago trying to hold on to Pouncey's head to control him but Pouncey postures up.
Arago is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pouncey is trying to control. Arago wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Pouncey scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Pouncey uses his free foot to push down on Arago's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Arago.
Pouncey with shots to the head and body - Arago looks very uncomfortable down there.
Pouncey working the ground and pound effectively.
Pouncey raining down hammerfists from mount.
Pouncey tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pouncey cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pouncey cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pouncey takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Pouncey scoring with strikes but Arago is staying in there.
Pouncey lands a couple of good shots and Arago has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Pouncey scores with punches to the body.
Pouncey lands punches and elbows.
Arago looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Arago tries to escape the position.
Pouncey lands strikes to the head.
Pouncey is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Arago. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Pouncey landing with strikes.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Pouncey.
Arago is rocked!
Pouncey controls the action.
You can see the frustration on Arago's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Pouncey controlling the position well here. Arago rolled but Pouncey kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Arago wants to escape the position.
Pouncey wants to control but Arago is keeping busy.
Pouncey controlling from the back.
Pouncey lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Arago trying to control the position but Pouncey manages to sink in the hooks.
Pouncey scores with strikes from the back.
Pouncey is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Arago tries to escape but Pouncey has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Arago is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
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!
Pouncey has Arago flattened out and is raining down punches.
I really don't envy Arago right now.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Pouncey scores with punches from the back.
Pouncey connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Arago to escape the position.
Pouncey lands with a hammerfist to the side of Arago's head.
Pouncey tries to keep control of the position but Arago is staying busy.
You can see the frustration on Arago's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Pouncey trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Pouncey not allowing Arago to control his hands.
Pouncey controlling from the back.
Pouncey is looking to control Arago but Arago is wriggling around and keeping busy.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Pouncey is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Pouncey gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Pouncey gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Pouncey apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Arago shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pouncey sprawls well. Pouncey wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Arago gets slowly back to his feet.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pouncey!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pouncey.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arago tries to clinch but Pouncey is having none of it.
Pouncey cracks a nice hook into Arago's ribs.
Pouncey scores with a jab. Arago acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Pouncey comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Arago with a lazy takedown attempt
and Arago takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pouncey scores with a jab. Arago acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Arago fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Arago looks winded!
Arago takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Arago with a lazy takedown attempt
and Pouncey counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pouncey ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Arago takes one to the chin there.
Pouncey thuds his right hand into Arago's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Arago on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Donk. Pouncey catches Arago right on the button with a cross.
Arago has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Pouncey scores with a jab to the body.
Pouncey is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Pouncey leaves Arago with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Pouncey scores with a hook to the body. Arago takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pouncey looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Pouncey postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kelvin Pouncey dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Arago fails with the takedown.
Pouncey buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pouncey fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kelvin Pouncey is winning the standup battle so far.
Arago will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pouncey connects with a body shot.
Pouncey with a jab.
Pouncey scores with a decent looking hook.
Arago takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pouncey moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pouncey throws a leg kick which misses Arago's front leg but catches the back leg as Arago tries to avoid it.
Arago takes a shot to the body in his stride.
It looks like Pouncey has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pouncey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Arago with a poor takedown
and Pouncey counters with a nice uppercut.
Kelvin Pouncey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivan Arago.
Pouncey works Arago's body with a nice hook.
Pouncey shoots in and gets a takedown into Arago's guard.
Pouncey chips away with some ground and pound.
Arago is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pouncey distracts Arago with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Pouncey works over Arago with some ground and pound from guard.
Arago keeping moving, preventing Pouncey from controlling successfully.
Pouncey lands a couple of digs.
Pouncey pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Arago is keeping the position for now.
Pouncey forces his way into half guard.
Pouncey working over Arago with some ground and pound. Arago looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pouncey tries to pass the half guard into mount. Arago knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Arago is looking to control Pouncey's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Arago avoid being mounted?
Pouncey slows the pace down in half guard.
Pouncey lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pouncey is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Arago is looking to get back to full guard here but Pouncey has managed to pass to side control instead.
Arago misses with an elbow from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arago tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Pouncey wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Pouncey is looking to take a break and control but Arago is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Arago seems a little lost for a moment, as Pouncey dominates the positioning.
Pouncey in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Pouncey scores with a couple of short elbows.
Arago wants to control but Pouncey postures up.
Pouncey cracks Arago with a big elbow.
Arago tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Pouncey wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Pouncey is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Arago is trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arago taking a bit of punishment here - Pouncey scoring with strikes.
Kelvin Pouncey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Arago is trying to control Pouncey's posture but Pouncey avoids it.
Pouncey grinds an elbow into Arago's temple.
Pouncey controlling the position from side mount.
Arago takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Pouncey scores with punches from side control.
Arago is still in real trouble! Can Pouncey finish him?
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Pouncey lands a strong strike to the head of Arago. That's dazed him! Pouncey looking to finish here. Arago is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Pouncey lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kelvin Pouncey!
Kelvin Pouncey retains his heavyweight title!
Kelvin Pouncey decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
The defeated Ivan Arago had this to say: 'He's like a piece of iron.'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Turturro (ranked 137 p4p, 17 weight class) and Kazushi Kazuraba (ranked 8906 p4p, 715 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Turturro!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazushi Kazuraba!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turturro scores with a takedown into Kazuraba's guard.
Turturro works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Kazuraba tries to roll over but Turturro keeps him under control.
Turturro is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Kazuraba is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Frank Turturro!
Frank Turturro retains his welterweight title!
After the fight, Frank Turturro 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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