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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hwai Ja (ranked 3017 p4p, 334 weight class) and Roman Delegovic (ranked 25933 p4p, 707 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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154 lbs
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156 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hwai Ja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Roman Delegovic!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Delegovic closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ja counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ja jabs at Delegovic's body.
Delegovic tries for a takedown but Ja circles away easily
and Ja makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Delegovic tries to clinch
and Ja counters with a left to the body.
Delegovic shoots and misses
and Ja counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Delegovic looks winded!
Ja drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Delegovic right on the button. Delegovic goes down! Ja follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Ja gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hwai Ja!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Schaub (ranked 6141 p4p, 654 weight class) and Victor Sanders (ranked 5737 p4p, 624 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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220 lbs
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206 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bryan Schaub!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Victor Sanders!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schaub closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Sanders wants to get back to his feet.
Schaub is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Sanders is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bryan Schaub!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin Moffitt (ranked 4494 p4p, 162 weight class) and Chris Cornell (ranked 4103 p4p, 65 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Moffitt might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to "Monster" by Kanye West. Benjamin Moffitt has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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265 lbs
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260 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Benjamin Moffitt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chris Cornell!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Winston Alpacca and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moffitt scores with a three punch combo!
Cornell shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cornell drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Moffitt wants to get back to his feet but Cornell is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Moffitt can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Cornell controls the pace.
Moffitt wants to stand but Cornell is controlling the position.
Cornell pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Moffitt is keeping the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cornell prevents Moffitt from getting back to his feet.
Cornell stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Moffitt swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Moffitt knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cornell on the ground.
Cornell controls from within his opponent's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cornell drops back looking for a leg! Moffitt is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Moffitt manages to kick Cornell off! Cornell jumps back into Moffitt's guard.
Cornell wants to pass the guard but Moffitt is keeping the position.
Cornell sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Moffitt's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cornell wants to pass to mount but Moffitt is defending the position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Moffitt tries to kick Cornell off in order to stand up. Cornell Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Cornell tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cornell has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Cornell tries to advance to mount but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cornell has hold of Moffitt's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Moffitt seems comfortable defending it but Cornell has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Moffitt is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Moffitt is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Cornell couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Chris Cornell!
Benjamin Moffitt spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm only getting better'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Murray Hewitt (ranked 3991 p4p, 428 weight class) and Kaz McStafferson (ranked 4711 p4p, 499 weight class). Kaz McStafferson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Likes comics |
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Murray Hewitt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kaz McStafferson!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hewitt takes a swing at McStafferson's ribcage but misses.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - McStafferson has eaten all the pies!
McStafferson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than McStafferson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
McStafferson has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Hewitt is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. McStafferson yanks on the arm and Hewitt is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by McStafferson.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kaz McStafferson!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rob Hammond (ranked 3138 p4p, 359 weight class) and Jon Jackson (ranked 5492 p4p, 564 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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181 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rob Hammond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jon Jackson !
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, David Hoff and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hammond works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hammond, as that shot connected.
Hammond has been working on his boxing with his coaches at ELITE Island Gym - 19 Elite Coaches - $300/Week in the buildup to the fight.
Hammond takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jackson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jackson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hammond cracks Jackson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jackson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hammond swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jackson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hammond takes one on the button.
Hammond thuds a left hand into Jackson 's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hammond missing with a left hand there. Jackson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hammond scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hammond scores with a jab to the body.
Jackson tries to clinch up but Hammond circles away and keeps his distance.
Jackson misses with a looping right.
Hammond misses with a hook.
Jackson closes the distance and clinches.
Hammond can't break the clinch.
Hammond tries to break free but Jackson pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammond has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jackson 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jackson 's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Jackson duly obliges.
Jackson moves out of range as Hammond strikes.
As Hammond backs off Jackson throws a huge counter combo but Hammond manages to avoid it all.
Jackson tries to clinch but Hammond moves out of range.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jackson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hammond ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hammond throws a looping overhand right but Jackson ducks down to avoid it.
Hammond takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hammond lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jackson looks to clinch
and Hammond counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jackson is rocked!
Hammond cracks Jackson with a hook to the temple - Jackson is on wobbly legs here! Hammond swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Jackson falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Hammond wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Rob Hammond!
Rob Hammond thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kealohilani Kalawaia (ranked 2282 p4p, 81 weight class) and Barry Zuckerkorn (ranked 2394 p4p, 83 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Barry Zuckerkorn enters the cage!
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295 lbs
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289 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kealohilani Kalawaia!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Barry Zuckerkorn!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kalawaia moves into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Kalawaia scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Zuckerkorn fails to land.
Kalawaia jumps into guard, dragging Zuckerkorn to the mat.
Kalawaia controls Zuckerkorn momentarily but Zuckerkorn frees himself.
Zuckerkorn postures up and lands a big shot to Kalawaia's brow.
Kalawaia looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Zuckerkorn trying to control but Kalawaia is working from the bottom.
Zuckerkorn loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Zuckerkorn throwing strikes but missing.
Kalawaia wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalawaia is trying to control the position but Zuckerkorn postures up.
Kalawaia has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Kalawaia has Zuckerkorn pulled in close to control his posture.
Kalawaia manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Zuckerkorn manages to get himself to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalawaia scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Zuckerkorn looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zuckerkorn working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kalawaia.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zuckerkorn is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Zuckerkorn really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kalawaia. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kalawaia makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kalawaia accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kalawaia is in close to Zuckerkorn's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kalawaia chips away with some ground and pound.
Kalawaia scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kalawaia with a nice head shot there.
Zuckerkorn preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Zuckerkorn working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kalawaia.
Zuckerkorn wants to sweep here but Kalawaia controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Zuckerkorn avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Zuckerkorn tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kalawaia loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kalawaia landing with the ground and pound.
Zuckerkorn wants to control but Kalawaia passes easily into half guard.
Zuckerkorn is trying to get back to full guard.
Kalawaia thows a huge punch but Zuckerkorn dodges it nicely.
Kalawaia 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.
Zuckerkorn wants to get back to full guard but Kalawaia has passed into side control.
Zuckerkorn taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zuckerkorn is looking for a sweep.
Check out the look on Kalawaia's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Zuckerkorn takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Zuckerkorn is trying to improve his position.
Zuckerkorn takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Zuckerkorn is rocked!
Kalawaia lands a big left to the face of Zuckerkorn, bouncing his head like a basketball. Another shot from Kalawaia and another - Zuckerkorn is out! Kalawaia stands up and salutes his fans, who are going crazy in the stands.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kealohilani Kalawaia!
Kealohilani Kalawaia is the new super heavyweight champion!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Lewis (ranked 4437 p4p, 517 weight class) and Lighty LightHeavyweight (ranked 2531 p4p, 326 weight class). Lewis comes to the cage accompanied by Thoroughly - Lighting Strikes. Kenny Lewis has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kenny Lewis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lighty LightHeavyweight!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
LightHeavyweight throws a right hand that Lewis ducks under and follows up with a left that Lewis also avoids with ease.
Lewis drops down looking for a counter takedown but LightHeavyweight sprawls and moves away.
LightHeavyweight dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lewis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
LightHeavyweight lunges at Lewis with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lewis's hand.
Lewis takes the fight into the clinch.
LightHeavyweight pushes Lewis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
LightHeavyweight lands with a right to the head.
LightHeavyweight misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lewis tries to throw a body punch but LightHeavyweight avoids it by throwing Lewis back against the cage.
Lewis is trying to trip LightHeavyweight. He has hold of a leg but LightHeavyweight is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Lewis persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lewis throws a big elbow that misses.
Lewis with a flurry of punches that miss.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as LightHeavyweight holds on and takes a little breather.
LightHeavyweight is continuing to stall.
Lewis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
LightHeavyweight is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Lewis lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lewis makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Lewis is looking to work some ground and pound but LightHeavyweight has wrist control.
Lewis thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if LightHeavyweight can do anything to dispel that myth.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lewis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lewis will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
LightHeavyweight seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Lewis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
LightHeavyweight pulls Lewis in close to his closed guard and prevents Lewis from doing any damage or advancing position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Lewis trying to control but LightHeavyweight is working from the bottom.
LightHeavyweight is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
A slow jab from LightHeavyweight misses its intended target.
LightHeavyweight has managed to clinch.
Lewis is working for takedown but LightHeavyweight is calmly controlling the position for now.
Lewis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lewis misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by LightHeavyweight.
LightHeavyweight tries a body shot but Lewis blocks it.
Lewis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
LightHeavyweight gets underhooks to prevent Lewis's takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis goes for a takedown attempt but LightHeavyweight pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenny Lewis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lewis tries to clinch but LightHeavyweight is having none of it.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Lewis.
Sloppy strikes there by Lewis.
LightHeavyweight is looking to regain half guard here but Lewis keeps moving and retains side control.
Lewis working the body and head with strikes.
LightHeavyweight is trying to get back to half guard.
An elbow from Lewis crashes against the mat.
LightHeavyweight dodges the ground and pound from Lewis.
Lewis lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
LightHeavyweight is trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Lewis working away.
LightHeavyweight is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
LightHeavyweight is trying to control Lewis's posture but Lewis avoids it.
What's LightHeavyweight going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
LightHeavyweight tries to bench press Lewis off him but Lewis keeps the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenny Lewis 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.
LightHeavyweight throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lewis dodges the punch combination from LightHeavyweight.
Lewis takes the fight into the clinch.
Lewis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lewis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and LightHeavyweight avoids it.
LightHeavyweight lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lewis is looking to take this one to the mat.
Lewis tries a body shot but LightHeavyweight blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from LightHeavyweight.
Lewis tries for a takedown but LightHeavyweight manages to get underhooks.
Lewis decides to pull guard.
Kenny Lewis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lewis is looking for a triangle but LightHeavyweight pushes his legs off easily.
LightHeavyweight content to stall in guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
LightHeavyweight wants to control from the top but Lewis keeps moving.
LightHeavyweight wants to pass the guard but Lewis is keeping the position.
Lewis lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Lewis content to stall in guard here.
LightHeavyweight really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lewis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
LightHeavyweight looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
LightHeavyweight controls Lewis momentarily but Lewis frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Lewis is pushing down on LightHeavyweight's leg trying to pass to half guard. LightHeavyweight is fighting to maintain full guard but Lewis has managed to sneak the leg through.
Lewis is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, LightHeavyweight has managed to free his arm - good work.
Lewis throwing shots but LightHeavyweight is blocking nicely.
Lewis wants to free his trapped foot but LightHeavyweight is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Lewis slips a nice elbow through LightHeavyweight's hands, connecting with LightHeavyweight's forehead.
Lewis moves into full mount! LightHeavyweight won't be happy about that!
Lewis postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. LightHeavyweight looks a forlorn figure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
LightHeavyweight working to try and regain half guard.
Lewis tries to control but LightHeavyweight wriggling away.
LightHeavyweight tries to lock up and control but Lewis gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lewis scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish LightHeavyweight?
LightHeavyweight working to try and regain half guard.
LightHeavyweight keeps trying to improve his position.
Lewis misses with a head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
LightHeavyweight tries to lock up and control but Lewis gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lewis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that LightHeavyweight can do to turn this around?
Lewis fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lewis landing strikes from the mount and LightHeavyweight is in trouble!
Poor strikes thrown by Lewis there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Poor strikes thrown by Lewis there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Lewis is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. LightHeavyweight can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Lewis looking to ground and pound but LightHeavyweight is blocking nicely.
LightHeavyweight is trying desperately to improve position.
Lewis 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.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
BOOM! Lewis connects with a massive shot to the dome!
This has been an exciting period of action!
LightHeavyweight is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
LightHeavyweight really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenny Lewis dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Some wild striking there from LightHeavyweight.
LightHeavyweight connects with a crisp jab.
LightHeavyweight will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
LightHeavyweight scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
LightHeavyweight swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
LightHeavyweight looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lewis gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and LightHeavyweight counters with a stiff right hand.
LightHeavyweight throws a looping overhand right but Lewis ducks down to avoid it.
Lewis rushes LightHeavyweight and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
LightHeavyweight digs a right hand underneath Lewis's ribcage. Lewis let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lewis misses with a hook to the ribs.
LightHeavyweight throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lewis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
LightHeavyweight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lewis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from LightHeavyweight.
LightHeavyweight's coach down at ELITE Island Gym - 19 Elite Coaches - $300/Week was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on LightHeavyweight's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Lewis drops to a knee looking for a takedown but LightHeavyweight gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Lewis tries for a takedown but LightHeavyweight manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenny Lewis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
LightHeavyweight presses Lewis against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
LightHeavyweight scores with a shot to the side of Lewis's head.
LightHeavyweight lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lewis backwards.
LightHeavyweight lands an uppercut.
Lewis tries to pull guard but LightHeavyweight won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
LightHeavyweight lands with a left to the head.
LightHeavyweight drops Lewis onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Lewis is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Lewis is rocked!
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!
LightHeavyweight has Lewis pressed against the cage. Lewis drops his hands and LightHeavyweight takes advantage by unloading with a massive hook that sends Lewis tumbling to the canvas! LightHeavyweight rains down with more punches but Lewis was already out! That's a highlight reel knockout for LightHeavyweight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lighty LightHeavyweight!
Lighty LightHeavyweight is the new light heavyweight champion!
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