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TAFC: Biffs & Brawls 10 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steven Cold (ranked 21759 p4p, 624 weight class) and Ade Takulai (ranked 2016 p4p, 268 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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182 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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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
3 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Steven Cold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ade Takulai!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Eliza Hachem and Topper Green.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cold has Takulai up against the cage in a clinch.
Cold scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Takulai is trying to push Cold away but Cold has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cold tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
I was talking to Cold's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Cold breaks the clinch.
Cold takes the fight into the clinch.
Cold working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cold has Takulai pressed against the cage, preventing Takulai from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cold scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cold escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cold moves into the clinch.
Cold's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Takulai has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A solid leg kick lands there for Takulai.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cold gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Takulai is trying to pull guard but Cold has him pressed against the cage.
Cold manages to break the clinch.
Cold gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cold breaks from the clinch.
Takulai looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Takulai takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Cold fails in his attempt to clinch.
Takulai throws a fast counter high kick but Cold manages to duck under it in time.
Cold clinches with his opponent.
Cold lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cold lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cold breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cold drives through and clinches with Takulai against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cold manages to break the clinch.
Takulai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cold tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters circling - Cold throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cold lands with a slapping head kick.
Takulai tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cold counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Takulai down! Cold is looking to finish but Takulai is intelligently defending himself.
Takulai is rocked!
Takulai wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Cold is now in half guard.
Takulai pushes Cold off looking to stand but Cold dives back in and keeps control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takulai looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Takulai is trying to stand up here but Cold is controlling him well.
Takulai trying to control from the bottom.
Cold content to control rather than advance.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Takulai pushes Cold off looking to stand but Cold dives back in and keeps control.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
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.
Takulai throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
It looks like Steven Cold has been cut.
Cold has Takulai up against the cage in a clinch.
Cold doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cold tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cold prevents Takulai from breaking the clinch.
Cold lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Takulai or not.
Cold lands a left hand.
Cold softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Takulai wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cold cracks Takulai with a nice body shot.
Cold throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Takulais head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steven Cold dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Steven Cold's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Takulai tries a head kick but it misses.
Cold lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Steven Cold is winning the standup battle so far.
Cold throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Takulai stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Cold follows into mount!
It looks like Ade Takulai has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Takulai wants to hold on but Cold pushes him away.
Cold get's back to his feet.
Takulai misses with a kick to the body.
Takulai circles away from the clinch attempt.
Takulai was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Cold is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Takulai can do to turn this around?
Cold moves in looking to clinch but Takulai pushes him off.
Takulai appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takulai tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Takulai swats away the attempt to clinch by Cold.
Takulai raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Cold has managed to clinch.
Cold on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cold breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cold swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Takulai looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Takulai tries a head kick but it misses.
Cold misses with a two punch combination.
Steven Cold is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cold misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takulai throws a right and a left that Cold avoids nicely.
It looked like Cold was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Takulai scores with a head kick.
Cold has closed the distance and engaged Takulai in a clinch.
Cold lands a hook that snaps the head of Takulai backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cold is working Takulai over against the cage.
Takulai working hard to break the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cold misses with a punch to the body.
Takulai is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Cold is defending well.
Takulai takes a shot to the head.
Cold breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cold has Takulai up against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cold breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Takulai avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cold misses with a wild combination.
Takulai wants to counter with a clinch but Cold pushes him away.
Cold throws a head kick that Takulai semi-blocks.
Cold just misses with a punch to the body.
Takulai is looking for the big counter here.
Cold fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cold throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Takulai moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cold is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cold is looking to clinch.
Takulai tries a quick counter leg kick but Cold is wise to it.
Cold has closed the distance and engaged Takulai in a clinch.
Takulai tries for a takedown. No joy.
Steven Cold has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Takulai prevents a body shot from Cold.
Cold breaks from the clinch.
Cold tries a head kick but it misses.
Takulai throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cold's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cold displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cold is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A nice side step and Takulai releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steven Cold dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Takulai tries a head kick but it misses.
Cold tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Takulai tries a head kick but it misses.
Takulai throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Steven Cold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cold tries to close the distance and clinch up but Takulai swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cold swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takulai dodges the punch combination from Cold.
Cold tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takulai throws a sloppy head kick and Cold moves out of range easily.
Cold throws a leg kick that misses.
Cold moves into the clinch successfully.
Cold lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cold goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cold throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Takulais head.
Cold breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Takulai misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A quick step to the side and Cold tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab-cross combination lands for Cold and sends Takulai crashing to the mat! Cold follows him down to the mat - Takulai regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cold is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Cold tries to stand but can't do so whilst Takulai controls his leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takulai is trying to stand up here but Cold is controlling him well.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Takulai trying to control but Cold postures up.
Takulai looking for submissions off his back.
Takulai is looking to control Cold's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Takulai avoid being mounted?
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takulai misses with a double jab.
Takulai shoots in but no luck this time.
Steven Cold is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cold misses with a lunging right hand
and Takulai makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Cold really felt that one!
Takulai shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Cold as he jumps to the side.
Cold throwing a counter right hand but Takulai manages to avoid it.
Cold moves in looking to clinch but Takulai pushes him off.
Takulai throws a fast counter high kick but Cold manages to duck under it in time.
Cold takes the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cold lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Takulai.
Takulai takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cold breaks the clinch.
Ade Takulai has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cold displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Takulai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cold fails with an attempt to clinch.
Takulai is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Cold goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Cold darts in and clinches Takulai up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takulai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cold makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cold manages to break the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Steven Cold showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cold 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steven Cold!
A relieved looking Steven Cold thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eye Crap (ranked 4386 p4p, 426 weight class) and Danny Greene (ranked 2838 p4p, 320 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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26
166 lbs
10 - 15 - 0 |
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166 lbs
10 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eye Crap!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny Greene!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Ben Hemmingworth and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greene shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Crap napping and manages to drive through into side control!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Greene working the ground and pound.
Greene scores with punches from side control.
Greene misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Crap takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Greene scoring with punches from side control.
Crap is rocked!
Greene lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Oh Crap is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Greene scores with punches from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Greene lands a strong strike to the head of Crap. That's dazed him! Greene looking to finish here. Crap is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Greene lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Danny Greene!
Danny Greene was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dmitry Ovchinnikov (ranked 7065 p4p, 638 weight class) and Bann Harrow (ranked 3648 p4p, 454 weight class). Bann Harrow has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dmitry Ovchinnikov's chin.
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220 lbs
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213 lbs
9 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
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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
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dmitry Ovchinnikov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bann Harrow!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Hugh Johnson and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrow scores with a nice head shot.
Harrow tries a head kick but it misses.
Ovchinnikov swings for the body but Harrow moves out of range.
Ovchinnikov throws a looping overhand right but Harrow ducks down to avoid it.
Ovchinnikov defending well as Harrow loads up on a big left hand.
Ovchinnikov throws a hook but Harrow avoids it easily.
Harrow looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Good exchange - Harrow coming out on top.
Harrow tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ovchinnikov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ovchinnikov swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Harrow bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ovchinnikov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harrow throws a front kick aimed at Ovchinnikov's knee but Ovchinnikov avoids it well.
Ovchinnikov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ovchinnikov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Harrow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harrow connects with the punch.
Ovchinnikov lands a really nice looking cross but Harrow seems unphased.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harrow lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Harrow tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ovchinnikov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ovchinnikov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harrow looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A shot to the body from Ovchinnikov misses
and Harrow counters with a body kick that stops Ovchinnikov in his tracks momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrow scoring well with a low kick there.
Good leg kick by Harrow there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Harrow lands a leg kick that knocks Ovchinnikov off balance momentarily.
Harrow dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ovchinnikov tests Harrow's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Harrow jabs Ovchinnikov right on the nose. Ovchinnikov blinks but takes it well.
A slow jab from Ovchinnikov misses its intended target.
Ovchinnikov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ovchinnikov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harrow.
Harrow has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ovchinnikov.
Harrow misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harrow stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ovchinnikov.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harrow misses with some punches.
Harrow throws a punch but it's blocked by Ovchinnikov.
I was talking to Ovchinnikov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Harrow misses with the head strike.
Harrow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Harrow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ovchinnikov.
Ovchinnikov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Ovchinnikov fails to land.
Harrow softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ovchinnikov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ovchinnikov struggles to land a body shot inside as Harrow controls his hands.
Ovchinnikov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Come on Ovchinnikov - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Harrow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harrow throws a punch but it's blocked by Ovchinnikov.
Ovchinnikov stalling in the clinch.
Ovchinnikov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ovchinnikov lands with a light punch inside.
Harrow misses with the head strike.
Ovchinnikov stalling the fight.
Harrow gets through Ovchinnikov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Harrow swings wildly with an uppercut but Ovchinnikov uses good head movement to avoid it.
A shot in the inside from Ovchinnikov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrow misses with the head strike.
Ovchinnikov blocks an uppercut.
Ovchinnikov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ovchinnikov effectively controlling the action here.
Ovchinnikov tries a body shot but Harrow blocks it.
Harrow misses with some punches.
Ovchinnikov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ovchinnikov throws a hook but Harrow avoids it easily.
Dmitry Ovchinnikov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harrow misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ovchinnikov.
Harrow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ovchinnikov. Harrow does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ovchinnikov misses with a hook
and Harrow connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ovchinnikov throws out a loose jab but Harrow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harrow uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ovchinnikov.
Harrow is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Harrow swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A shot to the liver by Ovchinnikov. Beautiful body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ovchinnikov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harrow. Harrow obviously looking to wear him down.
Harrow connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ovchinnikov momentarily.
Ovchinnikov misses with a body shot.
A nice side step and Harrow releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ovchinnikov. Harrow does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ovchinnikov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harrow misses the shot to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Ovchinnikov misses the target.
Harrow ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Harrow was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A right-left combo lands from Ovchinnikov.
Ovchinnikov misses with a left hand
and Ovchinnikov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harrow slips a jab from Ovchinnikov.
Harrow scores with a decent looking hook.
Ovchinnikov misses with a looping right.
Harrow lands with an overhand left.
Ovchinnikov is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ovchinnikov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Oh Ovchinnikov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harrow punishes Ovchinnikov's body with a nice straight punch.
Look low, kick high! Harrow uses the oldest trick in the book to send Ovchinnikov tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! Harrow is absolutely delighted - when Ovchinnikov wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Bann Harrow!
An out of breath Bann Harrow thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aguta Grizzly (ranked 3919 p4p, 479 weight class) and Scotty Bapp (ranked 1754 p4p, 253 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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209 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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aguta Grizzly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scotty Bapp!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Ben Hemmingworth and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bapp staying out of range there.
Bapp scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Grizzly doesn't seem bothered though.
Grizzly with a jab.
Bapp throws an overhand right that lands on Grizzly's shoulder, as Grizzly tries to avoid the shot.
A big left from Grizzly misses.
Bapp steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Grizzly.
Bapp attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Grizzly listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bapp moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bapp wants to slow Grizzly down by chopping away at his legs.
Grizzly thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bapp moves away from the strike by Grizzly.
Bapp steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Grizzly.
Grizzly takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bapp displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grizzly throws out the jab.
Bapp looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bapp lands a high kick to the side of Grizzly's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Bapp dives into guard, looking to finish.
Grizzly is rocked!
It looks like Aguta Grizzly has been cut.
Grizzly is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Oh Grizzly is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bapp working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bapp throws a big elbow that misses.
Grizzly seems to have got his legs back now.
Grizzly seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Bapp trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Grizzly manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Bapp has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bapp keeping moving, preventing Grizzly from controlling successfully.
Grizzly loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Grizzly working some strikes from top position.
Bapp working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Grizzly doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Grizzly manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bapp escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Grizzly gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Grizzly postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bapp wants to sweep here but Grizzly controlling him for the moment.
Grizzly trying to control the position from guard on top but Bapp is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grizzly preventing the sweep.
Grizzly wants to stand but Bapp is controlling his posture from full guard.
Bapp avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bapp avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Grizzly is looking to work some ground and pound but Bapp has wrist control.
Bapp had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Grizzly defends it easily.
Grizzly chips away with some ground and pound.
Grizzly makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Bapp working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Grizzly doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Grizzly manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Grizzly works over Bapp with some ground and pound from guard.
Bapp is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Grizzly is aware though and is defending well.
Grizzly lands a couple of digs.
Bapp looking for a guillotine here but Grizzly defends easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grizzly avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Grizzly postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Grizzly is looking to work some ground and pound but Bapp has wrist control.
Grizzly trying to control but Bapp is working from the bottom.
Grizzly postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bapp is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Grizzly is aware though and is defending well.
Our spies down at at Psycho’s Elites inform us that Bapp has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Grizzly in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Grizzly working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bapp's head.
Grizzly distracts Bapp with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Grizzly trying to control the position from guard on top but Bapp is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bapp is looking for a triangle but Grizzly pushes his legs off easily.
Bapp wants to sweep here but Grizzly controlling him for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bapp keeping moving, preventing Grizzly from controlling successfully.
Grizzly scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bapp manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Grizzly manages to get himself to full guard.
Bapp stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Grizzly swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bapp distracts Grizzly with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bapp with a flurry of punches that miss.
Grizzly working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bapp.
Bapp loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Grizzly keeping full guard, as Bapp tries to pass.
Grizzly might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bapp stands and throws Grizzly's legs to the side, diving into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scotty Bapp dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aguta Grizzly's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Grizzly throws a body shot but no joy.
Bapp steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Grizzly throws a head kick that misses.
Bapp replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Grizzly blocks it well.
Nice defenses there by Bapp.
Grizzly with a nice cross.
Bapp bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Grizzly's head backwards.
Grizzly lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Grizzly tries to land a leg kick but Bapp saw it coming and moves away.
Grizzly bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Bapp rushes Grizzly and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bapp goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bapp is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Grizzly scores with a shoulder strike.
Bapp lands a hook that snaps the head of Grizzly backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grizzly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grizzly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grizzly working aggressively here.
Grizzly misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bapp misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Grizzly.
Grizzly takes a shot to the head.
Grizzly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grizzly has a couple of punches blocked by Bapp.
Bapp can't find room to land a body shot as Grizzly controls the action.
Bapp's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Grizzly stalling the fight.
Grizzly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grizzly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Grizzly misses.
Grizzly misses with a hook to the body
letting Bapp counter with a right hand.
A slow jab from Grizzly misses its intended target.
Grizzly throws a body kick that misses.
It seemed like Bapp was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bapp blocks a jab.
Grizzly misses the shot to the body.
Scotty Bapp seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That kick from Bapp tenderised Grizzly's leg. Grizzly is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grizzly missing with a left hand there. Bapp was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Bapp.
Grizzly takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Grizzly is looking to slow Bapp down with leg kicks.
Nice uppercut there from Bapp.
Bapp with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Grizzly to score with a decent uppercut.
Bapp scores with a jab to the body.
Grizzly walks into a jab.
Bapp lands a jab to the head.
Bapp avoids the body shot from Grizzly.
Bapp throws the kick towards the body but Grizzly avoids it.
Bapp will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bapp showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Grizzly.
Bapp is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grizzly ducks under a wild hook from Bapp.
Bapp connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bapp connects with a solid leg kick.
Bapp throws the left hand but Grizzly avoids the punch easily.
Bapp has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Grizzly lands with a right hand.
Grizzly fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bapp is out of range.
Nice defenses there by Bapp.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bapp.
Grizzly scores with a kick to the body.
Bapp throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bapp connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Grizzly with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grizzly drops Bapp with a big left hand and mounts him. Bapp is in big trouble!
Bapp is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Grizzly! Bapp is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Aguta Grizzly!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Chang (ranked 4400 p4p, 427 weight class) and Antonio Padilla (ranked 4660 p4p, 444 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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168 lbs
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World class MT
Cardio machine |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pedro Chang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Antonio Padilla!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Eliza Hachem and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chang darts in and clinches Padilla up against the cage.
Padilla tries a body shot but Chang blocks it.
Padilla has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Chang misses with a knee to the head.
Padilla takes an elbow to the forehead.
Padilla lands with a short shot to the head.
Padilla misses with some punches.
A short left from Chang.
Padilla avoids a wild elbow strike from Chang.
Chang blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Padilla tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chang's elbow.
Chang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Padilla swings wildly with an uppercut but Chang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Padilla misses with a body punch.
Padilla on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Padilla throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chang tries to land a knee to the head but Padilla blocks with his arms.
Chang blocking some punches.
Padilla doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Padilla has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Padilla throws a punch but it's blocked by Chang.
Nice body punch from Chang.
Padilla manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chang walks forward, straight into a front kick from Padilla.
Chang throws a head kick but Padilla moves out of range.
Padilla throws a wild body kick that Chang sees coming a mile off.
Chang misses the body punch
and Padilla counters with a nice kick to the body.
Chang throws a head kick that misses.
Chang rushes Padilla and presses him up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Chang.
Chang has a couple of punches blocked by Padilla.
Chang throws an elbow but it misses.
Padilla avoiding damage as Chang throws knees to the body.
Chang misses with a knee to the head.
Chang landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Padilla lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Padilla misses with a hook to the ribs.
Padilla can't find room to land a body shot as Chang controls the action.
Padilla pushes Chang back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chang misses with a hook to the ribs.
Padilla misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Padilla misses with a body punch.
Padilla tries to land knees in the clinch but Chang avoids the damage to the body.
Chang avoiding damage as Padilla throws knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Padilla just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chang's brow.
Chang lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Padilla throws an elbow but misses.
Chang lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right from Chang on the inside.
Chang lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Padilla has a couple of punches blocked by Chang.
Padilla struggles to land a body shot inside as Chang controls his hands.
Padilla dodges an elbow strike from Chang.
Chang misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chang creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Padilla's defenses.
It looks like Antonio Padilla has been cut.
Padilla takes a knee to the side of the body.
Chang lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Padilla.
Padilla blocking some punches.
Padilla takes a knee to the side of the body.
Chang tries a knee to the head but Padilla blocks it.
Padilla lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chang blocks a body shot from Padilla.
Nice elbow from Chang.
A right hook to the body lands for Padilla.
Knees to the body from Chang.
Chang misses with an elbow over the top.
Chang lands a body shot.
Padilla looks winded!
Chang lands a left hand.
Padilla blocks the elbow strike.
Padilla putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Chang in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chang lands a left hand.
Chang blocks a body shot from Padilla.
Chang blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Padilla takes a knee right on the jaw!
Chang landing knees to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chang lands a shoulder strike.
Chang doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Padilla misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chang lands with a short shot to the head.
Padilla doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Padilla has a couple of punches blocked by Chang.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Chang.
Padilla throws a punch but it's blocked by Chang.
Chang lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Chang scores with a nice hook to the head.
Padilla tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chang tries to land a knee to the head but Padilla blocks with his arms.
Chang lands an elbow that stopped Padilla in his tracks for a moment.
A short right from Chang on the inside.
Chang makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chang pushes off an throws an elbow but Padilla leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Chang misses with some punches.
Padilla lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Chang or not.
Padilla cracks Chang with a nice body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Chang fails to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chang misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chang lands a damaging elbow.
Chang has a couple of punches blocked by Padilla.
Chang lands a damaging elbow.
Chang prevents a body shot from Padilla.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Chang dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Padilla's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Chang with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Padilla connects with a looping right hand.
Padilla lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chang's sensitive parts.
Chang lands with a nice combination. Padilla backs away looking to recover.
Padilla scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Chang moves to clinch but Padilla breaks away
and Padilla counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pedro Chang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Padilla pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Chang throws a head kick but Padilla moves out of range.
Chang throws a head kick that misses.
Nice jab there from Padilla.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chang misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Padilla lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Chang takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Chang throws a lazy head kick
and Padilla counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Chang thinking.
A head kick misses from Chang.
A head kick from Padilla lands but Chang takes it in his stride.
Chang on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Padilla tries a head kick but it misses.
Pedro Chang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chang swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Padilla, right into the meat.
Antonio Padilla seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Padilla, right into the meat.
Chang will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Chang misses with a head kick.
Chang tries to close the distance and clinch but Padilla swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Padilla steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Chang.
Chang moves in looking to clinch but Padilla pushes him off.
Chang wants to clinch up but Padilla keeps it at a distance.
Padilla is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A jab lands there for Chang.
Crunch! Padilla slams his shin into Chang's torso.
Chang throws a right and a left that Padilla avoids nicely.
Padilla jabs at Chang's body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Chang thows a left - swing and a miss!
Padilla pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Padilla scores with a push kick.
Chang doesn't manage to clinch there - Padilla circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Padilla scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot to the liver by Padilla. Beautiful body shot.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Padilla.
Good leg kick by Padilla there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Chang takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Chang misses with a jab, cross combination.
Padilla cracks the inside of Chang's front leg.
Chang is looking to clinch but Padilla is avoiding it.
Padilla doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Padilla lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Chang throws a leg kick but Padilla moved away.
Chang misses with a few strikes there.
Chang wants to clinch.
Padilla misses with a wild body shot.
Chang misses the shot to the body.
Chang on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chang throws a body kick that misses.
Chang throws a body kick that misses.
Padilla avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Padilla was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Padilla throws a nice outside leg kick.
Chang walks forward, straight into a front kick from Padilla.
Padilla scores with a spinning back kick!
Chang avoids the head kick by Padilla.
Chang misses with a body kick.
Padilla connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Padilla blocks a head kick by Chang.
Padilla connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Padilla fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Chang looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Chang will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Padilla lands with a kick to the temple. Chang shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like Pedro Chang has been cut.
Chang has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Padilla.
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!
Chang is looking to score with low kicks.
Padilla fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Padilla displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chang throws out the jab.
Padilla scores with a head kick.
Chang tries to clinch there but Padilla circles away.
Chang lands with an uppercut that bounces Padilla off the cage and back into range.
Chang looks to clinch
and Padilla counters with a right hand to the body.
Chang is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Chang moves out of range of the body kick from Padilla.
Padilla scores with a kick to the body.
Chang tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chang swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Padilla counters with a right hand to the body.
Chang takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Chang tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A shot to the liver by Padilla. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Padilla lands a nice looking kick to the body. Chang takes a step back to recover.
Chang on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Chang misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio Padilla showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Chang takes a swing at Padilla's ribcage but misses.
Padilla throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Padilla checks a leg kick nicely.
Chang moves in looking to clinch but Padilla pushes him off.
A nice side step and Padilla releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Padilla getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Chang lands with a hook. Padilla tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Chang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Padilla.
Chang throws a hook but Padilla avoids it easily.
Chang throws the kick towards the body but Padilla avoids it.
Chang has closed the distance and engaged Padilla in a clinch.
Padilla lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Padilla scores with a nice hook to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Padilla cracks Chang with a nice body shot.
Padilla pushes Chang back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Padilla landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Padilla looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Padilla lands a good knee to the midsection. Chang won't want to take too many of those.
Good body shot from Padilla.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Padilla lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Chang.
Padilla breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Padilla thuds a left hand into Chang's body.
Padilla lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Chang doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Padilla.
Padilla cracks Chang with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Padilla scores with a leg kick.
Chang's corner calls for a 1-2. Chang obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Chang on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Padilla. Padilla obviously looking to wear him down.
Padilla fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chang.
Padilla lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Padilla throws a body punch but Chang moves out of range.
Chang takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Padilla connects with a high kick.
Padilla keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chang.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Padilla explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A nice inside leg kick there by Padilla. That's going to slow Chang down.
Chang throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Padilla counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Padilla takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Padilla slips under a jab.
Padilla throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chang swings away with a body shot that misses
and Padilla connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Padilla circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chang is looking to clinch.
Chang blocks the body kick.
Chang appears to be looking for a big counter.
Padilla swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Chang.
Chang misses with a double jab.
Chang rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Padilla moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Padilla connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Chang misses with a left hand
and Padilla counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Padilla avoids the body shot from Chang.
Padilla sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Chang chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Padilla can pounce on him.
Chang throws a combination that misses
and Padilla counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Padilla is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Chang rather than just go for the knockout.
Padilla scores with a leg kick.
Chang's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Padilla lands a head shot.
Padilla dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Chang takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Chang throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chang blocks a head kick by Padilla.
Padilla checks the leg kick nicely there.
Padilla avoids the head kick by Chang.
Padilla scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Chang wants to clinch.
Padilla throws a big counter head kick but Chang avoids it with no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Padilla lands a high kick!
Chang tries a low kick but Padilla avoids it.
Padilla has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Padilla misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chang.
Chang misses with a two punch combination.
Padilla throws a looping overhand right but Chang ducks down to avoid it.
Chang wants to clinch.
Chang stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Padilla.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Padilla throws a nice outside leg kick.
Chang takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Chang takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
Antonio Padilla comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Padilla 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 Francis DeMontford scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antonio Padilla!
Antonio Padilla thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tim Cahill (ranked 7775 p4p, 607 weight class) and Aidan Entity (ranked 6291 p4p, 557 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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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tim Cahill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Aidan Entity!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Topper Green and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cahill dips to his left and cracks Entity with an uppercut!
Entity manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Cahill on his heels. He'll look to pass Cahill's guard now, I'm sure.
Cahill working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Entity.
Entity is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Entity has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cahill has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Entity should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Cahill has tightened it up now! Entity should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Tim Cahill!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hank Vaughn (ranked 3112 p4p, 352 weight class) and Alvey Kulina (ranked 2741 p4p, 321 weight class). Alvey Kulina is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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184 lbs
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hank Vaughn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alvey Kulina!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Darius Henderson and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kulina 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.
A little feinted left hand from Vaughn on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Vaughn tries to clinch but Kulina moves away
and Kulina counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kulina scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Alvey Kulina seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kulina wants to slow Vaughn down by chopping away at his legs.
Vaughn throwing a counter right hand but Kulina manages to avoid it.
Kulina fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Vaughn checks it well.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vaughn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kulina unleashes a big counter combination but Vaughn bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Vaughn defending well as Kulina loads up on a big left hand.
Vaughn wants to clinch
and Kulina counters with a left to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vaughn tries to clinch there but Kulina circles away.
Vaughn is looking to clinch but Kulina is avoiding it.
Kulina lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Kulina jabs Vaughn right on the nose. Vaughn blinks but takes it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kulina lands a nice shot to the body.
Kulina throws an overhand right that lands on Vaughn's shoulder, as Vaughn tries to avoid the shot.
Kulina throws a jab when Vaughn was well out of range.
Vaughn moves into range and clinches up with Kulina.
Kulina lands a nice uppercut.
Vaughn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kulina avoids it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Vaughn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kulina is defending well for now.
A frustrated look appears on Kulina's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vaughn has a couple of punches blocked by Kulina.
Vaughn looking to throw knees to the head but Kulina is blocking nicely.
Kulina lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Hank Vaughn has been cut.
Kulina softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Vaughn has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Vaughn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kulina wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vaughn has him pressed against the cage.
Kulina is trying to break free.
Vaughn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kulina misses with an elbow strike.
Kulina blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vaughn misses with some punches.
Kulina misses with a body punch.
Vaughn misses with the head strike.
Kulina misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Vaughn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kulina tries to circle away but Vaughn has him pinned against the cage.
Kulina tries to circle away but Vaughn has him pinned against the cage.
Kulina manages to break the clinch.
Vaughn tries to clinch but Kulina is having none of it.
Vaughn looks to clinch
and Kulina counters with a head kick. That will keep Vaughn thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Kulina throws a hook but Vaughn avoids it easily.
Vaughn throwing a counter right hand but Kulina manages to avoid it.
Kulina avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kulina thows a leg kick but Vaughn checks it
enabling Vaughn to counter with a crisp jab.
Kulina circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kulina counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kulina swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vaughn has Kulina up against the cage in a clinch.
Vaughn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kulina's efforts to push away.
Kulina has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Vaughn seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kulina can turn it around.
Kulina creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kulina is trying to push Vaughn away but Vaughn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Vaughn throws a punch but it's blocked by Kulina.
Vaughn will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kulina up against the cage.
Vaughn lands with a right to the head.
Kulina breaks the clinch.
Vaughn wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kulina just misses with a punch to the body.
Kulina tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vaughn checks the leg kick.
Vaughn tries to clinch but Kulina moves out of range.
Kulina misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vaughn.
Kulina misses with a straight left.
Kulina throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kulina throws a nice looking combination but Vaughn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vaughn is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Kulina.
Vaughn has Kulina up against the cage in a clinch.
Vaughn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Vaughn.
Kulina on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alvey Kulina dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hank Vaughn's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Kulina tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vaughn was well out of range. Poor timing from Kulina.
Vaughn half committed to a counter leg kick.
Vaughn ducks under a wild hook from Kulina.
Vaughn tries to clinch up.
Vaughn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vaughn tries to close the distance and clinch but Kulina swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vaughn tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kulina counters with a thumping low kick.
Kulina pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kulina throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Vaughn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vaughn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vaughn has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kulina misses with a body punch.
Kulina tries to break free but Vaughn pushes him back against the cage.
Kulina wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right from Vaughn.
Kulina working hard to break the clinch.
Kulina has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kulina breaks from the clinch.
Vaughn tries to clinch up.
Kulina has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A bone on bone clash there as Vaughn blocks the leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Kulina.
Vaughn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kulina paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vaughn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kulina misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vaughn.
Kulina swats away the attempt to clinch by Vaughn.
Kulina doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn tries to clinch up.
Vaughn avoids the body shot from Kulina.
Vaughn moves in looking to clinch but Kulina pushes him off.
Kulina misses with a low kick as Vaughn jumps back.
Kulina throws a right and a left that Vaughn avoids nicely.
Alvey Kulina is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vaughn closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kulina cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vaughn tries to clinch up.
Kulina now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A jab from Kulina finds it's way through Vaughn's defenses.
A jab from Kulina finds it's way through Vaughn's defenses.
Some wild striking there from Kulina.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kulina fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Vaughn wants to clinch.
Vaughn clinches.
Vaughn struggles to land a body shot inside as Kulina controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Vaughn.
Vaughn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kulina avoiding damage as Vaughn throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kulina is trying to push Vaughn away but Vaughn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kulina misses with some punches.
Vaughn scores with a shot to the side of Kulina's head.
Hank Vaughn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kulina working aggressively here.
Kulina tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kulina blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vaughn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kulina breaks the clinch.
Vaughn will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kulina cracks Vaughn with a right hand to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A solid leg kick lands there for Kulina.
Kulina throws a shot from downtown. Vaughn moves away and avoids it.
Vaughn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vaughn tries to clinch up but Kulina circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alvey Kulina showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Hank Vaughn's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. 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.
Kulina throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Vaughn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kulina throws a front kick aimed at Vaughn's knee but Vaughn avoids it well.
Vaughn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Vaughn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vaughn tries to clinch but Kulina moves away
enabling Kulina to counter with a crisp jab.
Vaughn has closed the distance and engaged Kulina in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vaughn prevents Kulina from breaking the clinch.
Vaughn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vaughn lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kulina tries to break the clinch but Vaughn is controlling the position.
Kulina looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kulina is trying to push Vaughn away but Vaughn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Vaughn working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kulina breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A lazy left from Vaughn finds it's target.
Kulina throws a right hand that misses
and Vaughn counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kulina takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kulina misses with a looping left.
Kulina throws a combination. Vaughn tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kulina stuns Vaughn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vaughn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vaughn tries to close the distance and clinch but Kulina swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kulina flicks out a counter leg kick but Vaughn steps away.
Vaughn clinches up with Kulina and pushes him back against the cage.
Kulina breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vaughn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vaughn tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Kulina counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kulina looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kulina scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vaughn doesn't seem bothered though.
Kulina waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vaughn.
Vaughn tries to close the distance and clinch but Kulina swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kulina throws a jab when Vaughn was well out of range.
Kulina throws a big shot that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Vaughn misses the target.
Vaughn tries to clinch but Kulina moves out of range.
Vaughn is looking to clinch.
Kulina looks to land a combination but Vaughn avoids it well.
Vaughn throwing a counter right hand but Kulina manages to avoid it.
Alvey Kulina seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vaughn's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kulina connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Vaughn scrambles back to his feet.
Kulina pulls out of a head kick attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Vaughn misses the target.
Hank Vaughn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn closes the distance and clinches.
Vaughn missing with knees to the body.
Vaughn unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Vaughn lands a hook that snaps the head of Kulina backwards.
Vaughn landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Vaughn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kulina is defending well for now.
Vaughn landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Vaughn scores with a shoulder strike.
Vaughn slowing the pace effectively.
Kulina managing to block the knees to the body from Vaughn.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vaughn.
Kulina swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kulina blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kulina wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vaughn connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kulina's face.
Kulina is rocked!
It looks like Alvey Kulina has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vaughn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kulina is still on wobbly legs! Can Vaughn finish him?
Vaughn lands a left hand.
Vaughn tries to land a knee to the head but Kulina blocks with his arms.
A short right from Vaughn.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kulina is defending well for now.
Kulina throws a punch but it's blocked by Vaughn.
Vaughn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kulina has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kulina seems to have recovered his senses.
Vaughn has Kulina pressed against the cage, preventing Kulina from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kulina is trying to break the clinch but Vaughn is controlling him.
Kulina breaks from the clinch.
Vaughn wants to clinch up but Kulina keeps it at a distance.
Vaughn thumps Kulina with a low kick.
Kulina throws a looping overhand right but Vaughn ducks down to avoid it.
Vaughn throwing a counter right hand but Kulina manages to avoid it.
Kulina throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
It looked like Vaughn wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kulina throws an off balance right hand
and Vaughn counters with a slapping leg kick.
Vaughn closes the distance but Kulina moves to the side
and Kulina counters with a right hand to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hank Vaughn showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kulina 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 Dean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alvey Kulina!
Alvey Kulina took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Freebok (85% Laundry) for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Augustine Tupper (ranked 4841 p4p, 210 weight class) and Paulie Greene (ranked 1938 p4p, 101 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Tupper might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Can't Stop: Red Hot Chili Peppers. Paulie Greene has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Augustine Tupper's chin.
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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
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Augustine Tupper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paulie Greene!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Ben Hemmingworth and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tupper fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Greene to the ground. Tupper is now in Greene's guard.
Tupper is stalling in the full guard.
Greene pulls Tupper in close to prevent any damage.
Let's hope that Greene has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Tupper tries to free his leg and advance position but Greene is retaining full guard.
Greene keeping moving, preventing Tupper from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tupper throws a big right hand that misses.
Greene can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tupper controls the pace.
Tupper postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Greene is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Tupper, into his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tupper has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Greene can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Greene avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Tupper working for a triangle but Greene defends it easily.
Greene wants to stand but Tupper is controlling his posture from full guard.
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.
Tupper has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Greene can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Tupper working for a triangle but Greene defends it easily.
Greene must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Tupper looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Tupper wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Greene is now in half guard.
Greene is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tupper actively working from the bottom here.
Tupper looking for submissions off his back.
Tupper actively working from the bottom here.
Greene moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Tupper.
Tupper trying his best to control but Greene has mounted him.
Greene stands up from mount. Strange move.
Tupper misses with a low kick.
Greene misses with a looping left.
Tupper swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Paulie Greene is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tupper fails to land the takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tupper fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Greene has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A nice inside leg kick there by Greene. That's going to slow Tupper down.
Tupper's jab looks to have found its range, popping Greene under the eye.
Greene looks to throw a body kick
letting Tupper counter with a right hand.
Tupper gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Greene.
Greene missing with a left hand there. Tupper was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Greene tries to work over Tupper's front leg with a kick but Tupper checks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tupper shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Greene sprawls well. Greene wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Tupper gets slowly back to his feet.
Greene lunges at Tupper with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tupper's hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tupper takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Greene fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tupper has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Greene moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Greene misses with a leg kick
and Tupper counters with a nice double leg into side control. Greene won't be happy with that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paulie Greene dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tupper shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Tupper looking to sit in guard and control but Greene gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Tupper isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Greene stacks Tupper on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Greene!
Tupper is trying to control Greene's posture but Greene avoids it.
Greene tries to stand but Tupper is controlling his head.
Tupper wants to control but Greene postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Greene tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Greene stands up and beckons Tupper to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tupper drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Tupper tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Tupper thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Greene is pushing Tupper's head away, looking to escape. Tupper manages to hold on to the position though.
Greene gets back to half guard.
Tupper is looking for a kimura here.
Greene pushes Tupper off looking to stand but Tupper dives back in and keeps control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greene is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Tupper is working for a kimura but Greene is defending it quite comfortably.
Tupper looks to land a strike but Greene avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Tupper trying to control but Greene is working from the bottom.
Tupper slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Tupper pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Greene is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tupper throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tupper postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Greene is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Tupper, into his guard.
Tupper has an active guard here but Greene has managed to pass into half guard.
Tupper looking for submissions off his back.
Greene stands up out of the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tupper avoids the body shot from Greene.
Greene wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Greene ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Greene lands a nice shot to the body.
Tupper fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tupper looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Greene scoring well with a low kick there.
Greene is looking to slow Tupper down with leg kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Greene moves out of range of the strikes.
Tupper checks the leg kick.
Nice body kick from Greene.
Tupper shoots in for a takedown but Greene shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Greene misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tupper ducks under a wild hook from Greene.
Paulie Greene seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Greene chopping away at his opponent's legs.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Tupper.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Augustine Tupper. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tupper pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paulie Greene showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Tupper shoots for a double leg takedown but Greene sprawls well. He's pushed Tupper's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tupper takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Greene throws a sloppy head kick and Tupper moves out of range easily.
Tupper checks a leg kick nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Greene misses the target.
Tupper is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Tupper misses with a looping right.
Greene swings widly with a right hand
and Tupper counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tupper throws a body kick that misses.
Greene lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Greene throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Greene lands with a cross.
Tupper checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Tupper cracks Greene with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tupper looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tupper looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Greene!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Greene is trying to get back to half guard.
Tupper tries to score with some ground and pound. Greene controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tupper works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Tupper tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Greene tries to bench press Tupper off him but Tupper keeps the position.
Tupper thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Greene tries to improve position but can't.
Tupper tries to move into full mount but can't pass Greene's legs.
Tupper is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Greene knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tupper is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Greene has escaped the position, nice work there.
Tupper is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Greene knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Tupper scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Greene to see if he's OK.
Greene is trying to control Tupper's posture but Tupper avoids it.
Greene on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greene is looking for a sweep.
Tupper lands a nice forearm strike.
Greene is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Augustine Tupper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Greene wants to control but Tupper postures up.
Greene tries to control but Tupper manages to take his back.
Tupper missing with punches from the back.
Greene is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Paulie Greene is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Greene turns into Tupper and is now in his guard.
Tupper has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Greene is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Tupper.
Greene decides to take the fight back to the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greene takes a kick to the side of the head.
Greene thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Tupper if he has to take too many more of those.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Greene.
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!
Greene looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Paulie Greene seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tupper changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Greene tries to avoid it but Tupper manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Greene to the ground. Greene escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Greene is looking to score with low kicks.
Greene defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tupper.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Augustine Tupper. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Greene fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tupper has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Greene misses with a head kick.
Tupper throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Greene displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tupper throws out the jab.
Tupper throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Greene sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tupper on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paulie Greene.
I've got Greene 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paulie Greene!
Paulie Greene decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
In defeat, Augustine Tupper stepped up to the mic, saying 'Yeah, so ya know...um huh?'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Sight (ranked 2923 p4p, 354 weight class) and Erik Odinsson (ranked 1508 p4p, 197 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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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
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Sight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Erik Odinsson!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Summer Carpenter and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Odinsson throws a head kick but Sight moves out of range.
Sight throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Odinsson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sight misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Odinsson flicks out a counter leg kick but Sight steps away.
Odinsson lands a slapping body shot.
The fighters circling - Odinsson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Odinsson misses with a straight left.
A jab from Sight finds it's way through Odinsson's defenses.
Sight darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Odinsson just misses with a punch to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Good shot there by Sight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sight looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sight jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sight tries to bum rush Odinsson with a series of wild strikes but Odinsson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
An inside leg kick lands from Odinsson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sight looks to land a combination but Odinsson avoids it well.
Sight tries a head kick but it misses.
Odinsson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Odinsson connects with a body shot that sends Sight's belly button to the back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Odinsson throws a hook but Sight blocks it.
It looked like Sight wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Odinsson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sight avoids the body shot from Odinsson.
Sight throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Odinsson counters with a nice body kick.
Odinsson throws a head kick but Sight moves out of range.
A punch combination from Sight misses.
Odinsson works the jab nicely.
Sight throws a sloppy head kick and Odinsson moves out of range easily.
A little jabbing left from Odinsson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Odinsson. That's going to slow Sight down.
Odinsson connects with an inside leg kick.
Sight moves away from the strike by Odinsson.
Odinsson throws a body punch but Sight moves out of range.
Odinsson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sight throws a series of punches but Odinsson moves out of range.
Sight lands a two punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sight moves in looking to clinch but Odinsson pushes him off.
Odinsson looks to land a right hand but Sight moved out of range.
Odinsson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sight was well out of range. Poor timing from Odinsson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sight scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Odinsson misses with a body shot.
Odinsson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Odinsson is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Odinsson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Odinsson with a nice cross.
Sight tries to clinch up.
Odinsson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sight is out of range and Odinsson settles back down.
Odinsson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sight. Sight circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
No joy there for Sight, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Odinsson keeps the fight on the outside.
Odinsson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sight throws a right hand that Odinsson ducks under and follows up with a left that Odinsson also avoids with ease.
Sight blocks a head kick by Odinsson.
Sight sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Odinsson. That's going to slow Sight down.
Nice uppercut lands for Sight. That snapped Odinsson's head back.
Odinsson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A big right from Odinsson misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Odinsson lands a jab.
Sight swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Odinsson scores with a head kick.
Sight throws a big shot that misses.
Odinsson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sight pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sight lands with a straight right. Odinsson didn't see that one coming.
Sight is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Odinsson.
A combination from Sight does no damage.
Odinsson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sight moves out of range of the body kick.
Odinsson misses with a head kick.
Odinsson scores with a spinning back kick!
Odinsson jabs at Sight's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Odinsson throws a body shot but no joy.
Sight looks to land a combination but Odinsson avoids it well.
Sight looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sight swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Odinsson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sight lands a lovely overhand right.
Sight jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Odinsson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Odinsson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Odinsson looks to score with a jab to the body but Sight is just out of range.
Sight throwing a counter right hand but Odinsson manages to avoid it.
Odinsson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sight lands with a nice combination. Odinsson backs away looking to recover.
Sight on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Odinsson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sight throws out the jab.
Odinsson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Odinsson avoids the head kick by Sight.
Odinsson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sight is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Odinsson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sight, as that shot connected.
Odinsson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sight fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sight looks to land a combination but Odinsson avoids it well.
Sight is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Odinsson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Erik Odinsson will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sight takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Odinsson dodges the punch combination from Sight.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Odinsson! But no joy.
Sight stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sight looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A left lands for Odinsson.
Odinsson throws a head kick but Sight moves out of range.
Sight is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Odinsson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sight to score with a decent uppercut.
Odinsson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sight throws a right hand that Odinsson ducks under and follows up with a left that Odinsson also avoids with ease.
Odinsson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sight misses with a straight right.
Sight paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Odinsson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Odinsson slips under a jab from Sight.
Odinsson looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Sight looks to land a combination but Odinsson avoids it well.
Paul Sight is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sight bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sight pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Odinsson thows a body kick. Sight tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Sight fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sight blocks a jab.
Sight swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Odinsson.
Odinsson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Erik Odinsson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A punch combination from Sight misses.
Sight fails to land with a series of punches.
Odinsson raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Odinsson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Odinsson misses with a hook. Sight ducked under it nicely.
Sight thuds his right hand into Odinsson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Odinsson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Odinsson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sight has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sight moves out of range of the body kick.
Sight was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Odinsson throws a looping overhand right but Sight ducks down to avoid it.
Sight throws a big counter combination but Odinsson scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Sight lands the left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sight fails to land with a series of punches.
Sight on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Odinsson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sight tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sight slips under a jab.
Odinsson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Odinsson pushes Sight away with a front kick.
Odinsson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sight.
Odinsson throws a sloppy body shot
and Odinsson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sight's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Odinsson throws a push kick but Sight slaps the foot to one side.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Odinsson jabs Sight right on the nose. Sight blinks but takes it well.
Sight fails to land with a series of punches.
Sight has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Odinsson finds it's way round the side to connect with Sight's head.
Odinsson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sight will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Nice jab there from Odinsson.
Odinsson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sight throws an overhand right that lands on Odinsson's shoulder, as Odinsson tries to avoid the shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Odinsson.
Odinsson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Odinsson throws out a powerful jab.
Sight fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sight scores with a jab. Odinsson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Odinsson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sight avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Odinsson slips a jab and a cross from Sight.
Both fighters circling a little - Odinsson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Good work by Sight as he checks the leg kick.
As Odinsson looks to move away, Sight throws a big counter combo but Odinsson just gets out of the way.
The fighters circle, before Odinsson throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Sight's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Odinsson lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Erik Odinsson!
A victorious Erik Odinsson thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between DeJuan Carneiro (ranked 2263 p4p, 109 weight class) and Erran Morad (ranked 1259 p4p, 63 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Excellent boxer
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, DeJuan Carneiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Erran Morad!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Bruno Hogan and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carneiro has a takedown stuffed.
Morad let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
No luck for Carneiro with that takedown attempt.
Morad jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Carneiro misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've been informed that Morad has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Carneiro.
Morad bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Carneiro fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for DeJuan Carneiro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Carneiro defending well as Morad loads up on a big left hand.
Carneiro changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Morad fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Morad misses with a wild combination.
Erran Morad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carneiro shoots in and gets a takedown into Morad's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carneiro is fighting to break Morad's control of his arms but Morad is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Carneiro trying to control the position from guard on top but Morad is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Carneiro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morad is keeping the position for now.
Morad managing to control the position.
Carneiro loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Carneiro is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Carneiro throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morad works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Carneiro is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Carneiro working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Carneiro throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morad works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Carneiro landing with the ground and pound.
Carneiro missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Morad preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Carneiro missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Carneiro postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Carneiro postures up in Morad's guard and throws a big left but Morad blocks it.
Morad keeping full guard, as Carneiro tries to pass.
Morad keeping moving, preventing Carneiro from controlling successfully.
Morad working a defensive guard here.
Carneiro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morad is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carneiro working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Morad's head.
Carneiro wants to control from the top but Morad keeps moving.
Morad looking to control.
Carneiro stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morad swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Carneiro trying to control but Morad is working from the bottom.
Morad seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
No joy there for Carneiro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Carneiro ducks under a wild hook from Morad.
Carneiro closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Morad did well to prevent Carneiro getting side control.
Morad blocking the ground and pound attempt from Carneiro.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morad is not content to let Carneiro control the position.
Morad really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Carneiro. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Carneiro throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Morad gets back to full guard.
Carneiro postures up in Morad's guard and throws a big left but Morad blocks it.
Morad working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Carneiro.
Carneiro wants to control from the top but Morad keeps moving.
Carneiro thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Morad managing to control the position.
Carneiro slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
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 DeJuan Carneiro will probably get the nod.
That's time! Carneiro's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Morad throws a shot from downtown. Carneiro moves away and avoids it.
A punch combination from Carneiro misses.
Carneiro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morad.
Morad scores with a body shot.
Morad cracks Carneiro with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Carneiro lands a lovely overhand right.
Morad misses with a wild body shot.
Morad pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Carneiro throws a big counter combination but Morad scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Carneiro shoots in and drives through. Morad sprawls well.
Carneiro looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A punch combination from Morad misses.
Carneiro throwing a counter right hand but Morad manages to avoid it.
A big left from Morad misses.
Carneiro tries to counter with a takedown but Morad is quick to defend against it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carneiro moves out of range as Morad strikes.
Carneiro shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morad defends it nicely.
Carneiro shoots for a takedown but Morad saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for DeJuan Carneiro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carneiro throws a combination that misses
and Morad counters with a straight right hand.
Some wild striking there from Carneiro.
Carneiro shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Carneiro shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Carneiro showed some decent athleticism there.
Carneiro works his way into side control.
Morad avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Carneiro.
Carneiro tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Carneiro has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Carneiro goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Morad rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Carneiro's guard! Nice work there by Morad!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Carneiro is trying to keep Morad in close.
DeJuan Carneiro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Carneiro wants to sweep here but Morad controlling him for the moment.
Morad wants to control from the top but Carneiro keeps moving.
Carneiro is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Carneiro managing to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carneiro controls Morad momentarily but Morad frees himself.
Morad must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Carneiro is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Morad avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Carneiro.
Carneiro trying to control from half guard but Morad is working away.
Carneiro has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Morad blocking the ground and pound attempt from Carneiro.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carneiro misses with a head shot. Morad uses the momentum to regain guard.
Carneiro wants to control from the top but Morad keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carneiro is stalling in the full guard.
Morad preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morad avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Morad controls Carneiro momentarily but Carneiro frees himself.
Carneiro content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Morad controlling the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Carneiro showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Carneiro drops back looking for a leg! Morad is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Morad manages to kick Carneiro off! Carneiro jumps back into Morad's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Erran Morad will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Carneiro takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Morad ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Morad swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morad throws a hook but Carneiro blocks it.
Carneiro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carneiro fails with a takedown attempt.
Carneiro fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Morad on the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab lands there for Carneiro.
Carneiro fails with the takedown
and Morad counters with a straight right hand.
Erran Morad seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Carneiro shoots in for a takedown but Morad shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for DeJuan Carneiro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morad takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Morad buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Carneiro shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Morad counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morad throws an overhand right that lands on Carneiro's shoulder, as Carneiro tries to avoid the shot.
Carneiro takes one to the chin there.
Carneiro lands a two punch combo.
Carneiro shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Morad counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Carneiro shoots in looking for a takedown. Morad tries to sprawl out of it but Carneiro keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Morad manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Carneiro defending well as Morad loads up on a big left hand.
Carneiro attempts a counter takedown but Morad avoids it well and moves away.
DeJuan Carneiro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carneiro takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Carneiro shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Morad as he jumps to the side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Morad misses the shot to the body.
Carneiro appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Morad lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Morad leaves Carneiro with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Morad scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Morad throws a body shot but no joy.
Carneiro shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Morad as he avoids it easily.
Carneiro looking to score a takedown here. Morad is defending well but Carneiro drives through and ends up in Morad's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carneiro wants to control from the top but Morad keeps moving.
Carneiro throws a big elbow that misses.
Morad keeping moving, preventing Carneiro from controlling successfully.
Morad is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carneiro landing with the ground and pound.
Carneiro throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morad works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Carneiro pushing down on Morad's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Carneiro wants to control but Morad is keeping him busy.
Carneiro throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Carneiro seems to be looking for submissions.
Carneiro wants to control but Morad is keeping him busy.
Carneiro is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Morad defends it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carneiro throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Carneiro is thwarting Morad's attempts to control the position.
Carneiro missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Carneiro is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Morad keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Carneiro throwing shots but Morad is blocking nicely.
Carneiro thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Carneiro is working for a kimura but Morad is defending it quite comfortably.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Erran Morad.
I think Morad 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 Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Erran Morad!
A very excited looking Erran Morad made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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