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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eric Staal (ranked 706 p4p, 102 weight class) and Vertti Ekstrovertti (ranked 981 p4p, 133 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Eric Staal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vertti Ekstrovertti!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ekstrovertti moves away from the strike by Staal.
Staal misses with a low kick.
Ekstrovertti looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Staal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ekstrovertti throws a combination. Staal tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Staal is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Ekstrovertti's half guard.
Staal lands strikes from half guard.
Ekstrovertti is looking for a sweep. Staal is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Staal trying to advance position but Ekstrovertti counters by regaining guard.
Staal throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Staal postures up in Ekstrovertti's guard and throws a big left but Ekstrovertti blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Staal trying to control the position from guard on top but Ekstrovertti is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Staal connects with a couple of short punches.
Staal postures up.
Staal trying to control the position from guard on top but Ekstrovertti is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Staal sitting in guard here, content to control.
Ekstrovertti can't keep his opponent in guard - Staal advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Ekstrovertti tries to roll over but Staal keeps him under control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ekstrovertti holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Staal is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ekstrovertti is trying to control but can't.
Ekstrovertti is trying to get back to full guard.
Staal stalling.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Ekstrovertti misses with an uppercut. Staal saw that one coming.
Ekstrovertti throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Staal on the side of the head.
Staal ducks under a wild hook from Ekstrovertti.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ekstrovertti takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ekstrovertti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ekstrovertti throws a head kick but Staal moves out of range.
Ekstrovertti misses with a straight right.
Staal misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ekstrovertti lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Ekstrovertti misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice takedown defense from Ekstrovertti. No joy for Staal on that attempt.
Ekstrovertti looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Nice shot by Ekstrovertti.
Ekstrovertti lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ekstrovertti throws a big shot that misses.
Staal misses with an uppercut.
Ekstrovertti is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Staal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ekstrovertti.
Ekstrovertti ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Staal displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ekstrovertti throws out the jab.
Ekstrovertti lands a high kick!
A cross from Ekstrovertti lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ekstrovertti misses with a body shot
and Staal counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ekstrovertti throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ekstrovertti lands with a thumping leg kick.
Staal lands a nice looking body shot.
Vertti Ekstrovertti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ekstrovertti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Staal misses with a kick to the body.
Ekstrovertti scores with a head kick. Staal tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ekstrovertti rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Staal counters with a left to the body.
Ekstrovertti throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ekstrovertti avoids the head kick by Staal.
Ekstrovertti throws the left hand but Staal avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Staal wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Vertti Ekstrovertti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ekstrovertti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Donk. Staal catches Ekstrovertti right on the button with a cross.
Staal walks into a stiff left hand from Ekstrovertti.
Ekstrovertti keeps Staal at a distance using the push kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vertti Ekstrovertti dominated that round.
That's time! Staal's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Ekstrovertti scores with a push kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Staal is defended easily by Ekstrovertti.
Ekstrovertti misses with a body shot
and Staal counters with a one-two to the body.
Ekstrovertti scoring well with a low kick there.
Ekstrovertti slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ekstrovertti ducks under a wild hook from Staal.
Ekstrovertti feints and then cracks Staal's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Staal down.
Staal uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Staal pushes Ekstrovertti away with a front kick.
Ekstrovertti throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Staal closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Ekstrovertti quickly recovers to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ekstrovertti wants to control but Staal is keeping busy.
Staal throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Staal seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ekstrovertti does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Staal keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Staal wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ekstrovertti keeps working.
Staal is nestled in close to Ekstrovertti, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Staal is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Staal works his way into side control.
Ekstrovertti felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ekstrovertti taking a bit of punishment here - Staal scoring with strikes.
Staal working the ground and pound from side control.
Staal throws a strike aimed at the side of Ekstrovertti's head but Ekstrovertti avoids it well.
Ekstrovertti struggling a bit here.
Ekstrovertti is letting Staal control him for a moment.
Ekstrovertti takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Staal working the head with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Staal taking a breather here.
Ekstrovertti manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Ekstrovertti wants to take a breather but Staal is having none of it.
Staal manages to get to full guard.
Ekstrovertti engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Staal looking to control but Ekstrovertti passes into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ekstrovertti is working for a submission of some sort.
Staal desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Ekstrovertti is taking a breather. Staal 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.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ekstrovertti wants to lay and pray for a moment but Staal keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Staal dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Ekstrovertti scores with a spinning back kick!
Staal throws a head kick that misses.
Staal has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ekstrovertti.
Ekstrovertti takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ekstrovertti gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Staal working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Staal throwing strikes but missing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Staal trying to control but Ekstrovertti is working from the bottom.
Ekstrovertti is adopting a defensive guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekstrovertti can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Staal controls the pace.
Eric Staal overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ekstrovertti seems keen to control Staal's posture.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Ekstrovertti is trying to control the position but Staal postures up.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Ekstrovertti ducks under a wild hook from Staal.
Ekstrovertti lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Ekstrovertti swings for the body but Staal moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Staal slips a straight right by Ekstrovertti.
Staal misses with a straight right.
Staal blocks a head kick by Ekstrovertti.
Ekstrovertti misses with a straight right.
Ekstrovertti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Staal.
Ekstrovertti is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Staal with a body shot.
Staal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ekstrovertti manages to avoid it.
Ekstrovertti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ekstrovertti misses with a straight left.
Ekstrovertti swings for the body but Staal moves out of range.
Jab from Ekstrovertti.
Ekstrovertti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ekstrovertti connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Staal decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ekstrovertti is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Staal scores with a couple of nice shots.
Staal is just content to waste time from the top position. Ekstrovertti takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Staal in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ekstrovertti not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Staal 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.
Staal has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Staal with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ekstrovertti is controlling Staal's posture.
Staal trying to control the position from guard on top but Ekstrovertti is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Ekstrovertti pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Staal shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ekstrovertti as he avoids it easily.
Ekstrovertti blocks a leg kick.
Staal on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ekstrovertti blocks a jab.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ekstrovertti scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Staal slips a straight right by Ekstrovertti.
Ekstrovertti throws a leg kick but Staal sees it coming and moves out of range.
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 Eric Staal.
I think Staal 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shayne Corson (ranked 1158 p4p, 153 weight class) and Afeef Isa Baba (ranked 636 p4p, 88 weight class). Baba has chosen Nation Arabic Orchestra as his entrance music. Shayne Corson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Afeef Isa Baba's chin.
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178 lbs
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172 lbs
13 - 3 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Shayne Corson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Afeef Isa Baba!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baba on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Baba throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Baba lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Corson at a distance.
Baba works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Baba.
Baba throws a low kick but Corson moves out of range easily.
Baba takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
It looks like Afeef Isa Baba has been cut.
Baba misses with a hook. Corson ducked under it nicely.
Baba throws a sloppy head kick and Corson moves out of range easily.
Baba throws a half hearted mid kick.
Corson throwing a counter right hand but Baba manages to avoid it.
Corson moves away from the strike by Baba.
A cross from Corson lands.
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!
Baba throws a head kick that misses.
A quick step to the side and Corson tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crunch! Baba slams his shin into Corson's torso.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baba throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Corson misses with a body shot.
Baba looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Baba throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Corson staying out of range there.
Corson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Baba let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Afeef Isa Baba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baba lands a really nice looking cross but Corson seems unphased.
A slow jab from Baba misses its intended target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Corson. Baba does a little dance to reset his feet.
Corson misses the shot to the body.
Baba misses with a body kick.
It looked like Corson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Baba.
Baba dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Corson is looking to wear down Baba with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Corson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baba checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Corson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Baba throws a low kick but Corson avoids it.
Baba throws a leg kick but Corson moved away.
Baba fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Corson throws a big shot that misses.
Corson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Corson misses with a hook.
Baba misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Corson.
Baba uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Baba scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nice body punch from Corson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corson's corner calls for a 1-2. Corson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Baba looks to land a body kick but Corson moved away.
Baba throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Corson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Corson throws a body shot but no joy.
Baba looks for the body kick but Corson saw that one coming.
Baba with a nice cross.
Corson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Baba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Corson manages to avoid it.
Corson tries to score with a low kick but Baba moves his leg out of the way.
Donk. Baba catches Corson right on the button with a cross.
Baba moves out of range as Corson strikes.
Baba looks to score with a jab to the body but Corson is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baba throws a lazy uppercut
and Corson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Corson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Baba's sensitive parts.
Baba slips under a 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!
Baba scores with a spinning back kick!
Corson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Baba.
Baba goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Baba jabs at Corson's body.
Baba lands with a good body shot.
Baba scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Corson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Corson ducks under a wild hook from Baba.
Baba throws a leg kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Afeef Isa Baba dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Afeef Isa Baba's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Corson misses with a body kick.
Corson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Baba misses with a kick to the body.
Baba feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Corson's calf.
Corson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Corson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baba lands with a thumping leg kick.
Corson swings for the body but Baba moves out of range.
An inside leg kick from Baba misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Baba scores with a jab to the body.
Baba slips under a jab.
Baba misses with a body kick.
Afeef Isa Baba seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baba misses with a body shot.
Baba throws a leg kick which misses Corson's front leg but catches the back leg as Corson tries to avoid it.
Baba lands with an overhand left.
Baba feints a jab promting Corson to slip. Baba then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Corson slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A nice leg kick lands there from Baba.
Corson misses with a wild body shot.
Baba is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Corson avoids the body shot from Baba.
Baba moves out of range of the strikes.
Corson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Baba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Corson moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Corson misses the target.
Baba throws the left hand but Corson avoids the punch easily.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Corson might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Baba misses the target.
Corson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Baba can pounce on him.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The fighters circling - Corson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Baba will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Corson is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Baba goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Baba moves away from the strike by Corson.
Baba is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Corson with a body shot.
Corson throws a push kick but Baba slaps the foot to one side.
Baba throws a push kick but Corson slaps the foot to one side.
A counter left hand to the body from Corson misses its target.
Baba has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Baba there as he acknowledges the shot.
Baba throws a leg kick which misses Corson's front leg but catches the back leg as Corson tries to avoid it.
Corson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Baba.
Corson half committed to a counter leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baba cracks Corson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Corson lands a nice looking body shot.
Baba is looking to land body kicks.
Nice defenses there by Corson.
Corson throwing a counter right hand but Baba manages to avoid it.
Corson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Baba.
Corson scores with a punch to the head.
That has opened up Afeef Isa Baba's cut even more.
Baba throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Corson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Baba ducks right into an uppercut from Corson.
Baba connects with a high kick.
Corson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Baba looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baba defending well as Corson loads up on a big left hand.
Baba counters with a body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Corson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Baba lands a jab-cross combination.
Nice body kick from Baba.
Baba explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Baba lands a big head kick that sends Corson tumbling to the mat! Baba takes a step backwards and waves Corson back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Corson is rocked!
Baba fakes the body blow, causing Corson to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Corson goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Afeef Isa Baba!
A very excited looking Afeef Isa Baba 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brian Jones (ranked 1017 p4p, 119 weight class) and Dixie Pablo Khakhold (ranked 632 p4p, 81 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by Take my hand. Khakhold is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Penis song. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Brian Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dixie Pablo Khakhold!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khakhold misses with a head kick.
Khakhold lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Khakhold misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Jones decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Jones passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Khakhold!
Khakhold regains half guard.
Jones is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Khakhold is just riding it out for now. Jones eventually gives up the hold.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones is trying to control. Khakhold wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khakhold tries to get to full guard but Jones has control of the leg.
Khakhold gets back to full guard.
Jones slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Jones thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Khakhold tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jones tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jones has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Khakhold wants to control but Jones postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khakhold tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jones is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Khakhold is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Khakhold tries to bench press Jones off him but Jones keeps the position.
Jones has hold of Khakhold's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Khakhold seems comfortable defending it but Jones has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Khakhold is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Khakhold is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Jones couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Brian Jones!
During a confident post fight interview, Brian Jones thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Dixie Pablo Khakhold stepped up to the mic, saying 'My wife's gonna cuck me with my opponent all week'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Elmer Fudd (ranked 583 p4p, 82 weight class) and Ulrik Meyer (ranked 388 p4p, 53 weight class). Fudd comes to the cage accompanied by Blue On Black. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ulrik Meyer was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Elmer Fudd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 14 - 2, fighting out of New York, Ulrik Meyer!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fudd scores with a leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Meyer moves out of range as Fudd throws a body kick.
Meyer throws a right and a left that both miss.
Meyer throws a good cross that connects.
Meyer connects with a nice looking jab.
Meyer looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Fudd swings for the body but Meyer moves out of range.
Fudd is looking to score with low kicks.
Meyer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice shot lands for Fudd.
Nice uppercut lands for Fudd. That snapped Meyer's head back.
Meyer scores with a one two! Fudd had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Fudd defending well as Meyer loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Meyer ducks under a wild hook from Fudd.
Meyer throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fudd on the side of the head.
Meyer sizes up Fudd with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Meyer moves out of range as Fudd strikes.
Ulrik Meyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fudd fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Meyer.
Meyer lands with a cross.
Fudd scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Meyer manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Fudd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Meyer.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Meyer! But no joy.
Meyer throws a hook but Fudd avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fudd scores with a decent looking hook.
Fudd misses with a double jab.
Fudd keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Meyer.
Meyer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fudd bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice uppercut lands for Fudd. That snapped Meyer's head back.
Fudd slips a jab from Meyer.
Fudd misses with a straight left.
Fudd misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fudd misses with a straight right.
Meyer lands with a good body shot.
Fudd looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ulrik Meyer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Meyer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Meyer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fudd.
Fudd tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fudd keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Meyer.
Fudd changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
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!
Meyer cracks Fudd with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A bone on bone clash there as Meyer blocks the leg kick.
Fudd steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Meyer.
As Meyer backs away, Fudd returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Fudd looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Meyer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Meyer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Fudd misses the target.
Meyer moves out of range as Fudd strikes.
Fudd pivots, looking for a leg kick but Meyer is out of range and Fudd settles back down.
Meyer looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fudd defending well as Meyer loads up on a big left hand.
Meyer looks to throw the jab but Fudd is out of range.
Fudd lands a front kick.
Fudd fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meyer manages to avoid it.
Meyer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fudd manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Meyer misses the shot to the body.
Fudd doesn't manage to clinch there - Meyer circles away.
Fudd throws a hook to the side of Meyer's head but Meyer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A swing and a miss from Fudd.
Fudd avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice cross by Fudd.
Fudd misses with a head kick.
Fudd throws a leg kick but Meyer sees it coming and moves out of range.
Fudd lands a nice leg kick that just misses Meyer's sensitive parts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fudd tries to close the distance and clinch up but Meyer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Meyer scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fudd keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Meyer misses with a wild combination.
Meyer with a jab.
Fudd misses with a hook to the body
enabling Meyer to counter with a crisp jab.
Meyer misses with a hook
letting Fudd counter with a right hand.
Meyer misses with the combination.
Meyer connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Meyer swinging wildly here.
Meyer is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Fudd had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Meyer misses with a hook.
Meyer misses with a straight left.
Meyer misses with a kick to the body.
Meyer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fudd swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fudd looks to throw the jab but Meyer is out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fudd misses with a hook. Meyer ducked under it nicely.
Fudd throws a quick inside leg kick.
No joy there for Meyer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fudd lands with a good body shot.
Meyer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fudd.
An inside leg kick lands from Fudd.
The fighters circling - Meyer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fudd throws a nice outside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Fudd throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Meyer connects with a nice looking jab.
Fudd throws a head kick that misses.
Meyer throws out a loose jab but Fudd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meyer takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A low kick from Fudd is predictable there
and Meyer counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Meyer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Meyer connects with a single shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ulrik Meyer 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.
Fudd pivots, looking for a leg kick but Meyer is out of range and Fudd settles back down.
Meyer misses with a wild body shot.
Fudd throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Meyer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ulrik Meyer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Meyer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fudd manages to avoid it.
Meyer lands a glancing blow to the side of Fudd's head.
Fudd throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Meyer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Meyer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Meyer lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Meyer.
Fudd moves forwards but Meyer connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fudd turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Meyer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fudd.
Fudd misses with a low kick.
Fudd on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Meyer. Meyer obviously looking to wear him down.
Fudd throws a right and a left that Meyer avoids nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circling - Fudd throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Meyer lands with a good body shot.
Meyer's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fudd throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fudd.
Meyer lands a nice hook to Fudd's body. Fudd takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Meyer scores with a decent looking hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fudd has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Meyer finds it's way round the side to connect with Fudd's head.
Meyer looks for the body kick but Fudd saw that one coming.
Fudd misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fudd slips under a jab.
Meyer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fudd throws out the jab.
Meyer feints a counter leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Meyer misses the target.
Fudd ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fudd misses with a wild combination.
Fudd misses with an uppercut. Meyer saw that one coming.
Fudd slips a straight right by Meyer.
Fudd checks a low kick from Meyer.
Fudd misses with a wild body shot.
Fudd throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Meyer.
Meyer looks to land a right hand but Fudd moved out of range.
Meyer tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fudd throws a leg kick but Meyer moved away.
Danga de danga de dang - Meyer scores with a four punch combination!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Meyer finds it's way through Fudd's defenses.
Meyer lands with a hook. Fudd tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fudd pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Meyer wants to land a leg kick but Fudd is out of range.
Meyer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Meyer connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fudd tries a low kick but Meyer avoids it.
Fudd instigates a clinch.
Meyer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Meyer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fudd throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Meyer struggles to land a body shot inside as Fudd controls his hands.
Meyer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fudd looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fudd throws a head punch that misses.
Fudd throws a head punch that misses.
Fudd blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Meyer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fudd manages to break the clinch.
Meyer throws a body shot but no joy.
Fudd will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fudd shoots in for a takedown but Meyer shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Fudd keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Meyer.
Fudd uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Meyer.
Meyer checks a low kick from Fudd.
Meyer lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fudd has been working on his balance at Far-Q Fight Club, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Meyer.
Fudd throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fudd throws a hook but Meyer avoids it easily.
Meyer takes one to the chin there.
Fudd with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Meyer to score with a decent uppercut.
Fudd lands with a cross.
Meyer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Meyer throws a hook but Fudd blocks it.
Fudd slips a straight right by Meyer.
Meyer throws a jab but it's blocked by Fudd.
Fudd tries to close the distance and clinch but Meyer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fudd connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Meyer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fudd shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Meyer but Meyer pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Fudd lands with a straight right. Meyer didn't see that one coming.
Fudd lands with a shot to the body.
Fudd takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Meyer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fudd's head backwards.
Meyer misses with a series of wild punches.
A leg kick checked by Meyer.
Fudd keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
It looked like Fudd wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Fudd dodges the punch combination from Meyer.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fudd throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Meyer misses with an uppercut. Fudd saw that one coming.
Meyer misses with an uppercut.
Fudd avoids the body shot from Meyer.
A jab from Fudd misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ulrik Meyer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Good work by Fudd as he checks the leg kick.
Elmer Fudd has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fudd waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Meyer.
It seemed like Meyer was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Meyer misses with a looping left.
Meyer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fudd steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Meyer.
Meyer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fudd half committed to a counter leg kick.
Fudd thows a left - swing and a miss!
Meyer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fudd.
Fudd jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Fudd scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A combination from Fudd does no damage.
Meyer throws a right and a left that Fudd avoids nicely.
A big left from Meyer misses.
Meyer missing with a left hand there. Fudd was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fudd avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sloppy strikes from Fudd. Those never looked like landing.
Meyer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A jab from Meyer misses.
Meyer misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer misses with a hook. Fudd ducked under it nicely.
Meyer moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fudd fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meyer manages to avoid it.
Meyer looks to land a left hand but Fudd moved out of range nicely.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Fudd 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 Meyer has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Meyer and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Fudd ducks under a wild hook from Meyer.
Fudd misses with a wild body shot.
Meyer throws out a powerful jab.
Meyer goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Meyer fails to land with a series of punches.
Meyer takes one to the chin there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fudd. That's going to slow Meyer down.
Meyer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fudd.
A telegraphed right hand from Fudd misses the target.
Jab from Meyer.
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!
Fudd throws a hook to the side of Meyer's head but Meyer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Despite the aggression on Meyer's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Meyer misses the shot to the body.
Fudd will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer's corner calls for a 1-2. Meyer obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fudd takes one to the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Meyer misses the target.
Meyer blocks a jab.
Meyer throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fudd counters with a nice low kick that buckles Meyer's knee momentarily.
Fudd throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Meyer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fudd cracks Meyer with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice shot by Meyer.
Fudd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fudd throws a shot from downtown. Meyer moves away and avoids it.
Fudd shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Meyer eats them both and turns towards Fudd to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Fudd darts in and clinches Meyer up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Meyer.
Fudd lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fudd lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fudd's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fudd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fudd has a couple of punches blocked by Meyer.
Fudd lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Fudd.
Fudd escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Meyer scoring well with a low kick there.
Meyer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fudd throws a leg kick
letting Meyer counter with a right hand.
Fudd throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fudd with a poor takedown
and Meyer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fudd is looking to clinch but Meyer is avoiding it.
Fudd slips a jab from Meyer.
Meyer swats away the attempt to clinch by Fudd.
Fudd looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Fudd misses the jab.
Meyer connects with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meyer throws the kick towards the body but Fudd avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fudd avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Meyer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fudd.
Fudd throws a body shot but no joy.
Fudd defending well as Meyer loads up on a big left hand.
Ulrik Meyer is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fudd throws a nice looking combination but Meyer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice cross by Fudd.
Good standup being displayed there by Meyer as he connects with a hook.
Fudd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fudd lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Fudd fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Meyer is out of range.
Fudd walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fudd walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Meyer checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Meyer gets a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fudd is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Meyer is defending well for now.
Fudd lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Meyer blocks a body shot from Fudd.
Meyer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ulrik Meyer.
I've got Meyer winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ulrik Meyer!
Ulrik Meyer seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Dog (ranked 524 p4p, 19 weight class) and Zdravko Saric (ranked 600 p4p, 21 weight class). Dog comes into the arena with The 2 Bears - Bear Hug blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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21 - 14 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Big Dog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zdravko Saric!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saric moves out of range as Dog strikes.
Saric steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Dog misses.
Dog throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dog punishes Saric's body with a nice straight punch.
Dog's jab looks to have found its range, popping Saric under the eye.
Saric avoids the head kick by Dog.
Saric clobbers Dog with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Saric slips under a jab from Dog.
Dog misses with a double jab
and Saric counters with a nice right hand that sends Dog toppling to the canvas! Dog scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Saric finish him?!
Dog is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saric clinches up against the cage.
Dog breaks the clinch.
Saric drops Dog with a straight right hand, right on the button! Saric follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zdravko Saric!
After the big win, Zdravko Saric made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Urban Fighter and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
In defeat, Big Dog stepped up to the mic, saying 'My manager sucks! He doesn't know how to set sliders!'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Cole (ranked 157 p4p, 27 weight class) and Basten Sodergren (ranked 210 p4p, 33 weight class). Cole's entrance music is I Won't Back Down. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Cole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
35 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Basten Sodergren!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cole getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sodergren lands a jab to the nose.
Cole is looking to clinch but Sodergren is avoiding it.
Sodergren scores with a nice right hand.
Sodergren throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cole.
Cole looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sodergren scores with a jab to the body.
Sodergren ducks under a wild hook from Cole.
Cole moves to clinch but Sodergren breaks away
and Sodergren cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sodergren missing with a left hand there. Cole was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cole feinted with a counter takedown.
Cole connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice sprawl there from Sodergren as Cole shoots in.
Sodergren looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cole throws a body punch but Sodergren moves out of range.
Sodergren lands a nice shot that snaps Cole's head back.
Sodergren ducks under a wild hook from Cole.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cole misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sodergren.
Basten Sodergren is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cole throws a series of strikes that have Sodergren backpedaling.
Sodergren misses with a straight left.
Cole keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cole wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Cole connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sodergren. Sodergren circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sodergren scores with a jab to the head.
Cole looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Sodergren pushes Cole off and gets back to his feet.
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!
Sodergren connects with a leg kick. Cole looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cole with a hook.
Cole blocks a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sodergren, as that shot connected.
Both fighters circling a little - Sodergren finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sodergren throws a shot from downtown. Cole moves away and avoids it.
Sodergren jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cole looks to score with a jab to the body but Sodergren is just out of range.
Sodergren ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cole moves away.
Cole is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Sodergren.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sodergren - that will leave a mark!
Sodergren swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sodergren misses with a body shot.
Sodergren shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Cole shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sodergren sprawls well. Sodergren wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cole gets slowly back to his feet.
Cole is looking to clinch but Sodergren is avoiding it.
Cole misses with a body punch
and Sodergren counters with a good low kick that Cole was not able to check.
Sodergren throws a body kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sodergren throws a body shot but no joy.
Sodergren finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sodergren closes the distance and pushes Cole back into the cage.
Sodergren tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cole misses with a punch on the inside.
Cole fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cole throws a punch but it's blocked by Sodergren.
Cole misses with some punches.
Sodergren misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sodergren breaks the clinch.
Cole paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sodergren lands a glancing blow to the side of Cole's head.
Cole is looking to clinch.
Sodergren scores with a leg kick.
Cole takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cole keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sodergren.
Sodergren lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cole lands with a straight right. Sodergren didn't see that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cole. Sodergren does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cole takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cole checks a leg kick.
Cole shoots in for a double leg but Sodergren sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Cole. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sodergren steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cole.
A little jabbing left from Sodergren on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cole stalks Sodergren and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sodergren's face. Sodergren staggers backwards, shaken.
Cole misses with a wild combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sodergren keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sodergren connects with a crisp jab.
Sodergren lands a slapping body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Basten Sodergren dominated that round.
That's time! Cole's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sodergren moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sodergren misses with a low kick as Cole jumps back.
Sodergren throws a chopping leg kick but Cole manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sodergren misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cole is looking to clinch but Sodergren is avoiding it.
Basten Sodergren seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sodergren throws out a powerful jab.
Cole is rocked!
A chopping leg kick lands by Sodergren.
Sodergren lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cole's sensitive parts.
Sodergren rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cole moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sodergren throws a head kick that misses
and Cole counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice shot by Cole.
Cole misses the shot to the body.
Sodergren swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Basten Sodergren seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sodergren throws a leg kick but Cole moved away.
Cole appears to be looking for a big counter.
Cole misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sodergren lands with an uppercut that bounces Cole off the cage and back into range.
Sodergren paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Oh Cole is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cole misses with a body punch
and Sodergren counters with a right, left combo that wobbles Cole badly! Sodergren follows up with a massive right hook, straight to the bridge of the nose that knocks Cole out cold! Oh wow, what a finish! Very reminiscent of Koscheck vs Yoshida as Sodergren finished him against the cage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Basten Sodergren!
During a confident post fight interview, Basten Sodergren thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bo Xiang Pao (ranked 96 p4p, 11 weight class) and Farboleous Ricard (ranked 60 p4p, 6 weight class). Ricard has chosen Vibe Killer as his entrance music. Farboleous Ricard told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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150 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 2, fighting out of New York, Bo Xiang Pao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Farboleous Ricard!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ricard loads up on a big right hand but Xiang Pao slips the punch.
Ricard takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ricard has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Xiang Pao is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Ricard uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ricard looks to throw the jab but Xiang Pao is out of range.
Xiang Pao swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ricard blocks a head kick by Xiang Pao.
Xiang Pao buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Ricard.
Xiang Pao is looking to counter punch.
Ricard scores with a hook to the body. Xiang Pao takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Xiang Pao gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ricard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Xiang Pao.
Ricard looks to land a body kick but Xiang Pao moved away.
Ricard misses with a hook.
Xiang Pao fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ricard checks it well.
Nice shot lands for Ricard.
Xiang Pao bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Xiang Pao connects with a solid leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Xiang Pao lands a leg kick that knocks Ricard off balance momentarily.
Xiang Pao scores with a decent looking hook.
Ricard misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Xiang Pao counters with an outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xiang Pao comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ricard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Xiang Pao tries a low kick but Ricard avoids it.
Ricard misses with a looping right.
Ricard instigates a clinch.
Ricard blocks an elbow strike.
Xiang Pao tries to break the clinch but Ricard is controlling the position.
Ricard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ricard blocks an uppercut.
Xiang Pao misses with some punches.
Ricard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ricard throws out a leg kick but Xiang Pao moves out of range and Ricard only half commits.
Xiang Pao looks to throw the jab but Ricard is out of range.
Nice shot lands for Ricard.
Ricard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ricard slips under a jab.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Ricard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ricard tries to advance to mount but Xiang Pao denies him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricard has hold of Xiang Pao's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Xiang Pao tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Ricard cranks the arm and Xiang Pao screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Xiang Pao, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Farboleous Ricard!
In his post fight interview, Farboleous Ricard gave a big smile as he said 'I'm not gay, that's WHY I can wear fag's clothes.....'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iosue Nicu (ranked 310 p4p, 38 weight class) and Lolipo Slider (ranked 104 p4p, 11 weight class). Nicu comes into the arena with It's Dark and Hell Is Hot blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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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
29 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Iosue Nicu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lolipo Slider!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slider looks to score with a jab to the body but Nicu is just out of range.
Nicu throws a right and a left that both miss.
Slider fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Slider misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nicu.
Slider throws a body punch but Nicu moves out of range.
Slider on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Slider misses with a wild body shot.
Nicu lands with a straight right. Slider didn't see that one coming.
Nicu tries to land a leg kick but Slider saw it coming and moves away.
Slider wants to clinch up but Nicu keeps it at a distance.
Slider with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nicu to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice cross by Slider.
Nicu shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nicu slips under a jab from Slider.
Slider fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nicu has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nicu seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nicu throws a head kick that Slider semi-blocks.
Nicu goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nicu misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slider connects with a crisp jab.
Slider looks to land a left hand but Nicu moved out of range nicely.
Nicu slips a jab from Slider.
Slider on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Nicu misses the target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nicu darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nicu swings widly with a right hand
enabling Slider to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Iosue Nicu has been cut.
Nicu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good work by Nicu as he checks the leg kick.
Slider misses the shot to the body.
Nicu throws a head kick but Slider moves out of range.
Slider lands a nice shot to the body.
Slider moves in looking to clinch but Nicu pushes him off.
Slider tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nicu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nicu digs a good body shot into Slider's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slow jab from Slider misses its intended target.
Lolipo Slider seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slider lands with a hook. Nicu tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slider slips under a jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Slider misses.
Slider tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nicu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nicu.
Slider misses with a right hand
and Nicu counters with a leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Slider 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 Nicu has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nicu and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Slider thumps Nicu with a low kick.
Nicu avoids the body shot from Slider.
Slider chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nicu can pounce on him.
Slider throws a leg kick
and Nicu makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Slider misses with a head kick.
Slider misses the shot to the body.
Slider misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nicu.
Nicu throws a low kick but Slider avoids it.
Nicu fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Slider checks it well.
Slider tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nicu was well out of range. Poor timing from Slider.
Nicu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Slider.
Nicu lands a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicu slips under a jab from Slider.
Slider throws a hook to the side of Nicu's head but Nicu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nicu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Slider.
Nicu tests Slider's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Slider misses with a two punch combination.
Slider looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A looping hook to the body misses from Slider. Nicu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Slider attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nicu misses with an uppercut.
Nice uppercut there from Slider.
Nicu lands a glancing blow to the side of Slider's head.
Nicu connects with a jab.
Slider throws a hook but Nicu avoids it easily.
Slider misses with a left hand
and Nicu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Slider throws a looping overhand right but Nicu ducks down to avoid it.
Nicu tests Slider's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Slider throws a low kick, looking for Nicu's leg but Nicu calmly moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Slider. Nicu does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slider is looking to chop away at Nicu's legs.
Slider misses with a body punch
letting Nicu counter with a right hand.
Slider throws a predictable looking body shot
and Nicu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Slider wants to land a leg kick but Nicu is out of range.
A jab from Nicu misses.
Nicu with a hook.
Slider steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nicu.
Slider fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Slider throws a body punch but Nicu moves out of range.
Nicu missing with a left hand there. Slider was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Slider throws a nice outside leg kick.
Slider is looking to slow Nicu down with leg kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nicu scores with a nice right hand.
Slider ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nicu moves away.
Nicu misses with an uppercut.
Nicu scores with a sloppy right hand. Slider should have avoided that one.
Nicu misses with an uppercut. Slider saw that one coming.
Slider wants to counter the offense by Nicu and move into the clinch position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Iosue Nicu will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Iosue Nicu's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nicu looks to score with a jab to the body but Slider is just out of range.
Nicu throws a looping overhand right but Slider ducks down to avoid it.
Slider misses the jab.
Slider ducks under a wild hook from Nicu.
Slider wants to counter the offense by Nicu and move into the clinch position.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nicu.
Slider lands with a good body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Nicu.
Slider misses with a low kick as Nicu jumps back.
Nicu displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Slider pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nicu throws a big shot that misses.
Nicu is looking to chop away at Slider's legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slider just misses with a punch to the body.
Nicu throws a nice inside leg kick.
Slider drives through and clinches with Nicu against the cage.
Slider missing with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nicu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Slider tries to work over Nicu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicu blocks an elbow strike from Slider.
Slider looking to throw knees to the head but Nicu is blocking nicely.
Nicu prevents a body shot from Slider.
Slider blocking some punches.
Slider gets through Nicu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Slider managing to block the knees to the body from Nicu.
Nicu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Slider misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nicu.
Nicu misses with a straight right.
Some wild striking there from Slider.
Nicu misses with a wild body shot.
Slider wants to counter with a clinch but Nicu pushes him away.
Slider staying out of range there.
Slider misses with a hook to the body
and Nicu counters with a good low kick that Slider was not able to check.
Slider misses with a wild body shot.
Nicu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Slider.
Nicu takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nicu lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicu moves out of range as Slider strikes.
Nice shot lands for Slider.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nicu throws a head kick that misses.
Nicu throws a low kick but Slider moves out of range easily.
Nicu checks a leg kick nicely.
Slider scores with a jab to the body.
Slider misses with a body punch
and Nicu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nicu misses with a straight left.
Nicu keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Slider throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nicu quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Nicu ducks under a wild hook from Slider.
Good work by Nicu as he checks the leg kick.
Slider throws a body punch but Nicu moves out of range.
Nicu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nicu throws a low kick but Slider moves out of range easily.
Nicu slips a straight right by Slider.
Nicu fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Slider has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Slider is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Nicu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Slider.
Slider now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Slider's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Slider throws a low kick but Nicu moves out of range easily.
Slider throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nicu.
Slider misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nicu.
Nicu jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Nicu moves away from the strike by Slider.
Nicu tried to score with a low kick but Slider checks it.
Slider bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nicu with a nice cross.
Nicu cracks Slider with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nicu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Slider.
Slider connects with a jab.
Slider misses with a body shot.
Slider throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Slider looks to score with a jab to the body but Nicu is just out of range.
Slider fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Nicu is out of range.
It looked like Nicu wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nicu misses with a looping left.
Slider looks to land a left hand but Nicu moved out of range nicely.
Slider keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nicu.
Nicu keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nicu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nicu swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Slider throws a right hand that misses
and Nicu counters with a stiff right hand.
Nicu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Slider has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Slider takes a swing at Nicu's ribcage but misses.
Slider scores with a decent looking hook.
Nicu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nicu throws a leg kick which misses Slider's front leg but catches the back leg as Slider tries to avoid it.
Nicu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Slider is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Nicu rather than just go for the knockout.
Nicu dodges the punch combination from Slider.
Slider takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Slider throws a jab when Nicu was well out of range.
Slider connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
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 Iosue Nicu will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Iosue Nicu'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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Slider attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nicu is looking to counter punch.
Nicu throws a shot from downtown. Slider moves away and avoids it.
Slider tries to score with a low kick but Nicu moves his leg out of the way.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nicu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nicu feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Slider's calf.
Slider lands with a shot to the body.
Nicu misses with a hook.
Slider looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Slider missing with a left hand there. Nicu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Slider ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nicu moves away.
Nicu cracks Slider with a good jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nicu misses with a hook
and Slider counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Slider loads up on a big right hand but Nicu slips the punch.
Nicu tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nicu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Slider with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicu paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nicu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Slider swings for the body but Nicu moves out of range.
Slider tries to close the distance and clinch but Nicu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It looked like Nicu wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nicu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Slider throws a hook but Nicu avoids it easily.
Nicu blocks a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nicu.
A jab lands there for Slider.
Slider throws a looping overhand right but Nicu ducks down to avoid it.
Nicu was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Slider misses with a hook
and Nicu counters with a three punch combo that has Slider backing up. Slider nods at Nicu to acknowledge the strikes.
Nicu is looking to land body kicks.
Slider misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nicu thuds his shin into the meat of Slider's side.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slider misses with a body punch
enabling Nicu to counter with a crisp jab.
Nicu misses with a lunging right hand
and Slider makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slider waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nicu.
Iosue Nicu is winning the standup battle so far.
Slider misses the jab.
Slider throws a body shot but no joy.
Nicu throws a lazy right hand but Slider sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nicu lands a jab to the head.
Nicu keeps the fight on the outside.
Nicu tests Slider's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nicu scores with a body shot.
An inside leg kick from Slider misses.
A jab lands there for Nicu.
Nicu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Slider.
Slider scores with a nice strike.
Slider throws a leg kick but Nicu checks it.
Nicu checks a leg kick.
Nicu swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slider throws a body punch but Nicu moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Slider.
Slider misses with a body shot.
Nicu throwing a counter right hand but Slider manages to avoid it.
Nicu avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Slider checks a leg kick nicely.
Nicu checks the leg kick.
Slider avoids the body shot from Nicu.
Nicu connects with a jab.
Slider jabs at Nicu's body.
Nicu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Slider throws out the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Nicu misses the target.
Nicu slips a jab from Slider.
Slider takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Slider throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Nicu to counter with a crisp jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Slider. That's going to slow Nicu down.
Slider walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slider misses with a hook. Nicu ducked under it nicely.
Nicu connects with an inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nicu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Slider.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Nicu - that will leave a mark!
Slider throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Iosue Nicu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nicu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Slider.
Nicu takes a swing at Slider's ribcage but misses.
Nicu avoids the body shot from Slider.
Slider swings for the body but Nicu moves out of range.
Slider jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nicu throws a head kick but Slider moves out of range.
Nicu swings for the body but Slider moves out of range.
Slider attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Slider dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lolipo Slider has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nicu throws a leg kick which misses Slider's front leg but catches the back leg as Slider tries to avoid it.
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 Iosue Nicu.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nicu, 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Iosue Nicu!
A relieved looking Iosue Nicu 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Edward Kenway (ranked 8 p4p, 2 weight class) and Pat Verbeek (ranked 94 p4p, 16 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
39 - 12 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edward Kenway!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pat Verbeek!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kenway moves out of range as Verbeek strikes.
A swing and a miss from Kenway.
A nice side step and Verbeek releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kenway walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kenway swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Verbeek loads up on a big right hand but Kenway slips the punch.
Verbeek lands with a cross.
Verbeek throws out a leg kick but Kenway moves out of range and Verbeek only half commits.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kenway - that will leave a mark!
Kenway throws a head kick but Verbeek moves out of range.
Kenway misses with a hook. Verbeek ducked under it nicely.
Verbeek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Verbeek throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kenway counters with a low kick, right behind Verbeek 's knee.
A big right from Verbeek misses.
Kenway scoring well with a low kick there.
Kenway throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kenway on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Verbeek 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.
Verbeek scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Verbeek lands with a kick to the ribs.
Verbeek slips a straight right by Kenway.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenway rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Verbeek counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Verbeek throws a hook to the side of Kenway's head but Kenway sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Verbeek throws a body shot but no joy.
Kenway swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kenway misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Verbeek lands with a nice body punch.
Kenway connects with a looping right hand.
Verbeek tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kenway paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kenway throws a solid leg kick but Verbeek takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kenway.
Verbeek avoids the head kick by Kenway.
Kenway jabs Verbeek right on the nose. Verbeek blinks but takes it well.
Kenway checks a leg kick nicely.
Kenway scores with a body shot.
Kenway cracks Verbeek with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A lazy body kick from Kenway
and Verbeek counters with a leg kick.
Verbeek avoids the body shot from Kenway.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Kenway. Verbeek does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kenway missing with a left hand there. Verbeek was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Verbeek lands the left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verbeek throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Verbeek takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A telegraphed right hand from Kenway misses the target.
Verbeek is trying to counter with his kicks.
Kenway stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Verbeek.
Kenway checks the leg kick.
Kenway scores with a hook to the body. Verbeek takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kenway lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Verbeek slips under a jab from Kenway.
Kenway tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Verbeek was well out of range. Poor timing from Kenway.
Kenway checks a leg kick.
Verbeek misses with a lunging right hand
and Kenway counters with a good low kick that Verbeek was not able to check.
Verbeek lands a glancing blow to the side of Kenway's head.
Kenway throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Verbeek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A cross from Verbeek lands.
Both fighters circling a little - Verbeek finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Verbeek avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Verbeek lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verbeek moves out of range as Kenway strikes.
Verbeek ducks under a wild hook from Kenway.
Kenway tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kenway misses with a hook.
Kenway misses with a wild body shot.
Verbeek scores with a sloppy right hand. Kenway should have avoided that one.
Kenway looks to land a body kick but Verbeek moved away.
Kenway tries to score with a low kick but Verbeek moves his leg out of the way.
Verbeek looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kenway keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kenway blocks a jab.
Verbeek throws a big shot that misses.
A jab from Verbeek misses.
Kenway turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kenway lands a nice shot to the body.
Verbeek misses with a straight left.
Kenway uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Verbeek.
Verbeek walks into a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenway blocks a head kick by Verbeek.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kenway throws out a loose jab but Verbeek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kenway throws a head kick but Verbeek moves out of range.
Verbeek tries to counter by closing the distance.
Kenway goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Verbeek is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Verbeek fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kenway misses with a looping right.
Verbeek feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kenway's calf.
Kenway ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Verbeek shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kenway throws a hook to the side of Verbeek's head but Verbeek sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Verbeek connects with a crisp jab.
Kenway moves into the clinch.
Kenway lands with a right to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A body shot lands from Verbeek.
Kenway tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Kenway.
Verbeek misses with some punches.
Kenway is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Edward Kenway will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kenway lands a slapping body shot.
Kenway defending well as Verbeek loads up on a big left hand.
Kenway throws a jab when Verbeek was well out of range.
A good leg kick by Kenway.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Verbeek.
Verbeek uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kenway.
Verbeek scores with a hook.
Verbeek does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Verbeek misses with a straight left.
Kenway throws a body shot but no joy.
Kenway throws a chopping leg kick but Verbeek manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kenway misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kenway swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kenway misses with a looping right.
Kenway missing with a left hand there. Verbeek was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Verbeek throws a head kick but Kenway moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Kenway misses the target.
Nice body kick from Kenway.
Verbeek lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kenway takes a step back to recover.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenway misses with a body kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Verbeek 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 Kenway has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kenway and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Verbeek clobbers Kenway with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Verbeek clinches with his opponent.
Verbeek misses with the head strike.
Kenway misses with a hook from the clinch.
Verbeek misses with the head strike.
Verbeek lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kenway or not.
Kenway lands a body punch.
Verbeek misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kenway's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Verbeek misses with a punch to the body.
Kenway swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kenway lands with a left to the head.
Verbeek lands a nice uppercut.
Verbeek lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Verbeek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pat Verbeek seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kenway cracks Verbeek with a nice body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verbeek misses with a hook to the ribs.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kenway tries to throw a body punch but Verbeek avoids it by throwing Kenway back against the cage.
Kenway lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kenway is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Verbeek misses with a hook to the ribs.
Verbeek lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kenway backwards.
Verbeek tries to throw a body punch but Kenway avoids it by throwing Verbeek back against the cage.
A short left from Verbeek.
A short right from Verbeek.
Verbeek misses with a body punch.
Verbeek lands with a left to the head.
Kenway has a couple of punches blocked by Verbeek.
Verbeek blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Verbeek lands a right hand.
Verbeek stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kenway tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kenway misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verbeek misses with some punches.
Verbeek can't find room to land a body shot as Kenway controls the action.
I was talking to Kenway's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kenway lands a hook that snaps the head of Verbeek backwards.
Verbeek tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kenway's elbow.
Kenway misses with some punches.
Kenway throws a punch but it's blocked by Verbeek.
Verbeek scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Verbeek blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kenway lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Verbeek backwards.
Kenway tries a body shot but Verbeek blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kenway.
Kenway is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kenway wants to stall.
Verbeek works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kenway softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Verbeek tries to throw a body punch but Kenway avoids it by throwing Verbeek back against the cage.
Verbeek stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenway misses with a punch to the body.
Kenway blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Verbeek.
Kenway tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kenway holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kenway lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Verbeek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kenway can't find room to land a body shot as Verbeek controls the action.
Kenway lands a shoulder strike.
Kenway is trying to force a seperation but Verbeek has the dominant position.
Kenway breaks the clinch.
Verbeek tests Kenway's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kenway ducks under a wild hook from Verbeek.
Danga de danga de dang - Kenway scores with a four punch combination!
Kenway scores with a spinning back kick!
Kenway lands a nice hook to Verbeek's body. Verbeek takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Verbeek misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Pat Verbeek will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Verbeek lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kenway's sensitive parts.
Verbeek lands a really nice looking cross but Kenway seems unphased.
Kenway misses with a head kick.
Kenway throws a leg kick that is checked
and Verbeek cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kenway displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Verbeek throws out the jab.
Kenway is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kenway walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kenway connects with an inside leg kick.
Verbeek connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A punch lands to the side of Kenway 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Verbeek throws a leg kick which misses Kenway's front leg but catches the back leg as Kenway tries to avoid it.
Kenway misses the shot to the body.
Verbeek throws out a loose jab but Kenway uses good head movement to avoid it.
Verbeek goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Verbeek ducks under a wild hook from Kenway.
Kenway staying out of range there.
Verbeek throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little feinted left hand from Kenway on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Verbeek blocks a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Verbeek.
Verbeek feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kenways jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Pat Verbeek seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A right-left combo lands from Kenway.
Verbeek tries to move into range but Kenway moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Verbeek tries to score with a low kick but Kenway moves his leg out of the way.
Kenway is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Verbeek.
Kenway throws a leg kick but Verbeek checks it.
Verbeek on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Verbeek lands with an uppercut that bounces Kenway off the cage and back into range.
Verbeek ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kenway fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Verbeek, pushing him back against the cage.
Verbeek working aggressively here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Verbeek can't find room to land a body shot as Kenway controls the action.
Kenway breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Verbeek misses with a leg kick.
Verbeek lands with a shot to the body.
Verbeek connects with a crisp jab.
Verbeek keeps the fight on the outside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Verbeek. Kenway does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kenway misses with a body shot.
Kenway throws a hook but Verbeek blocks it.
A countering left hand to the body from Verbeek misses.
Verbeek scores with a jab to the jaw.
Verbeek just misses with a punch to the body.
And Kenway counters with a quick kick to the body but Verbeek blocks it.
Kenway misses with a body shot.
Kenway feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Verbeek's calf.
Verbeek looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kenway is fending him off so far but Verbeek persists. Nope, Kenway circles away and we're back to standing.
An inside leg kick lands from Verbeek.
Verbeek scores with a sloppy right hand. Kenway should have avoided that one.
Verbeek thuds his shin into the meat of Kenway's side.
Kenway misses with a jab to the body
and Verbeek counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Verbeek misses with a low kick.
Verbeek missing with a left hand there. Kenway was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kenway will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Verbeek swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Verbeek lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenway misses with a body kick.
Verbeek misses with a low kick.
Verbeek scores with a jab. Kenway acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kenway goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A lazy left from Verbeek finds it's target.
Verbeek's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kenway closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kenway thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kenway thumps Verbeek with a low kick.
Kenway tries to clinch there but Verbeek circles away.
Verbeek feints a counter leg kick.
Verbeek has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kenway.
Kenway connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Verbeek cracks Kenway with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Verbeek pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kenway looks to land a left hand but Verbeek moved out of range nicely.
Kenway with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Verbeek to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good shot there by Kenway.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verbeek bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kenway's head.
Kenway throws a head kick that misses.
Verbeek throws a front kick that sends Kenway stumbling back into the cage.
Verbeek throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kenway sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kenway.
Verbeek connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Verbeek feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kenways jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kenway misses with a straight left.
Verbeek misses with a looping right.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Verbeek.
Kenway lands a jab to the nose.
Verbeek wants to clinch up but Kenway keeps it at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kenway circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kenway swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kenway tries to clinch but Verbeek moves out of range.
Verbeek avoids the head kick by Kenway.
Kenway throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Verbeek's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pat Verbeek really dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Kenway gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Verbeek blocks a body shot from Kenway.
Kenway can't find room to land a body shot as Verbeek controls the action.
Kenway doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Kenway.
Kenway pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kenway taking a breather.
Verbeek blocks a body shot from Kenway.
Kenway is trying to maintain a safe position but Verbeek gets an underhook and turns Kenway into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kenway lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Verbeek works on Kenway's body with a couple of short punches.
Verbeek can't find room to land a body shot as Kenway controls the action.
Verbeek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Verbeek goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Verbeek doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kenway.
Verbeek throws a punch but it's blocked by Kenway.
Kenway looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kenway throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Verbeeks head.
Kenway lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Verbeek blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Verbeek misses with the head strike.
Verbeek misses with a punch to the body.
Kenway misses with a punch to the body.
Good body shot from Verbeek.
Verbeek has a couple of punches blocked by Kenway.
Verbeek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Verbeek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Verbeek creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Kenway.
Kenway misses with some punches.
Kenway scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kenway makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verbeek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Verbeek scores with a shot to the side of Kenway's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Verbeek tries to throw a body punch but Kenway avoids it by throwing Verbeek back against the cage.
Kenway throws a punch but it's blocked by Verbeek.
Verbeek blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kenway lands with a short shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Verbeek.
Kenway tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Verbeek's elbow.
Verbeek lands with a right to the head.
Verbeek lands a right hand.
Verbeek cracks Kenway with a nice body shot.
Kenway swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kenway displaying some good clinch control by pressing Verbeek up against the cage.
Verbeek lands a right hand.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verbeek lands a body punch.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Kenway throws a head punch that misses.
Kenway misses with the head strike.
A short right from Verbeek.
A short body shot lands from Verbeek as the two fighters clinch.
Verbeek has Kenway pressed against the cage, preventing Kenway from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Verbeek lands with a left to the head.
Kenway lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kenway looking to stall.
Verbeek misses with a punch to the body.
Kenway is trying to maintain a safe position but Verbeek gets an underhook and turns Kenway into the cage.
Kenway misses with some punches.
Kenway prevents a body shot from Verbeek.
Verbeek lands with a left to the head.
Kenway breaks from the clinch.
Kenway is looking to clinch but Verbeek is avoiding it.
Kenway gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verbeek lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kenway.
Kenway misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kenway tries a body shot but Verbeek blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Kenway.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good body shot from Verbeek.
Kenway misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Verbeek tries to work over Kenway's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kenway misses with some punches.
Verbeek misses with a punch on the inside.
Kenway swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kenway swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Verbeek pushes Kenway back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Verbeek works on Kenway's body with a couple of short punches.
Verbeek is leaning against Kenway and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Verbeek.
Verbeek lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Pat Verbeek will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Verbeek ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Verbeek lands a jab to Kenway's midsection.
A leg kick checked by Kenway.
Kenway misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Verbeek.
Kenway throws the left hand but Verbeek avoids the punch easily.
Verbeek closes the distance and clinches up with Kenway, looking for a takedown. Verbeek pushes Kenway against the cage but Kenway circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Verbeek throws a body shot but no joy.
Kenway moves out of range of the leg kick from Verbeek.
Verbeek avoids the body shot from Kenway.
Verbeek misses with a right hand
and Kenway cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kenway misses with an attempted mid kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Verbeek tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kenway is able to avoid easily.
Kenway uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Verbeek.
Kenway misses with a low kick.
Verbeek throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kenway just misses with a punch to the body.
It seemed like Verbeek was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenway walks into a stiff left hand from Verbeek.
Verbeek blocks a jab.
The fighters circling - Kenway throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kenway swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kenway.
Kenway scores with a nice right hand.
Verbeek misses with a straight left.
Verbeek throws a half hearted mid kick.
Good shot there by Verbeek.
Verbeek throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kenway avoids the body shot from Verbeek.
Kenway lands an overhand right.
A big left from Kenway misses.
Kenway lands a nice looking kick to the body. Verbeek takes a step back to recover.
Verbeek throws a low kick but Kenway avoids it.
Kenway misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kenway closes the distance but Verbeek moves to the side
and Kenway takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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!
Verbeek blocks the body kick.
Kenway looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Verbeek staying out of range there.
Kenway lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kenway uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Verbeek.
Verbeek circles away from the clinch attempt.
Verbeek throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kenway counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kenway misses with a looping right.
Verbeek connects with a nice looking jab.
Kenway throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kenway gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Verbeek.
Verbeek moves away from the strike by Kenway.
Verbeek avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenway throws a one two combo.
Edward Kenway has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kenway tries to land a leg kick but Verbeek saw it coming and moves away.
Verbeek swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kenway scores with a nice body kick.
Kenway takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Kenway lands a lovely overhand right.
Kenway swings away with a body shot that misses
and Verbeek counters with a good low kick that Kenway was not able to check.
Verbeek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kenway feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Verbeek's calf.
Kenway throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Verbeek scores with a shot to the body.
Verbeek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Verbeek misses with a kick to the body.
And Kenway counters with a quick kick to the body but Verbeek blocks it.
Kenway misses with a body kick.
Verbeek scores with a nice strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Verbeek ducks under a wild hook from Kenway.
Kenway is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Kenway misses.
Verbeek fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kenway has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kenway looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Verbeek throws out a counter right but Kenway avoids it with no problem.
Kenway throws an overhand right that lands on Verbeek's shoulder, as Verbeek tries to avoid the shot.
A big right from Kenway misses.
Kenway misses with a low kick as Verbeek jumps back.
Kenway throws a solid leg kick but Verbeek takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kenway.
An inside leg kick lands from Verbeek.
Verbeek shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kenway as he jumps to the side.
Verbeek jabs at Kenway's body.
Kenway tries to clinch up but Verbeek circles away and keeps his distance.
A jab from Kenway finds it's way through Verbeek's defenses.
Verbeek slips under a jab.
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 Edward Kenway.
Well Verbeek has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 49:46
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 47:49
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 46:50
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Pat Verbeek!
Pat Verbeek is the new lightweight champion!
Pat Verbeek seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sambulo Yeboah (ranked 27 p4p, 2 weight class) and Felix Legions (ranked 81 p4p, 9 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Yeboah might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Lionel Richie - All Night Long. Legions has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Felix Legions enters the cage!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sambulo Yeboah!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Felix Legions!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Legions misses with a right hand
and Yeboah counters with a nice kick to the body.
Legions misses with an uppercut. Yeboah saw that one coming.
Legions misses the shot to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Yeboah misses the target.
Legions defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Yeboah.
Legions fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yeboah manages to avoid it.
Legions scores with a nice right hand.
Yeboah has been working on his balance at Marty Robbin's Fight Ranch™, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Legions.
Yeboah cracks Legions with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Yeboah avoids the head kick by Legions.
Legions throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Yeboah counters with a nice kick to the body.
Yeboah tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Yeboah thows a leg kick but Legions checks it
enabling Legions to counter with a crisp jab.
Legions connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Legions just misses with a punch to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Yeboah misses its target.
Yeboah keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Legions.
Legions takes a swing at Yeboah's ribcage but misses.
Legions misses with a few strikes there.
It looked like Yeboah wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Yeboah scores with a head kick. Legions tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Legions misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yeboah.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yeboah works Legions's body with a nice hook.
Yeboah lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A slow jab from Legions misses its intended target.
Yeboah scores with a hook.
Yeboah works the jab nicely.
Legions cracks Yeboah with an open hand slap.
Yeboah uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Legions.
Legions takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nice cross by Yeboah.
Legions with a jab.
Legions blocks a leg kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Legions! But no joy.
Yeboah blocks a low kick nicely.
Legions has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yeboah with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Legions to score with a decent uppercut.
Yeboah connects with a crisp jab.
Decent striking displayed by Yeboah there.
Legions scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Yeboah uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Legions.
Legions motions for Yeboah to come forward. Legions throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yeboah thows a left - swing and a miss!
Felix Legions is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yeboah drives through and clinches with Legions against the cage.
Legions breaks the clinch.
Yeboah throws a big shot that misses.
Yeboah with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice body punch from Yeboah.
Yeboah lands with a straight right. Legions didn't see that one coming.
Legions ducks right into an uppercut from Yeboah.
Legions misses with a looping left.
Yeboah throws a push kick but Legions slaps the foot to one side.
Felix Legions seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yeboah is looking to clinch but Legions is avoiding it.
Legions throws a jab when Yeboah was well out of range.
Yeboah fires out a quick counter leg kick but Legions just manages to avoid it.
Yeboah thows a left - swing and a miss!
A slow jab from Legions misses its intended target.
Legions lands a leg kick that knocks Yeboah off balance momentarily.
Yeboah is looking to chop away at Legions's legs.
Yeboah gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legions escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Legions lands a leg kick that knocks Yeboah off balance momentarily.
Yeboah is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Yeboah lands with a shot to the body.
Yeboah has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Legions.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yeboah. Legions does a little dance to reset his feet.
Legions tries a low kick but Yeboah avoids it.
Legions tries to bum rush Yeboah with a series of wild strikes but Yeboah uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice body kick there by Yeboah.
Legions lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yeboah's sensitive parts.
Legions rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yeboah counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fight stays on the outside here - Yeboah looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yeboah lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Yeboah has his takedown stuffed
and Legions counters with a three punch combo that has Yeboah backing up. Yeboah nods at Legions to acknowledge the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Legions lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yeboah circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Yeboah as he connects with a hook.
Legions lands a nice hook to Yeboah's body. Yeboah takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Legions fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Yeboah on the side of the head.
Legions throws a leg kick
and Yeboah counters with a nice body shot.
Legions darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Yeboah moves out of range as Legions strikes.
Yeboah tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Legions swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sambulo Yeboah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yeboah avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Yeboah doesn't manage to clinch there - Legions circles away.
Legions throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yeboah tries to clinch but Legions is having none of it.
A jab from Yeboah misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Legions throws the kick towards the body but Yeboah avoids it.
Yeboah walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Legions finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Legions throws out a loose jab but Yeboah uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Felix Legions will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Yeboah throws a head kick that Legions semi-blocks.
Yeboah throws a quick inside leg kick.
A jab from Legions misses.
Legions paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Yeboah lands the left hand.
Yeboah throws a hook to the side of Legions's head but Legions sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yeboah tries to clinch up but Legions circles away and keeps his distance.
Yeboah gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Legions.
A swing and a miss from Legions.
Yeboah changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Yeboah has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Legions.
Legions throws out a loose jab but Yeboah uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yeboah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Legions.
Yeboah with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Legions throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Legions throws a hook to the side of Yeboah's head but Yeboah sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Legions connects with an inside leg kick.
Legions connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yeboah lands an overhand right.
Yeboah blocks a low kick nicely.
A jab from Legions misses.
Legions motions for Yeboah to come forward. Legions throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Legions connects with a jab.
Legions thuds a left hand into Yeboah's body.
Legions misses with a hook
and Yeboah connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yeboah drops his hands momentarily and Legions takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Yeboah moves into the clinch successfully.
Legions pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A decent looking cross lands there for Legions.
A leg kick checked by Yeboah.
Legions misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Legions throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Legions throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Felix Legions seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Legions looks to land a body kick but Yeboah moved away.
Yeboah misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legions misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yeboah tries to clinch up.
Yeboah fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yeboah lands with a kick to the temple. Legions shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Legions throws a big shot that misses.
Legions throws the left hand but Yeboah avoids the punch easily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Legions. Yeboah shrugs it off though.
Yeboah lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Legions circles away quickly and effectively.
Yeboah feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Yeboah pushing down on Legions's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Legions tries to get to full guard but Yeboah has control of the leg.
Yeboah passes to side control.
Yeboah advances to full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yeboah is trying to take his opponent's back.
Yeboah is stalling here but it's allowed Legions to get half guard.
Yeboah trying to control from half guard but Legions is working away.
Legions trying to control from the bottom.
Yeboah is looking for a kimura but Legions is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Yeboah to get the leverage.
Legions gets back to full guard.
Legions is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Yeboah defends well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yeboah trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Yeboah is pushing down on Legions's leg trying to pass to half guard. Legions is fighting to maintain full guard but Yeboah has managed to sneak the leg through.
Yeboah trying to pass the guard but Legions defending well.
Yeboah is trying to work for a kimura but Legions is defending well.
Yeboah trying to control from half guard but Legions is working away.
Legions is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Yeboah pulls his head out easily.
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 Sambulo Yeboah 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 head kick misses from Legions.
Yeboah attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A low kick from Legions is predictable there
and Yeboah counters with a stiff right hand.
Legions connects with an inside leg kick.
Yeboah closes the distance and clinches up with Legions, looking for a takedown. Yeboah pushes Legions against the cage but Legions circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Legions is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Yeboah with a body shot.
A big right from Legions misses.
Yeboah feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Legions blocks a head kick by Yeboah.
Yeboah is looking to clinch but Legions is avoiding it.
Yeboah fails to land the takedown.
Legions with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Legions throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yeboah sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Legions throws a body shot but no joy.
Yeboah throws a hook but Legions blocks it.
Yeboah misses with a hook. Legions ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yeboah avoids a punch combination nicely.
Legions looks to score with a jab to the body but Yeboah is just out of range.
Yeboah looks to land a right hand but Legions moved out of range.
Legions throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Yeboah avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yeboah misses with a wild body shot.
Legions uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yeboah.
Legions swings widly with a right hand
and Yeboah counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sambulo Yeboah overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Yeboah wants to control from the top but Legions keeps moving.
Yeboah slips nicely into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yeboah seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Legions does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yeboah wants to pass the guard but Legions is defending well.
Yeboah is working for a submission of some sort.
Legions looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Yeboah has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Yeboah trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legions really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Yeboah fails to advance to Legions's back.
Legions is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Yeboah sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Yeboah fails to take his opponent's back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Yeboah can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Legions is looking to escape.
Legions has given up his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Legions wants to escape the position.
Yeboah looking for the RNC.
Yeboah avoiding Legions 's attempts to control his hands.
Legions fending off the submission attempt from Yeboah.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yeboah looking to finish the fight with a rear naked choke. Legions is controlling Yeboah 's left arm and he spins nicely into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sambulo Yeboah clearly takes that round.
That's time! Yeboah's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A swing and a miss from Legions.
Yeboah chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Legions wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Legions throws a right and a left that Yeboah avoids nicely.
Yeboah misses with a kick to the body.
Legions waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yeboah.
Yeboah avoids the head kick by Legions.
Legions uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yeboah.
Yeboah is trying hard to land a takedown here. Legions sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Legions swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Legions pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Legions throws a body punch but Yeboah moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yeboah takes a jab right on the kisser.
Yeboah scores with a punch to the head.
A jab from Legions misses.
Legions bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Yeboah is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Legions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legions misses with a straight right.
An inside leg kick lands from Yeboah.
Yeboah misses with a body kick.
Yeboah throws a big shot that misses.
Yeboah fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Legions throws a hook to the side of Yeboah's head but Yeboah sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yeboah keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yeboah thinks about countering with a body kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Legions.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Legions.
Legions throws a hook but Yeboah blocks it.
Legions throws a body shot but no joy.
Yeboah shoots in for a takedown but Legions shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Legions, right into the meat.
Yeboah uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Legions.
Yeboah is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A big left from Legions misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legions pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Legions pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Legions lands with a shot to the body.
Yeboah throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Legions misses with a low kick.
Nice jab there from Legions.
Legions fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Yeboah is out of range.
Legions throws a lazy uppercut
and Yeboah makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Legions really felt that one!
Legions throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yeboah lands an overhand right.
Legions moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A shot to the body from Legions misses
and Yeboah counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Legions tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yeboah has Legions up against the cage in a clinch.
Yeboah throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yeboah jumps guard.
Legions got a little sloppy there for a moment and Yeboah has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Legions has managed to get both his arms back between Yeboah's legs - danger averted.
Yeboah is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Legions is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Yeboah pulls his head out easily.
Yeboah passes to full mount!
Legions wants to control but Yeboah is having none of it.
Yeboah works his way to his opponent's back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legions wants to escape the position.
Legions defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Yeboah not allowing Legions to control his hands.
Yeboah looking for the choke but no joy.
Yeboah keeps control of the position as Legions tries to break free.
Yeboah working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Sambulo Yeboah will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Legions misses with a shot to the body
letting Yeboah counter with a right hand.
Yeboah feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Legions's calf.
Legions lets loose with a powerful body kick. Yeboah will feel that in the morning.
Legions throws a lazy right hand but Yeboah sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yeboah attempts a counter takedown but Legions avoids it well and moves away.
Yeboah moves out of range of the strikes.
Legions throws a shot from downtown. Yeboah moves away and avoids it.
Yeboah throwing a counter right hand but Legions manages to avoid it.
Yeboah takes a swing at Legions's ribcage but misses.
Legions lands a slapping body shot.
Yeboah moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yeboah. Legions does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yeboah's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Legions connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Yeboah scrambles back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Legions just misses with a punch to the body.
A head kick misses from Legions.
Legions throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A counter left hand to the body from Yeboah misses its target.
Legions is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Yeboah.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yeboah scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yeboah's jab looks to have found its range, popping Legions under the eye.
Legions has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Yeboah tries to score with a low kick but Legions moves his leg out of the way.
Yeboah defending well as Legions loads up on a big left hand.
Yeboah closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Legions's guard.
Yeboah drops back, looking for a kneebar! Legions looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Legions looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Legions!
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Yeboah on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Yeboah is trying to work for a sweep but Legions has mounted him!
Legions scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Yeboah?
Yeboah is in all sorts of trouble here.
Legions has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Yeboah's face.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yeboah is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Felix Legions has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legions is landing with some decent strikes but Yeboah is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Yeboah tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Legions breaks from Yeboah's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Legions working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Yeboah is rocked!
Yeboah tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Oh Yeboah is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Legions fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Yeboah really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Legions scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Yeboah?
Legions punishing his opponent with strikes.
Yeboah regains half guard.
Yeboah wants to control the action here but instead Legions manages to pass to full mount!
Yeboah slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yeboah looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Legions lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Yeboah! More strikes land and this one is all over! Legions jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Felix Legions!
Felix Legions is the new featherweight champion!
Felix Legions was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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