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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ulrik Meyer (ranked 1310 p4p, 159 weight class) and Calabi Yau (ranked 937 p4p, 120 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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174 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
25 - 11 - 2, fighting out of New York, Ulrik Meyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Calabi Yau!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meyer works Yau's body with a nice hook.
Yau has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Meyer.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Meyer.
Meyer throws a wild body kick that Yau sees coming a mile off.
Meyer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Yau blocks a head kick by Meyer.
Meyer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Meyer throws a low kick, looking for Yau's leg but Yau calmly moves out of range.
Yau cracks Meyer with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Meyer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yau.
Meyer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yau is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Yau has taken the fight to the clinch.
Yau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Meyer breaks the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meyer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Yau.
Meyer throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yau lands a nice leg kick that just misses Meyer's sensitive parts.
Yau throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer thows a leg kick but Yau checks it
and Yau counters by clinching up.
A head punch on the inside from Meyer fails to land.
Meyer is trying to break the clinch but Yau has him pressed against the cage.
Yau stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Meyer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Meyer swings wildly with an uppercut but Yau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yau with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Meyer has a couple of punches blocked by Yau.
Meyer tries to break the clinch but Yau is controlling the position.
Meyer tries a body shot but Yau blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yau.
Meyer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Meyer lands with a light punch inside.
Meyer working aggressively here.
Yau utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Meyer misses with a punch on the inside.
Yau misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Meyer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer can't find room to land a body shot as Yau controls the action.
Yau lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Meyer misses with the head strike.
Meyer throws a head punch that misses.
Yau lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Meyer.
Meyer is trying to break the clinch but Yau is controlling him.
Yau lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Meyer.
Meyer is trying to push Yau away but Yau has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Yau putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Meyer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Meyer has a couple of punches blocked by Yau.
Meyer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meyer breaks the clinch.
Ulrik Meyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yau fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Meyer on the side of the head.
Meyer tests Yau's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yau clinches with his opponent.
Still in the clinch, Yau scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyer tries to break free but Yau pushes him back against the cage.
Yau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Meyer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Meyer ducks under a wild hook from Yau.
Meyer scores with a head kick.
Yau misses with a looping left.
Meyer drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Yau misses with the combination.
Yau throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Yau misses its intended target.
Meyer throws a right and a left that Yau avoids nicely.
Meyer throws out a powerful jab.
Yau cracks a nice hook into Meyer's ribs.
Meyer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yau counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yau ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meyer moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Meyer misses the target.
Yau wants to counter the offense by Meyer and move into the clinch position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyer slips under a jab from Yau.
Yau throws a body punch but Meyer moves out of range.
Yau throws a body punch but Meyer moves out of range.
Meyer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Meyer pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Yau back to the cage. Meyer follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Meyer is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Yau moves into the clinch.
Yau softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Meyer lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yau.
Meyer blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Meyer.
Meyer misses with some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meyer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Meyer misses the shot to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Meyer. That snapped Yau's head back.
Yau fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Meyer, pushing him back against the cage.
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 Ulrik Meyer will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Meyer throws a jab when Yau was well out of range.
Yau blocks a jab.
Yau throws a good cross that connects.
Meyer takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Meyer looks to throw the jab but Yau is out of range.
Meyer avoids the body shot from Yau.
Meyer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yau.
Yau loads up on a big right hand but Meyer slips the punch.
Yau jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A clash of legs there as Yau blocks the low kick.
Yau ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meyer moves away.
Yau misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meyer fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Yau blocks the leg kick.
Meyer gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Meyer throws a hook but Yau blocks it.
Yau misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer fails to land with a series of punches.
Yau throws an overhand right that lands on Meyer's shoulder, as Meyer tries to avoid the shot.
Yau throws a hook to the side of Meyer's head but Meyer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yau slips a straight right by Meyer.
Yau avoids the head kick by Meyer.
Meyer throws a body kick that misses
and Yau counters with a stiff right hand.
Yau blocks a jab.
Yau throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Meyer feints a jab promting Yau to slip. Meyer then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Yau slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Yau rushes Meyer and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yau.
Meyer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Meyer tries to break free but Yau pushes him back against the cage.
Meyer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yau keeps control of Meyer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Meyer wants to get back to striking at distance but Yau won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer is trying to break free.
Yau throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yau lands an uppercut.
Meyer is looking to break free of the clinch but Yau has double underhooks.
Yau lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Meyer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Meyer blocking some punches.
Meyer manages to break the clinch.
Meyer scores with a nice head shot.
Meyer throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Yau counters with a stiff right hand.
Meyer throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yau steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Meyer.
Yau tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Meyer was well out of range. Poor timing from Yau.
Meyer throws a nice outside leg kick.
Yau tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Meyer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And Meyer counters with a quick kick to the body but Yau blocks it.
Yau avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ulrik Meyer is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yau dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yau stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Yau has managed to clinch.
Meyer misses with some punches.
Yau looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yau landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Yau with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A right hand to the body from Yau.
Meyer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yau lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Meyer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yau blocking some punches.
Meyer takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meyer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yau misses with a knee strike.
Meyer has had enough of the clinch but Yau keeps him there for the moment.
A nice left hand lands by Yau.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yau blocking some punches.
Meyer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yau lands a body shot in the clinch.
Meyer can't break the clinch.
Meyer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Meyer throws a head punch that misses.
Meyer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meyer is trying to break the clinch but Yau is controlling him.
Yau tries to land knees in the clinch but Meyer avoids the damage to the body.
A short right from Yau.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yau.
Meyer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yau tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Meyer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Meyer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Meyer working aggressively here.
Yau landing knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yau throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Calabi Yau showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Yau throws a body punch but Meyer moves out of range.
Meyer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A big left from Yau misses.
Meyer walks into a straight right hand from Yau.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Meyer.
Meyer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yau moves away.
Yau on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Meyer. Meyer obviously looking to wear him down.
Meyer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good shot there by Yau.
Yau lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Meyer throws a right hand that Yau ducks under and follows up with a left that Yau also avoids with ease.
Yau tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Meyer to counter with a crisp jab.
Meyer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yau.
A swing and a miss from Yau.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Meyer.
Meyer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Meyer throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yau throws out the jab.
Yau misses with an uppercut
and Meyer counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Meyer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yau's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yau ducks under a wild hook from Meyer.
It seemed like Yau was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Meyer avoids the body shot from Yau.
Yau ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Yau throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd cheers as Meyer lands an impressive looking overhand right. Yau doesn't seem phased though.
Meyer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Meyer tries to land a leg kick but Yau saw it coming and moves away.
Meyer throws a push kick but Yau slaps the foot to one side.
Meyer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yau misses with a looping left.
Meyer throws a lazy uppercut
and Yau counters with a straight right hand.
Yau misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yau was well out of range. Poor timing from Meyer.
Meyer blocks a jab.
Meyer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yau.
Yau throws a predictable looking body shot
and Yau takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meyer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yau let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Yau pivots, looking for a leg kick but Meyer is out of range and Yau settles back down.
Yau takes a swing at Meyer's ribcage but misses.
Yau throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Meyer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yau.
Meyer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yau.
Yau throws a body punch but Meyer moves out of range.
Yau ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Yau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meyer manages to avoid it.
Yau displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Yau moves out of range of the leg kick from Meyer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meyer manages to avoid it.
Meyer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Yau misses the target.
Meyer cracks Yau with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A jab from Yau does it's job there.
Nice jab there from Meyer.
Yau moves out of range as Meyer throws a body kick.
Yau staying out of range there.
Meyer throws a jab but it's blocked by Yau.
Yau avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yau fails with an attempt to clinch.
No joy there for Meyer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yau misses with a looping right.
Meyer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Meyer throws a body kick that misses
and Meyer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Meyer. Those never looked like landing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yau moves in looking to clinch but Meyer pushes him off.
Meyer pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yau is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Meyer with a body shot.
Meyer looks to throw the jab but Yau is out of range.
Meyer throws a head kick that misses
and Yau counters with a nice body shot.
Yau connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Meyer shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Yau scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yau looks to throw the jab but Meyer is out of range.
Meyer lands a nice shot that snaps Yau's head back.
Yau takes a swing at Meyer's ribcage but misses.
Decent striking displayed by Yau there.
Meyer with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Yau to score with a decent uppercut.
Meyer motions for Yau to come forward. Meyer throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yau drives through and clinches with Meyer against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Calabi Yau.
I think Yau 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Calabi Yau!
A relieved looking Calabi Yau thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated Ulrik Meyer had this to say: 'Boss couldn't see how I could beat this kid, he was right. I tried though.'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aedan Declan (ranked 1428 p4p, 175 weight class) and Jorge Morueco (ranked 1692 p4p, 203 weight class). Morueco has chosen The Pretender as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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30
190 lbs
17 - 5 - 0 |
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188 lbs
16 - 15 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aedan Declan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jorge Morueco!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Declan misses with a looping right.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Morueco checks a leg kick.
Declan misses with a straight right.
Morueco throws out a counter right but Declan avoids it with no problem.
The fight stays on the outside here - Declan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morueco let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Morueco throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Declan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Declan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Declan scores with a jab to the jaw.
Declan cracks Morueco with an open hand slap.
Declan scores with a sloppy right hand. Morueco should have avoided that one.
Morueco bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Declan lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Declan.
Declan misses with a kick to the body.
Morueco 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.
It looks like Aedan Declan has been cut.
Declan misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Declan wants to clinch.
Declan scores with a jab. Morueco acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Morueco looking to score a takedown here. Declan is defending well but Morueco drives through and ends up in Declan's guard.
Morueco pushing down on Declan's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Morueco is working for a submission of some sort.
Declan wants to get back to full guard.
Declan looking for submissions off his back.
Declan looking for submissions off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morueco is working for a submission of some sort.
Morueco seems to be looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morueco wants to pass the guard but Declan is defending well.
Declan is trying is best to control the position here.
Morueco is thwarting Declan's attempts to control the position.
Morueco is trying to work for a kimura but Declan is defending well.
Declan is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morueco is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Declan is just riding it out for now. Morueco eventually gives up the hold.
Morueco is looking to advance position but Declan won't allow it.
Declan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Declan is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Gangsterdamage, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Morueco wants to work for an arm triangle but Declan is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Declan manages to get to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Declan controlling Morueco's posture.
Morueco drops back, looking for a kneebar! Declan looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Declan looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Declan!
Declan is chipping away with strikes.
Declan working the ground and pound.
Declan lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Declan wants to control but Morueco is keeping him busy.
Declan connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Morueco some visible discomfort.
Morueco tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Declan wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aedan Declan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aedan Declan's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Declan swats away the attempt to clinch by Morueco.
A little feinted left hand from Declan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Declan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Morueco is rocked!
Declan drops Morueco with a naaaaasty hook - Morueco is in real trouble here! Declan dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aedan Declan!
Aedan Declan decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mini Stipe (ranked 1488 p4p, 160 weight class) and Mario Curran (ranked 1148 p4p, 132 weight class). Curran is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Shoshone Flag Song. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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139 lbs
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146 lbs
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World class boxer
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Good gas tank |
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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
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mini Stipe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mario Curran!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Curran slips under a jab.
Stipe takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Curran has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Stipe checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Stipe drops down looking for a counter takedown but Curran sprawls and moves away.
Curran ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Stipe's corner calls for a 1-2. Stipe obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Stipe has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Talu's Boxing Club in the buildup to the fight.
Stipe looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Stipe throws a jab when Curran was well out of range.
Stipe throws a shot from downtown. Curran moves away and avoids it.
Curran appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Stipe is looking to slow Curran down with leg kicks.
Curran scores with a jab to the head.
Curran misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Stipe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stipe throws a shot from downtown. Curran moves away and avoids it.
Stipe throws a low kick but Curran moves out of range easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Stipe, right into the meat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stipe throws a big shot that misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Stipe, right into the meat.
Curran missing with a left hand there. Stipe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stipe throws out a loose jab but Curran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jab, jab by Stipe - just one landing.
Stipe with a hook.
Stipe throws a leg kick that misses.
Stipe comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Curran just misses with a punch to the body.
Stipe tries to counter with a takedown but Curran is quick to defend against it.
Stipe looks to land a left hand but Curran moved out of range nicely.
Stipe misses with a low kick.
Curran moves out of range as Stipe strikes.
Curran tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Curran, right into the meat.
Curran moves out of range as Stipe strikes.
Stipe throws the left hand but Curran avoids the punch easily.
Curran throws a jab when Stipe was well out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Stipe checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Curran takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A slow jab from Stipe misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stipe checks a leg kick nicely.
Stipe throws a looping overhand right but Curran ducks down to avoid it.
Curran is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Curran connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Stipe.
Stipe misses with a right hand
and Stipe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Curran misses with a kick to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Stipe on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Curran avoids the body shot from Stipe.
Stipe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Curran.
Curran stuns Stipe with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Stipe tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Curran is able to avoid easily.
Stipe thows a leg kick but Curran checks it
and Curran makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Curran slips a jab from Stipe.
Curran is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Stipe looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Curran!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Curran sneaks back into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stipe is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Curran has managed to free his arm - good work.
Curran trying to control but Stipe postures up.
Curran desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Curran trying to control but Stipe postures up.
Curran taking some punishment here, with Stipe in his half guard.
Curran is pressing down on Stipe's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Stipe working some strikes from top position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Curran is on top in guard.
Stipe looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stipe working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Curran.
Curran missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Curran with a nice head shot there.
Stipe being controlled here, momentarily.
Curran stopping the sweep attempt from Stipe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mini Stipe dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Curran will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Curran takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Curran moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Stipe lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Stipe tries a low kick but Curran avoids it.
Stipe throws a nice outside leg kick.
Stipe lands a jab to Curran's midsection.
Stipe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Curran was well out of range. Poor timing from Stipe.
A countering left hand to the body from Curran misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stipe misses with a takedown attempt - Curran sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Curran only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Curran fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Stipe is out of range.
Stipe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Curran.
Stipe throws a body shot but no joy.
A punch combination from Curran misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stipe tries to land a leg kick but Curran saw it coming and moves away.
Curran attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Curran throws a low kick but Stipe moves out of range easily.
Stipe cracks Curran with a good jab.
Stipe misses with a leg kick
and Curran counters with a nice uppercut.
Stipe lands a body shot.
Stipe throws a body shot but no joy.
Curran doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Stipe takes a swing at Curran's ribcage but misses.
A big left from Stipe misses.
Stipe changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Stipe connects with the punch.
Curran tests Stipe's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Stipe throws a shot from downtown. Curran moves away and avoids it.
Stipe walks into a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stipe fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stipe shoots in for a takedown but Curran shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Stipe turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Curran checks a leg kick.
Curran lands a nice hook to Stipe's body. Stipe takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Curran fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stipe manages to avoid it.
Curran on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Curran moves out of range of the strikes.
Curran throws a head kick that misses.
Curran on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Stipe shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Curran throws a body shot but no joy.
Curran lands with a nice body kick.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Stipe here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Stipe misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mini Stipe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stipe tries to work over Curran's front leg with a kick but Curran checks it.
Curran throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Curran has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Curran.
Curran connects with a crisp jab.
Stipe waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Curran.
A big right from Stipe misses.
Curran lands an overhand right.
Stipe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Curran throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Stipe steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Curran.
Curran misses with a body shot.
Curran tries to score with a low kick but Stipe moves his leg out of the way.
Curran's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Stipe misses with the combination.
Stipe throws out a loose jab but Curran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Curran takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Stipe throws a big shot that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stipe takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Curran rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stipe moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
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!
The crowd cheers as Curran lands an impressive looking overhand right. Stipe doesn't seem phased though.
Mini Stipe is winning the standup battle so far.
Curran throws a head kick that misses.
Stipe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab lands there for Stipe.
Stipe takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Curran connects with a body shot.
Curran blocks a jab.
Curran looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Stipe misses with a low kick.
Stipe cracks Curran with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Curran missing with a left hand there. Stipe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stipe throws a big shot that misses.
Curran thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stipe checks a low kick from Curran.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mario Curran will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Stipe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Curran has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Curran there as he acknowledges the shot.
Curran on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Stipe avoids a kick to the body.
Stipe half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Stipe missing with a left hand there. Curran was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stipe cracks a nice hook into Curran's ribs.
Curran lands a glancing blow to the side of Stipe's head.
Curran misses with a head kick.
Curran tests Stipe's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Stipe gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The fighters circling - Stipe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Curran flicks out a counter leg kick but Stipe steps away.
Curran blocks a leg kick.
Curran connects with the punch.
Stipe shoots in for a takedown but Curran shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stipe lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Stipe takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stipe throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Curran counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Curran tries to land a front kick but Stipe steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A low kick from Stipe misses
and Curran counters with a nice uppercut.
Stipe throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Curran with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Stipe bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
An inside leg kick lands from Curran.
Stipe misses with a right hand
and Curran counters with a head kick. That will keep Stipe thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Stipe looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Stipe throws a big shot that misses.
Curran tries to land a front kick but Stipe steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Curran misses with a hook. Stipe ducked under it nicely.
A swing and a miss from Stipe.
Stipe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stipe thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Curran if he has to take too many more of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Curran is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stipe.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Stipe.
Stipe misses with a leg kick.
Curran misses the shot to the body.
Stipe misses the shot to the body.
Curran throws a hook but Stipe blocks it.
Stipe bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Jab from Stipe.
Curran ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stipe moves away.
Stipe looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Stipe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Curran scores with a jab. Stipe acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Stipe walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Curran misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stipe misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stipe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Curran.
Stipe blocks a head kick by Curran.
Curran throws a low kick but Stipe moves out of range easily.
Curran jabs Stipe right on the nose. Stipe blinks but takes it well.
Stipe looks to throw the jab but Curran is out of range.
Curran throws a lazy uppercut
and Stipe counters with a stiff right hand.
Stipe is looking to land body kicks.
Curran replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Stipe blocks it well.
Curran misses with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Stipe.
Stipe feinted with a counter takedown.
Stipe ducks under a wild hook from Curran.
Stipe connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Curran bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Stipe keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Curran tries to score with a low kick but Stipe moves his leg out of the way.
Curran throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curran moves out of range of the strikes.
An inside leg kick from Stipe misses.
Curran avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Curran avoids the head kick by Stipe.
A countering left hand to the body from Curran misses.
Mario Curran is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Curran throws a big shot that misses.
Stipe misses with a wild body shot.
Stipe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Curran manages to avoid it.
Curran is trying to counter with his kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Curran lands a slapping body shot.
A jab from Curran finds it's way through Stipe's defenses.
Nice takedown defense from Curran. No joy for Stipe on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mini Stipe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Curran moves out of range as Stipe strikes.
Curran misses the jab.
Curran tries a head kick but it misses.
Curran scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stipe doesn't seem bothered though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mario Curran comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Curran 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Mini Stipe!
A relieved looking Mini Stipe thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Taiga Jim (ranked 357 p4p, 51 weight class) and Ajax Aquila Corvus (ranked 573 p4p, 67 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taiga Jim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ajax Aquila Corvus!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aquila Corvus goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Aquila Corvus scores with a shot to the body.
Jim on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Aquila Corvus. Aquila Corvus obviously looking to wear him down.
Aquila Corvus throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jim takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jim throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Aquila Corvus connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jim scores with a nice right hand.
Jim uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aquila Corvus.
Aquila Corvus swings for the body but Jim moves out of range.
Jim half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Aquila Corvus lands with a shot to the body.
Jim on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jim takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ajax Aquila Corvus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aquila Corvus cracks Jim with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Jim falls to his knees and Aquila Corvus doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ajax Aquila Corvus!
A relieved looking Ajax Aquila Corvus thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Archie Griffiths (ranked 194 p4p, 27 weight class) and Brody Kavanagh (ranked 404 p4p, 54 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 featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Archie Griffiths!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brody Kavanagh!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kavanagh takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kavanagh throws a shot to the body.
Griffiths uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kavanagh.
Kavanagh listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kavanagh ducks under a wild hook from Griffiths.
Kavanagh swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Griffiths looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kavanagh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Griffiths.
Griffiths takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kavanagh misses with a series of wild punches.
The fighters circling - Griffiths throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Griffiths throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kavanagh throws a chopping leg kick but Griffiths manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kavanagh swings for the body but Griffiths moves out of range.
Griffiths throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Griffiths gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kavanagh.
Griffiths scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Griffiths throws a chopping leg kick but Kavanagh manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nice body kick there by Griffiths.
Kavanagh throws a body punch but Griffiths moves out of range.
Griffiths tried to counter with a leg kick but Kavanagh avoided it.
Kavanagh throws a big shot that misses.
Brody Kavanagh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Griffiths throws a shot from downtown. Kavanagh moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffiths tries to work over Kavanagh's front leg with a kick but Kavanagh checks it.
Kavanagh buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kavanagh throws a jab but it's blocked by Griffiths.
Griffiths looks to land a left hand but Kavanagh moved out of range nicely.
Kavanagh looks to throw the jab but Griffiths is out of range.
Kavanagh throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Griffiths throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Kavanagh swings widly with a right hand
and Griffiths counters with an outside leg kick.
Griffiths throws a body shot but no joy.
Griffiths tests Kavanagh's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Griffiths throws a leg kick
and Kavanagh counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kavanagh moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The fighters circling - Kavanagh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Griffiths misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kavanagh lands with an uppercut that bounces Griffiths off the cage and back into range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griffiths fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kavanagh is out of range.
Griffiths takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Griffiths throws a jab when Kavanagh was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kavanagh tests Griffiths's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Griffiths will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Griffiths scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kavanagh misses with a low kick.
Griffiths paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kavanagh misses with a straight left.
Griffiths throws a quick counter kick to the body but Kavanagh avoids it.
Kavanagh tried to score with a low kick but Griffiths checks it.
Kavanagh wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Good leg kick by Kavanagh there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Griffiths throws a hook but Kavanagh avoids it easily.
Kavanagh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Griffiths.
Kavanagh takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Griffiths throws a jab when Kavanagh was well out of range.
Kavanagh throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Griffiths makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Griffiths misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kavanagh.
Griffiths fakes the leg kick and cracks Kavanagh in the body.
Kavanagh throws out a loose jab but Griffiths uses good head movement to avoid it.
Griffiths on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Griffiths moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kavanagh avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Griffiths feints and then cracks Kavanagh's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kavanagh down.
Nice body punch from Kavanagh.
Kavanagh misses with a looping right.
A clash of legs there as Griffiths blocks the low kick.
A jab from Kavanagh misses.
A quick step to the side and Griffiths tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kavanagh takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kavanagh throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kavanagh cracks Griffiths with a right hand to the side of the head.
Griffiths lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Griffiths uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kavanagh.
Griffiths misses with an uppercut.
Kavanagh slips under a jab from Griffiths.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kavanagh! But no joy.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kavanagh, right into the meat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kavanagh. That's going to slow Griffiths down.
Kavanagh misses with a straight left.
Kavanagh lands a nice hook to Griffiths's body. Griffiths takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Griffiths misses with a low kick as Kavanagh jumps back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffiths throws a hook but Kavanagh avoids it easily.
Kavanagh throws a shot from downtown. Griffiths moves away and avoids it.
Kavanagh stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Griffiths lands with an uppercut that bounces Kavanagh off the cage and back into range.
Kavanagh moves out of range of the body kick.
Kavanagh let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kavanagh throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Griffiths counters with a stiff right hand.
Some bone on bone action there as Griffiths checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A little feinted left hand from Griffiths on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A clash of legs there as Kavanagh blocks the low kick.
Kavanagh tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Griffiths is able to avoid easily.
Griffiths throws a quick counter kick to the body but Kavanagh avoids it.
Griffiths misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Griffiths misses with a few strikes there.
Griffiths takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kavanagh is looking to score with low kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kavanagh scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Griffiths sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kavanagh looks to land a body kick but Griffiths moved away.
Griffiths throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Griffiths fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Brody Kavanagh will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Kavanagh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Griffiths.
Griffiths thinks about countering with a body kick.
Kavanagh looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kavanagh throws a hook but Griffiths avoids it easily.
Griffiths throws a hook to the side of Kavanagh's head but Kavanagh sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A telegraphed right hand from Kavanagh misses the target.
Kavanagh on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Griffiths ducks under a wild hook from Kavanagh.
Griffiths was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kavanagh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Griffiths.
That kick from Kavanagh tenderised Griffiths's leg. Griffiths is trying to keep his angry face on.
Griffiths swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Griffiths is looking to slow Kavanagh down with leg kicks.
Griffiths takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kavanagh blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griffiths missing with a left hand there. Kavanagh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kavanagh connects with a good right hand that stumbles Griffiths. Griffiths circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kavanagh throws a leg kick
and Griffiths counters with an outside leg kick.
Kavanagh throws a front kick aimed at Griffiths's knee but Griffiths avoids it well.
Griffiths scores with a kick to the midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Griffiths tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kavanagh was well out of range. Poor timing from Griffiths.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffiths throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kavanagh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Griffiths.
Kavanagh will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kavanagh doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Griffiths has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A big right from Kavanagh misses.
Griffiths fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kavanagh manages to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Griffiths, right into the meat.
Griffiths fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kavanagh manages to avoid it.
Griffiths with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kavanagh to score with a decent uppercut.
Griffiths takes a swing at Kavanagh's ribcage but misses.
Kavanagh swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Griffiths throws a sloppy head kick and Kavanagh moves out of range easily.
Griffiths misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Griffiths swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Griffiths looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Griffiths throws an off balance right hand
letting Kavanagh counter with a right hand.
Griffiths looks to throw the jab but Kavanagh is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Kavanagh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice defenses there by Griffiths.
Kavanagh is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd cheers as Griffiths lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kavanagh doesn't seem phased though.
Kavanagh cracks Griffiths with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A solid body kick from Kavanagh.
Griffiths fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kavanagh swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Griffiths.
Kavanagh lands a nice shot that snaps Griffiths's head back.
Kavanagh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Griffiths.
Griffiths appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Good shot there by Kavanagh.
Kavanagh wants to land a leg kick but Griffiths is out of range.
Kavanagh connects with a leg kick. Griffiths looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Brody Kavanagh seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kavanagh swings widly with a right hand
and Kavanagh takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kavanagh tried to score with a low kick but Griffiths checks it.
Kavanagh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kavanagh lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kavanagh tried to score with a low kick but Griffiths checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffiths lands a nice shot to the body.
Griffiths tries to score with a low kick but Kavanagh moves his leg out of the way.
Kavanagh uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Griffiths.
Griffiths throws a jab when Kavanagh was well out of range.
Kavanagh misses with a two punch combination.
Griffiths connects with the punch.
Kavanagh looks to land a left hand but Griffiths moved out of range nicely.
Griffiths is looking to counter punch.
Kavanagh throws a hook but Griffiths blocks it.
Griffiths fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kavanagh throws a shot from downtown. Griffiths moves away and avoids it.
Kavanagh throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Griffiths sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kavanagh misses with a wild body shot.
Kavanagh throws a looping overhand right but Griffiths ducks down to avoid it.
Griffiths misses with a straight left.
Kavanagh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Griffiths moves away.
Griffiths has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kavanagh.
Kavanagh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Griffiths.
A little feinted left hand from Griffiths on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Griffiths throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kavanagh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kavanagh avoids the head kick by Griffiths.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A telegraphed right hand from Kavanagh misses the target.
Griffiths connects with a high kick.
Kavanagh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Griffiths moves away.
Kavanagh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Griffiths.
Kavanagh cracks Griffiths with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Griffiths throws a wild body kick that Kavanagh sees coming a mile off.
Griffiths swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kavanagh.
Kavanagh works the jab nicely.
Kavanagh lands a jab to Griffiths's midsection.
A big left from Kavanagh misses.
Kavanagh avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kavanagh fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Griffiths has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kavanagh goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Kavanagh tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Griffiths is looking to counter punch.
Nice defenses there by Griffiths.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brody Kavanagh showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Griffiths misses with a hook.
Kavanagh throws a leg kick but Griffiths sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kavanagh misses the jab.
A head kick misses from Griffiths.
Kavanagh's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kavanagh with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Griffiths tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kavanagh fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Griffiths connects with a right hand. Kavanagh shakes it off.
Kavanagh jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kavanagh avoids a kick to the body.
Griffiths throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kavanagh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Griffiths.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kavanagh bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Griffiths's head backwards.
Kavanagh moves out of range as Griffiths strikes.
Kavanagh throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Griffiths counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kavanagh's knee momentarily.
Kavanagh looks to throw the jab but Griffiths is out of range.
Griffiths throws a quick counter kick to the body but Kavanagh avoids it.
Kavanagh throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Griffiths.
A little feinted left hand from Griffiths on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Griffiths moves out of range as Kavanagh strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffiths moves out of range as Kavanagh strikes.
Kavanagh takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kavanagh avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kavanagh on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kavanagh dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Griffiths. That did some damage!
Griffiths fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kavanagh on the side of the head.
Kavanagh throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice uppercut lands for Kavanagh. That snapped Griffiths's head back.
Kavanagh throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Griffiths counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kavanagh looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Griffiths pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Good work by Kavanagh as he checks the leg kick.
Kavanagh swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Griffiths throws an off balance right hand
and Kavanagh counters with an inside leg kick.
Kavanagh swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kavanagh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Griffiths.
Kavanagh tried to score with a low kick but Griffiths checks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Griffiths uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kavanagh.
Griffiths throws a quick counter head kick but Kavanagh was just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffiths uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kavanagh.
Griffiths throws a head kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Kavanagh on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Griffiths lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kavanagh has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kavanagh and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Griffiths takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kavanagh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Griffiths.
Griffiths checks a leg kick.
Kavanagh misses with a looping right.
Kavanagh walks forward, straight into a front kick from Griffiths.
Kavanagh walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kavanagh throws the left hand but Griffiths avoids the punch easily.
Griffiths lands a nice looking body shot.
Griffiths misses with a looping left.
Kavanagh connects with an inside leg kick.
Griffiths is looking to score with low kicks.
Griffiths scores with a body shot.
Griffiths swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kavanagh throws out a loose jab but Griffiths uses good head movement to avoid it.
Archie Griffiths has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kavanagh throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Griffiths on the side of the head.
Kavanagh works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Griffiths moves out of range as Kavanagh strikes.
That kick from Kavanagh tenderised Griffiths's leg. Griffiths is trying to keep his angry face on.
Griffiths is looking to land body kicks.
Kavanagh needs to keep his hands up - Griffiths had a free shot at his head there.
Griffiths looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kavanagh checks a leg kick.
Kavanagh with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kavanagh connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Some bone on bone action there as Kavanagh checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Griffiths throws a front kick that sends Kavanagh stumbling back into the cage.
Kavanagh checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kavanagh throws out a counter right but Griffiths avoids it with no problem.
Kavanagh cracks Griffiths with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Griffiths scores with a hook to the body. Kavanagh takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griffiths throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kavanagh fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Griffiths checks it well.
Kavanagh pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffiths takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kavanagh bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jab by Kavanagh.
Kavanagh getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Griffiths misses the jab.
Kavanagh throws a shot from downtown. Griffiths moves away and avoids it.
Kavanagh lands a leg kick that knocks Griffiths off balance momentarily.
Kavanagh connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kavanagh listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Griffiths takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kavanagh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Griffiths.
Kavanagh cracks Griffiths with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Griffiths takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kavanagh moves out of range of the strikes.
Griffiths bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kavanagh.
Griffiths defending well as Kavanagh loads up on a big left hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brody Kavanagh comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kavanagh 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brody Kavanagh!
A victorious Brody Kavanagh thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Benson Whyte (ranked 215 p4p, 36 weight class) and Pavel Savkov (ranked 223 p4p, 39 weight class). Whyte comes to the cage accompanied by Bob Marley - Jammin. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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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
20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Benson Whyte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pavel Savkov!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Phil Schofield and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whyte lands with a thumping leg kick.
Whyte throws a shot from downtown. Savkov moves away and avoids it.
Whyte slips a jab and a cross from Savkov.
Whyte throws a nice looking combination but Savkov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Savkov misses with a series of wild punches.
Whyte appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Whyte wants to land a leg kick but Savkov is out of range.
Savkov moves into the clinch.
Whyte is pressed up against the cage. Savkov has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Whyte down to the mat. Whyte avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Savkov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Whyte circles away quickly and effectively.
Savkov misses with a right hand
and Whyte counters with a leg kick.
Whyte connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Savkov's hands.
Savkov misses with a lunging right hand
and Whyte counters with an inside leg kick.
Savkov fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fighters circling - Savkov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Whyte.
Savkov shoots for a takedown but Whyte saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Whyte misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savkov shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Whyte's guard.
Whyte scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Savkov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Whyte bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Savkov darts in trying to clinch
and Whyte counters with an outside leg kick.
Savkov scores with a takedown into Whyte's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Savkov is looking to work some ground and pound but Whyte has wrist control.
Whyte pushes Savkov off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Savkov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Whyte.
Savkov misses with an uppercut. Whyte saw that one coming.
Whyte uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Savkov.
Whyte is looking to land body kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Whyte.
Savkov moves out of range as Whyte strikes.
Savkov moves to clinch but Whyte breaks away
and Whyte counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A big left from Savkov misses.
Savkov tries to clinch but Whyte moves out of range.
Whyte tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Savkov was well out of range. Poor timing from Whyte.
Savkov connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Savkov throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Whyte on the side of the head.
Savkov slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Savkov blocks a jab.
Whyte waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Savkov.
Savkov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Savkov closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Whyte to the mat! Whyte manages to get full guard.
Whyte pushes Savkov off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Pavel Savkov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Whyte circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savkov wants to clinch
and Whyte connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Savkov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Whyte was well out of range. Poor timing from Savkov.
Savkov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Whyte throws a hook to the side of Savkov's head but Savkov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A cross from Whyte lands.
Savkov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Whyte paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Whyte on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Savkov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Whyte lands with a shot to the body.
Savkov throws a lazy uppercut
and Savkov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Savkov dives in and grabs Whyte's left leg, looking for a takedown. Whyte pushes down on Savkov's head and hops out.
Benson Whyte has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pavel Savkov.
Savkov looks to land a right hand but Whyte moved out of range.
A quick step to the side and Whyte tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Savkov tries to clinch but Whyte moves out of range.
Savkov has managed to clinch.
Whyte lands a hook that snaps the head of Savkov backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whyte with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Whyte tries to throw a body punch but Savkov avoids it by throwing Whyte back against the cage.
Whyte scores with a hook to the body.
Whyte lands an uppercut.
Savkov is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Whyte is defending well.
Still in the clinch, Whyte scores with a nice short uppercut.
Savkov is looking for a takedown.
Savkov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Savkov can't get the takedown.
Whyte scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Whyte doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Whyte doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Whyte.
Whyte doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Savkov gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Whyte pushes Savkov off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Savkov misses with an uppercut.
Benson Whyte is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Whyte uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Savkov.
An attempted straight right counter from Whyte misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benson Whyte dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Savkov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Whyte.
A slow jab from Savkov misses its intended target.
Savkov closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Savkov is pressing down on Whyte's thigh, looking to free his foot. Whyte is holding on for now.
Whyte is holding on to half guard well.
Whyte trying to control but Savkov postures up.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Savkov working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Savkov wants to control but Whyte is keeping him busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whyte moves into full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Savkov trying to control but Whyte is working from the bottom.
Whyte is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savkov throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Whyte works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Whyte keeping moving, preventing Savkov from controlling successfully.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Savkov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Whyte is keeping the position for now.
Whyte wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Savkov closes the distance and clinches.
Savkov has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Whyte is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Savkov can't get the takedown.
Savkov has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Whyte after a bit of a struggle.
Benson Whyte has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pavel Savkov.
Savkov is trying to drag Whyte to the mat but Whyte just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Whyte is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Savkov can do to turn this around?
Whyte lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Whyte.
Savkov is trying to drag Whyte to the mat but Whyte just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Whyte lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Savkov backwards.
Whyte tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Savkov avoids it.
Whyte presses Savkov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Whyte goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Savkov wants a takedown but no success here.
Whyte tries a body shot but Savkov blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Whyte scores with a nice short uppercut.
Whyte lands a body shot.
Savkov is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Savkov is breathing heavily.
Whyte gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Savkov.
Whyte lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savkov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Savkov is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Whyte is defending well.
Whyte breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Whyte looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Savkov darts in and clinches Whyte up against the cage.
Whyte is pressed up against the cage. Savkov has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Whyte down to the mat. Whyte avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Whyte slips a straight right by Savkov.
It looked like Whyte wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Savkov lands with an uppercut that bounces Whyte off the cage and back into range.
Whyte throws a head kick but Savkov moves out of range.
Whyte ducks under a wild hook from Savkov.
Savkov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Savkov misses with a looping right.
Savkov decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Savkov lands with a punch from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savkov is looking for submissions but instead, Whyte has regained full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Savkov wants to control from the top but Whyte keeps moving.
Savkov working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Whyte utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Whyte avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Savkov passes Whyte's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Whyte regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Savkov.
Savkov is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Whyte is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Whyte has escaped and now he's on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benson Whyte dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
A big right from Savkov misses.
Whyte avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Whyte swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Whyte ducks under a wild hook from Savkov.
Whyte thinks about countering with a head kick.
Savkov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Savkov closes the distance but Whyte moves to the side
and Whyte connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Savkov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Whyte sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Savkov dives in for a single leg takedown but Whyte sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Whyte throws a jab but it's blocked by Savkov.
Savkov tries for a takedown but Whyte circles away easily
enabling Whyte to counter with a crisp jab.
Savkov is rocked!
Benson Whyte is winning the standup battle so far.
Savkov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Whyte counters with a crisp right that sends Savkov to the canvas! Whyte follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Benson Whyte!
In his post fight interview, Benson Whyte started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marco Ajax (ranked 74 p4p, 9 weight class) and Takeshi Yuudai (ranked 201 p4p, 25 weight class). Ajax comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Marco Ajax had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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155 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
38 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marco Ajax!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Takeshi Yuudai!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ajax misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yuudai.
Ajax throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yuudai blocks a jab.
Ajax looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ajax tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yuudai lands a body shot.
Ajax with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Yuudai to score with a decent uppercut.
Yuudai looks to land a right hand but Ajax moved out of range.
Ajax misses with a straight right.
Ajax misses with a straight left.
Ajax swinging wildly here.
Marco Ajax seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yuudai ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Yuudai.
It seemed like Yuudai was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Yuudai ducks under a wild hook from Ajax.
Yuudai throws a lazy right hand but Ajax sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yuudai misses with a looping right.
Yuudai jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Yuudai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ajax.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuudai lands with an overhand left.
A jab from Yuudai finds it's way through Ajax's defenses.
Yuudai with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ajax to score with a decent uppercut.
A bone on bone clash there as Yuudai blocks the leg kick.
Yuudai lands a jab to Ajax's midsection.
Yuudai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ajax throws the left hand but Yuudai avoids the punch easily.
A big left from Yuudai misses.
It looked like Ajax wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Yuudai chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Yuudai throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yuudai thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab lands there for Yuudai.
Ajax is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Yuudai's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Ajax feints and as Yuudai raises his hands in defense, Ajax changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Yuudai is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Ajax dives into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ajax is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Yuudai's shoulder. That is not cool.
Ajax wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yuudai keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yuudai can't do much from the bottom here.
Ajax throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Ajax postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Ajax throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Yuudai can't do much from the bottom here.
Ajax 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.
Ajax tries to score with some ground and pound. Yuudai controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Ajax with the ground and pound but Yuudai regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Ajax not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Yuudai wants to control but Ajax is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ajax missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ajax is looking to take a break and control but Yuudai is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ajax lands a nice short elbow.
Ajax slips a nice elbow through Yuudai's hands, connecting with Yuudai's forehead.
Ajax thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ajax sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yuudai defending well though.
Ajax missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Yuudai tries to get to full guard but Ajax has control of the leg.
Ajax lands with a punch from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yuudai controlling the position for now.
Nice strikes from Ajax there.
Ajax seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Yuudai does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ajax missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Yuudai keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ajax trying to control the action but Yuudai is working from the bottom.
Ajax thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Yuudai's head.
Ajax takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
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. Ajax connects with a nice short shot to Yuudai's temple.
Yuudai is pressing down on Ajax's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yuudai manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ajax manages to get himself to full guard.
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 Marco Ajax will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Yuudai uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ajax.
Yuudai tries a quick counter leg kick but Ajax is wise to it.
Ajax throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yuudai has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Ajax scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Yuudai pushes Ajax off and gets back to his feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Ajax misses the target.
Ajax drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
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!
Yuudai looking to control.
Yuudai wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Yuudai utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ajax throws a big elbow that misses.
Ajax trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ajax might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ajax scoring with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ajax lands a couple of elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ajax accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ajax lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Yuudai utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Yuudai working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ajax.
Ajax in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ajax postures up in Yuudai's guard and throws a big left but Yuudai blocks it.
Ajax throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Yuudai works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ajax working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Yuudai's head.
Ajax throwing strikes from guard but Yuudai blocks nicely.
Yuudai has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ajax throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ajax throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Yuudai works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Yuudai is on top in guard.
Ajax looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ajax is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Yuudai is aware though and is defending well.
Yuudai must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Yuudai stopping the sweep attempt from Ajax.
Ajax working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Yuudai has passed into half guard!
Yuudai content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ajax is looking to improve his position.
Ajax is trying is best to control the position here.
Ajax is looking to improve his position.
Yuudai sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Ajax is looking to improve his position.
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.
Ajax looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ajax tries to roll over but Yuudai keeps him under control.
Yuudai is looking to take a break and control but Ajax is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ajax is pressing down on Yuudai's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yuudai sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ajax's guard.
Ajax is trying to maintain the position but Yuudai is very close to passing his half guard.
Marco Ajax overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ajax tries to roll over but Yuudai keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Ajax dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Yuudai dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ajax. That did some damage!
Takeshi Yuudai seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A slapping body kick lands there for Yuudai.
Yuudai goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Ajax connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Yuudai thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yuudai moves away from the strike by Ajax.
Yuudai defending well as Ajax loads up on a big left hand.
Ajax fails with the takedown
and Yuudai counters with a right hand to the body.
Yuudai is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Yuudai throws a leg kick but Ajax sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Yuudai scoring well with a low kick there.
Ajax is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yuudai lands with a straight right. Ajax didn't see that one coming.
Ajax throws a solid leg kick but Yuudai takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ajax.
Ajax on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yuudai. Yuudai obviously looking to wear him down.
Yuudai misses with an uppercut.
Ajax thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yuudai throws a counter combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuudai looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ajax throws a half hearted mid kick.
Yuudai misses with an uppercut.
Ajax manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Yuudai on his heels. He'll look to pass Yuudai's guard now, I'm sure.
Ajax is looking to work some ground and pound but Yuudai has wrist control.
Yuudai wants to stand up but Ajax is controlling him.
Ajax is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ajax postures up in Yuudai's guard and throws a big left but Yuudai blocks it.
Yuudai not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ajax missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Yuudai looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ajax is one step ahead there.
Yuudai preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Takeshi Yuudai has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yuudai utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Yuudai lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Ajax not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ajax has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Yuudai can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Yuudai won't allow Ajax to sweep him here.
Yuudai stays in close to Ajax's body and controls the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuudai preventing the sweep.
Yuudai throwing strikes from guard but Ajax blocks nicely.
Ajax bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Yuudai's guard.
Yuudai looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ajax in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ajax throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yuudai keeping moving, preventing Ajax from controlling successfully.
Yuudai is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ajax is aware though and is defending well.
Ajax missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ajax is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Yuudai wants to sweep but no luck.
Yuudai keeping moving, preventing Ajax from controlling successfully.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Yuudai.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ajax fails to land with a series of punches.
Yuudai looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ajax takes a swing at Yuudai's ribcage but misses.
Ajax has a takedown stuffed.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Takeshi Yuudai.
I think Ajax has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Ajax!
Marco Ajax tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitzi Glozman (ranked 115 p4p, 6 weight class) and Mush Mouth (ranked 225 p4p, 8 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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270 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mitzi Glozman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mush Mouth!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glozman gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Mouth to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Mouth postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mouth postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mouth in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mouth throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Glozman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Glozman wants to stand and escape but Mouth is having none of it.
Mouth trying to control but Glozman is working from the bottom.
Mouth throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mouth cracks Glozman with a solid left hand.
Mouth scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mouth keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Glozman's head.
Mouth pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Glozman is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mouth keeps trying to improve his position.
Mouth throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Glozman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mouth postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Glozman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Glozman swinging wildly here.
Mouth has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Glozman is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Mouth moves out of range of the body kick.
Glozman looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mouth throws out a loose jab but Glozman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mouth is trying hard to land a takedown here. Glozman sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice sprawl there from Glozman as Mouth shoots in.
Glozman throws the left hand but Mouth avoids the punch easily.
Glozman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mouth.
Mouth staying out of range there.
Mouth looks to land a combination but Glozman avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mouth throws a body punch but Glozman moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Glozman misses the target.
Glozman slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Mouth shoots in and bounces Glozman off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Mouth throwing strikes but missing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mouth prevents Glozman from getting back to his feet.
Mouth trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mouth postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mouth throws a big elbow that misses.
Mouth has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mouth stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Glozman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mouth slips nicely into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glozman avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mouth.
Mouth is stalling here. Glozman is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Mouth seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Glozman has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Mouth tries to escape but Glozman is in control.
Glozman stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Glozman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mouth.
Mush Mouth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Glozman misses with a looping left.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Mouth!
Mouth shoots for a double leg takedown but Glozman sprawls well. He's pushed Mouth's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mitzi Glozman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mush Mouth.
Mouth has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Glozman.
Mitzi Glozman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mouth moves away from the strike by Glozman.
Mouth ducks under a wild hook from Glozman.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mouth punishes Glozman's body with a nice straight punch.
Mouth lands with a nice combination. Glozman backs away looking to recover.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice takedown defense from Glozman. No joy for Mouth on that attempt.
Mouth avoids a kick to the body.
Glozman scores with a jab to the jaw.
A slow jab from Glozman misses its intended target.
Mouth lands an overhand right.
Glozman throws a head kick that misses.
It seemed like Mouth was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mouth shoots in but no luck this time.
A swing and a miss from Glozman.
Nice takedown defense from Glozman. No joy for Mouth on that attempt.
Glozman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A leg kick checked by Mouth.
Mouth misses with a wild combination.
Mouth shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Glozman manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mush Mouth will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Mouth misses with a straight left.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Mush Mouth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mouth scores with a crisp jab that stopped Glozman in his tracks.
Glozman throws out a loose jab but Mouth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mouth connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A telegraphed right hand from Glozman misses the target.
Mouth tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A telegraphed right hand from Mouth misses the target.
Glozman misses with a leg kick.
Glozman plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
It looks like Mush Mouth has been cut.
Glozman throws a big shot that misses.
Mouth feints a jab promting Glozman to slip. Mouth then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Glozman slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Mouth goes for a double leg but Glozman avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Glozman continues to drive forward.
Mouth will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Glozman misses with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mouth takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Glozman.
Glozman throws a leg kick that misses.
Mouth with the counter takedown but Glozman avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mouth uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Glozman.
Mouth drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Glozman defends it well.
Mouth's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Glozman connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mouth scrambles back to his feet.
Mouth takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mouth comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mouth fails to land the takedown.
Mouth lands with a good body shot.
Glozman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mouth.
Glozman getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Mouth ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Glozman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mouth swinging wildly here.
Mouth shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Glozman napping and manages to drive through into side control!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mouth in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Glozman pushes Mouth away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Mouth gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Mouth in side control lands a decent elbow.
Glozman is working to avoid the ground and pound but Mouth connects with a decent elbow.
Mouth working the ground and pound from side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mouth tries to score with some ground and pound. Glozman controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Mouth scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Glozman to see if he's OK.
Glozman is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Glozman is rocked!
Mouth sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Glozman is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Mouth landing strikes.
Oh Glozman is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Glozman defending against the ground and pound.
Mouth in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Glozman looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Mouth turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mush Mouth!
After the fight, Mush Mouth 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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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tsoko Chikatchawan (ranked 118 p4p, 23 weight class) and Sotiris Kakoullis (ranked 44 p4p, 7 weight class). Chikatchawan's entrance music is Animal. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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206 lbs
54 - 18 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tsoko Chikatchawan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
54 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sotiris Kakoullis!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kakoullis scores with a leg kick.
Kakoullis swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A jab lands there for Kakoullis.
Chikatchawan connects with a body shot.
Chikatchawan feints and then cracks Kakoullis's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kakoullis down.
Kakoullis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chikatchawan.
Chikatchawan misses with a body shot.
Kakoullis tries to land a front kick but Chikatchawan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Chikatchawan is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kakoullis misses with a left hand
and Chikatchawan counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Sotiris Kakoullis has been cut.
Chikatchawan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kakoullis misses with a kick to the body.
Kakoullis blocks the body kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kakoullis.
Chikatchawan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kakoullis.
An attempted straight right counter from Chikatchawan misses the target.
Kakoullis has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Chikatchawan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chikatchawan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kakoullis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kakoullis scores with a hook to the body. Chikatchawan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Chikatchawan misses the shot to the body.
Kakoullis throws a leg kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Kakoullis.
Kakoullis misses with a wild body shot.
Chikatchawan jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Chikatchawan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kakoullis.
Kakoullis throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kakoullis closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kakoullis takes a swing at Chikatchawan's ribcage but misses.
Sotiris Kakoullis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kakoullis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It looked like Chikatchawan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Chikatchawan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oooooh!!! Chikatchawan has knocked Kakoullis down with a huge combo! Chikatchawan steps away and waves a wobbly Kakoullis back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kakoullis throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chikatchawan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kakoullis.
Chikatchawan throws a jab when Kakoullis was well out of range.
Kakoullis is looking to chop away at Chikatchawan's legs.
A bone on bone clash there as Kakoullis blocks the leg kick.
Chikatchawan lands a really nice looking cross but Kakoullis seems unphased.
That has opened up Sotiris Kakoullis's cut even more.
Chikatchawan throws a hook to the side of Kakoullis's head but Kakoullis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kakoullis swings for the body but Chikatchawan moves out of range.
Kakoullis misses with a body kick.
Chikatchawan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kakoullis moves away.
Chikatchawan lands a nice looking body kick.
Chikatchawan ducks right into an uppercut from Kakoullis.
Kakoullis blocks a low kick nicely.
Kakoullis misses the jab.
It looked like Chikatchawan was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kakoullis.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kakoullis takes a swing at Chikatchawan's ribcage but misses.
Kakoullis misses with a kick to the body
and Chikatchawan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Chikatchawan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chikatchawan working aggressively here.
A short left from Chikatchawan.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Chikatchawan scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kakoullis.
Kakoullis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kakoullis misses with a hook
and Chikatchawan counters with a nice body kick.
Chikatchawan swings for the body but Kakoullis moves out of range.
Chikatchawan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That kick from Chikatchawan tenderised Kakoullis's leg. Kakoullis is trying to keep his angry face on.
Chikatchawan dips to his left and cracks Kakoullis with an uppercut!
Kakoullis looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
As Kakoullis backs away, Chikatchawan returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kakoullis lands with a shot to the body.
Kakoullis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chikatchawan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The cut above Sotiris Kakoullis's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Kakoullis throws out a powerful jab.
Kakoullis misses with a head kick.
Kakoullis avoids a kick to the body.
Kakoullis throws a right and a left that Chikatchawan avoids nicely.
A jab from Kakoullis misses.
A big right from Chikatchawan misses.
Kakoullis looks to land a body kick but Chikatchawan moved away.
A jab from Kakoullis misses.
Kakoullis misses with a hook
letting Chikatchawan counter with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A telegraphed right hand from Kakoullis misses the target.
Kakoullis connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tsoko Chikatchawan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sotiris Kakoullis's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Kakoullis throws a wild body kick that Chikatchawan sees coming a mile off.
Kakoullis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chikatchawan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kakoullis is out of range and Chikatchawan settles back down.
Chikatchawan moves out of range as Kakoullis throws a body kick.
Chikatchawan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kakoullis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kakoullis misses with a body shot.
Kakoullis misses with a kick to the body.
A big right from Chikatchawan misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chikatchawan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kakoullis connects with an inside leg kick.
Kakoullis has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Chikatchawan.
A decent looking cross lands there for Chikatchawan.
Chikatchawan throws a jab but it's blocked by Kakoullis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chikatchawan blocks a head kick by Kakoullis.
Kakoullis misses with a body kick.
A swing and a miss from Chikatchawan.
Chikatchawan scores with a push kick.
Kakoullis is breathing heavily.
Kakoullis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chikatchawan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Chikatchawan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Chikatchawan catches Kakoullis with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Chikatchawan throws a jab when Kakoullis was well out of range.
Chikatchawan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Chikatchawan works Kakoullis's body with a nice hook.
Kakoullis blocks a leg kick.
Kakoullis is looking for the big counter here.
Kakoullis throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kakoullis gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Chikatchawan finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Chikatchawan cracks Kakoullis with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sotiris Kakoullis's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sotiris Kakoullis's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tsoko Chikatchawan!
Tsoko Chikatchawan looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Thank you Sotiris, it was an honour.'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Koh Ibu (ranked 7 p4p, 3 weight class) and Blake Green (ranked 6 p4p, 2 weight class). Green has chosen Sugar Rush as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Koh Ibu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Blake Green!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Donald Grub and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Green misses with an uppercut. Ibu saw that one coming.
Green slips a jab from Ibu.
Ibu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Green misses the shot to the body.
Green slips a straight right by Ibu.
Ibu takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Green throws a body kick that misses.
Ibu swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ibu tries to clinch but Green is having none of it.
Green misses with a left hand
enabling Ibu to counter with a crisp jab.
Ibu connects with a good right hand that stumbles Green. Green circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Green clobbers Ibu with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ibu swings for the body but Green moves out of range.
Ibu throws a body punch but Green moves out of range.
Green punishes Ibu's body with a nice straight punch.
Green swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Ibu wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ibu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ibu moves out of range of the leg kick from Green.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Green throws a quick inside leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Green blocks the leg kick.
Green tests Ibu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Green clobbers Ibu with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ibu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ibu throws a hook but Green avoids it easily.
Green lands a nice looking body kick.
Green lets loose with a powerful body kick. Ibu will feel that in the morning.
Ibu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Green.
Ibu throws a leg kick but Green sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Ibu misses the target.
Ibu swings for the body but Green moves out of range.
Green lands with a good body shot.
Ibu throws a right hand that misses
and Green counters with a nice uppercut.
Green scores with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Green defending well as Ibu loads up on a big left hand.
Ibu takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ibu has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Green.
Ibu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ibu lands with a shot to the body.
Green blocks a leg kick.
Green looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Green lands a nice hook to Ibu's body. Ibu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Green misses with a hook. Ibu ducked under it nicely.
Green wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ibu misses with a wild body shot.
Green scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Green ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ibu looks to land a left hand but Green moved out of range nicely.
Green missing with a left hand there. Ibu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Green scores with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ibu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ibu misses with a hook. Green ducked under it nicely.
Green looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ibu lands with a nice body punch.
Ibu avoids the body shot from Green.
Green jabs Ibu to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Blake Green seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Green moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Green uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ibu.
Ibu cracks a nice hook into Green's ribs.
Ibu tries a low kick but Green avoids it.
Green misses with a wild body shot.
Green is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ibu rather than just go for the knockout.
Ibu cracks Green with a good jab.
Green misses the shot to the body.
Green misses with a low kick.
Ibu throws a front kick aimed at Green's knee but Green avoids it well.
Ibu moves out of range as Green throws a body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Green scores with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Green moves away from the strike by Ibu.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Green.
Green throws a body punch but Ibu moves out of range.
Green throws a body kick that misses.
Ibu stuns Green with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Green looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ibu with a hook.
Green feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ibus jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Green pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Green wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ibu moves away from the strike by Green.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Green, right into the meat.
Green lands a jab to Ibu's midsection.
Ibu moves out of range as Green throws a body kick.
Green uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ibu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Blake Green dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ibu thuds his right hand into Green's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice body punch from Ibu.
Green defending well as Ibu loads up on a big left hand.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Ibu might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Green ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ibu moves away.
Ibu swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A jab from Ibu misses.
Green misses with a wild body shot.
Ibu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ibu takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Green keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ibu swings for the body but Green moves out of range.
Ibu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Green throws out the jab.
Green slips a straight right by Ibu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ibu misses with a hook
and Green counters with a good low kick that Ibu was not able to check.
Ibu with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Green to score with a decent uppercut.
Green throws a low kick but Ibu moves out of range easily.
Ibu lands a head shot.
Green misses with a left hand
and Ibu counters with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Green slips a straight right by Ibu.
Ibu throws a low kick but Green avoids it.
Green scores with a body shot.
Ibu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Green.
Ibu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ibu gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Green lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Green working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ibu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ibu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ibu is leaning against Green and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Green throws a punch but it's blocked by Ibu.
Ibu has a couple of punches blocked by Green.
Green throws a punch but it's blocked by Ibu.
Green lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ibu misses with a punch on the inside.
Ibu breaks from the clinch.
Green tries to land a front kick but Ibu steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Green lands a jab to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Green throws a hook but Ibu avoids it easily.
It looked like Ibu was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Green.
Green throws a body shot but no joy.
Ibu throws a shot to the body.
Ibu throws a push kick but Green slaps the foot to one side.
Ibu takes one to the side of the head.
Ibu will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Ibu fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ibu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Green scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ibu avoids the head kick by Green.
Ibu appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ibu scores with a jab to the head.
Green takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A clash of legs there as Ibu blocks the low kick.
Ibu misses with an uppercut.
Green lands a nice looking body shot.
Green lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ibu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Green on the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Green.
Green throws a lazy right hand but Ibu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Green lands a right hook to the body.
Ibu looks for the body kick but Green saw that one coming.
Ibu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Green scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ibu misses with a body shot
and Green counters with a body kick.
Ibu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Good exchange - Green coming out on top.
Both fighters circling a little - Green finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A jab from Green misses.
Ibu throws a lazy uppercut
and Green counters with an inside leg kick.
Green takes a swing at Ibu's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ibu throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Green misses with a straight left.
A little feinted left hand from Ibu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ibu throws a shot from downtown. Green moves away and avoids it.
Green throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ibu.
Ibu throwing a counter right hand but Green manages to avoid it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Green.
Green misses with a shot to the body
and Ibu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Blake Green seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Green is looking to slow Ibu down with leg kicks.
Ibu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ibu is looking to counter the offense by Green and move into the clinch.
Green misses with a body kick.
Green jabs Ibu right on the nose. Ibu blinks but takes it well.
Green throws the kick towards the body but Ibu avoids it.
Ibu throws a head kick that misses.
Ibu is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ibu misses with a hook. Green ducked under it nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Green.
Ibu catches Green with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Blake Green will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ibu misses with a lunging right hand
and Green counters with a low kick, right behind Ibu 's knee.
Green looks to throw a body kick
and Ibu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ibu scores with the left hand. Green knows he should have avoided that one.
Green is rocked!
Ibu attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Green is still on wobbly legs! Can Ibu finish him?
Ibu avoids the body shot from Green.
Green seems to have recovered his senses.
A telegraphed right hand from Ibu misses the target.
Ibu on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Green swings for the body but Ibu moves out of range.
Green is looking to land body kicks.
Ibu throws a big shot that misses.
Green is trying to counter with his kicks.
Green keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ibu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Green steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ibu.
Ibu dips to his left and cracks Green with an uppercut!
Green does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ibu moves in looking to clinch but Green pushes him off.
Ibu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Green.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Green throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Green scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ibu doesn't seem bothered though.
Green ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ibu moves away.
Ibu moves out of range of the body kick from Green.
Green pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ibu walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Green throws a jab but it's blocked by Ibu.
Ibu thows a leg kick but Green checks it
and Green counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ibu takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ibu throws a looping overhand right but Green ducks down to avoid it.
Green goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Green dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circling - Ibu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ibu connects with a leg kick. Green looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Green just misses with a punch to the body.
A quick step to the side and Ibu tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ibu lands a really nice looking cross but Green seems unphased.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Green fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Green is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A low kick from Ibu misses
and Green counters with a body kick that stops Ibu in his tracks momentarily.
Green misses with a left hand
and Ibu counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ibu misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Green. Ibu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Green throws a shot from downtown. Ibu moves away and avoids it.
Ibu throws a big shot that misses.
Green loads up on a big right hand but Ibu slips the punch.
Ibu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Green.
Green now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ibu with a nice cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green lands the left hand.
Ibu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Green.
Green scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ibu takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ibu was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Nice defenses there by Green.
Green is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ibu with a body shot.
Ibu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Green walks into a left hand.
Green walks into a stiff left hand from Ibu.
Ibu misses the jab.
Green misses the shot to the body.
Green blocks a head kick by Ibu.
Green is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ibu slips a jab from Green.
Ibu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Green.
Green missing with a left hand there. Ibu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ibu tries to score with a low kick but Green moves his leg out of the way.
Green misses the shot to the body.
Ibu misses with a low kick as Green jumps back.
Ibu with a nice cross.
Green throws a shot from downtown. Ibu moves away and avoids it.
Green looks to land a left hand but Ibu moved out of range nicely.
Ibu fires out a quick counter leg kick but Green just manages to avoid it.
Green looks to score with a jab to the body but Ibu is just out of range.
It looked like Ibu wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ibu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Green.
Green looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A jab from Ibu misses.
Green misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ibu.
Green uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ibu.
Green lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ibu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Green throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Blake Green just about did enough to take it.
That's time! Back to the action!
Ibu scores with a decent looking hook.
Ibu lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ibu throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Green connects with the punch.
Ibu stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Green ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Green just misses with a punch to the body.
Ibu misses with a body shot.
Good work by Ibu as he checks the leg kick.
Ibu moves away from the strike by Green.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Green ducks right into an uppercut from Ibu.
Ibu misses with a straight right.
Koh Ibu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Green's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ibu under the eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Green uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ibu.
Green scores with a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Green throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ibu connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Green momentarily.
Ibu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Green throws a head kick but Ibu moves out of range.
Green throws out a loose jab but Ibu uses good head movement to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by Green.
Green thows a body kick. Ibu tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Green.
Green keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circling - Ibu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big left from Green misses.
Ibu fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ibu throws an overhand right that lands on Green's shoulder, as Green tries to avoid the shot.
A good leg kick by Ibu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green scores with a hook.
A nice leg kick lands there from Green.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ibu throws a shot from downtown. Green moves away and avoids it.
Green looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ibu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Green manages to avoid it.
Green misses with an uppercut. Ibu saw that one coming.
Green scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ibu in his tracks.
Green scores with a hook.
Green scores with a decent looking hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Ibu misses the target.
Ibu slips a jab from Green.
Ibu is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ibu throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Green counter with a right hand.
Green looks to score with a jab to the body but Ibu is just out of range.
Green digs a good hook to Ibu's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green looks to land a body kick but Ibu moved away.
Green misses with a looping left.
Green thows a left - swing and a miss!
Green uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ibu.
Ibu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Green throws out the jab.
A jab from Green misses.
Ibu lands a jab to the nose.
Green cracks Ibu with an open hand slap.
Ibu lands with a hook. Green tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ibu misses with a body shot.
Green scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ibu. That's going to slow Green down.
Green moves out of range as Ibu strikes.
Green throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Green ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ibu moves away.
Ibu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Green keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ibu.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ibu misses with a left hand
and Green counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ibu thinking.
Ibu walks into a stiff left hand from Green.
Green ducks under a wild hook from Ibu.
Ibu throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Green comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Green connects with a leg kick. Ibu looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Some bone on bone action there as Ibu checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Green lands a nice hook to Ibu's body. Ibu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Green thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ibu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Green lands with an uppercut that bounces Ibu off the cage and back into range.
Green lands with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Blake Green dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Green scores with a jab to the head.
Green has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ibu throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Green scores with a jab.
Green throws a jab when Ibu was well out of range.
Crunch! Green slams his shin into Ibu's torso.
Ibu slips under a jab from Green.
Green punishes Ibu's body with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Green. Ibu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Green with a hook.
Green throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ibu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ibu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Green manages to avoid it.
Ibu takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ibu moves into the clinch successfully.
Ibu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ibu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ibu swings wildly with an uppercut but Green uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ibu working aggressively here.
Green working aggressively here.
Green tries to work over Ibu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Green misses with a punch to the body.
Green lands a body shot in the clinch.
Green goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Green.
Green's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ibu misses with some punches.
Koh Ibu has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A shot in the inside from Ibu.
Green lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ibu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ibu looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Green turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Green scores with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ibu misses with a straight left.
Green misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ibu.
A head kick misses from Ibu.
Ibu lands a leg kick that knocks Green off balance momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ibu throws a sloppy head kick and Green moves out of range easily.
Green looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Green takes a swing at Ibu's ribcage but misses.
Ibu takes one on the button.
Green lands a nice hook to Ibu's body. Ibu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Green scores with a nice head shot.
Ibu throws a shot from downtown. Green moves away and avoids it.
It seemed like Green was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ibu throws out a loose jab but Green uses good head movement to avoid it.
Green looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Green lands a nice hook to Ibu's body. Ibu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ibu takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ibu on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Green lands a head kick!
Green stuns Ibu with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Green moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ibu misses with a leg kick.
Ibu throws a hook to the side of Green's head but Green sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice defenses there by Ibu.
Green connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ibu throws a body shot but no joy.
Good shot there by Green.
Ibu doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Green throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Green lands a slapping body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Green circles away from the clinch attempt.
Green sizes up Ibu with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Green lands a lovely overhand right.
Ibu avoids the body shot from Green.
Ibu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ibu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Green manages to avoid it.
Ibu loads up on a big right hand but Green slips the punch.
Ibu blocks a head kick by Green.
A little feinted left hand from Ibu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Green avoids the body shot from Ibu.
Green has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Green waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ibu.
A jab from Green does it's job there.
Green scores with a jab to the body.
Ibu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Green.
Green lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ibu ducks under a wild hook from Green.
And that's the end of the fight!
Blake Green comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Green 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 45:50
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 45:50
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Blake Green!
After the big win, Blake Green made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Voodoo Nutrition and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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