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GC 309: Hussein v Heimer PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shock Linewood (ranked 2945 p4p, 313 weight class) and Nick Sins (ranked 3327 p4p, 338 weight class). Sins has chosen ATLiens - By: Outkast as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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201 lbs
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201 lbs
13 - 10 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Shock Linewood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Sins!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice cross by Linewood.
Linewood walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Linewood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sins.
Sins connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Linewood misses with an uppercut. Sins saw that one coming.
Nick Sins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sins is looking to score with low kicks.
Sins throws a shot from downtown. Linewood moves away and avoids it.
Sins lands a jab to the head.
Sins needs to keep his hands up - Linewood had a free shot at his head there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sins.
A slow jab from Linewood misses its intended target.
Linewood tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sins manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sins looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Linewood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sins swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
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!
Linewood gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sins.
Sins throws an overhand right that lands on Linewood's shoulder, as Linewood tries to avoid the shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Linewood misses its target.
Sins misses with a straight left.
Linewood thinks about countering with a body kick.
Sins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Linewood was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Sins throws a jab when Linewood was well out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Linewood. That snapped Sins's head back.
Linewood lands with a straight right. Sins didn't see that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sins connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Linewood momentarily.
Linewood throws a big shot that misses.
Sins throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Linewood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sins.
Sins misses with a left hand
and Linewood counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
An inside leg kick lands from Linewood.
Linewood uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sins.
Sins throws a lazy uppercut
and Linewood counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A big left from Sins misses.
Linewood ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Linewood scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A punch lands to the side of Sins 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sins misses with a looping right.
Sins throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Linewood counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Linewood misses.
Linewood walks into a jab.
It looks like Linewood has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Linewood thumps Sins with a low kick.
Sins misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sins throws out a loose jab but Linewood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good standup being displayed there by Sins as he connects with a hook.
Sins scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Linewood scores with a nice right hand.
Linewood smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Linewood is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Linewood cracks Sins with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sins is rocked!
Linewood takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sins lands a jab.
Sins throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sins darts in trying to clinch
and Linewood counters with a nice leg kick.
Sins throws a solid leg kick but Linewood takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sins.
Linewood throws a low kick but Sins avoids it.
Sins moves out of range of the strikes.
Sins dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Linewood. That did some damage!
Linewood throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sins cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Linewood.
Linewood lands the left hand.
Sins throws a jab when Linewood was well out of range.
Sins will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sins tries a head kick but it misses.
Sins loads up on a big right hand but Linewood slips the punch.
Sins takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Linewood lands with a nice body kick.
Linewood scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sins looks to land a left hand but Linewood moved out of range nicely.
Sins scores with a hook to the body. Linewood takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Linewood walks into a jab.
Linewood takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Linewood misses with an uppercut. Sins saw that one coming.
It seemed like Sins was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sins pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Linewood takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Linewood displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sins throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sins jabs Linewood to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Linewood walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Linewood scoring well with a low kick there.
Sins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Linewood manages to avoid it.
Linewood ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sins throws a right hand that misses
and Linewood counters with a low kick, right behind Sins 's knee.
Decent striking displayed by Linewood there.
Linewood steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sins.
A head kick by Sins misses
and Linewood counters with a nice uppercut.
Jab, jab by Sins - just one landing.
Sins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Linewood sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Linewood thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sins uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Linewood has time to react.
Sins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Linewood was well out of range. Poor timing from Sins.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Linewood throws a body punch but Sins moves out of range.
Linewood sizes up Sins with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Linewood connects with a solid leg kick.
Linewood slips under a jab.
Linewood throws a quick counter kick to the body but Sins avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nick Sins will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jab by Linewood.
Linewood looks to land a left hand but Sins moved out of range nicely.
Good exchange - Sins coming out on top.
Sins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sins looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sins shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sins throws a front kick aimed at Linewood's knee but Linewood avoids it well.
Linewood is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sins.
Sins throws a right hand that misses
and Linewood counters with a nice uppercut.
Sins throws a looping overhand right but Linewood ducks down to avoid it.
Sins throws a hook but Linewood avoids it easily.
Linewood feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sinss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sins is still on wobbly legs! Can Linewood finish him?
A low kick from Sins misses
and Linewood counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Linewood uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sins.
Linewood throwing a counter right hand but Sins manages to avoid it.
Sins seems to have recovered his senses.
An inside leg kick lands from Linewood.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sins ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sins's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sins misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Linewood throws a jab but it's blocked by Sins.
Linewood takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Linewood stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sins lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sins jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Donk. Sins catches Linewood right on the button with a cross.
Linewood on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sins. Sins obviously looking to wear him down.
Linewood's corner calls for a 1-2. Linewood obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Linewood blocks a head kick by Sins.
Linewood jabs Sins to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Linewood lands a jab to Sins's midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Linewood misses with a series of wild punches.
Good leg kick by Linewood there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sins throws a hook but Linewood blocks it.
Sins throws a lazy uppercut
and Linewood counters with a nice uppercut.
Linewood misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sins misses with a body shot.
Linewood throwing a counter right hand but Sins manages to avoid it.
Sins fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Linewood is out of range.
Sins throws a right hand that misses
and Linewood counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sins thinking.
Sins takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sins scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Linewood doesn't seem bothered though.
Sins misses with a hook.
Shock Linewood is winning the standup battle so far.
A lazy left from Linewood finds it's target.
Linewood throws out a powerful jab.
Linewood scores with a jab to the jaw.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sins.
Linewood cracks Sins with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Sins looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Linewood finish him?
Linewood blocks a jab.
Linewood connects with a single shot there.
Sins's corner calls for a 1-2. Sins obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Donk. Sins catches Linewood right on the button with a cross.
Sins misses with a body shot.
Linewood throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linewood stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sins.
Sins throws a solid leg kick but Linewood takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sins.
Linewood misses the shot to the body.
Linewood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sins.
Sins looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Linewood misses with a body shot.
Sins throws a jab but it's blocked by Linewood.
Sins takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Linewood moves into the clinch.
Sins throws an elbow but it misses.
Sins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sins just misses with a elbow thrown towards Linewood's brow.
Linewood lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sins backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Linewood creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sins blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Linewood.
Linewood blocks the elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sins.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sins.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Linewood working aggressively here.
Sins misses with a punch on the inside.
Sins working aggressively here.
Sins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Linewood tries to pull guard but Sins won't allow it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sins misses with a punch on the inside.
Linewood working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Linewood on the inside.
Linewood manages to pull guard.
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.
Linewood is trying to keep Sins in close.
Linewood working a defensive guard but Sins manages to pass into side control anyway.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sins taking a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shock Linewood dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Sins misses with a left hand
and Linewood counters with a nice uppercut.
Linewood lands a lovely overhand right.
Linewood misses with a hook. Sins ducked under it nicely.
Linewood attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Linewood moves away.
Linewood appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Linewood catches Sins with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sins tries a head kick but it misses.
It appears Linewood was looking to counter with a kick there.
Sins scores with a nice strike.
Sins throws a hook to the side of Linewood's head but Linewood sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sins pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sins checks a leg kick.
Sins jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sins connects with a nice looking jab.
Sins has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A low kick from Sins misses
and Linewood counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sins throws an overhand right that lands on Linewood's shoulder, as Linewood tries to avoid the shot.
Sins misses with an uppercut. Linewood saw that one coming.
It looked like Linewood was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Sins.
Sins swings widly with a right hand
and Linewood connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sins throws a looping overhand right but Linewood ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Linewood checks a leg kick.
Linewood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sins.
Sins throws a lazy right hand but Linewood sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Linewood looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sins is fending him off so far but Linewood persists. Nope, Sins circles away and we're back to standing.
Sins bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Sins on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Linewood defending well as Sins loads up on a big left hand.
Linewood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sins misses with a hook
and Linewood counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Linewood misses with a series of wild punches.
Linewood checks a leg kick.
Linewood feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Sins blocks a leg kick.
Linewood steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sins.
Sins displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Linewood throws out the jab.
Linewood chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sins can pounce on him.
Sins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Linewood sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sins loads up on a big right hand but Linewood slips the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Sins. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sins.
Linewood throws a hook but Sins avoids it easily.
Sins misses with a leg kick
and Linewood counters with a nice uppercut.
Sins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Linewood.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sins throws a leg kick that misses.
Linewood moves away from the strike by Sins.
Sins just misses with a punch to the body.
Sins walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Linewood checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sins misses with a right hand
and Linewood counters with a nice body shot.
Sins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Linewood.
Sins swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Linewood counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Linewood misses with an uppercut.
Sins scores with a jab to the body.
Linewood swings for the body but Sins moves out of range.
Sins swings away with a leg kick that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Linewood misses the target.
Sins misses with a straight left.
Linewood was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Linewood moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sins throws a hook to the side of Linewood's head but Linewood sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sins misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Linewood cracks Sins with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sins cracks Linewood with an open hand slap.
Sins is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Linewood.
Linewood needs to keep his hands up - Sins had a free shot at his head there.
A swing and a miss from Linewood.
Linewood throws a head kick that misses.
Linewood defending well as Sins loads up on a big left hand.
Sins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Linewood gets a clinch.
Sins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Linewood's elbow.
Sins lands a right hand that snaps the head of Linewood backwards.
Linewood avoiding damage as Sins throws knees to the body.
Linewood tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sins's elbow.
Nice body punch from Linewood - that landed with a thud.
Sins swings wildly with an uppercut but Linewood uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linewood drags the fight down to the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Linewood looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Linewood is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Sins sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Linewood is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Shock Linewood.
Well Linewood 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Shock Linewood!
A relieved looking Shock Linewood thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Vegas (ranked 3128 p4p, 327 weight class) and Scott Watt (ranked 2356 p4p, 257 weight class). Vegas comes to the cage accompanied by Ace Of Spades by Motorhead. Watt has chosen Edmund Fitzgerald as his entrance music. Johnny Vegas has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Vegas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 37 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scott Watt!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vegas misses with a two punch combination.
Watt throws a shot from downtown. Vegas moves away and avoids it.
Watt takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Vegas swinging wildly here.
Watt's corner calls for a 1-2. Watt obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Watt misses with a wild combination.
Watt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vegas throws a hook but Watt avoids it easily.
Vegas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vegas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Watt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watt goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Watt slips a jab and a cross from Vegas.
Vegas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Watt connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Watt throws a right hand that misses
and Vegas counters with a series of strikes. Watt will be more careful next time no doubt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vegas staying out of range there.
Watt jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Vegas does no damage.
Watt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vegas.
Vegas misses with a wild body shot.
Watt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vegas shoots in but no luck this time.
Watt looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Watt shoots in but Vegas avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Watt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Watt tries a head kick but it misses.
Vegas appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Watt sizes up Vegas with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Watt misses with a double jab
and Vegas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Watt throws a series of strikes that have Vegas backpedaling.
Watt just misses with a punch to the body.
Vegas throws a head kick but Watt moves out of range.
Watt misses with a right hand
so Vegas counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Watt pushes Vegas off and gets back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vegas misses with a wild combination.
Watt takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Vegas scores with a three punch combo!
Vegas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Watt.
Watt misses with a double jab.
Vegas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vegas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Watt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vegas.
Vegas takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Vegas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Watt counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Vegas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Watt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vegas walks into a straight right hand from Watt.
Watt lands with a nice body punch.
Watt misses with a lunging right hand
and Vegas counters with a nice uppercut.
Watt shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Vegas sprawls well. Vegas wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Watt gets slowly back to his feet.
Watt slips a jab from Vegas.
A nice combination there by Vegas.
Vegas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Watt.
Vegas throws a head kick but Watt moves out of range.
Vegas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Watt throws a right hand that Vegas ducks under and follows up with a left that Vegas also avoids with ease.
Watt misses with an uppercut. Vegas saw that one coming.
Watt misses with a double jab.
Watt misses with a head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vegas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vegas lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vegas dives in for a single leg takedown but Watt sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Vegas on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Watt takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Watt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Watt shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Vegas napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Watt grinds an elbow into Vegas's temple.
A lull in the action here.
Watt landing a few strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vegas is trying to get back to half guard.
Vegas is working hard here to advance position.
Watt looks up at the clock and then as Vegas takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Watt smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Scott Watt will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Vegas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vegas slips under a jab from Watt.
Watt throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Vegas fails to land the takedown.
Watt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Watt there as he acknowledges the shot.
Vegas takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Johnny Vegas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Watt throws a leg kick but Vegas sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Watt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Watt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vegas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Despite the aggression on Watt's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vegas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Watt wants to counter the offense by Vegas and move into the clinch position.
Vegas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vegas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vegas looks to land a left hand but Watt moved out of range nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watt lands a jab to the nose.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vegas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Watt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vegas avoids a kick to the body.
Watt scores with the left hand. Vegas knows he should have avoided that one.
Vegas misses with a double jab.
Watt fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Vegas to the ground. Watt is now in Vegas's guard.
Vegas trying to control the position here.
Scott Watt has got the better of the ground game so far.
Vegas is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Watt throws a big right hand that misses.
Vegas 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.
Vegas bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Watt's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watt controls Vegas momentarily but Vegas frees himself.
Vegas trying to control but Watt is working from the bottom.
Vegas with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vegas tries to free his leg and advance position but Watt is retaining full guard.
Vegas wants to control from the top but Watt keeps moving.
Vegas looking to sit in guard and control but Watt gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watt is in close to Vegas's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vegas working a defensive guard here.
Vegas striking off his back but it's not causing Watt any problems.
Watt throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vegas works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Watt looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Vegas working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Watt doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Watt manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Watt is working Vegas over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Vegas is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Vegas working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Watt has passed into half guard!
Watt wants to pass the guard but Vegas is defending well.
Watt passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Vegas!
Vegas wants to hold on but Watt pushes him away.
Watt is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Watt has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Vegas's face.
Watt unloads with some shots from mount but Vegas bucks and avoids them well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott Watt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A slow jab from Vegas misses its intended target.
Watt swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Watt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Watt displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Vegas.
Vegas slips a straight right by Watt.
Vegas looks to score with a jab to the body but Watt is just out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Vegas.
Watt moves out of range of the strikes.
Vegas scores with a three punch combo!
Vegas fails to land with a series of punches.
Watt tries to bum rush Vegas with a series of wild strikes but Vegas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vegas misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watt dodges the punch combination from Vegas.
Watt lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vegas's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vegas misses with the combination.
Vegas dodges the punch combination from Watt.
Watt manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Vegas on his heels. He'll look to pass Vegas's guard now, I'm sure.
Watt is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Watt in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Watt engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Vegas looking for a sweep. Not yet Vegas, not yet.
Watt stays in close to Vegas's body and controls the position.
Vegas manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Watt manages to get himself to full guard.
Johnny Vegas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watt bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Vegas's guard.
Watt working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Vegas's head.
Watt stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Vegas swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Vegas isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Watt stacks Vegas 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 Watt!
Watt is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Vegas has escaped the position, nice work there.
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!
Vegas tries to bench press Watt off him but Watt keeps the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vegas manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Watt is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Vegas's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Vegas's back!
Watt punches the canvas rather than the man.
Vegas is taking damage to the body and head.
Watt loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Vegas hold on?
Watt is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Watt is working for a rear naked choke. Vegas is not defending it well and Watt has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Vegas refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Vegas's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Scott Watt!
A very excited looking Scott Watt made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andy Rothschild (ranked 2476 p4p, 302 weight class) and James Noir (ranked 2337 p4p, 289 weight class). Rothschild comes into the arena with Iron Maiden- Wrathchild blaring out of the sound system. 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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173 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andy Rothschild!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Noir!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rothschild dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rothschild walks into a stiff left hand from Noir.
Noir misses with a body shot.
Jab by Noir.
Noir avoids the body shot from Rothschild.
It seemed like Noir was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Noir bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Noir uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rothschild.
Noir swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Noir does it's job there.
Rothschild stuffs the takedown.
Rothschild throws a head kick that misses.
Rothschild pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rothschild swings for the body but Noir moves out of range.
Noir is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Noir shoots in and drives through. Rothschild sprawls well.
Noir slips a jab from Rothschild.
Noir scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rothschild misses with a shot to the body
and Noir counters by moving into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Noir.
Rothschild blocks a body shot from Noir.
Rothschild lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Noir misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good body shot from Rothschild.
Nice body punch from Rothschild.
A right hand to the body from Noir.
Rothschild breaks from the clinch.
Rothschild walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Noir checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rothschild misses with a right hand
and Noir counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rothschild has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Noir misses with a series of wild punches.
Noir punishes Rothschild's body with a nice straight punch.
A shot to the liver by Rothschild. Beautiful body shot.
Noir throws an overhand right that lands on Rothschild's shoulder, as Rothschild tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild throws a leg kick
and Noir cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rothschild throws a head kick that misses.
Rothschild uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Noir.
Noir uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rothschild.
Rothschild fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Noir looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Noir shoots for a double leg takedown but Rothschild sprawls well. He's pushed Noir's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Andy Rothschild has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Noir.
Noir walks into a stiff left hand from Rothschild.
Noir thuds a left hand into Rothschild's body.
Rothschild scores with a nice strike.
A big left from Rothschild misses.
Rothschild throws a head kick that half lands.
Rothschild gets caught napping as Noir dives in and scores a takedown. Rothschild manages to retain guard.
Rothschild wants to stand and escape but Noir is having none of it.
Noir slips nicely into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noir missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rothschild is refusing to be controlled, as Noir sits in half guard.
Noir thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Noir missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Noir wants to free his trapped foot but Rothschild is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Noir is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Rothschild sees it coming and defends easily.
Noir is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rothschild trying to control from the bottom.
Noir scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Noir trying to control from half guard but Rothschild is working away.
Noir is looking to pass Rothschild's guard but actually Rothschild recovers to full guard.
Noir won't allow Rothschild to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but James Noir will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A head kick misses from Rothschild.
Rothschild ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Noir misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rothschild.
Noir on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Noir misses with a takedown attempt
and Rothschild counters with a straight right hand.
A jab lands there for Rothschild.
Rothschild avoids the body shot from Noir.
A cross from Noir lands.
Noir avoids the head kick by Rothschild.
Good standup being displayed there by Rothschild as he connects with a hook.
Noir shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Andy Rothschild is winning the standup battle so far.
Rothschild pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A jab from Rothschild misses.
Noir takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rothschild on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild tried to score with a low kick but Noir checks it.
That kick from Rothschild tenderised Noir's leg. Noir is trying to keep his angry face on.
Noir missing with a left hand there. Rothschild was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Noir closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Rothschild slips under a jab.
Noir swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rothschild is looking to counter with a body kick.
Noir scores with a one two! Rothschild had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Rothschild misses with a hook to the body
and Rothschild takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Noir staying out of range there.
Rothschild misses with a hook. Noir ducked under it nicely.
Rothschild misses with a body shot.
Rothschild misses with a low kick.
Noir chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rothschild can pounce on him.
Rothschild fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Noir fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Rothschild to the ground. Noir is now in Rothschild's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noir throws a strike but Rothschild rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Noir escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Rothschild gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Noir is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Rothschild defends well.
Rothschild wants to get up but he can't break Noir's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Noir looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Noir keeping moving, preventing Rothschild from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild stands up and waves to Noir to follow him.
Rothschild throws a big shot that misses.
A little jabbing left from Noir on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rothschild throws a hook but Noir avoids it easily.
Noir scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A big left from Rothschild misses.
Noir connects with a crisp jab.
Rothschild throws a sloppy head kick and Noir moves out of range easily.
Rothschild takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rothschild tries to land a front kick but Noir steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rothschild misses with a series of wild punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noir ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Noir connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rothschild momentarily.
Noir misses with a wild combination.
Rothschild scores with a crisp jab that stopped Noir in his tracks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Noir swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rothschild keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rothschild takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Rothschild throws a push kick but Noir slaps the foot to one side.
Noir doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rothschild. Noir shrugs it off though.
Noir walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Rothschild defending well as Noir loads up on a big left hand.
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 Andy Rothschild will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Rothschild swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Noir chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rothschild can pounce on him.
Noir avoids the head kick by Rothschild.
Rothschild's corner calls for a 1-2. Rothschild obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rothschild needs to keep his hands up - Noir had a free shot at his head there.
Rothschild misses with a hook. Noir ducked under it nicely.
Noir moves out of range as Rothschild throws a body kick.
Noir throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big right from Rothschild misses.
Rothschild throws a leg kick but Noir checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Noir connects with a right hand. Rothschild shakes it off.
Rothschild swings for the body but Noir moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Rothschild.
Noir uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rothschild.
Rothschild slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild digs a good body shot into Noir's ribs.
Andy Rothschild is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Noir bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rothschild's head.
Noir looks to score with a jab to the body but Rothschild is just out of range.
Rothschild lands a head kick. Noir smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Noir closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Rothschild wants to slow Noir down by chopping away at his legs.
Rothschild throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Noir connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Noir takes a swing at Rothschild's ribcage but misses.
Rothschild drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rothschild walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rothschild is rocked!
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!
Noir fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Rothschild to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Rothschild looks to clinch but Noir throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Rothschild taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). James Noir!
Our winner, James Noir, 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.
Andy Rothschild spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm sorry everyone.'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bubba Dee (ranked 2277 p4p, 92 weight class) and Jimmy Nickels (ranked 2802 p4p, 30 weight class). Dee comes into the arena with Electric Feel - By: MGMT blaring out of the sound system. Jimmy Nickels has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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270 lbs
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245 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bubba Dee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Nickels!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nickels.
Nickels fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dee has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dee clinches with his opponent.
We've been hearing reports that Dee has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A knee to the head by Dee.
It looks like Jimmy Nickels has been cut.
Nickels lands with a light punch inside.
Nickels lands with a short shot to the head.
Nickels blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dee trying to land knees to the body.
Dee misses with a knee to the head.
Dee blocks an elbow strike from Nickels.
Dee misses with some punches.
Nickels misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dee avoids the elbow strike from Nickels, against the cage.
Dee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nickels lands with a light punch inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nickels lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Bubba Dee has been cut.
Dee avoids a wild elbow strike from Nickels.
Dee lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nickels makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nickels working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Nickels fails to land.
Nickels lands with a short shot to the head.
Dee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dee ducks right into an uppercut from Nickels.
Bubba Dee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dee looks to throw the jab but Nickels is out of range.
Dee moves into the clinch.
Nickels prevents a body shot from Dee.
Nickels pushes off an throws an elbow but Dee leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nickels throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dee is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nickels lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dee obliges.
Nickels looks winded!
A nice left hand lands by Dee.
Dee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nickels gets a clinch.
Nickels working aggressively here.
Nickels comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nickels working aggressively here.
Nickels prevents a body shot from Dee.
Dee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nickels.
Nickels avoids the elbow strike from Dee, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Nickels scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nickels throws a punch but it's blocked by Dee.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dee.
Nickels creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nickels blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dee avoids a wild elbow strike from Nickels.
Nickels creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dee's defenses.
Dee lands an elbow that stopped Nickels in his tracks for a moment.
Dee scores with a knee to the head.
Dee dodges an elbow strike from Nickels.
Nickels blocks an uppercut.
Nickels working aggressively here.
Dee cracks Nickels with a nice body shot.
Dee misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dee lands with a left to the head.
Nickels avoiding damage as Dee throws knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dee.
Dee dodges an elbow strike from Nickels.
A short right from Nickels on the inside.
Dee lands a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nickels lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bubba Dee's cut is getting worse.
Dee tries a body shot but Nickels blocks it.
Nickels throws a head punch that misses.
Dee misses with some punches.
Dee pushes off an throws an elbow but Nickels leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nickels misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Nickels.
Dee lands a right hand.
Nickels keeps control of Dee as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dee blocking some punches.
Dee blocks an elbow strike from Nickels.
Dee takes an elbow to the temple.
Dee scores with a knee to the head.
Dee lands with a light punch inside.
Dee tries to land a knee to the head but Nickels blocks with his arms.
Nickels pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nickels throws an elbow but misses.
Dee blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nickels lands a nice elbow.
Bubba Dee's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nickels gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jeez, Bubba Dee's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bubba Dee's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jimmy Nickels!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Kilmister (ranked 1449 p4p, 148 weight class) and Jerry Haze (ranked 1633 p4p, 162 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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10 - 8 - 1 |
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147 lbs
34 - 20 - 2 |
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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
10 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny Kilmister!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jerry Haze!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haze lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kilmister just misses with a punch to the body.
Haze scores with a three punch combo!
Kilmister misses with the combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kilmister misses with a series of wild punches.
Haze throws a sloppy head kick and Kilmister moves out of range easily.
Kilmister wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Haze waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kilmister.
A nice inside leg kick there by Haze. That's going to slow Kilmister down.
Kilmister moves out of range of the body kick.
Kilmister ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kilmister scores with a one two! Haze had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kilmister lands with a straight right. Haze didn't see that one coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kilmister defending well as Haze loads up on a big left hand.
Kilmister fires out a quick counter leg kick but Haze just manages to avoid it.
Kilmister clinches.
Kilmister really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Haze lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kilmister backwards.
Kilmister manages to break the clinch.
Haze takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Haze is looking to chop away at Kilmister's legs.
Kilmister throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Haze counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Haze misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilmister lands a lovely overhand right.
Haze goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kilmister misses with a hook.
Haze avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnny Kilmister seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Kilmister misses the target.
Haze let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Haze blocks a leg kick.
Haze only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Kilmister tries a head kick but it misses.
Haze only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Good work by Haze as he checks the leg kick.
Kilmister misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kilmister tries to clinch but Haze is having none of it.
Kilmister throws a poor cross that misses
and Haze counters with a nice uppercut.
Kilmister lands with a slapping head kick.
Haze gets a takedown into half guard.
Kilmister is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Death Valley Training Facility that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haze missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Haze thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Haze frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kilmister avoids a series of strikes thrown by Haze.
Haze looking to finish with strikes here!
Haze thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Kilmister really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Haze connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Haze scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Haze working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kilmister is rocked!
Haze lands a heavy elbow.
Oh Kilmister is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big strike lands for Haze! That's really hurt Kilmister and he's turned his back - Haze keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Haze jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jerry Haze!
Our winner, Jerry Haze, 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Costa De Andrade (ranked 1663 p4p, 165 weight class) and Matel Huchkov (ranked 965 p4p, 103 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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150 lbs
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143 lbs
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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
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcelo Costa De Andrade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matel Huchkov!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huchkov misses with an uppercut.
De Andrade is looking to counter punch.
Matel Huchkov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Huchkov with a jab.
Huchkov stuns De Andrade with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
De Andrade 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.
Huchkov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Huchkov wants to clinch.
Huchkov scores with a decent looking hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Andrade avoids the body shot from Huchkov.
Huchkov is looking to land body kicks.
Huchkov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Huchkov throws a head kick that misses.
Huchkov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Huchkov digs a good body shot into De Andrade's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huchkov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Andrade moves away.
De Andrade has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Zero Tolerance in the buildup to the fight.
Huchkov gets a clinch.
Huchkov breaks from the clinch.
Huchkov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Andrade slips a jab and a cross from Huchkov.
De Andrade keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Huchkov misses the shot to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from De Andrade misses the target.
A right-left combo lands from Huchkov.
Huchkov misses with a lunging right hand
and Huchkov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
It looks like Matel Huchkov has been cut.
Huchkov throws a head kick that misses.
De Andrade avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from De Andrade misses the target.
De Andrade scores with a crisp jab that stopped Huchkov in his tracks.
Huchkov lands a jab to De Andrade's midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Huchkov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Huchkov throws an off balance right hand
enabling De Andrade to counter with a crisp jab.
De Andrade misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Andrade blocks a head kick by Huchkov.
De Andrade is looking for a counter combo.
Huchkov takes one to the chin there.
De Andrade slips under a jab.
Huchkov lands with a kick to the ribs.
Huchkov lands a body shot.
Huchkov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Huchkov throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Huchkov slips a jab and a cross from De Andrade.
Huchkov throws a looping overhand right but De Andrade ducks down to avoid it.
De Andrade avoids the head kick by Huchkov.
An attempted straight right counter from De Andrade misses the target.
A big left from Huchkov misses.
Huchkov lands with a shot to the body.
Huchkov throws a big shot that misses.
Huchkov throws a leg kick that is checked
and De Andrade counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Huchkov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Andrade.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huchkov ducks under a wild hook from De Andrade.
Huchkov is clearly trying to counter these attacks from De Andrade with a body shot.
Huchkov throws an overhand right that lands on De Andrade's shoulder, as De Andrade tries to avoid the shot.
Huchkov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
De Andrade moves out of range as Huchkov strikes.
Huchkov scores with a leg kick.
Huchkov tries to score a power double leg takedown but De Andrade sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Huchkov somewhat.
Huchkov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Huchkov throws a head kick that misses
and Huchkov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That has opened up Matel Huchkov's cut even more.
De Andrade checks a low kick from Huchkov.
An attempted straight right counter from De Andrade misses the target.
A punch lands to the side of De Andrade 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Marcelo Costa De Andrade is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Huchkov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Huchkov throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. De Andrade tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Huchkov is in De Andrade's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Andrade has control of Huchkov's left arm, preventing Huchkov from doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huchkov drops back looking for a leg! De Andrade is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and De Andrade manages to kick Huchkov off! Huchkov jumps back into De Andrade's guard.
De Andrade trying to control the position here.
Huchkov is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Huchkov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
De Andrade keeping moving, preventing Huchkov from controlling successfully.
Huchkov throwing strikes from guard but De Andrade blocks nicely.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matel Huchkov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matel Huchkov's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A swing and a miss from Huchkov.
Huchkov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De Andrade takes a kick to the side of the head.
De Andrade's corner calls for a 1-2. De Andrade obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Huchkov looks to throw the jab but De Andrade is out of range.
Matel Huchkov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Andrade on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Huchkov throws a head kick that misses.
Huchkov takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Matel Huchkov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Huchkov is looking to chop away at De Andrade's legs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by De Andrade.
Huchkov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Andrade misses with a straight right.
Huchkov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De Andrade was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Huchkov throws a head kick but De Andrade moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from De Andrade misses the target.
Huchkov fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. De Andrade looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Huchkov misses with a telegraphed body shot
and De Andrade counters with a crisp one two that drops Huchkov! De Andrade thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Huchkov to his feet! Huchkov is in big trouble!
Huchkov is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huchkov throws an overhand right that lands on De Andrade's shoulder, as De Andrade tries to avoid the shot.
Huchkov is still on wobbly legs! Can De Andrade finish him?
Huchkov stalks De Andrade and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into De Andrade's face. De Andrade staggers backwards, shaken.
Huchkov seems to have recovered his senses.
Jab by Huchkov.
De Andrade throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Huchkov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A little feinted left hand from De Andrade on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Huchkov's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Huchkov duly obliges.
De Andrade bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
De Andrade throws a jab when Huchkov was well out of range.
Huchkov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Huchkov fails to land with a series of punches.
Huchkov connects with a body shot.
Huchkov's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Huchkov duly obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Huchkov takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Huchkov throws a left and a right that both miss
and De Andrade cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sloppy strikes from De Andrade. Those never looked like landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Andrade keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Huchkov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Huchkov throws an overhand right that lands on De Andrade's shoulder, as De Andrade tries to avoid the shot.
Huchkov lands a nice looking kick to the body. De Andrade takes a step back to recover.
Huchkov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Andrade sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Huchkov misses with a low kick as De Andrade jumps back.
A little feinted left hand from De Andrade on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Huchkov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Huchkov misses the shot to the body.
Huchkov throws out a loose jab but De Andrade uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Andrade is looking for a counter combo.
De Andrade bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Huchkov throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Huchkov motions for De Andrade to come forward. Huchkov throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Huchkov throws a head kick but De Andrade moves out of range.
A low kick from Huchkov misses
and De Andrade cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The cut above Matel Huchkov's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Huchkov moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by De Andrade as he connects with a hook.
De Andrade looks to land a left hand but Huchkov moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Huchkov finds it's way through De Andrade's defenses.
Huchkov will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Huchkov misses with a wild combination.
Huchkov moves into the clinch.
A shot in the inside from De Andrade.
Huchkov is trying to break the clinch but De Andrade is controlling him.
Huchkov blocking some punches.
De Andrade has a couple of punches blocked by Huchkov.
Huchkov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De Andrade misses with an uppercut. Huchkov saw that one coming.
Some wild striking there from Huchkov.
De Andrade went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Huchkov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Andrade ducks under a wild hook from Huchkov.
De Andrade slips a jab and a cross from Huchkov.
De Andrade digs a good body shot into Huchkov's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Huchkov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A big left from Huchkov misses.
De Andrade lands a head shot.
Huchkov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Huchkov throws a jab when De Andrade was well out of range.
Huchkov connects with a looping right hand.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Huchkov - that will leave a mark!
Huchkov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Andrade moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Huchkov misses with a hook to the body
and De Andrade counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
De Andrade ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Andrade comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De Andrade misses with an uppercut. Huchkov saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matel Huchkov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Matel Huchkov's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
De Andrade drops his hands momentarily and Huchkov takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Huchkov shoots in and gets a takedown into De Andrade's guard.
De Andrade is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Huchkov dives into side control.
Huchkov working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Huchkov looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
De Andrade is looking to reverse the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Andrade is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Huchkov off and has taken his back!
Huchkov trying to control but not successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Andrade is hanging on to Huchkov's back as he tries to escape.
De Andrade trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Huchkov doesn't escape.
Huchkov is trying to get back to his feet but De Andrade has full control of the position and if anything, Huchkov has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Huchkov turns into De Andrade and is now in his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huchkov engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Huchkov looking to pass the guard.
Huchkov postures up.
De Andrade has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
My spies in Doom's Gym inform me that Huchkov has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Huchkov trying to control but De Andrade is working from the bottom.
De Andrade managing to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Huchkov throws a nice looking combination but De Andrade bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Huchkov throws a nice looking combination but De Andrade bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De Andrade is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Huchkov punishes De Andrade's body with a nice straight punch.
De Andrade displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Huchkov throws out the jab.
Huchkov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Huchkov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and De Andrade counters with a stiff right hand.
Huchkov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De Andrade takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huchkov throws a body kick that misses
and Huchkov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Huchkov lands a glancing blow to the side of De Andrade's head.
Huchkov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Huchkov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Huchkov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Huchkov moves in looking to clinch but De Andrade pushes him off.
Huchkov throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
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!
Huchkov moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Matel Huchkov is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
De Andrade throws the left hand but Huchkov avoids the punch easily.
Huchkov swings widly with a right hand
and De Andrade counters with a stiff right hand.
Matel Huchkov's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Huchkov tries a head kick but it misses.
A big right from Huchkov misses.
A jab from Huchkov misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Huchkov. De Andrade does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marcelo Costa De Andrade has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Huchkov throws a shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matel Huchkov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Huchkov has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matel Huchkov!
Matel Huchkov thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jason Tanner (ranked 1011 p4p, 152 weight class) and Timothy Wilkinson (ranked 926 p4p, 138 weight class). Tanner comes to the cage accompanied by Sandy Davidson - The Green Hills of Tyrol. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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169 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jason Tanner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Timothy Wilkinson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilkinson tries to bum rush Tanner with a series of wild strikes but Tanner uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tanner misses with a kick to the body.
Wilkinson drives through and clinches with Tanner against the cage.
Wilkinson can't find room to land a body shot as Tanner controls the action.
Wilkinson tries to throw a body punch but Tanner avoids it by throwing Wilkinson back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Wilkinson.
Wilkinson misses with some punches.
Tanner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wilkinson misses with an elbow strike.
Tanner blocks an uppercut.
Wilkinson blocks an elbow strike from Tanner.
Tanner takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wilkinson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wilkinson swings wildly with an uppercut but Tanner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tanner pushes Wilkinson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tanner blocks a body shot from Wilkinson.
Wilkinson avoiding damage as Tanner throws knees to the body.
Tanner digs a right hand underneath Wilkinson's ribcage. Wilkinson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wilkinson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Tanner seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Wilkinson can turn it around.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Wilkinson fails to land.
Tanner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tanner scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Timothy Wilkinson has been cut.
Wilkinson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wilkinson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Tanner.
Wilkinson misses with a punch on the inside.
Tanner struggles to land a body shot inside as Wilkinson controls his hands.
Wilkinson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wilkinson looking to stall.
Tanner lands an elbow inside.
Wilkinson tries to work over Tanner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wilkinson tries to work over Tanner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wilkinson lands a nice uppercut.
Tanner has a couple of punches blocked by Wilkinson.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wilkinson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilkinson pushes Tanner back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tanner blocks a body shot from Wilkinson.
Wilkinson lands a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tanner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Tanner.
A left hand lands to the body for Wilkinson.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tanner throws an elbow but misses.
Wilkinson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Wilkinson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wilkinson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tanner lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wilkinson swings wildly with an uppercut but Tanner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wilkinson blocks an uppercut.
Wilkinson blocks an uppercut.
Wilkinson tries a body shot but Tanner blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanner struggles to land a body shot inside as Wilkinson controls his hands.
Wilkinson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wilkinson scores with a shot to the side of Tanner's head.
Wilkinson has a couple of punches blocked by Tanner.
Wilkinson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tanner backwards.
Tanner tries to work over Wilkinson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wilkinson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wilkinson lands with a right to the head.
Tanner with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Tanner.
Tanner misses with some punches.
Tanner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tanner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wilkinson lands with a light punch inside.
Tanner softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wilkinson presses Tanner against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A hook to the body from Wilkinson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wilkinson lands an elbow that stopped Tanner in his tracks for a moment.
Tanner blocks a body shot from Wilkinson.
Tanner misses with some punches.
Wilkinson struggles to land a body shot inside as Tanner controls his hands.
Tanner misses with a punch to the body.
Tanner throws a head punch that misses.
Tanner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wilkinson pushes Tanner back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wilkinson struggles to land a body shot inside as Tanner controls his hands.
Tanner looking to throw knees to the head but Wilkinson is blocking nicely.
Wilkinson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tanner takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wilkinson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tanner blocks an uppercut.
Wilkinson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tanner blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Wilkinson.
Tanner misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Timothy Wilkinson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Timothy Wilkinson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Tanner scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wilkinson in his tracks.
Tanner throws a hook but Wilkinson avoids it easily.
Tanner throws a front kick that sends Wilkinson stumbling back into the cage.
Tanner lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Tanner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wilkinson manages to avoid it.
Wilkinson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tanner.
Wilkinson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wilkinson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tanner throws an elbow but it misses.
Tanner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wilkinson lands an elbow inside that Tanner shrugs off.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wilkinson.
Wilkinson stalls.
Wilkinson prevents a body shot from Tanner.
Wilkinson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tanner throws a punch but it's blocked by Wilkinson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wilkinson throws a punch but it's blocked by Tanner.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilkinson is struggling to control the position.
Wilkinson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tanner misses with a punch to the body.
Tanner lands a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Wilkinson - that landed with a thud.
Tanner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wilkinson's elbow.
Tanner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wilkinson's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tanner.
Wilkinson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tanner misses with a knee to the head.
Tanner lands an uppercut.
Wilkinson manages to break the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short right from Wilkinson on the inside.
Wilkinson tries to work over Tanner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wilkinson.
Wilkinson blocking some punches.
Wilkinson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tanner tries a body shot but Wilkinson blocks it.
Tanner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tanner blocks a body shot from Wilkinson.
Wilkinson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wilkinson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wilkinson scores with a shot to the side of Tanner's head.
Wilkinson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Tanner.
Wilkinson managing to block the knees to the body from Tanner.
Tanner throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wilkinsons head.
Timothy Wilkinson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tanner prevents a body shot from Wilkinson.
Wilkinson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tanner misses with a knee to the head.
Wilkinson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilkinson blocks a body shot from Tanner.
Wilkinson tries to throw a body punch but Tanner avoids it by throwing Wilkinson back against the cage.
Tanner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wilkinson's elbow.
Wilkinson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tanner tries to land a knee to the head but Wilkinson blocks with his arms.
Good body shot from Tanner.
Wilkinson throws a head punch that misses.
Tanner swings wildly with an uppercut but Wilkinson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tanner is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wilkinson is defending well for now.
Wilkinson can't find room to land a body shot as Tanner controls the action.
Wilkinson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tanner prevents a body shot from Wilkinson.
Tanner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wilkinson blocks it with crossed arms.
Tanner looking to throw knees to the head but Wilkinson is blocking nicely.
Wilkinson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tanner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wilkinson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilkinson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wilkinson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wilkinson lands a shoulder strike.
Tanner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wilkinson throws a head punch that misses.
Wilkinson misses with an elbow strike.
Wilkinson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tanner lands a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tanner.
Wilkinson gets through Tanner's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tanner lands an elbow just above Wilkinson 's eye.
Wilkinson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wilkinson swings wildly with an uppercut but Tanner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tanner tries a knee to the head but Wilkinson blocks it.
Wilkinson lands a damaging elbow.
Wilkinson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
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 Jason Tanner will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Timothy Wilkinson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Wilkinson has managed to clinch.
Tanner throws a punch but it's blocked by Wilkinson.
Tanner misses with a knee strike.
Tanner lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tanner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wilkinson blocks it with crossed arms.
Wilkinson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wilkinson.
Wilkinson lands a left hand.
Tanner lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wilkinson pushes Tanner back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tanner swings wildly with an uppercut but Wilkinson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wilkinson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tanner tries a body shot but Wilkinson blocks it.
Wilkinson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tanner misses with a knee strike.
Wilkinson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tanner's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilkinson tries a body shot but Tanner blocks it.
Wilkinson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tanner gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Wilkinson.
Tanner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tanner scores with a knee to the head.
Tanner dodges an elbow strike from Wilkinson.
Tanner with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wilkinson misses with a body punch.
Tanner misses with a punch to the body.
Tanner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tanner presses Wilkinson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wilkinson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tanner's brow.
Tanner lands a shoulder strike.
Wilkinson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wilkinson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner misses with a punch to the body.
Tanner trying to land knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Wilkinson.
Tanner lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wilkinson.
Tanner misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wilkinson misses with an elbow over the top.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wilkinson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Wilkinson.
Tanner prevents a body shot from Wilkinson.
Tanner blocks an uppercut.
Tanner is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wilkinson is defending well for now.
Tanner tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wilkinson avoids it.
Tanner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wilkinson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tanner tries to land a knee to the head but Wilkinson blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanner lands a nice uppercut.
Tanner lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tanner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tanner missing with knees to the body.
Wilkinson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tanner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wilkinson digs a right hand into Tanner's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tanner's gas tank.
Wilkinson managing to block the knees to the body from Tanner.
Tanner utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wilkinson works on Tanner's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tanner.
Tanner lands a body shot.
Wilkinson digs a right hand into Tanner's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tanner's gas tank.
Tanner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Tanner.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Wilkinson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wilkinson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Wilkinson.
Wilkinson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wilkinson misses with a punch on the inside.
Tanner misses with some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Wilkinson.
Tanner scores with a hook to the body.
Wilkinson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wilkinson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tanner is looking to score with low kicks.
Wilkinson has Tanner up against the cage in a clinch.
Tanner prevents a body shot from Wilkinson.
The referee calls for Wilkinson to work.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jason Tanner.
I think Tanner has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Jason Tanner!
Jason Tanner decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mousa Dembele (ranked 781 p4p, 112 weight class) and Aaron Alvarez (ranked 938 p4p, 135 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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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
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mousa Dembele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Aaron Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dembele throws a right hand that misses
and Alvarez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Alvarez slips a straight right by Dembele.
No joy there for Dembele, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Alvarez was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Dembele uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alvarez.
Dembele looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Alvarez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dembele.
Dembele looks to throw the jab but Alvarez is out of range.
Alvarez ducks under a wild hook from Dembele.
Alvarez ducks right into an uppercut from Dembele.
It looks like Aaron Alvarez has been cut.
Dembele moves out of range of the strikes.
Alvarez throws a push kick but Dembele slaps the foot to one side.
Dembele throws a poor cross that misses
and Alvarez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dembele misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alvarez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dembele was well out of range. Poor timing from Alvarez.
Alvarez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dembele.
Dembele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dembele moves out of range as Alvarez throws a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dembele stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Alvarez.
Dembele swings widly with a right hand
and Alvarez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Alvarez with a jab.
Alvarez defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dembele.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Alvarez! But no joy.
Alvarez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dembele on the side of the head.
Dembele throws a lazy uppercut
and Alvarez finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Dembele rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alvarez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dembele throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Alvarez to counter with a crisp jab.
Alvarez looks for the body kick but Dembele saw that one coming.
Alvarez lands with a nice body punch.
Good exchange - Alvarez coming out on top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvarez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Alvarez misses with a body kick.
It looked like Dembele wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A chopping leg kick lands by Alvarez.
Dembele throws an off balance right hand
and Alvarez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Alvarez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dembele misses with a two punch combination.
Alvarez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Alvarez cracks Dembele with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mousa Dembele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvarez scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dembele is rocked!
It looks like Mousa Dembele has been cut.
Alvarez is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Alvarez shuts the power down on Dembele. Lights out, game over! Alvarez is your winner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Aaron Alvarez!
Aaron Alvarez gave a mention to Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200) in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Emre Hussain (ranked 291 p4p, 33 weight class) and Burke Heimer (ranked 961 p4p, 101 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Emre Hussain!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Burke Heimer !
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hussain sizes up Heimer with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Heimer looks to land a right hand but Hussain moved out of range.
Heimer misses with a straight right.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hussain. Heimer shrugs it off though.
Heimer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hussain.
Hussain scores with a jab to the jaw.
Heimer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A shot to the liver by Heimer . Beautiful body shot.
Hussain looks to throw the jab but Heimer is out of range.
Heimer misses the shot to the body.
Hussain connects with a nice looking jab.
Hussain moves away from the strike by Heimer .
Hussain keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hussain throws a hook to the side of Heimer 's head but Heimer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Heimer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A jab lands there for Hussain.
Nice defenses there by Hussain.
Hussain feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Hussain tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Heimer was well out of range. Poor timing from Hussain.
Hussain cracks Heimer with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hussain bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jab, jab by Heimer - just one landing.
Hussain connects with a looping right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hussain avoids a punch combination nicely.
Heimer lands with a right hand.
Heimer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Heimer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hussain moves into range and connects with a jab.
Heimer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hussain.
Hussain throws the kick towards the body but Heimer avoids it.
Heimer misses with a looping left.
Hussain throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hussain throws a jab but it's blocked by Heimer .
Heimer 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.
Hussain swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Heimer takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hussain looks to land a left hand but Heimer moved out of range nicely.
Heimer gets a clinch.
Hussain is trying to break the clinch but Heimer is controlling him.
Hussain wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hussain is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Heimer 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hussain is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hussain misses with a right hand
and Heimer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hussain.
Hussain 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.
Good standup being displayed there by Heimer as he connects with a hook.
A slow jab from Hussain misses its intended target.
Heimer moves into the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Heimer .
Hussain is trying to force a seperation but Heimer has the dominant position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hussain.
A head punch on the inside from Hussain fails to land.
Hussain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Heimer throws an overhand right that lands on Hussain's shoulder, as Hussain tries to avoid the shot.
Heimer checks a leg kick nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Heimer . Hussain does a little dance to reset his feet.
Heimer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Heimer lands with an uppercut that bounces Hussain off the cage and back into range.
Heimer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hussain steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Heimer .
Heimer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hussain.
Emre Hussain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hussain moves out of range of the strikes.
Hussain misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hussain misses with a right hand
letting Heimer counter with a right hand.
Hussain ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice defenses there by Heimer .
Heimer looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Heimer might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Heimer shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hussain throws a body shot but no joy.
Hussain throws the left hand but Heimer avoids the punch easily.
Heimer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hussain looks for the body kick but Heimer saw that one coming.
Heimer throws out a counter right but Hussain avoids it with no problem.
Heimer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hussain.
Heimer thumps Hussain with a low kick.
Heimer misses with a looping left.
Hussain throwing a counter right hand but Heimer manages to avoid it.
Heimer misses with an uppercut.
Hussain lands a lovely overhand right.
Hussain will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Heimer fails to land with a series of punches.
Heimer slips a straight right by Hussain.
Hussain uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Heimer .
Hussain misses with a body kick.
Heimer digs a good hook to Hussain's body.
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!
Heimer misses with a straight right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heimer ducks under a wild hook from Hussain.
Heimer now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Heimer misses with a looping right.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Heimer - that will leave a mark!
A swing and a miss from Heimer .
Heimer missing with a left hand there. Hussain was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hussain looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice cross by Heimer .
Heimer drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hussain misses with a straight right.
Heimer misses with a wild body shot.
Heimer takes a swing at Hussain's ribcage but misses.
Heimer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hussain.
Hussain scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hussain throws a leg kick but Heimer moved away.
Heimer checks a leg kick nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Heimer misses with a looping right.
Nice body kick there by Hussain.
Hussain connects with a solid leg kick.
Heimer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hussain jabs Heimer right on the nose. Heimer blinks but takes it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Emre Hussain will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hussain throws a hook to the side of Heimer 's head but Heimer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hussain misses with a low kick.
A slow jab from Hussain misses its intended target.
A punch combination from Heimer misses.
Heimer cracks Hussain with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Heimer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hussain throws out the jab.
Hussain tries to score with a low kick but Heimer moves his leg out of the way.
Heimer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hussain moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hussain jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A combination from Heimer does no damage.
Heimer misses with a straight left.
Hussain misses with a low kick.
Hussain misses with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hussain throws a hook but Heimer avoids it easily.
Emre Hussain is winning the standup battle so far.
Heimer misses with a head kick.
Heimer throws a hook but Hussain blocks it.
Hussain scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Heimer throws a good cross that connects.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hussain walks into a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hussain looks for the body kick but Heimer saw that one coming.
A swing and a miss from Hussain.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hussain 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 Heimer has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Heimer and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hussain misses with a body kick.
Hussain throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Heimer on the side of the head.
Heimer checks a low kick from Hussain.
Hussain lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Heimer throws a lazy right hand but Hussain sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A quick step to the side and Hussain tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hussain looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Heimer looks to throw the jab but Hussain is out of range.
Heimer tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hussain lands a nice shot that snaps Heimer 's head back.
Heimer goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Heimer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hussain throws the kick towards the body but Heimer avoids it.
Heimer is looking for the big counter here.
Hussain missing with a left hand there. Heimer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hussain works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Heimer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Heimer slips under a jab.
A nice side step and Heimer releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hussain misses with a low kick as Heimer jumps back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hussain throws the left hand but Heimer avoids the punch easily.
A cross from Hussain lands.
Hussain buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Heimer crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hussain - the referee stops the clock and Heimer gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hussain. Heimer manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Hussain lands an overhand right.
Heimer blocks a jab.
A lazy left from Heimer finds it's target.
Hussain uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Heimer .
Heimer misses with a straight left.
Heimer keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hussain dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Heimer . That did some damage!
Heimer misses with a few strikes there.
Hussain connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hussain fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Heimer is out of range.
Heimer digs a good body shot into Hussain's ribs.
Hussain throws a low kick but Heimer moves out of range easily.
Hussain rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Heimer counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Heimer moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hussain pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Heimer steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hussain crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Heimer - the referee stops the clock and Hussain gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Heimer . Hussain manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Hussain waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Heimer .
Heimer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hussain throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little jabbing left from Heimer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hussain lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hussain is looking to score with low kicks.
Hussain defending well as Heimer loads up on a big left hand.
Heimer wants to slow Hussain down by chopping away at his legs.
Heimer defending well as Hussain loads up on a big left hand.
Heimer just misses with a punch to the body.
Heimer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A solid body kick from Hussain.
Hussain throws a half hearted mid kick.
Heimer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hussain lands with an uppercut that bounces Heimer off the cage and back into range.
Heimer forces Hussain back against the cage and clinches.
Hussain prevents a takedown attempt there.
Heimer has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hussain tries to throw a body punch but Heimer avoids it by throwing Hussain back against the cage.
Heimer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heimer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Heimer misses with an uppercut.
Hussain misses with a straight right.
Heimer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hussain circles away quickly and effectively.
Hussain half committed to a counter leg kick.
Heimer with a nice cross.
Hussain will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Heimer is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hussain connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Heimer 's hands.
Hussain moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hussain throws a nice inside leg kick.
Heimer 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Heimer throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Heimer uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Heimer walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Heimer throws a looping overhand right but Hussain ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hussain throws out a loose jab but Heimer uses good head movement to avoid it.
A left lands for Heimer .
Heimer misses with a few strikes there.
Hussain attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hussain throws a jab when Heimer was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Emre Hussain dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Heimer clinches up with Hussain and pushes him back against the cage.
Hussain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Heimer misses with a series of wild punches.
Heimer avoids the body shot from Hussain.
Heimer will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Some bone on bone action there as Heimer checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hussain looks to land a left hand but Heimer moved out of range nicely.
Heimer throws out a counter right but Hussain avoids it with no problem.
Good leg kick by Hussain there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Heimer throws a jab but it's blocked by Hussain.
Hussain misses the jab.
Heimer unleashes a big counter combination but Hussain bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A jab from Heimer does it's job there.
Heimer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heimer throws a jab but it's blocked by Hussain.
Hussain lands a nice hook to Heimer 's body. Heimer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hussain.
Hussain looks to throw the jab but Heimer is out of range.
Hussain misses with a hook. Heimer ducked under it nicely.
Hussain misses with a body shot
and Heimer counters with a one-two to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hussain throws a leg kick but Heimer sees it coming and moves out of range.
Heimer lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Heimer pushes Hussain away with a front kick.
Heimer moves away from the strike by Hussain.
Hussain throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hussain wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hussain with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hussain's jab looks to have found its range, popping Heimer under the eye.
Heimer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hussain.
Hussain scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hussain bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Heimer 's head.
Heimer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Heimer moves out of range of the leg kick from Hussain.
Decent striking displayed by Heimer there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heimer checks a low kick from Hussain.
Hussain misses with a low kick as Heimer jumps back.
Heimer avoids a kick to the body.
A little jabbing left from Heimer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hussain throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Hussain connects with a single shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heimer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Heimer slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Heimer misses the target.
Nice shot by Heimer .
Hussain moves away from the strike by Heimer .
Hussain walks into a straight right hand from Heimer .
Hussain throws a hook but Heimer avoids it easily.
Hussain throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Good exchange - Hussain coming out on top.
Heimer lands a jab-cross combination.
Heimer throws a big shot that misses.
Hussain misses with a straight left.
Heimer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hussain.
Hussain keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Heimer .
Heimer takes one on the button.
Heimer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hussain sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hussain is looking to land body kicks.
A swing and a miss from Hussain.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heimer lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Heimer misses with a straight right.
Hussain pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Heimer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hussain.
Hussain connects with a leg kick. Heimer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hussain scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Heimer throws a head kick but Hussain moves out of range.
Hussain throws a hook but Heimer blocks it.
Hussain tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Heimer was well out of range. Poor timing from Hussain.
Hussain misses with a low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hussain, right into the meat.
Hussain throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Heimer slips a jab from Hussain.
Hussain scores with a hook.
Hussain tries to keep at a distance but Heimer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Heimer misses with a punch on the inside.
Hussain is trying to force a seperation but Heimer has the dominant position.
Heimer lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Heimer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Heimer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hussain tries a body shot but Heimer blocks it.
Heimer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heimer 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Heimer fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hussain on the side of the head.
Heimer takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Heimer tries to clinch but Hussain is having none of it.
Heimer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Heimer misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Hussain misses the target.
Hussain takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A bone on bone clash there as Heimer blocks the leg kick.
Heimer throws a hook but Hussain avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hussain staying out of range there.
Hussain fires out a quick counter leg kick but Heimer just manages to avoid it.
Heimer sizes up Hussain with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hussain misses with a kick to the body.
Hussain throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hussain missing with a left hand there. Heimer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Heimer throws a counter combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Burke Heimer just about did enough to take it.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Hussain keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Heimer .
Hussain throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hussain thuds his shin into the meat of Heimer 's side.
Heimer misses with a looping left.
Hussain connects with a solid leg kick.
Hussain throws the left hand but Heimer avoids the punch easily.
Heimer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Heimer ducks under a wild hook from Hussain.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hussain checks a leg kick.
Hussain thinks about countering with a body kick.
A jab from Hussain misses.
Heimer thuds his right hand into Hussain's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice uppercut lands for Hussain. That snapped Heimer 's head back.
Hussain throws a leg kick but Heimer checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heimer moves out of range as Hussain throws a body kick.
Heimer getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Heimer loads up on a big right hand but Hussain slips the punch.
Hussain connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Heimer momentarily.
Heimer lands with a good body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hussain connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heimer throws a body punch but Hussain moves out of range.
Hussain misses with a low kick.
Good leg kick by Hussain there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hussain connects with a good right hand that stumbles Heimer . Heimer circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Heimer throws a looping overhand right but Hussain ducks down to avoid it.
Hussain lands a nice looking body shot.
Heimer closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hussain.
Burke Heimer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hussain tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Heimer 's elbow.
Hussain misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Heimer can't find room to land a body shot as Hussain controls the action.
Heimer jumps guard.
Heimer has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hussain can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Heimer is on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heimer thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hussain controls Heimer momentarily but Heimer frees himself.
Heimer won't allow Hussain to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hussain keeping full guard, as Heimer tries to pass.
Hussain wants to stand and escape but Heimer is having none of it.
Hussain bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Heimer 's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heimer wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heimer is looking for a triangle here but Hussain uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Heimer is not content to let Hussain control the position.
Heimer is trying to get back to half guard.
Heimer sneaks back into half guard.
Hussain seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
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.
Heimer is trying to get back to full guard.
Heimer is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hussain is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Heimer is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hussain's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hussain's back!
Hussain trying to control the hands but Heimer breaks the grip.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Burke Heimer will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Hussain throws a leg kick
and Heimer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Heimer throws out a leg kick but Hussain moves out of range and Heimer only half commits.
Hussain throws a hook but Heimer blocks it.
Hussain moves away from the strike by Heimer .
Heimer takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Heimer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hussain.
Heimer lands a body shot.
Heimer has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hussain.
Nice jab there from Hussain.
Heimer moves out of range of the leg kick from Hussain.
Heimer wants to counter with a clinch but Hussain pushes him away.
Hussain throws a hook but Heimer blocks it.
Hussain swats away the attempt to clinch by Heimer .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Hussain misses its intended target.
Heimer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Hussain misses the target.
Hussain slips under a jab.
Hussain throws a wild body kick that Heimer sees coming a mile off.
Heimer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hussain scores with a decent looking hook.
Heimer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hussain throws the kick towards the body but Heimer avoids it.
Heimer tries to counter by closing the distance.
A solid body kick from Hussain.
Hussain throws a nice outside leg kick.
Heimer 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hussain connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Heimer scrambles back to his feet.
Heimer scores with a jab. Hussain acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Heimer walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hussain is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Heimer .
Hussain connects with a leg kick. Heimer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hussain looks to land a left hand but Heimer moved out of range nicely.
Hussain lands with a thumping leg kick.
Heimer connects with the punch.
A punch lands to the side of Heimer 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hussain connects with a nice looking jab.
Hussain throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Heimer .
Heimer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hussain manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heimer looks to land a right hand but Hussain moved out of range.
Hussain clobbers Heimer with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Heimer throws a looping overhand right but Hussain ducks down to avoid it.
Hussain tries a low kick but Heimer avoids it.
Hussain misses with a body kick.
Hussain misses with a looping left.
Heimer gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Heimer throws a solid leg kick but Hussain takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Heimer .
Heimer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hussain paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heimer throws a big shot that misses.
Hussain cracks Heimer with an open hand slap.
A head kick misses from Heimer .
Heimer takes one to the chin there.
Hussain cracks the inside of Heimer 's front leg.
Hussain misses the shot to the body.
Heimer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hussain lands an overhand right.
Heimer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hussain.
Heimer throws a looping overhand right but Hussain ducks down to avoid it.
Heimer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hussain.
The fight stays on the outside here - Heimer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Heimer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hussain throws the left hand but Heimer avoids the punch easily.
Heimer looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hussain with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hussain wants to slow Heimer down by chopping away at his legs.
Hussain throws a hook but Heimer blocks it.
Heimer scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hussain throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Heimer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That kick from Heimer tenderised Hussain's leg. Hussain is trying to keep his angry face on.
Heimer throws a body shot but no joy.
Jab, jab by Hussain - just one landing.
Hussain ducks right into an uppercut from Heimer .
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hussain throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hussain 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 Heimer has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Heimer and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Heimer doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Hussain lands with a hook. Heimer tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hussain cracks Heimer with a right hand to the side of the head.
Heimer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hussain sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hussain throws a jab when Heimer was well out of range.
Heimer moves out of range of the strikes.
Heimer scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hussain misses with a body shot.
Heimer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hussain.
Heimer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hussain fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Heimer is out of range.
Heimer is trying to counter with his kicks.
Heimer throws a looping overhand right but Hussain ducks down to avoid it.
Hussain tries to score with a low kick but Heimer moves his leg out of the way.
That kick from Hussain tenderised Heimer 's leg. Heimer is trying to keep his angry face on.
Heimer just misses with a punch to the body.
Hussain throws a hook but Heimer avoids it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Emre Hussain showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hussain has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 48:47
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 50:45
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Emre Hussain!
Emre Hussain retains his featherweight title!
A less than humble Emre Hussain misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricki Suckerpunch (ranked 644 p4p, 31 weight class) and Aleksey Borodin (ranked 1098 p4p, 22 weight class). Ricki Suckerpunch has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ricki Suckerpunch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aleksey Borodin!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suckerpunch wants to clinch.
Suckerpunch lands a nice shot that snaps Borodin's head back.
It looks like Aleksey Borodin has been cut.
Suckerpunch bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Suckerpunch fails in his attempt to clinch.
Borodin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Suckerpunch looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A shot to the liver by Borodin. Beautiful body shot.
Suckerpunch tries to clinch there but Borodin circles away.
Suckerpunch ducks under a wild hook from Borodin.
Borodin loads up on a big right hand but Suckerpunch slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suckerpunch doesn't manage to clinch there - Borodin circles away.
Suckerpunch moves out of range of the strikes.
Suckerpunch ducks under a wild hook from Borodin.
Sloppy strikes from Suckerpunch. Those never looked like landing.
Nice defenses there by Suckerpunch.
Suckerpunch moves into range and clinches up with Borodin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borodin working aggressively here.
Suckerpunch breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Suckerpunch has closed the distance and engaged Borodin in a clinch.
Borodin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Borodin is leaning against Suckerpunch and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Suckerpunch takes a shot to the head.
Borodin scores with a shoulder strike.
Borodin leaning against his opponent.
Suckerpunch breaks the clinch.
Suckerpunch takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Suckerpunch is breathing heavily.
Suckerpunch walks into a left hand.
Borodin throws a pinpoint strike between Suckerpunch's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Suckerpunch crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Borodin scores a great knockout victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Aleksey Borodin!
A determined Aleksey Borodin didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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