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Volume 87: Babbage vs Gracie 2 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Uriel Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Ness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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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175 lbs
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184 lbs
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Solid boxing
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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
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Uriel Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Ness!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ness.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ness is defended easily by Black.
A good leg kick by Black.
Black steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ness.
Horrible takedown by Ness or perhaps it was just good defense by Black which made him look bad.
Ness uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Black.
Ness throws a nice looking combination but Black bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ness uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Black.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ness misses with a straight right.
Black throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ness counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Black misses with a series of wild punches.
Ness misses with a combination
and Black counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Uriel Black has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Ness.
Ness closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Ness lands in his opponent's guard.
Black keeping moving, preventing Ness from controlling successfully.
Black looking to control.
Ness throwing strikes from guard but Black blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ness defends well.
Black has his foot on Ness's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ness works his way back into a safe position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Black keeping full guard, as Ness tries to pass.
Ness controls from within his opponent's guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ness bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black tries to bench press Ness off him but Ness keeps the position.
Ness misses with the ground and pound.
Black tries to contro but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Ness punching from mount but Black doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Ness breaks from Black's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ness throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Black is trying desperately to improve position.
Black is squirming around, avoiding Ness's attempts to control the action.
Ness has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ness working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Black wants to control but Ness is having none of it.
Black is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Black is looking to improve his position but Ness isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Ness dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Black looks for a takedown but Ness sprawls well.
Black cracks Ness with a good jab.
Black throws a quick inside leg kick.
Black stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Black wants it to stay on the feet.
A combination from Black does no damage.
Black takes a swing at Ness's ribcage but misses.
Ness cracks Black with a good jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Black takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Uriel Black is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Black avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice uppercut lands for Black. That snapped Ness's head back.
Ness throws a body punch but Black moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness throws a predictable looking body shot
and Black counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Black fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ness will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ness misses with a hook. Black ducked under it nicely.
A jab from Ness does it's job there.
Ness looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mike Ness seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ness fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Black sprawls well initially but Ness persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Black is looking to control Ness's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Black avoid being mounted?
Ness looks to land a strike but Black avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ness wants to control from the top but Black keeps moving.
Black keeping full guard, as Ness tries to pass.
Black controls Ness momentarily but Ness frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness passes Black's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Black tries to get to full guard but Ness has control of the leg.
Black blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ness.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ness lands a slapping body shot.
Ness misses with a series of wild punches.
Ness throws a hook but Black blocks it.
Black takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Black scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ness takes a swing at Black's ribcage but misses.
Ness fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ness misses with a takedown attempt - Black sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ness swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ness scores with a body shot.
Ness throws a jab when Black was well out of range.
Ness tries to score a power double leg takedown but Black sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ness somewhat.
Uriel Black has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Ness.
Ness ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ness uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Black.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Ness showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Ness throws a hook but Black blocks it.
Ness shoots in and drives through. Black sprawls well.
Black misses with a takedown attempt - Ness sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ness throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Black shoots in looking for a takedown. Ness tries to sprawl out of it but Black keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ness manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ness shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Black as he avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Black tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ness dives in and grabs Black's left leg, looking for a takedown. Black pushes down on Ness's head and hops out.
Uriel Black has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Ness.
Black moves out of range of the strikes.
Black displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ness.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ness fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Black on the side of the head.
Nice uppercut lands for Black. That snapped Ness's head back.
Ness looks to land a combination but Black avoids it well.
Ness swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ness feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Black trying to control the position.
Black is really struggling to control Ness but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Ness wants to control from the top but Black keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black trying to control the position.
Black throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Black looking to control but Ness passes into half guard.
Ness is trying to control. Black wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Black misses with a double jab.
Ness lands a lovely overhand right.
Black uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ness has time to react.
Black fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ness manages to avoid it.
Ness avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ness shoots for a takedown but Black saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Uriel Black has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A bone on bone clash there as Ness blocks the leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Ness 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mike Ness is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
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.
Black takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ness closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Black to the mat! Black manages to get full guard.
Black preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ness trying to control but Black is working from the bottom.
Black working a defensive guard but Ness manages to pass into side control anyway.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Black takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Ness comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ness winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Ness!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jaroslav Svoboda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flash Gordon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Svoboda comes to the cage accompanied by Giles. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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155 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jaroslav Svoboda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Flash Gordon!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gordon throws out a loose jab but Svoboda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gordon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Svoboda swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gordon throws a jab when Svoboda was well out of range.
Svoboda has closed the distance and engaged Gordon in a clinch.
Gordon tries a knee to the head but Svoboda blocks it.
Svoboda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gordon.
Gordon blocks an elbow strike from Svoboda.
Gordon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Svoboda has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gordon just misses with a elbow thrown towards Svoboda's brow.
Gordon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gordon looks to throw the jab but Svoboda is out of range.
Svoboda thows a body kick. Gordon tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Gordon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Svoboda moves away.
Gordon throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Svoboda counters with a head kick. That will keep Gordon thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Svoboda throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gordon misses with a body shot.
Gordon throws a hook but Svoboda avoids it easily.
Svoboda throws a head kick that Gordon semi-blocks.
Gordon throws a leg kick
and Svoboda counters with a low kick, right behind Gordon 's knee.
Gordon throws a body kick the misses
and Svoboda counters with a big head kick but Gordon shrugs it off.
Gordon looks gassed!
A jab from Gordon misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Svoboda lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Svoboda buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Svoboda slips a straight right by Gordon.
Gordon misses with a wild body shot.
Gordon stuns Svoboda with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gordon throws a sloppy body shot
and Svoboda counters with a thumping low kick.
Svoboda gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gordon dodges an elbow strike from Svoboda.
Svoboda misses with a knee strike.
Svoboda trying to land knees to the body.
Svoboda controlling the action here for a moment.
Svoboda throws an elbow that misses.
Svoboda trying to stall but Gordon improves his position.
Svoboda landing knees to the head.
Gordon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gordon avoids the elbow strike from Svoboda, against the cage.
Gordon unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gordon is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Svoboda lands a nice knee to the body.
Svoboda lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Svoboda lands a damaging elbow.
Gordon takes a knee to the side of the body.
Svoboda lands an elbow just above Gordon 's eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svoboda lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Flash Gordon has been cut.
Gordon blocks an elbow strike from Svoboda.
Gordon avoids a wild elbow strike from Svoboda.
Svoboda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gordon.
Svoboda is looking to control Gordon's arms but Gordon gets an underhook and turns him. Now Svoboda has his back to the cage.
Gordon avoiding damage as Svoboda throws knees to the body.
Svoboda throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gordon dodges an elbow strike from Svoboda.
Svoboda blocks an elbow strike.
Gordon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Svoboda leaning his opponent against the cage.
Gordon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gordon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Svoboda avoids it.
Gordon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Svoboda landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Svoboda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Svoboda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Svoboda lands a nice elbow.
Svoboda creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gordon avoids the elbow strike from Svoboda, against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Svoboda.
Gordon tries to land a knee to the head but Svoboda blocks with his arms.
Svoboda throws an elbow that misses.
Svoboda throws an elbow that misses.
Svoboda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gordon avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gordon tries to break free but Svoboda pushes him back against the cage.
Svoboda throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Svoboda lands an elbow inside that Gordon shrugs off.
Svoboda comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Svoboda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gordon.
Gordon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Svoboda lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gordon working hard to break the clinch.
Svoboda creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gordon's defenses.
Gordon throws a head punch that misses.
Gordon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gordon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Svoboda has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gordon blocks an elbow strike.
Gordon avoids the elbow strike from Svoboda, against the cage.
Gordon avoids a wild elbow strike from Svoboda.
Gordon avoids the elbow strike from Svoboda, against the cage.
Gordon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gordon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Svoboda creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gordon avoids a wild elbow strike from Svoboda.
Svoboda throws an elbow but it misses.
Svoboda avoiding damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gordon as Svoboda tries to tie him up.
Gordon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Svoboda unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gordon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gordon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Svoboda just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gordon's brow.
Svoboda landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Svoboda leaning against his opponent.
Gordon trying to land knees to the body.
Svoboda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Svoboda missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gordon throws an elbow but misses.
Gordon avoids a wild elbow strike from Svoboda.
Svoboda lands an elbow just above Gordon 's eye.
Svoboda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gordon blocks an elbow strike.
Gordon throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gordon throws an elbow but misses.
Gordon avoids a wild elbow strike from Svoboda.
Svoboda content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Svoboda looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Svoboda taking a breather.
Gordon misses with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Gordon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Svoboda misses with a knee to the head.
Svoboda dodges an elbow strike from Gordon.
Gordon missing with knees to the body.
Gordon dodges an elbow strike from Svoboda.
Svoboda lands an elbow inside that Gordon shrugs off.
Gordon avoiding damage as Svoboda throws knees to the body.
Svoboda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gordon avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jaroslav Svoboda dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Flash Gordon's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Svoboda lands with a nice body kick.
Gordon darts in trying to clinch
and Svoboda counters with a nice leg kick.
Gordon wants to clinch
and Svoboda counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Gordon wants to clinch
and Svoboda counters with a nice leg kick.
Gordon thows a leg kick but Svoboda checks it
and Svoboda makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Flash Gordon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gordon plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Gordon throws a sloppy head kick
and Svoboda counters with a nice leg kick.
Gordon is breathing heavily.
Svoboda throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Gordon's head.
Svoboda is looking to slow Gordon down with leg kicks.
Gordon misses the body punch
and Svoboda counters with a low kick, right behind Gordon 's knee.
Svoboda throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Svoboda connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Svoboda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gordon moves away.
Gordon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Svoboda lands a nice looking body shot.
Svoboda lands with a thumping leg kick.
Svoboda scores with a kick to the body.
Gordon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gordon avoids the head kick by Svoboda.
Svoboda connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Svoboda lands with a right hand.
Svoboda clinches up against the cage.
Svoboda lands a nice elbow.
Svoboda tries to land a knee to the head but Gordon blocks with his arms.
Gordon avoids the elbow strike from Svoboda, against the cage.
Gordon blocks the elbow strike.
Gordon looking to throw knees to the head but Svoboda is blocking nicely.
Svoboda throws an elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gordon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Svoboda lands an elbow inside.
Svoboda is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Svoboda is looking to control Gordon's arms but Gordon gets an underhook and turns him. Now Svoboda has his back to the cage.
Svoboda tries a knee to the head but Gordon blocks it.
Svoboda with a knee to the head.
Svoboda trying to control the position but instead, Gordon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Svoboda into the cage.
Svoboda creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gordon's defenses.
Gordon looking to throw knees to the head but Svoboda is blocking nicely.
Svoboda throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gordon can't break the clinch.
Svoboda with a knee to the head.
Gordon takes an elbow to the forehead.
A knee to the head by Svoboda.
Gordon misses with a knee to the head.
Svoboda lands a nice elbow.
Gordon's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Svoboda tries to land knees in the clinch but Gordon avoids the damage to the body.
Svoboda effectively controlling the action here.
Svoboda using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Svoboda throws an elbow that misses.
Svoboda lands an elbow that stopped Gordon in his tracks for a moment.
Svoboda with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svoboda blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gordon tries a knee to the head but Svoboda blocks it.
Svoboda throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gordon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Svoboda lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gordon misses with a knee strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Svoboda lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Svoboda stalling.
Gordon digs a right hand underneath Svoboda's ribcage. Svoboda let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gordon manages to break the clinch.
Gordon throws a leg kick
and Svoboda counters with an outside leg kick.
Gordon takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A big right from Gordon misses.
Svoboda thuds his shin into the meat of Gordon's side.
Svoboda throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Gordon throws a predictable looking body shot
and Svoboda counters with a leg kick.
Gordon steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Svoboda. That one must have hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svoboda keeps Gordon at a distance using the push kick.
A head kick from Svoboda lands but Gordon takes it in his stride.
Gordon misses with a jab to the body
and Svoboda counters with an outside leg kick.
Svoboda throws a quick inside leg kick.
Svoboda gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gordon is trying to break the clinch but Svoboda is controlling him.
Svoboda lands an elbow that stopped Gordon in his tracks for a moment.
Svoboda is trying to stall.
Gordon takes an elbow to the temple.
Gordon avoids the elbow strike from Svoboda, against the cage.
Svoboda keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gordon's efforts to push away.
Gordon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The referee calls for Svoboda to work.
Svoboda keeps control of Gordon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Svoboda pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gordon misses with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Svoboda lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jaroslav Svoboda dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Flash Gordon's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Svoboda connects with a high kick.
Svoboda scores with a nice body kick.
Gordon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jaroslav Svoboda is winning the standup battle so far.
Svoboda misses with a head kick.
Gordon tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Svoboda counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Gordon wants to clinch
and Svoboda counters with a nice body kick.
Svoboda plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Svoboda lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Gordon takes a kick to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gordon throws a head kick that misses
and Svoboda counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Svoboda scores with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Gordon misses
and Svoboda counters with a nice body kick.
Svoboda lands a high kick!
Svoboda explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Svoboda scoring well with a low kick there.
Svoboda throws a front kick that sends Gordon stumbling back into the cage.
Svoboda lands with a slapping head kick.
Svoboda has closed the distance and engaged Gordon in a clinch.
Svoboda looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gordon lands a knee to the head.
Svoboda lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Svoboda.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Svoboda just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gordon's brow.
Svoboda throws an elbow but it misses.
Svoboda stalling in the clinch.
Gordon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice elbow from Svoboda.
Gordon avoiding damage as Svoboda throws knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gordon.
Gordon breaks from the clinch.
Gordon throws a leg kick
and Svoboda counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Gordon is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Gordon is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Svoboda rather than just go for the knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Svoboda.
Svoboda circles away from the clinch attempt
and Svoboda counters with a big head kick but Gordon shrugs it off.
Svoboda bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A shot to the body from Gordon misses
and Svoboda counters with a nice body kick.
Svoboda feints and then cracks Gordon's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gordon down.
Svoboda scores with a spinning back kick!
Svoboda throws a nice head kick!
A head kick from Svoboda lands but Gordon takes it in his stride.
Svoboda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gordon.
Svoboda lands with a thumping leg kick.
Good leg kick by Svoboda there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gordon walks forward, straight into a front kick from Svoboda.
Jaroslav Svoboda is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svoboda explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Gordon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Svoboda throws a head kick that half lands.
Svoboda throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gordon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Svoboda circles away quickly and effectively.
A solid leg kick lands there for Svoboda.
Svoboda works Gordon's body with a nice hook.
Svoboda throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Svoboda throws a nice head kick!
Svoboda lands with a thumping leg kick.
Svoboda closes the distance and pushes Gordon back into the cage.
Gordon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gordon misses with a knee to the head.
Flash Gordon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Svoboda lands a knee to the head.
Svoboda misses with an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svoboda lands a damaging elbow.
Svoboda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gordon throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gordon breaks the clinch.
Gordon falls off balance throwing a combination
and Svoboda counters with a big head kick but Gordon shrugs it off.
Svoboda moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gordon takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Svoboda connects with a high kick.
Svoboda circles away from the clinch attempt
and Svoboda finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Svoboda cracks the inside of Gordon's front leg.
A nice inside leg kick there by Svoboda. That's going to slow Gordon down.
Svoboda lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jaroslav Svoboda showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Svoboda has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:26
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jaroslav Svoboda!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Virgil Earp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dr iLL (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Dr iLL was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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220 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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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
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Virgil Earp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dr iLL!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
iLL lands a big head kick that sends Earp tumbling to the mat! iLL takes a step backwards and waves Earp back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Earp is rocked!
It looks like Virgil Earp has been cut.
Dr iLL seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Earp blocks a head kick by iLL.
Oh Earp is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
iLL tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Earp is able to avoid easily.
Earp seems to have got his legs back now.
iLL pulls out of a head kick attempt.
iLL throws a quick inside leg kick.
iLL looks to land a left hand but Earp moved out of range nicely.
iLL misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Earp blocks a low kick nicely.
iLL throws a front kick aimed at Earp's knee but Earp avoids it well.
iLL throws a head kick that misses.
Earp throws a body punch but iLL moves out of range.
iLL avoids the body shot from Earp.
Earp misses with a looping right.
Earp scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
iLL moves out of range of the leg kick from Earp.
iLL takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
iLL looks gassed!
iLL gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Earp lands with a good body shot.
Earp gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Earp works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Earp works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Earp lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt iLL or not.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Earp throws a punch but it's blocked by iLL.
Earp scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Earp.
Good body shot from Earp.
Earp lands a nice uppercut.
Earp lands a body shot in the clinch.
Earp is leaning against iLL and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Earp lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Earp.
iLL swings wildly with an uppercut but Earp uses good head movement to avoid it.
Earp lands a shot to the body.
Good body shot from Earp.
Good body shot from Earp.
Good body shot from Earp.
Earp working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Earp swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A hook to the body from Earp.
Earp works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Earp lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Earp lands a body punch in the clinch.
Earp lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Earp lands a shot to the body.
A right hand to the body from Earp.
A shot in the inside from Earp.
Earp lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down iLL.
A right hook to the body lands for Earp.
Earp digs a right hand into iLL's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on iLL's gas tank.
A right hook to the body lands for Earp.
A nice right hand lands inside from Earp.
Earp misses with a short punch on the inside.
Earp lands a body punch.
Earp swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Earp lands a nice uppercut.
Nice elbow from Earp.
Earp throws a blind hook that connects with the side of iLLs head.
Earp digs a right hand underneath iLL's ribcage. iLL let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Earp lands a shot to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Earp.
Earp cracks iLL with a nice body shot.
Earp stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Earp lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Earp throws an elbow but it misses.
Earp lands a nice uppercut.
Earp presses iLL against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Earp lands a body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Earp.
Earp lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Earp digs a right hand underneath iLL's ribcage. iLL let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Good body shot from Earp.
A short right from Earp.
Earp lands a shot to the body.
Earp lands with a left to the head.
iLL blocking some punches.
Earp has a couple of punches blocked by iLL.
Nice body punch from Earp - that landed with a thud.
Earp lands a hook to the side of the head.
iLL misses with a knee strike.
Earp is leaning against iLL and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Earp scores with an uppercut up the middle.
iLL using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Earp lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt iLL or not.
Earp throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Earp scores with a shot to the side of iLL's head.
iLL throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Earp blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice right hand lands inside from Earp.
Earp is working iLL over against the cage.
Earp lands an elbow inside that iLL shrugs off.
Nice body punch from Earp.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Earp.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Earp - that landed with a thud.
Earp digs a right hand underneath iLL's ribcage. iLL let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Earp as iLL tries to tie him up.
A short left from Earp.
iLL stalling in the clinch but Earp improves position.
Earp lands a right hand.
Earp lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Earp.
Earp lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Earp fails to land.
iLL blocks an elbow strike from Earp.
Earp working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
iLL landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Earp tries to throw a body punch but iLL avoids it by throwing Earp back against the cage.
Earp lands a body punch.
Earp misses with a hook to the ribs.
iLL is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Earp is defending well for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
iLL can't find room to land a body shot as Earp controls the action.
Earp unloads a knee to the mid-section. iLL lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
iLL breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Earp throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
iLL tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Virgil Earp dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Virgil Earp's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
iLL thumps Earp with a low kick.
iLL throws a leg kick
and Earp counters with a good low kick that iLL was not able to check.
Earp chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Earp throws a good cross that connects.
Earp moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Earp putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has iLL in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Earp throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Earp lands a left hand.
Earp lands with a left to the head.
Earp lands an elbow inside.
A short right from Earp.
Earp lands a nice shot to the body.
iLL throws a knee to the head but misses.
Earp lands a shoulder strike.
Earp missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
iLL misses with some punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Earp digs a right hand into iLL's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on iLL's gas tank.
Earp tries to land knees in the clinch but iLL avoids the damage to the body.
Earp lands a nice knee to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Earp.
Earp lands a left hand.
iLL tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Earp avoids it.
Earp lands a nice shot to the body.
Earp lands an elbow just above iLL 's eye.
Earp lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A hook to the body from Earp.
Earp lands a body punch in the clinch.
Virgil Earp has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right hand to the body from Earp.
iLL missing with knees to the body.
Earp prevents a body shot from iLL.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Earp.
A short left from Earp.
iLL missing with knees to the body.
Earp lands a shot to the body.
Earp throws a blind hook that connects with the side of iLLs head.
Earp lands a body punch in the clinch.
iLL takes a shot to the head.
Earp lands a body punch in the clinch.
iLL tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Earp.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Earp is leaning against iLL and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
iLL on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Earp lands a body shot in the clinch.
Earp digs a right hand underneath iLL's ribcage. iLL let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A hook to the body from Earp.
Earp pushes iLL back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Earp.
Earp softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Earp.
A shot in the inside from Earp.
iLL tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
iLL throws a punch but it's blocked by Earp.
Earp softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Earp is working iLL over against the cage.
iLL blocks a body shot from Earp.
iLL tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Earp avoids it.
Earp lands a right hand that snaps the head of iLL backwards.
Earp lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down iLL.
iLL blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Earp cracks iLL with a nice body shot.
Earp gets through iLL's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Earp tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from iLL - that landed with a thud.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
iLL misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Earp.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Earp.
Earp lands a shot to the body.
Earp working aggressively here.
iLL tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short left from Earp.
Earp scores with a hook to the body.
Earp lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of iLL backwards.
Earp scores with a shot to the side of iLL's head.
Earp digs a right hand into iLL's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on iLL's gas tank.
iLL missing with knees to the body.
iLL is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Earp is defending well for now.
Earp working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Earp scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Earp lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Earp.
Earp lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Earp lands a body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Earp.
iLL is trying to break the clinch but Earp has him pressed against the cage.
Earp lands with a light punch inside.
Earp lands a shot to the body.
iLL blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Earp pushes iLL back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Earp.
iLL landing knees to the body.
Earp throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right hand to the body from Earp.
iLL is trying to break the clinch but Earp has him pressed against the cage.
Earp lands a nice shot to the body.
iLL misses with a knee to the head.
Earp works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Earp presses iLL against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right hand to the body from Earp.
A hook to the body from Earp.
Earp lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
iLL is looking to break free of the clinch but Earp has double underhooks.
Earp throws a punch but it's blocked by iLL.
Earp is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that iLL can do to turn this around?
Earp presses iLL against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Earp.
Earp lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from Earp.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Earp lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Earp lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Earp missing with knees to the body.
iLL missing with knees to the body.
Earp swings wildly with an uppercut but iLL uses good head movement to avoid it.
Earp is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. iLL is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Virgil Earp dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Virgil Earp's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from iLL. Earp does a little dance to reset his feet.
Earp misses with a head kick.
Earp takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Earp avoids the head kick by iLL.
iLL throws a front kick aimed at Earp's knee but Earp avoids it well.
Earp thuds a left hand into iLL's body.
iLL throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
iLL misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Earp.
A head kick misses from Earp.
iLL takes a body punch but keeps moving.
iLL on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Virgil Earp is winning the standup battle so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
iLL throws a leg kick that misses.
Earp jabs at iLL's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Earp has managed to clinch.
Earp throws a punch but it's blocked by iLL.
Earp creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through iLL's defenses.
Earp works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Earp.
Earp is working iLL over against the cage.
iLL blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Earp lands an elbow inside.
Earp lands a shoulder strike.
Earp works on iLL's body with a couple of short punches.
Earp lands a shot to the body.
Earp lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Earp scores with a nice short uppercut.
Earp is working iLL over against the cage.
Good body shot from Earp.
A hook to the body from Earp.
Earp lands a right hand.
Earp fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Earp lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Earp lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Earp trying to land knees to the body.
Earp has a couple of punches blocked by iLL.
Earp blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dr iLL has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
iLL using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Earp has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Earp.
A head punch blocked on the inside by iLL.
Earp misses with an elbow over the top.
iLL missing with knees to the body.
iLL tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Earp lands a shoulder strike.
iLL blocking some punches.
Earp throws a head punch that misses.
Earp misses with some punches.
iLL lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Earp backwards.
iLL misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Earp.
Earp goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Earp misses with a hook from the clinch.
Earp avoiding damage as iLL throws knees to the body.
iLL blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Virgil Earp is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
iLL tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Earp avoids it.
iLL tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Earp's elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Earp.
Earp managing to block the knees to the body from iLL.
iLL trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Earp lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
iLL tries a knee to the head but Earp blocks it.
iLL tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Earp lands a body punch in the clinch.
Earp working some nice short punches in the clinch.
iLL misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Earp.
iLL tries to break the clinch but Earp is controlling the position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Earp creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
iLL managing to block the knees to the body from Earp.
Earp managing to block the knees to the body from iLL.
Earp lands a left hand.
Earp is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. iLL is defending well for now.
iLL goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Earp scores with a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
iLL misses with a knee to the head.
iLL missing with knees to the body.
Good body shot from iLL.
iLL goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Earp has a couple of punches blocked by iLL.
Earp digs a right hand into iLL's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on iLL's gas tank.
Earp working some nice short punches in the clinch.
iLL putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Earp in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Earp lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of iLL backwards.
iLL tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Earp.
iLL looking to throw knees to the head but Earp is blocking nicely.
Earp digs a right hand into iLL's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on iLL's gas tank.
Earp makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Earp creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
iLL tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Virgil Earp showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Earp has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Virgil Earp!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Klaus VonMueller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Goat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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 bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Klaus VonMueller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Goat!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
VonMueller ducks under a wild hook from Goat.
VonMueller throws the left hand but Goat avoids the punch easily.
VonMueller stuffs the takedown.
A clash of legs there as Goat blocks the low kick.
VonMueller tries to clinch there but Goat circles away.
VonMueller scores with a hook.
VonMueller moves in looking to clinch but Goat pushes him off.
VonMueller swings and misses with a hook to the body.
VonMueller tries to clinch but Goat is having none of it.
VonMueller throws a leg kick but Goat moved away.
Goat scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
VonMueller tries to roll over but Goat keeps him under control.
The fighters are battling for position here. VonMueller manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goat with a flurry of punches that miss.
VonMueller wants to get back to his feet but Goat is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
VonMueller has Goat pulled in close to control his posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Goat missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
VonMueller wants to improve his position but instead Goat has moved into half guard.
VonMueller wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
VonMueller wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
VonMueller misses with a low kick as Goat jumps back.
VonMueller slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
VonMueller misses with the combination.
VonMueller throws a series of punches but Goat avoids them all with ease.
VonMueller takes a swing at Goat's ribcage but misses.
Goat tries to clinch but VonMueller is having none of it.
Klaus VonMueller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
VonMueller blocks a head kick by Goat.
VonMueller with a hook.
VonMueller misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
VonMueller dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Goat. That did some damage!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
VonMueller is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
VonMueller misses with a low kick.
VonMueller throws a right hand that Goat ducks under and follows up with a left that Goat also avoids with ease.
VonMueller throws a leg kick that misses.
Goat avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Goat circles away from the clinch attempt
and Goat counters with a good low kick that VonMueller was not able to check.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
VonMueller misses with a two punch combination.
VonMueller scores with a jab to the jaw.
Goat buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Billy Goat will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
An inside leg kick lands from Goat.
A nice inside leg kick there by VonMueller. That's going to slow Goat down.
VonMueller clobbers Goat with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
VonMueller throws a leg kick
and Goat counters with a nice low kick that buckles VonMueller's knee momentarily.
VonMueller thumps Goat with a low kick.
VonMueller swings for the body but Goat moves out of range.
VonMueller darts in trying to clinch
and Goat counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
VonMueller kicks off Goat and gets to his feet.
Goat displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as VonMueller throws out the jab.
VonMueller lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
VonMueller takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Goat dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on VonMueller. That did some damage!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Goat is defended easily by VonMueller.
Goat slips a straight right by VonMueller.
Goat wants to slow VonMueller down by chopping away at his legs.
VonMueller darts in trying to clinch
and Goat counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
VonMueller misses with a looping left.
VonMueller swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Goat misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Goat misses with a two punch combination.
VonMueller fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Goat checks it well.
VonMueller smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
VonMueller throws a hook but Goat blocks it.
VonMueller clinches but Goat breaks the clinch
and Goat counters with a nice low kick that buckles VonMueller's knee momentarily.
VonMueller misses with a hook.
VonMueller closes the distance but Goat moves to the side
and Goat cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
VonMueller tries to land a leg kick but Goat saw it coming and moves away.
VonMueller throws a nice looking combination but Goat bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Goat misses with a series of wild punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
VonMueller tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Goat decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in VonMueller's guard.
Goat throws and elbow that misses. VonMueller uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Goat's guard. Nice move by VonMueller!
VonMueller advances position into side control!
VonMueller fails to land a wild elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
VonMueller working the head and body with strikes.
Goat tries to buck VonMueller off but VonMueller is having none of it.
VonMueller misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
VonMueller looking to control but instead Goat has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
VonMueller thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Goat showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Goat checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
VonMueller misses with a looping right.
VonMueller shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Good work by Goat as he checks the leg kick.
VonMueller is looking to clinch but Goat is avoiding it.
A low kick from VonMueller is predictable there
and VonMueller takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Goat throws a front kick that sends VonMueller stumbling back into the cage.
VonMueller attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
VonMueller throws a right hand that Goat ducks under and follows up with a left that Goat also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
VonMueller tried to score with a low kick but Goat checks it.
Good standup being displayed there by VonMueller as he connects with a hook.
VonMueller misses with a double jab.
VonMueller swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
so Goat counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's one minute gone in the round.
VonMueller trying to control the position.
VonMueller manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
VonMueller punishing his opponent with strikes.
Klaus VonMueller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Goat wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by VonMueller.
VonMueller is in the full mount, landing strikes.
VonMueller unloads with some shots from mount but Goat bucks and avoids them well.
VonMueller moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Goat has worked his arm free - good work by Goat!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
VonMueller moves into full mount!
VonMueller looking to finish with strikes here!
Goat is looking to get to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Goat blocking the ground and pound.
VonMueller scoring with strikes but Goat is staying in there.
VonMueller looking to land elbow strikes but Goat uses the position to regain half guard.
VonMueller prevents Goat from improving his position.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Billy Goat.
I've got Goat winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Billy Goat!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kimbo AbbottSlice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Boxer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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221 lbs
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210 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kimbo AbbottSlice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Boxer!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boxer works the jab nicely.
AbbottSlice misses the shot to the body.
Joe Boxer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
AbbottSlice avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Boxer lands with a good body shot.
AbbottSlice circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boxer throws a head kick that misses.
Boxer tries to close the distance and clinch but AbbottSlice swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
AbbottSlice tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Boxer swivels and escapes.
Boxer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Boxer wants to clinch.
AbbottSlice blocks a low kick nicely.
Boxer scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Boxer thuds his shin into the meat of AbbottSlice's side.
AbbottSlice swats away the attempt to clinch by Boxer.
Excellent takedown into side control there by AbbottSlice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boxer is trying to improve his position.
You can see the frustration on Boxer's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Boxer tries to get back to half guard but can't.
AbbottSlice wants to control but Boxer is keeping him busy.
AbbottSlice sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Boxer is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Boxer can do anything to dispel that myth.
Boxer is looking for a sweep.
AbbottSlice cracks Boxer with an elbow. That is naaassty.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Boxer is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked AbbottSlice off and has taken his back!
AbbottSlice trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Boxer is trying to stick to AbbottSlice's back but AbbottSlice is turning into Boxer. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Boxer's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by AbbottSlice.
Boxer looking to control.
Boxer is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Boxer really doesn't want to stay on the ground with AbbottSlice. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
AbbottSlice with a flurry of punches that miss.
Boxer wants to stand but AbbottSlice is controlling the position.
Boxer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Boxer moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
AbbottSlice misses with a body shot.
Boxer slips a straight right by AbbottSlice.
Boxer misses with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from AbbottSlice.
Joe Boxer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boxer throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Boxer gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows AbbottSlice to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Boxer is trying to keep AbbottSlice in close.
AbbottSlice thows a big elbow that misses.
AbbottSlice wants to control from the top but Boxer keeps moving.
AbbottSlice is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Boxer is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
AbbottSlice prevents Boxer from getting back to his feet.
Boxer looking to hit a scissor sweep but AbbottSlice is one step ahead there.
AbbottSlice trying to control the position from guard on top but Boxer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
AbbottSlice pushing down on Boxer's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Boxer is looking for a sweep. AbbottSlice is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Boxer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by AbbottSlice.
AbbottSlice closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Boxer shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
AbbottSlice throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Boxer closes the distance and pushes AbbottSlice back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kimbo AbbottSlice will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
AbbottSlice throws a shot from downtown. Boxer moves away and avoids it.
Boxer throws a head kick but AbbottSlice moves out of range.
Boxer misses with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Boxer.
Boxer throws a leg kick which misses AbbottSlice's front leg but catches the back leg as AbbottSlice tries to avoid it.
Boxer throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
AbbottSlice throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Boxer tries to clinch up.
AbbottSlice lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
AbbottSlice ducks under a wild hook from Boxer.
AbbottSlice takes a jab right on the kisser.
AbbottSlice throws a jab but it's blocked by Boxer.
A head kick misses from Boxer.
Boxer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but AbbottSlice moves away.
A clash of legs there as AbbottSlice blocks the low kick.
Boxer tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boxer connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Boxer moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Boxer doesn't manage to clinch there - AbbottSlice circles away.
AbbottSlice avoids the body shot from Boxer.
Boxer is looking to clinch.
Boxer stuns AbbottSlice with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Boxer moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A big left from Boxer misses.
Boxer lands with a kick to the ribs.
AbbottSlice needs to keep his hands up - Boxer had a free shot at his head there.
Boxer lands a nice shot to the body.
Boxer tries to clinch up.
Boxer connects with the punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Boxer lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and AbbottSlice has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from AbbottSlice and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boxer ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Boxer scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Boxer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Boxer throws a combination that misses
and AbbottSlice counters with a left to the body.
Boxer tries to clinch but fails miserably
and AbbottSlice connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Boxer scores with a jab.
AbbottSlice is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Boxer avoids the body shot from AbbottSlice.
Boxer cracks AbbottSlice with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Boxer throws out a loose jab but AbbottSlice uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boxer does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Boxer pushes AbbottSlice up against the cage in a clinch.
AbbottSlice tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boxer's elbow.
AbbottSlice tries to work over Boxer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Boxer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
AbbottSlice tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Boxer tries to land a knee to the head but AbbottSlice blocks with his arms.
Boxer prevents a body shot from AbbottSlice.
Boxer lands an elbow inside.
AbbottSlice tries a body shot but Boxer blocks it.
Boxer tries to circle away but AbbottSlice has him pinned against the cage.
AbbottSlice pushes Boxer back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
AbbottSlice presses Boxer against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Boxer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Boxer taking a breather.
Boxer misses with the head strike.
AbbottSlice tries to throw a body punch but Boxer avoids it by throwing AbbottSlice back against the cage.
Boxer looking to stall.
Nice elbow from Boxer.
Boxer missing with knees to the body.
AbbottSlice misses with a body punch.
AbbottSlice has a couple of punches blocked by Boxer.
Boxer tries to stall but AbbottSlice uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
AbbottSlice misses with a body punch.
Boxer taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Boxer lands a nice knee to the body.
AbbottSlice blocks the elbow strike.
AbbottSlice misses with a hook to the ribs.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Boxer is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Boxer lands with a left to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
AbbottSlice struggles to land a body shot inside as Boxer controls his hands.
Boxer avoiding damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Joe Boxer.
Boxer slips a straight right by AbbottSlice.
AbbottSlice swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Boxer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! 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.
Boxer throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
AbbottSlice lands a nice looking body shot.
Boxer misses with a low kick.
AbbottSlice throws a right and a left that Boxer avoids nicely.
Boxer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but AbbottSlice circles away quickly and effectively.
Boxer has managed to clinch.
AbbottSlice tries to score a body lock takedown but Boxer shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Boxer slows down the pace here.
Boxer looking to slow down the pace here.
Boxer misses with a knee to the head.
Boxer stops a takedown attempt from AbbottSlice.
Boxer is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
AbbottSlice looking to throw knees to the head but Boxer is blocking nicely.
Boxer scores with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
AbbottSlice tries to stall but Boxer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
AbbottSlice lands a nice uppercut.
Boxer misses with some punches.
Boxer is trying to maintain a safe position but AbbottSlice gets an underhook and turns Boxer into the cage.
AbbottSlice cracks Boxer with a nice body shot.
Boxer landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Boxer lands a hook that snaps the head of AbbottSlice backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by AbbottSlice.
AbbottSlice cracks Boxer with a nice body shot.
AbbottSlice is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Boxer pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kimbo AbbottSlice. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boxer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
AbbottSlice managing to block the knees to the body from Boxer.
AbbottSlice is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Boxer is defending well for now.
Boxer displaying some good clinch control by pressing AbbottSlice up against the cage.
AbbottSlice misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
AbbottSlice misses with a punch to the body.
AbbottSlice misses with the head strike.
Boxer lands a body punch.
Boxer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
AbbottSlice will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Boxer wants to clinch
and AbbottSlice counters with a nice body shot.
Boxer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as AbbottSlice throws out the jab.
AbbottSlice shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
AbbottSlice on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
AbbottSlice throws out a powerful jab.
Boxer throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and AbbottSlice counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Boxer throws a jab when AbbottSlice was well out of range.
Boxer lands a head kick!
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!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Boxer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boxer throws a quick inside leg kick.
Boxer tries to clinch but AbbottSlice moves away
and Boxer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Boxer cracks AbbottSlice with a good jab.
Boxer lands a jab to the nose.
Boxer cracks AbbottSlice with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Boxer scores with a sloppy right hand. AbbottSlice should have avoided that one.
Boxer is looking to land body kicks.
Boxer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Boxer thumps AbbottSlice with a low kick.
Boxer scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Boxer tries to close the distance and clinch up but AbbottSlice swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boxer misses with an uppercut. AbbottSlice saw that one coming.
AbbottSlice on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Boxer. Boxer obviously looking to wear him down.
Left hook, right uppercut from Boxer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boxer dips to his left and cracks AbbottSlice with an uppercut!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Boxer.
AbbottSlice takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Boxer doesn't manage to clinch there - AbbottSlice circles away.
Boxer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
AbbottSlice takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
AbbottSlice throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Boxer to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice jab there from Boxer.
Boxer throws a series of punches but AbbottSlice moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Boxer.
Boxer lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boxer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by AbbottSlice.
Boxer clinches with his opponent.
AbbottSlice being controlled against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Boxer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Boxer has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Boxer!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sam Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Grendel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benton comes to the cage accompanied by Kung Fu Fighting. Grendel has chosen Rjd2 - Ghostwriter as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sam Benton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Grendel!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benton fakes the leg kick and cracks Grendel in the body.
Benton has a takedown stuffed.
No luck for Benton with that takedown attempt.
Grendel missing with a left hand there. Benton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Grendel defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Benton.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sam Benton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Benton fails with the takedown.
Grendel connects with a nice looking jab.
Benton takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Benton with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Benton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benton throws a wild body kick that Grendel sees coming a mile off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Benton looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Grendel on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
No joy there for Grendel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A good leg kick by Benton.
Grendel misses with the combination.
Benton goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Grendel sizes up Benton with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Benton motions for Grendel to come forward. Benton throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Grendel lands a body shot.
Grendel cracks Benton with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grendel misses with a straight right.
Benton will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Grendel thows a body shot but no joy.
Grendel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grendel lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benton tries to land a leg kick but Grendel saw it coming and moves away.
Benton needs to keep his hands up - Grendel had a free shot at his head there.
Benton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grendel.
Benton pivots, looking for a leg kick but Grendel is out of range and Benton settles back down.
George Grendel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Grendel throws an overhand right that lands on Benton's shoulder, as Benton tries to avoid the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grendel fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Grendel connects with a good right hand that stumbles Benton. Benton circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Benton walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Grendel checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Grendel looks to land a right hand but Benton moved out of range.
Benton connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Benton takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Grendel lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Grendel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Benton looks for the body kick but Grendel saw that one coming.
Benton avoids the body shot from Grendel.
Grendel is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Grendel. Beautiful body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grendel. Benton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benton throws a push kick but Grendel slaps the foot to one side.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grendel. Benton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grendel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Grendel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grendel throws out a powerful jab.
Benton has a takedown stuffed.
Benton on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grendel connects with the punch.
Benton scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Grendel dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A slapping body kick lands there for Benton.
Benton explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Grendel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benton manages to avoid it.
Grendel takes a swing at Benton's ribcage but misses.
Grendel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Benton gets the takedown into side control.
Benton staying calm.
Grendel tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Benton wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grendel can't do much from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Benton wants to lay and pray for a moment but Grendel keeps working.
Grendel tries to bench press Benton off him but Benton keeps the position.
You can see the frustration on Grendel's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Benton in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A big left from Grendel misses.
Benton slips a straight right by Grendel.
George Grendel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Grendel sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nice takedown defense from Grendel. No joy for Benton on that attempt.
Benton takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Benton misses with an attempted mid kick.
Benton displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grendel throws out the jab.
Benton throws a leg kick which misses Grendel's front leg but catches the back leg as Grendel tries to avoid it.
Grendel looks to score with a jab to the body but Benton is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grendel cracks Benton with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Grendel looks to throw the jab but Benton is out of range.
Grendel throws a looping overhand right but Benton ducks down to avoid it.
Benton looks for the body kick but Grendel saw that one coming.
Benton misses with a low kick.
Benton throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Benton throws a front kick aimed at Grendel's knee but Grendel avoids it well.
Grendel throws a nice looking combination but Benton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Grendel lands with a shot to the body.
Benton circles away from the clinch attempt.
A good leg kick by Benton.
Benton moves out of range as Grendel strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grendel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benton moves away.
Grendel throws a body punch but Benton moves out of range.
Benton lands a nice leg kick that just misses Grendel's sensitive parts.
Grendel throws a right and a left that Benton avoids nicely.
Benton throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Benton misses with a body kick.
Benton closes this distance looking for a takedown but Grendel circles away.
Benton walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Grendel checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Benton misses with a body kick.
Benton misses with a low kick.
Benton scores with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Benton dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. 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.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grendel. Benton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grendel's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A solid body kick from Benton.
Benton cracks the inside of Grendel's front leg.
A slapping leg kick lands for Benton.
Benton takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Grendel stuffs the takedown.
Grendel checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Benton throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Grendel paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Grendel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Grendel looks to land a right hand but Benton moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grendel moves out of range as Benton throws a body kick.
Grendel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benton.
Benton misses with a kick to the body.
Benton explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A big left from Grendel misses.
Benton buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Grendel missing with a left hand there. Benton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benton has a takedown stuffed.
Grendel throws a series of punches but Benton avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Benton slips under a jab.
Grendel has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Benton.
Grendel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benton fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sam Benton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Benton displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grendel throws out the jab.
Benton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grendel.
Grendel misses with a body shot.
Benton bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Benton throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Grendel was covering up waiting for the punch and Benton finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Benton loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grendel controlling Benton's posture.
Grendel looking for a sweep. Not yet Grendel, not yet.
Grendel keeping moving, preventing Benton from controlling successfully.
Grendel tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Benton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Grendel is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Benton has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Grendel is working away from the top position though.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Grendel in particular looking to stall.
Benton wants to get back to full guard but Grendel has mounted him!
Benton is looking to improve his position but Grendel isn't that keen on the idea.
Grendel controlling from the full mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to George Grendel.
I think Grendel has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between ImA Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masahura Yakisoba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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21
140 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
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27
140 lbs
14 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong |
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World class boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, ImA Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Masahura Yakisoba!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yakisoba circles away from the clinch attempt.
Masahura Yakisoba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Yakisoba.
Yakisoba misses with a series of wild punches.
Yakisoba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Man manages to avoid it.
Man throws a low kick but it's checked well by Yakisoba.
Yakisoba misses with a double jab.
Yakisoba scores with a hook to the body. Man takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Yakisoba throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Man tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yakisoba swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yakisoba lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Man at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yakisoba avoids the head kick by Man.
Man fails in his attempt to clinch.
Man avoids the body shot from Yakisoba.
Man dodges the punch combination from Yakisoba.
Yakisoba swings for the body but Man moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yakisoba throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yakisoba swats away the attempt to clinch by Man.
Yakisoba takes a swing at Man's ribcage but misses.
Yakisoba throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yakisoba circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yakisoba misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Man.
Yakisoba misses with a body shot.
Yakisoba takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Man tries to clinch up but Yakisoba circles away and keeps his distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Man.
Yakisoba gets a clinch.
Come on Yakisoba - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Man missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man looking to stall.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yakisoba.
Yakisoba stalling the fight.
Man with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Man missing with knees to the body.
Man lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Masahura Yakisoba has been cut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Man trying to stall but Yakisoba improves his position.
Yakisoba manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Man trying to control the position but instead, Yakisoba has worked for underhooks and has pushed Man into the cage.
Man using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yakisoba has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Man misses with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man looking to throw knees to the head but Yakisoba is blocking nicely.
Man tries a knee to the head but Yakisoba blocks it.
Man leaning his opponent against the cage.
Man using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yakisoba has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yakisoba wants to stall.
Yakisoba manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Man misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yakisoba.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Yakisoba takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Stalling in the clinch from Man.
Yakisoba lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yakisoba stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Man using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yakisoba has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Man is stalling here.
Man misses with a knee strike.
Yakisoba swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The referee calls for Yakisoba to work.
Man scores with a knee to the head.
Man tries to land knees in the clinch but Yakisoba avoids the damage to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Man misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yakisoba.
Man tries a knee to the head but Yakisoba blocks it.
Yakisoba lands an uppercut.
Man missing with knees to the body.
Man tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yakisoba avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Masahura Yakisoba will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Masahura Yakisoba's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Yakisoba closes the distance and pushes Man back into the cage.
Man tries a knee to the head but Yakisoba blocks it.
Man misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yakisoba.
Man looking to throw knees to the head but Yakisoba is blocking nicely.
Yakisoba being controlled against the cage.
Yakisoba is trying to maintain a safe position but Man gets an underhook and turns Yakisoba into the cage.
Man lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Man misses with a knee strike.
Yakisoba avoiding damage as Man throws knees to the body.
Man tries to land a knee to the head but Yakisoba blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yakisoba on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yakisoba slowing the pace effectively.
Man with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Man taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Yakisoba just leaning against Man, taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man missing with knees to the body.
Man looking to stall.
Man looking to throw knees to the head but Yakisoba is blocking nicely.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Yakisoba managing to block the knees to the body from Man.
Yakisoba just leaning against Man, taking a breather.
The crowd are getting on Yakisoba's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Man throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yakisoba blocks it with crossed arms.
Yakisoba can't get the takedown.
Man is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yakisoba is defending well for now.
Yakisoba blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Man missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Yakisoba taking a breather.
Man tries a knee to the head but Yakisoba blocks it.
Yakisoba slowing the pace effectively.
Stalling in the clinch from Man.
Man with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yakisoba slows down the pace here.
Yakisoba managing to block the knees to the body from Man.
Man effectively controlling the action here.
Man misses with a knee strike.
Man stalling in the clinch.
Yakisoba digs a right hand into Man's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Man's gas tank.
Man landing knees to the head.
Man tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yakisoba in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Man crunches a lovely knee into Yakisoba's ribcage.
Man missing with knees to the body.
Man looking to slow down the pace here.
Yakisoba content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Yakisoba stalling in the clinch but Man improves position.
Yakisoba holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Masahura Yakisoba.
Man takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Man keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yakisoba is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Man rather than just go for the knockout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man is looking to clinch.
Yakisoba with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Yakisoba throws a big shot that misses.
Yakisoba wants to clinch up but Man keeps it at a distance.
Yakisoba scores with a jab to the body.
Yakisoba swats away the attempt to clinch by Man.
Yakisoba getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Yakisoba jabs Man right on the nose. Man blinks but takes it well.
Man takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Yakisoba throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yakisoba checks a leg kick nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Man.
Man tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Masahura Yakisoba will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Masahura Yakisoba's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Man doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Man misses with a low kick.
Yakisoba throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Man moves in looking to clinch but Yakisoba pushes him off.
Yakisoba circles away from the clinch attempt
and Yakisoba counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Man thinking.
Yakisoba misses with a two punch combination.
Man staying out of range there.
The fighters circling - Yakisoba throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Yakisoba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yakisoba throws a hook but Man avoids it easily.
Nice jab there from Yakisoba.
Yakisoba throws a body punch but Man moves out of range.
Yakisoba swings for the body but Man moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd cheers as Yakisoba lands an impressive looking overhand right. Man doesn't seem phased though.
Yakisoba fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yakisoba throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yakisoba throws the kick towards the body but Man avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Yakisoba.
A low kick from Yakisoba misses
and Man counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Man moves in looking to clinch but Yakisoba pushes him off.
Yakisoba misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Man counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Man.
Yakisoba looking to slow down the pace here.
Man missing with knees to the body.
Yakisoba on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Man dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Yakisoba is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Masahura Yakisoba is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Yakisoba.
Yakisoba on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Man putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yakisoba in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Yakisoba blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Man tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yakisoba avoiding damage as Man throws knees to the body.
Man misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yakisoba.
Yakisoba blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Man is stalling here.
Yakisoba leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man tries a knee to the head but Yakisoba blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Man with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Man missing with knees to the body.
Man using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yakisoba has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Man connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yakisoba's face.
Yakisoba pressing his opponent against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yakisoba as Man tries to tie him up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Yakisoba has Man pushed against the cage.
Man tries to land knees in the clinch but Yakisoba avoids the damage to the body.
Yakisoba managing to block the knees to the body from Man.
Man throws a knee to the head but misses.
Man misses with a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Man misses with a knee strike.
ImA Man has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Man connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yakisoba's face.
Man controlling the action here for a moment.
Yakisoba blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to ImA Man.
I think Yakisoba has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Masahura Yakisoba!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brad Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Horus Mithra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes comes to the cage accompanied by Red Right Hand - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Brad Barnes could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Horus Mithra's chin.
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182 lbs
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177 lbs
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Dangerous knees
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brad Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Horus Mithra!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mithra swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barnes.
Barnes moves into the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mithra.
Mithra manages to break the clinch.
Mithra swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barnes looks to land a body kick but Mithra moved away.
Mithra avoids a kick to the body.
Mithra on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Barnes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Barnes misses with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mithra as Barnes tries to tie him up.
Barnes is stalling here.
Mithra is looking to control Barnes's arms but Barnes gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mithra has his back to the cage.
Mithra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short body shot lands from Mithra as the two fighters clinch.
Mithra wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.
Mithra's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mithra connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Barnes's hands.
Mithra misses with a wild combination.
A big left from Barnes misses.
Barnes dodges the punch combination from Mithra.
Mithra lands with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mithra throws out a loose jab but Barnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mithra walks into a jab.
The fighters circling - Barnes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barnes throws a big shot that misses.
Mithra throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barnes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mithra avoids the body shot from Barnes.
Barnes with a nice cross.
Mithra throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mithra throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A head kick misses from Mithra.
Mithra rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barnes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mithra takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Barnes throws a body kick that misses.
Mithra stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Barnes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Barnes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mithra.
Barnes moves in looking to clinch but Mithra pushes him off.
Barnes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice defenses there by Barnes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a double jab.
Mithra looks to land a right hand but Barnes moved out of range.
Mithra misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Barnes counters with an outside leg kick.
Mithra uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes.
Mithra throws a hook but Barnes avoids it easily.
Barnes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mithra throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mithra takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barnes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mithra.
A jab from Barnes finds it's way through Mithra's defenses.
Barnes has managed to clinch.
Mithra avoiding damage as Barnes throws knees to the body.
Mithra avoiding damage as Barnes throws knees to the body.
Mithra avoiding damage as Barnes throws knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Mithra.
Mithra's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mithra throws a solid leg kick but Barnes takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Mithra.
Barnes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Mithra works the jab nicely.
Barnes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mithra.
Mithra throws a big shot that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Barnes tries to clinch but Mithra is having none of it.
Mithra blocks the body kick.
Barnes lands a body shot.
Mithra scores with a punch to the head.
Mithra lands a slapping body shot.
Horus Mithra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Mithra, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mithra misses with a series of wild punches.
Mithra swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Barnes takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mithra connects with a crisp jab.
Barnes slips a straight right by Mithra.
Barnes moves out of range as Mithra strikes.
A punch lands to the side of Barnes 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Barnes dodges the punch combination from Mithra.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes tries to clinch but Mithra moves out of range.
Mithra misses with a jab to the body
and Barnes counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mithra's knee momentarily.
Barnes misses with a hook.
Barnes throws a solid leg kick but Mithra takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Barnes.
A left lands for Mithra.
Mithra thows a leg kick but Barnes checks it
and Mithra takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barnes throws a nice looking combination but Mithra bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mithra slips a jab and a cross from Barnes.
Barnes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mithra throws a body punch but Barnes moves out of range.
Mithra getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barnes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barnes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barnes misses with a jab to the body
and Mithra counters with a right hand to the body.
Barnes defending well as Mithra loads up on a big left hand.
Barnes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Horus Mithra dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Mithra looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Barnes is fending him off so far but Mithra persists. Nope, Barnes circles away and we're back to standing.
Barnes staying out of range there.
Mithra ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barnes moves away.
Mithra throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Mithra lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barnes circles away quickly and effectively.
Barnes blocks a leg kick.
Barnes dodges the punch combination from Mithra.
A telegraphed right hand from Mithra misses the target.
Barnes misses with a kick to the body.
Barnes wants to clinch but Mithra slips to the side
and Mithra counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mithra. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes scores with a kick to the midsection.
Mithra cracks Barnes with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mithra avoids the head kick by Barnes.
Barnes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barnes wants to clinch up but Mithra keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mithra swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barnes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mithra takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A swing and a miss from Barnes.
Mithra takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Barnes moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Barnes fails to land.
Mithra blocks a body shot from Barnes.
Mithra lands an uppercut.
Mithra prevents a body shot from Barnes.
Mithra lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Barnes or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mithra.
Mithra stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Barnes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mithra.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mithra is struggling to control the position.
Mithra breaks from the clinch.
Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barnes throws a wild body kick that Mithra sees coming a mile off.
Barnes misses with a looping left.
Mithra lands with a hook. Barnes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mithra lands the left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mithra moves forwards but Barnes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mithra moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Mithra keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mithra connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mithra misses with a straight left.
Mithra takes a swing at Barnes's ribcage but misses.
Barnes throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnes tries to clinch up
and Mithra counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mithra has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Mithra looks to throw the jab but Barnes is out of range.
Mithra moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Mithra shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Barnes defends it nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mithra.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes walks into a straight right hand from Mithra.
Mithra thows a body shot but no joy.
Mithra swats away the attempt to clinch by Barnes.
Barnes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Brad Barnes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mithra swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Barnes counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Barnes misses with a hook. Mithra ducked under it nicely.
Mithra avoids the head kick by Barnes.
Brad Barnes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mithra jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mithra missing with a left hand there. Barnes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barnes just misses with a punch to the body.
Mithra connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Barnes's hands.
Barnes has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Barnes there as he acknowledges the shot.
Barnes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mithra scores with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mithra breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mithra shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Barnes manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Horus Mithra seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mithra lands a head shot.
Mithra misses with a looping right.
Mithra throws a leg kick but Barnes checks it.
Barnes tries to close the distance and clinch but Mithra swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mithra pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barnes tries to clinch up.
Barnes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mithra.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barnes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barnes defending well as Mithra loads up on a big left hand.
Barnes throws a jab when Mithra was well out of range.
Mithra digs a good body shot into Barnes's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Horus Mithra showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.
Mithra tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barnes was well out of range. Poor timing from Mithra.
Mithra swats away the attempt to clinch by Barnes.
Mithra throws a series of strikes that have Barnes backpedaling.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barnes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A big left from Barnes misses.
Mithra lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Barnes at a distance.
Barnes tries to close the distance and clinch but Mithra swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barnes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Barnes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mithra manages to avoid it.
A combination from Mithra does no damage.
Mithra on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mithra takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Mithra tries to land a front kick but Barnes steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A punch combination from Mithra misses.
Barnes lands a jab-cross combination.
Mithra misses with a two punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mithra digs a good body shot into Barnes's ribs.
Barnes moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Barnes ducks under a wild hook from Mithra.
Mithra bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mithra moves out of range as Barnes strikes.
Mithra throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mithra scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barnes doesn't seem bothered though.
Mithra scores with a jab. Barnes acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mithra connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Barnes pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mithra is out of range and Barnes settles back down.
Mithra throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Barnes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Mithra lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Mithra lands a nice shot that snaps Barnes's head back.
Barnes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Mithra throws a jab when Barnes was well out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Barnes.
Brad Barnes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes walks into a straight right hand from Mithra.
Barnes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mithra counters with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mithra connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mithra shoots in for a takedown but Barnes shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Mithra throws out a loose jab but Barnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mithra avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mithra has a takedown stuffed.
Mithra lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barnes circles away quickly and effectively.
Barnes throws a right and a left that Mithra avoids nicely.
Barnes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mithra lands a body shot.
Mithra slips a straight right by Barnes.
Barnes scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mithra throws out a loose jab but Barnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barnes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mithra counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mithra works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Mithra throws a body punch but Barnes moves out of range.
Mithra closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Barnes wants to clinch up but Mithra keeps it at a distance.
Barnes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
No joy there for Mithra, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mithra lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mithra avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A cross from Mithra lands.
Mithra throws the left hand but Barnes avoids the punch easily.
Mithra looks to land a combination. Barnes sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Mithra scores with a nice strike.
Mithra throws a hook but Barnes blocks it.
Mithra throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Barnes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mithra thinking.
Barnes is looking to clinch.
Barnes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mithra circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes ducks under a wild hook from Mithra.
Barnes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Mithra scores with a jab. Barnes acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Barnes misses with an attempted mid kick.
Barnes avoids the body shot from Mithra.
Barnes looks to clinch
and Mithra counters with a right hand to the body.
Mithra bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Mithra throws a shot from downtown. Barnes moves away and avoids it.
Horus Mithra is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Barnes throws a lazy right hand but Mithra sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mithra shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Barnes but Barnes pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Brad Barnes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Horus Mithra.
Barnes misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mithra misses with a few strikes there.
Mithra cracks Barnes with a good jab.
Mithra tries to land a leg kick but Barnes saw it coming and moves away.
Good work by Barnes as he checks the leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Horus Mithra comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mithra has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Horus Mithra!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yoshihiro Sexyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sexyama comes into the arena with Time to Say Goodbye blaring out of the sound system. Graham has chosen Get Ready To Deal as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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146 lbs
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Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yoshihiro Sexyama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Graham!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graham connects with a body shot.
Graham misses with a looping right.
A swing and a miss from Graham.
Sexyama wants to clinch up but Graham keeps it at a distance.
Graham works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nice jab there from Graham.
Sexyama wants to clinch.
Yoshihiro Sexyama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Graham throws a hook to the side of Sexyama's head but Sexyama sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sexyama's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Sexyama duly obliges.
Sexyama misses with a looping left.
Graham throws a hook but Sexyama avoids it easily.
Graham throws a jab when Sexyama was well out of range.
Graham shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sexyama lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Graham is rocked!
Graham scores with a decent looking hook.
Sexyama is looking to clinch but Graham is avoiding it.
Sexyama moves in looking to clinch but Graham pushes him off.
A big left from Graham misses.
Sexyama tries to clinch there but Graham circles away.
Graham misses with a wild body shot.
Sexyama is looking to clinch but Graham is avoiding it.
Sexyama tries to close the distance and clinch but Graham swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Graham circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sexyama takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sexyama uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sexyama darts in and clinches Graham up against the cage.
Sexyama working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sexyama gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Graham.
Graham is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Sexyama can't fight it off and eventually Graham manages to take the fight to the floor. Sexyama looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Graham drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Graham jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Graham wants to control from the top but Sexyama keeps moving.
Graham trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sexyama tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Graham's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Sexyama tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Graham seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sexyama defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Graham.
Yoshihiro Sexyama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Graham.
Sexyama connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Graham catches Sexyama with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Graham misses with an uppercut. Sexyama saw that one coming.
An inside leg kick lands from Sexyama.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sexyama tries to clinch but Graham is having none of it.
Sexyama keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sexyama throws the kick towards the body but Graham avoids it.
Graham blocks a jab.
Sexyama misses with a body kick.
A cross from Graham lands.
Sexyama tries to clinch there but Graham circles away.
Graham lands with a nice body punch.
Graham with a jab.
Graham avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Graham swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sexyama misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yoshihiro Sexyama dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Graham uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sexyama.
Sexyama bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Graham moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sexyama tries to clinch but Graham is having none of it.
Sexyama tries to clinch up but Graham circles away and keeps his distance.
Graham 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.
Sexyama lands with a cross.
A swing and a miss from Graham.
Graham avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sexyama waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Graham.
Graham swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Graham has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Graham there as he acknowledges the shot.
Graham uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sexyama.
Sexyama pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sexyama is looking to clinch.
Sexyama takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sexyama throws a big shot that misses.
Sexyama throws out a loose jab but Graham uses good head movement to avoid it.
Graham digs a good hook to Sexyama's body.
Sexyama is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sexyama tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sexyama gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Graham lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sexyama stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Graham tries for a takedown but Sexyama manages to get underhooks.
Graham blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Sexyama.
Sexyama has a couple of punches blocked by Graham.
Graham manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Graham pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sexyama takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sexyama tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Graham paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Graham misses with a straight right.
Graham misses with a hook. Sexyama ducked under it nicely.
Yoshihiro Sexyama is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Graham takes one to the chin there.
A left lands for Graham.
No luck for Graham with that takedown attempt.
Graham avoids a kick to the body.
Graham circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sexyama throws a big shot that misses.
Graham misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graham just misses with a punch to the body.
Sexyama throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Graham checks the leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Graham darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sexyama defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Graham.
Yoshihiro Sexyama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Graham.
Graham fails with a takedown attempt.
Sexyama fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Graham, pushing him back against the cage.
Graham blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sexyama creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Graham is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sexyama gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sexyama digs a right hand underneath Graham's ribcage. Graham let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Stalling in the clinch from Sexyama.
Sexyama lands with a right to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graham is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sexyama gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sexyama stalling in the clinch.
Graham tries for a takedown. No joy.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sexyama.
Sexyama keeps control of Graham as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sexyama misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sexyama.
Graham looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sexyama has a couple of punches blocked by Graham.
Sexyama has a couple of punches blocked by Graham.
Graham fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Graham has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short body shot lands from Sexyama as the two fighters clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nice body punch from Sexyama - that landed with a thud.
Graham lands an uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sexyama takes a shot to the head.
Sexyama scores with a shoulder strike.
Graham is breathing heavily.
Graham letting Sexyama take a breather here.
A right handed body shot lands from Sexyama.
Sexyama lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Graham or not.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sexyama misses with a short punch on the inside.
Graham tries to circle away but Sexyama has him pinned against the cage.
Graham has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Sexyama is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yoshihiro Sexyama dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Sexyama swings for the body but Graham moves out of range.
Graham will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sexyama rushes Graham and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Graham.
Sexyama lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Graham is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sexyama works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sexyama lands a nice shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sexyama creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sexyama manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Graham is trying to break the clinch but Sexyama has him pressed against the cage.
Graham is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sexyama wants to stall.
Sexyama swings wildly with an uppercut but Graham uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sexyama lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Graham.
A short right from Sexyama.
Sexyama lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Graham takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sexyama effectively controlling the action here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham is trying to force a seperation but Sexyama has the dominant position.
Sexyama scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Graham is still on wobbly legs! Can Sexyama finish him?
Sexyama digs a right hand underneath Graham's ribcage. Graham let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sexyama.
Graham's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Graham tries to pull guard but Sexyama holds him up against the cage and eventually Graham drops back down to his feet.
A right hook to the body lands for Sexyama.
A short body shot lands from Sexyama as the two fighters clinch.
Sexyama digs a right hand underneath Graham's ribcage. Graham let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Graham seems to have recovered his senses.
Sexyama lands a shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sexyama creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sexyama lands with a short shot to the head.
Sexyama lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Sexyama.
Sexyama lands a nice uppercut.
Sexyama lands a body shot.
Sexyama throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sexyama digs a right hand into Graham's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Graham's gas tank.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sexyama pushes Graham back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sexyama is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A nice left hand lands by Sexyama.
A left hand lands to the body for Sexyama.
A shot in the inside from Sexyama.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sexyama scores with a shoulder strike.
Sexyama lands a right hand that snaps the head of Graham backwards.
Sexyama scores with a hook to the body.
Sexyama lands with a light punch inside.
Sexyama lands a right hand.
Sexyama digs a right hand underneath Graham's ribcage. Graham let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sexyama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Graham has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sexyama trying to stall but Graham improves his position.
Sexyama lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Graham backwards.
Sexyama is leaning against Graham and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short body shot lands from Sexyama as the two fighters clinch.
Sexyama scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A shot in the inside from Sexyama.
Graham wants a takedown but no success here.
Yoshihiro Sexyama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Graham.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sexyama.
Sexyama stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sexyama working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sexyama lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sexyama's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Sexyama lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Graham backwards.
Sexyama lands a shot to the body.
Sexyama lands a nice shot to the body.
Sexyama is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Graham can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sexyama lands a left hand that snaps the head of Graham backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sexyama creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sexyama lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sexyama scores with a hook to the body.
Sexyama lands a body shot.
Sexyama leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sexyama lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Sexyama as the two fighters clinch.
Sexyama lands with a right to the head.
Sexyama works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Billy Graham has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sexyama gets through Graham's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Graham lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sexyama lands a body punch.
Sexyama lands a body punch.
Sexyama scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sexyama gets through Graham's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sexyama is pushing Graham up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A hook to the body from Sexyama.
Sexyama lands a body shot.
Sexyama doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sexyama taking a breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graham lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sexyama makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sexyama misses with some punches.
Graham is working for takedown but Sexyama is calmly controlling the position for now.
Come on Sexyama - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sexyama keeps control of Graham as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sexyama is leaning against Graham and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Graham blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Graham lands a nice shot to the body.
Sexyama taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sexyama misses with a body punch.
Sexyama is pressed up against the cage. Graham has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sexyama down to the mat. Sexyama avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sexyama.
Graham keeps the fight on the outside.
Sexyama lands a jab-cross combination.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sexyama lands a slapping body shot.
Sexyama tries to close the distance and clinch up but Graham swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yoshihiro Sexyama showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sexyama, 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:26
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yoshihiro Sexyama!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Renato Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Babbage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Bring Da Ruckus. Babbage has chosen Get baked as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Renato Gracie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Babbage!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Babbage but Babbage pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Gracie lands a jab.
Babbage moves out of range of the strikes.
Gracie misses the jab.
A big right from Gracie misses.
Babbage walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gracie checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Babbage on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice sprawl there from Babbage as Gracie shoots in.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie misses with an uppercut. Babbage saw that one coming.
Gracie loads up on a big right hand but Babbage slips the punch.
Renato Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Babbage throws a leg kick but Gracie moved away.
An inside leg kick lands from Babbage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Babbage misses its intended target.
Charles Babbage is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Babbage.
Gracie lands a lovely overhand right.
Gracie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Babbage throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Babbage throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gracie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gracie thows a body shot but no joy.
Babbage takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gracie checks a leg kick nicely.
Gracie takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Babbage takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Babbage slips under a jab from Gracie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babbage changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gracie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gracie connects with a right hand. Babbage shakes it off.
Gracie listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Some wild striking there from Babbage.
Gracie missing with a left hand there. Babbage was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gracie throws out a loose jab but Babbage uses good head movement to avoid it.
Babbage lands a nice looking body shot.
Babbage moves away from the strike by Gracie.
Gracie shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Babbage's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie throwing strikes from guard but Babbage blocks nicely.
Gracie with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Babbage is keeping the position.
Babbage pulls Gracie in to control the position.
Babbage is trying to keep Gracie in close.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Gracie misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
A left lands for Gracie.
Babbage is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gracie.
Gracie throws a right hand that Babbage ducks under and follows up with a left that Babbage also avoids with ease.
Babbage moves away from the strike by Gracie.
Gracie paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Babbage shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gracie fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Babbage avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renato Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie misses with a two punch combination.
Babbage walks into a stiff left hand from Gracie.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gracie.
Babbage throws a leg kick but Gracie sees it coming and checks it nicely.
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 Renato Gracie will probably get the nod.
That's time! Gracie's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Babbage.
Babbage defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gracie.
Charles Babbage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Babbage throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
Babbage swinging wildly here.
Gracie throws a body punch but Babbage moves out of range.
Gracie needs to keep his hands up - Babbage had a free shot at his head there.
Babbage ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Babbage takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gracie lands a nice shot that snaps Babbage's head back.
Babbage defending well as Gracie loads up on a big left hand.
Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown. Babbage tries to sprawl out of it but Gracie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Babbage manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babbage throws the left hand but Gracie avoids the punch easily.
A lazy left from Gracie finds it's target.
Babbage buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Babbage displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.
Gracie misses with a looping left.
Gracie misses the jab.
Gracie defending well as Babbage loads up on a big left hand.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Babbage but Babbage pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renato Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie shoots in and drives through. Babbage sprawls well.
Gracie misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Babbage throws a jab but it's blocked by Gracie.
Babbage keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gracie.
Gracie misses with a jab to the body
and Babbage connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice cross by Babbage.
Babbage rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gracie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gracie shoots in and drives through. Babbage sprawls well.
Babbage ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Gracie is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Gracie thows a body shot but no joy.
Gracie shoots and misses
and Babbage counters with an outside leg kick.
Gracie fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Gracie misses with a combination
letting Babbage counter with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a one two combo.
Babbage moves out of range of the strikes.
Gracie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Babbage.
A telegraphed right hand from Gracie misses the target.
Gracie throws a big shot that misses.
Gracie throws a big shot that misses.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Babbage as he avoids it easily.
Babbage displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.
Babbage slips under a jab.
Gracie has his takedown stuffed
and Babbage counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Gracie misses with a takedown
and Babbage counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babbage moves out of range as Gracie strikes.
Gracie shoots in but no luck this time.
Babbage jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gracie throws a hook but Babbage avoids it easily.
Gracie just misses with a punch to the body.
Babbage misses with a looping right.
Gracie slips a jab and a cross from Babbage.
Babbage keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gracie throws a looping overhand right but Babbage ducks down to avoid it.
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Babbage.
Babbage with a hook.
Babbage moves away from the strike by Gracie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Babbage showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Babbage misses with a looping right.
Gracie throws an overhand right that lands on Babbage's shoulder, as Babbage tries to avoid the shot.
Babbage throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie misses with a hook. Babbage ducked under it nicely.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Babbage lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Babbage takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Babbage moves away from the strike by Gracie.
Gracie bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Babbage's head.
Gracie avoids the head kick by Babbage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babbage tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie misses the jab.
Babbage misses with an uppercut.
Gracie lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babbage feints and then cracks Gracie's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gracie down.
Babbage with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gracie to score with a decent uppercut.
Babbage shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Babbage misses with a kick to the body.
Babbage walks into a jab.
Babbage looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gracie cracks Babbage with an open hand slap.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Charles Babbage seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice straight punches there by Gracie. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gracie.
Babbage is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gracie thows a left - swing and a miss!
Babbage defending well as Gracie loads up on a big left hand.
Gracie throws a jab but it's blocked by Babbage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Babbage.
Gracie digs a good hook to Babbage's body.
Babbage swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gracie misses with a hook. Babbage ducked under it nicely.
Babbage moves forwards but Gracie connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Babbage was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
Gracie falls off balance throwing a combination
and Babbage counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gracie's knee momentarily.
Babbage darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gracie tries to move into range but Babbage moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
An inside leg kick lands from Gracie.
Gracie lands a head shot.
A combination from Babbage does no damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Babbage.
Babbage moves out of range as Gracie strikes.
Gracie wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Babbage avoids a punch combination nicely.
Babbage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
Babbage slips under a jab from Gracie.
Gracie lands with an overhand left.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gracie thows a body shot but no joy.
Babbage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
Babbage ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gracie throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Gracie misses with a double jab.
Gracie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gracie works Babbage's body with a nice hook.
Good exchange - Gracie coming out on top.
Gracie shoots in for a double leg but Babbage sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Babbage ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Babbage throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gracie fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Babbage on the side of the head.
Babbage misses the jab.
Gracie throws a series of punches but Babbage avoids them all with ease.
Gracie closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Gracie keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Renato Gracie clearly takes that round.
That's time! Gracie's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Gracie throws out a powerful jab.
Babbage tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie lands a head shot.
Gracie works over Babbage's head and body with a nice combination.
Gracie lands with an overhand left.
Gracie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gracie looks for a takedown but Babbage sprawls well.
Babbage slips under a jab.
Babbage uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gracie.
Babbage has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Babbage throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gracie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gracie on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Babbage. Babbage obviously looking to wear him down.
Babbage avoids the body shot from Gracie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Babbage ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Nice cross by Gracie.
Gracie walks into a jab.
Babbage uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gracie.
A punch lands to the side of Babbage 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Babbage swinging wildly here.
Babbage misses with a body shot.
Babbage moves out of range of the strikes.
Babbage throws a hook but Gracie blocks it.
Babbage uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gracie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gracie stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gracie takes a swing at Babbage's ribcage but misses.
Some wild striking there from Babbage.
Babbage throws out a loose jab but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie has his takedown stuffed
and Babbage counters with a nice uppercut.
Babbage missing with a left hand there. Gracie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A swing and a miss from Gracie.
Babbage looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Gracie throws a sloppy body shot
and Babbage counters with a leg kick.
Babbage walks into a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babbage throws a hook but Gracie blocks it.
Babbage moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The fighters circling - Babbage throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Babbage lands a body shot.
Babbage stalling.
Gracie drops down looking for an ankle pick but Babbage pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renato Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Babbage misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.
Babbage lands with a nice body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie throws the left hand but Babbage avoids the punch easily.
Gracie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Babbage is looking to chop away at Gracie's legs.
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Babbage.
Babbage throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Babbage pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Babbage defending well as Gracie loads up on a big left hand.
Babbage throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gracie counters with a stiff right hand.
Gracie misses with a body punch
and Babbage counters with a good low kick that Gracie was not able to check.
Babbage scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Babbage dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Gracie bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Babbage's head backwards.
It looks like Renato Gracie has been cut.
Gracie shoots for a double leg takedown but Babbage sprawls well. He's pushed Gracie's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Babbage dodges the punch combination from Gracie.
Gracie lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gracie feints and then cracks Babbage's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Babbage down.
Babbage scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gracie loads up on a big right hand but Babbage slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babbage scores with a sloppy right hand. Gracie should have avoided that one.
Babbage takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Some wild striking there from Gracie.
Babbage tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babbage staying out of range there.
Babbage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Gracie takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Gracie is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Babbage.
A punch combination from Gracie misses.
Babbage sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Babbage is looking to slow Gracie down with leg kicks.
Babbage feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gracie's calf.
Gracie closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Gracie in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Babbage dodges the ground and pound from Gracie.
The strikes coming from Gracie are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Babbage is pushing Gracie's head away, looking to escape. Gracie manages to hold on to the position though.
Gracie fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Gracie working away.
Babbage regains half guard there - taking advantage of Gracie's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Gracie looks to throw the jab but Babbage is out of range.
Gracie looks to land a combination but Babbage avoids it well.
Babbage ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie takes a kick to the side of the head.
Gracie connects with a looping right hand.
Babbage keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gracie.
A nice leg kick lands there from Babbage.
Babbage misses with a straight right.
Babbage tries to move into range but Gracie moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Babbage thuds a left hand into Gracie's body.
A slow jab from Gracie misses its intended target.
Babbage displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.
Gracie shoots and misses
and Babbage counters with a one-two to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gracie is defended easily by Babbage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renato Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Babbage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Babbage.
Gracie avoids the head kick by Babbage.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but Babbage shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Babbage showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie throws out a loose jab but Babbage uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie lands a lovely overhand right.
A solid leg kick lands there for Babbage.
Gracie misses with a looping right.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Babbage comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Babbage has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 47:48
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 47:48
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Babbage! Charles Babbage retains his bantamweight title!
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