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Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Billy Marques (ranked 3482 p4p, 353 weight class) and Shock Linewood (ranked 3724 p4p, 371 weight class). Marques kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Raining Blood. Billy Marques has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.



191 cm
37
193 lbs
12 - 14 - 1
185 cm
26
201 lbs
3 - 5 - 0
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine
Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank


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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 12 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Billy Marques!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Shock Linewood!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Chris Downing.




The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marques throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Linewood shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Marques scores with a jab to the body.
Linewood throws a quick inside leg kick.
Marques misses with a wild body shot.
Linewood dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Marques. That did some damage!
Linewood feints and then cracks Marques's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Marques down.
Marques fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Linewood drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Linewood pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Marques is keeping the position for now.
Linewood wants to control from the top but Marques keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Linewood stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Marques swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Marques keeping moving, preventing Linewood from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Linewood drops back, looking for a kneebar! Marques looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Marques looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Marques!


Marques wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Linewood, who protects the arm well.
Marques in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Marques has knee on belly and moves into mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marques tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Linewood working to try and regain half guard.
Marques is landing with some decent strikes but Linewood is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Marques takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Marques trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Marques cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Marques tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marques thowing shots but they're missing.
Marques trying to control but Linewood is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Linewood regains half guard.
Linewood regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linewood controls Marques momentarily but Marques frees himself.
Marques trying to control the position from guard on top but Linewood is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Marques controls from within his opponent's guard.
Marques wants to pass the guard but Linewood is keeping the position.
Marques knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Linewood on the ground.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Marques controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Marques dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!



Linewood closes the distance and clinches.
Linewood effectively controlling the action here.
Marques throws a punch but it's blocked by Linewood.
Linewood prevents a body shot from Marques.

Linewood pulls Marques into guard.
Marques has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Linewood working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Marques doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Linewood is tightening it up a little... Marques has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Marques reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Marques taps out! Nice BJJ there by Linewood!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Shock Linewood!
Our winner, Shock Linewood, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
In defeat, Billy Marques stepped up to the mic, saying 'I would like to apologize to my fans for what they witnessed here tonight. I am A LOT better than what you all seen here, trust me, the next time I step inside this octagon, you will witness something you've never seen before. MARK MY WORDS!'.
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Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Braxton Hernando (ranked 2383 p4p, 243 weight class) and Mannie Parazinho (ranked 4701 p4p, 362 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!



175 cm
30
144 lbs
7 - 7 - 0
174 cm
36
152 lbs
12 - 13 - 1
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine
Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin


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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 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Braxton Hernando!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mannie Parazinho!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Alan Glass.




The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hernando drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hernando wants to pass the guard but Parazinho is keeping the position.
Hernando pushing down on Parazinho's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Parazinho trying to control but Hernando postures up.

Hernando is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Parazinho defends it well.
Hernando winds up and cracks Parazinho with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Parazinho tries to get to full guard but Hernando has control of the leg.
Hernando trying to pass the guard but Parazinho defending well.
Hernando has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Parazinho looking for submissions off his back.
Parazinho is staying active underneath Hernando, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parazinho is trying to get back to full guard.
Hernando seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Parazinho does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hernando wants to pass the guard but Parazinho is defending well.
Hernando missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Parazinho is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hernando pulls his head out easily.
Hernando is trying to control the action in half guard but Parazinho is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hernando landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hernando tries to pass to full mount but Parazinho defends it.
Hernando looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hernando working Parazinho over with strikes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Parazinho works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernando works over Parazinho with some ground and pound from guard.

Parazinho working for a triangle but Hernando defends it easily.
Hernando working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hernando landing some decent shots from guard.

Parazinho is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hernando trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Parazinho manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!


Hernando is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Parazinho defends well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parazinho preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernando keeping moving, preventing Parazinho from controlling successfully.
Parazinho slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
You can see the frustration on Hernando's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hernando is looking to reverse the position.

Parazinho is trying to get an arm triangle but Hernando is defending well.
Hernando is trying to control Parazinho's posture but Parazinho avoids it.
Hernando tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Parazinho wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hernando sneaks back into half guard.
Parazinho prevents Hernando from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernando wants to get back to full guard but Parazinho has mounted him!
Hernando is squirming around, avoiding Parazinho's attempts to control the action.

Parazinho looking to secure an arm triangle but Hernando defends it well.
Hernando gets back to half guard.

Parazinho is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Hernando trying to control but Parazinho postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Hernando is defending against the submission attempts here by Parazinho.

Parazinho is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hernando defends it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Braxton Hernando dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!


A telegraphed right hand from Hernando misses the target.
Braxton Hernando seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hernando lands a nice hook to Parazinho's body. Parazinho takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Parazinho throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hernando.
Hernando takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hernando bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Parazinho's head.
Parazinho lands with a kick to the temple. Hernando shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hernando swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Parazinho keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hernando.
Parazinho looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Parazinho lands a nice shot to the body.
Hernando throws a head kick but Parazinho moves out of range.
Parazinho throws out a counter right but Hernando avoids it with no problem.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hernando.
Hernando pushes Parazinho away with a front kick.
Hernando buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Parazinho jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Parazinho lands with a hook. Hernando tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Hernando has Parazinho up against the cage in a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Parazinho.
Hernando lands a good knee to the midsection. Parazinho won't want to take too many of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parazinho tries to throw a body punch but Hernando avoids it by throwing Parazinho back against the cage.
Parazinho lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hernando backwards.
Our sources have told us that Hernando has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.

Hernando is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Parazinho can't fight it off and eventually Hernando manages to take the fight to the floor. Parazinho looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hernando with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Parazinho is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Hernando looking to sit in guard and control but Parazinho gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Parazinho is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Hernando wants to control but Parazinho passes easily into half guard.
Hernando is refusing to be controlled, as Parazinho sits in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernando is trying to get back to full guard.
Hernando tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Parazinho is thwarting Hernando's attempts to control the position.
Hernando is trying to get back to full guard.
Hernando manages to get to full guard.
Braxton Hernando overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Hernando looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hernando thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Hernando looking to control.
Parazinho slips nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parazinho trying to control the action but Hernando is working from the bottom.
Parazinho content to control rather than advance.
Hernando strikes from the bottom but Parazinho passes into mount!
Hernando slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Parazinho trying to control the action but Hernando is working from the bottom.
Hernando manages to get to full guard.
Parazinho tries to free his leg and advance position but Hernando is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernando pulls Parazinho in to control the position.
Hernando can't keep his opponent in guard - Parazinho advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Hernando is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Parazinho is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hernando defends it well.
Hernando wants to get back to full guard.
Hernando has his hands clasped together around Parazinho's back. He's all about the action.

Parazinho wants to work for an arm triangle but Hernando is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Hernando is looking for a sweep. Parazinho is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Mannie Parazinho will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!


Hernando jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hernando.
Parazinho throws a hook to the side of Hernando's head but Hernando sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hernando scores with a punch to the head.
Parazinho takes a swing at Hernando's ribcage but misses.
Braxton Hernando is winning the standup battle so far.
Hernando throws a nice outside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Hernando misses the target.
Hernando throws a leg kick which misses Parazinho's front leg but catches the back leg as Parazinho tries to avoid it.
Hernando misses with a looping right.
Nice defenses there by Hernando.
Parazinho scores with a hook.
Parazinho misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hernando tries to clinch up but Parazinho circles away and keeps his distance.
Hernando uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nice shot lands for Parazinho.
Parazinho throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
As Parazinho backs away, Hernando returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Parazinho throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Parazinho swings for the body but Hernando moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hernando shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Parazinho is trying to defend but Hernando finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Hernando lands strikes from half guard.
Parazinho wants to get back to full guard.
Hernando passes the guard and advances to mount!
Parazinho manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Hernando working Parazinho over with strikes.
Parazinho slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Parazinho wants to sweep but no luck.
Hernando is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hernando landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Parazinho is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hernando defends well.
Hernando pushing down on Parazinho's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hernando drops an elbow to the side of Parazinho's head.

Hernando is working for a kimura but Parazinho is defending it quite comfortably.
Hernando winds up and cracks Parazinho with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hernando lands a nice short elbow.
Hernando wants to lay and pray for a moment but Parazinho keeps working.
The fighters are battling for position here. Parazinho manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Parazinho has his foot on Hernando's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hernando works his way back into a safe position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernando slips nicely into half guard.
Parazinho is looking for a sweep. Hernando is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Parazinho has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hernando is working away from the top position though.

Hernando is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Parazinho has managed to free his arm - good work.

Hernando is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Parazinho defends it well.
Parazinho is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hernando's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hernando's back!
Hernando is really stuck here.

Parazinho looking for the choke but no joy.

Parazinho looking for the choke from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernando rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Hernando tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Parazinho has advanced to mount. Uh oh.

Parazinho is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Hernando to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Hernando shrugs it off.
Parazinho wants to take Hernando's back here but Hernando is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.

Hernando tries to improve his position but Parazinho has taken his back! Parazinho has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Hernando tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Parazinho pushes Hernando away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mannie Parazinho!
A victorious Mannie Parazinho thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Braxton Hernando spoke after the fight, saying 'Fuck you. Suck this dick'.
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Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Better Dead (ranked 2880 p4p, 306 weight class) and Timothy Poggle (ranked 2354 p4p, 258 weight class). Dead comes into the arena with Death March - Motionless in White blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.



183 cm
38
168 lbs
31 - 38 - 0
178 cm
37
169 lbs
22 - 11 - 1
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Big right hand
Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank


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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 38 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Better Dead!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Timothy Poggle!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.




The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poggle on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Poggle cracks Dead with a good jab.
Better Dead seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Dead.
Poggle is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Dead with a body shot.
Poggle scores with a body shot.
Poggle smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dead has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Poggle finds it's way round the side to connect with Dead's head.
Dead doesn't manage to clinch there - Poggle circles away.

Dead closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Poggle blocks an elbow strike from Dead.
Poggle is looking to control Dead's arms but Dead gets an underhook and turns him. Now Poggle has his back to the cage.

Poggle breaks the clinch.
Poggle lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dead throws a head kick that misses.
Dead lands a jab to the nose.

Dead has Poggle up against the cage in a clinch.
Poggle stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Poggle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dead's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dead doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dead pushes Poggle back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dead tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Poggle's elbow.
Poggle lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Dead.

Poggle manages to break the clinch.
Poggle has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Dead tries to clinch up
and Poggle counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dead blocks the body kick.

Dead moves into the clinch.
Poggle lands a shoulder strike.
Dead is trying to push Poggle away but Poggle has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nice elbow from Dead.
A short right from Poggle on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Poggle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poggle throws an elbow but it misses.
Poggle lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dead backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Poggle throws an elbow but misses.
Poggle takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dead letting Poggle take a breather here.
Dead throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Poggle tries a body shot but Dead blocks it.
Poggle stalling against the cage.
Poggle working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dead working aggressively here.
Poggle creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dead's defenses.
Dead tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Poggle avoids it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Poggle lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dead trying to stall but Poggle improves his position.
Poggle manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dead throws an elbow that misses.
Poggle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Poggle.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Poggle.
Poggle lands with a short shot to the head.
The referee calls for Poggle to work.
Dead misses with a knee to the head.
Dead pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dead throws an elbow but it misses.
Poggle makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Dead fails to land.
Poggle throws an elbow but it misses.
Poggle lands a body punch.

Poggle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Poggle lands with a shot to the body.
Dead tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Poggle counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dead is breathing heavily.
Dead stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Poggle.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dead lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Poggle makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Poggle keeps control of Dead as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poggle lands a nice shot to the body.
Dead lands with a light punch inside.
Poggle is working Dead over against the cage.
Poggle stalling against the cage.
Poggle tries to throw a body punch but Dead avoids it by throwing Poggle back against the cage.
Poggle throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Deads head.
Dead misses with the head strike.
Dead tries to stall but Poggle uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dead being controlled against the cage.
Dead throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Poggle takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dead blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Poggle lands an elbow just above Dead 's eye.
Dead avoids the elbow strike from Poggle, against the cage.
Poggle working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dead being controlled against the cage.
Poggle lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timothy Poggle dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.


Poggle slips a jab from Dead.
Dead throws a sloppy head kick and Poggle moves out of range easily.
Poggle throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dead.

Poggle lands a big head kick that sends Dead tumbling to the mat! Poggle takes a step backwards and waves Dead back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Dead is rocked!
Poggle cracks Dead with a left hook right on the temple and Dead goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Poggle lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Dead is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Timothy Poggle!
Better Dead spoke after the fight, saying 'I was a little off today...o.k. I'm always a little off.'.
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Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Harry Baals (ranked 1669 p4p, 185 weight class) and Korean Zombie (ranked 1328 p4p, 148 weight class). Zombie has chosen ZOMBIE as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.



185 cm
29
155 lbs
23 - 8 - 1
170 cm
27
145 lbs
10 - 9 - 0
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank


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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 23 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Baals!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Korean Zombie!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.




The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baals fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Zombie has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Baals swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Zombie.
Zombie lands a jab to the head.
A jab lands there for Baals.
Baals throws a jab when Zombie was well out of range.
Zombie goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Zombie shoots in but Baals avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Zombie fails in his attempt to clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Zombie has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Korean Zombie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zombie scores with the left hand. Baals knows he should have avoided that one.
Zombie tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Zombie shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Zombie seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Baals does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Zombie throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zombie is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Zombie looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
It looks like Zombie is going to stand back up.

Baals looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Baals slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Zombie chips away with some ground and pound.
Zombie with a nice head shot there.
Zombie looking to pass the guard.
Zombie with a flurry of punches that miss.
Zombie in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baals being controlled here, momentarily.
Baals has momentary wrist control but Zombie slips an elbow through the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zombie with a flurry of punches that miss.
Baals wants to sweep here but Zombie controlling him for the moment.

Baals has his foot on Zombie's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Zombie works his way back into a safe position though.
Zombie working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Baals wants to sweep but no luck.
Zombie has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Baals manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Zombie manages to get himself to full guard.

Baals lands a couple of elbows.

Zombie is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Baals is aware though and is defending well.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Zombie is on top in guard.

Baals will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Zombie wants to control from the top but Baals keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Baals is looking for a triangle but Zombie pushes his legs off easily.
Baals wants to sweep but no luck.
Baals really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Zombie stands and steps away. Baals gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Zombie tries to score a power double leg takedown but Baals sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Zombie somewhat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Korean Zombie dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!


Baals pushes Zombie away with a front kick.
Zombie throws a nice head kick!
Baals takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Harry Baals is winning the standup battle so far.
Zombie tries to land a front kick but Baals steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Baals swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Zombie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Baals throws a body shot but no joy.
Baals stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Zombie.
Horrible takedown attempt by Zombie or perhaps it was just good defense by Baals, which made it look bad.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zombie shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Zombie scoring well with a low kick there.
Zombie misses with a takedown attempt
and Baals counters with a thumping low kick.
Zombie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Baals counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harry Baals has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Korean Zombie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zombie swings widly with a right hand
and Baals counters with a stiff right hand.
Baals jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Baals fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Zombie has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Zombie throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Baals throws a leg kick but Zombie sees it coming and moves out of range.

Zombie closes the distance and pushes Baals back into the cage.
Zombie pushes Baals back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Baals throws a head punch that misses.
Baals blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Baals managing to block the knees to the body from Zombie.
Zombie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Baals blocks it with crossed arms.
Baals throws a punch but it's blocked by Zombie.
Baals misses with a hook to the ribs.
Baals has a couple of punches blocked by Zombie.
Baals blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baals misses with some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baals.
Zombie misses with a knee to the head.
Baals lands a shot to the body.

Baals escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zombie lands a jab.
Zombie staying out of range there.
Zombie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zombie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baals moves away.
Zombie steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Baals. That one must have hurt.
Baals throws a shot to the body.
Baals throws a good cross that connects.
Korean Zombie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Baals jabs Zombie to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Baals stuffs the takedown.
Baals fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zombie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zombie blocks a head kick by Baals.
Baals avoids the head kick by Zombie.
Baals buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Baals shoots in for a takedown but Zombie shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Zombie moves out of range of the body kick.
Zombie lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Baals fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zombie.

Baals rushes Zombie and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Baals fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zombie lands a left hand.
Baals tries to throw a body punch but Zombie avoids it by throwing Baals back against the cage.
Baals changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Zombie fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Zombie closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zombie blocks an uppercut.
Baals tries a body shot but Zombie blocks it.
Zombie throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Baalss head.
Baals blocks an elbow strike.
Baals blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baals misses with a hook from the clinch.

Baals breaks the clinch.
Zombie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baals tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice takedown defense from Zombie. No joy for Baals on that attempt.
A jab from Baals misses.

Zombie rushes Baals and presses him up against the cage.
Zombie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A head punch on the inside from Baals fails to land.
Baals misses with the head strike.
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 Harry Baals will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!


Baals shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Zombie defends it nicely.
A head kick from Baals lands but Zombie takes it in his stride.
Zombie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Baals paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Baals drops down looking for a counter takedown but Zombie sprawls and moves away.
Zombie tries for a takedown but Baals sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Zombie looks to score with a jab to the body but Baals is just out of range.
Zombie throws a head kick that misses
and Baals makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Zombie really felt that one!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baals swats away the attempt to clinch by Zombie.
Zombie wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zombie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Baals feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Baals scores with a push kick.
Baals is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Baals avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Baals swats away the attempt to clinch by Zombie.
Baals looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Zombie on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Baals avoids the head kick by Zombie.
Zombie is trying hard to land a takedown here. Baals sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Zombie takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Zombie stuns Baals with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Baals feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Zombie's calf.
Baals connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Baals's jab looks to have found its range, popping Zombie under the eye.
Baals fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zombie manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Zombie closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
A control attempt from Baals but he's now mounted!

Zombie gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!

Baals has Zombie up against the cage in a clinch.
Baals lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Baals avoids a wild elbow strike from Zombie.
Baals managing to block the knees to the body from Zombie.
Zombie landing knees to the body.
Zombie misses with a punch on the inside.
Baals lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zombie backwards.
Baals drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Zombie gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Baals stalling the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zombie lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Zombie has a couple of punches blocked by Baals.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zombie.
Baals makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Baals blocks an uppercut.
Baals misses with a punch on the inside.
Baals lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Zombie or not.
Baals blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zombie working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Baals scores with a shoulder strike.
Zombie scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zombie misses with the head strike.
Baals lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Zombie is rocked!
Baals working aggressively here.
Zombie is still on wobbly legs! Can Baals finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zombie gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zombie scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Zombie tries to land knees in the clinch but Baals avoids the damage to the body.
Zombie seems to have recovered his senses.
Baals blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zombie.
Baals lands an uppercut.
Zombie throws a head punch that misses.
Zombie lands an uppercut.
Baals avoids the elbow strike from Zombie, against the cage.
Baals tries to throw a body punch but Zombie avoids it by throwing Baals back against the cage.
Zombie blocks an uppercut.
Zombie lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Baals misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zombie.

Baals breaks the clinch.
A big right from Zombie misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Baals misses the target.
Baals throws a right and a left that both miss.

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 Harry Baals.
I think Baals has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harry Baals!

A victorious Harry Baals thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Walter Lang (ranked 2070 p4p, 233 weight class) and Scott Watt (ranked 2292 p4p, 254 weight class). Lang kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Welcome to the Jungle. Watt is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Edmund Fitzgerald. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.



170 cm
26
165 lbs
6 - 6 - 0
185 cm
41
165 lbs
22 - 35 - 0
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank


Freebok (85% Laundry)
Urban Fighter


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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Walter Lang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 35 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scott Watt!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.




The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lang throws a body shot but no joy.
Watt bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Watt misses with a wild body shot.
Watt listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lang slips under a jab.
Watt lands a nice hook to Lang's body. Lang takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Watt looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lang swings widly with a right hand
and Watt counters with a left and a right that stings Lang.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lang. Watt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Watt looks to throw the jab but Lang is out of range.
Watt throws a jab when Lang was well out of range.
Watt jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've been informed that Watt 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.
Watt looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Lang lands a jab to Watt's midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watt misses with a body punch
letting Lang counter with a right hand.
Watt throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lang counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Watt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Scott Watt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Watt.
Watt swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lang scores with a body shot.
Lang lands a nice looking body shot.
Watt connects with a body shot that sends Lang's belly button to the back.
Lang is looking to wear down Watt with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Watt misses with a double jab.
Watt lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lang circles away quickly and effectively.
Lang uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Watt.
Lang is looking for a counter combo.
Lang slips a jab from Watt.
Lang pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lang swings for the body but Watt moves out of range.
Watt misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lang counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lang misses with a straight left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Watt! But no joy.
A jab from Lang misses.
Watt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Watt is rocked!
Lang lands a jab to Watt's midsection.
Watt is still on wobbly legs! Can Lang finish him?
Watt cracks Lang with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lang takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Watt seems to have recovered his senses.
Watt throws a right hand that misses
and Lang counters with a stiff right hand.
Watt misses with an uppercut. Lang saw that one coming.
Lang misses with a right hand
and Watt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Watt looks to score with a jab to the body but Lang is just out of range.
Watt throws a lazy body kick
and Lang counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Watt falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lang counters with a nice body shot.
Watt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watt misses with a wild body shot.
Lang tests Watt's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jab, jab by Watt - just one landing.
Watt walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lang checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Watt on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lang cracks Watt on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Watt falls backwards against the cage. Lang follows up with more strikes that drop Watt to his knees. Lang keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Watt! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Walter Lang!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Walter Lang made sure he mentioned Freebok (85% Laundry), along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Khalabib Nurmy (ranked 1825 p4p, 226 weight class) and Ricardo Burduada No Cranio (ranked 2216 p4p, 262 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.



169 cm
33
193 lbs
10 - 8 - 0
188 cm
25
196 lbs
6 - 5 - 0
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin
Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank


Voodoo Nutrition


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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 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Khalabib Nurmy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Burduada No Cranio!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.




The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burduada No Cranio throws a right and a left that Nurmy avoids nicely.
Nurmy is trying hard to land a takedown here. Burduada No Cranio sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Burduada No Cranio defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Nurmy.
Jab from Nurmy.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nurmy.
Nurmy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Khalabib Nurmy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burduada No Cranio cracks Nurmy with a right hand to the side of the head.
Burduada No Cranio scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nurmy in his tracks.
Burduada No Cranio throws a head kick that Nurmy semi-blocks.
Burduada No Cranio catches Nurmy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nurmy misses with an uppercut.
A little jabbing left from Burduada No Cranio on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Burduada No Cranio throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burduada No Cranio throws a one two combo.
Burduada No Cranio misses with a combination

and Nurmy counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Burduada No Cranio!
Nurmy working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Nurmy is putting a hurting on Burduada No Cranio here, landing some big shots from side control.
Nurmy sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Burduada No Cranio is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmy lands a few punches from side control.

Nurmy is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Burduada No Cranio has escaped the position, nice work there.
Nurmy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Burduada No Cranio is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Nurmy is controlling him well.
Burduada No Cranio defending against the ground and pound.
Burduada No Cranio is trying to improve his position.
The ground and pound from Nurmy seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Burduada No Cranio felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Nurmy misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Burduada No Cranio tries to escape but Nurmy is in control.
Burduada No Cranio sneaks back into half guard.
Burduada No Cranio moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Nurmy might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Burduada No Cranio trying to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurmy scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nurmy makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Nurmy tries to free his leg and advance position but Burduada No Cranio is retaining full guard.
Nurmy throwing strikes from guard but Burduada No Cranio blocks nicely.

Burduada No Cranio wriggles free and stands up.
Nurmy misses with a wild body shot.
Burduada No Cranio is looking for the big counter here.
Burduada No Cranio scores with a nice head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nurmy just misses with a punch to the body.
Burduada No Cranio thinks about the counter body kick.
Nurmy lands a jab to Burduada No Cranio's midsection.
Nurmy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Burduada No Cranio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nurmy throws out the jab.
Burduada No Cranio defending well as Nurmy loads up on a big left hand.
Nurmy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nurmy misses with a takedown attempt
letting Burduada No Cranio counter with a right hand.
Ricardo Burduada No Cranio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmy shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Burduada No Cranio counters with a nice body shot.
Nurmy misses with a takedown attempt
and Burduada No Cranio counters with a stiff right hand.
Nurmy scores with a hook to the body. Burduada No Cranio takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Burduada No Cranio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nurmy.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Burduada No Cranio.
Nurmy is breathing heavily.
Burduada No Cranio scores with a head kick.
Nurmy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Burduada No Cranio counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nurmy on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Burduada No Cranio cracks Nurmy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Burduada No Cranio has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nurmy throws a lazy uppercut
and Burduada No Cranio counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice defenses there by Burduada No Cranio.
Burduada No Cranio lands a right hook to the body.

Burduada No Cranio clinches.
Burduada No Cranio lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nurmy backwards.

Burduada No Cranio manages to break the clinch.

Burduada No Cranio closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurmy stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Burduada No Cranio breaks the clinch.
Burduada No Cranio fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Burduada No Cranio is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Nurmy had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Burduada No Cranio slips a straight right by Nurmy.
Nurmy shoots in looking for a takedown. Burduada No Cranio tries to sprawl out of it but Nurmy keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Burduada No Cranio manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Burduada No Cranio let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Nurmy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burduada No Cranio manages to avoid it.
Burduada No Cranio will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Burduada No Cranio fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Khalabib Nurmy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burduada No Cranio blocks a jab.
Burduada No Cranio throws a right hand that Nurmy ducks under and follows up with a left that Nurmy also avoids with ease.
Nurmy misses with a double jab
and Burduada No Cranio counters with a one-two to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Burduada No Cranio dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.


Burduada No Cranio tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nurmy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Burduada No Cranio bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nurmy's head.
Burduada No Cranio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nurmy.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Burduada No Cranio, as that shot connected.
Ricardo Burduada No Cranio is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nurmy throws a body shot but no joy.
Burduada No Cranio misses with a series of wild punches.

Nurmy shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Nurmy was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Burduada No Cranio tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Nurmy wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Nurmy postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Nurmy cracks Burduada No Cranio with a big elbow.
Nurmy is looking to take a break and control but Burduada No Cranio is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Burduada No Cranio struggling a bit here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmy working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Burduada No Cranio taking a bit of punishment here - Nurmy scoring with strikes.

Burduada No Cranio is rocked!
Burduada No Cranio struggling a bit here.
Burduada No Cranio is still in real trouble! Can Nurmy finish him?
Khalabib Nurmy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Burduada No Cranio takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
A big shot lands for Nurmy! That's hurt Burduada No Cranio! Will he recover? Nurmy fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Khalabib Nurmy!
A relieved looking Khalabib Nurmy 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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hype
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pop
A | B
mgr
A | B
FIGHT
RATING
69%

 

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Osama Akharraz (ranked 2575 p4p, 325 weight class) and Robert MacArthur Jnr (ranked 4202 p4p, 439 weight class). MacArthur Jnr has chosen A sweaty one for you. x as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!



225 cm
31
215 lbs
17 - 15 - 0
199 cm
29
216 lbs
15 - 8 - 0
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin


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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Osama Akharraz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robert MacArthur Jnr!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Alan Glass.




The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akharraz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
MacArthur Jnr lands a jab to Akharraz's midsection.
Akharraz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from MacArthur Jnr.
Akharraz throws a jab but it's blocked by MacArthur Jnr.
MacArthur Jnr blocks a head kick by Akharraz.
Akharraz blocks a low kick nicely.
Osama Akharraz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Akharraz tries to clinch
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a straight right hand.
Akharraz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
MacArthur Jnr on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Akharraz misses with a jab to the body
and Akharraz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Akharraz displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Akharraz wants to clinch
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from MacArthur Jnr, right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacArthur Jnr swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Akharraz moves into the clinch successfully.
MacArthur Jnr looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Akharraz blocks an uppercut.
A short right from MacArthur Jnr on the inside.
MacArthur Jnr digs a right hand underneath Akharraz's ribcage. Akharraz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
MacArthur Jnr misses with a punch to the body.
MacArthur Jnr throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from MacArthur Jnr.
MacArthur Jnr tries to work over Akharraz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, MacArthur Jnr just misses with a elbow thrown towards Akharraz's brow.
Akharraz has had enough of the clinch but MacArthur Jnr keeps him there for the moment.

Akharraz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Akharraz gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! MacArthur Jnr gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert MacArthur Jnr!
Robert MacArthur Jnr tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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G S C G energy
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hype
A | B
pop
A | B
mgr
A | B
FIGHT
RATING
60%

 

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Alvarez (ranked 1582 p4p, 216 weight class) and Joe Walcott (ranked 1919 p4p, 250 weight class). Walcott has chosen The Way Of The Fist as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?



187 cm
33
218 lbs
19 - 13 - 0
187 cm
34
204 lbs
18 - 14 - 0
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank


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Pit Bull Development


Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aaron Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Walcott!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.




The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez lunges at Walcott with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Walcott's hand.
Alvarez connects with a solid leg kick.
Walcott throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alvarez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Alvarez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Alvarez moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromWalcott.
Walcott misses with a jab, cross combination.
It appears Alvarez was looking to counter with a kick there.
Walcott tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alvarez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Walcott takes a swing at Alvarez's ribcage but misses.
Alvarez is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Walcott on the side of the head.
Alvarez throws a head kick but Walcott moves out of range.
Alvarez checks the leg kick.
Alvarez is looking to counter punch.

Walcott has closed the distance and engaged Alvarez in a clinch.
Alvarez leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Walcott pushes off an throws an elbow but Alvarez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The referee calls for Walcott to work.
Alvarez tries a body shot but Walcott blocks it.
Walcott misses with a hook from the clinch.

Alvarez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alvarez lands a right hook to the body.
Alvarez misses with a kick to the body.
Alvarez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alvarez quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Walcott takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Walcott looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Alvarez jabs at Walcott's body.

Walcott moves into the clinch successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with a punch to the body.

Alvarez manages to break the clinch.
Alvarez throws a looping overhand right but Walcott ducks down to avoid it.
A nice side step and Walcott releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Alvarez thows a leg kick but Walcott checks it
and Alvarez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Aaron Alvarez has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walcott tests Alvarez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Walcott throws a head kick but Alvarez moves out of range.
Alvarez was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Alvarez throws a sloppy head kick
and Walcott counters with a left to the body.
Walcott jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Walcott delivers a nice body kick.
Alvarez lands a slapping body shot.
Alvarez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Alvarez throws a shot from downtown. Walcott moves away and avoids it.
Walcott throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Alvarez.
Alvarez just misses with a punch to the body.
Walcott moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Walcott misses with a body kick.
Alvarez lands with a shot to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Walcott.
Walcott throws a hook but Alvarez avoids it easily.
Alvarez appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Walcott fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alvarez manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alvarez. Walcott does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alvarez throws a leg kick that misses.
Walcott is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Alvarez is looking to wear down Walcott with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Walcott scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Alvarez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Walcott.
Alvarez lands the left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good work by Alvarez as he checks the leg kick.
Walcott throws a hook but Alvarez avoids it easily.
Alvarez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Walcott misses with a straight left.
Walcott takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Joe Walcott has been cut.
The fighters circling - Alvarez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Alvarez throws a hook to the side of Walcott's head but Walcott sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Walcott darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Walcott takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Walcott tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Walcott checks a leg kick.
Walcott throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Joe Walcott will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.


Alvarez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Walcott tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walcott moves away from the strike by Alvarez.
Aaron Alvarez is winning the standup battle so far.
Walcott scores with a spinning back kick!
A bone on bone clash there as Alvarez blocks the leg kick.
Alvarez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Walcott.
Alvarez takes a swing at Walcott's ribcage but misses.
Walcott looks for the body kick but Alvarez saw that one coming.
Alvarez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walcott misses with a kick to the body.
Walcott throws a sloppy head kick and Alvarez moves out of range easily.

Walcott clinches with his opponent.
Walcott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez has a couple of punches blocked by Walcott.
Alvarez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Walcott tries to work over Alvarez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walcott misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alvarez misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walcott.
Walcott tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walcott digs a right hand underneath Alvarez's ribcage. Alvarez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Walcott misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alvarez lands a left hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Walcott.
Walcott struggles to land a body shot inside as Alvarez controls his hands.
Walcott has Alvarez pressed against the cage, preventing Alvarez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Walcott throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alvarezs head.
Alvarez 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.
Alvarez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Walcott digs a right hand into Alvarez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Alvarez's gas tank.
Alvarez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alvarez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walcott's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with some punches.
Walcott taking a breather.
Walcott taking a breather.
Walcott misses with a body punch.
Walcott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walcott throws a head punch that misses.
Alvarez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walcott throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Walcott lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Alvarez takes a shot to the head.
Walcott controlling the action here for a moment.
Alvarez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Walcott misses with a body punch.
Alvarez avoiding damage as Walcott throws knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alvarez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez is working Walcott over against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Walcott.
Walcott scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Walcott.

Alvarez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Walcott throws a looping overhand right but Alvarez ducks down to avoid it.
Alvarez appears to be looking for a big counter.
Alvarez tries to land a front kick but Walcott steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Walcott wants to counter with a clinch but Alvarez pushes him away.
Alvarez swings for the body but Walcott moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Walcott.
Alvarez seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Alvarez throws a sloppy head kick and Walcott moves out of range easily.
Alvarez jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Walcott has managed to clinch.
Walcott has Alvarez pressed against the cage, preventing Alvarez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Alvarez.
Joe Walcott seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Alvarez lands with a left to the head.
Alvarez working hard to break the clinch.

Alvarez breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alvarez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Walcott blocks a head kick by Alvarez.

Walcott fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Alvarez, pushing him back against the cage.

Alvarez manages to break the clinch.
Alvarez jabs Walcott to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Walcott keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Walcott. Alvarez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Walcott steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Alvarez.
Walcott lands a front kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Joe Walcott will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!


Walcott looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Walcott slips under a jab.
Alvarez on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Walcott avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Walcott blocks a head kick by Alvarez.
Walcott stuns Alvarez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Walcott just misses with a punch to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Alvarez, right into the meat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez misses with a double jab.
Walcott throws a shot from downtown. Alvarez moves away and avoids it.
Alvarez looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
The fighters circling - Walcott throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Alvarez feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Alvarez throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez throws a head kick that misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Walcott.
Alvarez tries to score with a low kick but Walcott moves his leg out of the way.
Walcott flicks out a counter leg kick but Alvarez steps away.
Walcott moves out of range of the body kick.
Alvarez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Walcott's head backwards.
Alvarez moves out of range as Walcott strikes.
Alvarez moves out of range of the leg kick from Walcott.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alvarez. Walcott does a little dance to reset his feet.
Walcott throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Walcott jabs Alvarez right on the nose. Alvarez blinks but takes it well.
Walcott wants to clinch up but Alvarez keeps it at a distance.
A little feinted left hand from Alvarez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Alvarez misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
As Walcott backs away, Alvarez returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Walcott ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvarez moves away.
Walcott lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Alvarez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Walcott was well out of range. Poor timing from Alvarez.
Alvarez lands a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Alvarez, as that shot connected.
Alvarez blocks a head kick by Walcott.
Alvarez tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Alvarez misses with a wild body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Alvarez.
A looping hook to the body misses from Walcott. Alvarez does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with a looping right.
Walcott looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Walcott connects with a leg kick. Alvarez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A left lands for Alvarez.
Alvarez scores with a jab to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Alvarez. Those never looked like landing.
Alvarez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Walcott jabs at Alvarez's body.
Alvarez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Walcott.
Walcott throws a body punch but Alvarez moves out of range.
Walcott connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Walcott connects with a nice looking jab.
Walcott misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walcott checks a leg kick.
Walcott throws out a loose jab but Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Walcott.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alvarez works Walcott's body with a nice hook.
Alvarez lands a right hook to the body.
Alvarez scores with a hook to the body. Walcott takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A head kick misses from Walcott.
It appears Alvarez was looking to counter with a kick there.
Alvarez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alvarez moves out of range of the strikes.
Walcott pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aaron Alvarez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alvarez looks to land a combination but Walcott avoids it well.

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 Aaron Alvarez.
I think Walcott has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!
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G S C G energy
A | B
hype
A | B
pop
A | B
mgr
A | B
FIGHT
RATING
61%

 

Co-main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fredrik Rienfeldt (ranked 1471 p4p, 193 weight class) and Timothy Wilkinson (ranked 1296 p4p, 170 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Timothy Wilkinson was going to win. Let's see if he was right.



180 cm
29
176 lbs
12 - 7 - 0
175 cm
31
169 lbs
17 - 12 - 0
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin


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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fredrik Rienfeldt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Timothy Wilkinson!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.




The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wilkinson clinches.
Rienfeldt blocks a body shot from Wilkinson.
Rienfeldt lands with a light punch inside.
Rienfeldt lands a shoulder strike.
Rienfeldt blocks an elbow strike.
A short right from Wilkinson on the inside.
Rienfeldt prevents a body shot from Wilkinson.
Rienfeldt lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rienfeldt.
Wilkinson tries a body shot but Rienfeldt blocks it.
Rienfeldt lands a right hand.
Wilkinson's coach down at Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Wilkinson's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Wilkinson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Fredrik Rienfeldt has been cut.
Rienfeldt takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rienfeldt.
Wilkinson is trying to stall.
Rienfeldt misses with some punches.
Rienfeldt lands with a light punch inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Rienfeldt.
A short right from Rienfeldt on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilkinson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rienfeldt just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wilkinson's brow.
Rienfeldt throws a punch but it's blocked by Wilkinson.
Wilkinson prevents a body shot from Rienfeldt.
A right hand to the body from Rienfeldt.
Rienfeldt lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rienfeldt struggles to land a body shot inside as Wilkinson controls his hands.
Wilkinson blocking some punches.
Rienfeldt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rienfeldt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wilkinson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rienfeldt tries to work over Wilkinson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wilkinson blocking some punches.
Nice elbow from Wilkinson.
A short body shot lands from Rienfeldt as the two fighters clinch.
Rienfeldt cracks Wilkinson with a nice body shot.
Rienfeldt prevents a body shot from Wilkinson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rienfeldt.
Rienfeldt misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilkinson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Wilkinson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wilkinson blocks a body shot from Rienfeldt.

Rienfeldt breaks from the clinch.
Wilkinson is looking to clinch but Rienfeldt is avoiding it.

Wilkinson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rienfeldt, pushing him back against the cage.
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!
Wilkinson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rienfeldt as Wilkinson tries to tie him up.
Wilkinson tries a body shot but Rienfeldt blocks it.
Rienfeldt lands with a light punch inside.
Wilkinson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wilkinson blocks an uppercut.

Rienfeldt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rienfeldt throws a solid leg kick but Wilkinson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rienfeldt.
Rienfeldt takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wilkinson tries to clinch but Rienfeldt moves out of range.
Wilkinson just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromRienfeldt.
Wilkinson checks the leg kick.
Wilkinson wants to counter with a clinch but Rienfeldt pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilkinson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rienfeldt lands with a good body shot.
Rienfeldt throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Timothy Wilkinson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wilkinson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Wilkinson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Wilkinson clinches up with Rienfeldt and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Rienfeldt fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Rienfeldt.
A short uppercut from Wilkinson.
Wilkinson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wilkinson wants to get back to striking at distance but Rienfeldt won't allow it.

Rienfeldt manages to break the clinch.
Wilkinson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rienfeldt manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wilkinson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rienfeldt swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Wilkinson has closed the distance and engaged Rienfeldt in a clinch.

Rienfeldt breaks from the clinch.
Rienfeldt takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wilkinson tries to clinch
and Rienfeldt counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilkinson throws a right hand that misses
and Rienfeldt counters with a nice uppercut.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rienfeldt, right into the meat.
Rienfeldt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wilkinson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Rienfeldt throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Timothy Wilkinson has been cut.
Wilkinson wants to clinch up but Rienfeldt keeps it at a distance.

Wilkinson moves into the clinch.
Rienfeldt throws a punch but it's blocked by Wilkinson.
Rienfeldt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wilkinson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Rienfeldt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rienfeldt takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rienfeldt tries to land a leg kick but Wilkinson saw it coming and moves away.

Wilkinson has Rienfeldt up against the cage in a clinch.
Wilkinson lands with a light punch inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fredrik Rienfeldt dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Rienfeldt's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.



Wilkinson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rienfeldt swings wildly with an uppercut but Wilkinson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rienfeldt blocking some punches.
Wilkinson tries to land a knee to the head but Rienfeldt blocks with his arms.
Rienfeldt swings wildly with an uppercut but Wilkinson uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Wilkinson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fredrik Rienfeldt has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rienfeldt blocks an elbow strike.
Wilkinson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Wilkinson.

Rienfeldt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wilkinson throws a hook but Rienfeldt avoids it easily.
Wilkinson loads up on a big right hand but Rienfeldt slips the punch.
Wilkinson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rienfeldt manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rienfeldt fires out a quick counter leg kick but Wilkinson just manages to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wilkinson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wilkinson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilkinson tries to clinch up but Rienfeldt circles away and keeps his distance.
A big right from Wilkinson misses.
As Wilkinson backs away, Rienfeldt returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Rienfeldt throws a sloppy head kick and Wilkinson moves out of range easily.
Rienfeldt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wilkinson can do to turn this around?
Wilkinson closes the distance but Rienfeldt moves to the side
and Rienfeldt counters with a nice uppercut.
Rienfeldt on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wilkinson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fredrik Rienfeldt is winning the standup battle so far.
Rienfeldt misses with a hook. Wilkinson ducked under it nicely.
Rienfeldt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wilkinson.
Rienfeldt throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wilkinson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rienfeldt swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wilkinson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rienfeldt thuds his right hand into Wilkinson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wilkinson lands a nice looking body shot.

Wilkinson clinches.
Rienfeldt is trying to break free.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rienfeldt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilkinson misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wilkinson lands a damaging elbow.
Rienfeldt works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rienfeldt lands an uppercut.
Wilkinson takes a shot to the head.
A body shot lands from Rienfeldt.
Wilkinson misses with a punch to the body.
Rienfeldt lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wilkinson lands a nice uppercut.
Rienfeldt lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wilkinson throws an elbow but misses.
Rienfeldt blocks an elbow strike from Wilkinson.
A short right from Wilkinson on the inside.
Wilkinson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rienfeldt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rienfeldt lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wilkinson backwards.
Rienfeldt swings wildly with an uppercut but Wilkinson uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rienfeldt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wilkinson's elbow.
Wilkinson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wilkinson.
Wilkinson prevents Rienfeldt from breaking the clinch.
Rienfeldt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rienfeldt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wilkinson.
Rienfeldt has a couple of punches blocked by Wilkinson.
Wilkinson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wilkinson pushes off an throws an elbow but Rienfeldt leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rienfeldt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wilkinson's elbow.
Wilkinson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wilkinson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rienfeldt throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wilkinsons head.
Rienfeldt lands with a left to the head.
Wilkinson lands a left hand.
Wilkinson lands with a left to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rienfeldt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rienfeldt lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wilkinson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wilkinson struggles to land a body shot inside as Rienfeldt controls his hands.
Rienfeldt working aggressively here.
Rienfeldt working aggressively here.
Rienfeldt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wilkinson is defending well for now.
Wilkinson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wilkinson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wilkinson misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Rienfeldt.
Wilkinson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wilkinson tries to break the clinch but Rienfeldt is controlling the position.
Rienfeldt blocks a body shot from Wilkinson.
Wilkinson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Wilkinson.
Wilkinson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wilkinson lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Timothy Wilkinson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!


Rienfeldt jabs Wilkinson right on the nose. Wilkinson blinks but takes it well.
Wilkinson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wilkinson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rienfeldt paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That kick from Rienfeldt tenderised Wilkinson's leg. Wilkinson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nice defenses there by Wilkinson.
Wilkinson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rienfeldt manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rienfeldt appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Rienfeldt moves away from the strike by Wilkinson.
Rienfeldt throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Wilkinson looks to clinch
and Rienfeldt counters with a low kick, right behind Wilkinson 's knee.
Wilkinson scores with a decent looking hook.
Rienfeldt throws a body shot but no joy.
Rienfeldt just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wilkinson is looking to clinch.
Rienfeldt thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wilkinson is looking to clinch but Rienfeldt is avoiding it.
Rienfeldt tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wilkinson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A shot to the liver by Wilkinson. Beautiful body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rienfeldt lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wilkinson's sensitive parts.
Wilkinson misses with a body shot.

Wilkinson moves into the clinch successfully.
Rienfeldt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rienfeldt blocks a body shot from Wilkinson.
Rienfeldt tries a body shot but Wilkinson blocks it.
Rienfeldt throws a punch but it's blocked by Wilkinson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wilkinson.
Wilkinson scores with a hook to the body.
Rienfeldt blocks an elbow strike from Wilkinson.
A short left from Rienfeldt.
Rienfeldt blocking some punches.
Rienfeldt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wilkinson prevents a body shot from Rienfeldt.
Rienfeldt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wilkinson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Fredrik Rienfeldt's cut is getting worse.
A short body shot lands from Rienfeldt as the two fighters clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rienfeldt blocking some punches.
Wilkinson lands a right hand.
Wilkinson pushes Rienfeldt back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wilkinson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wilkinson tries to throw a body punch but Rienfeldt avoids it by throwing Wilkinson back against the cage.
Rienfeldt scores with a shot to the side of Wilkinson's head.
Rienfeldt misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wilkinson.
Rienfeldt doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wilkinson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rienfeldt swings wildly with an uppercut but Wilkinson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rienfeldt swings wildly with an uppercut but Wilkinson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wilkinson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wilkinson throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rienfeldt avoids the elbow strike from Wilkinson, against the cage.
Rienfeldt misses with a body punch.
Wilkinson lands a shoulder strike.
Rienfeldt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wilkinson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rienfeldt backwards.
Wilkinson lands a shot to the body.
Wilkinson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Wilkinson pushes Rienfeldt back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Rienfeldt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rienfeldt is looking to chop away at Wilkinson's legs.
Rienfeldt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wilkinson.
Wilkinson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rienfeldt throws a hook to the side of Wilkinson's head but Wilkinson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Wilkinson pushes Rienfeldt up against the cage in a clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Wilkinson.
Wilkinson misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rienfeldt has a couple of punches blocked by Wilkinson.
A short body shot lands from Wilkinson as the two fighters clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wilkinson.
Wilkinson lands a damaging elbow.
Rienfeldt blocks a body shot from Wilkinson.
Rienfeldt lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wilkinson blocks an uppercut.
Wilkinson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rienfeldt prevents a body shot from Wilkinson.
Rienfeldt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rienfeldt lands a hook that snaps the head of Wilkinson backwards.
Rienfeldt makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wilkinson lands a damaging elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Timothy Wilkinson.
I think Wilkinson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Timothy Wilkinson!

A relieved looking Timothy Wilkinson 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Gonzalez (ranked 1396 p4p, 182 weight class) and Jon Snitch (ranked 883 p4p, 116 weight class). Snitch is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I Wanna Rock. Jon Snitch acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.



178 cm
37
180 lbs
29 - 20 - 0
183 cm
33
173 lbs
21 - 13 - 1
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine
Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank


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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Gonzalez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Snitch!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and George Francis.




The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Snitch backs up against the cage.
Gonzalez blocks a jab.
A big right from Snitch misses.
Gonzalez cracks the inside of Snitch's front leg.
Snitch connects with a crisp jab.
Gonzalez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Snitch.
Snitch with a poor takedown
and Gonzalez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Snitch chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gonzalez can pounce on him.
A big left from Gonzalez misses.
Jon Snitch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gonzalez throws a head kick but Snitch moves out of range.
Gonzalez takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circling - Snitch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Snitch connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gonzalez. Gonzalez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Snitch is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gonzalez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Snitch throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gonzalez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snitch looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Gonzalez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Anthony Gonzalez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Snitch.
Snitch missing with a left hand there. Gonzalez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Snitch throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gonzalez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gonzalez takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Snitch shoots and misses
and Gonzalez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gonzalez throws a shot from downtown. Snitch moves away and avoids it.
Snitch changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Gonzalez throws a sloppy head kick and Snitch moves out of range easily.
Gonzalez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Snitch has time to react.
Gonzalez lands a head kick. Snitch smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Gonzalez scores with a jab. Snitch acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Snitch is rocked!
Gonzalez closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Snitch out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Anthony Gonzalez!
Anthony Gonzalez is the new welterweight champion!
A victorious Anthony Gonzalez thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
The defeated Jon Snitch had this to say: 'This loss will make me better, I will be back.'.
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