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OFC 341: Wyatt vs Palmer III PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jan Kriel (ranked 1391 p4p, 193 weight class) and Mike Diaz (ranked 1726 p4p, 227 weight class). Kriel comes to the cage accompanied by Fokofpolisiekar - Fokofpolisiekar. Diaz is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Not Afraid - Eminem. Mike Diaz told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jan Kriel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by Diaz.
Diaz misses with a low kick.
Kriel on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Diaz throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kriel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diaz throws a combination that misses
and Kriel counters with a stiff right hand.
Diaz throws a leg kick but Kriel sees it coming and moves out of range.
Diaz misses with a looping left.
Kriel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diaz moves away.
Kriel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kriel throws the left hand but Diaz avoids the punch easily.
Kriel has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kriel there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kriel throws a leg kick which misses Diaz's front leg but catches the back leg as Diaz tries to avoid it.
Diaz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Diaz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jan Kriel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Diaz 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.
Kriel looks to throw the jab but Diaz is out of range.
Diaz throws a sloppy head kick and Kriel moves out of range easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Kriel misses the target.
Diaz connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
It looks like Jan Kriel has been cut.
A combination from Kriel does no damage.
Diaz flicks out a counter leg kick but Kriel steps away.
We've been told by Kriel's head coaches at Black City that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kriel checks a leg kick.
Diaz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kriel.
Diaz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Diaz tries to land a leg kick but Kriel saw it coming and moves away.
Diaz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kriel throws a hook to the side of Diaz's head but Diaz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kriel on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Diaz. Diaz obviously looking to wear him down.
Kriel checks a leg kick nicely.
Diaz throws a right hand that Kriel ducks under and follows up with a left that Kriel also avoids with ease.
Diaz cracks Kriel with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kriel slips a jab and a cross from Diaz.
A swing and a miss from Kriel.
Kriel misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Diaz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kriel takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Diaz has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kriel turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Diaz wants to land a leg kick but Kriel is out of range.
Diaz scoring well with a low kick there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kriel throws a hook to the side of Diaz's head but Diaz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A telegraphed right hand from Diaz misses the target.
Kriel takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kriel throws a lazy right hand but Diaz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diaz throws a nice inside leg kick.
Diaz is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kriel has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Diaz.
Diaz misses with a two punch combination.
Diaz lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Diaz misses with a wild combination.
Diaz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kriel scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Diaz doesn't seem bothered though.
Diaz throws a hook but Kriel blocks it.
Kriel throwing a counter right hand but Diaz manages to avoid it.
Diaz scores with a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz thows a leg kick but Kriel checks it
and Kriel counters with a thumping low kick.
Kriel chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Diaz can pounce on him.
Diaz wants to clinch up but Kriel keeps it at a distance.
Kriel appears to be looking for a big counter.
Kriel blocks a head kick by Diaz.
Nice body punch from Kriel.
Kriel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A low kick from Diaz misses
and Kriel counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Diaz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Kriel misses the target.
Kriel ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Kriel is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Diaz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jan Kriel's cut.
That's time! Kriel's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Diaz ducks under a wild hook from Kriel.
Kriel takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Diaz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kriel misses with a looping right.
Kriel 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.
Diaz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Diaz is looking to chop away at Kriel's legs.
It looked like Kriel was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Kriel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kriel shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A countering left hand to the body from Diaz misses.
Diaz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kriel has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Diaz.
Diaz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Diaz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kriel.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz throws a right hand that misses
and Kriel counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Diaz fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kriel is out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kriel checks a leg kick.
Diaz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A low kick from Diaz is predictable there
and Kriel counters with a body kick that stops Diaz in his tracks momentarily.
Diaz throws a leg kick
letting Kriel counter with a right hand.
It looks like Mike Diaz has been cut.
Kriel is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Diaz tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Kriel might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Kriel thuds a left hand into Diaz's body.
Kriel darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Diaz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diaz's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kriel under the eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kriel connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Diaz momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The fighters circle momentarily. Diaz darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Kriel scores with a jab to the head.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Kriel! Diaz is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jan Kriel!
Jan Kriel decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tobias Marshall (ranked 1157 p4p, 117 weight class) and Jimmy Doyle (ranked 943 p4p, 102 weight class). Jimmy Doyle has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Tobias Marshall's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tobias Marshall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jimmy Doyle!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marshall misses with a wild body shot.
Doyle walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Marshall lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Doyle throws a head kick but Marshall moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Marshall misses with the combination.
Marshall takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Doyle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marshall moves away.
Marshall lands with a shot to the body.
Nice cross by Doyle.
Marshall is looking to clinch.
Doyle doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Doyle misses the target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marshall scores with a jab. Doyle acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Marshall misses with a wild body shot.
Doyle tries to move into range but Marshall moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Doyle misses with a wild body shot.
Marshall with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Doyle to score with a decent uppercut.
A big left from Marshall misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doyle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marshall.
Doyle feints and then cracks Marshall's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Marshall down.
Marshall misses with an uppercut.
Marshall bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Doyle keeps Marshall at a distance using the push kick.
Doyle tries to clinch there but Marshall circles away.
Doyle misses with an uppercut.
Marshall takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Marshall throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Doyle drives through and clinches with Marshall against the cage.
Marshall throws a head punch that misses.
Doyle working aggressively here.
A body shot lands from Marshall.
Doyle has a couple of punches blocked by Marshall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Doyle.
Marshall blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Doyle.
Marshall's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marshall's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doyle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Doyle swings wildly with an uppercut but Marshall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marshall has a couple of punches blocked by Doyle.
A nice left hand lands by Doyle.
Doyle tries a body shot but Marshall blocks it.
Doyle has a couple of punches blocked by Marshall.
A head punch on the inside from Doyle fails to land.
Doyle tries a body shot but Marshall blocks it.
Marshall tries to work over Doyle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Doyle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marshall's elbow.
Marshall prevents a body shot from Doyle.
Doyle lands a right hand.
Marshall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marshall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Doyle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Doyle working aggressively here.
Doyle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Doyle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Doyle blocks an uppercut.
Doyle is working Marshall over against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marshall.
Doyle misses with a punch to the body.
Doyle swings wildly with an uppercut but Marshall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Doyle working aggressively here.
Doyle tries a body shot but Marshall blocks it.
Marshall softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Marshall lands a body punch.
Nice body punch from Doyle - that landed with a thud.
Doyle misses with the head strike.
Marshall tries to throw a body punch but Doyle avoids it by throwing Marshall back against the cage.
Marshall tries to throw a body punch but Doyle avoids it by throwing Marshall back against the cage.
Doyle softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Marshall throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Marshall misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marshall misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Marshall misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Doyle - that landed with a thud.
Marshall blocks a body shot from Doyle.
Doyle breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall misses with a hook. Doyle ducked under it nicely.
Doyle is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Marshall slips under a jab from Doyle.
Marshall gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marshall jabs at Doyle's body.
Doyle throws a shot to the body.
Doyle scores with the left hand. Marshall knows he should have avoided that one.
Doyle takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Marshall misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Doyle.
Marshall blocks a low kick nicely.
Marshall takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Doyle takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Marshall takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marshall on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Doyle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marshall.
Marshall looks to land a left hand but Doyle moved out of range nicely.
Doyle appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Doyle throws a shot from downtown. Marshall moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Doyle dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Marshall loads up on a big right hand but Doyle slips the punch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Doyle in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Doyle throws a looping overhand right but Marshall ducks down to avoid it.
Doyle fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Marshall checks it well.
Doyle has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Doyle scores with a kick to the midsection.
A punch lands to the side of Doyle 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Doyle throws a jab but it's blocked by Marshall.
Doyle lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Marshall throws a hook but Doyle avoids it easily.
Doyle avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Marshall throws a hook to the side of Doyle's head but Doyle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Doyle connects with a jab.
Doyle moves out of range of the strikes.
Doyle throws a looping overhand right but Marshall ducks down to avoid it.
Doyle drops his hands momentarily and Marshall takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Doyle looks to land a combination but Marshall avoids it well.
Marshall swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marshall missing with a left hand there. Doyle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Doyle goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Doyle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marshall moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall looks to throw the jab but Doyle is out of range.
Doyle shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Doyle misses the shot to the body.
Marshall avoids a kick to the body.
Marshall bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Doyle throws a hook to the side of Marshall's head but Marshall sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Doyle scores with a sloppy right hand. Marshall should have avoided that one.
Marshall slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Doyle listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Doyle connects with a looping right hand.
Doyle sizes up Marshall with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Doyle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Doyle steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Marshall.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marshall jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Doyle tries to clinch there but Marshall circles away.
Marshall waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Doyle.
Doyle just misses with a punch to the body.
Marshall throws a jab when Doyle was well out of range.
Doyle lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doyle lands with a good body shot.
Doyle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Doyle tries to counter with a clinch but Marshall shakes him off and moves away.
Doyle showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marshall.
Doyle looks to land a right hand but Marshall moved out of range.
Doyle jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Doyle blocks a jab.
Doyle dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jimmy Doyle seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Doyle cracks Marshall with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Marshall ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big right from Doyle misses.
Doyle ducks under a wild hook from Marshall.
Doyle steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Marshall.
Marshall gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A big left from Marshall misses.
Doyle let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Doyle walks into a jab.
Doyle lands the left hand.
Doyle throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Doyle displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marshall throws out the jab.
Doyle now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doyle scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Doyle jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Marshall misses with a wild body shot.
Doyle wants to counter the offense by Marshall and move into the clinch position.
Marshall fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Doyle manages to avoid it.
Marshall chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Doyle can pounce on him.
Marshall throws a hook but Doyle blocks it.
The fighters circling - Doyle throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Doyle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marshall.
Doyle walks into a stiff left hand from Marshall.
A telegraphed right hand from Marshall misses the target.
Marshall thuds a left hand into Doyle's body.
Doyle looks to score with a jab to the body but Marshall is just out of range.
A swing and a miss from Marshall.
Marshall throws a big shot that misses.
Doyle defending well as Marshall loads up on a big left hand.
Doyle lands a nice looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A telegraphed right hand from Marshall misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doyle throws a head kick that misses.
Marshall looks to land a right hand but Doyle moved out of range.
Doyle throws a big shot that misses.
Doyle lands with a cross.
Marshall throws a jab but it's blocked by Doyle.
A slow jab from Marshall misses its intended target.
Doyle moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Marshall jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Doyle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Doyle displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marshall throws out the jab.
Doyle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marshall appears to be looking for a big counter.
Marshall lands a body shot.
Doyle misses with a hook. Marshall ducked under it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters circling - Doyle throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Marshall moves away from the strike by Doyle.
Marshall slips a straight right by Doyle.
A punch lands to the side of Marshall 's head but he takes it in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Doyle showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Marshall takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Marshall stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Doyle.
Doyle connects with a good right hand that stumbles Marshall. Marshall circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Marshall swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marshall takes a swing at Doyle's ribcage but misses.
Marshall scores with the left hand. Doyle knows he should have avoided that one.
Doyle avoids the body shot from Marshall.
Doyle swings for the body but Marshall moves out of range.
Doyle misses the shot to the body.
Marshall avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Doyle misses the shot to the body.
Marshall takes one to the chin there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doyle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marshall missing with a left hand there. Doyle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Doyle throws a jab but it's blocked by Marshall.
Marshall thuds a left hand into Doyle's body.
Marshall cracks Doyle with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Doyle ducks under a wild hook from Marshall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Doyle uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Marshall.
Marshall staying out of range there.
Marshall throws a predictable looking body shot
and Doyle counters with a nice body shot.
Doyle swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Doyle fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Marshall has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Marshall ducks under a wild hook from Doyle.
Doyle displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marshall throws out the jab.
Marshall looks to land a left hand but Doyle moved out of range nicely.
Doyle looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Doyle misses with a hook. Marshall ducked under it nicely.
Doyle lands with an overhand left.
Marshall getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Doyle lands a high kick!
Marshall throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marshall misses with a straight left.
Doyle throws a body kick that misses.
Doyle works Marshall's body with a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marshall blocks a head kick by Doyle.
Marshall with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Doyle tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Marshall manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marshall thows a left - swing and a miss!
No joy there for Marshall, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marshall keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marshall lands a really nice looking cross but Doyle seems unphased.
Marshall tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Doyle was well out of range. Poor timing from Marshall.
Doyle misses with a straight right.
Marshall throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Doyle staying out of range there.
Doyle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marshall.
Marshall walks into a straight right hand from Doyle.
Doyle just misses with a punch to the body.
Marshall looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Doyle misses with a body kick.
Doyle throws a looping overhand right but Marshall ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshall throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Doyle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Doyle misses with a hook.
Doyle uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marshall.
Jab from Doyle.
Doyle throws a jab when Marshall was well out of range.
Doyle gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Doyle takes a swing at Marshall's ribcage but misses.
Doyle moves out of range as Marshall strikes.
Doyle slips under a jab.
Doyle moves away from the strike by Marshall.
A swing and a miss from Doyle.
Doyle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Doyle moves into the clinch successfully.
Doyle tries to throw a body punch but Marshall avoids it by throwing Doyle back against the cage.
Marshall misses with a short punch on the inside.
Doyle manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall misses the jab.
Doyle uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marshall.
Marshall throws a hook to the side of Doyle's head but Doyle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marshall lunges at Doyle with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Doyle's hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marshall misses with a hook. Doyle ducked under it nicely.
Marshall misses the jab.
Doyle takes one on the button.
Doyle takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Doyle throws a big shot that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Marshall misses the target.
Doyle swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Marshall throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Doyle sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jab, jab by Doyle - just one landing.
Marshall thows a left - swing and a miss!
Doyle cracks Marshall with an open hand slap.
Marshall misses with a hook.
Doyle uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Tobias Marshall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Doyle lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jimmy Doyle.
Well Doyle 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Doyle!
Jimmy Doyle was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seamus Farrelly (ranked 771 p4p, 123 weight class) and Neil Gilas (ranked 380 p4p, 62 weight class). Gilas has chosen Remember The Name - Fort Minor as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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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
32 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Seamus Farrelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Neil Gilas!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gilas avoids the head kick by Farrelly.
Farrelly lands a body shot.
Gilas chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Farrelly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gilas.
Farrelly throws a leg kick but Gilas moved away.
Gilas looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gilas misses the body punch
enabling Farrelly to counter with a crisp jab.
Gilas throws a wild body kick that Farrelly sees coming a mile off.
Gilas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Farrelly throws a jab when Gilas was well out of range.
Gilas slips under a jab.
Gilas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've been informed that Gilas has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Farrelly gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Gilas to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Farrelly controlling the position.
Farrelly's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrelly looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gilas postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gilas throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Farrelly works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Farrelly holds on and takes a little breather.
Gilas working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gilas throwing strikes but missing.
Gilas postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Farrelly looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gilas is one step ahead there.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Farrelly manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gilas manages to get himself to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farrelly is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Gilas keeping moving, preventing Farrelly from controlling successfully.
Farrelly is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Gilas is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Gilas tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gilas manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Farrelly manages to get himself to full guard.
Farrelly uses the cage to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Gilas.
Farrelly goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Farrelly moves out of range of the body kick from Gilas.
Farrelly lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gilas takes a step back to recover.
Gilas is looking to land body kicks.
Gilas tries to land a front kick but Farrelly steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Farrelly swings for the body but Gilas moves out of range.
Farrelly checks a leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Farrelly darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Farrelly tries a head kick but it misses.
Gilas slips under a jab from Farrelly.
Farrelly scores with a jab to the head.
Farrelly takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Farrelly. That snapped Gilas's head back.
Gilas circles away from the clinch attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gilas works the jab nicely.
Farrelly scores with a jab. Gilas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Farrelly lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Farrelly lands a jab to the nose.
Farrelly throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gilas counters with a shoot takedown. Farrelly fights it but they end up in guard.
Farrelly pushes Gilas off and scrambles back to his feet.
Farrelly cracks the inside of Gilas's front leg.
Gilas lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gilas throws a leg kick that misses.
Farrelly appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Gilas throws a leg kick that misses.
Farrelly lands a jab to the head.
Farrelly throws a leg kick but Gilas checks it.
Farrelly backing away here, and Gilas unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seamus Farrelly dominated that round.
That's time! Farrelly's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Farrelly moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gilas takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Farrelly - that will leave a mark!
Farrelly is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gilas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Farrelly checks a leg kick.
Farrelly is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Farrelly misses with a head kick.
Farrelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gilas was well out of range. Poor timing from Farrelly.
Farrelly takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gilas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Farrelly.
Gilas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Farrelly looking to land some kicks to the body here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gilas scores with a leg kick.
Gilas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gilas explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gilas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Farrelly misses with an attempted mid kick.
Seamus Farrelly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gilas throws a push kick but Farrelly slaps the foot to one side.
Farrelly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gilas can do to turn this around?
Gilas tries to land a front kick but Farrelly steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Farrelly throws a shot from downtown. Gilas moves away and avoids it.
Gilas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Farrelly.
Gilas appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Farrelly throws a head kick that misses.
Gilas avoids the body shot from Farrelly.
Farrelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gilas.
Farrelly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gilas.
Farrelly misses with a jab to the body
and Gilas counters with a good low kick that Farrelly was not able to check.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gilas.
Gilas misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gilas lands with a right hand.
Gilas takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Farrelly punishes Gilas's body with a nice straight punch.
Farrelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gilas moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gilas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gilas fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Farrelly looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Farrelly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gilas fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Gilas connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Farrelly's hands.
Farrelly is looking to score with low kicks.
Gilas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gilas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Farrelly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gilas.
Farrelly is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Farrelly looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gilas throws a leg kick that misses.
Farrelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gilas was well out of range. Poor timing from Farrelly.
Farrelly lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gilas's sensitive parts.
Gilas connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gilas wants to clinch up but Farrelly keeps it at a distance.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gilas blocks an uppercut.
Farrelly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Farrelly working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gilas drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Farrelly gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Farrelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Gilas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Farrelly's elbow.
Farrelly stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Farrelly works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Farrelly working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Farrelly.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Farrelly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gilas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Farrelly.
Farrelly works on Gilas's body with a couple of short punches.
Gilas dodges an elbow strike from Farrelly.
Gilas managing to block the knees to the body from Farrelly.
Farrelly has a couple of punches blocked by Gilas.
Gilas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Farrelly lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gilas struggles to land a body shot inside as Farrelly controls his hands.
Farrelly misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gilas.
Farrelly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gilas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Farrelly has a couple of punches blocked by Gilas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seamus Farrelly dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! 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.
Gilas cracks the inside of Farrelly's front leg.
Gilas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gilas blocks the body kick.
Gilas counters with a body kick.
Farrelly tries to clinch there but Gilas circles away.
Farrelly throws out a powerful jab.
Farrelly throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gilas shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Farrelly misses with a straight left.
Farrelly lands with a hook. Gilas tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Farrelly stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gilas.
Farrelly clinches up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gilas.
Farrelly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Farrelly misses with the head strike.
Seamus Farrelly has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gilas tries to throw a body punch but Farrelly avoids it by throwing Gilas back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Farrelly fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gilas's elbow.
Gilas is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Farrelly is keeping busy.
Gilas lands a hook that snaps the head of Farrelly backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Farrelly throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Farrelly fails to land.
Farrelly prevents a takedown attempt there.
Farrelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Gilas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gilas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Farrellys head.
Gilas has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Farrelly avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Farrelly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Farrelly scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short uppercut from Gilas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gilas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gilas digs a right hand underneath Farrelly's ribcage. Farrelly let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gilas avoiding damage as Farrelly throws knees to the body.
Gilas gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Farrelly wants to get back to full guard.
Farrelly keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Farrelly wants to control but Gilas is keeping busy.
Gilas working over Farrelly with some ground and pound. Farrelly looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Neil Gilas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Farrelly tries to get to full guard but Gilas has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gilas is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Seamus Farrelly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Farrelly is trying to stand up here but Gilas is controlling him well.
Farrelly holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Farrelly wants to get back to his feet.
Farrelly regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Gilas.
Farrelly manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gilas manages to get himself to full guard.
Seamus Farrelly overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gilas throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gilas controls Farrelly momentarily but Farrelly frees himself.
Farrelly being controlled here momentarily.
Gilas throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Farrelly escapes and throws Gilas's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Gilas is trying to improve his position.
Gilas keeps trying to improve his position.
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 Seamus Farrelly.
Well Farrelly has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seamus Farrelly!
Seamus Farrelly was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sylvester Ritter (ranked 1474 p4p, 159 weight class) and Dave Ysengrin (ranked 1209 p4p, 132 weight class). Ysengrin has chosen Cheeky Nandos as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sylvester Ritter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Ysengrin!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ysengrin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ritter walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ysengrin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ritter.
Ritter throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Ysengrin tumbling to the canvas!
Ysengrin is rocked!
It looks like Dave Ysengrin has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ysengrin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ysengrin is still in real trouble! Can Ritter finish him?
Ritter works over Ysengrin with some ground and pound from guard.
Ritter loads up on a big left hand. Ysengrin felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Ritter looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Ysengrin can't hide his disappointment, as Ritter celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sylvester Ritter!
Sylvester Ritter 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francisco Salgado (ranked 702 p4p, 71 weight class) and Soul Jah (ranked 591 p4p, 53 weight class). Jah is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldier. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Francisco Salgado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Soul Jah!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salgado lands with a shot to the body.
Salgado 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.
Jah is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Salgado.
Salgado looks to score with a jab to the body but Jah is just out of range.
Salgado misses with a lunging right hand
and Jah counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Salgado misses with a wild combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jah! But no joy.
Salgado throws a good cross that connects.
A slow jab from Salgado misses its intended target.
As Salgado backs off Jah throws a huge counter combo but Salgado manages to avoid it all.
Salgado goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jah slips a jab and a cross from Salgado.
Salgado lands a head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salgado connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jah's hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salgado throws a right and a left that Jah avoids nicely.
It seemed like Jah was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jah avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jah checks the leg kick.
Despite the aggression on Jah's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Salgado goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jah is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Salgado lands a glancing blow to the side of Jah's head.
Salgado throws a big shot that misses.
Salgado throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jah swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Salgado misses with a two punch combination.
Salgado cracks Jah with a good jab.
A shot to the liver by Salgado. Beautiful body shot.
Salgado lands with a hook. Jah tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A cross from Salgado lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salgado throws a jab but it's blocked by Jah.
Jah only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Jah chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Salgado can pounce on him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salgado 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.
Salgado is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Salgado fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jah on the side of the head.
Salgado throws a combination that misses
and Jah counters with a crisp one two that drops Salgado! Jah thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Salgado to his feet! Salgado is in big trouble!
Salgado is rocked!
Salgado misses with a hook
and Jah counters with a huge right that knocks Salgado out cold! Jah is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Soul Jah!
Our winner, Soul Jah, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stasius Venom (ranked 585 p4p, 87 weight class) and Marlo Stanfield (ranked 704 p4p, 103 weight class). Venom comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Stanfield has chosen Legendary as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stasius Venom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marlo Stanfield!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Venom avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stanfield throws a lazy uppercut
and Venom counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Venom takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Stanfield bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Venom's head.
Venom tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A slow jab from Stanfield misses its intended target.
Nice straight punches there by Stanfield. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Stanfield.
Stanfield fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stanfield misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Venom wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Venom moves away from the strike by Stanfield.
A telegraphed right hand from Venom misses the target.
Venom definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Venom swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanfield misses with a two punch combination.
Venom scores with a nice strike.
Stasius Venom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stanfield just misses with a punch to the body.
Stanfield gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Venom.
Venom is looking to slow Stanfield down with leg kicks.
Oooooh!!! Venom has knocked Stanfield down with a huge combo! Venom steps away and waves a wobbly Stanfield back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Stanfield is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Venom ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Stanfield out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Stasius Venom!
A very excited looking Stasius Venom rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Grin Ribber (ranked 78 p4p, 13 weight class) and Nick Shamrock (ranked 166 p4p, 23 weight class). Ribber comes to the cage accompanied by Ay Ay Ay. The crowd seem to be enjoying Shamrock's choice of entrance music: One Winged Angel by The Black Mages. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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147 lbs
31 - 12 - 0 |
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28
145 lbs
11 - 2 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Grin Ribber!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Shamrock!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ribber is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shamrock.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ribber.
Jab, jab by Shamrock - just one landing.
Ribber slips a straight right by Shamrock.
Nice defenses there by Ribber.
Ribber misses with a leg kick.
Ribber throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ribber throws a front kick that sends Shamrock stumbling back into the cage.
Ribber attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A swing and a miss from Shamrock.
Shamrock uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ribber has time to react.
Ribber rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shamrock moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shamrock slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Shamrock waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ribber.
Shamrock looks to throw the jab but Ribber is out of range.
Shamrock throws a lazy right hand but Ribber sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shamrock slips under a jab.
Ribber cracks Shamrock with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Shamrock misses with a body shot.
Ribber throws a nice head kick!
Shamrock misses with a straight right.
Ribber goes for a double leg but Shamrock avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Shamrock continues to drive forward.
Shamrock now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Shamrock has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribber takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ribber throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shamrock stuffs the takedown attempt from Ribber. Ribber gets slowly back to his feet.
Ribber staying out of range there.
Ribber half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Shamrock ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Shamrock jabs at Ribber's body.
Shamrock on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Shamrock, right into the meat.
Ribber throws a leg kick but Shamrock sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ribber checks a leg kick.
Shamrock misses the jab.
Shamrock digs a good hook to Ribber's body.
Nick Shamrock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A lazy left from Shamrock finds it's target.
Ribber throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shamrock looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ribber slips a straight right by Shamrock.
The fighters circling - Shamrock throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ribber missing with a left hand there. Shamrock was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A little jabbing left from Shamrock on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Shamrock ducks under a wild hook from Ribber.
Ribber motions for Shamrock to come forward. Ribber throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Shamrock! But no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribber works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Shamrock throws a jab when Ribber was well out of range.
Shamrock connects with a single shot there.
Ribber moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Shamrock lands with a nice body punch.
Ribber shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Ribber is looking to advance position but Shamrock won't allow it.
Ribber prevents Shamrock from standing back up.
Ribber is trying to control the action in half guard but Shamrock is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ribber controlling the action here.
Shamrock is trying to stand up here but Ribber is controlling him well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribber seems to be working for a kimura but Shamrock defends the submission attempt.
Shamrock has one foot on Ribber's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Shamrock takes a swing at Ribber's ribcage but misses.
Shamrock throws the left hand but Ribber avoids the punch easily.
Shamrock pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shamrock moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ribber avoids the body shot from Shamrock.
Ribber pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ribber ducks under a wild hook from Shamrock.
The crowd cheers as Ribber lands an impressive looking overhand right. Shamrock doesn't seem phased though.
Ribber waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shamrock.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Shamrock misses with a straight right.
Ribber looks to land a combination but Shamrock avoids it well.
Ribber checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Shamrock throws a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shamrock is looking to slow Ribber down with leg kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribber tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Shamrock is able to avoid easily.
Shamrock is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ribber with a body shot.
Shamrock looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ribber with a lazy takedown attempt
and Shamrock counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Grin Ribber. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ribber fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ribber takes a swing at Shamrock's ribcage but misses.
Shamrock misses with a hook. Ribber ducked under it nicely.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ribber checks a leg kick.
Ribber ducks under a wild hook from Shamrock.
Ribber attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ribber throws a low kick but Shamrock avoids it.
Ribber slips under a jab.
Shamrock scores with a leg kick.
Ribber lands a lovely overhand right.
A telegraphed right hand from Ribber misses the target.
Shamrock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ribber.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ribber looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nick Shamrock is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shamrock takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nice defenses there by Shamrock.
Shamrock checks a low kick from Ribber.
Shamrock flicks out a counter leg kick but Ribber steps away.
Shamrock is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ribber.
Ribber pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nick Shamrock will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Shamrock swings widly with a right hand
letting Ribber counter with a right hand.
Ribber pivots, looking for a leg kick but Shamrock is out of range and Ribber settles back down.
Shamrock lands a right hook to the body.
Ribber throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shamrock throws a body punch but Ribber moves out of range.
Shamrock looks to score with a jab to the body but Ribber is just out of range.
Ribber missing with a left hand there. Shamrock was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ribber. Shamrock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shamrock tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Shamrock throws a hook to the side of Ribber's head but Ribber sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice jab there from Ribber.
Shamrock loads up on a big right hand but Ribber slips the punch.
Ribber fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A telegraphed right hand from Ribber misses the target.
Shamrock connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A low kick from Ribber misses
and Shamrock counters with a nice leg kick.
Shamrock just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shamrock throws a poor cross that misses
and Ribber counters with a straight right hand.
Ribber misses with a wild body shot.
Shamrock just misses with a punch to the body.
Ribber moves away from the strike by Shamrock.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock throws a body punch but Ribber moves out of range.
Ribber tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shamrock moves away from the strike by Ribber.
Ribber is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Shamrock punishes Ribber's body with a nice straight punch.
Good standup being displayed there by Ribber as he connects with a hook.
Shamrock throws a good cross that connects.
Good exchange - Ribber coming out on top.
Shamrock throws a right hand that misses
and Ribber counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ribber avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ribber swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ribber swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A swing and a miss from Ribber.
Shamrock lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ribber jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ribber looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ribber throws a shot from downtown. Shamrock moves away and avoids it.
Ribber fails with a takedown attempt.
A low kick from Shamrock is predictable there
and Ribber counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Shamrock!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock throws Ribber to one side and escapes!
Shamrock looks to land a left hand but Ribber moved out of range nicely.
Ribber lands a really nice looking cross but Shamrock seems unphased.
Shamrock connects with a jab.
Shamrock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ribber manages to avoid it.
Ribber bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ribber throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Shamrock misses with a hook. Ribber ducked under it nicely.
Ribber attempts a counter takedown but Shamrock avoids it well and moves away.
Ribber misses the jab.
Jab, jab by Ribber - just one landing.
Shamrock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ribber throws out the jab.
Ribber shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jab from Ribber.
Shamrock has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Shamrock there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice defenses there by Ribber.
Shamrock checks a leg kick.
Shamrock lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ribber scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ribber takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Shamrock blocks the leg kick.
Ribber keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ribber throws a jab but it's blocked by Shamrock.
A telegraphed right hand from Shamrock misses the target.
Ribber moves out of range as Shamrock strikes.
Shamrock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shamrock staying out of range there.
Shamrock looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Shamrock lands with a nice body punch.
Shamrock jabs Ribber to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ribber drives through with a takedown into Shamrock's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Ribber throws a big right hand that misses.
Ribber working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ribber won't allow Shamrock to get back to his feet.
Ribber throwing strikes but missing.
Ribber throws an elbow that misses. Shamrock uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ribber's guard. Nice move by Shamrock!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock postures up.
Ribber looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Shamrock decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
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!
Shamrock lands a glancing blow to the side of Ribber's head.
Shamrock throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ribber takes a jab right on the kisser.
Shamrock takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Shamrock lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Shamrock takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Shamrock.
Ribber tries to work over Shamrock's front leg with a kick but Shamrock checks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ribber takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ribber takes one on the button.
A swing and a miss from Shamrock.
Shamrock throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ribber throws a right hand that misses
and Shamrock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Nick Shamrock will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Shamrock throws a body shot but no joy.
Ribber throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Shamrock stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ribber blocks a low kick nicely.
Ribber scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Shamrock doesn't seem bothered though.
Shamrock missing with a left hand there. Ribber was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shamrock dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Shamrock with a hook.
Ribber takes one on the button.
Nick Shamrock seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shamrock throws a lazy right hand but Ribber sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Shamrock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shamrock slips a jab from Ribber.
A jab from Ribber misses.
Ribber will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ribber throws a leg kick
and Shamrock connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shamrock lands a jab to Ribber's midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ribber slips a jab from Shamrock.
Ribber throws a big counter combination but Shamrock scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Shamrock lunges at Ribber with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ribber's hand.
Ribber slips under a jab.
Shamrock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ribber.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribber misses with a head kick.
A jab lands there for Ribber.
Shamrock throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shamrock moves out of range of the leg kick from Ribber.
Shamrock throws a leg kick which misses Ribber's front leg but catches the back leg as Ribber tries to avoid it.
Shamrock connects with a jab.
Ribber misses the jab.
Shamrock swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Shamrock takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ribber throws out a leg kick but Shamrock moves out of range and Ribber only half commits.
Shamrock throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ribber counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ribber lands a really nice looking cross but Shamrock seems unphased.
Shamrock misses with a straight left.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Shamrock, right into the meat.
Ribber dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Shamrock. That did some damage!
A combination from Shamrock does no damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shamrock misses with a looping left.
Ribber takes a swing at Shamrock's ribcage but misses.
Shamrock 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 two minutes gone in the round.
Ribber ducks under a wild hook from Shamrock.
Shamrock lands a jab to Ribber's midsection.
The fighters circling - Ribber throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ribber keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shamrock.
Shamrock misses with a jab, cross combination.
Shamrock misses with a straight right.
Ribber throws a head kick but Shamrock moves out of range.
Shamrock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ribber. Shamrock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shamrock flicks out a counter leg kick but Ribber steps away.
A telegraphed right hand from Shamrock misses the target.
Ribber jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shamrock connects with a right hand. Ribber shakes it off.
Shamrock moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ribber misses with a kick to the body.
Shamrock lands a nice looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shamrock. Ribber does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shamrock fails with an attempt to clinch.
A big right from Shamrock misses.
Shamrock misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock blocks a low kick nicely.
Shamrock let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Ribber moves away from the strike by Shamrock.
Ribber appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Shamrock waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ribber.
Ribber tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Shamrock swivels and escapes.
Ribber stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Shamrock.
Shamrock avoids the head kick by Ribber.
Shamrock connects with a looping right hand.
Ribber misses with an attempted mid kick.
A little jabbing left from Shamrock on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Shamrock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shamrock throws a leg kick
and Ribber counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Shamrock really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ribber. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Shamrock pushes Ribber off looking to stand but Ribber dives back in and keeps control.
Shamrock blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ribber.
Shamrock tries to kick Ribber off but Ribber keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Shamrock blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ribber.
Shamrock has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Ribber is on him like a limpet, forcing Shamrock back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shamrock lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Ribber.
Shamrock has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Shamrock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Shamrock lands a left hand.
Shamrock misses with a body punch.
Ribber misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ribber gets through Shamrock's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Shamrock swings wildly with an uppercut but Ribber uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ribber misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ribber is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Shamrock scores with a nice short uppercut.
Shamrock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ribber backwards.
Shamrock lands a shoulder strike.
Ribber fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ribber tries to circle away but Shamrock has him pinned against the cage.
Shamrock struggles to land a body shot inside as Ribber controls his hands.
Shamrock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ribber's elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for Ribber.
Ribber drops down looking for an ankle pick but Shamrock pulls his leg out and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Shamrock really dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Shamrock pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ribber is looking to counter punch.
Ribber checks a low kick from Shamrock.
Ribber connects with a single shot there.
Ribber walks into a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ribber. Shamrock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shamrock gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ribber throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ribber avoids the body shot from Shamrock.
Shamrock loads up on a big right hand but Ribber slips the punch.
Shamrock misses with a looping left.
Ribber shoots in for a takedown but Shamrock shows good takedown defense.
Shamrock throws a right hand that misses
so Ribber counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Ribber wants to control from the top but Shamrock keeps moving.
Ribber throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ribber wants to control from the top but Shamrock keeps moving.
Shamrock wants to stand but Ribber is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock pushes Ribber off and gets back to his feet.
Shamrock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ribber throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ribber is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Shamrock paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Shamrock moves out of range as Ribber strikes.
Ribber throws a head kick that misses.
Shamrock takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ribber drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nice uppercut there from Shamrock.
Shamrock takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ribber looks to land a left hand but Shamrock moved out of range nicely.
Shamrock rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ribber counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Shamrock has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Ribber off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ribber misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribber has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Shamrock.
A slow jab from Shamrock misses its intended target.
Nice cross by Shamrock.
A bone on bone clash there as Shamrock blocks the leg kick.
Ribber blocks a jab.
Shamrock moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Shamrock throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Shamrock scores with the left hand. Ribber knows he should have avoided that one.
Ribber lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ribber tries a head kick but it misses.
Shamrock now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Shamrock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ribber was well out of range. Poor timing from Shamrock.
Nice uppercut lands for Ribber. That snapped Shamrock's head back.
Shamrock throws a jab when Ribber was well out of range.
Ribber throws a jab but it's blocked by Shamrock.
Shamrock throws a nice inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Shamrock throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ribber was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ribber throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shamrock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribber moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shamrock dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Shamrock throws out a powerful jab.
Shamrock scores with a hook to the body. Ribber takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ribber scores with a decent looking hook.
Ribber takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ribber on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Shamrock connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ribber throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Shamrock counters with a straight right hand.
Ribber takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ribber throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Shamrock stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ribber throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Ribber.
Ribber was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ribber staying out of range there.
Ribber swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Shamrock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shamrock takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Shamrock has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ribber.
Ribber uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ribber is looking to chop away at Shamrock's legs.
Ribber misses with a looping left.
Shamrock throws a jab when Ribber was well out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Shamrock.
Shamrock throws a hook but Ribber blocks it.
Ribber throws an off balance right hand
letting Shamrock counter with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shamrock. Ribber does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shamrock throws a body punch but Ribber moves out of range.
Shamrock's corner calls for a 1-2. Shamrock obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Shamrock looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Shamrock walks into a stiff left hand from Ribber.
Ribber swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Shamrock.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shamrock throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Shamrock is looking to chop away at Ribber's legs.
Ribber missing with a left hand there. Shamrock was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shamrock fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ribber has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ribber throws a shot from downtown. Shamrock moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Shamrock dominated that fourth round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Nice body punch from Shamrock.
Shamrock takes a jab right on the kisser.
A punch lands to the side of Shamrock 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Shamrock connects with a body shot.
Ribber throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shamrock jabs Ribber to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Good work by Shamrock as he checks the leg kick.
Shamrock throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ribber misses with an uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Ribber.
Shamrock lands a really nice looking cross but Ribber seems unphased.
Ribber moves out of range of the leg kick from Shamrock.
Ribber uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shamrock.
Shamrock lands a nice hook to Ribber's body. Ribber takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ribber keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ribber takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ribber bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Shamrock throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shamrock wants to clinch.
Shamrock blocks a jab.
Shamrock takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ribber gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Shamrock.
Ribber slips under a jab.
Shamrock cracks Ribber with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ribber with a nice cross.
Ribber scores with a jab to the body.
Ribber misses with a hook
and Shamrock counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ribber swinging wildly here.
Ribber throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ribber missing with a left hand there. Shamrock was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Grin Ribber has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock looks to throw the jab but Ribber is out of range.
A big right from Ribber misses.
Shamrock only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Shamrock scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Shamrock throws a good cross that connects.
Ribber wants to land a leg kick but Shamrock is out of range.
Ribber throws out a loose jab but Shamrock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shamrock lands a nice looking body shot.
Shamrock wants to clinch.
Shamrock scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ribber.
Ribber walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ribber looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ribber takes one to the chin there.
Shamrock lands with a hook. Ribber tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribber defending well as Shamrock loads up on a big left hand.
Ribber throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ribber moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shamrock misses with a low kick as Ribber jumps back.
Shamrock has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ribber.
Ribber doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Shamrock lands a nice shot to the body.
Shamrock scores with a decent looking hook.
Shamrock lands a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Shamrock.
Ribber tries to score with a low kick but Shamrock moves his leg out of the way.
Ribber on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ribber throws a lazy right hand but Shamrock sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Shamrock takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Shamrock moves out of range of the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shamrock scores with a hook to the body. Ribber takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ribber tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribber stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Shamrock.
Ribber throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shamrock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Shamrock connects with a body shot.
Ribber throws a hook but Shamrock avoids it easily.
Ribber throws a jab but it's blocked by Shamrock.
Ribber throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shamrock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shamrock stuns Ribber with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Shamrock scores with a hook.
Shamrock lands a jab to the head.
Shamrock fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Shamrock scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Shamrock bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ribber's head.
Ribber uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shamrock.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shamrock keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Shamrock thuds his right hand into Ribber's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Shamrock scores with a punch to the head.
Ribber takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Shamrock comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Shamrock 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 45:50
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 45:50
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Shamrock!
Nick Shamrock is the new featherweight champion!
A very excited looking Nick Shamrock rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin BK (ranked 55 p4p, 9 weight class) and Bo Teebs (ranked 454 p4p, 73 weight class). Teebs has chosen Ghost - Square Hammer as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Benjamin BK!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bo Teebs!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
BK lands a right hook to the body.
BK lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Teebs throws a head kick but BK moves out of range.
Teebs displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as BK throws out the jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
BK ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Teebs. BK does a little dance to reset his feet.
BK scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
BK misses the jab.
BK connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
BK connects with a solid leg kick.
Teebs throws a head kick but BK moves out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Teebs lands with an overhand left.
We've been informed that Teebs has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Teebs jabbing away but nothing is landing.
BK with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
BK pulls out of a head kick attempt.
BK misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Teebs throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Teebs throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Teebs throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
BK has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Heritage Gym in the buildup to the fight.
BK keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
BK fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Teebs manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Teebs missing with a left hand there. BK was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Teebs keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from BK.
Teebs throws out a counter right but BK avoids it with no problem.
Teebs gets caught napping as BK dives in and scores a takedown. Teebs manages to retain guard.
BK throws a big elbow that misses.
BK cracks Teebs with a solid left hand.
Teebs pulls BK in to control the position.
Teebs is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
BK has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
BK in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
BK loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
BK stopping the sweep attempt from Teebs.
BK keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Teebs's head.
BK throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
BK throwing strikes from guard but Teebs blocks nicely.
BK scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teebs avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Teebs utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
BK landing some decent shots from guard.
BK works over Teebs with some ground and pound from guard.
BK lands a couple of elbows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Teebs pulls BK in close to his closed guard and prevents BK from doing any damage or advancing position.
Teebs is trying to control the position but BK postures up.
BK is fighting to break Teebs's control of his arms but Teebs is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Teebs wants to sweep but no luck.
BK with a nice head shot there.
BK arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Teebs's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Benjamin BK!
Benjamin BK retains his light heavyweight title!
A victorious Benjamin BK thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eagle Loveladdy (ranked 132 p4p, 18 weight class) and AC Slater (ranked 207 p4p, 32 weight class). Loveladdy comes to the cage accompanied by Snoop Lion - Here Comes The King!. Slater is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Stop What Ya Doin. This should be fireworks!
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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
32 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eagle Loveladdy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, AC Slater!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slater fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Loveladdy to the ground. Slater is now in Loveladdy's guard.
Slater postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Slater cracks Loveladdy with a solid left hand.
Slater throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Loveladdy is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Loveladdy wants to sweep but no luck.
Slater is fighting to break Loveladdy's control of his arms but Loveladdy is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Loveladdy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Slater throwing strikes from guard but Loveladdy blocks nicely.
Slater throws a big right hand that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Loveladdy working a defensive guard here.
Loveladdy seems keen to control Slater's posture.
Slater is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Loveladdy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Slater scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slater trying to control the position from guard on top but Loveladdy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Slater is looking to work some ground and pound but Loveladdy has wrist control.
Slater pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Loveladdy is keeping the position for now.
Loveladdy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Slater cracks Loveladdy with a solid left hand.
Loveladdy is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Slater scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Loveladdy lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Slater wants to sweep but no luck.
Slater is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Loveladdy is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slater is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Loveladdy presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Loveladdy manages to break the clinch.
Slater fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loveladdy gets caught napping as Slater dives in and scores a takedown. Loveladdy manages to retain guard.
Slater trying to control the position from guard on top but Loveladdy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Slater with a flurry of punches that miss.
Loveladdy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Loveladdy has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Loveladdy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Slater postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Slater stays in close to Loveladdy's body and controls the position.
Loveladdy is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loveladdy is trying to control the position but Slater postures up.
Slater wants to control from the top but Loveladdy keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Slater preventing the sweep.
Loveladdy trying to control the position here.
Slater with a flurry of punches that miss.
Slater trying to control but Loveladdy is working from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Loveladdy is trying to keep Slater in close.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Slater displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
AC Slater dominated that round.
That's time! Loveladdy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Loveladdy displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Slater.
Slater ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Slater misses with a looping left.
Loveladdy seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good shot there by Slater.
Eagle Loveladdy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Slater misses with a hook. Loveladdy ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slater dives in and grabs Loveladdy's left leg, looking for a takedown. Loveladdy pushes down on Slater's head and hops out.
Slater ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Slater throws a series of punches but Loveladdy moves out of range.
Slater misses with a left hand
and Loveladdy counters with a head kick.
Loveladdy takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
It looks like Eagle Loveladdy has been cut.
Loveladdy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Slater is trying hard to land a takedown here. Loveladdy sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Eagle Loveladdy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of AC Slater.
Loveladdy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Slater.
Loveladdy appears to be looking for a big counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slater tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Loveladdy defends well and Slater ends up having to push Loveladdy into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Loveladdy fires out a quick counter leg kick but Slater just manages to avoid it.
Slater shoots for a double leg takedown but Loveladdy sprawls well. He's pushed Slater's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Loveladdy seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Slater misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
As Slater looks to move away, Loveladdy throws a big counter combo but Slater just gets out of the way.
Slater has his takedown stuffed
and Loveladdy counters with a three punch combo that has Slater backing up. Slater nods at Loveladdy to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slater shoots in for a takedown but Loveladdy shows good takedown defense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loveladdy stuffs the takedown attempt from Slater. Slater gets slowly back to his feet.
Loveladdy jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Slater fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Loveladdy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Slater.
Loveladdy was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Slater misses with a looping left.
Slater misses with a hook. Loveladdy ducked under it nicely.
Loveladdy is looking for a counter combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Slater with a poor takedown
and Loveladdy counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
AC Slater seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slater with a lazy takedown attempt
and Loveladdy counters with a straight right hand.
Slater closes the distance and clinches up with Loveladdy, looking for a takedown. Slater pushes Loveladdy against the cage but Loveladdy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Slater tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Loveladdy swivels and escapes.
Slater shoots and misses
and Loveladdy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Loveladdy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Slater fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Loveladdy avoids it really well and circles away.
Loveladdy throws a quick counter kick to the body but Slater avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eagle Loveladdy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Eagle Loveladdy'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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Slater fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Eagle Loveladdy is winning the standup battle so far.
Slater throws a combination that misses
and Loveladdy counters with a stiff right hand.
Slater throws a right and a left that Loveladdy avoids nicely.
Slater shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Loveladdy sprawls well. Loveladdy wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Slater gets slowly back to his feet.
Loveladdy quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slater throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slater misses with a combination
and Loveladdy counters with a series of strikes. Slater will be more careful next time no doubt.
A big right from Slater misses.
Loveladdy is looking for a counter combo.
Slater darts in looking for a takedown but Loveladdy gets double underhooks and turns Slater into the cage.
Loveladdy seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Eagle Loveladdy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of AC Slater.
Slater misses with an uppercut
and Loveladdy counters with a left and a right that stings Slater.
Loveladdy slaps away a takedown attempt from Slater, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Loveladdy fires out a quick counter leg kick but Slater just manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loveladdy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Slater throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Slater misses with a two punch combination.
Loveladdy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Loveladdy lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Slater misses with a wild combination.
Loveladdy seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loveladdy displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Slater.
Loveladdy jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Slater throws a big shot that misses.
Loveladdy looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Slater shoots in for a takedown but Loveladdy shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Loveladdy swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Slater throws a left and a right that both miss
and Loveladdy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Slater throws a hook but Loveladdy blocks it.
Loveladdy seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Slater shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Slater showed some decent athleticism there.
Slater takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loveladdy has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Slater is on him like a limpet, forcing Loveladdy back against the cage.
Loveladdy trying to land knees to the body.
Loveladdy swings wildly with an uppercut but Slater uses good head movement to avoid it.
Loveladdy has a couple of punches blocked by Slater.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Loveladdy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Loveladdy keeps control of Slater as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eagle Loveladdy showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Loveladdy 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eagle Loveladdy!
Eagle Loveladdy thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Koba Wyatt (ranked 31 p4p, 3 weight class) and Roy Palmer (ranked 130 p4p, 14 weight class). Wyatt's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Channel Zero. Roy Palmer will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Koba Wyatt!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roy Palmer!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palmer scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wyatt looks to land a combination but Palmer avoids it well.
Palmer is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Wyatt with a body shot.
Palmer stuns Wyatt with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wyatt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Palmer has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Wyatt is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Wyatt throws a low kick but Palmer moves out of range easily.
Palmer throws out a counter right but Wyatt avoids it with no problem.
Palmer connects with the punch.
Palmer scores with a hook to the body. Wyatt takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Palmer is looking to clinch.
As Palmer looks to move away, Wyatt throws a big counter combo but Palmer just gets out of the way.
Wyatt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Palmer lands with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Palmer rushes Wyatt and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wyatt is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Palmer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Palmer throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch on the inside from Palmer fails to land.
Palmer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Palmer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wyatt backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Palmer.
Wyatt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Palmer scores with a shot to the body.
Wyatt takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Palmer buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Palmer connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Palmer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Palmer lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wyatt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Palmer listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wyatt misses with a few strikes there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Palmer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Wyatt was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Palmer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wyatt.
Palmer misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Palmer bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Palmer lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wyatt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice body punch from Palmer.
Palmer fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wyatt looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wyatt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wyatt misses with the combination.
Wyatt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Palmer.
Wyatt was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Wyatt throws a poor cross that misses
and Palmer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheers as Palmer lands an impressive looking overhand right. Wyatt doesn't seem phased though.
Palmer fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer moves to clinch but Wyatt breaks away
and Wyatt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wyatt will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Palmer is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Palmer lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wyatt fails to land with a series of punches.
Palmer scoring well with a low kick there.
Wyatt moves out of range as Palmer throws a body kick.
Wyatt is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Palmer - that will leave a mark!
Palmer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wyatt was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Palmer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wyatt manages to avoid it.
Palmer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Palmer lands a high kick!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer cracks Wyatt with an open hand slap.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Palmer throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wyatt swats away the attempt to clinch by Palmer.
As Palmer looks to move away, Wyatt throws a big counter combo but Palmer just gets out of the way.
Palmer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wyatt.
Wyatt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Palmer changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wyatt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Palmer.
As Palmer looks to move away, Wyatt throws a big counter combo but Palmer just gets out of the way.
Wyatt throws a combination that misses
and Palmer counters with a nice uppercut.
Palmer has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Palmer throws a body shot but no joy.
Wyatt throws a big counter combination but Palmer scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wyatt takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A punch lands to the side of Wyatt 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wyatt lands a nice shot that snaps Palmer's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roy Palmer dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Palmer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Palmer lands a glancing blow to the side of Wyatt's head.
Palmer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wyatt's sensitive parts.
Wyatt looks to score with a jab to the body but Palmer is just out of range.
Wyatt throws a series of punches but Palmer avoids them all with ease.
Wyatt takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wyatt is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wyatt throws a head kick but Palmer moves out of range.
Palmer with a nice cross.
Roy Palmer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Palmer lands a really nice looking cross but Wyatt seems unphased.
Wyatt blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wyatt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Palmer misses with a right hand
and Wyatt counters with a left and a right that stings Palmer.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Palmer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wyatt moves away.
Palmer moves into the clinch successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wyatt breaks the clinch.
A jab from Palmer finds it's way through Wyatt's defenses.
Palmer moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Palmer, as that shot connected.
A telegraphed right hand from Palmer misses the target.
Wyatt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Palmer moves away.
Wyatt looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Palmer works Wyatt's body with a nice hook.
A good leg kick by Palmer.
Palmer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Palmer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Palmer connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Wyatt's hands.
Palmer cracks Wyatt with a right hand to the side of the head.
Palmer lands with an overhand left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wyatt ducks right into an uppercut from Palmer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Palmer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wyatt.
Wyatt slips under a jab from Palmer.
Wyatt throws a nice head kick!
It looks like Roy Palmer has been cut.
Palmer connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wyatt throws out a leg kick but Palmer moves out of range and Wyatt only half commits.
Palmer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Palmer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wyatt looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Palmer with a hook.
Palmer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wyatt sets himself, and Palmer steps forward looking for the clinch! Wyatt avoids it this time.
Wyatt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Palmer tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Palmer.
Wyatt looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Palmer with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Palmer misses with a straight left.
Palmer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wyatt slips under a jab.
Palmer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wyatt.
Palmer fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Palmer. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Palmer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wyatt.
Palmer cracks Wyatt with a right hand to the side of the head.
Palmer cracks Wyatt with an open hand slap.
Palmer lands a really nice looking cross but Wyatt seems unphased.
Wyatt looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Palmer stuns Wyatt with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Palmer, right into the meat.
Palmer scores with a sloppy right hand. Wyatt should have avoided that one.
Palmer connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wyatt misses with a hook to the body
and Palmer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Palmer works Wyatt's body with a nice hook.
Nice cross by Palmer.
Palmer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wyatt was well out of range. Poor timing from Palmer.
A punch lands to the side of Wyatt 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wyatt throws an overhand right that lands on Palmer's shoulder, as Palmer tries to avoid the shot.
Wyatt misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Palmer tests Wyatt's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Palmer. That snapped Wyatt's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roy Palmer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Roy Palmer's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Palmer scores with the left hand. Wyatt knows he should have avoided that one.
Palmer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Palmer lands an overhand right.
Palmer moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Wyatt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wyatt takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wyatt chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Palmer can pounce on him.
Wyatt takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wyatt misses with a few strikes there.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wyatt defending well as Palmer loads up on a big left hand.
Palmer slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wyatt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Palmer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wyatt fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Palmer looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer is looking to clinch.
Wyatt swings widly with a right hand
and Palmer counters with a stiff right hand.
Palmer lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd cheers as Palmer lands an impressive looking overhand right. Wyatt doesn't seem phased though.
Koba Wyatt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Palmer tests Wyatt's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Palmer blocks a jab.
Palmer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wyatt misses with a looping left.
Palmer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Palmer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wyatt's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Wyatt duly obliges.
Palmer connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wyatt avoids the body shot from Palmer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt misses with a double jab.
Wyatt lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Palmer circles away quickly and effectively.
Palmer scores with a shot to the body.
Palmer connects with a good right hand that stumbles Wyatt. Wyatt circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Palmer throws a body punch but Wyatt moves out of range.
Palmer connects with a single shot there.
Wyatt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Palmer.
Wyatt steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Palmer. That one must have hurt.
Wyatt misses the jab.
Palmer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wyatt on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Palmer misses with a hook. Wyatt ducked under it nicely.
Palmer connects with a single shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer throws a hook but Wyatt avoids it easily.
Roy Palmer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wyatt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Palmer moves out of range as Wyatt strikes.
Wyatt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A jab from Palmer does it's job there.
Palmer is looking to clinch but Wyatt is avoiding it.
Wyatt throws a series of punches but Palmer avoids them all with ease.
Wyatt misses with a few strikes there.
Palmer darts in and clinches Wyatt up against the cage.
Wyatt tries to circle away but Palmer has him pinned against the cage.
Palmer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Palmer scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Palmer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Palmer misses with a punch to the body.
Palmer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Palmer has Wyatt pressed against the cage, preventing Wyatt from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Palmer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Palmer lands a shot to the body.
A shot in the inside from Palmer.
Palmer has a couple of punches blocked by Wyatt.
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!
Palmer cracks Wyatt with a nice body shot.
A shot in the inside from Palmer.
Roy Palmer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Palmer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Palmer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Palmer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wyatt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Palmer.
Palmer misses with the head strike.
Palmer keeps control of Wyatt as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roy Palmer really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roy Palmer's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A jab from Wyatt misses.
Wyatt sets himself, and Palmer steps forward looking for the clinch! Wyatt avoids it this time.
A cross from Palmer lands.
Wyatt is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Palmer's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Palmer throws a quick inside leg kick.
Palmer connects with a good right hand that stumbles Wyatt. Wyatt circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Wyatt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Palmer feints and then cracks Wyatt's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wyatt down.
Wyatt moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Palmer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wyatt has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Palmer finds it's way round the side to connect with Wyatt's head.
Palmer scores with a leg kick.
Palmer avoids the head kick by Wyatt.
Palmer tries to counter by closing the distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wyatt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Palmer throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Wyatt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer connects with the punch.
Palmer throws a lazy right hand but Wyatt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wyatt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Palmer throws out the jab.
Palmer misses with a body punch
and Wyatt counters with a nice body shot.
Wyatt misses with an uppercut. Palmer saw that one coming.
Palmer fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wyatt looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wyatt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wyatt misses with a hook.
Wyatt misses with a two punch combination.
Wyatt tries to bum rush Palmer with a series of wild strikes but Palmer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Palmer lunges at Wyatt with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Wyatt's hand.
Wyatt tries a low kick but Palmer avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt throws a poor cross that misses
and Palmer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wyatt slips a jab from Palmer.
Wyatt takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Palmer throws a jab but it's blocked by Wyatt.
Wyatt swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Wyatt needs to keep his hands up - Palmer had a free shot at his head there.
Palmer scores with a head kick. Wyatt tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Palmer loads up on a big right hand but Wyatt slips the punch.
Wyatt slips a straight right by Palmer.
Wyatt rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Palmer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Palmer connects with a body shot.
Palmer defending well as Wyatt loads up on a big left hand.
Wyatt sets himself, and Palmer steps forward looking for the clinch! Wyatt avoids it this time.
Palmer connects with a nice looking jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Palmer moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Palmer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Palmer throws a right hand that Wyatt ducks under and follows up with a left that Wyatt also avoids with ease.
Wyatt swings for the body but Palmer moves out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Palmer.
Wyatt is looking to land body kicks.
Palmer sizes up Wyatt with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Palmer scores with a leg kick.
Palmer throws a quick inside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Wyatt.
Palmer tries to clinch but Wyatt moves out of range.
Wyatt takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer scores with a jab. Wyatt acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Palmer lands with a hook. Wyatt tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wyatt chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Palmer can pounce on him.
Wyatt doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Palmer works Wyatt's body with a nice hook.
Palmer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Palmer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wyatt.
Palmer misses with a lunging right hand
and Wyatt makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Palmer feints a jab promting Wyatt to slip. Palmer then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Wyatt slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Palmer throws a lazy right hand but Wyatt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wyatt slips a jab from Palmer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roy Palmer dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Roy Palmer's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Palmer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wyatt's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Palmer connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wyatt scrambles back to his feet.
Palmer getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Palmer throws a jab but it's blocked by Wyatt.
Wyatt rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Palmer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Palmer stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wyatt moves out of range of the strikes.
Palmer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wyatt was well out of range. Poor timing from Palmer.
Palmer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wyatt scores with a sloppy right hand. Palmer should have avoided that one.
Palmer thuds his right hand into Wyatt's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Palmer misses with a straight left.
Palmer throws a good cross that connects.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyatt looks to throw the jab but Palmer is out of range.
Palmer looks to land a left hand but Wyatt moved out of range nicely.
As Palmer looks to move away, Wyatt throws a big counter combo but Palmer just gets out of the way.
Palmer lands with a straight right. Wyatt didn't see that one coming.
Palmer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wyatt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Palmer fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wyatt on the side of the head.
Wyatt stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Palmer.
Wyatt throws a low kick but it's checked well by Palmer.
Palmer on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Palmer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wyatt.
Palmer connects with a nice looking jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wyatt looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Palmer scoring well with a low kick there.
Wyatt on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
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 head kick misses from Palmer.
Wyatt lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wyatt.
Wyatt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Palmer connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A big left from Palmer misses.
Palmer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wyatt on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wyatt tests Palmer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Palmer finds it's way round the side to connect with Wyatt's head.
Palmer scores with a shot to the body.
Wyatt takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Palmer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wyatt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wyatt gets tackled into the cage by Palmer. Palmer maintains the clinch.
Wyatt has had enough of the clinch but Palmer keeps him there for the moment.
Wyatt prevents a body shot from Palmer.
Wyatt working hard to break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Palmer.
Wyatt has had enough of the clinch but Palmer keeps him there for the moment.
Palmer scores with a hook to the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wyatt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wyatt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Palmer throws a head punch that misses.
Palmer works on Wyatt's body with a couple of short punches.
Palmer throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Palmer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Palmer pushes Wyatt back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wyatt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Palmer.
Palmer misses with a punch to the body.
Wyatt blocks an uppercut.
Wyatt has had enough of the clinch but Palmer keeps him there for the moment.
Palmer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wyatt is trying to break free.
Koba Wyatt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wyatt tries to break free but Palmer pushes him back against the cage.
Wyatt lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Palmer backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roy Palmer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Palmer 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 45:50
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 45:50
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roy Palmer!
Roy Palmer is the new heavyweight champion!
A less than humble Roy Palmer misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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