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Bellator Invicta PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robbie Holmes (ranked 4446 p4p, 349 weight class) and Cain Marko (ranked 4401 p4p, 344 weight class). Holmes comes into the arena with Motorhead blaring out of the sound system. Robbie Holmes has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Robbie Holmes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cain Marko!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holmes wants to clinch but Marko slips to the side
and Marko counters with a nice double leg into side control. Holmes won't be happy with that.
Holmes is looking to get back to his feet here but Marko is keeping cool and he's managed to take Holmes's back.
Marko has Holmes flattened out and is raining down punches.
Marko has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Holmes's body.
Marko is cranking Holmes's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Holmes! He's tightened the choke and Holmes is tapping out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Cain Marko!
The defeated Robbie Holmes had this to say: 'aaaahh!Bollocks!'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Buenaventura Durruti (ranked 3746 p4p, 179 weight class) and Dangelo Vargas (ranked 3521 p4p, 173 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Buenaventura Durruti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dangelo Vargas!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vargas scores with a nice right hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for Vargas.
A big right from Vargas misses.
Durruti rushes Vargas and presses him up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Durruti creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Durruti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Durruti.
Durruti lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Dangelo Vargas has been cut.
Durruti tries a knee to the head but Vargas blocks it.
Vargas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vargas tries to pull guard but Durruti won't allow it.
Vargas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Durruti lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vargas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Durruti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Durruti lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vargas backwards.
Durruti tries to land a knee to the head but Vargas blocks with his arms.
Durruti crunches a lovely knee into Vargas's ribcage.
Durruti misses with a knee to the head.
Durruti tries a knee to the head but Vargas blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durruti gets through Vargas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vargas misses with some punches.
Vargas tries to pull guard but Durruti forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Durruti lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Durruti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vargas misses with a punch to the body.
Durruti lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Durruti throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vargas blocks it with crossed arms.
Durruti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Durruti working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Durruti lands a shot to the body.
A knee to the head by Durruti.
Vargas wants to break free but Durruti has control.
The referee is keeping an eye on Vargas - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Vargas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Durruti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Durruti working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Vargas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durruti with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Durruti.
Durruti keeps control of Vargas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Durruti lands with a left to the head.
Durruti throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vargass head.
Vargas struggles to land a body shot inside as Durruti controls his hands.
Vargas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vargas blocks an uppercut.
I was talking to Durruti's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Durruti throws a punch but it's blocked by Vargas.
Vargas is trying to break the clinch but Durruti is controlling him.
Vargas fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Buenaventura Durruti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dangelo Vargas.
Vargas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vargas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Durruti.
Durruti looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Vargas throws a lazy uppercut
and Durruti counters with a flying knee that drops Vargas! Durruti dives in and finishes the fight with a flurry of strikes from the mount!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Buenaventura Durruti!
During a confident post fight interview, Buenaventura Durruti thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Morris Day (ranked 2027 p4p, 204 weight class) and Donatello Giovanni (ranked 23423 p4p, 393 weight class). Donatello Giovanni will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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146 lbs
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150 lbs
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Counter fighter
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Morris Day!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donatello Giovanni!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giovanni tries for a takedown but Day sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Day walks forward, straight into a front kick from Giovanni.
Giovanni misses with a takedown
and Day counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Giovanni!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Day creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Giovanni tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Day is putting a hurting on Giovanni here, landing some big shots from side control.
Day has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Giovanni is bucking up trying to escape but Day cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice elbow there by Day.
Day in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Giovanni is rocked!
Day looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Giovanni is still in real trouble! Can Day finish him?
Day looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Giovanni covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Morris Day!
An out of breath Morris Day thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
In defeat, Donatello Giovanni stepped up to the mic, saying 'Really?'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Wayne (ranked 4487 p4p, 351 weight class) and Kal Valen (ranked 3271 p4p, 296 weight class). Kal Valen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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275 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Wayne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kal Valen!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valen moves into the clinch.
Valen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Valen misses with a punch on the inside.
Valen scores with a shot to the side of Wayne's head.
Valen swings wildly with an uppercut but Wayne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Valen blocking some punches.
Valen throws a head punch that misses.
Valen working aggressively here.
Wayne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valen misses with a punch on the inside.
Valen struggles to land a body shot inside as Wayne controls his hands.
Valen misses with a punch on the inside.
Valen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valen throws a punch but it's blocked by Wayne.
A head punch on the inside from Valen fails to land.
Valen lands a shoulder strike.
Valen tries a body shot but Wayne blocks it.
Valen lands a nice uppercut.
Wayne blocks an uppercut.
Valen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wayne decides to pull guard.
Valen gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Wayne just misses with a punch to the body.
Wayne throws a leg kick but Valen checks it.
Wayne is looking to clinch but Valen is avoiding it.
Wayne has been working on his boxing with his coaches at whitey's gym in the buildup to the fight.
John Wayne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valen throws out a loose jab but Wayne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Valen checks a leg kick nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valen avoids the body shot from Wayne.
Wayne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Valen darts in and clinches Wayne up against the cage.
Valen swings wildly with an uppercut but Wayne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valen tries a body shot but Wayne blocks it.
A short right from Valen on the inside.
Valen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wayne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Valen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Valen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Valen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Valen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wayne backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valen throws a punch but it's blocked by Wayne.
Wayne is trying to break the clinch but Valen has him pressed against the cage.
Wayne blocks a body shot from Valen.
Valen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wayne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Valen lands a nice uppercut.
Wayne blocks an uppercut.
Valen misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wayne.
Wayne is trying to break the clinch but Valen has him pressed against the cage.
Valen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Valen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Valen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Valen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wayne is rocked!
A head punch on the inside from Valen fails to land.
Oh Wayne is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Valen digs a right hand underneath Wayne's ribcage. Wayne let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Valen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Valen creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Wayne's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Wayne drops to his knees and Valen pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kal Valen!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Detkhunjon Sitsongrit (ranked 1773 p4p, 97 weight class) and Distant Thunder (ranked 2366 p4p, 119 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Thunder's choice of entrance music: Who Set The World On Fire. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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135 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Detkhunjon Sitsongrit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Distant Thunder!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Thunder. That's going to slow Sitsongrit down.
Thunder misses with a looping left.
Thunder misses the shot to the body.
Thunder avoids the body shot from Sitsongrit.
Thunder let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sitsongrit misses with a low kick.
Thunder feints and then cracks Sitsongrit's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sitsongrit down.
Thunder jabs Sitsongrit to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sitsongrit tries a low kick but Thunder avoids it.
Sitsongrit misses with a low kick.
Thunder lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Thunder blocks a jab.
Thunder swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sitsongrit throws out a powerful jab.
Thunder misses with a low kick as Sitsongrit jumps back.
Thunder moves forwards but Sitsongrit connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A low kick from Sitsongrit misses
and Thunder counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Thunder misses with a hook.
Sitsongrit throwing a counter right hand but Thunder manages to avoid it.
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!
Thunder throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thunder looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sitsongrit slips under a jab from Thunder.
Sitsongrit connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Thunder momentarily.
Thunder works Sitsongrit's body with a nice hook.
Sitsongrit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thunder moves away.
Thunder looks to land a left hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit misses with a looping right.
Sitsongrit looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sitsongrit tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sitsongrit blocks the body kick.
Thunder throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sitsongrit misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sitsongrit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sitsongrit pushes Thunder back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit has a couple of punches blocked by Thunder.
Thunder is trying to pull guard but Sitsongrit turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Sitsongrit blocks an elbow strike from Thunder.
Sitsongrit misses with the head strike.
Sitsongrit tries to work over Thunder's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thunder fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sitsongrit lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sitsongrit blocks an elbow strike from Thunder.
Thunder lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Thunder pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thunder scores with a nice head shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thunder fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sitsongrit on the side of the head.
Sitsongrit takes a swing at Thunder's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thunder scores with a nice strike.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A chopping leg kick lands by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit moves out of range of the leg kick from Thunder.
Sitsongrit tries to land a leg kick but Thunder saw it coming and moves away.
Thunder is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sitsongrit with a body shot.
Thunder tries to land a front kick but Sitsongrit steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sitsongrit loads up on a big right hand but Thunder slips the punch.
Thunder jabs Sitsongrit right on the nose. Sitsongrit blinks but takes it well.
Thunder turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sitsongrit does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sitsongrit connects with a good right hand that stumbles Thunder. Thunder circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Thunder has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Thunder there as he acknowledges the shot.
Thunder motions for Sitsongrit to come forward. Thunder throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Thunder.
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thunder manages to avoid it.
Thunder blocks a low kick nicely.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sitsongrit lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Thunder has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Thunder and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot.
An inside leg kick from Sitsongrit misses.
Sitsongrit throws a body punch but Thunder moves out of range.
Sitsongrit swings for the body but Thunder moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thunder throws a jab when Sitsongrit was well out of range.
Thunder throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sitsongrit.
Thunder scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sitsongrit lands with a right hand.
Sitsongrit takes a swing at Thunder's ribcage but misses.
Sitsongrit thuds his right hand into Thunder's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sitsongrit has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Thunder finds it's way round the side to connect with Sitsongrit's head.
Sitsongrit throws a chopping leg kick but Thunder manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Thunder throws a leg kick which misses Sitsongrit's front leg but catches the back leg as Sitsongrit tries to avoid it.
Thunder thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thunder lands a jab to Sitsongrit's midsection.
Thunder throws a big shot that misses.
Thunder scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Thunder checks a low kick from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws the left hand but Thunder avoids the punch easily.
Sitsongrit misses with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thunder darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Thunder chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sitsongrit can pounce on him.
Thunder scores with a body shot.
Thunder lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sitsongrit at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Thunder lands.
Thunder dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sitsongrit. That did some damage!
Distant Thunder seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sitsongrit misses the shot to the body.
Thunder looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sitsongrit. Thunder does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice side step and Thunder releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A big left from Thunder misses.
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thunder manages to avoid it.
A jab from Thunder misses.
Sitsongrit looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Thunder throws a shot from downtown. Sitsongrit moves away and avoids it.
Thunder ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thunder's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sitsongrit connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Thunder scrambles back to his feet.
Thunder looks to land a left hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range nicely.
Thunder takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Thunder throws a looping overhand right but Sitsongrit ducks down to avoid it.
Sitsongrit slips under a jab.
Sitsongrit loads up on a big right hand but Thunder slips the punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thunder.
An inside leg kick from Thunder misses.
A left lands for Thunder.
Thunder digs a good hook to Sitsongrit's body.
Sitsongrit is looking to score with low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Distant Thunder will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Thunder stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sitsongrit.
Thunder swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thunder tries to work over Sitsongrit's front leg with a kick but Sitsongrit checks it.
Distant Thunder seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Thunder buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the side of Thunder's head but Thunder sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A clash of legs there as Thunder blocks the low kick.
Thunder misses with a hook.
Sitsongrit is looking to counter with a body kick.
Sitsongrit tries to land a body kick
and Thunder counters with a stiff right hand.
Sitsongrit is looking to chop away at Thunder's legs.
Thunder scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sitsongrit steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Thunder. That one must have hurt.
Thunder throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Thunder keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thunder.
Good standup being displayed there by Thunder as he connects with a hook.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sitsongrit.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sitsongrit tries to clinch up but Thunder circles away and keeps his distance.
Sitsongrit slips under a jab from Thunder.
Thunder slips a jab from Sitsongrit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sitsongrit feints and then cracks Thunder's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Thunder down.
Sitsongrit swats away the attempt to clinch by Thunder.
Good shot there by Sitsongrit.
A big left from Sitsongrit misses.
Thunder just misses with a punch to the body.
Thunder staying out of range there.
Sitsongrit throws a shot from downtown. Thunder moves away and avoids it.
Jab from Thunder.
Thunder slips under a jab from Sitsongrit.
Thunder is looking to score with low kicks.
Thunder throws out a leg kick but Sitsongrit moves out of range and Thunder only half commits.
Sitsongrit takes a swing at Thunder's ribcage but misses.
Sitsongrit takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nice defenses there by Sitsongrit.
Thunder lands a nice hook to Sitsongrit's body. Sitsongrit takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thunder throws a lazy right hand but Sitsongrit sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sitsongrit cracks Thunder with a good jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thunder is looking to chop away at Sitsongrit's legs.
Thunder tries to work over Sitsongrit's front leg with a kick but Sitsongrit checks it.
Sitsongrit cracks Thunder with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Thunder throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sitsongrit.
Thunder throws a hook but Sitsongrit avoids it easily.
Thunder throws a body shot but no joy.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick that is checked
and Thunder counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thunder lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sitsongrit's sensitive parts.
Detkhunjon Sitsongrit has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A big left from Sitsongrit misses.
Thunder throws a nice looking combination but Sitsongrit bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thunder dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sitsongrit, right into the meat.
Thunder keeps the fight on the outside.
Thunder flicks out a counter leg kick but Sitsongrit steps away.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sitsongrit throws a body shot but no joy.
Thunder connects with a nice looking jab.
Thunder moves out of range of the leg kick from Sitsongrit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Thunder.
Sitsongrit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sitsongrit moves out of range as Thunder throws a body kick.
Sitsongrit clinches with his opponent.
Thunder's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Thunder.
Sitsongrit pushes Thunder back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thunder is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Sitsongrit is defending well.
Thunder throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Thunder lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Thunder lands a body punch in the clinch.
Thunder lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sitsongrit backwards.
Thunder is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Sitsongrit is defending well.
Sitsongrit blocks the elbow strike.
Sitsongrit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thunder is working Sitsongrit over against the cage.
Thunder tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Detkhunjon Sitsongrit has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Distant Thunder.
Sitsongrit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sitsongrit.
Thunder lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thunder prevents a body shot from Sitsongrit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit digs a right hand underneath Thunder's ribcage. Thunder let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sitsongrit avoids the elbow strike from Thunder, against the cage.
Sitsongrit tries to work over Thunder's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thunder wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sitsongrit has him pressed against the cage.
Sitsongrit lands with a light punch inside.
Detkhunjon Sitsongrit has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sitsongrit.
Thunder drags the fight down to the ground.
Thunder 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.
Thunder had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Sitsongrit defends it easily.
Sitsongrit controlling from the top position.
Thunder working for a triangle but Sitsongrit defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Distant Thunder showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thunder.
Sitsongrit ducks right into an uppercut from Thunder.
Thunder misses the shot to the body.
Thunder takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Thunder misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sitsongrit.
A lazy left from Thunder finds it's target.
Thunder displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sitsongrit throws out the jab.
Thunder throws the kick towards the body but Sitsongrit avoids it.
Thunder avoids the body shot from Sitsongrit.
Thunder keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Thunder keeps the fight on the outside.
A slapping leg kick lands for Thunder.
A bone on bone clash there as Thunder blocks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sitsongrit works Thunder's body with a nice hook.
Thunder pushes Sitsongrit away with a front kick.
Sitsongrit closes the distance and clinches.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thunder comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sitsongrit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder lands an elbow inside that Sitsongrit shrugs off.
Thunder scores with a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Sitsongrit - that landed with a thud.
Thunder blocks a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sitsongrit working aggressively here.
Sitsongrit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sitsongrit lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sitsongrit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sitsongrit misses with a body punch.
Sitsongrit avoids the elbow strike from Thunder, against the cage.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice hook to the head.
A hook to the body from Sitsongrit.
Thunder blocks a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Thunder lands an elbow just above Sitsongrit 's eye.
Thunder prevents a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Thunder lands a damaging elbow.
Thunder manages to break the clinch.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sitsongrit takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Thunder keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit is looking to land body kicks.
Sitsongrit fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Thunder checks it well.
Thunder steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Sitsongrit.
A jab from Sitsongrit misses.
Sitsongrit wants to land a leg kick but Thunder is out of range.
Sitsongrit misses with a looping left.
Sitsongrit with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sitsongrit wants to clinch up but Thunder keeps it at a distance.
Thunder avoids the body shot from Sitsongrit.
Thunder connects with a crisp jab.
The fighters circling - Thunder throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thunder jabs at Sitsongrit's body.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thunder lands with an uppercut that bounces Sitsongrit off the cage and back into range.
Sitsongrit tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thunder paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sitsongrit throws a low kick but Thunder moves out of range easily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Thunder!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thunder tries to clinch up.
Thunder slips under a jab from Sitsongrit.
Thunder connects with a body shot that sends Sitsongrit's belly button to the back.
A jab lands there for Thunder.
Thunder scores with a nice body kick.
Sitsongrit fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Thunder is out of range.
Thunder appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sitsongrit misses with a low kick.
Sitsongrit digs a good body shot into Thunder's ribs.
Thunder wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sitsongrit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thunder sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thunder lands a nice shot to the body.
Sitsongrit getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sitsongrit misses with an uppercut. Thunder saw that one coming.
Thunder lands a jab.
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!
Sitsongrit swings for the body but Thunder moves out of range.
Thunder works Sitsongrit's body with a nice hook.
Sitsongrit takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sitsongrit misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thunder throws a nice inside leg kick.
Thunder avoids the body shot from Sitsongrit.
Thunder swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Thunder uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sitsongrit.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sitsongrit. Thunder does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thunder moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Thunder connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Thunder scores with a jab to the body.
Thunder moves into range and connects with a jab.
Thunder jabs Sitsongrit to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A big right from Thunder misses.
Sitsongrit is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sitsongrit moves forwards but Thunder connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nice shot lands for Sitsongrit.
Thunder scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thunder just misses with a punch to the body.
Sitsongrit throws out a leg kick but Thunder moves out of range and Sitsongrit only half commits.
That kick from Thunder tenderised Sitsongrit's leg. Sitsongrit is trying to keep his angry face on.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Thunder.
Thunder misses with a lunging right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a good low kick that Thunder was not able to check.
And that's the end of the fight!
Distant Thunder comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Thunder winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Distant Thunder!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Conor OMalley (ranked 3338 p4p, 353 weight class) and Stefan Albrecht (ranked 1286 p4p, 173 weight class). Conor OMalley is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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30
176 lbs
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175 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Conor OMalley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Stefan Albrecht!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
OMalley tries for a takedown but Albrecht sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
No joy there for Albrecht, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
OMalley tries to counter with a takedown but Albrecht is quick to defend against it.
OMalley throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Albrecht's waist but Albrecht gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing OMalley off to one side.
OMalley misses with a takedown attempt - Albrecht sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Conor OMalley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Albrecht connects with a body shot that sends OMalley's belly button to the back.
Albrecht looks to land a left hand but OMalley moved out of range nicely.
Albrecht keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Albrecht lands a straight punch to the body, keeping OMalley at a distance.
OMalley shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Albrecht as he avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Albrecht dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
OMalley misses with a takedown
and Albrecht counters with a nice uppercut.
Albrecht lands a nice looking body shot.
No luck with that takedown attempt from OMalley.
A little jabbing left from Albrecht on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
OMalley looks for a takedown but Albrecht sprawls well.
Albrecht thuds a left hand into OMalley's body.
OMalley gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Albrecht counters with a left to the body.
Stefan Albrecht is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albrecht scores with a jab to the jaw.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from OMalley.
Albrecht looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
OMalley slips a straight right by Albrecht.
Conor OMalley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Albrecht fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches OMalley on the side of the head.
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!
OMalley shoots in but Albrecht avoids the takedown attempt easily.
OMalley dives in for a single leg takedown but Albrecht sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Albrecht let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Albrecht works OMalley's body with a nice hook.
Albrecht has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as OMalley is landing a low percentage of strikes.
OMalley shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Albrecht counters with a nice uppercut.
OMalley shoots in and drives through. Albrecht sprawls well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albrecht cracks OMalley with a right hand to the side of the head.
OMalley shoots and misses
and Albrecht counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Albrecht lands with an uppercut that bounces OMalley off the cage and back into range.
Albrecht swinging wildly here.
Albrecht keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Albrecht jabs OMalley to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Albrecht keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Albrecht lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
OMalley closes the distance and clinches up with Albrecht, looking for a takedown. OMalley pushes Albrecht against the cage but Albrecht circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
OMalley has his takedown stuffed
and Albrecht counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Albrecht misses the jab.
Albrecht's jab looks to have found its range, popping OMalley under the eye.
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!
OMalley shoots in looking for a takedown. Albrecht tries to sprawl out of it but OMalley keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Albrecht manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice sprawl there from Albrecht as OMalley shoots in.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from OMalley is defended easily by Albrecht.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stefan Albrecht dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Albrecht lands with an uppercut that bounces OMalley off the cage and back into range.
Albrecht slaps away a takedown attempt from OMalley, before circling back to the center of the mat.
OMalley shoots and misses
and OMalley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Albrecht misses with a looping left.
OMalley shoots in looking for a takedown but Albrecht manages to keep the fight standing, pushing OMalley's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Conor OMalley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
OMalley gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Albrecht counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
OMalley misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A little jabbing left from Albrecht on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A punch lands to the side of OMalley 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
OMalley shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Albrecht counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
OMalley misses with a takedown attempt
and Albrecht counters with a left right combination that sends OMalley crashing to the mat - Albrecht wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding OMalley out for a TKO! Devastating finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stefan Albrecht!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Future Winger (ranked 1524 p4p, 85 weight class) and Bartlomiej Jan (ranked 21612 p4p, 259 weight class). Winger comes to the cage accompanied by Remember The Name. Future Winger has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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29
147 lbs
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136 lbs
5 - 7 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Future Winger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Bartlomiej Jan!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winger scores with the left hand. Jan knows he should have avoided that one.
Jan shoots for a takedown but Winger saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jan looks for a takedown but Winger sprawls well.
Jan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A nice combination there by Winger.
Jan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Winger as he avoids it easily.
Future Winger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bartlomiej Jan.
Winger moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jan is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Winger plants his feet and throws a brutal three punch combo that sends Jan swiftly into unconsciousness! Right, left, right! Boom, boom, boom! Jan face plants, battered and bloodied! He might never be the same again after that finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Future Winger!
Future Winger bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sho Nuff (ranked 1542 p4p, 204 weight class) and Mary Read (ranked 3647 p4p, 392 weight class). Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Mary Read has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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26
215 lbs
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220 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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Solid Muay Thai
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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
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sho Nuff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mary Read!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Phil Schofield and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Read throws a series of punches but Nuff avoids them all with ease.
Nuff throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Read.
Nuff throws the left hand but Read avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Read misses.
Read throws a poor cross that misses
and Nuff counters with a stiff right hand.
Nuff definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Read throws a body shot but no joy.
Nuff avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nuff throws a quick counter kick to the body but Read avoids it.
Nuff stalks Read and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Read's face. Read staggers backwards, shaken.
The fighters circling - Read throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
As Read looks to move away, Nuff throws a big counter combo but Read just gets out of the way.
Read moves away from the strike by Nuff.
Read looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Read steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Nuff. That one must have hurt.
Nuff throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Read looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nuff tries to clinch but Read moves away
and Read counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nuff thinking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Read is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nuff.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuff looks to land a body kick but Read moved away.
Read on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nuff connects with a solid leg kick.
Nuff bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Read swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Nuff.
Read throws a looping overhand right but Nuff ducks down to avoid it.
Nuff drives through and clinches with Read against the cage.
Nuff breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Nuff - that will leave a mark!
Nuff misses with a kick to the body.
Nuff lands a really nice looking cross but Read seems unphased.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nuff.
Read defending well as Nuff loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nuff tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Read manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nuff pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nuff throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Read.
Read misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nuff.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nuff.
Read pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Read throws a body shot but no joy.
Nuff throws a head kick that misses.
Nuff throws a jab but it's blocked by Read.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nuff stalling.
Nuff lands with a right to the head.
Read tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Read lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nuff tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nuff breaks the clinch.
Nuff connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nuff misses with a low kick.
Nuff throws a nice outside leg kick.
Read uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nuff.
Nuff works Read's body with a nice hook.
Read takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Read misses with a wild body shot.
Nuff tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Read doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Nuff feints and then cracks Read's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Read down.
Read misses with a looping right.
A slapping body kick lands there for Nuff.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Read swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nuff throws a quick inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nuff.
Sho Nuff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nuff swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Read.
Nuff connects with a leg kick. Read looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nuff throws a series of punches but Read moves out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Nuff.
Nuff dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Read. That did some damage!
Read lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nuff misses with a looping right.
Nuff throws a quick inside leg kick.
Read has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Nuff.
Nuff with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Read misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sho Nuff dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nuff throws a leg kick that is checked
and Read counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nuff lands with an uppercut that bounces Read off the cage and back into range.
Nice uppercut there from Nuff.
Nuff moves into the clinch.
Nuff is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Read can do to turn this around?
Read lands a nice shot to the body.
Nuff breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Read throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Read misses with an uppercut. Nuff saw that one coming.
Nuff throws a head kick that misses.
Read now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nuff lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Nuff moves in looking to clinch but Read pushes him off.
Nuff takes the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Read dodges an elbow strike from Nuff.
Read looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuff lands a hook to the side of the head.
Read lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nuff misses with the head strike.
Nuff misses with a body punch.
Nuff prevents a body shot from Read.
Nuff leaning against his opponent.
Read lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Read stalling the fight.
Nuff pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Read's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nuff under the eye.
Nuff looks for the body kick but Read saw that one coming.
Read doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Nuff 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.
Nuff scores with a spinning back kick!
Nuff's corner calls for a 1-2. Nuff obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Read throws a right and a left that Nuff avoids nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nuff throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nuff takes a swing at Read's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nuff gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Read is trying to break the clinch but Nuff is controlling him.
Nuff pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Read tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nuff throws a head kick that misses
and Read counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Read connects with a nice looking jab.
Nuff chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Read looks to score with a jab to the body but Nuff is just out of range.
Nuff will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A looping hook to the body misses from Read. Nuff does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nuff feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Read's calf.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Read misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nuff.
Crunch! Nuff slams his shin into Read's torso.
Nuff's jab looks to have found its range, popping Read under the eye.
Nuff fakes the leg kick and cracks Read in the body.
Nuff goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nuff moves into the clinch.
Nuff throws an elbow that misses.
Nuff has Read pushed against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nuff lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sho Nuff has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nuff misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nuff stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nuff.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nuff - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nuff presses Read against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nuff breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nuff moves into range and clinches up with Read.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nuff breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Read takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nuff just misses with a punch to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nuff.
Read misses with a shot to the body
and Nuff counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nuff pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A countering left hand to the body from Read misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nuff.
Sho Nuff is winning the standup battle so far.
Nuff throws a leg kick but Read sees it coming and checks it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sho Nuff dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Read takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nuff throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Read swings widly with a right hand
and Nuff counters with a straight right hand.
Read defending well as Nuff loads up on a big left hand.
Nuff moves into the clinch successfully.
Nuff tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nuff stalls.
A right hand to the body from Nuff.
Nuff working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nuff throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reads head.
Read is pushing Nuff up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A short body shot lands from Nuff as the two fighters clinch.
Read's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Read takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuff breaks the clinch.
Nuff moves out of range of the strikes.
Nuff goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sho Nuff is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Read blocks a head kick by Nuff.
Read misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nuff.
Read moves out of range of the body kick.
Read takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nuff lands with a nice body kick.
Nuff throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Read takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nuff lands a lovely overhand right.
Nuff connects with an inside leg kick.
Nuff feints and then cracks Read's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Read down.
Mary Read has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nuff misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nuff lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Read circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Read throws a right and a left that Nuff avoids nicely.
Nuff moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nuff looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nuff has taken the fight to the clinch.
Nuff swings wildly with an uppercut but Read uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nuff tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Read's elbow.
Nuff's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Read throws a hook but Nuff blocks it.
Nuff lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nuff throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Read moves out of range as Nuff throws a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Read connects with a right hand. Nuff shakes it off.
Nuff displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Read takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice shot lands for Nuff.
Read tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nuff was well out of range. Poor timing from Read.
Nuff tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Read paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Read lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Read waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nuff.
A little feinted left hand from Nuff on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Read avoids a kick to the body.
Read takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Read shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nuff jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nuff thuds his shin into the meat of Read's side.
Read misses the shot to the body.
Nuff seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Nuff throws a nice outside leg kick.
Read chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nuff can pounce on him.
Jab, jab by Nuff - just one landing.
Read is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nuff.
Nuff looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Read looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nuff tries to close the distance and clinch but Read swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nuff throws a push kick but Read slaps the foot to one side.
Nuff scores with a kick to the body.
Nuff stuns Read with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A jab from Read misses.
Read looks to land a right hand but Nuff moved out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sho Nuff showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nuff has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sho Nuff!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Claudio Benedetti (ranked 1155 p4p, 160 weight class) and Julio Cruzeiro (ranked 990 p4p, 137 weight class). Benedetti comes to the cage accompanied by Atrevete te. Cruzeiro has chosen Linval Thompson - Jah Jah The Conqueror as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Claudio Benedetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julio Cruzeiro!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Paul Tew and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruzeiro avoids the head kick by Benedetti.
Cruzeiro jabs at Benedetti's body.
Cruzeiro scores with a decent looking hook.
Cruzeiro throws a jab when Benedetti was well out of range.
A quick step to the side and Benedetti tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cruzeiro tries to clinch there but Benedetti circles away.
Benedetti stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cruzeiro.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruzeiro avoids the head kick by Benedetti.
Cruzeiro follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Cruzeiro thuds his right hand into Benedetti's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Benedetti walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cruzeiro 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruzeiro pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Benedetti is looking to counter with a body kick.
Cruzeiro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benedetti.
Benedetti appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Benedetti throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cruzeiro throws out a counter right but Benedetti avoids it with no problem.
Cruzeiro misses with a hook.
Cruzeiro looks for the body kick but Benedetti saw that one coming.
Benedetti was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cruzeiro moves out of range of the body kick.
Cruzeiro tries to counter with a clinch but Benedetti shakes him off and moves away.
Cruzeiro punishes Benedetti's body with a nice straight punch.
Benedetti misses with a lunging right hand
and Cruzeiro counters with an inside leg kick.
Benedetti walks into a straight right hand from Cruzeiro.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Cruzeiro as he connects with a hook.
Cruzeiro tests Benedetti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Benedetti moves out of range of the strikes.
Benedetti is looking to counter punch.
Cruzeiro throws the left hand but Benedetti avoids the punch easily.
Benedetti is looking to counter with head kicks.
Benedetti definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cruzeiro tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Benedetti manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cruzeiro thows a leg kick but Benedetti checks it
and Benedetti counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Julio Cruzeiro 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!
Benedetti needs to keep his hands up - Cruzeiro had a free shot at his head there.
Cruzeiro on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Benedetti. Benedetti obviously looking to wear him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruzeiro throws a leg kick that misses.
Cruzeiro connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Benedetti defending well as Cruzeiro loads up on a big left hand.
Cruzeiro misses the body punch
and Benedetti counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benedetti misses with a looping left.
Cruzeiro lands a big uppercut and Benedetti crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Benedetti looks OK. Cruzeiro waves Benedetti back to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cruzeiro rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Benedetti counters with a thumping low kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Cruzeiro.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruzeiro throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cruzeiro throws a leg kick
and Benedetti counters with a good low kick that Cruzeiro was not able to check.
Cruzeiro works the jab nicely.
Cruzeiro scores with a jab. Benedetti acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cruzeiro wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cruzeiro lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Benedetti at a distance.
Benedetti doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Benedetti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cruzeiro.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julio Cruzeiro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julio Cruzeiro's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Cruzeiro scoring well with a low kick there.
Cruzeiro throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Benedetti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cruzeiro. Benedetti does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cruzeiro connects with a solid leg kick.
Julio Cruzeiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cruzeiro throws a leg kick that is checked
and Benedetti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That has opened up Julio Cruzeiro's cut even more.
Cruzeiro lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benedetti throws the kick towards the body but Cruzeiro avoids it.
Cruzeiro misses with a leg kick
and Benedetti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cruzeiro connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruzeiro throws out a powerful jab.
Cruzeiro looks to land a body kick but Benedetti moved away.
Benedetti has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cruzeiro.
Cruzeiro throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Benedetti counter with a right hand.
Benedetti slips a jab from Cruzeiro.
Benedetti is looking to counter with head kicks.
Benedetti moves out of range as Cruzeiro throws a body kick.
A good leg kick by Cruzeiro.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti throws a shot from downtown. Cruzeiro moves away and avoids it.
Benedetti scores with a jab to the head.
The cut above Julio Cruzeiro's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Benedetti on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cruzeiro. Cruzeiro obviously looking to wear him down.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cruzeiro.
Cruzeiro misses with an uppercut
and Benedetti counters with an inside leg kick.
Cruzeiro throws out a loose jab but Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benedetti takes one on the button.
Cruzeiro misses with the body kick
and Benedetti counters with a thumping low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Cruzeiro misses.
Benedetti throwing a counter right hand but Cruzeiro manages to avoid it.
Benedetti cracks Cruzeiro with an open hand slap.
Benedetti takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nice uppercut lands for Cruzeiro. That snapped Benedetti's head back.
Cruzeiro tries to clinch but Benedetti moves away
and Benedetti counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cruzeiro's knee momentarily.
Benedetti is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Benedetti takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cruzeiro misses with a hook. Benedetti ducked under it nicely.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Benedetti might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Benedetti goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Benedetti half committed to a counter leg kick.
Benedetti looks for the body kick but Cruzeiro saw that one coming.
Benedetti moves out of range as Cruzeiro strikes.
Cruzeiro has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cruzeiro ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Benedetti connects with a looping right hand.
Julio Cruzeiro's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benedetti blocks a head kick by Cruzeiro.
An attempted straight right counter from Benedetti misses the target.
Benedetti moves out of range of the body kick from Cruzeiro.
Benedetti throws a right hand that misses
and Cruzeiro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julio Cruzeiro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Julio Cruzeiro's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Benedetti has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cruzeiro.
Benedetti moves away from the strike by Cruzeiro.
Cruzeiro lands an overhand right.
Benedetti tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cruzeiro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cruzeiro clinches up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruzeiro tries to work over Benedetti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benedetti.
Cruzeiro lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
Cruzeiro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Cruzeiro.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benedetti.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cruzeiro.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Benedetti creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cruzeiro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cruzeiro pushes Benedetti back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Benedetti misses with the head strike.
A short right from Cruzeiro on the inside.
Benedetti blocking some punches.
Cruzeiro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benedetti working aggressively here.
Cruzeiro lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cruzeiro lands a body punch.
Benedetti misses with a punch on the inside.
Cruzeiro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Benedetti throws a punch but it's blocked by Cruzeiro.
Benedetti throws a head punch that misses.
Claudio Benedetti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti breaks from the clinch.
Cruzeiro swings widly with a right hand
and Benedetti counters with a low kick, right behind Cruzeiro 's knee.
Cruzeiro thumps Benedetti with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cruzeiro lands a nice leg kick that just misses Benedetti's sensitive parts.
Cruzeiro throws a body shot but no joy.
Cruzeiro connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cruzeiro misses with an attempted mid kick.
Benedetti fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cruzeiro just manages to avoid it.
Benedetti scores with a push kick.
Cruzeiro takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cruzeiro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Benedetti.
And Benedetti counters with a quick kick to the body but Cruzeiro blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti throws a powerful right kick. Cruzeiro tried to block low but the kick was high! Cruzeiro was taken right off of his feet! Benedetti jumps in to finish the job and the ref tackles him! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Claudio Benedetti!
Our winner, Claudio Benedetti, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Blood (ranked 171 p4p, 21 weight class) and Madik MBaku (ranked 865 p4p, 111 weight class). Blood comes to the cage accompanied by Raining Blood - Slayer. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Jack Blood had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Blood!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Madik MBaku!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MBaku throws a hook but Blood avoids it easily.
Blood scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
MBaku preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
MBaku won't allow Blood to pass to mount.
MBaku is in trouble now - Blood has advanced to mount!
MBaku tries to hold on but Blood pushes him away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blood tries to control but MBaku wriggling away.
Blood looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
MBaku blocking the ground and pound.
Blood wants to control but MBaku has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
MBaku wants to get back to full guard.
MBaku is looking to escape.
Blood stalling.
MBaku trying to control here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
MBaku regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Blood.
MBaku being controlled here, momentarily.
MBaku is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Blood passes MBaku's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Blood uses his free foot to push down on MBaku's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for MBaku.
MBaku regains half guard.
Blood is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
MBaku is looking for a sweep. Blood is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Blood working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
MBaku moves into full guard.
MBaku is looking to stand up but Blood isn't so interested in that idea.
Blood wants to control from the top but MBaku keeps moving.
Blood stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. MBaku swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Blood with a flurry of punches that miss.
Blood is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
MBaku isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Blood stacks MBaku on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Blood!
Blood 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.
Blood controlling from side mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Blood is looking to take a break and control but MBaku is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Blood 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.
Blood closes this distance looking for a takedown but MBaku circles away.
MBaku looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Blood throws a body punch but MBaku moves out of range.
Blood closes the distance looking to clinch
and MBaku counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
MBaku avoids the body shot from Blood.
Blood fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blood throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It seemed like MBaku was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Blood misses with a body shot.
MBaku throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Blood stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Blood misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Blood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blood dodges the punch combination from MBaku.
MBaku just misses with a punch to the body.
MBaku gets caught flat footed, as Blood shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
MBaku is wriggling around but Blood manages to pass to half guard.
Blood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that MBaku can do to turn this around?
Blood seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but MBaku does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Blood throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
MBaku is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but MBaku does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
MBaku controlling the position well.
Blood takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
MBaku wants to control but Blood is keeping busy.
Blood trying to control from half guard but MBaku is working away.
MBaku is trying to maintain the position but Blood is very close to passing his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood is trying to control. MBaku wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
MBaku is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Blood trying to mount his opponent but MBaku defends it.
Blood with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Blood working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on MBaku's thigh. MBaku counters though and makes it back to full guard.
MBaku working a defensive guard but Blood passes into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
MBaku has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Blood is working away from the top position though.
MBaku gets back to full guard.
MBaku can't keep his opponent in guard - Blood advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
MBaku regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Blood.
MBaku looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Blood throwing strikes from guard but MBaku blocks nicely.
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 Jack Blood will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Blood shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with MBaku but MBaku pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Blood misses with a takedown attempt - MBaku sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
MBaku takes a swing at Blood's ribcage but misses.
Blood looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Blood gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and MBaku counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Blood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blood has his takedown stuffed
and MBaku counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blood scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Blood fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
MBaku throws a body shot but no joy.
MBaku circles away from the clinch attempt
and MBaku counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blood misses with a takedown
and Blood takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Blood scores with a nice right hand.
MBaku swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jack Blood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blood throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. MBaku was covering up waiting for the punch and Blood finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Our spies down at at JAG Battle Gym inform us that MBaku has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
MBaku is trying to keep Blood in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
MBaku wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Blood is now in half guard.
Ground and pound from Blood.
Blood missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
MBaku actively working from the bottom here.
Blood wants to pass the guard but MBaku is defending well.
Blood is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
MBaku is controlling Blood's trapped leg to prevent Blood from advancing to side control.
MBaku is not content to let Blood control the position.
Blood looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks MBaku with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Blood moves nicely into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blood trying to control the position but MBaku is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Blood controlling the position from side mount.
Jack Blood overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
MBaku wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Blood wants to lay and pray for a moment but MBaku keeps working.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
MBaku tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Blood wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Jack Blood did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
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.
MBaku keeps the fight on the outside.
MBaku now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
MBaku misses with a body shot
and Blood decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in MBaku's guard.
MBaku isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Blood stacks MBaku on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Blood!
Blood tries to move to mount but MBaku blocks the move with his legs.
You can see the frustration on MBaku's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blood lands a decent elbow from side control.
MBaku tries to buck Blood off but Blood is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood is looking to take a break and control but MBaku is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Blood has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for MBaku!
Blood wants to control the pace but MBaku is squirming around nicely.
Blood dominating with strikes here.
MBaku is just holding on here. Blood manages to take his back.
Blood is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but MBaku has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
MBaku tries to roll but Blood sticks to his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
MBaku is still trying to improve position.
Blood misses with punches from the back.
MBaku breaks Blood's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Blood is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
MBaku postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Blood has a closed guard, preventing MBaku from standing up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
MBaku stopping the sweep attempt from Blood.
MBaku is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Blood keeping moving, preventing MBaku from controlling successfully.
MBaku preventing the sweep.
MBaku wants to control from the top but Blood keeps moving.
MBaku sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Blood looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
MBaku won't allow Blood to sweep him here.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Blood tries to close the distance and clinch up but MBaku swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blood tries to close the distance and clinch up but MBaku swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A slow jab from MBaku misses its intended target.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Blood shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. MBaku is trying to defend but Blood finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
MBaku is trying to maintain the position but Blood is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Blood had his way with Madik MBaku in that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Blood throws a jab when MBaku was well out of range.
Blood throws a looping overhand right but MBaku ducks down to avoid it.
MBaku looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Blood connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Blood drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Blood lands a couple of decent looking shots.
MBaku trying to keep a closed guard but Blood is proving a slippery customer.
Blood wants to control from the top but MBaku keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blood throwing strikes but missing.
Blood advances to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
MBaku wants to get back to full guard.
MBaku is defending against the submission attempts here by Blood.
Well, if Blood is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
MBaku is refusing to be controlled, as Blood sits in half guard.
Jack Blood is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Blood is thwarting MBaku's attempts to control the position.
Blood is controlling the pace.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
MBaku moves away from the strike by Blood.
MBaku is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Blood with a body shot.
Blood closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. MBaku quickly recovers to half guard.
Blood is pressing down on MBaku's thigh, looking to free his foot. MBaku is holding on for now.
MBaku is trying to maintain the position but Blood is very close to passing his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood wants to pass to mount but MBaku is defending the position.
Blood takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Madik MBaku has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
MBaku is looking to improve his position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Blood takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Blood misses the target.
MBaku is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Blood rather than just go for the knockout.
Blood scores with a takedown into MBaku's guard.
MBaku has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Blood controls from within his opponent's guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Blood showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Blood, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 50:45
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 50:46
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Blood!
Jack Blood retains his heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Jack Blood thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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