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PFC 25 Yamaguchi vs Rock PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Gore (ranked 5067 p4p, 501 weight class) and Paulski McBeth (ranked 2037 p4p, 226 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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165 lbs
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165 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ivan Gore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paulski McBeth!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Eddie Farnsworth and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by McBeth. That's going to slow Gore down.
Gore throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A chopping leg kick lands by McBeth.
Gore moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A shot to the body from McBeth misses
and Gore counters with a nice uppercut.
Gore on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by McBeth. McBeth obviously looking to wear him down.
Gore throws out a loose jab but McBeth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gore steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McBeth.
McBeth throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gore tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McBeth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gore goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
McBeth is rocked!
McBeth misses with a hook.
Gore connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between McBeth's hands.
McBeth is still on wobbly legs! Can Gore finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gore attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gore avoids the head kick by McBeth.
McBeth seems to have recovered his senses.
McBeth lands with a cross.
Gore misses with a hook. McBeth ducked under it nicely.
McBeth wants to counter with a clinch but Gore pushes him away.
McBeth bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gore takes a swing at McBeth's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gore throws a low kick, looking for McBeth's leg but McBeth calmly moves out of range.
McBeth misses with the body kick
and Gore counters with a right hand to the body.
McBeth misses with a leg kick
and Gore counters with a stiff right hand.
Gore throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McBeth sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McBeth scores with a jab to the head.
McBeth misses the body punch
letting Gore counter with a right hand.
A big left from McBeth misses.
McBeth throws a looping overhand right but Gore ducks down to avoid it.
Gore feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Gore looks to land a right hand but McBeth moved out of range.
McBeth tried to score with a low kick but Gore checks it.
Gore throws out a loose jab but McBeth uses good head movement to avoid it.
McBeth ducks under a wild hook from Gore.
Gore throws an overhand right that lands on McBeth's shoulder, as McBeth tries to avoid the shot.
McBeth misses with a double jab.
Gore takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
McBeth throws a right and a left that Gore avoids nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gore fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gore looks for the body kick but McBeth saw that one coming.
McBeth is looking to clinch.
Gore throws a hook but McBeth blocks it.
Gore moves out of range of the leg kick from McBeth.
Gore fails with an attempt to clinch.
McBeth throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gore misses with a body kick.
A head kick misses from McBeth.
Gore displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McBeth throws out the jab.
A big left from Gore misses.
McBeth slips a straight right by Gore.
McBeth steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Gore. That one must have hurt.
Gore blocks a leg kick.
Gore takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gore looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gore lands a nice looking body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gore is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - McBeth scores with a four punch combination!
Gore throws a head kick that misses.
McBeth throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Gore keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
McBeth waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gore.
McBeth fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gore checks it well.
McBeth connects with a solid leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Gore misses the target.
Gore cracks McBeth with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gore avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gore goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A jab from McBeth finds it's way through Gore's defenses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McBeth throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gore.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gore scores with a sloppy right hand. McBeth should have avoided that one.
McBeth lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gore at a distance.
Gore misses with a body kick.
A head kick misses from McBeth.
Gore seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
McBeth moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gore thumps McBeth with a low kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gore darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gore is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
McBeth throws out a leg kick but Gore moves out of range and McBeth only half commits.
Gore moves into the clinch successfully.
Gore swings wildly with an uppercut but McBeth uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gore.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gore tries a body shot but McBeth blocks it.
McBeth goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, McBeth scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ivan Gore will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Gore misses with a low kick.
McBeth throws a body kick that misses
and Gore counters with a low kick, right behind McBeth 's knee.
Gore throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gore scores with a nice strike.
Gore throws a low kick but McBeth moves out of range easily.
An inside leg kick lands from McBeth.
McBeth slips under a jab from Gore.
McBeth dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McBeth tries to clinch up.
Gore misses with a hook.
Gore walks into a stiff left hand from McBeth.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gore misses with a body kick.
Gore clobbers McBeth with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
McBeth throws a head kick but Gore moves out of range.
McBeth takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gore misses with an uppercut. McBeth saw that one coming.
Ivan Gore is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Gore misses.
McBeth connects with a body shot.
Good leg kick by McBeth there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gore checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gore tries to clinch but McBeth is having none of it.
McBeth throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gore misses with a head kick.
McBeth is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
McBeth lands a leg kick that knocks Gore off balance momentarily.
Gore finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gore misses with a head kick.
McBeth tries to counter by closing the distance.
McBeth moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
McBeth looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gore connects with a body shot that sends McBeth's belly button to the back.
McBeth dips to his left and cracks Gore with an uppercut!
Gore gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gore takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab from Gore.
Gore throws the left hand but McBeth avoids the punch easily.
McBeth throws a combination that misses
and Gore moves into the clinch.
The referee calls for McBeth to work.
McBeth is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gore softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McBeth's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
McBeth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McBeth blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McBeth is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
McBeth is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Gore has denied him.
Gore working aggressively here.
McBeth lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McBeth tries to stall but Gore uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Paulski McBeth.
Gore looks to land a left hand but McBeth moved out of range nicely.
Gore tries to close the distance and clinch up but McBeth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gore lands with an uppercut that bounces McBeth off the cage and back into range.
Gore throws a body kick that misses.
McBeth takes a swing at Gore's ribcage but misses.
Gore rushes McBeth and presses him up against the cage.
McBeth will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gore up against the cage.
Gore scores with a shoulder strike.
McBeth's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The referee is keeping an eye on McBeth - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
McBeth takes a shot to the head.
Gore is working McBeth over against the cage.
McBeth blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gore scores with a hook to the body.
McBeth blocks an uppercut.
McBeth looking to slow down the pace here.
Gore tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McBeth's elbow.
Gore lands a shoulder strike.
McBeth trying to control the position but instead, Gore has worked for underhooks and has pushed McBeth into the cage.
McBeth is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
McBeth trying to land knees to the body.
Gore is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
McBeth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gore misses with a punch on the inside.
McBeth trying to stall but Gore improves his position.
McBeth slows down the pace here.
Gore digs a right hand underneath McBeth's ribcage. McBeth let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Gore dominated that second 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. 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.
Jab by McBeth.
A good leg kick by Gore.
McBeth keeps the fight on the outside.
Gore lands the left hand.
Paulski McBeth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McBeth throws a sloppy body shot
and Gore counters with a slapping leg kick.
McBeth with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gore scores with a sloppy right hand. McBeth should have avoided that one.
McBeth misses with a two punch combination.
McBeth blocks a head kick by Gore.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gore.
McBeth looks to score with a jab to the body but Gore is just out of range.
A punch combination from McBeth misses.
McBeth scores with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McBeth misses the body punch
and McBeth takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gore scores with a nice head shot.
Gore throws the left hand but McBeth avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McBeth looks to land a combination but Gore avoids it well.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gore, as that shot connected.
McBeth slips a straight right by Gore.
McBeth avoids the head kick by Gore.
Gore lands with a kick to the ribs.
Gore throws a sloppy head kick and McBeth moves out of range easily.
Good leg kick by Gore there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gore throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
McBeth chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gore can pounce on him.
McBeth fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
McBeth getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gore tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
McBeth works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McBeth slips under a jab.
McBeth fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Paulski McBeth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McBeth takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gore jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McBeth tries to counter by closing the distance.
Gore lands a jab to the head.
McBeth takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Gore is looking to clinch.
Gore moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gore ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McBeth tried to score with a low kick but Gore checks it.
Gore displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McBeth throws out the jab.
McBeth misses with a low kick.
Gore drops McBeth with a beautiful combination! McBeth stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Gore is looking for the KO!
A looping hook to the body misses from McBeth. Gore does a little dance to reset his feet.
McBeth wants to slow Gore down by chopping away at his legs.
Gore swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McBeth throws a leg kick which misses Gore's front leg but catches the back leg as Gore tries to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gore cracks McBeth with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends McBeth tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Gore pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! McBeth is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Gore!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Manny Puno (ranked 2721 p4p, 238 weight class) and Tony Garcia (ranked 3720 p4p, 305 weight class). Garcia has chosen Future–Last Breath as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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158 lbs
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155 lbs
12 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Manny Puno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tony Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Columbo Gatti and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puno slips under a jab.
Puno looks to score with a jab to the body but Garcia is just out of range.
Puno throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Garcia keeps the fight on the outside.
Garcia's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Puno connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Garcia scrambles back to his feet.
Garcia keeps the fight on the outside.
Puno tries to clinch there but Garcia circles away.
A nice side step and Garcia releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Garcia misses with a two punch combination.
Puno swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Puno takes the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puno lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Garcia makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Puno cracks Garcia with a nice body shot.
Puno can't find room to land a body shot as Garcia controls the action.
Puno throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Garcias head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puno lands with a light punch inside.
Puno misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garcia trying to land knees to the body.
Garcia is trying to break the clinch but Puno has him pressed against the cage.
Puno stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Garcia lands a hook to the side of the head.
Garcia trying to land knees to the body.
Puno blocks an uppercut.
Puno softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Puno tries to throw a body punch but Garcia avoids it by throwing Puno back against the cage.
Come on Garcia - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Puno presses Garcia against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Puno lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Puno pushes Garcia back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Garcia taking a breather.
Puno lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Puno working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puno lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Garcia using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Puno has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Puno.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puno lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Garcia is rocked!
Puno lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Garcia is still on wobbly legs! Can Puno finish him?
I was talking to Puno's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Garcia working hard to break the clinch.
Puno lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Garcia looks winded!
Puno is leaning against Garcia and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Puno digs a right hand underneath Garcia's ribcage. Garcia let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Puno lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Puno misses with a punch to the body.
Puno digs a right hand into Garcia's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Garcia's gas tank.
Garcia seems to have recovered his senses.
A short body shot lands from Puno as the two fighters clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Puno.
Puno lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Puno lands with a right to the head.
Puno scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Puno.
Puno scores with a shot to the side of Garcia's head.
Puno scores with a hook to the body.
Puno scores with a shoulder strike.
Puno lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Puno misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Puno.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puno lands a body punch in the clinch.
Garcia tries to break the clinch but Puno is controlling the position.
Puno scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Garcia using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Puno has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A shot in the inside from Puno.
Puno scores with a nice hook to the head.
Puno creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Garcia's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Garcia drops to his knees and Puno pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manny Puno!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Keijo Tapaus (ranked 1369 p4p, 181 weight class) and Adrian Wolf (ranked 3519 p4p, 393 weight class). Wolf has chosen Native wolf dance as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
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185 lbs
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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
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Keijo Tapaus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adrian Wolf!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jonathan Paton and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tapaus throws a lazy uppercut
and Wolf counters with a nice leg kick.
Tapaus misses with an uppercut. Wolf saw that one coming.
Tapaus sizes up Wolf with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tapaus just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Wolf on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tapaus misses with a body shot.
Nice body punch from Wolf.
Tapaus misses with a head kick.
Wolf looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tapaus misses with a looping right.
Tapaus fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tapaus takes a swing at Wolf's ribcage but misses.
A low kick from Wolf misses
and Tapaus counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Wolf has his hands on Tapaus's head, controlling the position.
Tapaus is looking to work some ground and pound but Wolf has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tapaus wants to pass the guard but Wolf is keeping the position.
Wolf avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wolf preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tapaus trying to control but Wolf is working from the bottom.
Wolf pulls Tapaus in to control the position.
Wolf is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Tapaus loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Wolf has Tapaus pulled in close to control his posture.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Wolf.
Wolf lands a jab to Tapaus's midsection.
Wolf uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tapaus.
Keijo Tapaus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tapaus throws a jab but it's blocked by Wolf.
Tapaus looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tapaus tries to land a leg kick but Wolf saw it coming and moves away.
Wolf moves away from the strike by Tapaus.
Wolf looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wolf connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wolf looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tapaus ducks right into an uppercut from Wolf.
Tapaus just misses with a punch to the body.
Wolf looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Wolf staying out of range there.
Tapaus scores with a punch to the head.
Tapaus scores with a sloppy right hand. Wolf should have avoided that one.
The fighters circling - Tapaus throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tapaus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wolf throws out the jab.
Tapaus drops down looking for a counter takedown but Wolf sprawls and moves away.
Tapaus tries a head kick but it misses.
Tapaus closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wolf misses with a punch on the inside.
Tapaus will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Wolf up against the cage.
Tapaus working aggressively here.
Tapaus lands with a light punch inside.
Wolf manages to break the clinch.
Tapaus misses with the combination.
Wolf has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wolf there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tapaus scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wolf connects with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wolf will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tapaus with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wolf finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tapaus throws a body shot but no joy.
Wolf is trying to counter with his kicks.
Adrian Wolf is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tapaus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wolf.
Wolf keeps the fight on the outside.
Tapaus throws a body shot but no joy.
Tapaus ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wolf lands a nice shot to the body.
Wolf on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tapaus lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wolf walks into a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keijo Tapaus dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Tapaus lands a leg kick that knocks Wolf off balance momentarily.
Tapaus checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Tapaus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wolf can do to turn this around?
Tapaus misses with a hook.
Tapaus misses with a hook
and Wolf counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tapaus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wolf sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tapaus cracks Wolf with a good jab.
Wolf misses with a straight right.
Wolf on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wolf checks a low kick from Tapaus.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tapaus looks to score with a jab to the body but Wolf is just out of range.
Tapaus throws a hook but Wolf avoids it easily.
Wolf lets loose with a powerful body kick. Tapaus will feel that in the morning.
Wolf throws a body kick that misses.
Tapaus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wolf manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tapaus connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tapaus feints and as Wolf raises his hands in defense, Tapaus changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tapaus wants to control from the top but Wolf keeps moving.
Tapaus connects with a couple of short punches.
Tapaus 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.
Wolf controls Tapaus momentarily but Tapaus frees himself.
Tapaus looking to pass the guard.
Tapaus trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wolf can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tapaus controls the pace.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Wolf holds on and takes a little breather.
Wolf is continuing to stall.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Wolf misses with an attempted mid kick.
Wolf takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tapaus swings away with a body shot that misses
and Wolf counters with a one-two to the body.
Keijo Tapaus is winning the standup battle so far.
Tapaus takes a swing at Wolf's ribcage but misses.
A nice side step and Wolf releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Nice defenses there by Wolf.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wolf lands the left hand.
Tapaus wants to land a leg kick but Wolf is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tapaus manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Wolf on his heels. He'll look to pass Wolf's guard now, I'm sure.
Tapaus trying to control the position from guard on top but Wolf is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wolf is pulling down on Tapaus's head to control his posture.
Wolf is looking to stand up but Tapaus isn't so interested in that idea.
Wolf is adopting a defensive guard.
Tapaus is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Keijo Tapaus overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tapaus pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wolf is keeping the position for now.
Tapaus postures up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Tapaus lands with a good body shot.
Tapaus scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Wolf throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wolf lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A good leg kick by Wolf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Keijo Tapaus will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Tapaus throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Wolf was covering up waiting for the punch and Tapaus finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Wolf has Tapaus pulled in close to control his posture.
Wolf keeping moving, preventing Tapaus from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tapaus's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Wolf lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Wolf gets to his feet. Tapaus looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wolf. Tapaus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tapaus drops down looking for a counter takedown but Wolf sprawls and moves away.
Tapaus lands with an overhand left.
Tapaus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wolf.
Tapaus clinches up with Wolf and pushes him back against the cage.
Tapaus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wolf's elbow.
Wolf tries to break the clinch but Tapaus is controlling the position.
Wolf wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice left hand lands by Wolf.
Tapaus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wolf throws a head punch that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Wolf's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wolf wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tapaus stalling the fight.
Tapaus blocking some punches.
Wolf misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tapaus slowing the pace effectively.
A nice left hand lands by Wolf.
Tapaus is pushing Wolf up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tapaus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wolf's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tapaus takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tapaus looks to land a right hand but Wolf moved out of range.
Wolf misses with a double jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tapaus bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wolf's head backwards.
Tapaus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wolf! But no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Wolf lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tapaus doesn't seem phased though.
Tapaus throws a right hand that misses
and Wolf counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tapaus is rocked!
Tapaus throws a lazy right hand but Wolf sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Oh Tapaus is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wolf slips a straight right by Tapaus.
Tapaus throws an off balance right hand
and Wolf counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Adrian Wolf!
After the fight, Adrian Wolf was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mozes Amaury (ranked 2839 p4p, 373 weight class) and Frank Stein (ranked 952 p4p, 133 weight class). Stein has chosen Red - Falling Sky as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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222 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mozes Amaury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Stein!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Joseph Jones and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Amaury looks for the body kick but Stein saw that one coming.
Stein throws a big shot that misses.
Amaury throws a head kick but Stein moves out of range.
Amaury throws a solid leg kick but Stein takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Amaury.
Stein throws a leg kick but Amaury checks it.
Amaury misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stein follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Amaury throws a shot to the body.
Stein throws a hook but Amaury avoids it easily.
Amaury throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Amaury chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Amaury ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stein gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Stein throws a lazy body kick
and Amaury counters with a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Stein there.
Amaury swings widly with a right hand
and Stein counters with a nice body shot.
Stein moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
It looks like Mozes Amaury has been cut.
Stein checks a low kick from Amaury.
Amaury misses with an uppercut.
Stein digs a good body shot into Amaury's ribs.
Stein stuns Amaury with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Amaury misses the jab.
Stein ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Amaury lands with an overhand left.
Amaury scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Amaury with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stein throws a half hearted mid kick.
Stein works Amaury's body with a nice hook.
Amaury throws a series of punches but Stein avoids them all with ease.
A lazy body kick from Amaury
enabling Stein to counter with a crisp jab.
Stein misses with a straight left.
Amaury moves out of range of the body kick from Stein.
Amaury throws out a loose jab but Stein uses good head movement to avoid it.
Amaury throws a leg kick that misses.
Stein is trying to counter with his kicks.
Stein checks a leg kick.
Stein throws out a counter right but Amaury avoids it with no problem.
Stein wants to land a leg kick but Amaury is out of range.
Stein scores with a jab. Amaury acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Amaury tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stein was well out of range. Poor timing from Amaury.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amaury swings for the body but Stein moves out of range.
Stein looks to score with a jab to the body but Amaury is just out of range.
Stein is looking to clinch but Amaury is avoiding it.
Amaury fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Stein has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Amaury lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stein's sensitive parts.
Amaury uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stein.
Mozes Amaury seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stein throws a looping overhand right but Amaury ducks down to avoid it.
Stein moves into the clinch.
Amaury is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Stein to keep the fight standing.
Stein lands a damaging elbow.
Amaury doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Amaury can't break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stein tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stein lands a nice elbow.
Stein misses with an elbow over the top.
Amaury is trying to break free.
Stein lands an elbow that stopped Amaury in his tracks for a moment.
Stein lands a left hand that snaps the head of Amaury backwards.
Stein blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Amaury softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Amaury fails to pull guard.
I was talking to Amaury's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stein.
Stein scores with a hook to the body.
Stein blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stein.
Mozes Amaury's cut is getting worse.
Stein lands with a left to the head.
Amaury is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Stein to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mozes Amaury. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Amaury wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stein misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Stein dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mozes Amaury's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Amaury misses with a leg kick
letting Stein counter with a right hand.
Nice jab there from Amaury.
A nice inside leg kick there by Stein. That's going to slow Amaury down.
Amaury tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stein was well out of range. Poor timing from Amaury.
Stein steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Amaury throws a half hearted mid kick.
Good work by Stein as he checks the leg kick.
Amaury loads up on a big right hand but Stein slips the punch.
Amaury goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A swing and a miss from Stein.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Amaury misses with a hook
and Stein counters with a nice leg kick.
Amaury scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stein doesn't seem bothered though.
Stein lands a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stein swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Amaury.
Stein misses with a hook to the body
letting Amaury counter with a right hand.
Amaury motions for Stein to come forward. Amaury throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Stein now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Amaury connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Stein uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Amaury.
Stein appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Amaury plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
It looks like Frank Stein has been cut.
Stein instigates a clinch.
Amaury blocks an uppercut.
Stein lands with a light punch inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stein.
Amaury breaks the clinch.
Amaury tries a head kick but it misses.
Stein tries a quick counter leg kick but Amaury is wise to it.
Amaury looks for the body kick but Stein saw that one coming.
A nice side step and Stein releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Amaury rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stein moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A little jabbing left from Stein on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Amaury misses with a looping left.
A little jabbing left from Stein on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Stein moves out of range as Amaury strikes.
Stein lands a jab to Amaury's midsection.
Stein pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Amaury misses with a right hand
and Stein counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mozes Amaury is winning the standup battle so far.
A head kick from Stein lands but Amaury takes it in his stride.
Amaury throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Amaury throws an overhand right that lands on Stein's shoulder, as Stein tries to avoid the shot.
Stein keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Amaury.
Stein on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Stein scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mozes Amaury's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stein misses with a hook to the body
and Amaury counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Amaury looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Amaury throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Stein counters with a body kick that stops Amaury in his tracks momentarily.
A leg kick checked by Stein.
Stein walks into a left hand.
Amaury throws a body shot but no joy.
Stein tries to counter by closing the distance.
Stein tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Amaury lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Stein lands a nice hook to Amaury's body. Amaury takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Amaury misses with the combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amaury uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stein.
Amaury misses with a hook.
Stein cracks a nice hook into Amaury's ribs.
Stein throws an overhand right that lands on Amaury's shoulder, as Amaury tries to avoid the shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A low kick from Stein is predictable there
and Amaury counters with a left and a right that stings Stein.
A decent looking cross lands there for Stein.
Amaury misses with a two punch combination.
Amaury swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Stein connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Amaury connects with a jab.
Stein instigates a clinch.
A hook to the body from Amaury.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Frank Stein will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
The fighters circling - Amaury throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Amaury tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Amaury tries to land a front kick but Stein steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Stein has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Amaury finds it's way round the side to connect with Stein's head.
Amaury throws a sloppy head kick and Stein moves out of range easily.
Stein raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Amaury scores with a nice head shot.
Amaury misses with a hook.
Stein doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Stein staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stein lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Stein tries to move into range but Amaury moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Stein uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Amaury.
Stein gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Amaury finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stein takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Amaury motions for Stein to come forward. Amaury throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Amaury avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Stein misses with a body punch
and Amaury counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stein fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Amaury on the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Amaury misses the target.
Stein checks a leg kick.
A lazy left from Amaury finds it's target.
Amaury lands a glancing blow to the side of Stein's head.
Amaury throws a leg kick
letting Stein counter with a right hand.
Amaury throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Stein counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mozes Amaury has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jeez, Mozes Amaury's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stein's corner calls for a 1-2. Stein obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mozes Amaury's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Frank Stein!
Our winner, Frank Stein, 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hugh Rection (ranked 1739 p4p, 180 weight class) and Bjorn Wallstrom (ranked 1073 p4p, 114 weight class). Rection comes to the cage accompanied by The Clash - Bankrobber. Wallstrom is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Millencolin/ Kemp. 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
9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hugh Rection!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bjorn Wallstrom!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Kavanagh and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rection is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wallstrom throws a head kick but Rection moves out of range.
Wallstrom thuds his right hand into Rection's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wallstrom looks to land a combination. Rection sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Wallstrom lands a nice hook to Rection's body. Rection takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rection moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've been informed that Wallstrom 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.
A jab lands there for Rection.
It looks like Bjorn Wallstrom has been cut.
Rection thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rection uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wallstrom.
Wallstrom moves away from the strike by Rection.
Wallstrom keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rection scores with a jab. Wallstrom acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallstrom moves out of range of the strikes.
Wallstrom unleashes a big counter combination but Rection bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Rection misses with an uppercut. Wallstrom saw that one coming.
Rection fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wallstrom looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rection avoids the body shot from Wallstrom.
Rection definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Wallstrom swats away the attempt to clinch by Rection.
Wallstrom takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rection misses with a right hand
and Wallstrom connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rection throws the left hand but Wallstrom avoids the punch easily.
A shot to the liver by Wallstrom. Beautiful body shot.
Wallstrom waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallstrom has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wallstrom there as he acknowledges the shot.
Wallstrom waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rection.
A slow jab from Rection misses its intended target.
Rection misses with a looping right.
Wallstrom misses with a jab to the body
enabling Rection to counter with a crisp jab.
Rection is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rection scores with a nice right hand.
Rection misses the jab.
Rection is looking to clinch.
Rection with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rection misses with a left hand
and Wallstrom makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rection looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rection tries to clinch but Wallstrom moves out of range.
A big right from Wallstrom misses.
Rection wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Rection tries to clinch up
and Wallstrom counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wallstrom takes one on the button.
A slow jab from Rection misses its intended target.
Rection scores with a jab to the body.
Wallstrom misses with a wild body shot.
Rection takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice cross by Rection.
Nice cross by Rection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallstrom scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rection doesn't seem bothered though.
Rection tries to clinch but Wallstrom is having none of it.
Rection tries to clinch up but Wallstrom circles away and keeps his distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wallstrom misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rection.
Rection is looking for a counter combo.
Rection wants to clinch.
Wallstrom scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Rection throws a hook but Wallstrom avoids it easily.
Rection throws a poor cross that misses
letting Wallstrom counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bjorn Wallstrom will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bjorn Wallstrom's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Rection rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wallstrom cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rection is looking to clinch.
Rection looks to clinch
letting Wallstrom counter with a right hand.
Wallstrom feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Rection sprawling to the canvas! Rection rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Wallstrom finish him?!
Rection is rocked!
Rection tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wallstrom throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
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!
Wallstrom circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wallstrom cracks Rection with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Rection looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Wallstrom finish him?
Oh Rection is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wallstrom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rection seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Wallstrom lands a right hook to the body.
Rection seems to have got his legs back now.
Rection tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wallstrom was well out of range. Poor timing from Rection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wallstrom looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wallstrom goes for a small jab and connects. Now Wallstrom goes in closer pressing the issue. Left hook, right straight! Rection stumbles back but Wallstrom runs in with a huge uppercut knocking Rection to the ground! What a finish! You have to wonder if Rection will ever be the same after a knockout like that.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Bjorn Wallstrom!
Bjorn Wallstrom 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 bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dom Cruz (ranked 593 p4p, 31 weight class) and Tom Thomas (ranked 638 p4p, 32 weight class). 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 bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dom Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Roberts and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cruz slips a jab and a cross from Thomas.
Cruz fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Thomas avoids it really well and circles away.
Thomas defending well as Cruz loads up on a big left hand.
Cruz decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Cruz sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Thomas defending well though.
Cruz is working for a kimura but Thomas is defending it quite comfortably.
Thomas wants to improve his position but Cruz is controlling well.
Cruz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cruz lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Thomas has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Cruz connects with a nice short shot to Thomas's temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz lands with a punch from half guard.
Cruz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cruz takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cruz is looking to take a break and control but Thomas is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Thomas is trying to stand up here but Cruz is controlling him well.
Cruz lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Cruz sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Thomas defending well though.
Thomas is looking to improve his position.
Thomas avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cruz.
Cruz is trying to work for a kimura but Thomas is defending well.
Cruz is working for a kimura but Thomas is defending it quite comfortably.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is trying to control the action in half guard but Thomas is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Cruz sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Thomas defending well though.
Cruz is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Thomas is just riding it out for now. Cruz eventually gives up the hold.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Cruz seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Cruz prevents Thomas from standing back up.
Cruz thows a huge punch but Thomas dodges it nicely.
Thomas taking some punishment here, with Cruz in his half guard.
Thomas is looking to escape.
Thomas is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Cruz scores with a couple of nice shots.
Cruz working the head and body with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Thomas is trying to stand.
Thomas is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Cruz is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Thomas defends it well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Thomas manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Thomas avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cruz with a nice head shot there.
Thomas is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Cruz is controlling him.
Cruz lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Thomas tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cruz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cruz scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz tries to free his leg and advance position but Thomas is retaining full guard.
Cruz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cruz has gone for a leg lock! Thomas slips out almost immediately though and dives into Cruz's guard.
Cruz is looking for a triangle but Thomas pushes his legs off easily.
Cruz keeping full guard, as Thomas tries to pass.
Thomas wants to stand but Cruz is controlling his posture from full guard.
Cruz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cruz is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cruz scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dom Cruz dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Cruz. Thomas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cruz is looking to clinch.
Cruz is looking to clinch.
Thomas takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Thomas prevents a takedown attempt there.
Thomas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cruz misses with an uppercut. Thomas saw that one coming.
Dom Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cruz moves in looking to clinch but Thomas pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz misses with a right hand
and Thomas counters with a left to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Thomas. That snapped Cruz's head back.
Cruz misses with a body shot
and Thomas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cruz shoots in but Thomas avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz throws a lazy head kick
and Thomas counters with a nice uppercut.
Cruz with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cruz swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cruz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cruz is rocked!
Cruz tries to clinch but Thomas moves away
and Thomas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oh Cruz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thomas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cruz throws out the jab.
Thomas looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cruz swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Cruz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cruz misses with a double jab
and Thomas counters with a big right hand! Oh Cruz is in trouble here! Thomas follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Thomas!
After winning the bout, Tom Thomas thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Erick Darko (ranked 609 p4p, 90 weight class) and Khalid Mamedov (ranked 651 p4p, 94 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Darko might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to S.C.O.S.A - Flatbush Zombies. The crowd seem to be enjoying Mamedov's choice of entrance music: Shamhan Daldaev - Eto Kavkaz. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Khalid Mamedov was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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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 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Erick Darko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Khalid Mamedov!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jorge Garcia and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mamedov ducks under a wild hook from Darko.
Darko keeps the fight on the outside.
A little feinted left hand from Darko on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Mamedov changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Darko moves into range and connects with a jab.
Darko definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Darko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mamedov.
Mamedov moves out of range of the strikes.
Mamedov misses with a hook. Darko ducked under it nicely.
Darko tries to clinch there but Mamedov circles away.
Darko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mamedov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Darko moves forwards but Mamedov connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Darko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Darko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mamedov looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Nice uppercut there from Mamedov.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Darko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Darko misses with a series of wild punches.
Mamedov fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Darko missing with a left hand there. Mamedov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mamedov blocks a jab.
Mamedov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Darko.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mamedov lands with a straight right. Darko didn't see that one coming.
Mamedov misses with a looping left.
An attempted straight right counter from Darko misses the target.
Darko slips a straight right by Mamedov.
A big right from Mamedov misses.
Mamedov misses with a few strikes there.
Darko misses with a looping left.
Mamedov scores with a decent looking hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Mamedov misses the target.
Darko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mamedov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice uppercut there from Darko.
Darko lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Mamedov swings for the body but Darko moves out of range.
Mamedov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Darko throws out the jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mamedov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Darko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mamedov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mamedov throws the left hand but Darko avoids the punch easily.
Darko avoids the body shot from Mamedov.
Mamedov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Darko.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mamedov scores with a jab to the jaw.
Darko throws a body shot but no joy.
Mamedov looks to land a left hand but Darko moved out of range nicely.
Darko thows a left - swing and a miss!
A little jabbing left from Mamedov on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mamedov scores with a jab. Darko acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mamedov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mamedov throws an overhand right that lands on Darko's shoulder, as Darko tries to avoid the shot.
Mamedov misses with a hook.
A counter left hand to the body from Darko misses its target.
Mamedov staying out of range there.
Darko lands with a shot to the body.
Mamedov misses with a hook.
Darko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mamedov looks to land a right hand but Darko moved out of range.
Darko looks to land a left hand but Mamedov moved out of range nicely.
Darko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mamedov.
Darko throws a shot from downtown. Mamedov moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mamedov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mamedov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mamedov throws the left hand but Darko avoids the punch easily.
Mamedov blocks a jab.
Nice shot lands for Darko.
Darko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mamedov manages to avoid it.
Darko moves in looking to clinch but Mamedov pushes him off.
Darko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Darko connects with a nice looking jab.
Darko staying out of range there.
Mamedov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mamedov throws a jab but it's blocked by Darko.
Darko misses with a right hand
and Mamedov counters with a straight right hand.
Nice shot by Mamedov.
Darko throws a shot from downtown. Mamedov moves away and avoids it.
Mamedov is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Darko had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Darko moves out of range of the strikes.
Darko misses with a straight right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mamedov thows a left - swing and a miss!
A swing and a miss from Darko.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mamedov throws out a loose jab but Darko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darko throws out a loose jab but Mamedov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mamedov throws a hook to the side of Darko's head but Darko sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mamedov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Darko ducks under a wild hook from Mamedov.
Mamedov throws a hook to the side of Darko's head but Darko sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mamedov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Darko.
Darko avoids the body shot from Mamedov.
Darko looks to throw the jab but Mamedov is out of range.
Mamedov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Darko circles away quickly and effectively.
Darko digs a good body shot into Mamedov's ribs.
Darko defending well as Mamedov loads up on a big left hand.
It looked like Darko wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Darko misses with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A telegraphed right hand from Mamedov misses the target.
Darko swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The fighters circling - Mamedov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mamedov throws a hook but Darko avoids it easily.
Darko appears to be looking for a big counter.
Mamedov lands with a nice combination. Darko backs away looking to recover.
Mamedov throws a right and a left that Darko avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Khalid Mamedov dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Mamedov comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Darko drops his hands momentarily and Mamedov takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Mamedov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Darko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mamedov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mamedov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mamedov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Darko.
Mamedov takes a swing at Darko's ribcage but misses.
Mamedov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Darko.
Mamedov slips under a jab from Darko.
Mamedov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Darko with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mamedov to score with a decent uppercut.
Darko looks to land a left hand but Mamedov moved out of range nicely.
Mamedov might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Darko scores with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mamedov slips a straight right by Darko.
Mamedov moves into range and clinches up with Darko.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Darko.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A body shot lands from Darko.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darko.
A short uppercut from Mamedov.
Darko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Mamedov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Darko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Darko.
Mamedov prevents a body shot from Darko.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mamedov.
Darko softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A body shot lands from Mamedov.
Darko breaks the clinch.
Mamedov swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Darko.
Mamedov swats away the attempt to clinch by Darko.
A big right from Mamedov misses.
Darko connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mamedov momentarily.
Darko throws a lazy right hand but Mamedov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Darko throws a jab when Mamedov was well out of range.
Mamedov throws out a counter right but Darko avoids it with no problem.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Darko throws out a loose jab but Mamedov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mamedov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mamedov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Darko.
Nice defenses there by Darko.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mamedov lands a glancing blow to the side of Darko's head.
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!
Mamedov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darko.
Darko throwing a counter right hand but Mamedov manages to avoid it.
Mamedov throws a big shot that misses.
Darko throws a jab when Mamedov was well out of range.
Mamedov takes a swing at Darko's ribcage but misses.
Darko scores with the left hand. Mamedov knows he should have avoided that one.
Darko ducks under a wild hook from Mamedov.
Darko misses with a wild body shot.
Mamedov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Darko misses with a looping right.
Darko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mamedov.
Mamedov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Darko.
Mamedov takes a swing at Darko's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Darko.
Mamedov misses with a body shot.
Mamedov takes one to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Darko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mamedov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fighters circling - Mamedov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mamedov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darko.
Mamedov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mamedov slips under a jab from Darko.
Darko misses the shot to the body.
Mamedov connects with a looping right hand.
Darko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mamedov.
Darko misses with a two punch combination.
Darko looks to score with a jab to the body but Mamedov is just out of range.
Mamedov stalks Darko and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Darko's face. Darko staggers backwards, shaken.
Darko moves away from the strike by Mamedov.
Mamedov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mamedov tests Darko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Darko misses with a hook. Mamedov ducked under it nicely.
Khalid Mamedov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice shot lands for Mamedov.
Mamedov tries to clinch
and Darko counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mamedov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Darko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Darko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mamedov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Darko was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Darko throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mamedov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Darko throws out a loose jab but Mamedov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A left and a right from Darko both land. Nice combination.
Darko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Darko misses with a hook
and Mamedov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mamedov scores with a decent looking hook.
Darko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Darko looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Darko paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Darko looks to land a left hand but Mamedov moved out of range nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mamedov misses with a hook
and Darko cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Darko misses with a looping right.
A telegraphed right hand from Mamedov misses the target.
Darko was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Darko lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mamedov throws an overhand right that lands on Darko's shoulder, as Darko tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Khalid Mamedov 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! This is the final round!
Darko misses with a looping left.
Mamedov defending well as Darko loads up on a big left hand.
Darko throws a jab but it's blocked by Mamedov.
Mamedov lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Darko throws a body punch but Mamedov moves out of range.
Darko bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mamedov's head.
A big right from Darko misses.
Mamedov moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mamedov cracks Darko with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Darko ducks under a wild hook from Mamedov.
Darko moves out of range as Mamedov strikes.
Darko darts in and clinches Mamedov up against the cage.
Darko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mamedov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mamedov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Darko's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darko.
Mamedov blocks a body shot from Darko.
Mamedov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Darko backwards.
Mamedov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mamedov swings wildly with an uppercut but Darko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darko working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Darko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mamedov misses with some punches.
Darko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Darko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mamedov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Darko with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Darko takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mamedov lands with an uppercut that bounces Darko off the cage and back into range.
Mamedov takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mamedov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mamedov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mamedov punishes Darko's body with a nice straight punch.
Darko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mamedov throws out the jab.
A left and a right from Mamedov both land. Nice combination.
Darko closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darko scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Darko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Erick Darko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mamedov scores with a jab to the body.
Mamedov is looking to clinch.
Darko lands with a cross.
Darko moves out of range of the strikes.
Mamedov looks to land a combination. Darko sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Mamedov throws a jab but it's blocked by Darko.
Darko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mamedov misses with a body shot.
Mamedov slips a straight right by Darko.
Mamedov blocks a jab.
Darko thows a left - swing and a miss!
Darko throws a jab but it's blocked by Mamedov.
Mamedov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mamedov blocks a jab.
Darko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mamedov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Darko misses with a hook.
Mamedov lands a jab to the nose.
Darko lunges at Mamedov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mamedov's hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mamedov avoids the body shot from Darko.
Mamedov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Mamedov scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circling - Darko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Darko misses with a straight right.
Darko throws a right hand that misses
letting Mamedov counter with a right hand.
Mamedov misses with a hook. Darko ducked under it nicely.
Mamedov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Darko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mamedov moves away.
Mamedov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Darko misses with a looping left.
Mamedov forces Darko back against the cage and clinches.
Khalid Mamedov is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mamedov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Darko backwards.
Darko misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mamedov lands a hook that snaps the head of Darko backwards.
A short body shot lands from Darko as the two fighters clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Darko tries to break free but Mamedov pushes him back against the cage.
Darko misses with the head strike.
Darko pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A nice combination there by Mamedov.
Darko is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mamedov.
Darko wants to clinch up but Mamedov keeps it at a distance.
Darko with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mamedov to score with a decent uppercut.
Mamedov takes one on the button.
The fighters circle momentarily. Mamedov darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Darko throws a hook but Mamedov blocks it.
Mamedov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Darko doesn't seem bothered though.
Darko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mamedov was well out of range. Poor timing from Darko.
Mamedov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Darko throws out the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darko loads up on a big right hand but Mamedov slips the punch.
Mamedov misses the shot to the body.
Mamedov moves out of range as Darko strikes.
Darko throws a jab but it's blocked by Mamedov.
And that's the end of the fight!
Khalid Mamedov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Mamedov winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Khalid Mamedov!
A less than humble Khalid Mamedov 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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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Von Cranial (ranked 447 p4p, 42 weight class) and Scott John (ranked 908 p4p, 96 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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270 lbs
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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
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Von Cranial!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Scott John!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jonathan Paton and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cranial steps to the side to avoid the strikes from John.
Cranial bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cranial avoids the body shot from John.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by John.
John rushes Cranial and presses him up against the cage.
Cranial breaks the clinch.
John throws a combination that misses
and Cranial cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cranial misses with a straight left.
Cranial moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromJohn.
John slips a straight right by Cranial.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cranial.
John keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cranial misses with a body shot
and John counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
John takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cranial misses the jab.
Cranial scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
John drops his hands momentarily and Cranial takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
John closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cranial counters with a straight right hand.
Cranial looks to land a left hand but John moved out of range nicely.
Cranial backing away here, and John unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Cranial tries to work over John's front leg with a kick but John checks it.
John jabs Cranial right on the nose. Cranial blinks but takes it well.
Cranial keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A low kick from John is predictable there
and Cranial counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cranial throws a leg kick which misses John's front leg but catches the back leg as John tries to avoid it.
Cranial throws a body punch but John moves out of range.
A big left from Cranial misses.
John fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cranial is looking to counter the offense by John and move into the clinch.
Cranial circles away from the clinch attempt
and Cranial finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
John closes the distance and pushes Cranial back into the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
John crunches a lovely knee into Cranial's ribcage.
A right hand to the body from John.
Cranial is breathing heavily.
John lands a left hand.
Cranial lands a left hand.
John lands an elbow inside.
A head punch on the inside from Cranial fails to land.
Cranial has a couple of punches blocked by John.
John throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cranial misses with a short punch on the inside.
John works on Cranial's body with a couple of short punches.
John lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cranial blocks the elbow strike.
Cranial fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
John misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for John.
John holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
John blocking some punches.
Cranial blocking some punches.
John tries a body shot but Cranial blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. John obliges.
John unloads a knee to the mid-section.
John lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
John lands a nice uppercut.
John throws an elbow that misses.
John blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've been informed that John has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
John blocking some punches.
John lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cranial backwards.
John tries to work over Cranial's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cranial avoiding damage as John throws knees to the body.
John breaks the clinch.
John moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
John clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
John gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
John blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
John lands an uppercut.
John is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cranial is defending well for now.
John lands with a short shot to the head.
Cranial pushes John back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
With the fighters up against the cage, John throws an elbow but misses.
John prevents a body shot from Cranial.
Still in the clinch, Cranial scores with a nice short uppercut.
John throws a punch but it's blocked by Cranial.
John escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cranial cracks John with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
John slips a straight right by Cranial.
John fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cranial, pushing him back against the cage.
John lands an elbow inside that Cranial shrugs off.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
John is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
John misses with the head strike.
John lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott John dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
John throws a jab but it's blocked by Cranial.
John connects with a solid leg kick.
Cranial misses with a straight left.
Cranial throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cranial misses with a body punch
and John counters with a nice leg kick.
John swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cranial misses with a straight left.
Cranial takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
John missing with a left hand there. Cranial was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cranial swings and misses with a hook to the body.
John swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cranial slips a straight right by John.
A solid leg kick lands there for John.
Cranial throws a leg kick
and John counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
John avoids the body shot from Cranial.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cranial misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
John scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cranial connects with a good right hand that stumbles John. John circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A head kick from John lands but Cranial takes it in his stride.
John tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cranial paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cranial just misses with a punch to the body.
Cranial uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by John.
Cranial lands a jab to John's midsection.
John clinches up against the cage.
John digs a right hand into Cranial's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cranial's gas tank.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cranial's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cranial throws a punch but it's blocked by John.
John lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
John has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cranial tries to throw a body punch but John avoids it by throwing Cranial back against the cage.
John lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
John pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cranial digs a right hand underneath John's ribcage. John let out a lung full of air as it connected.
John gets through Cranial's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cranial takes a shot to the head.
John blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
John breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cranial throws a hook to the side of John's head but John sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
John tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
John misses with a right hand
and Cranial cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
John throws a hook to the side of Cranial's head but Cranial sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
John misses with a hook.
Cranial misses with a two punch combination.
Cranial misses with a double jab.
Cranial staying out of range there.
John scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cranial doesn't seem bothered though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
John drives through and clinches with Cranial against the cage.
Cranial lands a left hand.
John lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cranial tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
John misses with a punch on the inside.
John comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
John misses with an elbow over the top.
Cranial goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cranial blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cranial misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scott John seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
John lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cranial working some nice short punches in the clinch.
John lands a right hand.
John cracks Cranial with a nice body shot.
John struggles to land a body shot inside as Cranial controls his hands.
John manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Cranial avoiding damage as John throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
John lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cranial blocks a punch to the side of the head.
John lands a nice shot to the body.
John with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
John lands with a right to the head.
John scores with a hook to the body.
John lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cranial backwards.
John lands an elbow inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, John just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cranial's brow.
John misses with a body punch.
John tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
John lands an uppercut.
John missing with knees to the body.
John misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cranial blocks the elbow strike.
John blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from John.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott John showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.
John misses with an attempted mid kick.
John scoring well with a low kick there.
John has Cranial up against the cage in a clinch.
John escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cranial clobbers John with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jab by Cranial.
Cranial blocks a low kick nicely.
Cranial lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
John lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cranial at a distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
John scores with a nice head shot.
John scores with a kick to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
John needs to keep his hands up - Cranial had a free shot at his head there.
John lands a head kick. Cranial smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cranial throws an uppercut from half a mile away. John sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Von Cranial is winning the standup battle so far.
A telegraphed right hand from Cranial misses the target.
John counters with a body kick.
John moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cranial ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cranial rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and John counters with a leg kick.
John goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
John throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cranial stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
John tries to close the distance and clinch but Cranial swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
John slips under a jab.
Cranial blocks the body kick.
Jab from John.
John scores with a kick to the body.
John lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cranial's sensitive parts.
Von Cranial has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cranial uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by John.
John misses the shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
John checks a leg kick nicely.
John dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
John misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
John keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cranial.
A head kick from Cranial lands but John takes it in his stride.
Cranial tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but John was well out of range. Poor timing from Cranial.
John's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cranial under the eye.
Cranial looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cranial swings widly with a right hand
and John counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cranial misses with a lunging right hand
and John counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
John moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
John tries to close the distance and clinch but Cranial swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cranial wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Cranial lands with a right hand.
John looks to throw the jab but Cranial is out of range.
Cranial is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from John.
John throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cranial was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cranial tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
John shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Cranial eats them both and turns towards John to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
John fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cranial manages to avoid it.
John misses with a body kick.
Cranial throws a looping overhand right but John ducks down to avoid it.
Cranial takes one on the button.
Cranial misses with a head kick.
Cranial uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by John.
Cranial is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cranial throws a low kick but it's checked well by John.
John tries to clinch up.
Cranial throws a poor cross that misses
and John counters with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice uppercut lands for John. That snapped Cranial's head back.
A slapping leg kick lands for John.
John fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cranial tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but John was well out of range. Poor timing from Cranial.
Cranial misses with a looping left.
Cranial scores with a jab to the jaw.
John closes the distance and clinches.
Cranial misses with a body punch.
Cranial breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
John doesn't manage to clinch there - Cranial circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Scott John comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well John 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scott John!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Scott John made sure he mentioned Dauntless, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Mayhem (ranked 462 p4p, 70 weight class) and Charley Hanagan (ranked 641 p4p, 93 weight class). Hanagan has chosen Guilty Until Proven Innocent as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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224 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bryan Mayhem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charley Hanagan!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Kavanagh and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayhem stuffs the takedown.
Mayhem throws a hook but Hanagan avoids it easily.
Mayhem swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mayhem uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hanagan.
Mayhem misses with an uppercut. Hanagan saw that one coming.
Hanagan fails with the takedown.
Mayhem swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mayhem connects with a solid leg kick.
Mayhem throws an overhand right that lands on Hanagan's shoulder, as Hanagan tries to avoid the shot.
Mayhem connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hanagan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hanagan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mayhem. Mayhem obviously looking to wear him down.
A lazy left from Hanagan finds it's target.
Mayhem misses with a wild body shot.
Hanagan misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayhem connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A left lands for Mayhem.
Mayhem throws a hook but Hanagan blocks it.
Mayhem swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hanagan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hanagan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mayhem.
Mayhem swings widly with a right hand
and Hanagan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hanagan gets a takedown into half guard.
Hanagan is trying to control. Mayhem wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Mayhem trying to control but Hanagan postures up.
Mayhem controlling the position well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanagan is trying to control the action in half guard but Mayhem is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Mayhem won't allow Hanagan to pass to mount.
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!
Mayhem is holding on to half guard well.
Mayhem is looking to control Hanagan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mayhem avoid being mounted?
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
A leg kick checked by Hanagan.
Mayhem lands a really nice looking cross but Hanagan seems unphased.
Hanagan feints and as Mayhem raises his hands in defense, Hanagan changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Mayhem pulls Hanagan in close to prevent any damage.
Hanagan wants to control from the top but Mayhem keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanagan pushing down on Mayhem's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Hanagan is working for a submission of some sort.
Hanagan is looking for a kimura but Mayhem is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hanagan to get the leverage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mayhem wants to get back to full guard.
Hanagan wants to free his trapped foot but Mayhem is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Mayhem trying to control but Hanagan postures up.
That's four 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.
Mayhem is trying to get back to full guard.
Hanagan wants to pass the guard but Mayhem is defending well.
Mayhem is trying to get back to full guard.
Hanagan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Hanagan trying to control the action but Mayhem is working from the bottom.
Mayhem is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Bryan Mayhem will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hanagan checks a leg kick.
Mayhem connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mayhem misses with a looping left.
Mayhem lands with a cross.
Mayhem bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mayhem is looking to counter punch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hanagan.
Hanagan throws an overhand right that lands on Mayhem's shoulder, as Mayhem tries to avoid the shot.
Mayhem looks to throw the jab but Hanagan is out of range.
Hanagan moves out of range as Mayhem strikes.
Hanagan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mayhem finds it's way round the side to connect with Hanagan's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hanagan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Mayhem looks to score with a jab to the body but Hanagan is just out of range.
Mayhem tests Hanagan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Decent striking displayed by Hanagan there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanagan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mayhem throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mayhem takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mayhem waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hanagan.
Mayhem misses with a body shot.
Mayhem fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mayhem throws a lazy right hand but Hanagan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hanagan moves out of range of the strikes.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mayhem.
Hanagan misses with an uppercut.
Hanagan closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Mayhem quickly recovers to half guard.
Mayhem is looking for a sweep. Hanagan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Mayhem manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hanagan controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Mayhem manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hanagan manages to get himself to full guard.
Mayhem trying to control but Hanagan is working from the bottom.
Mayhem works over Hanagan with some ground and pound from guard.
Hanagan trying to control the position here.
Mayhem is working Hanagan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hanagan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Hanagan wants to control but Mayhem is keeping him busy.
Mayhem gets full guard.
Hanagan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Mayhem wants to sweep here but Hanagan controlling him for the moment.
Mayhem keeping moving, preventing Hanagan from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Mayhem is controlling Hanagan's posture.
Hanagan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hanagan pushes down on Mayhem's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Hanagan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mayhem keeps working.
Mayhem tries to roll over but Hanagan keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryan Mayhem dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Mayhem throws a looping overhand right but Hanagan ducks down to avoid it.
Despite the aggression on Hanagan's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Hanagan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mayhem throws out the jab.
Mayhem connects with a leg kick. Hanagan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mayhem throws out a powerful jab.
Hanagan throws a lazy uppercut
and Mayhem counters with a stiff right hand.
Mayhem throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Hanagan to counter with a crisp jab.
Hanagan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mayhem pinned against the cage. Mayhem gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Mayhem swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Mayhem swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mayhem slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hanagan dives in for a single leg takedown but Mayhem sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Hanagan misses with a hook. Mayhem ducked under it nicely.
Mayhem is looking to counter punch.
Jab by Hanagan.
Mayhem misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanagan tries for a takedown but Mayhem sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bryan Mayhem has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charley Hanagan.
Hanagan looks to throw the jab but Mayhem is out of range.
Mayhem thumps Hanagan with a low kick.
Hanagan slips a straight right by Mayhem.
Hanagan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mayhem.
Hanagan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mayhem.
Hanagan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A jab lands there for Mayhem.
Hanagan darts in looking for a takedown but Mayhem gets double underhooks and turns Hanagan into the cage.
Bryan Mayhem is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mayhem throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mayhem leaves Hanagan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hanagan slips under a jab.
Hanagan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mayhem throws a jab when Hanagan was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanagan slips a straight right by Mayhem.
A little jabbing left from Hanagan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hanagan needs to keep his hands up - Mayhem had a free shot at his head there.
Hanagan slips under a jab from Mayhem.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hanagan with a poor takedown
and Mayhem counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hanagan scores with a jab to the head.
A punch lands to the side of Hanagan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hanagan goes for a double leg but Mayhem avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Mayhem continues to drive forward.
Mayhem keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hanagan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bryan Mayhem is winning the standup battle so far.
Hanagan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mayhem can pounce on him.
Mayhem misses with a hook. Hanagan ducked under it nicely.
Mayhem keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hanagan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hanagan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hanagan slips under a jab from Mayhem.
Hanagan checks a leg kick.
Mayhem displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hanagan throws out the jab.
Mayhem is looking to counter punch.
Charley Hanagan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bryan Mayhem is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mayhem misses with a straight right.
Hanagan might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hanagan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mayhem pinned against the cage. Mayhem gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hanagan shoots for a double leg takedown but Mayhem sprawls well. He's pushed Hanagan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mayhem misses with a looping left.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem lands with a short shot to the head.
Hanagan is working for takedown but Mayhem is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hanagan tries for a takedown. No joy.
Hanagan blocking some punches.
Hanagan wants a takedown.
Mayhem is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Hanagan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A right hand to the body from Mayhem.
Hanagan is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hanagan is trying to drag Mayhem to the mat but Mayhem just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Hanagan wants a takedown.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bryan Mayhem showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mayhem, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bryan Mayhem!
Bryan Mayhem 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.
Charley Hanagan spoke after the fight, saying 'I SHIT MYSELF WHEN I SCREAM AT THE VOICES IN MY SLEEP NO DON'T DO IT WHERE'D YOU GO HUH HUH HUH WHERE AM I.. FUCK!!!!!!!'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Will Rock (ranked 363 p4p, 45 weight class) and Kai Yamaguchi (ranked 21 p4p, 6 weight class). Rock's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I Wanna Rock. Yamaguchi has chosen Yama Yama as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. On his way into the cage it seems that Will Rock has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Will Rock seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 2, fighting out of New York, Will Rock!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kai Yamaguchi!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jonathan Paton and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamaguchi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rock.
Rock throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yamaguchi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yamaguchi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rock.
Rock was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A good leg kick by Yamaguchi.
Rock takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Yamaguchi looks to land a body kick but Rock moved away.
Yamaguchi just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromRock.
Yamaguchi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rock blocks a jab.
Rock on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rock looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamaguchi scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kai Yamaguchi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yamaguchi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rock manages to avoid it.
Yamaguchi blocks a jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Yamaguchi misses.
A swing and a miss from Yamaguchi.
Good leg kick by Rock there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamaguchi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like Rock wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rock dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice body kick from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi thuds a left hand into Rock's body.
Yamaguchi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Yamaguchi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Yamaguchi misses with a looping right.
As Yamaguchi tries to get set, Rock tries to push him back and clinch up but Yamaguchi manages to avoid the attempt.
Yamaguchi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Yamaguchi thuds a left hand into Rock's body.
A shot to the liver by Yamaguchi. Beautiful body shot.
We've been informed that Yamaguchi 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.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Yamaguchi.
Rock takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rock staying out of range there.
Rock tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Yamaguchi manages to circle out of the way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi misses with a body shot.
Yamaguchi misses with a looping left.
Rock walks into a jab.
Yamaguchi throws a lazy right hand but Rock sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rock uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rock is out of range and Yamaguchi settles back down.
Rock tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yamaguchi throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rock counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rock.
Yamaguchi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yamaguchi tries a body shot but Rock blocks it.
Rock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rock gets through Yamaguchi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Yamaguchi misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi has a couple of punches blocked by Rock.
Yamaguchi misses with some punches.
Rock is trying to pull guard but Yamaguchi has him pressed against the cage.
Yamaguchi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yamaguchi backwards.
Rock throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yamaguchis head.
Yamaguchi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rock blocking some punches.
Yamaguchi swings wildly with an uppercut but Rock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rock jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Yamaguchi walks away with a smile on his face. Rock gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Yamaguchi misses with a kick to the body
and Rock counters with a nice body kick.
Nice cross by Yamaguchi.
Rock throws a head kick but Yamaguchi moves out of range.
Rock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yamaguchi misses with a low kick as Rock jumps back.
An attempted straight right counter from Rock misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rock defending well as Yamaguchi loads up on a big left hand.
Rock lands a nice hook to Yamaguchi's body. Yamaguchi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Yamaguchi misses with an uppercut.
Yamaguchi throws a big shot that misses.
Yamaguchi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rock misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yamaguchi.
Rock slips under a jab.
Yamaguchi throws out a leg kick but Rock moves out of range and Yamaguchi only half commits.
Nice body kick from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rock.
Yamaguchi misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kai Yamaguchi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Good work by Yamaguchi as he checks the leg kick.
Yamaguchi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rock on the side of the head.
Yamaguchi wants to land a leg kick but Rock is out of range.
Rock steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Yamaguchi. That one must have hurt.
Rock lands a leg kick that knocks Yamaguchi off balance momentarily.
Yamaguchi connects with a crisp jab.
Rock throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Rock connects with an inside leg kick.
Yamaguchi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A shot to the body from Rock misses
and Yamaguchi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yamaguchi misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rock counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamaguchi lands with an overhand left.
Rock clinches up with Yamaguchi and pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rock backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rock.
Good body shot from Rock.
Yamaguchi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yamaguchi misses with a straight right.
Rock is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Yamaguchi.
Both fighters circling a little - Yamaguchi finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Yamaguchi misses with an uppercut.
Yamaguchi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rock moves away.
Rock misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rock connects with a crisp jab.
Yamaguchi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rock fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Yamaguchi checks it well.
Rock staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Rock.
Yamaguchi lands with an uppercut that bounces Rock off the cage and back into range.
Yamaguchi lands a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rock moves out of range of the body kick from Yamaguchi.
Rock thinks about countering with a body kick.
Yamaguchi 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.
Yamaguchi moves out of range as Rock strikes.
Yamaguchi throws a hook to the side of Rock's head but Rock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rock missing with a left hand there. Yamaguchi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rock throws a head kick that misses.
Rock has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook to the body
and Rock counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yamaguchi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yamaguchi throws out the jab.
Rock walks forward, straight into a front kick from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yamaguchi misses with a body shot.
Rock looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook
and Rock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rock avoids the body shot from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi misses with a straight left.
Rock quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Yamaguchi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yamaguchi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rock checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rock's jab looks to have found its range, popping Yamaguchi under the eye.
Yamaguchi looks to throw the jab but Rock is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi misses with a jab to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Rock slips a jab and a cross from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi pushes Rock away with a front kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yamaguchi throws a sloppy head kick
and Rock counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rock stuns Yamaguchi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yamaguchi throws an overhand right that lands on Rock's shoulder, as Rock tries to avoid the shot.
Rock looks to land a right hand but Yamaguchi moved out of range.
Yamaguchi throws a hook to the side of Rock's head but Rock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rock throwing a counter right hand but Yamaguchi manages to avoid it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Yamaguchi - that will leave a mark!
Yamaguchi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Yamaguchi throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Rock counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Yamaguchi is lucky that one didn't land flush.
It looks like Kai Yamaguchi has been cut.
Rock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kai Yamaguchi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kai Yamaguchi's cut.
That's time! Rock's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Yamaguchi throws a head kick but Rock moves out of range.
Rock keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rock is looking to counter with a body kick.
Rock will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Rock has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rock throws a head punch that misses.
Rock tries to work over Yamaguchi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yamaguchi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rock or not.
Rock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rock lands a shot to the body.
Yamaguchi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rock has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A left hand lands to the body for Rock.
Rock scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rock takes a shot to the head.
Yamaguchi blocks an uppercut.
Yamaguchi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamaguchi struggles to land a body shot inside as Rock controls his hands.
Rock stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rock tries to work over Yamaguchi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yamaguchi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yamaguchi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rock lands an uppercut.
Yamaguchi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rock tries to work over Yamaguchi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rock.
Rock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yamaguchi's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rock creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rock lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Rock fails to land.
Yamaguchi tries to throw a body punch but Rock avoids it by throwing Yamaguchi back against the cage.
Rock lands with a left to the head.
Rock working aggressively here.
Yamaguchi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Yamaguchi misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi prevents a body shot from Rock.
Rock tries a body shot but Yamaguchi blocks it.
Will Rock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rock jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Yamaguchi walks away with a smile on his face. Rock gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Yamaguchi connects with a single shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rock slips a jab from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi catches Rock with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Yamaguchi tries a low kick but Rock avoids it.
Rock takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook. Rock ducked under it nicely.
Rock goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A slow jab from Rock misses its intended target.
Rock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yamaguchi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock takes a swing at Yamaguchi's ribcage but misses.
Yamaguchi throws a jab but it's blocked by Rock.
Rock avoids the body shot from Yamaguchi.
Rock is looking to counter punch.
Rock looks to land a left hand but Yamaguchi moved out of range nicely.
Yamaguchi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Yamaguchi delivers a nice body kick.
Rock lands with a cross.
Yamaguchi with a nice cross.
Rock takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rock throws a hook to the side of Yamaguchi's head but Yamaguchi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yamaguchi throws a lazy body kick
and Rock counters with a left to the body.
Rock stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yamaguchi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rock lands with a cross.
Yamaguchi scores with a jab. Rock acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rock moves out of range as Yamaguchi strikes.
Rock throws a quick counter head kick but Yamaguchi was just out of range.
A jab from Yamaguchi misses.
Rock gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rock misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Yamaguchi counters with a good low kick that Rock was not able to check.
Rock uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yamaguchi.
It looked like Rock wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rock connects with a body shot.
Yamaguchi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rock on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rock moves out of range as Yamaguchi strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Will Rock did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Kai Yamaguchi's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Rock throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yamaguchi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rock takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kai Yamaguchi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rock takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rock.
Rock looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
An inside leg kick from Yamaguchi misses.
Rock swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rock defending well as Yamaguchi loads up on a big left hand.
Yamaguchi looks to score with a jab to the body but Rock is just out of range.
Rock seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamaguchi lands a slapping body shot.
Rock lands with a thumping leg kick.
Yamaguchi misses the jab.
Rock is looking to counter the offense by Yamaguchi and move into the clinch.
Yamaguchi throws a front kick that sends Rock stumbling back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rock throws out a leg kick but Yamaguchi moves out of range and Rock only half commits.
Yamaguchi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rock.
Yamaguchi throws a solid leg kick but Rock takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Yamaguchi.
Rock wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Yamaguchi drops his hands momentarily and Rock takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A shot to the body from Yamaguchi misses
and Rock makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rock moves out of range as Yamaguchi strikes.
Rock throwing a counter right hand but Yamaguchi manages to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rock.
Yamaguchi looks to land a body kick but Rock moved away.
Rock uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yamaguchi.
Rock tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Yamaguchi manages to circle out of the way.
Yamaguchi throws a hook to the side of Rock's head but Rock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A telegraphed right hand from Rock misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Yamaguchi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rock appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Nice jab there from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi lands with a right hand.
Yamaguchi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Yamaguchi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rock can pounce on him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamaguchi scores with a shot to the body.
Yamaguchi keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi slips under a jab.
Rock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yamaguchi.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rock. Yamaguchi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yamaguchi just misses with a punch to the body.
Rock looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi tries to keep at a distance but Rock has taken the fight into the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Yamaguchi as the two fighters clinch.
Yamaguchi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yamaguchi.
Rock lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Yamaguchi or not.
Yamaguchi throws a head punch that misses.
Yamaguchi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rock's elbow.
Rock struggles to land a body shot inside as Yamaguchi controls his hands.
Yamaguchi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yamaguchi throws a punch but it's blocked by Rock.
Rock blocks a body shot from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rock prevents a body shot from Yamaguchi.
Rock blocks a body shot from Yamaguchi.
Rock pushes Yamaguchi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi throws a head punch that misses.
Rock takes a shot to the head.
Rock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rock has a couple of punches blocked by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi struggles to land a body shot inside as Rock controls his hands.
Yamaguchi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rock lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Yamaguchi on the inside.
Yamaguchi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yamaguchi blocks an uppercut.
Yamaguchi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yamaguchi blocks an uppercut.
Yamaguchi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rock has him pressed against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Yamaguchi.
Rock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kai Yamaguchi dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Kai Yamaguchi's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Yamaguchi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rock swings widly with a right hand
and Yamaguchi counters with a nice uppercut.
Yamaguchi punishes Rock's body with a nice straight punch.
Yamaguchi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rock was well out of range. Poor timing from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi clobbers Rock with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nice body punch from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi throws an overhand right that lands on Rock's shoulder, as Rock tries to avoid the shot.
Yamaguchi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rock manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamaguchi misses with a straight right.
Rock throws a head kick that misses.
A lazy left from Rock finds it's target.
Rock is looking to clinch but Yamaguchi is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamaguchi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Yamaguchi looks to land a right hand but Rock moved out of range.
Rock throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rock clinches up against the cage.
A short right from Yamaguchi on the inside.
Yamaguchi blocks an uppercut.
Yamaguchi misses with the head strike.
Yamaguchi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yamaguchi breaks the clinch.
Yamaguchi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Yamaguchi throws a nice outside leg kick.
That kick from Yamaguchi tenderised Rock's leg. Rock is trying to keep his angry face on.
Will Rock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rock tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yamaguchi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rock manages to avoid it.
Rock misses with a looping left.
Rock fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yamaguchi connects with the punch.
Yamaguchi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rock.
Rock thinks about countering with a body kick.
Rock moves out of range of the body kick from Yamaguchi.
Rock scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rock throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rock blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Yamaguchi.
Nice jab there from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rock misses with an uppercut.
Yamaguchi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rock takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yamaguchi looks to throw a body kick
and Rock counters with a nice low kick that buckles Yamaguchi's knee momentarily.
Rock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yamaguchi manages to avoid it.
Yamaguchi misses with a right hand
and Rock counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yamaguchi works Rock's body with a nice hook.
Yamaguchi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rock gets a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rock throws a punch but it's blocked by Yamaguchi.
Rock scores with a shot to the side of Yamaguchi's head.
Yamaguchi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rock tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Yamaguchi smiles and moves away.
Yamaguchi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rock's sensitive parts.
Yamaguchi wants to slow Rock down by chopping away at his legs.
Yamaguchi throws a body kick that misses.
Yamaguchi throws a hook but Rock blocks it.
Rock is looking to counter punch.
Rock throws a low kick but Yamaguchi avoids it.
Kai Yamaguchi is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Yamaguchi lands a jab to Rock's midsection.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kai Yamaguchi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Yamaguchi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 46:50
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 46:50
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kai Yamaguchi! Kai Yamaguchi retains his lightweight title!
Kai Yamaguchi thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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