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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Average (ranked 1727 p4p, 246 weight class) and Pacer Dalton (ranked 1698 p4p, 240 weight class). The key to victory for Joe Average has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joe Average!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pacer Dalton!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Anthony Taglia and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dalton shoots and misses
and Average counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dalton misses with a takedown
enabling Average to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Pacer Dalton has been cut.
Nice takedown defense from Average. No joy for Dalton on that attempt.
Joe Average has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pacer Dalton.
Dalton shoots in but no luck this time.
Dalton slips a jab and a cross from Average.
Dalton misses with a takedown
and Average counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Average scores with the left hand. Dalton knows he should have avoided that one.
Dalton moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Average comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dalton gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Dalton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dalton with a poor takedown
and Average counters with a left to the body.
Dalton fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Average moves into range and clinches up with Dalton.
Dalton tries to score a body lock takedown but Average shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A right handed body shot lands from Average.
A short body shot lands from Average as the two fighters clinch.
Dalton has Average pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Average manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Average escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dalton has his takedown stuffed
and Dalton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dalton looks winded!
Average takes the fight into the clinch.
Dalton is trying to drag Average to the mat but Average just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Dalton has Average pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Average manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Dalton is trying to drag Average to the mat but Average just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Average stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Average has clasped his hands together around Dalton's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Average trying to control the position but Dalton is working away.
Dalton 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.
Average decides to stand up, so the ref orders Dalton to his feet.
Average lands a left and a right that sends Dalton crashing to the canvas! Average dives into mount looking to finish!
Dalton is trying to escape the mount.
Dalton wants to control but Average is having none of it.
Dalton is looking to improve his position but Average isn't that keen on the idea.
Average get's back to his feet.
Dalton doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Average counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That has opened up Pacer Dalton's cut even more.
Average shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Dalton is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dalton keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Average tries to stand and escape but Dalton is controlling the position.
Average missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dalton wants to get back to full guard.
Average wants to pass to mount but Dalton is defending the position.
Average is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Dalton trying to hold on to Average's head to control him but Average postures up.
Average is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Dalton is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's four 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.
Dalton slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Dalton keeping moving, preventing Average from controlling successfully.
Dalton is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Average tries to stand but Dalton is controlling from the bottom.
Dalton is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dalton is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Dalton wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Average dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pacer Dalton'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.
Dalton will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Average tries to clinch but Dalton is having none of it.
Average lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Dalton closes this distance looking for a takedown but Average circles away.
Average went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Dalton fails to land the takedown.
Joe Average has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pacer Dalton.
Dalton gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Average counters with a crisp right that sends Dalton to the canvas! Average follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Average!
Our winner, Joe Average, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Elliot Rockwell (ranked 2312 p4p, 298 weight class) and Damien OQuinn (ranked 1409 p4p, 193 weight class). OQuinn is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Blac Youngsta - Late. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Elliot Rockwell !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damien OQuinn!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Columbo Gatti and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rockwell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Elliot Rockwell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
OQuinn walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rockwell checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A quick step to the side and Rockwell tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A punch combination from OQuinn misses.
OQuinn looks to land a combination but Rockwell avoids it well.
OQuinn takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
OQuinn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rockwell sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rockwell is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rockwell clobbers OQuinn with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rockwell buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
OQuinn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
OQuinn comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rockwell definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Rockwell looks for the body kick but OQuinn saw that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
OQuinn misses with an uppercut. Rockwell saw that one coming.
OQuinn throws out a leg kick but Rockwell moves out of range and OQuinn only half commits.
A head kick misses from Rockwell .
OQuinn tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rockwell moves out of range of the leg kick from OQuinn.
OQuinn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rockwell throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
OQuinn slips under a jab from Rockwell .
It seemed like OQuinn was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
OQuinn misses with a hook. Rockwell ducked under it nicely.
OQuinn loads up on a big right hand but Rockwell slips the punch.
Rockwell avoids a punch combination nicely.
OQuinn avoids a kick to the body.
OQuinn throws an overhand right that lands on Rockwell 's shoulder, as Rockwell tries to avoid the shot.
Rockwell is looking to counter with head kicks.
Rockwell jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rockwell throws a wild body kick that OQuinn sees coming a mile off.
OQuinn misses with a body shot.
Crunch! Rockwell slams his shin into OQuinn's torso.
OQuinn moves forwards but Rockwell connects with a nice, crisp jab.
OQuinn slips a straight right by Rockwell .
Sloppy strikes from OQuinn. Those never looked like landing.
Rockwell throws a hook to the side of OQuinn's head but OQuinn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A nice side step and OQuinn releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Rockwell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
OQuinn looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
OQuinn takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
OQuinn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rockwell throws out the jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
OQuinn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rockwell .
Some bone on bone action there as Rockwell checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rockwell .
OQuinn just misses with a punch to the body.
OQuinn lands a body shot.
A swing and a miss from OQuinn.
OQuinn throws an overhand right that lands on Rockwell 's shoulder, as Rockwell tries to avoid the shot.
OQuinn has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rockwell .
Rockwell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rockwell misses with a straight right.
Rockwell slips under a jab from OQuinn.
Rockwell thuds his shin into the meat of OQuinn's side.
OQuinn shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Rockwell eats them both and turns towards OQuinn to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Elliot Rockwell has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
OQuinn blocks a jab.
OQuinn misses with a right hand
and Rockwell counters with a lovely shot to the body.
OQuinn missing with a left hand there. Rockwell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rockwell scores with a leg kick.
Rockwell walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
OQuinn throws a jab but it's blocked by Rockwell .
OQuinn moves out of range as Rockwell strikes.
Rockwell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract OQuinn.
OQuinn lands a lovely overhand right.
OQuinn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rockwell .
OQuinn lands with a straight right. Rockwell didn't see that one coming.
Rockwell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
OQuinn throws a body punch but Rockwell moves out of range.
Rockwell misses with a body shot.
Rockwell misses with a hook
and OQuinn counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A good leg kick by Rockwell .
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rockwell walks into a straight right hand from OQuinn.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rockwell . OQuinn shrugs it off though.
Rockwell throws a low kick but OQuinn moves out of range easily.
OQuinn moves out of range as Rockwell throws a body kick.
OQuinn cracks the inside of Rockwell 's front leg.
Rockwell lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rockwell throws a poor cross that misses
and OQuinn counters with a nice uppercut.
OQuinn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rockwell makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. OQuinn really felt that one!
A telegraphed right hand from Rockwell misses the target.
OQuinn thuds a left hand into Rockwell 's body.
OQuinn lands with a good body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rockwell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from OQuinn.
Rockwell is looking to counter punch.
Donk. Rockwell catches OQuinn right on the button with a cross.
Rockwell takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
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 Elliot Rockwell will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Elliot Rockwell 's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
OQuinn throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rockwell counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. OQuinn is lucky that one didn't land flush.
OQuinn throws a body punch but Rockwell moves out of range.
Rockwell with a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rockwell . That's going to slow OQuinn down.
OQuinn takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rockwell with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Elliot Rockwell is winning the standup battle so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from OQuinn. Rockwell does a little dance to reset his feet.
OQuinn bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rockwell 's head backwards.
OQuinn lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
OQuinn misses with an uppercut. Rockwell saw that one coming.
Rockwell fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt OQuinn.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
OQuinn digs a good body shot into Rockwell 's ribs.
Rockwell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from OQuinn.
A good leg kick by Rockwell .
Rockwell lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rockwell fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches OQuinn on the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rockwell with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
OQuinn misses with a right hand
and Rockwell counters with a leg kick.
OQuinn takes a swing at Rockwell 's ribcage but misses.
A head kick by Rockwell misses
and OQuinn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A shot to the body from OQuinn misses
and Rockwell counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A slow jab from OQuinn misses its intended target.
OQuinn tries to work over Rockwell 's front leg with a kick but Rockwell checks it.
OQuinn needs to keep his hands up - Rockwell had a free shot at his head there.
It looks like Damien OQuinn has been cut.
Rockwell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. OQuinn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rockwell misses with a looping left.
OQuinn misses with a looping left.
Rockwell has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from OQuinn finds it's way round the side to connect with Rockwell 's head.
OQuinn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rockwell moves away.
Rockwell misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rockwell lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
OQuinn swinging wildly here.
Rockwell scores with a decent looking hook.
OQuinn throws a leg kick
and Rockwell connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
OQuinn tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice shot by Rockwell .
OQuinn moves away from the strike by Rockwell .
Rockwell throws a hook but OQuinn blocks it.
OQuinn on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rockwell . Rockwell obviously looking to wear him down.
Rockwell dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on OQuinn. That did some damage!
OQuinn ducks under a wild hook from Rockwell .
Rockwell scores with a leg kick.
Rockwell looks to score with a jab to the body but OQuinn is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rockwell looks to throw the jab but OQuinn is out of range.
Rockwell lands a nice shot that snaps OQuinn's head back.
OQuinn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rockwell .
Rockwell lets loose with a powerful body kick. OQuinn will feel that in the morning.
Rockwell missing with a left hand there. OQuinn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
OQuinn lands an overhand right.
Rockwell smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
OQuinn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rockwell .
Rockwell lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
OQuinn has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Rockwell .
Rockwell feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits OQuinns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
OQuinn throws a right hand that misses
and Rockwell finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Rockwell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that OQuinn can do to turn this around?
OQuinn misses with a body shot
and Rockwell counters with a slapping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
OQuinn throws a jab when Rockwell was well out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! OQuinn crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Rockwell - the referee stops the clock and OQuinn gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Rockwell . OQuinn manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
OQuinn is breathing heavily.
Rockwell looks to land a combination. OQuinn sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rockwell moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rockwell connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rockwell works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
OQuinn throws a front kick aimed at Rockwell 's knee but Rockwell avoids it well.
Rockwell half committed to a counter leg kick.
Rockwell cracks OQuinn with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rockwell with a nice cross.
OQuinn has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
OQuinn lands a nice hook to Rockwell 's body. Rockwell takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rockwell throws a jab but it's blocked by OQuinn.
Rockwell dips to his left and cracks OQuinn with an uppercut!
OQuinn misses with a looping right.
Rockwell looks for the body kick but OQuinn saw that one coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rockwell keeps OQuinn at a distance using the push kick.
OQuinn looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
OQuinn on the wrong end of a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elliot Rockwell dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Rockwell 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Rockwell throws a body punch but OQuinn moves out of range.
Rockwell throws a nice outside leg kick.
OQuinn misses with a hook.
Rockwell with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rockwell avoids the body shot from OQuinn.
Rockwell throws the left hand but OQuinn avoids the punch easily.
OQuinn was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Rockwell bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps OQuinn's head backwards.
OQuinn misses the shot to the body.
Rockwell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
OQuinn with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
OQuinn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Rockwell counter with a right hand.
OQuinn misses with a jab to the body
enabling Rockwell to counter with a crisp jab.
OQuinn's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
OQuinn ducks under a wild hook from Rockwell .
OQuinn takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rockwell slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rockwell lands a big head kick that sends OQuinn to the canvas! Rockwell follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Elliot Rockwell !
The defeated Damien OQuinn had this to say: 'This is irritating as f*ck'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Damien The Omen (ranked 1555 p4p, 198 weight class) and Didier Misalooba (ranked 1596 p4p, 203 weight class). The Omen's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden. Misalooba is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Beyond the Black. 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Damien The Omen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Didier Misalooba!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Jonathan Paton and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Misalooba.
The Omen moves into the clinch successfully.
The Omen misses with a punch to the body.
A hook to the body from The Omen.
Misalooba wants to break the clinch but can't.
Misalooba stalling in the clinch.
The Omen lands a hook that snaps the head of Misalooba backwards.
The Omen lands a left hand.
The Omen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from The Omen.
The Omen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Omen throws a head punch that misses.
The Omen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The Omen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Misalooba lands a left hand.
Misalooba working aggressively here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Omen tries a body shot but Misalooba blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Omen avoiding damage as Misalooba throws knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Misalooba takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The Omen has a couple of punches blocked by Misalooba.
Misalooba leaning his opponent against the cage.
The Omen misses with a punch on the inside.
The Omen struggles to land a body shot inside as Misalooba controls his hands.
Misalooba blocks an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Misalooba.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Misalooba.
A short right hand to the side of the head by The Omen.
The Omen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The Omen throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Misalooba.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Omen has a couple of punches blocked by Misalooba.
Still in the clinch, The Omen scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Misalooba.
The Omen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Omen gets through Misalooba's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Omen.
The Omen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Omen can't find room to land a body shot as Misalooba controls the action.
The Omen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Misalooba's elbow.
The Omen misses with the head strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Misalooba is trying to push The Omen away but The Omen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The Omen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Misalooba blocking some punches.
A short right from The Omen.
A right hook to the body lands for Misalooba.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Misalooba trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Omen.
The Omen is defending well against a takedown attempt.
The Omen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Misalooba blocks an uppercut.
Misalooba has had enough of the clinch but The Omen keeps him there for the moment.
Misalooba landing knees to the head.
The Omen misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Omen misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from The Omen.
Misalooba is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The Omen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The Omen misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Omen presses Misalooba against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The Omen lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Omen swings wildly with an uppercut but Misalooba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Misalooba is trying to break the clinch but The Omen is controlling him.
The Omen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Misalooba's elbow.
The Omen cracks Misalooba with a nice body shot.
The Omen prevents Misalooba from breaking the clinch.
The Omen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Misalooba's elbow.
Misalooba presses The Omen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The Omen misses with a punch on the inside.
The Omen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Misalooba trying to control the position but instead, The Omen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Misalooba into the cage.
The Omen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from The Omen - that landed with a thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damien The Omen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
The Omen instigates a clinch.
The Omen tries to work over Misalooba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Omen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Misalooba can do to turn this around?
The Omen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Misalooba's elbow.
The Omen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Misalooba's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Good standup being displayed there by The Omen as he connects with a hook.
Misalooba cracks The Omen with a good jab.
The Omen throws a jab when Misalooba was well out of range.
Misalooba tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Omen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Omen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Misalooba manages to avoid it.
Misalooba lands with a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Omen gets a clinch.
Misalooba has had enough of the clinch but The Omen keeps him there for the moment.
The Omen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Misalooba tries to land a knee to the head but The Omen blocks with his arms.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Misalooba blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short right from The Omen.
The Omen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Omen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Misalooba manages to break the clinch.
The Omen thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Misalooba if he has to take too many more of those.
The Omen swings for the body but Misalooba moves out of range.
Damien The Omen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Misalooba keeps the fight on the outside.
Misalooba has taken the fight to the clinch.
The Omen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Omen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Misalooba fails to pull the fight into his guard.
The Omen has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Misalooba blocks a body shot from The Omen.
Misalooba blocks a body shot from The Omen.
Misalooba prevents a body shot from The Omen.
Misalooba tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misalooba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Omen throws a lazy body kick
and Misalooba counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The Omen throws an overhand right that lands on Misalooba's shoulder, as Misalooba tries to avoid the shot.
The Omen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Misalooba.
Misalooba misses the jab.
The Omen misses the jab.
The Omen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Omen throws a lazy right hand but Misalooba sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Misalooba throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice combination there by The Omen.
The Omen moves into the clinch.
The Omen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Misalooba blocks an uppercut.
The Omen scores with a shoulder strike.
The Omen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Misalooba backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Omen throws a head punch that misses.
Misalooba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Omen misses with a shot to the body
and The Omen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Omen misses with a hook to the body
and Misalooba counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The Omen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Misalooba stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The Omen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Misalooba scores with a four punch combination!
The Omen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The Omen is rocked!
Misalooba lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and The Omen falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Didier Misalooba!
An out of breath Didier Misalooba thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva (ranked 929 p4p, 127 weight class) and Arron Asham (ranked 1096 p4p, 156 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arron Asham!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Bruno Lombardi and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferreira Da Silva gets a clinch.
Asham blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with some punches.
Asham breaks from the clinch.
Asham throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a shot to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva punishes Asham's body with a nice straight punch.
Asham lands a slapping body shot.
Ferreira Da Silva blocks a jab.
Ferreira Da Silva swings for the body but Asham moves out of range.
Asham jabs at Ferreira Da Silva's body.
Ferreira Da Silva is looking to clinch but Asham is avoiding it.
Ferreira Da Silva looks to land a left hand but Asham moved out of range nicely.
Ferreira Da Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
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!
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a hook. Asham ducked under it nicely.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to clinch but Asham moves out of range.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to clinch up.
Asham connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Asham 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.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a right hand that misses
and Asham counters with a right hand to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva is looking to clinch but Asham is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Asham. Ferreira Da Silva shrugs it off though.
A head kick by Ferreira Da Silva misses
and Asham counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva has been cut.
Asham shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ferreira Da Silva checks a leg kick.
Asham bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ferreira Da Silva's head.
Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a hook
and Asham counters with a body kick that stops Ferreira Da Silva in his tracks momentarily.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to clinch there but Asham circles away.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Asham swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to clinch but Asham moves out of range.
It seemed like Asham was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Asham throws a push kick but Ferreira Da Silva slaps the foot to one side.
Asham misses with a low kick.
Asham's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ferreira Da Silva under the eye.
Ferreira Da Silva scores with a head kick.
Ferreira Da Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Asham is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ferreira Da Silva with a body shot.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to clinch but Asham is having none of it.
A swing and a miss from Asham.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ferreira Da Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Asham scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ferreira Da Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles Asham. Asham circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Asham swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to clinch up.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a chopping leg kick but Asham manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a leg kick
and Asham counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Asham lands with a nice body kick.
Asham looks to score with a jab to the body but Ferreira Da Silva is just out of range.
As Asham backs away, Ferreira Da Silva returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Asham swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Asham swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Asham uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Asham blocks a low kick nicely.
Asham connects with a crisp jab.
Ferreira Da Silva motions for Asham to come forward. Ferreira Da Silva throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Asham's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ferreira Da Silva under the eye.
Asham connects with a right hand. Ferreira Da Silva shakes it off.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a leg kick that misses.
Asham feints a jab promting Ferreira Da Silva to slip. Asham then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ferreira Da Silva slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to clinch up but Asham circles away and keeps his distance.
Asham follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Asham.
Asham avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Asham swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Asham takes a swing at Ferreira Da Silva's ribcage but misses.
Ferreira Da Silva instigates a clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a damaging elbow.
A short right from Ferreira Da Silva.
A body shot lands from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to throw a body punch but Asham avoids it by throwing Ferreira Da Silva back against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Asham using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
I was talking to Ferreira Da Silva's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Asham misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Ferreira Da Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Asham obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ferreira Da Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Asham lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Asham blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva lands with a left to the head.
Ferreira Da Silva pushes Asham back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to throw a body punch but Asham avoids it by throwing Ferreira Da Silva back against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ferreira Da Silva misses with some punches.
Asham with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ferreira Da Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Asham.
Asham using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ferreira Da Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a left hand.
Asham misses with a body punch.
Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Ferreira Da Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ferreira Da Silva lands with a right to the head.
Asham is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ferreira Da Silva is defending well for now.
Asham is working Ferreira Da Silva over against the cage.
A short right from Ferreira Da Silva.
Asham breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arron Asham dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva'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.
Asham looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ferreira Da Silva. Asham shrugs it off though.
Ferreira Da Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Asham.
Asham is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ferreira Da Silva.
Asham fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ferreira Da Silva on the side of the head.
Ferreira Da Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ferreira Da Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Asham scores with a kick to the midsection.
Asham has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Asham takes a swing at Ferreira Da Silva's ribcage but misses.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Asham manages to circle out of the way.
Asham darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ferreira Da Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ferreira Da Silva avoids a kick to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva looks for the body kick but Asham saw that one coming.
Asham throws out a counter right but Ferreira Da Silva avoids it with no problem.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a hook but Asham avoids it easily.
Arron Asham seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ferreira Da Silva wants to clinch up but Asham keeps it at a distance.
Ferreira Da Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Asham misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asham thuds a left hand into Ferreira Da Silva's body.
Ferreira Da Silva moves out of range as Asham throws a body kick.
Asham lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ferreira Da Silva's sensitive parts.
Asham tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ferreira Da Silva moves in looking to clinch but Asham pushes him off.
Ferreira Da Silva fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Asham checks it well.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Asham.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Asham manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ferreira Da Silva.
Asham misses with an uppercut. Ferreira Da Silva saw that one coming.
Ferreira Da Silva moves out of range as Asham strikes.
Asham has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ferreira Da Silva.
Asham throws a lazy right hand but Ferreira Da Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Asham swats away the attempt to clinch by Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to clinch but Asham moves out of range.
Asham stuns Ferreira Da Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Asham looks to land a right hand but Ferreira Da Silva moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Asham swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Asham swats away the attempt to clinch by Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a leg kick but Asham sees it coming and moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ferreira Da Silva.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ferreira Da Silva delivers a nice body kick.
Ferreira Da Silva wants to clinch up but Asham keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ferreira Da Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a right and a left that Asham avoids nicely.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to clinch up but Asham circles away and keeps his distance.
Asham blocks a head kick by Ferreira Da Silva.
Donk. Asham catches Ferreira Da Silva right on the button with a cross.
Asham blocks a head kick by Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to clinch there but Asham circles away.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to clinch up
and Asham counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asham swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Asham throws a body punch but Ferreira Da Silva moves out of range.
Asham swats away the attempt to clinch by Ferreira Da Silva.
Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ferreira Da Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Asham.
Ferreira Da Silva checks a leg kick nicely.
A jab lands there for Asham.
Asham uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ferreira Da Silva has time to react.
Ferreira Da Silva clinches up against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Asham.
Ferreira Da Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Asham's elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Asham.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Asham can't find room to land a body shot as Ferreira Da Silva controls the action.
Asham lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ferreira Da Silva backwards.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
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!
Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Ferreira Da Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Asham leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Asham prevents a body shot from Ferreira Da Silva.
Asham lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Asham works on Ferreira Da Silva's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Asham lands a knee to the head.
Asham landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Asham connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ferreira Da Silva's face.
Asham misses with a punch to the body.
Asham tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ferreira Da Silva avoids it.
Asham softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Asham is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Asham lands an uppercut.
Asham lands with a right to the head.
Ferreira Da Silva is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arron Asham showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Asham thumps Ferreira Da Silva with a low kick.
Asham takes one to the chin there.
Ferreira Da Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Asham. That did some damage!
Ferreira Da Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Asham is trying to counter with his kicks.
Asham feints and then cracks Ferreira Da Silva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ferreira Da Silva down.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a leg kick
and Asham counters with a nice body shot.
Asham displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ferreira Da Silva throws out the jab.
Ferreira Da Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Asham.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ferreira Da Silva pushes Asham up against the cage in a clinch.
Asham working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Asham struggles to land a body shot inside as Ferreira Da Silva controls his hands.
Asham is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ferreira Da Silva is defending well for now.
Knees to the body from Asham.
Asham takes an elbow to the temple.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Asham.
Asham lands a body shot in the clinch.
Asham lands a hook that snaps the head of Ferreira Da Silva backwards.
Ferreira Da Silva prevents a body shot from Asham.
Asham makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Asham.
Asham lands with a light punch inside.
Asham working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Asham unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ferreira Da Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice left hand lands by Asham.
Asham is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Asham lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ferreira Da Silva.
Asham connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ferreira Da Silva's face.
Oh Ferreira Da Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Asham doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Asham using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Asham misses with a body punch.
Asham lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, Asham scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ferreira Da Silva prevents a body shot from Asham.
A short right from Asham.
Asham lands a huge knee in the clinch and it's knocked Ferreira Da Silva out! Massive knee - he's celebrating with his corner and the crowd showing their appreciation!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Arron Asham!
A relieved looking Arron Asham 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Johnson (ranked 1289 p4p, 195 weight class) and Geo Versu (ranked 904 p4p, 136 weight class). Geo Versu has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Geo Versu!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Russell Pearce and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Johnson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Versu looks to land a left hand but Johnson moved out of range nicely.
Johnson connects with a single shot there.
Versu drives through and clinches with Johnson against the cage.
Johnson digs a right hand underneath Versu's ribcage. Versu let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Versu.
A nice right hand lands inside from Johnson.
Versu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Johnson lands a damaging elbow.
Versu slows down the pace here.
Johnson lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson prevents a body shot from Versu.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Versu trying to land knees to the body.
Versu is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Versu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Versu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Johnson jumps guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Johnson has his foot on Versu's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Versu works his way back into a safe position though.
Johnson working a defensive guard here.
Johnson has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Versu is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Johnson.
Johnson manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Johnson throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Versu to regain full guard.
Johnson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Johnson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Johnson throwing strikes but missing.
Johnson wants to pass the guard but Versu is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Versu is looking to stand up but Johnson isn't so interested in that idea.
Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Versu working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Johnson.
Versu is looking to stand up but Johnson isn't so interested in that idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson landing some decent shots from guard.
Johnson postures up in Versu's guard and throws a big left but Versu blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Versu working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Johnson.
Johnson throwing strikes but missing.
Johnson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Versu is looking to stand up but Johnson isn't so interested in that idea.
Johnson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Versu preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Versu avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Versu keeping full guard, as Johnson tries to pass.
Johnson throws a strike but Versu rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Johnson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Johnson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Versu defends it easily.
Johnson throws his legs up looking for a submission but Versu uses it to pass to side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Versu is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Johnson is looking to improve his position but Versu isn't that keen on the idea.
Johnson is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Roosters Coop that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Johnson tries to lock up and control but Versu gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Versu prevents Johnson from getting the reversal.
Johnson is working hard here to advance position.
Versu gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Johnson lands a head shot.
Johnson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Versu defends it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Johnson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Versu smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Johnson slips under a jab.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson takes a swing at Versu's ribcage but misses.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Versu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick from Versu.
Versu throws a right hand that misses
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
Versu looks for the body kick but Johnson saw that one coming.
Versu lands with a straight right. Johnson didn't see that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Versu throws an off balance right hand
and Johnson counters with a left and a right that stings Versu.
Versu throws a right hand that misses
and Johnson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Versu gets tackled into the cage by Johnson. Johnson maintains the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Versu tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Versu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Versu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson rushes Versu and presses him up against the cage.
Anthony Johnson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Versu is trying to maintain a safe position but Johnson gets an underhook and turns Versu into the cage.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Versu.
Versu misses with a knee to the head.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Johnson lands with a hook. Versu tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Versu slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt.
Johnson stalks Versu and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Versu's face. Versu staggers backwards, shaken.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Versu pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Versu keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Versu loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
Versu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like Johnson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Versu.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Horrible takedown attempt by Johnson or perhaps it was just good defense by Versu, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Versu counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Johnson wants to stall.
Versu looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Versu taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Johnson wants to take the fight to the mat but Versu manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Johnson is looking for a takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Versu.
Johnson lands a right hand.
Versu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Versu looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Versu.
Johnson lands with a right to the head.
Johnson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Versu gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Johnson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Johnson goes for a takedown attempt but Versu pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Anthony Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Versu throws out a powerful jab.
Johnson misses with the combination.
Versu connects with the punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Versu was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Versu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Versu napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Johnson trying to control the action but Versu is working from the bottom.
Johnson tries to move into full mount but can't pass Versu's legs.
Johnson throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Versu wants to get back to his feet but Johnson drags him back down.
Versu parries the strikes from Johnson easily there. Johnson is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Versu to escape.
Versu 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.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Versu can do anything to dispel that myth.
Johnson looking to control but instead Versu has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Anthony Johnson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Johnson wants to work for an arm triangle but Versu is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
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 Anthony Johnson will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes 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.
Versu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Johnson counters with a three punch combo that has Versu backing up. Versu nods at Johnson to acknowledge the strikes.
A jab from Versu misses.
Johnson shoots for a takedown but Versu saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Versu is looking to clinch.
Versu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Versu looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
A hook to the body from Versu.
Johnson goes for a takedown attempt but Versu pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Johnson slips under a jab from Versu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Versu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson walks into a straight right hand from Versu.
The crowd cheers as Versu lands an impressive looking overhand right. Johnson doesn't seem phased though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson walks into a stiff left hand from Versu.
Versu throws a good cross that connects.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Versu.
Versu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Johnson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johnson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Johnson is rocked!
Geo Versu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson wants to clinch up but Versu keeps it at a distance.
Johnson seems to have got his legs back now.
Versu fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Versu throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Johnson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Versu sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Johnson somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Versu circles away.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Johnson has his takedown stuffed
and Versu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Versu misses.
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.
Versu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
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!
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Versu swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Versu blocks a jab.
Versu lands with a nice body punch.
Johnson checks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Versu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Versu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good exchange - Johnson coming out on top.
Versu listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
Versu now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Versu pushes Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Versu lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
Versu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Versu drops Johnson with a big knee straight up the middle! Johnson is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Versu knocks out Johnson with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Versu before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Versu picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Geo Versu!
Geo Versu decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Peterson (ranked 813 p4p, 126 weight class) and General Snus (ranked 1396 p4p, 211 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Peterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, General Snus!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Roberts and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peterson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
It looks like George Peterson has been cut.
Snus sends Peterson crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Snus is motioning to the referee to let Peterson up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Peterson is rocked!
Peterson gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Snus points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Peterson wakes up just in time to hear Snus thank his coaches in the post fight interview.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). General Snus!
General Snus decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Domingo Chavez (ranked 677 p4p, 90 weight class) and Jay Steve (ranked 1831 p4p, 225 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Steve's choice of entrance music: Deetox - Headknocker. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Domingo Chavez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jay Steve!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, John Roberts and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chavez closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chavez.
Steve scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right hook to the body lands for Chavez.
Chavez misses with a punch to the body.
Steve throws a head punch that misses.
Chavez breaks the clinch.
Chavez wants to clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Steve 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A swing and a miss from Chavez.
Chavez moves away from the strike by Steve.
Chavez looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chavez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steve.
A nice side step and Steve releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Chavez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Chavez lands a nice hook to Steve's body. Steve takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Chavez misses with a hook to the body
and Steve connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chavez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Steve has time to react.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chavez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez throws a lazy uppercut
and Steve counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Steve takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Chavez cracks Steve with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Chavez pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Steve back to the cage. Chavez follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Steve pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Chavez digs a good hook to Steve's body.
A clash of legs there as Steve blocks the low kick.
Steve looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Chavez tries a head kick but it misses.
Steve lands a head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steve connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Chavez momentarily.
Chavez feints and then cracks Steve's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Steve down.
Chavez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Steve in his tracks.
Chavez slips a jab from Steve.
Steve tries to close the distance and clinch but Chavez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Steve uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chavez.
Chavez throws out a loose jab but Steve uses good head movement to avoid it.
Domingo Chavez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chavez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Steve.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steve punishes Chavez's body with a nice straight punch.
Steve throws a shot from downtown. Chavez moves away and avoids it.
Chavez digs a good body shot into Steve's ribs.
Steve misses with a body shot.
Steve blocks the body kick.
A good leg kick by Chavez.
Chavez jabs at Steve's body.
Chavez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Steve.
Chavez misses with a hook. Steve ducked under it nicely.
It seemed like Steve was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Steve forces Chavez back against the cage and clinches.
Chavez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Steves head.
I was talking to Chavez's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Steve lands a hook that snaps the head of Chavez backwards.
Chavez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Chavez.
Steve throws a punch but it's blocked by Chavez.
Chavez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Steve misses with the head strike.
Steve lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chavez misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez misses with a punch on the inside.
Chavez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Steve can't find room to land a body shot as Chavez controls the action.
A short right from Chavez on the inside.
Chavez throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Chavez.
A short body shot lands from Steve as the two fighters clinch.
Chavez prevents a body shot from Steve.
Steve lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chavez backwards.
Steve misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hand to the body from Steve.
Chavez blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steve.
Steve struggles to land a body shot inside as Chavez controls his hands.
A short right from Chavez on the inside.
Steve lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Steve.
Chavez misses with a body punch.
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!
Steve misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Chavez on the inside.
Chavez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chavez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chavez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Chavez misses with a straight right.
Chavez jabs at Steve's body.
Chavez looks to land a left hand but Steve moved out of range nicely.
Chavez tries to work over Steve's front leg with a kick but Steve checks it.
Steve circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chavez lands a leg kick that knocks Steve off balance momentarily.
Chavez misses with a wild body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Chavez.
Chavez ducks right into an uppercut from Steve.
Steve takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Steve gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chavez fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Steve checks it well.
Steve scores with a three punch combo!
Chavez lands the left hand.
Steve fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A low kick from Chavez is predictable there
and Steve counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Domingo Chavez dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Chavez lands with a nice body punch.
Chavez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Steve can do to turn this around?
Chavez is looking to score with low kicks.
Chavez misses the jab.
Steve moves away from the strike by Chavez.
Steve misses the shot to the body.
Chavez throws a predictable looking body shot
and Steve counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Steve ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chavez moves away.
Chavez misses with a body kick.
Chavez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Steve uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chavez.
Chavez misses with a body kick.
Steve throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chavez lands with an uppercut that bounces Steve off the cage and back into range.
Chavez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Chavez throws a head kick that misses
and Steve makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Steve ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chavez moves away.
Steve throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez avoids the body shot from Steve.
Chavez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chavez has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Steve uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chavez.
Chavez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Steve.
Chavez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Chavez tries to bum rush Steve with a series of wild strikes but Steve uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chavez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Domingo Chavez is winning the standup battle so far.
Chavez swats away the attempt to clinch by Steve.
Chavez swings for the body but Steve moves out of range.
Chavez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Chavez keeps Steve at a distance using the push kick.
Steve tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chavez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A counter left hand to the body from Chavez misses its target.
Good shot there by Chavez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chavez thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steve moves away from the strike by Chavez.
Steve blocks a low kick nicely.
Steve looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Steve walks into a straight right hand from Chavez.
Steve fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Steve looks to throw the jab but Chavez is out of range.
A quick step to the side and Chavez tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chavez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Steve connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Steve throws a good cross that connects.
Steve defending well as Chavez loads up on a big left hand.
Steve misses with a few strikes there.
Chavez ducks under a wild hook from Steve.
Steve uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chavez.
A countering left hand to the body from Steve misses.
Steve throws a hook but Chavez blocks it.
Chavez connects with a body shot that sends Steve's belly button to the back.
Chavez moves out of range of the strikes.
Good exchange - Steve coming out on top.
Chavez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steve moves out of range of the body kick from Chavez.
Chavez lands a jab to Steve's midsection.
Chavez takes a swing at Steve's ribcage but misses.
Steve looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sloppy strikes from Steve. Those never looked like landing.
Chavez misses with a straight left.
Steve looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Steve.
Steve is looking to clinch.
Chavez has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Steve uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chavez.
Steve misses with an uppercut.
Steve throws a jab when Chavez was well out of range.
Steve takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Chavez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Steve now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Chavez misses with a hook. Steve ducked under it nicely.
Chavez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Steve throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chavez appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Steve misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chavez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Steve's head backwards.
Steve misses with a looping left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chavez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Steve moves away.
Chavez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Steve.
Chavez thuds a left hand into Steve's body.
Steve with a nice cross.
Chavez lands a nice shot to the body.
Chavez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
As Chavez backs off Steve throws a huge counter combo but Chavez manages to avoid it all.
Steve blocks a leg kick.
Chavez slips under a jab from Steve.
Chavez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Steve on the side of the head.
Steve ducks right into an uppercut from Chavez.
Steve's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Chavez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Steve scrambles back to his feet.
Chavez jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Chavez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Steve.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Steve throws a good cross that connects.
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 Domingo Chavez will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!
Some bone on bone action there as Steve checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Steve misses with a hook
and Chavez counters with a nice uppercut.
Chavez throws a push kick but Steve slaps the foot to one side.
Steve's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Chavez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Steve scrambles back to his feet.
Steve throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chavez ducks under a wild hook from Steve.
Steve throws a jab but it's blocked by Chavez.
Chavez misses with a hook.
Steve thuds a left hand into Chavez's body.
A low kick from Chavez is predictable there
and Steve counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Steve takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Steve looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A cross from Chavez lands.
Chavez lands a front kick.
Chavez misses with a looping left.
Chavez lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steve tries to clinch but Chavez is having none of it.
Steve takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Steve! But no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez looks to land a right hand but Steve moved out of range.
Chavez digs a good hook to Steve's body.
Chavez ducks under a wild hook from Steve.
Steve scores with a sloppy right hand. Chavez should have avoided that one.
Chavez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Chavez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Steve stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Steve throws out a loose jab but Chavez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steve throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Chavez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Chavez sizes up Steve with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Steve throws a looping overhand right but Chavez ducks down to avoid it.
Steve takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Chavez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Steve misses the body punch
and Chavez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chavez keeps the fight on the outside.
It looked like Chavez was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Steve.
Chavez cracks the inside of Steve's front leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Steve.
Chavez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chavez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steve manages to avoid it.
Steve looks to land a right hand but Chavez moved out of range.
Chavez misses with a wild body shot.
It seemed like Steve was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Chavez loads up on a big right hand but Steve slips the punch.
Chavez looks to score with a jab to the body but Steve is just out of range.
Steve looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Steve moves into the clinch.
Chavez blocking some punches.
Steve's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Steve tries to work over Chavez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chavez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Steve lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chavez backwards.
Chavez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Steve fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chavez manages to avoid it.
Chavez keeps Steve at a distance using the push kick.
Chavez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Chavez darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Chavez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Steve misses with a hook.
Chavez just misses with a punch to the body.
Chavez moves away from the strike by Steve.
Steve blocks a jab.
Chavez walks into a jab.
Jay Steve has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chavez looks to throw the jab but Steve is out of range.
Steve doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Chavez 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 fighters circling - Chavez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steve. Chavez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Chavez, right into the meat.
Steve misses with a straight right.
Chavez throws a body punch but Steve moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Chavez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chavez throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chavez swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Steve counters with a nice uppercut.
Steve has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Chavez keeps the fight on the outside.
That kick from Chavez tenderised Steve's leg. Steve is trying to keep his angry face on.
Chavez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Steve.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steve. Chavez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Steve just misses with a punch to the body.
Chavez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steve was well out of range. Poor timing from Chavez.
Chavez thows a body kick. Steve tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Steve checks a leg kick nicely.
Steve swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Chavez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Steve misses with a hook. Chavez ducked under it nicely.
Chavez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Steve.
Steve avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Steve looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Chavez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Domingo Chavez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Chavez, 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Domingo Chavez!
Domingo Chavez decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
Jay Steve was interviewed post fight and said 'All i want is you!!'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arany Dali (ranked 832 p4p, 114 weight class) and Crack Head (ranked 902 p4p, 122 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Arany Dali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Crack Head!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Alyssa Summers and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dali throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Head throws a combination that misses
letting Dali counter with a right hand.
Dali slips a straight right by Head.
Dali scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Head throws out a loose jab but Dali uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dali lands a nice shot to the body.
Dali really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Head jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dali slips under a jab.
Dali tries to counter by clinching up but Head breaks away and moves out of range.
Head throws a jab when Dali was well out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Dali misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dali with a jab.
Head missing with a left hand there. Dali was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Head misses with an uppercut. Dali saw that one coming.
Dali tried to counter with a leg kick but Head avoided it.
Head swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dali.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Head throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dali counters with a nice uppercut.
Dali lands a nice looking body shot.
Dali connects with a crisp jab.
Head misses with a hook
letting Dali counter with a right hand.
Dali moves in looking to clinch but Head pushes him off.
Dali fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Head, pushing him back against the cage.
Dali working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Head is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Dali blocks an uppercut.
Dali has Head pressed against the cage, preventing Head from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Head wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dali has him pressed against the cage.
Dali's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dali breaks from the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Head misses the target.
A slow jab from Head misses its intended target.
Dali swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Head might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Head throws a lazy right hand but Dali sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Dali.
Dali clinches.
Dali breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dali slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dali is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Head digs a good hook to Dali's body.
Head rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Head takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Head swings widly with a right hand
and Dali counters with a low kick, right behind Head 's knee.
Dali lands with a right hand.
Head misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dali.
Dali lands with a nice body kick.
Head throws a lazy uppercut
and Dali counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Crack Head has been cut.
Dali scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Head swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Dali to counter with a crisp jab.
Dali fails to land with a series of punches.
Head throws a hook but Dali avoids it easily.
Head swings for the body but Dali moves out of range.
Head misses with a left hand
and Dali counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Crack Head seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Head swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Head throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dali counters with a big head kick but Head shrugs it off.
Head is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dali.
A little feinted left hand from Dali on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Head misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Dali connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dali is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Dali swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Head counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice shot lands for Dali.
Head checks a low kick from Dali.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dali avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dali tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Head counters with a left to the body.
Head connects with a looping right hand.
Head thuds a left hand into Dali's body.
Dali darts in trying to clinch
enabling Head to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dali looks to score with a jab to the body but Head is just out of range.
Head punishes Dali's body with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arany Dali dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Crack Head's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A jab from Head does it's job there.
Dali throws a good cross that connects.
Head looks to throw the jab but Dali is out of range.
It appears Dali was looking to counter with a kick there.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Dali here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Dali scores with a hook.
Dali lands a slapping body shot.
Dali takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Dali is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Head can do to turn this around?
Head scores with a shot to the body.
Head connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent Dali tumbling to the canvas! Head pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! Dali was done - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Crack Head!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Crack Head made sure he mentioned Groove Gear, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roman Divac (ranked 337 p4p, 50 weight class) and Tiago Gomes Da Rocha (ranked 334 p4p, 49 weight class). Divac kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Nas- Do you hate me now. Roman Divac had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roman Divac!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tiago Gomes Da Rocha!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Kavanagh and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Rocha has taken the fight to the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Divac's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Da Rocha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Divac tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A hook to the body from Da Rocha.
Divac working aggressively here.
Da Rocha jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Divac walks away with a smile on his face. Da Rocha gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A swing and a miss from Da Rocha.
Divac misses with a left hand
and Da Rocha counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Divac throws a lazy uppercut
and Da Rocha counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Roman Divac has been cut.
Da Rocha misses with a series of wild punches.
An attempted straight right counter from Divac misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Divac misses the jab.
Divac swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Da Rocha counters with a nice body shot.
Divac misses with a hook.
Roman Divac seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Rocha throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Divac stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Da Rocha throws a poor cross that misses
and Divac counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A big left from Divac misses.
Divac throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Divac tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Da Rocha was well out of range. Poor timing from Divac.
Da Rocha steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Divac.
Divac throws a poor cross that misses
and Da Rocha counters with a left and a right that stings Divac.
Divac misses the shot to the body.
Da Rocha 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.
Da Rocha keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Divac throws a poor cross that misses
and Divac takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Divac slips a straight right by Da Rocha.
Divac takes a swing at Da Rocha's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Divac connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Da Rocha momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Da Rocha uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Divac.
Da Rocha takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Da Rocha throws a right hand that misses
and Divac scores with a counter punch that sends Da Rocha to the canvas! Divac smells blood - he's punishing Da Rocha with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Da Rocha has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roman Divac!
A victorious Roman Divac thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pekka Toivonen (ranked 14 p4p, 1 weight class) and Captain Gonza (ranked 66 p4p, 9 weight class). Gonza has chosen Mononoke Hime as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pekka Toivonen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Captain Gonza!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Reed Andrews and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toivonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gonza throws out the jab.
Toivonen misses with the combination.
Gonza throws an overhand right that lands on Toivonen's shoulder, as Toivonen tries to avoid the shot.
Gonza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Toivonen.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gonza.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gonza. Toivonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gonza has Toivonen up against the cage in a clinch.
Gonza working aggressively here.
Gonza throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Gonza fails to land.
Gonza lands with a right to the head.
Gonza lands a right hand.
Toivonen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gonza backwards.
Toivonen lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Toivonen fails to land.
Gonza misses with the head strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toivonen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Gonza scores with a nice short uppercut.
Toivonen prevents a body shot from Gonza.
Toivonen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gonza.
Toivonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gonza swings wildly with an uppercut but Toivonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hand to the body from Toivonen.
Toivonen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Toivonen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gonza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gonza scores with a hook to the body.
Gonza misses with a punch on the inside.
Toivonen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gonza backwards.
Toivonen swings wildly with an uppercut but Gonza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gonza blocks a body shot from Toivonen.
Toivonen pushes Gonza back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Toivonen breaks from the clinch.
Toivonen wants to land a leg kick but Gonza is out of range.
Gonza 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.
Toivonen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Toivonen dodges the punch combination from Gonza.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toivonen tried to score with a low kick but Gonza checks it.
Gonza lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toivonen throws out a powerful jab.
Toivonen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Toivonen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gonza lands a jab to the head.
Gonza throws a lazy right hand but Toivonen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Toivonen 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.
Gonza looks to score with a jab to the body but Toivonen is just out of range.
Toivonen went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Toivonen ducks under a wild hook from Gonza.
Toivonen is looking for a counter combo.
Toivonen throws a push kick but Gonza slaps the foot to one side.
A swing and a miss from Gonza.
Captain Gonza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toivonen missing with a left hand there. Gonza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gonza wants to counter the offense by Toivonen and move into the clinch position.
Toivonen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Toivonen, right into the meat.
Gonza tries to clinch up.
Toivonen throws a leg kick that misses.
A punch lands to the side of Gonza 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Toivonen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Gonza checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gonza moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toivonen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Toivonen throws a head punch that misses.
Gonza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gonza has a couple of punches blocked by Toivonen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gonza.
Gonza lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Toivonen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Toivonen breaks the clinch.
Toivonen connects with the punch.
Gonza has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gonza misses with a body punch.
Gonza misses with a hook from the clinch.
Toivonen has a couple of punches blocked by Gonza.
Gonza digs a right hand underneath Toivonen's ribcage. Toivonen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Toivonen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gonza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gonza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gonza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gonza swings wildly with an uppercut but Toivonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gonza lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Toivonen backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gonza.
Gonza struggles to land a body shot inside as Toivonen controls his hands.
Gonza tries to work over Toivonen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Toivonen is looking to control Gonza's arms but Gonza gets an underhook and turns him. Now Toivonen has his back to the cage.
Gonza goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Toivonen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gonza ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gonza on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Toivonen throws a body shot but no joy.
Gonza staying out of range there.
Toivonen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gonza is out of range.
Gonza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Toivonen fires out a quick counter leg kick but Gonza just manages to avoid it.
Gonza swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good exchange - Toivonen coming out on top.
Gonza checks the leg kick nicely there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gonza.
Toivonen lands a right hook to the body.
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 Pekka Toivonen will probably get the nod.
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.
Toivonen misses with a hook. Gonza ducked under it nicely.
Gonza lands with a straight right. Toivonen didn't see that one coming.
It looks like Pekka Toivonen has been cut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gonza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Toivonen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Toivonen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gonza.
Gonza feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Toivonen's calf.
Toivonen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A left lands for Gonza.
Toivonen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Toivonen checks a low kick from Gonza.
Gonza is looking to slow Toivonen down with leg kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slapping leg kick lands for Toivonen.
Toivonen connects with a nice looking jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gonza avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pekka Toivonen is winning the standup battle so far.
Toivonen dodges the punch combination from Gonza.
Gonza defending well as Toivonen loads up on a big left hand.
Toivonen tries to move into range but Gonza moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonza scores with a jab to the body.
Gonza scores with a one two! Toivonen had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Toivonen, as that shot connected.
Gonza scores with a jab to the body.
Toivonen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gonza lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Toivonen jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gonza is rocked!
Gonza tries to land a leg kick but Toivonen saw it coming and moves away.
Gonza is still on wobbly legs! Can Toivonen finish him?
Gonza is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Toivonen doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Gonza crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Gonza's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pekka Toivonen!
Pekka Toivonen retains his light heavyweight title!
An out of breath Pekka Toivonen thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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