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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arron Asham (ranked 2107 p4p, 259 weight class) and Niko Diaz (ranked 2193 p4p, 267 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arron Asham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Niko Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Franklyn Lucas and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Asham. Diaz shrugs it off though.
Diaz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Asham.
Asham is looking to counter with a body kick.
Diaz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Asham scores with a jab to the head.
It looks like Niko Diaz has been cut.
Asham throws out a leg kick but Diaz moves out of range and Asham only half commits.
Asham throws a leg kick which misses Diaz's front leg but catches the back leg as Diaz tries to avoid it.
Asham uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
Diaz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Diaz misses with the combination.
Diaz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diaz stalks Asham and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Asham's face. Asham staggers backwards, shaken.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diaz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Diaz has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Diaz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Asham is looking to counter punch.
Asham thumps Diaz with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz misses with a two punch combination.
It appears Asham was looking to counter with a kick there.
Diaz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Asham.
Diaz misses with a straight right.
Asham keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diaz.
Asham appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Asham lands a head shot.
Diaz with a hook.
Diaz misses with a body shot.
Diaz moves out of range as Asham throws a body kick.
Asham turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Asham avoids the head kick by Diaz.
Diaz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Asham.
Asham doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Diaz misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz takes a jab right on the kisser.
Asham keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz misses with a body shot.
Asham swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Asham thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diaz misses with the combination.
Asham throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Diaz on the side of the head.
Diaz lands a jab to the head.
Diaz walks into a straight right hand from Asham.
Diaz is rocked!
Asham feints a jab and as Diaz dips his head, Asham unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Diaz right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Diaz falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! Asham smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Arron Asham!
Our winner, Arron Asham, 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 Hawaiian Kickboxer (ranked 2914 p4p, 328 weight class) and Long Thai (ranked 1826 p4p, 217 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kickboxer might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hawaiian Kickboxer. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hawaiian Kickboxer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Long Thai!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jorge Garcia and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thai takes one on the button.
Thai blocks a jab.
Kickboxer darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kickboxer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kickboxer sets himself, and Thai steps forward looking for the clinch! Kickboxer avoids it this time.
Thai avoids the head kick by Kickboxer.
Kickboxer tries a head kick but it misses.
Kickboxer misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed right hand from Thai misses the target.
A left and a right from Kickboxer both land. Nice combination.
Kickboxer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kickboxer looks to score with a jab to the body but Thai is just out of range.
Nice defenses there by Thai.
Thai wants to counter the offense by Kickboxer and move into the clinch position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kickboxer throws a hook to the side of Thai's head but Thai sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice uppercut there from Kickboxer.
Kickboxer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Thai stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Thai throws a body kick that misses.
Thai needs to keep his hands up - Kickboxer had a free shot at his head there.
Thai lands with an uppercut that bounces Kickboxer off the cage and back into range.
Kickboxer looks to land a left hand but Thai moved out of range nicely.
Thai moves out of range of the strikes.
Kickboxer sets himself, and Thai steps forward looking for the clinch! Kickboxer avoids it this time.
Thai scores with a push kick.
Thai blocks a head kick by Kickboxer.
Thai is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kickboxer with a body shot.
Kickboxer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kickboxer.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thai ducks under a wild hook from Kickboxer.
Thai tries to counter with a clinch but Kickboxer shakes him off and moves away.
Kickboxer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thai wants to counter the offense by Kickboxer and move into the clinch position.
Thai scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Thai takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kickboxer throws a body kick that misses
and Thai counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Thai lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Hawaiian Kickboxer has been cut.
Kickboxer throws a punch but it's blocked by Thai.
Thai with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kickboxer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thai throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kickboxer pushes off an throws an elbow but Thai leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thai lands a nice knee to the body.
Kickboxer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kickboxer is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Thai throws a body kick that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Kickboxer on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kickboxer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thai looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kickboxer throws out a loose jab but Thai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thai raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Thai lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kickboxer throws a jab when Thai was well out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Thai! But no joy.
Kickboxer cracks Thai with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kickboxer throws a looping overhand right but Thai ducks down to avoid it.
Thai unleashes a big counter combination but Kickboxer bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Hawaiian Kickboxer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kickboxer scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kickboxer throws a sloppy head kick and Thai moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kickboxer takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab lands there for Kickboxer.
Kickboxer throws a leg kick but Thai checks it.
Kickboxer looks to land a right hand but Thai moved out of range.
Thai wants to counter with a clinch but Kickboxer pushes him away.
Kickboxer missing with a left hand there. Thai was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A combination from Kickboxer does no damage.
Thai feints a counter leg kick.
Kickboxer lands with a shot to the body.
Thai gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kickboxer.
Thai displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kickboxer throws out the jab.
Thai is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hawaiian Kickboxer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hawaiian Kickboxer's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Kickboxer looks to throw the jab but Thai is out of range.
Kickboxer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kickboxer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Thai counters with a right hand to the body.
Kickboxer lands a right hook to the body.
Thai takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kickboxer misses with a hook.
Thai is trying to counter with his kicks.
A big right from Thai misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kickboxer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kickboxer throws a big counter combination but Thai scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Kickboxer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thai.
Thai scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kickboxer works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Thai buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thai uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kickboxer.
Thai throws out a counter right but Kickboxer avoids it with no problem.
Kickboxer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thai can do to turn this around?
Thai uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kickboxer.
Thai counters with a body kick.
Thai throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kickboxer's head.
Kickboxer looks to throw the jab but Thai is out of range.
Kickboxer lands a head shot.
Thai slips a straight right by Kickboxer.
Kickboxer sets himself, and Thai steps forward looking for the clinch! Kickboxer avoids it this time.
Kickboxer throws a hook to the side of Thai's head but Thai sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And Thai responds with a good body kick, but Kickboxer manages to step out the way in time.
Thai uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kickboxer.
Thai tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kickboxer throws a lazy uppercut
and Thai counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kickboxer tries to bum rush Thai with a series of wild strikes but Thai uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thai tries to counter with a clinch but Kickboxer shakes him off and moves away.
Kickboxer looks to throw the jab but Thai is out of range.
The fighters circling - Kickboxer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thai is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thai defending well as Kickboxer loads up on a big left hand.
Thai follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Kickboxer shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Thai wants to counter the offense by Kickboxer and move into the clinch position.
Kickboxer lunges at Thai with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Thai's hand.
Kickboxer tries a head kick but it misses.
Thai steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Thai scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kickboxer throws a sloppy head kick and Thai moves out of range easily.
Thai counters with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kickboxer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Kickboxer misses.
Thai tries a quick counter leg kick but Kickboxer is wise to it.
Kickboxer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kickboxer scores with the left hand. Thai knows he should have avoided that one.
Kickboxer scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kickboxer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thai is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Kickboxer misses with an uppercut
and Thai holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Thai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kickboxer's efforts to push away.
Kickboxer is trying to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kickboxer breaks from the clinch.
Kickboxer misses with an uppercut.
Kickboxer moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromThai.
A slow jab from Kickboxer misses its intended target.
Kickboxer swinging wildly here.
Kickboxer scores with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kickboxer. Thai does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kickboxer misses the jab.
Thai misses with an uppercut. Kickboxer saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hawaiian Kickboxer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hawaiian Kickboxer's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Thai takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kickboxer lands a nice hook to Thai's body. Thai takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Thai checks a leg kick nicely.
Thai steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kickboxer.
Thai throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Kickboxer to counter with a crisp jab.
Some wild striking there from Kickboxer.
Thai tries a quick counter leg kick but Kickboxer is wise to it.
A head kick by Kickboxer misses
and Thai counters by moving into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thai looking to throw knees to the head but Kickboxer is blocking nicely.
Kickboxer takes an elbow to the temple.
Thai tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kickboxer avoids it.
Thai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kickboxer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kickboxer lands a jab to the nose.
Thai with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kickboxer to score with a decent uppercut.
Thai avoids the head kick by Kickboxer.
Thai tries to counter by closing the distance.
Kickboxer throws a big shot that misses.
Thai wants to counter the offense by Kickboxer and move into the clinch position.
Thai is looking to clinch but Kickboxer is avoiding it.
Kickboxer connects with a body shot that sends Thai's belly button to the back.
Kickboxer scores with a shot to the body.
Thai clinches up against the cage.
Kickboxer is trying to push Thai away but Thai has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Thai tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kickboxer tries a body shot but Thai blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thai prevents a body shot from Kickboxer.
Thai misses with a knee strike.
Kickboxer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thai landing knees to the body.
Kickboxer takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thai tries to land knees in the clinch but Kickboxer avoids the damage to the body.
Kickboxer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kickboxer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thai lands a nice elbow.
Thai prevents a body shot from Kickboxer.
Kickboxer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Long Thai seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Thai blocks an elbow strike.
Kickboxer avoids the elbow strike from Thai, against the cage.
Kickboxer tries to throw a body punch but Thai avoids it by throwing Kickboxer back against the cage.
Kickboxer tries to circle away but Thai has him pinned against the cage.
Thai pushes off an throws an elbow but Kickboxer leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thai tries to land knees in the clinch but Kickboxer avoids the damage to the body.
Kickboxer tries to circle away but Thai has him pinned against the cage.
Kickboxer tries to break free but Thai pushes him back against the cage.
Kickboxer can't find room to land a body shot as Thai controls the action.
Kickboxer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thai using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kickboxer tries to break the clinch but Thai is controlling the position.
Thai lands an elbow just above Kickboxer 's eye.
Thai lands an elbow that stopped Kickboxer in his tracks for a moment.
A shot in the inside from Kickboxer.
Kickboxer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thai lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kickboxer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thai lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kickboxer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Thai lands an elbow just above Kickboxer 's eye.
Kickboxer wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kickboxer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thai backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thai lands an elbow that stopped Kickboxer in his tracks for a moment.
Kickboxer avoids a wild elbow strike from Thai.
Kickboxer working aggressively here.
Kickboxer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kickboxer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kickboxer stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Thai landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Thai working Kickboxer over with knees to the body.
Kickboxer is looking to break free of the clinch but Thai has double underhooks.
Thai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kickboxer blocks it with crossed arms.
Kickboxer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thai gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kickboxer goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Long Thai has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hawaiian Kickboxer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kickboxer looks to throw the jab but Thai is out of range.
Thai tries to counter with a clinch but Kickboxer shakes him off and moves away.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Long Thai.
I think Kickboxer 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:28
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hawaiian Kickboxer!
Hawaiian Kickboxer very nearly forgot to thank Freebok (85% Laundry) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva (ranked 1612 p4p, 190 weight class) and Didier Misalooba (ranked 1763 p4p, 210 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Misalooba's choice of entrance music: Beyond the Black. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Didier Misalooba!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Steve Montenegro and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Ferreira Da Silva.
Misalooba misses the shot to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Misalooba.
Ferreira Da Silva closes the distance and pushes Misalooba back into the cage.
Misalooba using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ferreira Da Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ferreira Da Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ferreira Da Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Misalooba misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ferreira Da Silva.
Misalooba's coach down at Training Center was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Misalooba's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Ferreira Da Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Misalooba wants to break free but Ferreira Da Silva has control.
A right hand to the body from Ferreira Da Silva.
Misalooba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ferreira Da Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Misalooba scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ferreira Da Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Misalooba looking to throw knees to the head but Ferreira Da Silva is blocking nicely.
Ferreira Da Silva scores with a shot to the side of Misalooba's head.
Ferreira Da Silva lands with a light punch inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Misalooba controls the action.
Nice body punch from Ferreira Da Silva - that landed with a thud.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to throw a body punch but Misalooba avoids it by throwing Ferreira Da Silva back against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a right hand.
Ferreira Da Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ferreira Da Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an elbow just above Misalooba 's eye.
It looks like Didier Misalooba has been cut.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with some punches.
Nice elbow from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ferreira Da Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Misalooba controls the action.
Misalooba avoids a wild elbow strike from Ferreira Da Silva.
I was talking to Ferreira Da Silva's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ferreira Da Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Misalooba's elbow.
A short uppercut from Misalooba.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ferreira Da Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Misalooba controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misalooba is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Misalooba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ferreira Da Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a low kick.
Misalooba throws a looping overhand right but Ferreira Da Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Misalooba throws a lazy right hand but Ferreira Da Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ferreira Da Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ferreira Da Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Misalooba circles away.
Misalooba jabs at Ferreira Da Silva's body.
Ferreira Da Silva closes the distance and pushes Misalooba back into the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to work over Misalooba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an elbow just above Misalooba 's eye.
Ferreira Da Silva working aggressively here.
Misalooba blocks an elbow strike.
Ferreira Da Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ferreira Da Silva as Misalooba tries to tie him up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Misalooba wants to break free but Ferreira Da Silva has control.
A hook to the body from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
Misalooba tries to break free but Ferreira Da Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Misalooba misses with a body punch.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Ferreira Da Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Misalooba pulls Ferreira Da Silva into guard.
Misalooba is working an open guard so Ferreira Da Silva takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Ferreira Da Silva lets loose with a powerful body kick. Misalooba will feel that in the morning.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a shot from downtown. Misalooba moves away and avoids it.
Ferreira Da Silva rushes Misalooba and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Misalooba gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the 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!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferreira Da Silva.
Misalooba avoids a wild elbow strike from Ferreira Da Silva.
Misalooba swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Misalooba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Misalooba is trying to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Ferreira Da Silva fails to land.
Misalooba lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Misalooba misses with a punch to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Misalooba controls his hands.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Didier Misalooba's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ferreira Da Silva clinches with his opponent.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Misalooba.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an elbow that stopped Misalooba in his tracks for a moment.
Ferreira Da Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Misalooba takes an elbow to the temple.
Misalooba goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Misalooba takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ferreira Da Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Misalooba can do to turn this around?
Ferreira Da Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Ferreira Da Silva.
Misalooba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Misalooba misses with a lunging right hand
and Ferreira Da Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ferreira Da Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Misalooba doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Misalooba avoids a wild elbow strike from Ferreira Da Silva.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Misalooba breaks the clinch.
Misalooba throws a jab but it's blocked by Ferreira Da Silva.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a leg kick which misses Misalooba's front leg but catches the back leg as Misalooba tries to avoid it.
Misalooba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ferreira Da Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Misalooba.
Ferreira Da Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to work over Misalooba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
A right hand to the body from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Misalooba.
Ferreira Da Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Misalooba controls his hands.
Ferreira Da Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ferreira Da Silva working aggressively here.
Misalooba wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ferreira Da Silva as Misalooba tries to tie him up.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Misalooba avoids the elbow strike from Ferreira Da Silva, against the cage.
Misalooba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Misalooba takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to work over Misalooba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Misalooba is trying to stall.
Ferreira Da Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Misalooba.
Misalooba leaning against his opponent.
Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Misalooba avoids the elbow strike from Ferreira Da Silva, against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch on the inside from Ferreira Da Silva fails to land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Misalooba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Misalooba gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Ferreira Da Silva kicks Misalooba off and gets back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Misalooba misses with a hook. Ferreira Da Silva ducked under it nicely.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to clinch there but Misalooba circles away.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Misalooba off balance momentarily.
Ferreira Da Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Misalooba circles away.
Misalooba fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ferreira Da Silva looks to land a body kick but Misalooba moved away.
Ferreira Da Silva clinches up with Misalooba and pushes him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Misalooba controls the action.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an uppercut.
Misalooba blocks an elbow strike.
Misalooba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ferreira Da Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a head punch that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Misalooba blocks an uppercut.
Misalooba avoids a wild elbow strike from Ferreira Da Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Misalooba takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ferreira Da Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Misalooba leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a body punch.
Misalooba lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ferreira Da Silva backwards.
Ferreira Da Silva avoids the elbow strike from Misalooba, against the cage.
Misalooba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ferreira Da Silva is looking to score with low kicks.
Ferreira Da Silva pushes Misalooba away with a front kick.
Ferreira Da Silva moves into the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva is working Misalooba over against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Misalooba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferreira Da Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Misalooba manages to pull guard.
Ferreira Da Silva is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Didier Misalooba's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Ferreira Da Silva tries to clinch but Misalooba moves out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Misalooba crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ferreira Da Silva - the referee stops the clock and Misalooba gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ferreira Da Silva. Misalooba manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Misalooba manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Misalooba throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ferreira Da Silva thinks about countering with a body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ferreira Da Silva.
Misalooba ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ferreira Da Silva moves into range and clinches up with Misalooba.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Misalooba blocks an elbow strike.
Misalooba blocks the elbow strike.
Ferreira Da Silva working aggressively here.
Misalooba blocks an elbow strike from Ferreira Da Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Misalooba wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Misalooba's defenses.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a body punch.
Misalooba misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a nice elbow.
Ferreira Da Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Misalooba.
Misalooba misses with a punch on the inside.
Ferreira Da Silva digs a right hand into Misalooba's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Misalooba's gas tank.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a nice elbow.
Misalooba blocks an elbow strike from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Misalooba misses with a punch on the inside.
Misalooba is trying to push Ferreira Da Silva away but Ferreira Da Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ferreira Da Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Misalooba's brow.
Ferreira Da Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Misalooba's elbow.
Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ferreira Da Silva.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Misalooba backwards.
Ferreira Da Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Misalooba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferreira Da Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Misalooba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an elbow just above Misalooba 's eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Misalooba breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ferreira Da Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Misalooba throws out the jab.
Misalooba has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva slips a jab from Misalooba.
Misalooba takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ferreira Da Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva is looking to clinch but Misalooba is avoiding it.
Misalooba ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Misalooba cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Misalooba circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Misalooba clinches up with Ferreira Da Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Misalooba.
Misalooba lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ferreira Da Silva backwards.
Didier Misalooba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Misalooba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an elbow that stopped Misalooba in his tracks for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Misalooba.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ferreira Da Silva.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Misalooba.
Misalooba blocks a body shot from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva tries a body shot but Misalooba blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ferreira Da Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Misalooba's brow.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva digs a right hand into Misalooba's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Misalooba's gas tank.
Ferreira Da Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Misalooba breaks the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva clinches up with Misalooba and pushes him back against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to work over Misalooba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a nice elbow.
Misalooba blocking some punches.
Ferreira Da Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Misalooba controls his hands.
Ferreira Da Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Misalooba blocks an elbow strike from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with an elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Misalooba.
Ferreira Da Silva working aggressively here.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Misalooba or not.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an elbow inside that Misalooba shrugs off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ferreira Da Silva, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Terry Bogard (ranked 2693 p4p, 310 weight class) and Yen Askren (ranked 3279 p4p, 381 weight class). Askren has chosen Hello from the Askren Side as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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179 lbs
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185 lbs
11 - 10 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Excellent boxer
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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
12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Terry Bogard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Yen Askren!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Russell Pearce and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Askren missing with a left hand there. Bogard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Askren tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bogard was well out of range. Poor timing from Askren.
Bogard throws an overhand right that lands on Askren's shoulder, as Askren tries to avoid the shot.
Askren shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bogard as he avoids it easily.
Askren with a hook.
Bogard connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Askren throws a body punch but Bogard moves out of range.
Askren takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Some bone on bone action there as Askren checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bogard blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Askren misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bogard swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Yen Askren seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bogard connects with a leg kick. Askren looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Askren misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Askren tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bogard swings for the body but Askren moves out of range.
Askren connects with a body shot.
Askren cracks a nice hook into Bogard's ribs.
Nice jab there from Askren.
Askren misses with a wild body shot.
Askren throws a right hand that misses
and Bogard makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Askren lands with an overhand left.
Askren changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bogard tries to avoid it but Askren manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bogard to the ground. Bogard escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Askren doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bogard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Askren.
Bogard misses with a head kick.
Bogard slips a straight right by Askren.
Askren takes one to the chin there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bogard lands a lovely overhand right.
Terry Bogard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bogard lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Askren throws a shot to the body.
Askren misses with a straight right.
Askren misses with a series of wild punches.
Bogard lands a nice hook to Askren's body. Askren takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Askren connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bogard swings away with a body shot that misses
and Askren counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Askren. Bogard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bogard tries a head kick but it misses.
Bogard takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bogard finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Askren goes for a double leg but Bogard avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Bogard continues to drive forward.
Terry Bogard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yen Askren.
Bogard keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Askren with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Askren uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bogard has time to react.
Askren lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bogard backs up against the cage.
Bogard lands an overhand right.
Askren walks into a straight right hand from Bogard.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bogard.
Askren fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bogard looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Askren loads up on a big right hand but Bogard slips the punch.
Bogard fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Askren.
Bogard delivers a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Askren scores with a one two! Bogard had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bogard misses with a two punch combination.
Askren avoids the head kick by Bogard.
Askren works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bogard throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Askren lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bogard circles away quickly and effectively.
Bogard throws a low kick but Askren moves out of range easily.
Bogard takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bogard wants to slow Askren down by chopping away at his legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Askren waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bogard.
Askren misses with a right hand
and Askren takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bogard throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Askren.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Yen Askren will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A swing and a miss from Askren.
Askren misses with a combination
letting Bogard counter with a right hand.
Bogard lands a nice looking body kick.
Nice defenses there by Bogard.
Bogard lands a nice leg kick that just misses Askren's sensitive parts.
Terry Bogard is winning the standup battle so far.
Bogard lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Askren avoids the head kick by Bogard.
Bogard motions for Askren to come forward. Bogard throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bogard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Askren closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Askren working over Bogard with some ground and pound. Bogard looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Askren working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bogard has hold of Askren's hands but Askren slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bogard actively working from the bottom here.
Bogard regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bogard working for a triangle but Askren defends it easily.
Askren must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bogard had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Askren defends it easily.
Bogard lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Bogard looking to pass the guard.
Askren is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Askren looking to control.
Bogard seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
We've been hearing good reports from Bogard's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Askren wants to sweep here but Bogard controlling him for the moment.
Askren keeping moving, preventing Bogard from controlling successfully.
Bogard stopping the sweep attempt from Askren.
Askren trying to control the position.
Bogard pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Askren is keeping the position for now.
Bogard won't allow Askren to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Askren is trying to keep Bogard in close.
Bogard trying to control but Askren is working from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Jab from Bogard.
Askren misses with a left hand
and Bogard counters with a stiff right hand.
Bogard looks to throw the jab but Askren is out of range.
Bogard connects with a high kick.
Bogard cracks Askren with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bogard slips under a jab from Askren.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Askren shoots in for a double leg but Bogard sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A leg kick checked by Askren.
Askren looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A combination from Bogard does no damage.
Bogard looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Askren throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bogard gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Askren.
Askren throws a lazy right hand but Bogard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A lazy left from Bogard finds it's target.
Askren fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Askren tries to bum rush Bogard with a series of wild strikes but Bogard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bogard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bogard buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Terry Bogard dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Bogard throws a series of punches but Askren avoids them all with ease.
Askren fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It looked like Bogard wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bogard throws a lazy body kick
and Askren counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Askren dives in and grabs Bogard's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bogard pushes down on Askren's head and hops out.
Askren throws a hook to the side of Bogard's head but Bogard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good exchange - Askren coming out on top.
A head kick misses from Bogard.
Askren tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Askren comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Askren fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Askren shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Bogard napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Bogard sneaks out the side door and pushes Askren away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Askren ducks right into an uppercut from Bogard.
Bogard leaves Askren with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Askren throws a jab when Bogard was well out of range.
Bogard cracks Askren with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bogard throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bogard uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bogard lands with a slapping head kick.
Bogard lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bogard loads up on a big right hand but Askren slips the punch.
The fighters circling - Askren throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bogard misses with a hook. Askren ducked under it nicely.
Askren avoids the body shot from Bogard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Askren.
Askren misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bogard.
A telegraphed right hand from Bogard misses the target.
A slow jab from Askren misses its intended target.
Bogard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bogard takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Askren fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bogard manages to avoid it.
Askren swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bogard counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bogard pivots, looking for a leg kick but Askren is out of range and Bogard settles back down.
Askren misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bogard.
Askren's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bogard works Askren's body with a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Askren ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Askren misses with an uppercut.
Bogard throws a right and a left that Askren avoids nicely.
Askren moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bogard takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Askren connects with a crisp jab.
Askren misses with a hook. Bogard ducked under it nicely.
Bogard scoring well with a low kick there.
Askren throws a poor cross that misses
and Bogard counters with a straight right hand.
Bogard ducks under a wild hook from Askren.
Askren jabs Bogard right on the nose. Bogard blinks but takes it well.
Askren has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bogard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bogard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bogard tests Askren's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Askren takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Bogard walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Askren checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bogard tries to score with a low kick but Askren moves his leg out of the way.
Bogard misses with a left hand
and Askren counters with a left to the body.
Bogard misses with a straight right.
Bogard throws a head kick that misses
and Askren counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bogard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Askren.
Askren lands with a shot to the body.
Askren throws a hook to the side of Bogard's head but Bogard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Terry Bogard.
Well Bogard 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:28
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Terry Bogard!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Terry Bogard made sure he mentioned IniTech Nutrition , along with how happy he was to win his fight.
The defeated Yen Askren had this to say: 'I blame Bjorn and the Egg.'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Floyd Maybetter (ranked 1706 p4p, 203 weight class) and Crusadius Infidellus (ranked 1858 p4p, 226 weight class). Maybetter's entrance music is Don't Stop The Funk. A fine choice. Infidellus comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The last stand: Sabaton kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Floyd Maybetter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Crusadius Infidellus!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Anthony Taglia and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Infidellus swats away the attempt to clinch by Maybetter.
Infidellus cracks a nice hook into Maybetter's ribs.
Maybetter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Infidellus was well out of range. Poor timing from Maybetter.
Infidellus looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Maybetter gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Maybetter changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Infidellus looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Maybetter is trying to get an arm triangle but Infidellus is defending well.
Infidellus tries to bench press Maybetter off him but Maybetter keeps the position.
Infidellus manages to work his way to half guard, despite Maybetter's best efforts.
Maybetter seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Infidellus does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Maybetter is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Infidellus is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Maybetter's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Maybetter's back!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Infidellus lands a shot to the head.
Maybetter covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Infidellus missing with strikes from the back.
Infidellus is punishing Maybetter with some ground and pound.
Infidellus punches Maybetter on the ear.
Maybetter is rocked!
The referee is taking a good look at Maybetter as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Infidellus!
Oh Maybetter is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Infidellus is hanging on to Maybetter's back as he tries to escape.
Will Infidellus go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Infidellus lands a massive shot to the side of Maybetter 's head and he's out cold! Infidellus jumps to his feet and milks the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Crusadius Infidellus!
After winning the bout, Crusadius Infidellus thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Damien OQuinn (ranked 1169 p4p, 143 weight class) and Rogerio De Souza (ranked 1865 p4p, 229 weight class). OQuinn comes to the cage accompanied by Blac Youngsta - Late. Damien OQuinn 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damien OQuinn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio De Souza!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Dean Styles and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Souza misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
OQuinn misses with a series of wild punches.
De Souza fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. OQuinn sprawls well initially but De Souza persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
De Souza is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
My spies in Soul Supremacy Rio inform me that De Souza has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
De Souza is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and OQuinn defends it well.
De Souza is trying to control the action in half guard but OQuinn is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Souza is controlling the pace.
De Souza is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza works his way into full mount!
De Souza tries to control but OQuinn wriggling away.
De Souza working for a guillotine from mount but OQuinn is in no mood to give up.
De Souza with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
De Souza is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, OQuinn has managed to escape the submission attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza is working for a guillotine from mount but OQuinn frees his head quite easily.
OQuinn knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for De Souza on the ground.
De Souza goes for an armbar but he's not got it… OQuinn turns into him and now he's in De Souza's guard.
De Souza throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
OQuinn slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
OQuinn content to stall in guard here.
OQuinn pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. De Souza is keeping the position for now.
OQuinn has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
De Souza working a defensive guard here.
De Souza escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. OQuinn gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
De Souza working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. OQuinn doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. OQuinn manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
OQuinn wants to control from the top but De Souza keeps moving.
De Souza keeping full guard, as OQuinn tries to pass.
De Souza is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
De Souza had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. OQuinn defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Souza is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and OQuinn defends well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
De Souza can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as OQuinn controls the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rogerio De Souza dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
OQuinn misses with an uppercut.
De Souza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
OQuinn takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
OQuinn throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
De Souza lands an overhand right.
OQuinn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Souza connects with a looping right hand.
De Souza misses with a takedown
and OQuinn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Good exchange - OQuinn coming out on top.
De Souza throws a combination. OQuinn tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
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!
De Souza shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. OQuinn eats them both and turns towards De Souza to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
De Souza misses with a straight right.
OQuinn moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
OQuinn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Souza closes this distance looking for a takedown but OQuinn circles away.
De Souza scores with a jab.
OQuinn misses with a body shot.
OQuinn takes a swing at De Souza's ribcage but misses.
De Souza is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Damien OQuinn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
OQuinn misses with a few strikes there.
Nice jab there from OQuinn.
De Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice straight punches there by OQuinn. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of OQuinn.
A combination from De Souza does no damage.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from OQuinn lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and De Souza has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from De Souza and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
OQuinn looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
OQuinn takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
De Souza misses with a double jab
and OQuinn counters with a straight right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
OQuinn scores with a decent looking hook.
De Souza fails with the takedown.
Damien OQuinn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rogerio De Souza.
Nice body punch from De Souza.
OQuinn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
OQuinn lands with a nice body punch.
A jab from De Souza misses.
Rogerio De Souza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Souza swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
OQuinn went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
De Souza misses with a looping right.
OQuinn scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like Rogerio De Souza has been cut.
De Souza bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps OQuinn's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
OQuinn lands a jab to De Souza's midsection.
A decent looking cross lands there for De Souza.
De Souza lands a two punch combo.
OQuinn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Souza.
OQuinn drops De Souza with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but De Souza looks back up at him and smiles so OQuinn waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
De Souza is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
OQuinn cracks De Souza with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends De Souza tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but OQuinn pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! De Souza is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Damien OQuinn!
A very excited looking Damien OQuinn 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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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duncan Ferguson (ranked 1765 p4p, 267 weight class) and Tank Ispa (ranked 77 p4p, 13 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Duncan Ferguson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tank Ispa!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Steve Montenegro and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferguson looks to land a combination but Ispa avoids it well.
Ispa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
It looks like Duncan Ferguson has been cut.
Ispa misses the shot to the body.
Ispa staying out of range there.
Ispa dives in for a single leg takedown but Ferguson sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Nice jab there from Ferguson.
Ferguson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ferguson just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Ispa misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Ferguson misses its target.
Ispa on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ispa shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ispa is trying to control. Ferguson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ispa seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ispa is trying to control the action in half guard but Ferguson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ispa is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Ispa seems to be looking for submissions.
Ispa is controlling the pace.
Ispa is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Ferguson is just riding it out for now. Ispa eventually gives up the hold.
Ispa is pressing down on Ferguson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ferguson is holding on for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ferguson is concentrating on defense, preventing Ispa from advancing position.
Ispa tries to pass to full mount but Ferguson defends it.
Ferguson is controlling Ispa's trapped leg to prevent Ispa from advancing to side control.
Ispa looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ferguson is looking to control Ispa's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ferguson avoid being mounted?
Ferguson is defending against the submission attempts here by Ispa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson trying to control but Ispa postures up.
Ispa is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Ferguson is just riding it out for now. Ispa eventually gives up the hold.
Ispa is looking for a kimura but Ferguson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ispa to get the leverage.
Ferguson is defending against the submission attempts here by Ispa.
Ispa is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ferguson doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Ispa.
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.
Ispa keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The fighters are battling for position here. Ferguson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Ferguson is pulling down on Ispa's head to control his posture.
Ferguson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ispa wants to control from the top but Ferguson keeps moving.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Ferguson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ispa under the eye.
Ispa throws a hook to the side of Ferguson's head but Ferguson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ferguson moves out of range of the body kick from Ispa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tank Ispa will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Duncan Ferguson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ispa misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Ferguson was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Ispa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ferguson.
Ferguson throws a big shot that misses.
Ispa looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ispa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ispa connects with the punch.
Ispa swings for the body but Ferguson moves out of range.
Ispa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ferguson.
Ispa tries to counter by closing the distance.
Ferguson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ispa doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ferguson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ispa walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ferguson.
Ferguson wants to land a leg kick but Ispa is out of range.
Ispa changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ispa takes a swing at Ferguson's ribcage but misses.
Ispa throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ferguson on the side of the head.
Ferguson loads up on a big right hand but Ispa slips the punch.
Ispa takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ferguson missing with a left hand there. Ispa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ispa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ferguson manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferguson jabs at Ispa's body.
Ispa cracks Ferguson with an open hand slap.
Nice uppercut there from Ferguson.
We've been told by Ferguson's head coaches at Ramirez School Of Excellence that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Ispa fails to land the takedown.
Ferguson blocks a jab.
Ferguson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ferguson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ispa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ferguson.
Ferguson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A jab from Ferguson misses.
Ispa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ferguson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ispa to score with a decent uppercut.
Ferguson avoids the body shot from Ispa.
Ferguson scores with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ispa looks to land a left hand but Ferguson moved out of range nicely.
Ispa misses with a few strikes there.
Ferguson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ispa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson stuffs the takedown attempt from Ispa. Ispa gets slowly back to his feet.
Ferguson throws a body punch but Ispa moves out of range.
Ispa looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ferguson takes one on the button.
Ispa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ferguson.
Ferguson connects with the punch.
Ispa connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ispa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ferguson. Ispa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ferguson misses with an uppercut
and Ispa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Duncan Ferguson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ferguson misses with an uppercut. Ispa saw that one coming.
Ispa lands a nice shot to the body.
Ferguson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Duncan Ferguson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ispa cracks the inside of Ferguson's front leg.
Ferguson drives through and clinches with Ispa against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A big right from Ispa misses.
Ferguson appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ferguson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ispa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ferguson misses with a hook
and Ispa counters with a stiff right hand.
Ferguson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ferguson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ispa tries to counter with a clinch but Ferguson shakes him off and moves away.
Ispa takes the fight into the clinch.
Ispa jumps guard and drags Ferguson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Ispa is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Ispa keeping moving, preventing Ferguson from controlling successfully.
Ferguson is looking to stand up but Ispa won't let him.
Ferguson stands up over Ispa, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ferguson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ispa is trying to control the position but Ferguson postures up.
Ispa keeping moving, preventing Ferguson from controlling successfully.
Ispa looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ispa is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Ferguson content to stall in guard here.
Ispa can't keep his opponent in guard - Ferguson advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Ispa looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ispa is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Duncan Ferguson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Duncan Ferguson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Ferguson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ispa.
It seemed like Ispa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ispa clinches up against the cage.
Ferguson takes a shot to the head.
Ispa lands a nice uppercut.
Ferguson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ferguson blocking some punches.
Ferguson tries to throw a body punch but Ispa avoids it by throwing Ferguson back against the cage.
Ispa lands with a short shot to the head.
Ispa tries to pull guard but Ferguson holds him up against the cage and eventually Ispa drops back down to his feet.
Ispa has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ferguson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ferguson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ispa's efforts to push away.
Ferguson is trying to maintain a safe position but Ispa gets an underhook and turns Ferguson into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ispa tries a body shot but Ferguson blocks it.
Ispa drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ferguson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ispa has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ferguson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ispa can turn it around.
Duncan Ferguson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tank Ispa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ispa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ispa scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Ispa.
Ispa working aggressively here.
Ispa struggles to land a body shot inside as Ferguson controls his hands.
Ispa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ferguson blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Ispa fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ispa.
Ispa misses with the head strike.
Ispa throws a punch but it's blocked by Ferguson.
Ispa jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ferguson walks away with a smile on his face. Ispa gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ferguson scores with a one two! Ispa had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ferguson slips under a jab.
Ferguson just misses with a punch to the body.
Ispa takes a swing at Ferguson's ribcage but misses.
No joy there for Ferguson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A jab from Ispa misses.
Ispa catches Ferguson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ferguson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ferguson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ispa throws a series of punches but Ferguson avoids them all with ease.
Ispa on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ispa shoots in and drives through. Ferguson sprawls well.
Ispa throws a hook but Ferguson avoids it easily.
Horrible takedown attempt by Ispa or perhaps it was just good defense by Ferguson, which made it look bad.
Ispa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ispa misses with a few strikes there.
Ispa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ispa misses with a kick to the body.
It looked like Ferguson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ferguson looks to land a left hand but Ispa moved out of range nicely.
Ispa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ispa lands a nice looking body shot.
Duncan Ferguson is winning the standup battle so far.
Ferguson just misses with a punch to the body.
Ferguson scores with a decent looking hook.
Ispa gets the takedown into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
You can see the frustration on Ferguson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ispa tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Ferguson sneaks back into half guard.
Ferguson is looking to control Ispa's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ferguson avoid being mounted?
Ispa wants to pass to mount but Ferguson is defending the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ispa trying to control from Ferguson's half guard. Ferguson has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Ispa drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ispa jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Ferguson pulls Ispa in close to prevent any damage.
Tank Ispa has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ferguson trying to control the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tank Ispa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ispa has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tank Ispa!
A relieved looking Tank Ispa thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Tchusuk (ranked 607 p4p, 82 weight class) and Big Murha (ranked 102 p4p, 11 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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238 lbs
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Granite chin |
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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
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenny Tchusuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Big Murha!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Roberts and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murha throws a jab when Tchusuk was well out of range.
Murha moves into range and clinches up with Tchusuk.
Murha slows down the pace here.
Murha misses with a punch on the inside.
Murha struggles to land a body shot inside as Tchusuk controls his hands.
Our sources have told us that Tchusuk has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Tchusuk has a couple of punches blocked by Murha.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murha.
Tchusuk lands a shoulder strike.
Murha throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Murha.
Tchusuk misses with some punches.
Murha blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murha blocking some punches.
Murha blocks an uppercut.
Tchusuk blocking some punches.
Tchusuk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Murha.
Tchusuk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Tchusuk scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murha lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tchusuk swings wildly with an uppercut but Murha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murha pushes Tchusuk back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tchusuk throws a head punch that misses.
Murha works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Murha misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murha lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tchusuk backwards.
Tchusuk throws a head punch that misses.
Murha gets through Tchusuk's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tchusuk has a couple of punches blocked by Murha.
Murha lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tchusuk working aggressively here.
Murha lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tchusuk backwards.
Tchusuk blocking some punches.
Tchusuk lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short body shot lands from Tchusuk as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murha cracks Tchusuk with a nice body shot.
Tchusuk takes a shot to the head.
Murha stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murha lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murha is stalling here.
Murha tries to work over Tchusuk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tchusuk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tchusuk swings wildly with an uppercut but Murha uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Tchusuk fails to land.
Murha lands a body punch.
Tchusuk is breathing heavily.
Murha tries a body shot but Tchusuk blocks it.
Tchusuk misses with the head strike.
Murha misses with a punch to the body.
Murha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tchusuk throws a punch but it's blocked by Murha.
Murha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murha lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murha softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murha.
Tchusuk misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murha lands with a short shot to the head.
Tchusuk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murha lands with a left to the head.
Tchusuk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murha lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tchusuk backwards.
Tchusuk misses with a punch on the inside.
Murha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The referee calls for Murha to work.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Tchusuk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tchusuk misses with the head strike.
Murha is struggling to control the position.
Murha throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tchusuks head.
Tchusuk blocks a body shot from Murha.
Tchusuk misses with a punch on the inside.
Tchusuk blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tchusuk misses with the head strike.
Murha breaks the clinch.
Murha connects with a crisp jab.
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!
Tchusuk tries to clinch but Murha moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murha.
Big Murha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tchusuk on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tchusuk avoids the head kick by Murha.
Murha fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tchusuk on the side of the head.
Murha avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tchusuk is looking to clinch but Murha is avoiding it.
Murha pushes Tchusuk up against the cage in a clinch.
Tchusuk misses with some punches.
Tchusuk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murha just leaning against Tchusuk, taking a breather.
Tchusuk misses with the head strike.
Tchusuk misses with some punches.
Murha blocking some punches.
Murha scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Big Murha 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.
Murha clinches up with Tchusuk and pushes him back against the cage.
Murha lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tchusuk backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Tchusuk fails to land.
Tchusuk working aggressively here.
Murha throws a head punch that misses.
Murha lands a nice uppercut.
Murha scores with a shoulder strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tchusuk swings wildly with an uppercut but Murha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murha swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tchusuk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murha has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murha.
Murha lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tchusuk.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murha scores with a nice hook to the head.
Murha lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tchusuk misses with the head strike.
Tchusuk lands a left hand.
Tchusuk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tchusuk misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murha lands a hook that snaps the head of Tchusuk backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murha.
Tchusuk misses with some punches.
Murha works on Tchusuk's body with a couple of short punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murha.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tchusuk throws a punch but it's blocked by Murha.
A short left from Murha.
Tchusuk misses with a punch on the inside.
Tchusuk lands a shoulder strike.
Murha working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murha lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tchusuk backwards.
Still in the clinch, Murha scores with a nice short uppercut.
Murha is working Tchusuk over against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Murha - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Murha lands with a right to the 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!
Tchusuk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murha throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tchusuks head.
Murha lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tchusuk or not.
Big Murha seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tchusuk's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murha scores with a shot to the side of Tchusuk's head.
Murha gets through Tchusuk's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tchusuk.
A left hand lands to the body for Murha.
Murha breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Murha throws a nice head kick!
It looks like Kenny Tchusuk has been cut.
Murha scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tchusuk doesn't seem bothered though.
Murha drops Tchusuk with a beautiful combination! Tchusuk stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Murha is looking for the KO!
Murha has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Tchusuk is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Murha batters Tchusuk with a massive right followed by a huge left! Tchusuk is out on his feet looking like a zombie as Murha lands a final crushing right hand to drop Tchusuk to the mat with a gruesome thud! Murha is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Big Murha!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Big Murha made sure he mentioned HELLBENT, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cal Klos (ranked 515 p4p, 61 weight class) and Ispa Murhaa (ranked 25 p4p, 4 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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188 lbs
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199 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cal Klos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ispa Murhaa!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Bruno Lombardi and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhaa scores with a leg kick.
Murhaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ispa Murhaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick lands from Murhaa.
Murhaa scores with a hook to the body. Klos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Murhaa tries to score with a low kick but Klos moves his leg out of the way.
Klos swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Klos looks to land a left hand but Murhaa moved out of range nicely.
Murhaa looks to land a left hand but Klos moved out of range nicely.
Murhaa ducks under a wild hook from Klos.
Murhaa flicks out a counter leg kick but Klos steps away.
A left lands for Murhaa.
Murhaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Klos was well out of range. Poor timing from Murhaa.
Murhaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Murhaa throws a body shot but no joy.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murhaa.
Klos tries for a takedown but Murhaa circles away easily
and Murhaa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Murhaa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murhaa scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murhaa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Klos's calf.
Murhaa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Klos.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa throws a sloppy head kick and Klos moves out of range easily.
A lazy left from Murhaa finds it's target.
Klos looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
Murhaa throws a jab but it's blocked by Klos.
Klos looks to land a left hand but Murhaa moved out of range nicely.
Murhaa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Klos throws a lazy right hand but Murhaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murhaa misses with a shot to the body
enabling Klos to counter with a crisp jab.
Murhaa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Murhaa misses with a double jab.
Klos misses with a body shot.
As Klos backs off Murhaa throws a huge counter combo but Klos manages to avoid it all.
Klos connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Murhaa has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Klos throws a hook but Murhaa avoids it easily.
Klos looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Klos thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Murhaa's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klos throws a strike but Murhaa avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Klos 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.
Klos throws a big right hand that misses.
Murhaa seems keen to control Klos's posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Klos is looking to work some ground and pound but Murhaa has wrist control.
Klos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Murhaa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Murhaa controls Klos momentarily but Klos frees himself.
Murhaa has control of Klos's left arm, preventing Klos from doing any damage.
Klos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa keeping moving, preventing Klos from controlling successfully.
Klos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Klos drops back, looking for a kneebar! Murhaa looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Murhaa looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Murhaa!
Klos is trying to improve his position.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Klos gets back to half guard.
Klos looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Klos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klos is trying to control but can't.
Klos looking for submissions off his back.
Klos looking for submissions off his back.
Murhaa is taking a breather. Klos says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Klos is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Ice Cream Parlour, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Murhaa's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ispa Murhaa dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Murhaa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Klos.
Klos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murhaa.
Klos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Murhaa as he jumps to the side.
Murhaa walks into a jab.
Murhaa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Murhaa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murhaa ducks right into an uppercut from Klos.
Murhaa looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A swing and a miss from Klos.
Murhaa shapes to counter with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klos lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Murhaa is looking to slow Klos down with leg kicks.
Murhaa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Klos lands a right hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murhaa takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Murhaa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa looks for the body kick but Klos saw that one coming.
Klos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Klos takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Klos. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ispa Murhaa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murhaa throws a shot from downtown. Klos moves away and avoids it.
Murhaa swings for the body but Klos moves out of range.
Klos misses with an uppercut
and Murhaa counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Murhaa swings widly with a right hand
and Murhaa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Murhaa looks to throw the jab but Klos is out of range.
Klos scores with a hook to the body. Murhaa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Klos misses with a body shot.
Murhaa lands with a shot to the body.
Klos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Murhaa circles away.
Murhaa throws a series of strikes that have Klos backpedaling.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Klos lands with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klos smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Murhaa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Klos throws a jab but it's blocked by Murhaa.
Nice defenses there by Klos.
Klos darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Klos misses with a right hand
letting Murhaa counter with a right hand.
Murhaa walks into a straight right hand from Klos.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murhaa.
Klos connects with a jab.
Klos lands a nice hook to Murhaa's body. Murhaa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Klos throws a hook but Murhaa avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Klos. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murhaa drops his hands momentarily and Klos takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Klos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murhaa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klos is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Murhaa misses with a looping right.
Klos throws a big shot that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Klos. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murhaa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Klos misses with a hook.
Klos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murhaa avoids the body shot from Klos.
Klos slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Murhaa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Murhaa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Klos closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Murhaa quickly recovers to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Klos throws a strike but Murhaa avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Murhaa pulls Klos in close to prevent any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Klos throws an elbow that misses. Murhaa uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Klos's guard. Nice move by Murhaa!
Murhaa slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Klos working for submissions but it's allowed Murhaa to get to half guard.
Klos is looking for a sweep. Murhaa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murhaa seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Cal Klos will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Murhaa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Klos staying out of range there.
Klos with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice defenses there by Klos.
Nice straight punches there by Klos. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Klos.
Klos misses with a hook. Murhaa ducked under it nicely.
Murhaa let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Klos misses with a body shot.
Murhaa misses with a hook.
Murhaa lands with a nice body punch.
Klos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murhaa gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Murhaa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murhaa connects with the punch.
Klos throws a good cross that connects.
Klos lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murhaa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Klos.
Murhaa appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Murhaa misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klos scores with a nice strike.
Murhaa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Klos throws a hook but Murhaa blocks it.
Klos scores with a crisp jab that stopped Murhaa in his tracks.
Murhaa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murhaa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Klos. That did some damage!
Klos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murhaa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murhaa misses with a straight right.
Murhaa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Klos connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Murhaa scrambles back to his feet.
Murhaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Klos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murhaa throws out the jab.
Klos avoids the body shot from Murhaa.
Murhaa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Klos is looking to counter punch.
Murhaa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Klos.
Murhaa only half commits to the counter leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klos fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice cross by Murhaa.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Klos takes a swing at Murhaa's ribcage but misses.
Horrible takedown attempt by Klos or perhaps it was just good defense by Murhaa, which made it look bad.
Klos misses with an uppercut
and Murhaa makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ispa Murhaa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A shot to the liver by Murhaa. Beautiful body shot.
Klos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Murhaa tries to avoid it but Klos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Murhaa to the ground. Murhaa escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cal Klos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Klos fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Murhaa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Murhaa throws a right hand that Klos ducks under and follows up with a left that Klos also avoids with ease.
Murhaa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Klos.
Murhaa lands with a nice body punch.
Nice shot lands for Murhaa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa lunges at Klos with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Klos's hand.
Nice cross by Murhaa.
A swing and a miss from Murhaa.
Klos's jab looks to have found its range, popping Murhaa under the eye.
Murhaa throws a combination. Klos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Murhaa cracks Klos with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Murhaa throws a shot from downtown. Klos moves away and avoids it.
Klos takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Klos fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Murhaa on the side of the head.
Murhaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Klos throws out the jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murhaa tries to work over Klos's front leg with a kick but Klos checks it.
Murhaa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Klos.
Klos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murhaa can pounce on him.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murhaa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa misses with a series of wild punches.
Klos misses with a straight right.
Klos throws a predictable looking body shot
and Murhaa counters with a good low kick that Klos was not able to check.
Murhaa throws a series of punches but Klos moves out of range.
Murhaa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Klos shoots in and bounces Murhaa off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Klos trying to control the position from guard on top but Murhaa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Klos passes Murhaa's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Murhaa is pressing down on Klos's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ispa Murhaa.
I think Murhaa has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ispa Murhaa!
An out of breath Ispa Murhaa thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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