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Syn 641 Murphy vs Magufuli PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Akihiro Gomi (ranked 2037 p4p, 208 weight class) and Marious La De Hoya (ranked 1063 p4p, 123 weight class). La De Hoya has chosen Cocaine as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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139 lbs
19 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Akihiro Gomi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marious La De Hoya!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La De Hoya lands with a thumping leg kick.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the body kick from Gomi.
Gomi dips to his left and cracks La De Hoya with an uppercut!
Gomi misses with a straight right.
La De Hoya misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gomi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Akihiro Gomi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomi misses with a left hand
and La De Hoya connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
La De Hoya is looking to slow Gomi down with leg kicks.
Gomi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gomi misses with an uppercut.
La De Hoya swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gomi throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
A big left from Gomi misses.
Gomi throws a low kick but La De Hoya moves out of range easily.
La De Hoya takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gomi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La De Hoya.
Gomi misses with a wild body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gomi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gomi.
La De Hoya avoids a punch combination nicely.
La De Hoya connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gomi throws a nice head kick!
Gomi looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
La De Hoya dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gomi. That did some damage!
La De Hoya looks for the body kick but Gomi saw that one coming.
Gomi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Gomi.
La De Hoya throws a body kick that misses.
Gomi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick that knocks Gomi off balance momentarily.
La De Hoya fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gomi.
La De Hoya throws a body kick that misses.
La De Hoya steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gomi.
Gomi just misses with a punch to the body.
Gomi lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Gomi moved away.
Gomi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gomi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomi throws a wild body kick that La De Hoya sees coming a mile off.
La De Hoya uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gomi.
La De Hoya thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Gomi if he has to take too many more of those.
Gomi throws a lazy head kick
and La De Hoya counters with a right hand to the body.
Gomi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gomi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gomi lands with a hook. La De Hoya tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gomi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from La De Hoya - that will leave a mark!
Gomi connects with a crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Gomi.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gomi.
Gomi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gomi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Gomi clinches up with La De Hoya and pushes him back against the cage.
La De Hoya taking a breather.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gomi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomi working aggressively here.
Gomi misses with the head strike.
La De Hoya pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
La De Hoya keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gomi.
Gomi looks to throw the jab but La De Hoya is out of range.
La De Hoya misses the jab.
Good leg kick by La De Hoya there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gomi throws a leg kick
and La De Hoya counters with a stiff right hand.
Gomi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before La De Hoya has time to react.
Gomi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gomi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
La De Hoya attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
La De Hoya ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
La De Hoya scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
La De Hoya throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gomi swinging wildly here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A kick lands to the mid section there for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Gomi.
La De Hoya is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gomi rather than just go for the knockout.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Gomi.
Gomi forces La De Hoya back against the cage and clinches.
Gomi misses with a punch on the inside.
La De Hoya looking to stall.
Gomi scores with a shoulder strike.
La De Hoya tries a body shot but Gomi blocks it.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya lands a left hand.
La De Hoya tries to circle away but Gomi has him pinned against the cage.
La De Hoya's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gomi misses with a lunging right hand
and La De Hoya counters with an inside leg kick.
Gomi throws a front kick aimed at La De Hoya's knee but La De Hoya avoids it well.
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 Akihiro Gomi will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gomi is looking to score with low kicks.
A slapping leg kick lands for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gomi throws a predictable looking body shot
and La De Hoya counters with a straight right hand.
La De Hoya throws a body punch but Gomi moves out of range.
Gomi avoids the head kick by La De Hoya.
Gomi misses the jab.
A bone on bone clash there as La De Hoya blocks the leg kick.
Gomi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gomi misses with a two punch combination.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick that misses.
That kick from Gomi tenderised La De Hoya's leg. La De Hoya is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gomi lands with an overhand left.
Gomi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from La De Hoya! But no joy.
La De Hoya throws a nice inside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as La De Hoya checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
La De Hoya throws a nice inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gomi misses with a straight left.
Gomi throws a leg kick but La De Hoya moved away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gomi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
La De Hoya slips under a jab.
La De Hoya lands with a thumping leg kick.
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Gomi moved away.
La De Hoya has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gomi finds it's way round the side to connect with La De Hoya's head.
Gomi throws a big shot that misses.
La De Hoya tries to work over Gomi's front leg with a kick but Gomi checks it.
La De Hoya lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gomi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gomi throws a front kick aimed at La De Hoya's knee but La De Hoya avoids it well.
La De Hoya only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Gomi lands with a nice combination. La De Hoya backs away looking to recover.
A low kick from Gomi is predictable there
and La De Hoya counters with a body kick.
A swing and a miss from Gomi.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from La De Hoya lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Gomi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gomi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gomi lunges at La De Hoya with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by La De Hoya's hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gomi throws a leg kick that misses.
Gomi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomi throws a good cross that connects.
La De Hoya throws a push kick but Gomi slaps the foot to one side.
La De Hoya tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gomi was well out of range. Poor timing from La De Hoya.
Gomi cracks La De Hoya with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La De Hoya scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gomi throws a wild body kick that La De Hoya sees coming a mile off.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as La De Hoya checks a leg kick.
La De Hoya moves away from the strike by Gomi.
Gomi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big right from La De Hoya misses.
Gomi throws a hook but La De Hoya blocks it.
Gomi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gomi misses with a wild body shot.
La De Hoya flicks out a counter leg kick but Gomi steps away.
Gomi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the strikes.
Gomi throws a body kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya staying out of range there.
A jab lands there for Gomi.
La De Hoya darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice body kick from La De Hoya.
Gomi misses with a double jab
and La De Hoya counters with a slapping leg kick.
Gomi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck La De Hoya on the side of the head.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Gomi down.
La De Hoya looks for the body kick but Gomi saw that one coming.
Gomi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La De Hoya can pounce on him.
Both fighters circling a little - La De Hoya finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Gomi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt La De Hoya.
La De Hoya fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gomi is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left lands for Gomi.
La De Hoya throws out a loose jab but Gomi uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gomi's sensitive parts.
Gomi throws a hook but La De Hoya avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
Gomi blocks a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat.
Good leg kick by La De Hoya there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
An inside leg kick from La De Hoya misses.
La De Hoya shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick that misses.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Gomi.
Gomi will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Gomi checks the leg kick.
Gomi checks the leg kick nicely there.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Gomi's front leg but catches the back leg as Gomi tries to avoid it.
Gomi misses with a body shot.
La De Hoya circles away from the clinch attempt.
La De Hoya was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya is looking to land body kicks.
Gomi looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Gomi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Akihiro Gomi will probably get the nod.
That's time! Gomi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Crunch! Gomi slams his shin into La De Hoya's torso.
Gomi avoids the body shot from La De Hoya.
Gomi scoring well with a low kick there.
That kick from La De Hoya tenderised Gomi's leg. Gomi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gomi scores with a jab to the body.
Gomi cracks La De Hoya with a good jab.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
La De Hoya keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gomi blocks a head kick by La De Hoya.
Gomi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and La De Hoya counters with an outside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Gomi misses the target.
Gomi takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
La De Hoya lands a really nice looking cross but Gomi seems unphased.
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!
Gomi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
La De Hoya pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gomi is out of range and La De Hoya settles back down.
La De Hoya pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gomi is out of range and La De Hoya settles back down.
Gomi throws a big shot that misses.
La De Hoya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gomi moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomi throws a nice outside leg kick.
La De Hoya has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
La De Hoya walks into a straight right hand from Gomi.
Gomi throws a series of strikes that have La De Hoya backpedaling.
La De Hoya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from La De Hoya. Gomi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gomi misses with a straight right.
Gomi throws a hook to the side of La De Hoya's head but La De Hoya sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gomi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gomi throws a jab when La De Hoya was well out of range.
A lazy left from Gomi finds it's target.
Gomi fails to land with a series of punches.
Good exchange - Gomi coming out on top.
La De Hoya is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya throws a body kick that misses.
La De Hoya is still on wobbly legs! Can Gomi finish him?
Gomi moves out of range of the body kick.
La De Hoya seems to have recovered his senses.
Gomi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck La De Hoya on the side of the head.
Gomi misses with a hook.
Gomi backing away here, and La De Hoya unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
La De Hoya throws a head kick but Gomi moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
La De Hoya sizes up Gomi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
La De Hoya throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gomi.
Gomi forces La De Hoya back against the cage and clinches.
La De Hoya tries to throw a body punch but Gomi avoids it by throwing La De Hoya back against the cage.
Gomi misses with a punch on the inside.
Marious La De Hoya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gomi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
La De Hoya checks a leg kick nicely.
La De Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gomi misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Gomi.
Gomi throws a body kick that misses.
Gomi forces La De Hoya back against the cage and clinches.
Gomi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
La De Hoya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gomi prevents a body shot from La De Hoya.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya pushes Gomi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gomi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt La De Hoya or not.
La De Hoya breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gomi has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by La De Hoya.
Gomi cracks La De Hoya with an open hand slap.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gomi. La De Hoya shrugs it off though.
Gomi throws a lazy right hand but La De Hoya sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
La De Hoya waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gomi.
Gomi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. La De Hoya manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gomi tests La De Hoya's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gomi throws a series of punches but La De Hoya avoids them all with ease.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gomi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before La De Hoya has time to react.
La De Hoya shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gomi thinks about countering with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by La De Hoya.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya throws a low kick but Gomi moves out of range easily.
Gomi tries to bum rush La De Hoya with a series of wild strikes but La De Hoya uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
La De Hoya only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A jab lands there for Gomi.
La De Hoya fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gomi is out of range.
La De Hoya tries to score with a low kick but Gomi moves his leg out of the way.
Gomi was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gomi throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Gomi scores with a three punch combo!
A low kick from La De Hoya misses
and Gomi counters with a good low kick that La De Hoya was not able to check.
La De Hoya looks for the body kick but Gomi saw that one coming.
Gomi is looking to counter punch.
Gomi scores with a one two! La De Hoya had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
La De Hoya keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gomi - that will leave a mark!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya just misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gomi blocks the body kick.
Gomi stuns La De Hoya with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Akihiro Gomi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gomi 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Akihiro Gomi!
Akihiro Gomi bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yancy Makaki Iii (ranked 559 p4p, 83 weight class) and Asa Sharp (ranked 2160 p4p, 270 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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177 lbs
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175 lbs
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World class boxer
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World class MT
Heavy handed |
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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
25 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Yancy Makaki Iii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Asa Sharp!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharp swings for the body but Makaki Iii moves out of range.
Makaki Iii throws a solid leg kick but Sharp takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Makaki Iii.
Sharp is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Makaki Iii with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Sharp. Those never looked like landing.
Sharp fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Makaki Iii manages to avoid it.
An inside leg kick from Makaki Iii misses.
Sharp appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Crunch! Makaki Iii slams his shin into Sharp's torso.
That kick from Makaki Iii tenderised Sharp's leg. Sharp is trying to keep his angry face on.
Makaki Iii throws a leg kick but Sharp sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sharp now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Makaki Iii.
Makaki Iii throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sharp looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sharp throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That kick from Makaki Iii tenderised Sharp's leg. Sharp is trying to keep his angry face on.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sharp. Makaki Iii does a little dance to reset his feet.
Makaki Iii definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Makaki Iii looking to land some kicks to the body here.
An inside leg kick from Makaki Iii misses.
Sharp lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Makaki Iii throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sharp sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Makaki Iii is looking to slow Sharp down with leg kicks.
Makaki Iii tries to land a body kick
and Sharp counters with a straight right hand.
Sharp throws a hook but Makaki Iii avoids it easily.
Makaki Iii throws a body punch but Sharp moves out of range.
Makaki Iii walks into a straight right hand from Sharp.
Makaki Iii bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Makaki Iii finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Makaki Iii lands a glancing blow to the side of Sharp's head.
Sharp has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Makaki Iii throws a good cross that connects.
Makaki Iii lands with an overhand left.
Makaki Iii scores with a jab to the jaw.
Makaki Iii staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sharp avoids the body shot from Makaki Iii.
Sharp swings widly with a right hand
and Makaki Iii counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sharp takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Makaki Iii lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Makaki Iii throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Makaki Iii throws a body shot but no joy.
Makaki Iii slips a jab from Sharp.
Makaki Iii jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sharp just misses with a punch to the body.
Makaki Iii lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Makaki Iii scores with a sloppy right hand. Sharp should have avoided that one.
Sharp tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Makaki Iii was well out of range. Poor timing from Sharp.
A chopping leg kick lands by Makaki Iii.
Sharp closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Yancy Makaki Iii seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sharp wants to land a leg kick but Makaki Iii is out of range.
It looked like Makaki Iii was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Sharp.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makaki Iii feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sharp's calf.
Sharp is looking to chop away at Makaki Iii's legs.
Sharp misses with a hook.
Sharp looks to land a body kick but Makaki Iii moved away.
Makaki Iii feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sharp's calf.
Makaki Iii misses with a head kick.
Makaki Iii throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good work by Sharp as he checks the leg kick.
Makaki Iii throws a leg kick that misses.
Sharp is looking for the big counter here.
Makaki Iii tests Sharp's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Makaki Iii lands a front kick.
A low kick from Makaki Iii is predictable there
and Sharp counters with a straight right hand.
Makaki Iii tries to land a front kick but Sharp steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
It seemed like Sharp was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That kick from Makaki Iii tenderised Sharp's leg. Sharp is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makaki Iii misses with a looping right.
Makaki Iii swings for the body but Sharp moves out of range.
Sharp scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Makaki Iii jabs Sharp right on the nose. Sharp blinks but takes it well.
Makaki Iii misses with an uppercut. Sharp saw that one coming.
Makaki Iii throws out a powerful jab.
Makaki Iii avoids a punch combination nicely.
Makaki Iii scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sharp wants to land a leg kick but Makaki Iii is out of range.
A big right from Makaki Iii misses.
Sharp moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Makaki Iii misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yancy Makaki Iii dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Makaki Iii moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Makaki Iii misses with a hook
and Sharp connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sharp has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Makaki Iii.
Sharp misses with a wild body shot.
Makaki Iii throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sharp makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Makaki Iii buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sharp keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Makaki Iii just misses with a punch to the body.
Sharp jabs Makaki Iii to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sharp misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Makaki Iii.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sharp stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Makaki Iii.
Makaki Iii lands a jab to the nose.
Sharp loads up on a big right hand but Makaki Iii slips the punch.
A punch lands to the side of Sharp 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Makaki Iii thumps Sharp with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Makaki Iii.
Sharp misses the shot to the body.
Makaki Iii lands a nice shot that snaps Sharp's head back.
Makaki Iii throws a body shot but no joy.
Sharp let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sharp keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Makaki Iii.
Sharp takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sharp swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Makaki Iii cracks Sharp with a good jab.
Sharp swinging wildly here.
Makaki Iii throws a body punch but Sharp moves out of range.
Sharp misses the shot to the body.
Makaki Iii is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sharp.
Makaki Iii misses the shot to the body.
Makaki Iii throws a jab but it's blocked by Sharp.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharp throws a hook but Makaki Iii blocks it.
Makaki Iii lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Makaki Iii misses with a hook. Sharp ducked under it nicely.
Sharp doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Sharp might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Makaki Iii has got the better of the exchanges.
Sharp blocks a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Makaki Iii 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Makaki Iii is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sharp can do to turn this around?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Makaki Iii throws a low kick but Sharp avoids it.
Sharp scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Makaki Iii doesn't seem bothered though.
Makaki Iii lands a jab.
Makaki Iii fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sharp manages to avoid it.
Makaki Iii throws a lazy right hand but Sharp sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Makaki Iii scores with a kick to the midsection.
Sharp throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sharp avoids the body shot from Makaki Iii.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharp lands a jab to the head.
Sharp throws out a leg kick but Makaki Iii moves out of range and Sharp only half commits.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sharp. Makaki Iii does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sharp's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Makaki Iii misses with a left hand
and Sharp connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Makaki Iii looks to throw the jab but Sharp is out of range.
Nice body punch from Sharp.
Sharp thows a leg kick but Makaki Iii checks it
and Makaki Iii counters with a right hand to the body.
Makaki Iii fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Makaki Iii uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sharp.
Makaki Iii lands a nice shot to the body.
Makaki Iii is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sharp.
Makaki Iii misses with a straight left.
Sharp throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sharp takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makaki Iii looks for the body kick but Sharp saw that one coming.
Sharp on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Makaki Iii. Makaki Iii obviously looking to wear him down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sharp checks a low kick from Makaki Iii.
Makaki Iii cracks Sharp with a right hand to the side of the head.
Makaki Iii keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sharp.
Makaki Iii misses the shot to the body.
Makaki Iii uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sharp.
Makaki Iii scores with a hook.
Sharp just misses with a punch to the body.
Makaki Iii lands a leg kick that knocks Sharp off balance momentarily.
Makaki Iii takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Makaki Iii misses with a body shot.
Sharp swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sharp lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yancy Makaki Iii dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Sharp takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Makaki Iii misses with a kick to the body.
Sharp misses with a straight right.
Makaki Iii bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Makaki Iii misses with a hook.
Sharp doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sharp fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Makaki Iii manages to avoid it.
Makaki Iii throws a looping overhand right but Sharp ducks down to avoid it.
A nice side step and Sharp releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Sharp is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Makaki Iii rather than just go for the knockout.
Makaki Iii connects with a looping right hand.
Sharp avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sharp has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Makaki Iii.
Makaki Iii dodges the punch combination from Sharp.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right-left combo lands from Makaki Iii.
Sharp tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Makaki Iii was well out of range. Poor timing from Sharp.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp blocks a leg kick.
Sharp swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Makaki Iii pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sharp throws a body shot but no joy.
Makaki Iii throws a big shot that misses.
Sharp throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Makaki Iii throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sharp.
A nice side step and Sharp releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Makaki Iii slips a jab from Sharp.
Makaki Iii thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sharp fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Makaki Iii lands a head shot.
Sharp drops his hands momentarily and Makaki Iii takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Makaki Iii misses with a hook to the body
and Sharp cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Makaki Iii throws a hook to the side of Sharp's head but Sharp sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sharp is looking for the big counter here.
Asa Sharp has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makaki Iii moves away from the strike by Sharp.
Makaki Iii tried to counter with a leg kick but Sharp avoided it.
Makaki Iii misses the jab.
Sharp now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Makaki Iii scores with a kick to the midsection.
Makaki Iii misses with a body punch
and Sharp counters with a lovely shot 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!
Makaki Iii lands with a hook. Sharp tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sharp lands a nice looking body shot.
Makaki Iii uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sharp.
Sharp has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Makaki Iii feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sharp's calf.
Makaki Iii cracks Sharp with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Makaki Iii scores with a jab to the body.
Makaki Iii keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Makaki Iii moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sharp misses with a body punch
and Makaki Iii finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Yancy Makaki Iii is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharp throws a leg kick but Makaki Iii moved away.
Makaki Iii misses with an uppercut.
Sharp misses with an uppercut. Makaki Iii saw that one coming.
Makaki Iii lands a really nice looking cross but Sharp seems unphased.
Sharp misses with the combination.
Makaki Iii misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sharp doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Makaki Iii takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sharp closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Makaki Iii punishes Sharp's body with a nice straight punch.
Makaki Iii misses with a two punch combination.
A countering left hand to the body from Sharp misses.
Sharp works Makaki Iii's body with a nice hook.
Sharp throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Makaki Iii counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makaki Iii misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Makaki Iii digs a good body shot into Sharp's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice shot by Sharp.
Makaki Iii dips to his left and cracks Sharp with an uppercut!
Makaki Iii throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sharp stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Makaki Iii connects with a solid leg kick.
Sharp with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Makaki Iii to score with a decent uppercut.
Sharp misses with a looping right.
Makaki Iii jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Makaki Iii keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yancy Makaki Iii is winning the standup battle so far.
Sharp ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Makaki Iii moves away.
Makaki Iii fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sharp manages to avoid it.
Sharp swings for the body but Makaki Iii moves out of range.
A slow jab from Sharp misses its intended target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yancy Makaki Iii showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Makaki Iii 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yancy Makaki Iii!
A very excited looking Yancy Makaki Iii made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Josh Cook (ranked 1160 p4p, 138 weight class) and Caius Cosades (ranked 730 p4p, 79 weight class). Cosades has chosen Morrowind as his entrance music. Josh Cook looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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27
154 lbs
15 - 7 - 0 |
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152 lbs
19 - 15 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josh Cook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Caius Cosades!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cosades takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cook just misses with a punch to the body.
Cosades drops his hands momentarily and Cook takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cosades swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cosades swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cosades throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cosades misses with a low kick.
Cook fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cosades manages to avoid it.
Cosades tries a low kick but Cook avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cosades throws the kick towards the body but Cook avoids it.
Cook swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Cosades swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cosades on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cosades lands a jab to Cook's midsection.
Josh Cook seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cosades goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Cosades feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cooks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Josh Cook is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cook looks to land a left hand but Cosades moved out of range nicely.
Cosades uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cook.
Cosades bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cook rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cosades counters with a stiff right hand.
Cook just misses with a punch to the body.
Cosades tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cook throwing a counter right hand but Cosades manages to avoid it.
Cosades connects with a high kick.
Cook takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Cook looks to throw the jab but Cosades is out of range.
Cook backing away here, and Cosades unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
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!
Cook waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cosades.
Cosades throws out a counter right but Cook avoids it with no problem.
Cook misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cosades.
Cosades misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cosades misses with a series of wild punches.
Cosades scores with a head kick.
Cook loads up on a big right hand but Cosades slips the punch.
Cosades moves away from the strike by Cook.
Cosades throws a body kick that misses.
Cosades keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook throws a right hand that misses
and Cosades decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Cook's guard.
Cook is trying to keep Cosades in close.
Cosades throws a big right hand that misses.
Cook working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cosades.
Cosades lands a couple of elbows.
Cosades stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cook swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cosades missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cosades throws a big elbow that misses.
Cosades scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cosades with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cosades working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cook's head.
Cosades working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cook is trying to hold Cosades in close to prevent damage but Cosades has managed to pass into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cosades is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Cosades connects with a nice short shot to Cook's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Caius Cosades dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Cosades lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cook moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cook scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cosades doesn't seem bothered though.
Cosades lands a big head kick that sends Cook tumbling to the mat! Cosades takes a step backwards and waves Cook back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Cook is rocked!
Cosades drops Cook with a big left hand! Cook is injured, injured bad! Cosades jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Caius Cosades!
During a confident post fight interview, Caius Cosades thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Midick Aiken (ranked 648 p4p, 72 weight class) and Peter Manuel (ranked 1122 p4p, 132 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 featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Midick Aiken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Peter Manuel!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Phil Schofield and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy left from Manuel finds it's target.
Manuel lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Manuel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Manuel thuds his right hand into Aiken's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Aiken moves away from the strike by Manuel.
Aiken was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Aiken chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Manuel can pounce on him.
Aiken misses with a body shot.
We've been told by Aiken's head coaches at Little Lebowski Urban Achievers Gymnasium that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Nice body kick from Manuel.
Manuel throws a hook but Aiken avoids it easily.
Aiken swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Manuel tests Aiken's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A combination from Manuel does no damage.
A little feinted left hand from Aiken on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Aiken tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Manuel was well out of range. Poor timing from Aiken.
Aiken jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Manuel lands a glancing blow to the side of Aiken's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Manuel digs a good body shot into Aiken's ribs.
Manuel looks to throw the jab but Aiken is out of range.
Manuel lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Aiken backs up against the cage.
Manuel misses with an uppercut. Aiken saw that one coming.
Peter Manuel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Manuel.
Manuel scores with a kick to the body.
Manuel has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Aiken is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Manuel slips under a jab.
Manuel throws a nice head kick!
Aiken's jab looks to have found its range, popping Manuel under the eye.
Aiken ducks under a wild hook from Manuel.
Manuel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Good leg kick by Manuel there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sloppy strikes from Manuel. Those never looked like landing.
A bone on bone clash there as Aiken blocks the leg kick.
Midick Aiken is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Aiken misses with a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Manuel.
A combination from Manuel does no damage.
A counter left hand to the body from Aiken misses its target.
The fighters circling - Manuel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Manuel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aiken dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manuel misses with an uppercut. Aiken saw that one coming.
Manuel throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Aiken's waist but Aiken gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Manuel off to one side.
Aiken avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A big left from Manuel misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Aiken misses the target.
Manuel fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Manuel slips under a jab.
Aiken throws a jab when Manuel was well out of range.
Aiken throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Manuel lands a nice shot that snaps Aiken's head back.
Manuel lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Manuel misses with a looping left.
A counter left hand to the body from Aiken misses its target.
Manuel lands a jab-cross combination.
Manuel takes a swing at Aiken's ribcage but misses.
Aiken swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Manuel misses with a takedown
and Aiken cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Manuel scores with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manuel with a poor takedown
and Aiken cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Midick Aiken has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Manuel.
Manuel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Aiken pushes Manuel away with a front kick.
Manuel walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Manuel tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Manuel misses with a body shot
and Aiken cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Manuel is rocked!
Manuel throws a head kick but Aiken moves out of range.
Aiken is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Manuel is still on wobbly legs! Can Aiken finish him?
A combination from Manuel does no damage.
Aiken connects with a body shot that sends Manuel's belly button to the back.
Manuel looks winded!
Aiken lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Manuel - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Aiken!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Midick Aiken!
An out of breath Midick Aiken thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mush Mouth (ranked 569 p4p, 72 weight class) and Dmitri Zaitsev (ranked 831 p4p, 108 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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35
270 lbs
23 - 17 - 0 |
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33
278 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 17 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mush Mouth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dmitri Zaitsev!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, William Gold and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaitsev with a jab.
Zaitsev closes the distance and pushes Mouth back into the cage.
Zaitsev effectively controlling the action here.
Zaitsev is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Zaitsev lands with a short shot to the head.
Zaitsev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zaitsev lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zaitsev lands with a right to the head.
Mouth stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Mouth looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zaitsev struggles to land a body shot inside as Mouth controls his hands.
A right hook to the body lands for Zaitsev.
Zaitsev lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mouth or not.
Zaitsev avoiding damage.
Mouth is trying to stall.
Come on Mouth - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaitsev slowing the pace effectively.
Mouth trying to stall but Zaitsev improves his position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zaitsev.
Zaitsev has Mouth pushed against the cage.
Zaitsev is working Mouth over against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Zaitsev - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Zaitsev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mouth can't find room to land a body shot as Zaitsev controls the action.
Mouth is trying to force a seperation but Zaitsev has the dominant position.
Zaitsev lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mouth backwards.
Zaitsev lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mouth backwards.
Mouth being controlled against the cage.
Mouth blocks a body shot from Zaitsev.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Mouth's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mouth misses with a punch to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Mouth is trying to push Zaitsev away but Zaitsev has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Zaitsev prevents a takedown attempt there.
Mouth being controlled against the cage.
Mouth has had enough of the clinch but Zaitsev keeps him there for the moment.
Mouth misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mouth looking for a takedown.
Mouth has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Zaitsev avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mush Mouth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mouth is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Zaitsev throws a punch but it's blocked by Mouth.
Mouth is working for takedown but Zaitsev is calmly controlling the position for now.
Zaitsev is working Mouth over against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zaitsev.
Mouth is breathing heavily.
Mouth misses with a body punch.
Mouth has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Zaitsev avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Zaitsev tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zaitsev scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zaitsev keeps control of Mouth as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Zaitsev has Mouth pressed against the cage, preventing Mouth from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Zaitsev is pushing Mouth up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Zaitsev pushes Mouth back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Zaitsev lands a shoulder strike.
Mouth looking to slow down the pace here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Zaitsev stalling in the clinch.
Zaitsev throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Zaitsev stalling in the clinch.
Zaitsev blocks a body shot from Mouth.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Zaitsev scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mouth misses with the head strike.
Come on Zaitsev - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nice body punch from Zaitsev - that landed with a thud.
Zaitsev lands a nice uppercut.
Zaitsev can't find room to land a body shot as Mouth controls the action.
Mouth letting Zaitsev take a breather here.
Mouth being controlled against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zaitsev.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mouth goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zaitsev gets underhooks to prevent Mouth's takedown attempt.
Mouth is trying to push Zaitsev away but Zaitsev has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Zaitsev lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dmitri Zaitsev dominated that round.
That's time! Mouth's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Zaitsev misses with a hook. Mouth ducked under it nicely.
Mouth misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mouth swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Zaitsev appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Mouth fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dmitri Zaitsev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mouth throws a shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zaitsev.
Mouth swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Zaitsev counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mouth steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Zaitsev. That one must have hurt.
Zaitsev misses with a hook.
It looked like Mouth was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Zaitsev misses the shot to the body.
Mouth takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mouth uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zaitsev.
As Zaitsev backs away, Mouth returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Zaitsev throws a sloppy head kick and Mouth moves out of range easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zaitsev tests Mouth's chin there with a solid looking shot.
It looks like Mush Mouth has been cut.
Zaitsev has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zaitsev throws a sloppy head kick and Mouth moves out of range easily.
Mouth swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mouth throws a body punch but Zaitsev moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mouth takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Zaitsev misses with a looping left.
Zaitsev instigates a clinch.
Zaitsev lands with a left to the head.
Zaitsev presses Mouth against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Zaitsev digs a right hand into Mouth's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mouth's gas tank.
Zaitsev tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Zaitsev.
Nice body punch from Zaitsev.
Zaitsev stalling.
Zaitsev working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Zaitsev as the two fighters clinch.
Zaitsev misses with a punch to the body.
Zaitsev taking a breather.
Zaitsev lands an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Zaitsev.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Zaitsev.
Zaitsev pushes Mouth back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zaitsev is stalling here.
Zaitsev displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mouth up against the cage.
Zaitsev misses with a body punch.
Zaitsev is stalling here.
Zaitsev gets underhooks to prevent Mouth's takedown attempt.
Mouth goes for a takedown in the clinch but Zaitsev prevents it.
Zaitsev stalls.
Mouth drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mush Mouth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zaitsev dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaitsev slows down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dmitri Zaitsev.
Zaitsev looks to land a combination but Mouth avoids it well.
Mouth shoots in but no luck this time.
Mouth ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zaitsev moves away.
Zaitsev throws out a counter right but Mouth avoids it with no problem.
Zaitsev lands a nice looking kick to the body. Mouth takes a step back to recover.
Zaitsev listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Zaitsev lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Zaitsev lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mouth has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mouth and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Zaitsev wants to slow Mouth down by chopping away at his legs.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Mouth.
Zaitsev throws a quick head kick that knocks Mouth silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Zaitsev is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Dmitri Zaitsev!
A relieved looking Dmitri Zaitsev thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Junkyard Dog (ranked 453 p4p, 63 weight class) and Don Stewart (ranked 244 p4p, 34 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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31
190 lbs
25 - 17 - 0 |
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34
187 lbs
28 - 11 - 1 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Junkyard Dog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Don Stewart!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stewart uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dog.
A lazy body kick from Dog
and Stewart makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Stewart takes one to the chin there.
Stewart takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dog jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stewart swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dog motions for Stewart to come forward. Dog throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dog connects with a jab.
Dog moves into range and clinches up with Stewart.
Dog misses with some punches.
Stewart misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dog.
Stewart working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Stewart stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Stewart swings wildly with an uppercut but Dog uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dog fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dog lands with a light punch inside.
Stewart working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Dog.
Stewart lands with a right to the head.
Dog misses with some punches.
A short right from Dog.
Stewart breaks the clinch.
Stewart throws a hook to the side of Dog's head but Dog sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dog was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Stewart scores with a shot to the body.
Dog comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dog throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stewart lands with a right hand.
We've been told by Dog's head coaches at Helsinki Private Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Dog misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stewart.
Dog pushes Stewart up against the cage in a clinch.
Stewart doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stewart doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dog struggles to land a body shot inside as Stewart controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Stewart.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dog lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stewart backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Dog.
Dog scores with a shoulder strike.
Dog tries to work over Stewart's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dog lands a body punch.
Stewart prevents a body shot from Dog.
Dog tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Stewart.
Stewart pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stewart ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dog drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Dog is chipping away with strikes.
Dog postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Stewart is looking to reverse the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dog creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Stewart sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Dog works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Dog working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Dog is looking to take a break and control but Stewart is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Stewart prevents Dog from moving into mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dog landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Stewart sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Stewart wants to control but Dog is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Dog wants to control but Stewart is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stewart is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Dog's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Dog's back!
Stewart is trying to stick to Dog's back but Dog is turning into Stewart. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Stewart's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Dog.
Stewart looking for a sweep. Not yet Stewart, not yet.
Dog trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Stewart wants to control the position but Dog says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Dog is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Junkyard Dog dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Stewart swings for the body but Dog moves out of range.
Dog is looking to counter punch.
Dog looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dog throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dog is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stewart can do to turn this around?
A slow jab from Dog misses its intended target.
Stewart doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Dog misses with a body punch
and Stewart counters with a straight right hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dog. That's going to slow Stewart down.
Junkyard Dog is winning the standup battle so far.
Dog looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dog throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dog works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dog tests Stewart's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Junkyard Dog seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stewart looks to throw the jab but Dog is out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Dog misses the target.
Dog misses with a right hand
and Stewart counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dog tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dog lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Dog throws a right hand that misses
and Dog takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dog ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Stewart lands with a right hand.
Good standup being displayed there by Stewart as he connects with a hook.
Dog throws a front kick aimed at Stewart's knee but Stewart avoids it well.
A countering left hand to the body from Stewart misses.
Dog connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dog clinches.
Dog lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stewart blocks a body shot from Dog.
Dog tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dog lands a nice shot to the body.
Stewart pushes Dog back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Junkyard Dog has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Stewart lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stewart presses Dog against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Stewart fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stewart blocks a body shot from Dog.
Dog lands with a short shot to the head.
Stewart misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dog prevents a body shot from Stewart.
Dog presses Stewart against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Stewart lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dog misses with a punch on the inside.
Dog breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stewart avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stewart rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stewart takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Stewart looks to score with a jab to the body but Dog is just out of range.
Dog throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Stewart cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dog fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Stewart throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stewart scores with a jab to the body.
Dog tries to land a front kick but Stewart steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Stewart swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dog catches Stewart with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dog throws a shot from downtown. Stewart moves away and avoids it.
Stewart is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Dog with a body shot.
Dog misses with a hook.
Stewart drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Dog defends it well.
Dog misses with a body shot.
Stewart throws a right hand that misses
and Dog counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dog takes a swing at Stewart's ribcage but misses.
Dog misses with a straight left.
Dog misses with a shot to the body
and Stewart counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stewart takes one on the button.
Dog connects with a right hand. Stewart shakes it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dog catches Stewart with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dog throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Stewart with a jab.
Stewart slips under a jab from Dog.
Dog tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stewart swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A telegraphed right hand from Stewart misses the target.
Dog wants to clinch.
Stewart misses with a hook. Dog ducked under it nicely.
Dog throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Stewart! But no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Junkyard Dog dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Dog uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stewart.
Stewart throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Stewart throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stewart swats away the attempt to clinch by Dog.
A little jabbing left from Stewart on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dog scores with a hook.
Dog scores with a hook to the body. Stewart takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stewart ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slow jab from Dog misses its intended target.
Stewart looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Stewart looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dog is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A nice side step and Stewart releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dog fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A little jabbing left from Stewart on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A left lands for Dog.
Dog lands a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Dog misses the target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Stewart! But no joy.
Dog is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stewart.
Stewart now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Stewart has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Dog.
A good leg kick by Dog.
Dog scoring well with a low kick there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dog.
Stewart throws a front kick that sends Dog stumbling back into the cage.
Dog ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stewart has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dog.
Dog tries a head kick but it misses.
Stewart bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dog tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stewart looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dog with a lazy takedown attempt
and Stewart counters with a stiff right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dog misses with a body kick.
Stewart throws a lazy right hand but Dog sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stewart missing with a left hand there. Dog was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dog misses with a body shot
enabling Stewart to counter with a crisp jab.
Stewart uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dog.
Stewart looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A solid body kick from Stewart.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Stewart misses the target.
Dog lands a head shot.
Stewart chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dog can pounce on him.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Stewart, as that shot connected.
Stewart moves out of range of the body kick.
Stewart throws a hook but Dog blocks it.
It looked like Dog was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Stewart.
Stewart wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dog takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dog throws a leg kick that is checked
and Dog takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dog looks to throw a body kick
and Stewart counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Good standup being displayed there by Dog as he connects with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dog lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Stewart scores with a shot to the body.
Dog rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stewart counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Stewart misses with an uppercut
and Dog counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dog misses with a lunging right hand
letting Stewart counter with a right hand.
Stewart lands a jab to Dog's midsection.
Dog lands with a nice body punch.
Dog misses with a hook
and Stewart counters with a nice body shot.
Dog swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Don Stewart has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stewart staying out of range there.
Stewart on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Don Stewart.
Well Dog 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junkyard Dog!
During a confident post fight interview, Junkyard Dog thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Esteban San Pedro (ranked 73 p4p, 11 weight class) and Nick Shamrock (ranked 108 p4p, 15 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think San Pedro might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Gunman. Shamrock has chosen One Winged Angel by The Black Mages as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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30
147 lbs
19 - 6 - 2 |
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34
148 lbs
34 - 6 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 6 - 2, fighting out of London, Esteban San Pedro!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Shamrock!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
San Pedro misses with a looping right.
San Pedro throws a shot to the body.
A slow jab from San Pedro misses its intended target.
San Pedro gets in close and instigates a clinch.
San Pedro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
San Pedro lands with a light punch inside.
Shamrock misses with a hook to the ribs.
San Pedro scores with a hook to the body.
Shamrock struggles to land a body shot inside as San Pedro controls his hands.
San Pedro blocks a body shot from Shamrock.
A head punch on the inside from Shamrock fails to land.
San Pedro lands a hook that snaps the head of Shamrock backwards.
A hook to the body from San Pedro.
Shamrock presses San Pedro against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for San Pedro.
Shamrock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
We've been informed that Shamrock 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.
Shamrock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for San Pedro.
San Pedro lands a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
San Pedro scores with a shot to the side of Shamrock's head.
Shamrock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
San Pedro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shamrock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shamrock can't find room to land a body shot as San Pedro controls the action.
Shamrock blocks an uppercut.
San Pedro lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
San Pedro lands a body punch in the clinch.
San Pedro can't find room to land a body shot as Shamrock controls the action.
Shamrock lands with a right to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from San Pedro.
San Pedro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shamrock's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by San Pedro.
Shamrock lands with a short shot to the head.
Shamrock has a couple of punches blocked by San Pedro.
San Pedro scores with a shoulder strike.
Shamrock prevents a body shot from San Pedro.
Shamrock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
San Pedro misses with a body punch.
Shamrock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
San Pedro misses with a hook from the clinch.
San Pedro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for San Pedro.
Shamrock tries to throw a body punch but San Pedro avoids it by throwing Shamrock back against the cage.
San Pedro scores with a shot to the side of Shamrock's head.
Shamrock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
San Pedro struggles to land a body shot inside as Shamrock controls his hands.
San Pedro lands on the inside with an uppercut.
San Pedro working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
San Pedro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for San Pedro.
San Pedro has a couple of punches blocked by Shamrock.
Shamrock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with San Pedro's elbow.
San Pedro misses with a hook to the ribs.
San Pedro swings wildly with an uppercut but Shamrock uses good head movement to avoid it.
San Pedro misses with some punches.
San Pedro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shamrock's elbow.
Shamrock lands a right hand.
Shamrock swings wildly with an uppercut but San Pedro uses good head movement to avoid it.
San Pedro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shamrock's elbow.
Shamrock misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
San Pedro misses with some punches.
Shamrock misses with a body punch.
Shamrock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with San Pedro's elbow.
San Pedro misses with the head strike.
Shamrock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shamrock misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for San Pedro.
Shamrock lands a body shot in the clinch.
San Pedro lands a body punch in the clinch.
Shamrock throws a punch but it's blocked by San Pedro.
Nice body punch from San Pedro.
San Pedro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shamrock scores with a shot to the side of San Pedro's head.
San Pedro blocking some punches.
Shamrock tries a body shot but San Pedro blocks it.
San Pedro throws a head punch that misses.
San Pedro misses with the head strike.
San Pedro misses with some punches.
San Pedro presses Shamrock against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
San Pedro throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock pushes San Pedro back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
San Pedro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shamrock working aggressively here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shamrock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with San Pedro's elbow.
San Pedro misses with a hook to the ribs.
San Pedro lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shamrock tries a body shot but San Pedro blocks it.
San Pedro lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Shamrock.
San Pedro lands with a short punch from the clinch.
San Pedro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
San Pedro misses with a punch to the body.
San Pedro misses with a punch to the body.
Shamrock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
San Pedro has a couple of punches blocked by Shamrock.
Shamrock misses with the head strike.
Shamrock tries a body shot but San Pedro blocks it.
San Pedro misses with a hook to the ribs.
San Pedro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shamrock misses with a hook to the ribs.
San Pedro misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Esteban San Pedro dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Shamrock throws a jab when San Pedro was well out of range.
San Pedro turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Shamrock cracks San Pedro with a good jab.
San Pedro has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Shamrock throws a good cross that connects.
San Pedro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shamrock can do to turn this around?
San Pedro sizes up Shamrock with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
It looks like Nick Shamrock has been cut.
San Pedro tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Shamrock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shamrock's jab looks to have found its range, popping San Pedro under the eye.
San Pedro misses with a low kick as Shamrock jumps back.
Shamrock fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but San Pedro is out of range.
San Pedro lands a nice shot that snaps Shamrock's head back.
San Pedro throws an overhand right that lands on Shamrock's shoulder, as Shamrock tries to avoid the shot.
Nick Shamrock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
San Pedro tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Shamrock is able to avoid easily.
Shamrock changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shamrock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but San Pedro was well out of range. Poor timing from Shamrock.
A big right from San Pedro misses.
San Pedro takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Shamrock missing with a left hand there. San Pedro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
San Pedro avoids the body shot from Shamrock.
San Pedro connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock scores with a crisp jab that stopped San Pedro in his tracks.
San Pedro checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nick Shamrock seems to be getting the better of the standup.
San Pedro connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Shamrock throws a body punch but San Pedro moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from San Pedro on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
San Pedro scores with a nice right hand.
San Pedro misses with a straight right.
San Pedro takes a swing at Shamrock's ribcage but misses.
San Pedro attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Shamrock throws a body shot but no joy.
San Pedro gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Shamrock.
San Pedro looks for the body kick but Shamrock saw that one coming.
A little jabbing left from Shamrock on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Shamrock throws a chopping leg kick but San Pedro manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
San Pedro tried to score with a low kick but Shamrock checks it.
Shamrock throws a low kick, looking for San Pedro's leg but San Pedro calmly moves out of range.
Shamrock throws a low kick, looking for San Pedro's leg but San Pedro calmly moves out of range.
Shamrock walks into a straight right hand from San Pedro.
Good shot there by Shamrock.
San Pedro moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shamrock listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
San Pedro takes a swing at Shamrock's ribcage but misses.
San Pedro getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Shamrock throws a lazy right hand but San Pedro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Shamrock defending well as San Pedro loads up on a big left hand.
San Pedro is looking to clinch.
San Pedro throws a body punch but Shamrock moves out of range.
Shamrock tries a quick counter leg kick but San Pedro is wise to it.
Shamrock throws a hook but San Pedro blocks it.
And San Pedro counters with a quick kick to the body but Shamrock blocks it.
Shamrock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shamrock takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
San Pedro takes a swing at Shamrock's ribcage but misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Shamrock. That snapped San Pedro's head back.
Shamrock takes a swing at San Pedro's ribcage but misses.
San Pedro misses with a right hand
and Shamrock counters with a straight right hand.
San Pedro looks to score with a jab to the body but Shamrock is just out of range.
Shamrock throws a low kick, looking for San Pedro's leg but San Pedro calmly moves out of range.
Shamrock misses with a leg kick.
Shamrock scores with a jab. San Pedro acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
San Pedro missing with a left hand there. Shamrock was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slapping leg kick lands for Shamrock.
San Pedro is looking to clinch but Shamrock is avoiding it.
A swing and a miss from San Pedro.
Shamrock slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
San Pedro looks to land a right hand but Shamrock moved out of range.
San Pedro has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from San Pedro there as he acknowledges the shot.
San Pedro scores with a hook to the body. Shamrock takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
San Pedro attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Shamrock only half commits to the counter leg kick.
San Pedro throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Shamrock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big right from San Pedro misses.
San Pedro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A slow jab from San Pedro misses its intended target.
Shamrock fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Shamrock jabbing away but nothing is landing.
San Pedro swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
San Pedro fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Shamrock checks it well.
Shamrock tried to score with a low kick but San Pedro checks it.
San Pedro swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
San Pedro connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Shamrock's hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
San Pedro throws a big shot that misses.
Shamrock misses with a combination
letting San Pedro counter with a right hand.
Shamrock throws a poor cross that misses
and San Pedro counters with a nice uppercut.
San Pedro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shamrock manages to avoid it.
Shamrock misses with a hook.
San Pedro throws a quick counter kick to the body but Shamrock avoids it.
Shamrock swings for the body but San Pedro moves out of range.
Shamrock fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. San Pedro looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
San Pedro loads up on a big right hand but Shamrock slips the punch.
San Pedro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shamrock bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Shamrock scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. San Pedro doesn't seem bothered though.
Shamrock slips a straight right by San Pedro.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
San Pedro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
San Pedro sizes up Shamrock with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
San Pedro lands a right hook to the body.
San Pedro has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Shamrock finds it's way round the side to connect with San Pedro's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Nick Shamrock will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Nick Shamrock's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Shamrock cracks a nice hook into San Pedro's ribs.
Shamrock thuds his right hand into San Pedro's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
San Pedro stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Shamrock.
San Pedro has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Shamrock.
Decent striking displayed by San Pedro there.
San Pedro lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A jab from Shamrock misses.
Shamrock tries to land a leg kick but San Pedro saw it coming and moves away.
San Pedro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shamrock.
Shamrock moves out of range as San Pedro throws a body kick.
Shamrock swings away with a body shot that misses
and San Pedro counters with a stiff right hand.
Shamrock misses with a hook to the body
and San Pedro counters with a low kick, right behind Shamrock 's knee.
San Pedro tries to clinch up.
San Pedro lands a really nice looking cross but Shamrock seems unphased.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shamrock takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Shamrock fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
San Pedro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Shamrock moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shamrock misses with an uppercut
and San Pedro counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
San Pedro throws a chopping leg kick but Shamrock manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
San Pedro takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice defenses there by San Pedro.
San Pedro throws a body punch but Shamrock moves out of range.
San Pedro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shamrock.
Shamrock misses with a low kick.
A quick step to the side and San Pedro tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shamrock dips to his left and cracks San Pedro with an uppercut!
Shamrock ducks under a wild hook from San Pedro.
Shamrock tries a quick counter leg kick but San Pedro is wise to it.
San Pedro will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Shamrock throws a shot from downtown. San Pedro moves away and avoids it.
Shamrock looks to score with a jab to the body but San Pedro is just out of range.
Shamrock lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
San Pedro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shamrock throws out the jab.
Shamrock misses with a body shot.
Shamrock throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
San Pedro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from San Pedro misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock defending well as San Pedro loads up on a big left hand.
San Pedro swings for the body but Shamrock moves out of range.
A shot to the body from Shamrock misses
letting San Pedro counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Decent striking displayed by Shamrock there.
Shamrock lands a body shot.
Shamrock jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shamrock takes a swing at San Pedro's ribcage but misses.
Shamrock looks to land a right hand but San Pedro moved out of range.
Shamrock moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Shamrock throws a solid leg kick but San Pedro takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Shamrock.
San Pedro throwing a counter right hand but Shamrock manages to avoid it.
San Pedro has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Shamrock.
Shamrock defending well as San Pedro loads up on a big left hand.
Shamrock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but San Pedro manages to avoid it.
San Pedro dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
San Pedro fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Shamrock, pushing him back against the cage.
Shamrock lands a nice uppercut.
San Pedro misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
San Pedro swings wildly with an uppercut but Shamrock uses good head movement to avoid it.
San Pedro scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shamrock.
Shamrock blocking some punches.
Shamrock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Shamrock.
San Pedro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Shamrock struggles to land a body shot inside as San Pedro controls his hands.
San Pedro lands a right hand.
Shamrock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
San Pedro misses with a hook from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Shamrock.
Shamrock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
San Pedro misses with a body punch.
Shamrock tries a body shot but San Pedro blocks it.
San Pedro throws a punch but it's blocked by Shamrock.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
San Pedro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shamrock lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
San Pedro struggles to land a body shot inside as Shamrock controls his hands.
San Pedro presses Shamrock against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
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!
Shamrock misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from San Pedro.
San Pedro lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Shamrock working aggressively here.
San Pedro blocks a body shot from Shamrock.
Shamrock scores with a shot to the side of San Pedro's head.
Shamrock blocks a body shot from San Pedro.
Shamrock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shamrock takes a shot to the head.
Shamrock tries a body shot but San Pedro blocks it.
San Pedro lands a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shamrock lands a left hand.
San Pedro lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Esteban San Pedro did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Nick Shamrock's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
San Pedro scores with a body shot.
Good shot there by San Pedro.
Shamrock dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
San Pedro explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
San Pedro slips under a jab.
Shamrock throws the left hand but San Pedro avoids the punch easily.
Shamrock lands a slapping body shot.
Shamrock blocks a jab.
Decent striking displayed by San Pedro there.
San Pedro scores with a body shot.
San Pedro moves away from the strike by Shamrock.
San Pedro misses with a low kick as Shamrock jumps back.
San Pedro looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Shamrock misses with a jab, cross combination.
Shamrock connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed San Pedro momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
San Pedro throws out a loose jab but Shamrock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shamrock looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Shamrock misses with an uppercut. San Pedro saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but San Pedro is out of range.
San Pedro's corner calls for a 1-2. San Pedro obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Shamrock lands with a thumping leg kick.
Shamrock swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
San Pedro throws a good cross that connects.
Shamrock throws out a loose jab but San Pedro uses good head movement to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Shamrock.
San Pedro avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Shamrock cracks San Pedro with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
San Pedro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shamrock.
San Pedro jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
San Pedro walks into a stiff left hand from Shamrock.
Shamrock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
San Pedro takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Shamrock takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
San Pedro walks into a straight right hand from Shamrock.
San Pedro looks to land a body kick but Shamrock moved away.
San Pedro getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Shamrock has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
San Pedro misses with a kick to the body.
Shamrock flicks out a counter leg kick but San Pedro steps away.
Shamrock with a hook.
San Pedro closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
San Pedro lands a leg kick that knocks Shamrock off balance momentarily.
Shamrock cracks San Pedro with a good jab.
Shamrock throws an ugly left hook that misses
and San Pedro counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
San Pedro just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shamrock. San Pedro does a little dance to reset his feet.
San Pedro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shamrock moves away.
Shamrock ducks under a wild hook from San Pedro.
Shamrock thuds a left hand into San Pedro's body.
Shamrock moves out of range of the body kick.
Shamrock scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
San Pedro throws a looping overhand right but Shamrock ducks down to avoid it.
Shamrock blocks the body kick.
Shamrock throws out a counter right but San Pedro avoids it with no problem.
Shamrock takes a swing at San Pedro's ribcage but misses.
San Pedro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shamrock throws out the jab.
San Pedro half committed to a counter leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but San Pedro moves away.
San Pedro was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Shamrock ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shamrock flicks out a counter leg kick but San Pedro steps away.
Shamrock throws a body punch but San Pedro moves out of range.
A good leg kick by Shamrock.
An inside leg kick from San Pedro misses.
Shamrock misses with a low kick.
Shamrock slips under a jab from San Pedro.
San Pedro lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
San Pedro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shamrock.
An attempted straight right counter from San Pedro misses the target.
Shamrock misses with a wild body shot.
San Pedro takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Shamrock moves away from the strike by San Pedro.
Shamrock throws a body punch but San Pedro moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from San Pedro on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
San Pedro closes the distance and clinches.
Shamrock can't find room to land a body shot as San Pedro controls the action.
Shamrock tries to work over San Pedro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shamrock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with San Pedro's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
San Pedro can't find room to land a body shot as Shamrock controls the action.
San Pedro lands with a right to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, San Pedro creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from San Pedro fails to land.
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!
San Pedro lands a body punch.
A shot in the inside from San Pedro.
San Pedro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
San Pedro tries to throw a body punch but Shamrock avoids it by throwing San Pedro back against the cage.
San Pedro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from San Pedro fails to land.
San Pedro lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shamrock backwards.
San Pedro throws a head punch that misses.
Shamrock throws a head punch that misses.
Shamrock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Shamrock as San Pedro tries to tie him up.
A short left from San Pedro.
San Pedro throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Esteban San Pedro will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nick Shamrock's cut.
That's time! San Pedro's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
San Pedro jabs Shamrock to the body, keeping him at a distance.
San Pedro misses with an uppercut.
Shamrock feints a counter leg kick.
Shamrock throws the left hand but San Pedro avoids the punch easily.
San Pedro connects with a solid leg kick.
Shamrock misses with a hook to the body
and San Pedro makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Shamrock moves out of range as San Pedro strikes.
Shamrock appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
San Pedro is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A swing and a miss from Shamrock.
A big left from San Pedro misses.
Shamrock missing with a left hand there. San Pedro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
San Pedro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shamrock lands with a straight right. San Pedro didn't see that one coming.
San Pedro takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick from San Pedro lands but Shamrock takes it in his stride.
Shamrock digs a good body shot into San Pedro's ribs.
Shamrock lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
San Pedro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shamrock.
A telegraphed right hand from Shamrock misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
San Pedro misses with a hook.
San Pedro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shamrock was well out of range. Poor timing from San Pedro.
San Pedro scoring well with a low kick there.
San Pedro misses with a few strikes there.
A countering left hand to the body from Shamrock misses.
Shamrock looks to land a right hand but San Pedro moved out of range.
Shamrock blocks the body kick.
San Pedro takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice defenses there by Shamrock.
San Pedro throws a body punch but Shamrock moves out of range.
San Pedro looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Shamrock tries a quick counter leg kick but San Pedro is wise to it.
A big right from San Pedro misses.
San Pedro defending well as Shamrock loads up on a big left hand.
San Pedro half committed to a counter leg kick.
Shamrock lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Shamrock scores with a jab. San Pedro acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
San Pedro's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Shamrock connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! San Pedro scrambles back to his feet.
Shamrock changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
San Pedro ducks under a wild hook from Shamrock.
San Pedro feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Shamrock digs a good body shot into San Pedro's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
San Pedro looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A slapping body kick lands there for San Pedro.
San Pedro misses with a body kick.
Shamrock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as San Pedro throws out the jab.
Shamrock doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Jab, jab by Shamrock - just one landing.
Shamrock throws a leg kick
and San Pedro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Shamrock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but San Pedro manages to avoid it.
San Pedro looks to score with a jab to the body but Shamrock is just out of range.
Shamrock blocks the body kick.
San Pedro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shamrock.
Shamrock throws out a leg kick but San Pedro moves out of range and Shamrock only half commits.
San Pedro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shamrock manages to avoid it.
San Pedro takes a swing at Shamrock's ribcage but misses.
Shamrock chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before San Pedro can pounce on him.
Shamrock misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
San Pedro throws a big shot that misses.
Shamrock moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Shamrock throws a jab when San Pedro was well out of range.
Shamrock misses with a wild body shot.
Shamrock lands with a thumping leg kick.
Shamrock thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice jab there from San Pedro.
Nice cross by San Pedro.
San Pedro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shamrock throws a leg kick
enabling San Pedro to counter with a crisp jab.
San Pedro throws the kick towards the body but Shamrock avoids it.
Shamrock bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps San Pedro's head backwards.
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!
Shamrock slips a jab from San Pedro.
Shamrock scores with a nice right hand.
Shamrock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but San Pedro was well out of range. Poor timing from Shamrock.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Shamrock 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.
San Pedro cracks a nice hook into Shamrock's ribs.
San Pedro slips under a jab.
San Pedro looks to land a right hand but Shamrock moved out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Shamrock.
San Pedro with a nice cross.
Shamrock throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent San Pedro stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
San Pedro looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Shamrock takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Shamrock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by San Pedro.
Shamrock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
San Pedro was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
San Pedro looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
San Pedro throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shamrock sizes up San Pedro with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
San Pedro misses with a kick to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Nick Shamrock.
I think San Pedro has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 50:45
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 50:45
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Esteban San Pedro!
Esteban San Pedro retains his featherweight title!
A victorious Esteban San Pedro thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
The defeated Nick Shamrock had this to say: 'I lost!?! How did I lose?'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Archibald Knox (ranked 216 p4p, 31 weight class) and Michael Garibaldi (ranked 115 p4p, 13 weight class). Garibaldi has chosen Resist and Bite - Sabaton as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Archibald Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Garibaldi!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Ackerman and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garibaldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knox.
Garibaldi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.
Knox with a hook.
Knox lands a body shot.
Knox looks to land a body kick but Garibaldi moved away.
Garibaldi avoids the head kick by Knox.
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Archibald Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garibaldi feints and then cracks Knox's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Knox down.
A bone on bone clash there as Knox blocks the leg kick.
Knox is looking to counter punch.
Knox throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Garibaldi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Knox momentarily.
A big right from Knox misses.
It seemed like Garibaldi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Garibaldi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Knox on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knox steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garibaldi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garibaldi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knox.
A jab lands there for Garibaldi.
Knox gets tackled into the cage by Garibaldi. Garibaldi maintains the clinch.
Garibaldi lands with a right to the head.
Knox tries to circle away but Garibaldi has him pinned against the cage.
Garibaldi working aggressively here.
I was talking to Knox's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Knox doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knox misses with the head strike.
Knox manages to break the clinch.
Knox lands with a hook. Garibaldi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Knox lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garibaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
A chopping leg kick lands by Knox.
A nice inside leg kick there by Garibaldi. That's going to slow Knox down.
Decent striking displayed by Knox there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knox takes a swing at Garibaldi's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garibaldi looks to land a left hand but Knox moved out of range nicely.
Garibaldi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Knox thumps Garibaldi with a low kick.
Knox throws a sloppy body shot
and Garibaldi counters with an outside leg kick.
Garibaldi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knox moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Knox. That's going to slow Garibaldi down.
Knox 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.
Knox scores with a jab to the body.
Garibaldi takes a swing at Knox's ribcage but misses.
Garibaldi tries to bum rush Knox with a series of wild strikes but Knox uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
An inside leg kick from Knox misses.
Knox throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Knox misses with a straight right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garibaldi slips under a jab.
Garibaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Knox displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garibaldi throws out the jab.
Garibaldi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Knox lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garibaldi.
Knox appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Garibaldi takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Knox moves out of range of the strikes.
Knox missing with a left hand there. Garibaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knox pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Knox moves into range and connects with a jab.
Donk. Knox catches Garibaldi right on the button with a cross.
Nice cross by Knox.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big left from Knox misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox misses with a double jab.
Knox misses with a hook.
Garibaldi moves into range and clinches up with Knox.
Knox is trying to break the clinch but Garibaldi has him pressed against the cage.
Garibaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knox working hard to break the clinch.
Knox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knox has a couple of punches blocked by Garibaldi.
Knox misses with the head strike.
Knox blocks a body shot from Garibaldi.
Knox's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Knox misses with a looping left.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garibaldi moves away.
Knox throws out a powerful jab.
Knox uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Archibald Knox dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Knox connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Garibaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Knox throws a shot from downtown. Garibaldi moves away and avoids it.
Garibaldi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Knox connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Knox thumps Garibaldi with a low kick.
Knox uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Garibaldi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knox throws a jab when Garibaldi was well out of range.
A big left from Garibaldi misses.
Garibaldi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox throws a lazy head kick
and Garibaldi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Knox pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Knox is looking to slow Garibaldi down with leg kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Garibaldi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garibaldi flicks out a counter leg kick but Knox steps away.
The fighters circling - Knox throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Knox. That snapped Garibaldi's head back.
Knox throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Garibaldi.
Knox takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Knox misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garibaldi moves into range and connects with a jab.
Garibaldi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garibaldi cracks Knox with an open hand slap.
Garibaldi slips under a jab from Knox.
Knox misses with a straight right.
Knox cracks Garibaldi with an open hand slap.
A jab from Knox misses.
Knox throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Garibaldi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knox throws a hook but Garibaldi blocks it.
Knox missing with a left hand there. Garibaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garibaldi scores with a decent looking hook.
Archibald Knox is winning the standup battle so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Garibaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garibaldi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Knox.
Garibaldi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Knox.
Knox misses with a wild body shot.
Garibaldi has managed to clinch.
Knox misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Knox misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garibaldi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garibaldi swinging wildly here.
Garibaldi moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox misses with a looping left.
Garibaldi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Garibaldi tries to clinch but Knox is having none of it.
Knox throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A good leg kick by Knox.
Knox throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Garibaldi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Garibaldi connects with a body shot.
Garibaldi defending well as Knox loads up on a big left hand.
Garibaldi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garibaldi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Garibaldi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Knox looks to land a left hand but Garibaldi moved out of range nicely.
Garibaldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knox.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garibaldi misses with a body kick.
Knox half committed to a counter leg kick.
Garibaldi throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from Knox.
Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knox scores with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knox misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garibaldi.
Knox pulls out of a head kick attempt.
As Knox backs off Garibaldi throws a huge counter combo but Knox manages to avoid it all.
No joy there for Knox, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Knox loads up on a big right hand but Garibaldi slips the punch.
Knox with a nice cross.
Garibaldi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Knox manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Knox jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garibaldi lands a jab to the nose.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Archibald Knox will probably get the nod.
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!
Knox misses with a hook
and Garibaldi counters with a stiff right hand.
Garibaldi walks into a jab.
Garibaldi attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Garibaldi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Garibaldi connects with a right hand. Knox shakes it off.
Knox slips a straight right by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garibaldi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Knox takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Garibaldi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Garibaldi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Garibaldi dodges the punch combination from Knox.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab, jab by Knox - just one landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garibaldi scores with a sloppy right hand. Knox should have avoided that one.
Knox attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Knox scores with a one two! Garibaldi had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Knox slips under a jab.
Knox throws a body kick that misses.
Knox throws a quick inside leg kick.
Knox fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Garibaldi.
Knox rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Garibaldi moves out of range as Knox strikes.
Garibaldi wants to counter the offense by Knox and move into the clinch position.
Garibaldi tries to close the distance and clinch but Knox swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Knox paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A swing and a miss from Garibaldi.
Knox connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Michael Garibaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Archibald Knox is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garibaldi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Knox takes one to the chin there.
Garibaldi throws an off balance right hand
and Knox counters with a good low kick that Garibaldi was not able to check.
Garibaldi misses with a hook.
Garibaldi takes one to the chin there.
Knox looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Garibaldi looks to land a combination but Knox avoids it well.
Knox connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Garibaldi's hands.
Knox lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knox.
Knox connects with a nice looking jab.
Garibaldi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Knox wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Garibaldi has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garibaldi tries to work over Knox's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garibaldi has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Knox uses from the top position.
Garibaldi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Knox can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Garibaldi has his foot on Knox's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Knox works his way back into a safe position though.
Knox is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Garibaldi working for a triangle but Knox defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox content to stall in guard here.
Knox trying to control the position from guard on top but Garibaldi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Knox is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Archibald Knox.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Knox, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Archibald Knox!
Post fight, an emotional Archibald Knox said 'Slurped on his own blood, mother fucker!'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kimbo Slice (ranked 88 p4p, 14 weight class) and Wesley Correira (ranked 84 p4p, 13 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kimbo Slice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Wesley Correira!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Glass and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Correira swinging wildly here.
Slice scores with a jab.
It looks like Wesley Correira has been cut.
Correira throws a head kick that Slice semi-blocks.
Correira ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Slice thows a body kick. Correira tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Correira blocks a low kick nicely.
Slice buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Correira bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Slice's head backwards.
Slice misses with a looping right.
Slice throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Correira checks a leg kick.
Slice lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Slice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Correira checks a low kick from Slice.
Slice keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Slice digs a good hook to Correira's body.
Slice fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Correira.
Slice digs a good hook to Correira's body.
Correira looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Correira throws a low kick, looking for Slice's leg but Slice calmly moves out of range.
Correira moves in looking to clinch but Slice pushes him off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Slice. Correira does a little dance to reset his feet.
Correira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Slice throws a lazy right hand but Correira sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Slice throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Correira checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Correira appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Slice misses.
A leg kick checked by Correira.
Slice throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Correira counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Slice misses with a straight left.
Correira tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Slice is able to avoid easily.
Correira throws a nice inside leg kick.
Correira drops his hands momentarily and Slice takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Correira fails in his attempt to clinch.
Slice takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Slice tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Slice throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Correira sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Correira throws out a counter right but Slice avoids it with no problem.
Slice takes a kick to the side of the head.
Slice fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Correira checks a leg kick.
As Slice backs off Correira throws a huge counter combo but Slice manages to avoid it all.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Correira getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Slice lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Correira drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Slice throws a body kick that misses
and Correira counters with a straight right hand.
Correira looks to land a right hand but Slice moved out of range.
Slice digs a good hook to Correira's body.
Correira scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Slice doesn't seem bothered though.
Slice takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Correira tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Slice was well out of range. Poor timing from Correira.
Slice throws a hook but Correira blocks it.
A little jabbing left from Correira on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Slice misses the shot to the body.
Slice with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slice staying out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Correira looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Slice takes a swing at Correira's ribcage but misses.
Slice lands with a good body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Slice misses the target.
As Slice backs off Correira throws a huge counter combo but Slice manages to avoid it all.
Correira checks a low kick from Slice.
Slice cracks Correira with a right hand to the side of the head.
Slice throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Slice lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Correira has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Correira and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Slice lands a nice looking body kick.
Correira looks winded!
Slice is looking to slow Correira down with leg kicks.
Slice moves away from the strike by Correira.
Slice throws a looping overhand right but Correira ducks down to avoid it.
Slice throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kimbo Slice dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wesley Correira's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Correira just misses with a punch to the body.
Slice walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Correira checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Correira fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Slice on the side of the head.
Slice with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Correira misses with a jab, cross combination.
Correira pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Slice just misses with a punch to the body.
Slice lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Slice lands a slapping body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Correira throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Slice finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Correira now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Kimbo Slice is winning the standup battle so far.
Slice slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Slice looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Correira throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Slice swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Correira feints and then cracks Slice's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Slice down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Slice is predictable there
and Correira counters with a low kick, right behind Slice 's knee.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Correira might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Slice has got the better of the exchanges.
Correira throws a lazy uppercut
and Slice counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Correira is breathing heavily.
Slice scores with the left hand. Correira knows he should have avoided that one.
Slice fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Correira to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Correira looks to clinch but Slice throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Correira taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Kimbo Slice!
In his post fight interview, Kimbo Slice started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mick Murphy (ranked 18 p4p, 3 weight class) and Kassim Magufuli I V (ranked 138 p4p, 20 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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221 lbs
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216 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mick Murphy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kassim Magufuli I V!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy swings for the body but Magufuli I V moves out of range.
Magufuli I V looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Murphy scores with a jab. Magufuli I V acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Murphy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Magufuli I V misses with a lunging right hand
and Murphy counters with a nice uppercut.
Murphy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Magufuli I V misses with a hook.
Murphy lunges at Magufuli I V with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Magufuli I V's hand.
Murphy closes the distance and clinches.
Murphy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Magufuli I V throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murphy cracks Magufuli I V with an open hand slap.
Magufuli I V tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Magufuli I V.
Murphy throws a body shot but no joy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy lands a nice shot to the body.
Murphy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Murphy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Magufuli I V doesn't seem bothered though.
Magufuli I V walks into a left hand.
Murphy scores with a jab.
Murphy misses with a straight left.
Magufuli I V looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Magufuli I V is looking to clinch but Murphy is avoiding it.
Magufuli I V uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murphy.
Murphy blocks a jab.
Murphy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Murphy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Magufuli I V.
Magufuli I V ducks right into an uppercut from Murphy.
Magufuli I V throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Magufuli I V with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Murphy cracks Magufuli I V with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy moves into the clinch.
Magufuli I V lands a left hand that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Magufuli I V breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Magufuli I V throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Magufuli I V on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Murphy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Magufuli I V pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Murphy swings for the body but Magufuli I V moves out of range.
Murphy scores with a leg kick.
Murphy scores with a jab to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Magufuli I V. That's going to slow Murphy down.
Murphy darts in and clinches Magufuli I V up against the cage.
Murphy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Murphy scores with a shot to the side of Magufuli I V's head.
Murphy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magufuli I V is trying to break the clinch but Murphy is controlling him.
Magufuli I V throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murphys head.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Magufuli I V.
Good body shot from Magufuli I V.
Murphy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Magufuli I V swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murphy tries a body shot but Magufuli I V blocks it.
Murphy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
Magufuli I V prevents a body shot from Murphy.
Magufuli I V misses with some punches.
Murphy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Magufuli I V lands a nice shot to the body.
Magufuli I V looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Magufuli I V throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murphys head.
Murphy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
Magufuli I V lands a body shot.
Magufuli I V tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murphy's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands with a light punch inside.
Magufuli I V stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Murphy is breathing heavily.
Magufuli I V working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Magufuli I V lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Magufuli I V.
Magufuli I V tries to throw a body punch but Murphy avoids it by throwing Magufuli I V back against the cage.
Magufuli I V tries to throw a body punch but Murphy avoids it by throwing Magufuli I V back against the cage.
Magufuli I V lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Magufuli I V lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Magufuli I V lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Murphy.
Magufuli I V working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A hook to the body from Magufuli I V.
Magufuli I V lands a body punch in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Magufuli I V.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Magufuli I V tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murphy's elbow.
Magufuli I V stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Magufuli I V lands a body shot.
Magufuli I V works on Murphy's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Magufuli I V.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Magufuli I V creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mick Murphy dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Magufuli I V buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Murphy scores with a jab to the body.
Mick Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy misses with a looping left.
Magufuli I V keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
Murphy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Magufuli I V at a distance.
Mick Murphy is winning the standup battle so far.
Magufuli I V lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Murphy circles away quickly and effectively.
Murphy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Murphy checks a leg kick nicely.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Magufuli I V has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Murphy.
Murphy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Murphy connects with a nice looking jab.
Magufuli I V misses with a kick to the body.
Magufuli I V lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Murphy circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy looks to throw the jab but Magufuli I V is out of range.
Murphy misses with a double jab
and Murphy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Murphy cracks Magufuli I V with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Murphy blocks a jab.
Murphy misses with a left hand
and Murphy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Magufuli I V misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely.
Magufuli I V looks to score with a jab to the body but Murphy is just out of range.
Murphy clinches up against the cage.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy tries to work over Magufuli I V's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Magufuli I V struggles to land a body shot inside as Murphy controls his hands.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Murphy.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Magufuli I V throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Magufuli I V can do to turn this around?
Murphy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Magufuli I V misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Magufuli I V misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Magufuli I V lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Magufuli I V lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kassim Magufuli I V seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Magufuli I V has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
Magufuli I V gets through Murphy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Magufuli I V breaks from the clinch.
Magufuli I V throws a big shot that misses.
Murphy has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magufuli I V is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Murphy.
Murphy cracks Magufuli I V with a right hand to the side of the head.
Murphy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Magufuli I V gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Murphy.
Murphy thows a leg kick but Magufuli I V checks it
and Magufuli I V counters with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Murphy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Murphy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Murphy tries to get into range but Magufuli I V steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Murphy! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Magufuli I V scores the big KO victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kassim Magufuli I V!
Kassim Magufuli I V is the new light heavyweight champion!
Kassim Magufuli I V seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Mick Murphy spoke after the fight, saying 'My opponent fought the better fight tonight. I'm going to learn from this, train harder, and come back better than ever.'.
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RATING
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