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CEFC 302 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Optimus Prime (ranked 9081 p4p, 595 weight class) and Shinsuke Nakamura (ranked 5842 p4p, 449 weight class). Prime comes to the cage accompanied by Rich Boy - Boy Looka Here . Nakamura has chosen Shadow Of A Setting Sun as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Optimus Prime has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Optimus Prime seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
42 - 44 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Optimus Prime!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinsuke Nakamura!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prime throws a lazy right hand but Nakamura sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nakamura shoots in looking for a takedown. Prime tries to sprawl out of it but Nakamura keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Prime manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Prime misses with a double jab.
Nakamura shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Prime napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Nakamura tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Prime tries to buck Nakamura off but Nakamura is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nakamura wants to control but Prime is keeping him busy.
Prime is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Nakamura asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura in side control, throwing shots but Prime defends.
Nakamura tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nakamura has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Nakamura decides to stand up, so the ref orders Prime to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nakamura keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Prime.
Nakamura tries to counter by closing the distance.
Prime throws a lazy right hand but Nakamura sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Prime throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nakamura counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Prime!
Prime explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Prime misses with a straight left.
Prime takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nakamura tries for a takedown but Prime sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Prime misses the shot to the body.
Nakamura is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Nakamura lands the left hand.
Prime misses with a straight left.
A swing and a miss from Prime.
And Nakamura tries to counter it with a takedown but Prime pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Danga de danga de dang - Prime scores with a four punch combination!
Prime is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Optimus Prime has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinsuke Nakamura.
Prime closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Prime lands in his opponent's guard.
Prime postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Prime tries to free his leg and advance position but Nakamura is retaining full guard.
Prime with a flurry of punches that miss.
Prime missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nakamura controls Prime momentarily but Prime frees himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Prime postures up in Nakamura's guard and throws a big left but Nakamura blocks it.
Prime won't allow Nakamura to get back to his feet.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Nakamura looking for a guillotine here but Prime defends easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura looking for a guillotine here but Prime defends easily.
Prime stands up over Nakamura, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Nakamura controls Prime momentarily but Prime frees himself.
Nakamura utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nakamura looking for a guillotine here but Prime defends easily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Prime accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Optimus Prime dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Nakamura moves in looking to clinch but Prime pushes him off.
Nakamura shoots in but Prime avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nakamura changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Prime tries to avoid it but Nakamura manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Prime to the ground. Prime escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nice defenses there by Nakamura.
Nakamura was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Nakamura is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Prime throws a hook but Nakamura avoids it easily.
Prime looks to land a combination but Nakamura avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nakamura has a takedown stuffed.
Optimus Prime has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinsuke Nakamura.
Nakamura takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Shinsuke Nakamura has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prime throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Optimus Prime is winning the standup battle so far.
A head kick misses from Prime.
Prime looks to land a right hand but Nakamura moved out of range.
Nakamura tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Prime misses with a hook
and Nakamura counters with a straight right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Prime jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Prime fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Nakamura to the ground. Prime is now in Nakamura's guard.
Prime is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nakamura can do to turn this around?
Nakamura wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Prime manages to pass to side control.
Nakamura actively working from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Prime throwing shots but Nakamura is blocking nicely.
Prime not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura is looking to improve his position.
Nakamura wants to control but Prime is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Prime 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.
Prime thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Prime trying to mount his opponent but Nakamura defends it.
Nakamura is looking to escape.
Prime throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nakamura moves into full guard.
Prime postures up in Nakamura's guard and throws a big left but Nakamura blocks it.
Prime stops Nakamura from standing up.
Nakamura looking for a guillotine here but Prime defends easily.
Nakamura really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Prime. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura looking to control.
Prime is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Prime's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Nakamura working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Prime.
Prime preventing the sweep.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Prime cracks Nakamura with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Prime throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nakamura sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Prime throws a jab but it's blocked by Nakamura.
Nakamura shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Prime pinned against the cage. Prime gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura avoids the body shot from Prime.
A low kick from Prime misses
and Nakamura counters with a single leg into guard. Prime didn't expect that.
Nakamura trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nakamura won't allow Prime to get back to his feet.
Prime looking to control.
Nakamura stands up from Prime's guard - Nakamura perhaps looking for a knockout.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nakamura scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Optimus Prime dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Shinsuke Nakamura's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Nakamura throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Prime's waist but Prime gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nakamura off to one side.
Prime tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Prime waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nakamura.
Prime throws a lazy right hand but Nakamura sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Prime throws a body shot but no joy.
Prime looks to land a right hand but Nakamura moved out of range.
Prime misses with an uppercut.
Optimus Prime seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prime swings for the body but Nakamura moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nakamura fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nakamura is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Prime's half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Prime manages to get to full guard.
Nakamura gets to his feet. Prime looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Prime misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Prime throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nakamura sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nakamura is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Prime with a body shot.
Prime throws a hook but Nakamura blocks it.
Nakamura fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Prime to the ground. Nakamura is now in Prime's guard.
Prime kicks Nakamura off and gets to his feet.
Prime keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Optimus Prime has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinsuke Nakamura.
A big left from Prime misses.
Prime throws a jab when Nakamura was well out of range.
Nakamura wants to counter the offense by Prime and move into the clinch position.
Prime stuffs the takedown attempt from Nakamura. Nakamura gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prime rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nakamura counters with a two punch combo.
Nakamura closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Prime quickly recovers to half guard.
Optimus Prime is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Prime wants to improve his position but Nakamura is controlling well.
Nakamura trying to control from half guard but Prime is working away.
Nakamura wants to work for an arm triangle but Prime is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Nakamura is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Prime sees it coming and defends easily.
Prime is refusing to be controlled, as Nakamura sits in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Prime is trying to stand up here but Nakamura is controlling him well.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Nakamura scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Prime is trying to buck Nakamura off.
A lull in the action here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Optimus Prime showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Prime has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Optimus Prime!
A relieved looking Optimus Prime thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
In defeat, Shinsuke Nakamura stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm So Sorry Fans For Lost, I Don't Know I Could Quit MMA And Head Back To WWE Or NJPW Or Train Harder Win My Next Fight For You Fans'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aldo O Donno (ranked 3989 p4p, 393 weight class) and Rascal Donkashane (ranked 3475 p4p, 352 weight class). O Donno comes into the arena with Make Some Noise - Beastie Boys blaring out of the sound system. Rascal Donkashane has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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175 lbs
18 - 9 - 0 |
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180 lbs
14 - 16 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent 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
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aldo O Donno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rascal Donkashane!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donkashane tries to clinch up.
O Donno seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
The fighters circle momentarily. O Donno darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jab, jab by O Donno - just one landing.
Good shot there by O Donno.
Donkashane misses with a series of wild punches.
O Donno connects with the punch.
O Donno connects with an inside leg kick.
Donkashane has taken the fight to the clinch.
Donkashane tries to pull guard but O Donno won't allow it.
Donkashane working aggressively here.
Donkashane misses with some punches.
O Donno lands a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
O Donno lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Donkashane with an attempt at a knee that misses.
O Donno lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donkashane misses with the head strike.
A short left from O Donno.
O Donno gets through Donkashane's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Donkashane is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Donkashane misses with a body punch.
O Donno is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A hook to the body from O Donno.
O Donno is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Aldo O Donno has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rascal Donkashane.
O Donno working some nice short punches in the clinch.
O Donno lands with a short punch from the clinch.
O Donno lands with a short shot to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by O Donno.
A head punch blocked on the inside by O Donno.
A quick uppercut on the inside from O Donno.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donkashane misses with a punch to the body.
O Donno presses Donkashane against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donkashane misses with a hook to the ribs.
O Donno lands a right hand.
Donkashane has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. O Donno is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
O Donno breaks the clinch.
Donkashane on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Donkashane tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by O Donno! Donkashane is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aldo O Donno!
After winning the bout, Aldo O Donno thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stannis Baratheon (ranked 2524 p4p, 355 weight class) and Bismarck De Jager (ranked 3261 p4p, 439 weight class). De Jager comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Afrikanerhart kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Stannis Baratheon had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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
21 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Stannis Baratheon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bismarck De Jager!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baratheon throws a right and a left that both miss.
De Jager scoring well with a low kick there.
Baratheon defending well as De Jager loads up on a big left hand.
Baratheon takes a swing at De Jager's ribcage but misses.
De Jager showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Baratheon.
Baratheon throws a left and a right that both miss
and De Jager counters with a single leg into guard. Baratheon didn't expect that.
Baratheon looking for a guillotine here but De Jager defends easily.
Baratheon keeping moving, preventing De Jager from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Jager postures up in Baratheon's guard and throws a big left but Baratheon blocks it.
De Jager cracks Baratheon with a solid left hand.
De Jager wants to control from the top but Baratheon keeps moving.
De Jager has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
De Jager got a little sloppy there for a moment and Baratheon has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, De Jager has managed to get both his arms back between Baratheon's legs - danger averted.
De Jager stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Baratheon swivels though and keeps the full guard.
De Jager wants to control from the top but Baratheon keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
De Jager stopping the sweep attempt from Baratheon.
De Jager passes Baratheon's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Jager is trying to control the action in half guard but Baratheon is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
De Jager wants to free his trapped foot but Baratheon is holding on for dear life with his legs.
De Jager controlling the pace.
De Jager wants to pass to mount but Baratheon is defending the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Baratheon looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Jager throwing shots but Baratheon is blocking nicely.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Baratheon scores with a jab.
De Jager throws a right hand that Baratheon ducks under and follows up with a left that Baratheon also avoids with ease.
Baratheon misses with a jab, cross combination.
De Jager scoring well with a low kick there.
Baratheon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Baratheon.
Baratheon throws a series of strikes that have De Jager backpedaling.
It looks like Bismarck De Jager has been cut.
Baratheon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Baratheon throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baratheon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Jager circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baratheon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Jager tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
De Jager avoids the body shot from Baratheon.
Baratheon throws a right and a left that De Jager avoids nicely.
De Jager is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
De Jager throws a jab but it's blocked by Baratheon.
Baratheon throws a series of punches but De Jager moves out of range.
De Jager with the counter takedown but Baratheon avoids it easily.
De Jager walks into a jab.
Baratheon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Baratheon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De Jager throws a hook but Baratheon avoids it easily.
Baratheon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Baratheon throws a left and a right that both miss
and De Jager cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stannis Baratheon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bismarck De Jager's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Baratheon!
Baratheon paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A shot to the liver by De Jager. Beautiful body shot.
No joy there for Baratheon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Baratheon misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for Baratheon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
De Jager throws out a leg kick but Baratheon moves out of range and De Jager only half commits.
Baratheon misses with a hook. De Jager ducked under it nicely.
De Jager drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Baratheon defends it well.
Baratheon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Jager manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baratheon throws a series of punches but De Jager avoids them all with ease.
Baratheon takes a swing at De Jager's ribcage but misses.
Stannis Baratheon is winning the standup battle so far.
Baratheon swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and De Jager connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Jager misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De Jager.
Baratheon looks to land a combination but De Jager avoids it well.
Baratheon misses the jab.
Baratheon throws a right and a left that De Jager avoids nicely.
And De Jager tries to counter it with a takedown but Baratheon pushes his down on his head and steps out.
De Jager takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
De Jager steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Baratheon.
Stannis Baratheon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Jager tries to bum rush Baratheon with a series of wild strikes but Baratheon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
De Jager showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Baratheon.
De Jager dodges the punch combination from Baratheon.
De Jager changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Baratheon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Jager was well out of range. Poor timing from Baratheon.
De Jager tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baratheon misses with a hook. De Jager ducked under it nicely.
De Jager feints the counter takedown.
Stannis Baratheon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baratheon misses with a wild combination.
De Jager tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
De Jager misses with a left hand
and De Jager takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baratheon falls off balance throwing a combination
and De Jager counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Jager showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Baratheon.
De Jager tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Baratheon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Baratheon scores with a jab to the body.
A punch combination from Baratheon misses.
A jab from De Jager finds it's way through Baratheon's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baratheon tries to bum rush De Jager with a series of wild strikes but De Jager uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Baratheon misses with a looping left.
De Jager is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Baratheon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Jager can do to turn this around?
Baratheon checks a leg kick.
A combination from Baratheon does no damage.
De Jager with the counter takedown but Baratheon avoids it easily.
De Jager loads up on a big right hand but Baratheon slips the punch.
Baratheon appears to be looking for a big counter.
Baratheon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Baratheon on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Baratheon throws a right and a left that both miss.
De Jager throws an overhand right that lands on Baratheon's shoulder, as Baratheon tries to avoid the shot.
Baratheon missing with a left hand there. De Jager was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Jager is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
De Jager uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Baratheon.
De Jager avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Jager throws out a loose jab but Baratheon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baratheon is looking to counter punch.
De Jager takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Baratheon misses with a series of wild punches.
De Jager moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baratheon throws a body punch but De Jager moves out of range.
Baratheon looks to score with a jab to the body but De Jager is just out of range.
De Jager slips a straight right by Baratheon.
Baratheon feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits De Jagers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Stannis Baratheon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Jager takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stannis Baratheon dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bismarck De Jager's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Baratheon misses with a double jab.
De Jager tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Baratheon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De Jager throws a leg kick which misses Baratheon's front leg but catches the back leg as Baratheon tries to avoid it.
Baratheon throws a right hand that misses
and De Jager counters with a shoot takedown. Baratheon fights it but they end up in guard.
Baratheon trying to keep a closed guard but De Jager is proving a slippery customer.
De Jager makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Jager working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Baratheon's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Jager engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
De Jager tries to free his leg and advance position but Baratheon is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Jager is pushing down on Baratheon's leg trying to pass to half guard. Baratheon is fighting to maintain full guard but De Jager has managed to sneak the leg through.
Baratheon on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. De Jager lands a nice short elbow.
De Jager performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
De Jager looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Baratheon with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
De Jager looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
De Jager tries to pass the half guard into mount. Baratheon knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
De Jager is still trying to improve position.
Baratheon is not content to let De Jager control the position.
Bismarck De Jager has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Jager seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Baratheon is not content to let De Jager control the position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
De Jager is pressing down on Baratheon's thigh, looking to free his foot. Baratheon is holding on for now.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Baratheon throws a right hand that De Jager ducks under and follows up with a left that De Jager also avoids with ease.
No joy there for Baratheon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baratheon moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Baratheon misses with a double jab
so De Jager counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Stannis Baratheon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De Jager wants to control from the top but Baratheon keeps moving.
De Jager throwing strikes but missing.
De Jager trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
De Jager chips away with some ground and pound.
De Jager with a nice head shot there.
De Jager trying to control the position from guard on top but Baratheon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baratheon keeping full guard, as De Jager tries to pass.
Baratheon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
De Jager throwing strikes but missing.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Baratheon avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
A combination from Baratheon does no damage.
Baratheon misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Baratheon falls off balance throwing a combination
and De Jager counters with a nice low kick that buckles Baratheon's knee momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bismarck De Jager comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Baratheon 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stannis Baratheon!
Stannis Baratheon 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Mercer (ranked 1746 p4p, 202 weight class) and Bornas Lopette (ranked 3161 p4p, 324 weight class). Mercer kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Sleep Now In The Fire. Lopette comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Root Of All Evil kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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182 lbs
34 - 25 - 0 |
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41
183 lbs
35 - 23 - 3 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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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
34 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alex Mercer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
35 - 23 - 3, fighting out of New York, Bornas Lopette!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Mercer.
Mercer checks a low kick from Lopette.
Mercer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mercer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lopette backwards.
Lopette misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mercer.
Lopette missing with knees to the body.
Mercer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mercer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mercer fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lopette is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Mercer with a body shot.
Mercer fails with a takedown attempt.
Mercer darts in trying to clinch
and Lopette counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopette misses with a low kick.
Mercer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lopette can pounce on him.
Mercer tries to clinch up but Lopette circles away and keeps his distance.
Lopette throws a wild body kick that Mercer sees coming a mile off.
Mercer looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Mercer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercer staying out of range there.
Mercer fails with a takedown attempt.
Lopette stuffs the takedown.
Mercer is looking to clinch but Lopette is avoiding it.
Mercer shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lopette pinned against the cage. Lopette gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Mercer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lopette.
Lopette displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Mercer.
Lopette throws a chopping leg kick but Mercer manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lopette throws a sloppy head kick and Mercer moves out of range easily.
Mercer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lopette swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lopette throws an off balance right hand
and Mercer counters with a low kick, right behind Lopette 's knee.
Lopette punishes Mercer's body with a nice straight punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopette swings for the body but Mercer moves out of range.
Bornas Lopette is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mercer throws a hook to the side of Lopette's head but Lopette sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mercer fails with a takedown attempt.
Mercer takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mercer gets a double leg takedown into Lopette's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mercer engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Mercer gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Lopette goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopette misses with an uppercut. Mercer saw that one coming.
Mercer shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lopette as he jumps to the side.
Lopette connects with a looping right hand.
Mercer misses with a takedown attempt
and Lopette counters with a nice uppercut.
Mercer looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Mercer tries to clinch up but Lopette circles away and keeps his distance.
Mercer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lopette appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Mercer on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A cross from Lopette lands.
Mercer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lopette.
Mercer fails with the takedown
and Lopette counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Mercer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lopette swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mercer avoids the body shot from Lopette.
Mercer tries to clinch there but Lopette circles away.
Lopette is looking to slow Mercer down with leg kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mercer misses with a double jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mercer closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lopette circles away.
Lopette pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A left lands for Mercer.
Mercer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lopette swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mercer has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mercer lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lopette.
Lopette lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lopette breaks from the clinch.
Mercer closes the distance and clinches up with Lopette, looking for a takedown. Mercer pushes Lopette against the cage but Lopette circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Mercer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lopette manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mercer checks a leg kick.
Lopette jabs Mercer right on the nose. Mercer blinks but takes it well.
Lopette stuns Mercer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mercer shoots for a double leg takedown but Lopette sprawls well. He's pushed Mercer's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mercer on the wrong end of a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bornas Lopette dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Mercer looks to land a right hand but Lopette moved out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mercer.
Mercer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mercer shoots for a double leg takedown but Lopette sprawls well. He's pushed Mercer's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mercer looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Lopette keeping control of the position.
Mercer is working for a kimura but Lopette is defending it quite comfortably.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopette trying to control here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopette is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Mercer's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Mercer's back!
Lopette slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Mercer trying to control the position but Lopette manages to sink in the hooks.
Lopette controlling well, preventing Mercer from escaping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mercer just trying to survive but Lopette is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Lopette controlling well, preventing Mercer from escaping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercer is working hard here to advance position.
Mercer manages to escape to his feet.
Lopette throws a leg kick but Mercer sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Mercer closes the distance and clinches up with Lopette, looking for a takedown. Mercer pushes Lopette against the cage but Lopette circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Mercer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice sprawl there from Lopette as Mercer shoots in.
Lopette lands a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lopette with a jab.
Lopette loads up on a big right hand but Mercer slips the punch.
Mercer takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Mercer tries to clinch there but Lopette circles away.
Mercer decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Mercer wants to control but Lopette is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercer wants to free his trapped foot but Lopette is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Alex Mercer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lopette keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lopette wants to improve his position but Mercer is controlling well.
Mercer is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Mercer is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Lopette defends it well.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Mercer is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Lopette sees it coming and defends easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Mercer shoots for a double leg takedown but Lopette sprawls well. He's pushed Mercer's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mercer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lopette.
Mercer looking to score a takedown here. Lopette is defending well but Mercer drives through and ends up in Lopette's guard.
Mercer trying to control the position from guard on top but Lopette is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mercer throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mercer being controlled here momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bornas Lopette 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! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Mercer looks for a takedown but Lopette sprawls well.
Lopette stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lopette wants it to stay on the feet.
Mercer dives in for a single leg takedown but Lopette sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Lopette unleashes a big counter combination but Mercer bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Mercer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lopette thuds his shin into the meat of Mercer's side.
No luck for Mercer with that takedown attempt.
Lopette scores with a jab. Mercer acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mercer just misses with a punch to the body.
A leg kick checked by Mercer.
Mercer shoots for a takedown but Lopette saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopette tests Mercer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lopette keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bornas Lopette seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lopette lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopette scores with a push kick.
Lopette chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lopette stuffs the takedown attempt from Mercer. Mercer gets slowly back to his feet.
Lopette has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lopette stuffs the takedown.
A nice side step and Lopette releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Lopette lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mercer's sensitive parts.
Lopette scores with a kick to the body.
Lopette lands with an uppercut that bounces Mercer off the cage and back into range.
Lopette connects with a solid leg kick.
Mercer gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lopette lands an overhand right.
Lopette moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lopette lands with an overhand left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A telegraphed right hand from Lopette misses the target.
Mercer is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lopette misses with a body kick.
Lopette lands with a kick to the temple. Mercer shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopette cracks Mercer with a good jab.
Nice cross by Lopette.
Lopette has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Lopette tests Mercer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mercer is rocked!
Lopette lands the left hand.
Oh Mercer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mercer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lopette swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lopette drops Mercer with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Mercer! Lopette dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bornas Lopette!
Our winner, Bornas Lopette, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Steel (ranked 1445 p4p, 178 weight class) and Olaf Frost (ranked 2337 p4p, 259 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Olaf Frost enters the cage!
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202 lbs
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38
198 lbs
24 - 15 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
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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
15 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, James Steel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Olaf Frost!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frost defending well as Steel loads up on a big left hand.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Frost lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Frost loads up on a big right hand but Steel slips the punch.
We've been hearing reports that Steel has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Frost throws a leg kick but Steel sees it coming and moves out of range.
Steel throws a big counter combination but Frost scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Frost lands a glancing blow to the side of Steel's head.
Steel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Frost sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Steel lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Frost throws the left hand but Steel avoids the punch easily.
Frost scores with a jab to the head.
Steel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Frost sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Frost misses with a straight right.
Frost fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steel manages to avoid it.
Frost connects with a good right hand that stumbles Steel. Steel circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Frost lands with a right hand.
The fighters circling - Steel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Frost with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Steel checks a leg kick.
Steel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Frost has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
A chopping leg kick lands by Frost.
Steel lands with an uppercut that bounces Frost off the cage and back into range.
Frost throws a jab when Steel was well out of range.
Steel went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Frost misses.
Steel swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Steel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Frost.
Frost connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Steel momentarily.
Frost throws a head kick that misses.
Frost lands a slapping body shot.
Steel blocks a jab.
Frost jabs Steel to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Steel throws a hook to the side of Frost's head but Frost sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Steel on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Steel defending well as Frost loads up on a big left hand.
Frost looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Steel throws a big shot that misses.
Steel doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Frost keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Steel.
Steel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Frost.
Steel is looking to counter punch.
Frost scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Frost is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Steel.
Donk. Frost catches Steel right on the button with a cross.
Frost misses with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frost throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Steel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Frost is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Steel had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Steel takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Frost slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Frost scores with a nice head shot.
Frost jabs Steel to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Steel throws a low kick but Frost moves out of range easily.
Frost ducks under a wild hook from Steel.
A slow jab from Frost misses its intended target.
Frost lands a nice leg kick that just misses Steel's sensitive parts.
Jab by Frost.
Frost jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Steel looks to land a right hand but Frost moved out of range.
Steel throws a left and a right that both miss
and Frost counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Steel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Frost throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Steel stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Frost throws a lazy right hand but Steel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Frost sizes up Steel with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Steel is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Frost's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Frost checks a low kick from Steel.
Frost has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Steel throws a head kick but Frost moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frost clobbers Steel with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Frost connects with a right hand. Steel shakes it off.
Frost blocks a leg kick.
Frost throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Steel walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Some wild striking there from Steel.
Frost cracks Steel with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Steel clobbers Frost with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Frost loads up on a big right hand but Steel slips the punch.
Frost cracks Steel with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Steel takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Frost.
Steel connects with a body shot.
Steel checks a leg kick.
Frost throws a hook to the side of Steel's head but Steel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Frost wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Frost cracks Steel with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Frost tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Frost lands a jab to the nose.
Steel moves out of range of the leg kick from Frost.
Olaf Frost is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Frost takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Steel avoids the head kick by Frost.
Frost checks a leg kick nicely.
Steel misses with a looping right.
Steel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Frost.
Good standup being displayed there by Steel as he connects with a hook.
Frost swings for the body but Steel moves out of range.
Steel misses with a series of wild punches.
Frost works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Steel moves out of range as Frost strikes.
Steel lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Frost at a distance.
Frost goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Olaf Frost dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Steel throws a hook but Frost avoids it easily.
Steel misses with an uppercut.
Olaf Frost seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A clash of legs there as Frost blocks the low kick.
Frost 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.
Steel misses with a double jab.
Frost throws a hook but Steel avoids it easily.
Steel works the jab nicely.
Frost missing with a left hand there. Steel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Frost pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Steel throws the left hand but Frost avoids the punch easily.
Frost throws a body punch but Steel moves out of range.
Frost misses with a hook. Steel ducked under it nicely.
Steel wants to land a leg kick but Frost is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steel misses with an uppercut
and Frost counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Steel thinking.
Steel throws a hook but Frost avoids it easily.
Steel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Frost.
Frost has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Frost tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Frost throws a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Frost lands a head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Frost blocks the body kick.
Frost lands the left hand.
Frost jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Frost throws a front kick aimed at Steel's knee but Steel avoids it well.
Steel looks to land a combination but Frost avoids it well.
Steel takes a jab right on the kisser.
Steel throws a right and a left that Frost avoids nicely.
Steel walks into a jab.
A big right from Frost misses.
Steel loads up on a big right hand but Frost slips the punch.
Frost lands with a shot to the body.
Frost wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Frost bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Steel slips a straight right by Frost.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A telegraphed right hand from Steel misses the target.
Steel looks to land a combination. Frost sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Frost looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A head kick misses from Frost.
Steel swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frost misses with a wild body shot.
Steel's corner calls for a 1-2. Steel obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Steel looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Steel tries for a takedown but Frost sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Steel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Frost.
Frost lands with a hook. Steel tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Steel misses with an uppercut. Frost saw that one coming.
Frost misses with an uppercut. Steel saw that one coming.
Steel slips under a jab from Frost.
Steel throws a jab when Frost was well out of range.
Steel slips under a jab.
Steel throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Frost on the side of the head.
Frost jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Frost bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Frost shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Frost throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Steel might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Frost connects with a body shot that sends Steel's belly button to the back.
Frost misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steel.
Steel appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Frost avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frost connects with a right hand. Steel shakes it off.
Steel is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
James Steel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Steel changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Steel takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Frost slips under a jab.
Steel keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Steel.
Steel takes one to the chin there.
Frost tries a head kick but it misses.
It looked like Steel wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Steel misses with a straight right.
Steel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Frost moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Steel throws a hook but Frost avoids it easily.
Frost misses with a shot to the body
and Steel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Steel walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice defenses there by Frost.
Frost dips to his left and cracks Steel with an uppercut!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Steel misses.
Steel slips under a jab from Frost.
Frost lands a nice hook to Steel's body. Steel takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Frost connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Frost throws a big shot that misses.
Steel ducks right into an uppercut from Frost.
Nice defenses there by Frost.
Frost throws a hook but Steel blocks it.
Frost cracks Steel with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Steel lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Frost circles away quickly and effectively.
Frost throws a nice head kick!
Steel throws a nice looking combination but Frost bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Steel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Steel takes a swing at Frost's ribcage but misses.
Frost feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Steel's calf.
Steel takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Frost throws a head kick that misses.
Steel takes one on the chin but seems OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Olaf Frost showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Steel's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Steel is looking to score with low kicks.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Frost! But no joy.
Steel throws a lazy right hand but Frost sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Steel throws a lazy right hand but Frost sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Frost lands a nice shot that snaps Steel's head back.
Steel with a nice cross.
Steel tries to move into range but Frost moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Steel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Frost is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Steel.
Steel takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Steel fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Frost checks it well.
Frost throws a jab when Steel was well out of range.
Frost lands with an overhand left.
Frost lands with an overhand left.
Frost scores with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big right from Frost misses.
A little feinted left hand from Steel on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Steel loads up on a big right hand but Frost slips the punch.
Frost smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel throws an overhand right that lands on Frost's shoulder, as Frost tries to avoid the shot.
Steel avoids the body shot from Frost.
Frost fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steel manages to avoid it.
Frost lands with a straight right. Steel didn't see that one coming.
Frost misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steel.
Steel takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Steel misses with a wild combination.
Steel moves away from the strike by Frost.
Steel looks to throw the jab but Frost is out of range.
Steel ducks under a wild hook from Frost.
A little feinted left hand from Steel on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Frost just misses with a punch to the body.
Steel staying out of range there.
Steel has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Frost finds it's way round the side to connect with Steel's head.
Steel takes one on the button.
Frost takes one to the side of the head.
Frost ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Frost loads up on a big right hand but Steel slips the punch.
Steel swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel ducks under a wild hook from Frost.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sloppy strikes from Steel. Those never looked like landing.
Frost fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steel manages to avoid it.
Steel drops down looking for a counter takedown but Frost sprawls and moves away.
Frost is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Steel.
A jab from Steel does it's job there.
Frost lands with a straight right. Steel didn't see that one coming.
Steel dives in for a single leg takedown but Frost sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Steel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Frost throws a hook to the side of Steel's head but Steel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Steel changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Sloppy strikes from Steel. Those never looked like landing.
Frost cracks Steel with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Frost. Steel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Frost thows a leg kick but Steel checks it
and Steel counters with a one-two to the body.
Frost has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Steel.
Frost throws the left hand but Steel avoids the punch easily.
Frost moves into range and connects with a jab.
Steel punishes Frost's body with a nice straight punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Steel does no damage.
Nice sprawl there from Frost as Steel shoots in.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Frost.
Good standup being displayed there by Frost as he connects with a hook.
Steel shoots in and drives through. Frost sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Steel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Frost steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Steel.
Frost scores with a jab to the body.
Steel takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Frost feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Steels jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Frost avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Steel moves out of range of the body kick from Frost.
Steel throws an overhand right that lands on Frost's shoulder, as Frost tries to avoid the shot.
James Steel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Frost showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Steel.
A punch combination from Steel misses.
Frost misses with an uppercut.
Steel throwing a counter right hand but Frost manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Frost with a nice cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frost tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Olaf Frost is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Steel misses with a looping right.
Steel takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Steel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Frost fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Frost blocks a leg kick.
Frost changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Frost lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Steel gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sloppy strikes from Steel. Those never looked like landing.
Frost lands with a cross.
Frost cracks Steel with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Frost moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Frost catches Steel with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Steel tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Steel closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Frost lands a right hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Olaf Frost comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Frost 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Olaf Frost!
In his post fight interview, Olaf Frost 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Riaq Rowanda (ranked 2157 p4p, 243 weight class) and Cliff Rigano (ranked 1296 p4p, 160 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
14 - 9 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Riaq Rowanda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Cliff Rigano!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rigano throws a head kick that misses.
Nice sprawl there from Rowanda as Rigano shoots in.
Rowanda tries to clinch but Rigano is having none of it.
Rowanda throws a poor cross that misses
and Rigano counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That kick from Rowanda tenderised Rigano's leg. Rigano is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rowanda tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rowanda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rigano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
It seemed like Rigano was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Riaq Rowanda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rowanda tries to clinch but Rigano is having none of it.
Rowanda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rigano was well out of range. Poor timing from Rowanda.
Rigano shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rowanda pinned against the cage. Rowanda gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rowanda lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rigano takes a step back to recover.
Rigano shoots in but Rowanda avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Riaq Rowanda has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cliff Rigano.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rowanda throws a hook to the side of Rigano's head but Rigano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rowanda throws a leg kick but Rigano sees it coming and moves out of range.
Rowanda swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rigano shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Rigano takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Rigano sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rowanda defending well though.
Rigano not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rowanda is looking to improve his position.
Rigano tries to pass to full mount but Rowanda defends it.
Rigano stalling away here and it's allowed Rowanda to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rowanda trying to control the position.
Rigano trying to control the position from guard on top but Rowanda is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rigano postures up.
Rigano is fighting to break Rowanda's control of his arms but Rowanda is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Rowanda tries to land a sweep but no joy.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Rigano missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rowanda has Rigano pulled in close to control his posture.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rigano drives through with a takedown into guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rowanda is on top in guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rowanda scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rowanda landing some decent shots from guard.
Rowanda cracks Rigano with a solid left hand.
Rigano keeping full guard, as Rowanda tries to pass.
Rigano escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Rowanda gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Rigano is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Rigano keeping moving, preventing Rowanda from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rowanda is working Rigano over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Rigano is looking for a triangle here but Rowanda uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Rowanda lands a nice forearm strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rowanda working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Rigano sneaks back into half guard.
Rigano wants to improve his position but Rowanda is controlling well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Rigano manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rowanda thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Rigano has momentary wrist control but Rowanda slips an elbow through the middle.
Rowanda might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Rigano working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rowanda doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Rowanda manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Rowanda cracks Rigano with a solid left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Riaq Rowanda dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Rigano misses with a takedown attempt
and Rowanda counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rowanda looks to land a left hand but Rigano moved out of range nicely.
Rigano shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Rigano was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Rowanda is looking for a sweep.
Rowanda gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Rigano is looking to take a break and control but Rowanda is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rigano prevents Rowanda from improving his position.
Rowanda works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rigano landing some decent shots from guard.
Rigano working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rigano is looking to work some ground and pound but Rowanda has wrist control.
Cliff Rigano has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rowanda is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rowanda is controlling Rigano's posture.
Rowanda has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rowanda is on top in guard.
Rowanda works over Rigano with some ground and pound from guard.
Rowanda is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Rowanda is sitting in close to Rigano's body. Rigano has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Rowanda is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Rowanda is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Rigano.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Cliff Rigano!
Our winner, Cliff Rigano, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jose Carlos Luciano (ranked 1426 p4p, 164 weight class) and Antonio Santana (ranked 1364 p4p, 156 weight class). Santana has chosen Check My Swag as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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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
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jose Carlos Luciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Antonio Santana!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Luciano does it's job there.
Santana on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Santana is rocked!
Luciano cracks Santana on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Santana falls backwards against the cage. Luciano follows up with more strikes that drop Santana to his knees. Luciano keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Santana! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jose Carlos Luciano!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leeland Lillard (ranked 714 p4p, 114 weight class) and Katsu Laoka (ranked 1712 p4p, 253 weight class). Leeland Lillard has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leeland Lillard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 19 - 5, fighting out of Las Vegas, Katsu Laoka!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lillard moves out of range as Laoka throws a body kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lillard checks a leg kick.
Lillard lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Good leg kick by Lillard there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Laoka walks into a left hand.
Lillard moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Laoka cracks Lillard with a right hand to the side of the head.
A lazy left from Lillard finds it's target.
A jab from Lillard misses.
Lillard misses with a wild body shot.
Laoka feints a counter leg kick.
Lillard keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lillard looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lillard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laoka.
Lillard throws a quick counter kick to the body but Laoka avoids it.
Lillard closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laoka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short body shot lands from Lillard as the two fighters clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lillard.
Lillard misses with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Lillard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lillard scores with a shot to the side of Laoka's head.
Laoka missing with knees to the body.
Laoka throws a head punch that misses.
Lillard lands a shoulder strike.
Laoka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Laoka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lillard working aggressively here.
Lillard managing to block the knees to the body from Laoka.
Laoka lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lillard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Laoka's elbow.
Laoka scores with a shoulder strike.
Lillard has a couple of punches blocked by Laoka.
Laoka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lillard blocks it with crossed arms.
Lillard lands a body punch.
Laoka tries to throw a body punch but Lillard avoids it by throwing Laoka back against the cage.
Laoka tries to land a knee to the head but Lillard blocks with his arms.
Lillard misses with a body punch.
Lillard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Laoka backwards.
Lillard lands with a light punch inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laoka blocks an uppercut.
Laoka blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lillard misses with some punches.
Lillard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lillard has a couple of punches blocked by Laoka.
Lillard lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lillard can't find room to land a body shot as Laoka controls the action.
Laoka wants to stall.
Laoka misses with a punch to the body.
Laoka throws a punch but it's blocked by Lillard.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laoka.
Laoka tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Laoka throws a punch but it's blocked by Lillard.
Laoka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right from Lillard on the inside.
Laoka blocks a body shot from Lillard.
Good body shot from Laoka.
A body shot lands from Lillard.
Laoka looks winded!
Laoka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lillard avoids it.
Laoka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Laoka tries a body shot but Lillard blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laoka blocking some punches.
Lillard lands a nice uppercut.
Lillard lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lillard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Laoka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lillard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lillard lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lillard misses with some punches.
Laoka tries a knee to the head but Lillard blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lillard.
Lillard tries a body shot but Laoka blocks it.
Laoka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Laoka tries to throw a body punch but Lillard avoids it by throwing Laoka back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Lillard fails to land.
Lillard scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lillard lands a hook to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Laoka.
Laoka wants to stall.
Laoka misses with the head strike.
Laoka blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lillard throws a punch but it's blocked by Laoka.
Lillard lands a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Lillard fails to land.
Lillard scores with a shot to the side of Laoka's head.
Lillard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Laoka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Laoka takes a shot to the head.
Laoka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Laoka prevents a body shot from Lillard.
Lillard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Laoka's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Laoka.
Lillard lands a left hand.
Lillard throws a punch but it's blocked by Laoka.
Laoka misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lillard misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lillard scores with a hook to the body.
Lillard scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lillard scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lillard lands a shoulder strike.
Lillard has a couple of punches blocked by Laoka.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leeland Lillard dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Lillard looks to land a left hand but Laoka moved out of range nicely.
Lillard lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lillard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Laoka can do to turn this around?
Lillard darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lillard fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Laoka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lillard.
Lillard connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lillard jabs Laoka to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Laoka misses with a hook to the body
and Laoka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lillard explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Laoka misses with a hook to the body
and Lillard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Laoka is rocked!
Laoka has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lillard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lillard pushes Laoka away with a front kick.
Lillard lands a big uppercut and Laoka crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Laoka looks OK. Lillard waves Laoka back to his feet!
Laoka is still on wobbly legs! Can Lillard finish him?
Laoka is breathing heavily.
Lillard digs a good body shot into Laoka's ribs.
Crack! Lillard connects with the perfect overhand right and Laoka falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Lillard!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Leeland Lillard!
Our winner, Leeland Lillard, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jay Gatsby (ranked 149 p4p, 19 weight class) and Ronnie Rolla (ranked 501 p4p, 60 weight class). Rolla has chosen Hit 'Em Up as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jay Gatsby!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ronnie Rolla!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gatsby throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gatsby misses with a straight left.
A jab from Rolla finds it's way through Gatsby's defenses.
Rolla checks a low kick from Gatsby.
Rolla moves into range and clinches up with Gatsby.
Gatsby goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rolla slowing the pace effectively.
Rolla tries to circle away but Gatsby has him pinned against the cage.
Rolla is working Gatsby over against the cage.
Rolla wants to stall.
Gatsby misses with some punches.
Rolla takes a shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rolla blocks an uppercut.
Rolla looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gatsby tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rolla's elbow.
Rolla is trying to push Gatsby away but Gatsby has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gatsby misses with the head strike.
Gatsby has a couple of punches blocked by Rolla.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gatsby.
Rolla breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rolla stuffs the takedown attempt from Gatsby. Gatsby gets slowly back to his feet.
Rolla moves into the clinch successfully.
Rolla blocks an uppercut.
Gatsby lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rolla lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gatsby backwards.
Rolla's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rolla scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gatsby clinches.
Rolla takes a shot to the head.
Gatsby lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rolla backwards.
Gatsby doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rolla has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Gatsby seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Rolla can turn it around.
Rolla lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rolla escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rolla takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gatsby throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rolla.
Good work by Rolla as he checks the leg kick.
Rolla swats away the attempt to clinch by Gatsby.
Rolla lands a two punch combo.
Gatsby darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gatsby smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gatsby takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gatsby smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gatsby moves into range and clinches up with Rolla.
Rolla blocking some punches.
Rolla's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
I was talking to Gatsby's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Gatsby swings wildly with an uppercut but Rolla uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gatsby blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rolla is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Gatsby struggles to land a body shot inside as Rolla controls his hands.
Gatsby goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rolla blocking some punches.
Rolla is trying to force a seperation but Gatsby has the dominant position.
Rolla unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gatsby misses with some punches.
Gatsby blocking some punches.
Rolla is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rolla.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rolla.
Gatsby lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gatsby doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gatsby struggles to land a body shot inside as Rolla controls his hands.
Rolla is looking to control Gatsby's arms but Gatsby gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rolla has his back to the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rolla lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gatsby tries a body shot but Rolla blocks it.
Gatsby swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gatsby is working Rolla over against the cage.
Gatsby lands with a light punch inside.
Gatsby misses with a body punch.
Gatsby is leaning against Rolla and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rolla tries to stall but Gatsby uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Gatsby working aggressively here.
A short left from Gatsby.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rolla tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gatsby avoids it.
Gatsby is looking to take this one to the mat.
Rolla lands a body punch.
Gatsby tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rolla's elbow.
Rolla is trying to maintain a safe position but Gatsby gets an underhook and turns Rolla into the cage.
Gatsby is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rolla gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jay Gatsby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rolla throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gatsbys head.
A head punch on the inside from Gatsby fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Gatsby dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rolla forces Gatsby back against the cage and clinches.
Rolla has had enough of the clinch but Gatsby keeps him there for the moment.
Gatsby tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rolla's elbow.
Gatsby misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rolla taking a breather.
Gatsby lands with a left to the head.
Gatsby tries to work over Rolla's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gatsby goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rolla lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gatsby backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gatsby creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gatsby is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Rolla is defending well.
Gatsby misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gatsby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rolla throws a head punch that misses.
Gatsby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rolla's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Rolla fails to land.
Gatsby working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gatsby.
A head punch on the inside from Gatsby fails to land.
Gatsby working aggressively here.
Rolla lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gatsby avoids the elbow strike from Rolla, against the cage.
Gatsby tries a body shot but Rolla blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rolla.
Gatsby scores with a shoulder strike.
Gatsby lands with a right to the head.
Gatsby prevents a body shot from Rolla.
Rolla throws an elbow but it misses.
Rolla leaning against his opponent.
Gatsby lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rolla or not.
Rolla blocking some punches.
Gatsby doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gatsby misses with the head strike.
Gatsby dodges an elbow strike from Rolla.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gatsby.
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!
Rolla has Gatsby pressed against the cage.
Gatsby misses with a punch on the inside.
Gatsby misses with a body punch.
Gatsby misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rolla prevents a body shot from Gatsby.
Rolla looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gatsby struggles to land a body shot inside as Rolla controls his hands.
Gatsby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rolla blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rolla blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gatsby misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rolla is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gatsby is defending well for now.
Gatsby has Rolla pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rolla manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rolla.
Gatsby is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rolla can do to turn this around?
Gatsby tries to throw a body punch but Rolla avoids it by throwing Gatsby back against the cage.
Rolla lands a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rolla tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gatsby's elbow.
Gatsby prevents Rolla from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rolla.
Gatsby misses with the head strike.
Rolla stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Gatsby misses with some punches.
Gatsby throws a punch but it's blocked by Rolla.
Rolla lands a body shot.
Gatsby lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rolla blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Rolla - that landed with a thud.
Gatsby misses with a punch to the body.
Jay Gatsby has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rolla blocks an uppercut.
Rolla's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gatsby connects with a leg kick. Rolla looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gatsby moves away from the strike by Rolla.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Rolla as he connects with a hook.
Gatsby tries to clinch up.
Gatsby uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rolla.
Rolla keeps the fight on the outside.
Rolla avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ronnie Rolla is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gatsby connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rolla's hands.
Jay Gatsby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gatsby walks into a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rolla waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gatsby.
Good work by Gatsby as he checks the leg kick.
Gatsby takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gatsby misses the shot to the body.
Gatsby has managed to clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Gatsby fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Gatsby dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rolla slips a jab from Gatsby.
Rolla gets tackled into the cage by Gatsby. Gatsby maintains the clinch.
Rolla lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gatsby backwards.
Rolla's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Gatsby lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rolla blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rolla tries a body shot but Gatsby blocks it.
Gatsby tries to work over Rolla's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rolla wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rolla blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gatsby misses with a punch to the body.
Gatsby lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rolla backwards.
Gatsby throws a head punch that misses.
Rolla lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rolla misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatsby blocks an uppercut.
Gatsby blocks an elbow strike.
Nice body punch from Gatsby.
Gatsby lands with a left to the head.
Gatsby tries to throw a body punch but Rolla avoids it by throwing Gatsby back against the cage.
Rolla scores with a knee to the head.
Rolla breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rolla swats away the attempt to clinch by Gatsby.
Rolla throws out a counter right but Gatsby avoids it with no problem.
Gatsby tries to clinch but Rolla moves out of range.
Rolla missing with a left hand there. Gatsby was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gatsby misses with a left hand
and Rolla counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gatsby jabs Rolla to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gatsby fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fighters circling - Gatsby throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rolla avoids the body shot from Gatsby.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rolla swats away the attempt to clinch by Gatsby.
Gatsby has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rolla.
Rolla scores with a shot 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!
Gatsby ducks under a wild hook from Rolla.
Gatsby cracks Rolla with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rolla slips under a jab.
Rolla is looking for the big counter here.
Ronnie Rolla seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rolla avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rolla let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Gatsby slips a jab and a cross from Rolla.
Gatsby tries to clinch but Rolla is having none of it.
Gatsby's jab looks to have found its range, popping Rolla under the eye.
Rolla lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Gatsby moves in looking to clinch but Rolla pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rolla swinging wildly here.
Rolla cracks Gatsby with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gatsby throws a jab when Rolla was well out of range.
Rolla ducks under a wild hook from Gatsby.
Rolla throws a leg kick
and Gatsby counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Gatsby.
Rolla uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Rolla fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gatsby tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rolla swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rolla let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Rolla throws a looping overhand right but Gatsby ducks down to avoid it.
Rolla throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gatsby counters with a slapping leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gatsby closes the distance but Rolla moves to the side
and Rolla counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby looks to throw the jab but Rolla is out of range.
Rolla throws a body shot but no joy.
Gatsby scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gatsby throws a jab when Rolla was well out of range.
Rolla slips under a jab.
Rolla takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gatsby tries to close the distance and clinch but Rolla swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rolla appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Gatsby tries to clinch up.
Gatsby lands a jab to Rolla's midsection.
Rolla lands a jab-cross combination.
Gatsby gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gatsby throws a punch but it's blocked by Rolla.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rolla.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gatsby.
Gatsby lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rolla or not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Ronnie Rolla just about did enough to take it.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Gatsby connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rolla scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gatsby misses with a looping left.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gatsby darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Rolla misses the target.
Gatsby scores with a leg kick.
Gatsby slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gatsby tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gatsby clinches.
Gatsby working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gatsby lands a right hand.
Rolla lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gatsby swings wildly with an uppercut but Rolla uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gatsby has a couple of punches blocked by Rolla.
Gatsby lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rolla backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatsby doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gatsby blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rolla is trying to break free.
Gatsby tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rolla's elbow.
Gatsby misses with the head strike.
Gatsby cracks Rolla with a nice body shot.
Rolla misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gatsby.
Gatsby tries to work over Rolla's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rolla gets through Gatsby's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rolla swings wildly with an uppercut but Gatsby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gatsby misses with a punch on the inside.
Gatsby misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rolla manages to break the clinch.
Gatsby is looking to clinch but Rolla is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rolla swings widly with a right hand
and Gatsby counters with a single leg into guard. Rolla didn't expect that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rolla keeping moving, preventing Gatsby from controlling successfully.
Gatsby is working Rolla over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gatsby works over Rolla with some ground and pound from guard.
Gatsby got a little sloppy there for a moment and Rolla has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Gatsby has managed to get both his arms back between Rolla's legs - danger averted.
Rolla is trying to keep Gatsby in close.
Gatsby with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gatsby connects with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby connects with a couple of short punches.
Rolla is rocked!
Gatsby is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Rolla is still in real trouble! Can Gatsby finish him?
Gatsby wants to control from the top but Rolla keeps moving.
Rolla seems to have recovered his senses.
Gatsby scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gatsby connects with a couple of short punches.
Rolla isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Gatsby stacks Rolla on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Gatsby!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gatsby scoring with punches from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby lands an elbow.
Rolla takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Gatsby lands a strong strike to the head of Rolla. That's dazed him! Gatsby looking to finish here. Rolla is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Gatsby lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jay Gatsby!
Jay Gatsby retains his middleweight title!
Jay Gatsby took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'My life, old sport, my life... my life has got to be like this... It's got to keep going on.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Three Dog (ranked 163 p4p, 27 weight class) and Luciano Bizarria (ranked 244 p4p, 36 weight class). Dog comes to the cage accompanied by Fallout. Bizarria has chosen Arnaldo Antunes - Alta Noite as his entrance music. Three Dog has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Three Dog!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luciano Bizarria!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Dog jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bizarria feints the counter takedown.
Dog darts in trying to clinch
and Bizarria counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Dog!
The ground and pound from Bizarria seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bizarria landing strikes.
Bizarria misses with the ground and pound.
Dog manages to work his way to half guard, despite Bizarria's best efforts.
Bizarria working Dog over with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dog trying to control from the bottom.
Dog is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bizarria scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bizarria lands with a punch from half guard.
Dog tries to get to full guard but Bizarria has control of the leg.
Bizarria slips a nice elbow through Dog's hands, connecting with Dog's forehead.
Dog wants to improve his position but Bizarria is controlling well.
Bizarria is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Dog manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Bizarria wants to control from the top but Dog keeps moving.
Dog is trying to hold Bizarria in close to prevent damage but Bizarria has managed to pass into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dog is looking for a sweep. Bizarria is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dog taking some punishment here, with Bizarria in his half guard.
Dog is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bizarria scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bizarria prevents Dog from improving his position.
Bizarria looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dog with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bizarria is trying to control the action in half guard but Dog is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bizarria scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bizarria thows a huge punch but Dog dodges it nicely.
Bizarria not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bizarria is nestled in close to Dog, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Bizarria prevents Dog from improving his position.
Dog is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bizarria pulls his head out easily.
Bizarria lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dog gets back to full guard.
Dog has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bizarria can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Dog keeping moving, preventing Bizarria from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dog avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dog pushes a forearm under Bizarria's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Bizarria is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Three Dog!
Three Dog retains his light heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Three Dog made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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