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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Saul Goodman (ranked 1393 p4p, 189 weight class) and Darrel Petersen (ranked 1352 p4p, 178 weight class). Saul Goodman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
35 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Saul Goodman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Darrel Petersen!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petersen misses with a wild body shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Goodman.
Petersen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Petersen 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.
Petersen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Goodman throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A little jabbing left from Petersen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Goodman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Petersen lands a nice hook to Goodman's body. Goodman takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Goodman misses with a leg kick.
Petersen misses with a double jab.
Goodman walks into a straight right hand from Petersen.
Petersen works Goodman's body with a nice hook.
Good exchange - Goodman coming out on top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Goodman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Petersen moves away.
Darrel Petersen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petersen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Goodman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Petersen moves away.
Petersen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Goodman.
Goodman tries to land a front kick but Petersen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Goodman delivers a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petersen blocks a jab.
Petersen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Petersen fails to land with a series of punches.
Petersen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Goodman counters with a good, hard body kick but Petersen shrugs it off.
Goodman swings for the body but Petersen moves out of range.
Goodman forces Petersen back against the cage and clinches.
Goodman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Goodman lands a shot to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Goodman fails to land.
Goodman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Goodman lands a right hand.
Petersen lands a nice shot to the body.
Goodman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Petersen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Petersen digs a right hand underneath Goodman's ribcage. Goodman let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Goodman.
Petersen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Goodman backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Petersen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Petersen misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goodman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Goodman lands with a right to the head.
Goodman misses with some punches.
Goodman misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Goodman.
Goodman is leaning against Petersen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Goodman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Goodman lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Petersen fails to land.
Goodman lands an uppercut.
Petersen cracks Goodman with a nice body shot.
Goodman lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Goodman has a couple of punches blocked by Petersen.
Goodman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Petersen backwards.
Petersen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Petersen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Petersen.
Petersen drops down looking for an ankle pick but Goodman pulls his leg out and moves away.
Petersen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Goodman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Goodman throws a leg kick that misses.
Petersen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Petersen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Goodman rather than just go for the knockout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Petersen misses the target.
It looked like Goodman wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Petersen swings widly with a right hand
enabling Goodman to counter with a crisp jab.
Goodman feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Petersens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Goodman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Petersen.
A big left from Petersen misses.
Petersen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Petersen takes one to the chin there.
Goodman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Petersen.
A swing and a miss from Petersen.
Petersen slips a jab from Goodman.
Petersen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Saul Goodman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darrel Petersen.
Goodman throws a leg kick but Petersen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Goodman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Goodman on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Goodman lands a nice shot to the 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!
Petersen with a lazy takedown attempt
and Goodman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Goodman throws a push kick but Petersen slaps the foot to one side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Goodman. Beautiful body shot.
Petersen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Petersen scores with a nice strike.
Goodman connects with a looping right hand.
Goodman misses the shot to the body.
Petersen 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.
Goodman fakes the leg kick and cracks Petersen in the body.
Goodman is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Jab, jab by Goodman - just one landing.
Goodman staying out of range there.
Petersen swings away with a body shot that misses
and Goodman counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Goodman stuns Petersen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Petersen takes the fight into the clinch.
Goodman lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Goodman cracks Petersen with a nice body shot.
Petersen tries to score a body lock takedown but Goodman shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Petersen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Petersen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Goodman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Saul Goodman dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Goodman swings away with a body shot that misses
and Petersen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Goodman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Petersen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Goodman was well out of range. Poor timing from Petersen.
Goodman takes a swing at Petersen's ribcage but misses.
A little jabbing left from Petersen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Petersen fails with the takedown
and Petersen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Goodman works the jab nicely.
Goodman throws a leg kick which misses Petersen's front leg but catches the back leg as Petersen tries to avoid it.
Petersen defending well as Goodman loads up on a big left hand.
A nice side step and Petersen releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Petersen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Goodman.
Goodman misses with a looping left.
Petersen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petersen drives through and clinches with Goodman against the cage.
Petersen misses with a body punch.
Goodman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Goodman misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Goodman.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petersen lands with a short shot to the head.
A short body shot lands from Petersen as the two fighters clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petersen digs a right hand into Goodman's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Goodman's gas tank.
A nice left hand lands by Petersen.
A hook to the body from Petersen.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Goodman.
Petersen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Petersen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Petersen lands a left hand.
Goodman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Goodman scores with a shoulder strike.
Goodman throws a head punch that misses.
Goodman working aggressively here.
Petersen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Petersen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Goodman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Petersen looking for a takedown.
Goodman swings wildly with an uppercut but Petersen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Goodman stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Goodman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Petersen lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Petersen tries to score a body lock takedown but Goodman shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Saul Goodman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darrel Petersen.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Goodman.
Petersen turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Petersen manages to end up in side control.
Goodman manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Petersen slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Goodman content to stall in guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Petersen wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goodman controls from within his opponent's guard.
Petersen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Goodman can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Goodman won't allow Petersen to sweep him here.
Goodman stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Petersen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Goodman has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Petersen trying to keep a closed guard but Goodman is proving a slippery customer.
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.
Goodman trying to control the position from guard on top but Petersen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Petersen has control of Goodman's left arm, preventing Goodman from doing any damage.
Goodman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Petersen can do to turn this around?
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Petersen is on top in guard.
Goodman trying to control the position here.
Petersen wants to control from the top but Goodman keeps moving.
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 Saul Goodman will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Petersen misses with a hook
and Goodman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Goodman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Petersen manages to avoid it.
Petersen walks into a stiff left hand from Goodman.
Petersen scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Goodman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Petersen throws out the jab.
It looked like Goodman was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Petersen.
Petersen misses with a hook.
A jab from Petersen misses.
Goodman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Petersen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Petersen misses with a lunging right hand
and Goodman makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Petersen scores with a hook to the body. Goodman takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Goodman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Petersen.
Goodman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Goodman misses with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Goodman, right into the meat.
Petersen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Goodman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goodman getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Petersen moves forwards but Goodman connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Petersen throws the left hand but Goodman avoids the punch easily.
Goodman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Petersen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Petersen looks to score with a jab to the body but Goodman is just out of range.
Petersen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Goodman.
Petersen is looking to clinch but Goodman is avoiding it.
Petersen throws a looping overhand right but Goodman ducks down to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Goodman on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Goodman throws the left hand but Petersen avoids the punch easily.
Goodman bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Petersen's head.
Goodman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Petersen.
A big right from Goodman misses.
Petersen throws a shot from downtown. Goodman moves away and avoids it.
Goodman swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A bone on bone clash there as Petersen blocks the leg kick.
Goodman throws a big shot that misses.
Petersen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Petersen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Petersen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Petersen trying to control the position from guard on top but Goodman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Petersen throws an elbow that misses. Goodman uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Petersen's guard. Nice move by Goodman!
Goodman wants to control from the top but Petersen keeps moving.
Petersen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Goodman won't allow Petersen to sweep him here.
Petersen lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Darrel Petersen has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petersen is fighting to break Goodman's control of his arms but Goodman is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Petersen trying to control but Goodman is working from the bottom.
Petersen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Goodman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Goodman not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Goodman keeping moving, preventing Petersen from controlling successfully.
Petersen throws a big right hand that misses.
Petersen sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Petersen trying to control the position from guard on top but Goodman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Petersen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Goodman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Goodman holds on and takes a little breather.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Goodman throws a hook but Petersen blocks it.
Petersen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Goodman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Goodman misses with a wild body shot.
Darrel Petersen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A telegraphed right hand from Petersen misses the target.
Petersen misses with a body shot.
Petersen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Goodman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Goodman cracks the inside of Petersen's front leg.
Goodman lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Petersen throws a hook but Goodman avoids it easily.
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 Saul Goodman.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Goodman, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Saul Goodman!
Saul Goodman seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Finnish Experiment (ranked 1054 p4p, 132 weight class) and Tony Bunker (ranked 1063 p4p, 133 weight class). Finnish Experiment 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 featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 3, fighting out of Helsinki, Finnish Experiment!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 17 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tony Bunker!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Experiment avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Both fighters circling a little - Experiment finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bunker clinches.
Bunker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Experiment blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bunker lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Experiment backwards.
Experiment blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Experiment stalls.
Experiment breaks from the clinch.
Bunker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Experiment swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Experiment lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Experiment scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Experiment has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Secret Lab in the buildup to the fight.
Experiment avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bunker instigates a clinch.
Experiment breaks from the clinch.
Bunker tries to clinch there but Experiment circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Experiment on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bunker tries to clinch up but Experiment circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bunker moves into the clinch successfully.
Experiment throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Experiment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunker blocks the elbow strike.
Experiment's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Experiment connects with a solid leg kick.
Bunker wants to clinch.
As Bunker backs away, Experiment returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Bunker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tony Bunker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bunker takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bunker moves into the clinch successfully.
Experiment has Bunker pressed against the cage.
Experiment is working Bunker over against the cage.
Experiment creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bunker's defenses.
Experiment pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bunker lands a hook that snaps the head of Experiment backwards.
Experiment breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Experiment tries a head kick but it misses.
Experiment stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Experiment drives through and clinches with Bunker against the cage.
Bunker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Experiment blocking some punches.
Experiment lands an elbow just above Bunker 's eye.
Bunker throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bunker.
Experiment misses with an elbow over the top.
Experiment misses with an elbow over the top.
Experiment looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bunker has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Experiment seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Bunker can turn it around.
Bunker throws a punch but it's blocked by Experiment.
Bunker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bunker misses with the head strike.
Bunker throws a head punch that misses.
Bunker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Experiment.
Bunker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Bunker.
Bunker throws a head punch that misses.
Experiment holding his opponent close, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bunker.
Experiment looking to slow down the pace here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunker throws a head punch that misses.
Nice elbow from Experiment.
Experiment stalling in the clinch but Bunker improves position.
Bunker blocks an elbow strike from Experiment.
Bunker lands a right hand that snaps the head of Experiment backwards.
Experiment creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Experiment comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bunker blocks the elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bunker.
Experiment creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Experiment struggles to land a body shot inside as Bunker controls his hands.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bunker.
Experiment blocks an uppercut.
Experiment pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Experiment.
Experiment tries a body shot but Bunker blocks it.
Bunker throws a head punch that misses.
Bunker scores with a shot to the side of Experiment's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Experiment breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Experiment jabs Bunker right on the nose. Bunker blinks but takes it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bunker wants to clinch but Experiment slips to the side
and Bunker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Experiment avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bunker moves in looking to clinch but Experiment pushes him off.
Experiment ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bunker darts in trying to clinch
and Experiment counters with a body kick.
Bunker tries to clinch up but Experiment circles away and keeps his distance.
Bunker tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Experiment counter with a right hand.
Experiment ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bunker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Experiment swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bunker wants to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bunker clinches up with Experiment and pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Finnish Experiment dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Experiment gets tackled into the cage by Bunker. Bunker maintains the clinch.
Bunker letting Experiment take a breather here.
Bunker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Experiment throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bunker as Experiment tries to tie him up.
Experiment breaks the clinch.
Experiment fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Experiment misses with a body kick.
Bunker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bunker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Experiment keeps the fight on the outside.
Experiment keeps the fight on the outside.
Bunker moves into the clinch successfully.
A head punch on the inside from Bunker fails to land.
Bunker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bunker takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Experiment breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bunker ducks right into an uppercut from Experiment.
Experiment moves into range and clinches up with Bunker.
Experiment throws an elbow but it misses.
Bunker scores with a nice hook to the head.
A shot in the inside from Bunker.
Bunker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bunker misses with some punches.
Bunker misses with some punches.
Experiment works on Bunker's body with a couple of short punches.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Bunker in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Experiment effectively controlling the action here.
Experiment's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Experiment circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bunker rushes Experiment and presses him up against the cage.
Experiment is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Experiment blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bunker throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bunker misses with some punches.
Bunker being controlled against the cage.
Experiment is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bunker can do to turn this around?
Experiment throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bunker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bunker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Experiment lands an elbow that stopped Bunker in his tracks for a moment.
Experiment escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bunker rushes Experiment and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bunker takes an elbow to the temple.
Bunker misses with some punches.
Experiment blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Experiment throws an elbow but misses.
Experiment stalling.
Bunker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Experiment breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bunker closes the distance and pushes Experiment back into the cage.
Bunker takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch on the inside from Bunker fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Experiment.
Experiment lands an elbow inside that Bunker shrugs off.
It looks like Tony Bunker has been cut.
Experiment blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Experiment blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bunker misses with some punches.
Experiment slows down the pace here.
Bunker throws a head punch that misses.
Experiment blocks an uppercut.
Experiment blocking some punches.
Experiment lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bunker misses with a punch on the inside.
Bunker dodges an elbow strike from Experiment.
Bunker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bunker throws a head punch that misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Experiment.
Experiment pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Experiment lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bunker lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Experiment gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bunker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Experiment blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch on the inside from Bunker fails to land.
Experiment lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Experiment throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bunker swings wildly with an uppercut but Experiment uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Bunker fails to land.
Bunker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bunker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tony Bunker seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Experiment lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bunker.
A left hand lands to the body for Experiment.
Bunker avoids the elbow strike from Experiment, against the cage.
Experiment lands a damaging elbow.
Experiment misses with a punch to the body.
Bunker working aggressively here.
Nice elbow from Experiment.
Bunker misses with some punches.
Experiment cracks Bunker with a nice body shot.
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 Finnish Experiment will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tony Bunker's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Experiment changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Experiment closes the distance and clinches.
Experiment is pushing Bunker up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Experiment lands an elbow inside.
Bunker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bunker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bunker takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch on the inside from Bunker fails to land.
Bunker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bunker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Experiment lands an elbow inside that Bunker shrugs off.
Experiment breaks the clinch.
Bunker closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bunker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bunker is rocked!
Experiment cracks Bunker with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Bunker falls to his knees and Experiment doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Finnish Experiment!
Finnish Experiment thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dom Cruz (ranked 428 p4p, 53 weight class) and Haislan Garcia (ranked 765 p4p, 100 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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144 lbs
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155 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
28 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dom Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Haislan Garcia!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Garcia is trying to defend but Cruz finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Garcia is trying to maintain the position but Cruz is very close to passing his half guard.
Cruz drops an elbow to the side of Garcia's head.
Ground and pound from Cruz.
Garcia manages to get to full guard.
Garcia manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cruz manages to get himself to full guard.
Cruz had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Garcia defends it easily.
Garcia tries to free his leg and advance position but Cruz is retaining full guard.
Cruz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Garcia sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Garcia tries to free his leg and advance position but Cruz is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Cruz seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Cruz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Garcia sitting in guard here, content to control.
Garcia wants to control from the top but Cruz keeps moving.
Garcia's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cruz bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Garcia's guard.
Garcia preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cruz trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom.
We've been hearing that Cruz has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Garcia avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Garcia is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cruz scoring with some ground and pound.
Cruz looking to pass the guard.
Cruz stopping the sweep attempt from Garcia.
Cruz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cruz wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cruz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Garcia is keeping the position for now.
Cruz is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Garcia looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Garcia is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Garcia holds on and takes a little breather.
Cruz postures up in Garcia's guard and throws a big left but Garcia blocks it.
Cruz tries to free his leg and advance position but Garcia is retaining full guard.
Cruz wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving.
Cruz engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Cruz shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Cruz was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Cruz postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Garcia defending against the ground and pound.
Garcia is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Cruz in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cruz trying to control the position but Garcia is working away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Garcia takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Cruz working the head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dom Cruz dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Cruz misses with a series of wild punches.
Cruz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garcia.
Nice jab there from Cruz.
A big right from Cruz misses.
Cruz moves into the clinch.
Cruz looking for a takedown.
Cruz pulls guard.
Cruz is trying to hold Garcia in close to prevent damage but Garcia has managed to pass into half guard.
Garcia takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Cruz is concentrating on defense, preventing Garcia from advancing position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz is looking to get back to full guard here but Garcia has managed to pass to side control instead.
Cruz tries to buck Garcia off but Garcia is having none of it.
Garcia taking a breather here.
Cruz can't do much from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz is looking for a sweep.
Cruz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garcia can do to turn this around?
Garcia takes a little break here. Cruz wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Cruz wants to control but Garcia postures up.
Cruz tries to improve position but can't.
Cruz is working hard here to advance position.
Cruz is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Garcia off and has taken his back!
Garcia is really stuck here.
Garcia is covering up but some of the strikes from Cruz are getting through and doing damage.
Garcia breaks Cruz's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Garcia pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cruz is keeping the position for now.
Cruz is pulling down on Garcia's head. It's preventing any offense from Garcia, at least for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cruz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cruz wants to sweep but no luck.
Garcia is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Cruz controlling Garcia's posture.
Cruz manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Garcia manages to get himself to full guard.
Garcia is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Cruz is controlling him.
Dom Cruz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cruz throwing strikes but missing.
Garcia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cruz is one step ahead there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz pushing down on Garcia's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Cruz is trying to control the action in half guard but Garcia is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Garcia tries to get to full guard but Cruz has control of the leg.
Still in half guard, Cruz seems content to control.
Garcia trying to control from the bottom.
Cruz lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Garcia is trying to get back to full guard.
Cruz missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cruz lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Garcia is looking to control Cruz's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Garcia avoid being mounted?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is trying to control. Garcia wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Cruz trying to pass the guard but Garcia defending well.
Garcia desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Cruz wants to control but Garcia is keeping him busy.
Cruz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garcia wants to control but Cruz is keeping busy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cruz looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Cruz drops an elbow to the side of Garcia's head.
Cruz wants to control but Garcia is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dom Cruz dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Cruz scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Cruz swinging wildly here.
Cruz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garcia.
Garcia lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cruz at a distance.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cruz looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Garcia!
Garcia throws Cruz to one side and escapes!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cruz avoids the body shot from Garcia.
Garcia lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cruz at a distance.
Cruz throws a right hand that Garcia ducks under and follows up with a left that Garcia also avoids with ease.
Garcia waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cruz.
Garcia is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cruz rather than just go for the knockout.
Garcia feints and then cracks Cruz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cruz down.
Cruz with a lazy takedown attempt
and Garcia counters with a good low kick that Cruz was not able to check.
Garcia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cruz throws an off balance right hand
and Garcia counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia thows a leg kick but Cruz checks it
and Cruz counters with a single leg into guard. Garcia didn't expect that.
Garcia pulls Cruz in close to his closed guard and prevents Cruz from doing any damage or advancing position.
Garcia keeping moving, preventing Cruz from controlling successfully.
Garcia working a defensive guard here.
Cruz wants to pass the guard but Garcia is keeping the position.
Cruz trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom.
Cruz tries to free his leg and advance position but Garcia is retaining full guard.
Cruz advances position into side control!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is trying to get back to half guard.
Cruz tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Cruz tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Cruz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Garcia keeps working.
Cruz tries to advance to mount but Garcia denies him.
Dom Cruz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Cruz wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Garcia gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Cruz sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Garcia gets full guard.
Garcia not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Garcia is on top in guard.
Cruz is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Garcia must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Cruz wants to sweep but no luck.
Cruz pulls Garcia in close to his closed guard and prevents Garcia from doing any damage or advancing position.
Cruz wants to sweep here but Garcia controlling him for the moment.
Haislan Garcia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz pulls Garcia in close to prevent any damage.
Cruz controls Garcia momentarily but Garcia frees himself.
Garcia slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Cruz trying to control the position here.
Cruz is trying to control the position but Garcia postures up.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Haislan Garcia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cruz 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dom Cruz!
Dom Cruz took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Urban Fighter for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Doug Bell (ranked 433 p4p, 62 weight class) and Super Meat Boy (ranked 792 p4p, 105 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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30
253 lbs
25 - 12 - 0 |
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285 lbs
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World class boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Doug Bell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Super Meat Boy!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meat Boy misses with a combination
and Bell counters with a body kick that stops Meat Boy in his tracks momentarily.
Meat Boy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
It looks like Super Meat Boy has been cut.
Meat Boy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bell.
Bell takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Meat Boy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Meat Boy throws a low kick but Bell avoids it.
Bell walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bell lands a big head kick that sends Meat Boy tumbling to the mat! Bell takes a step backwards and waves Meat Boy back to his feet - he wants the finish!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bell needs to keep his hands up - Meat Boy had a free shot at his head there.
Meat Boy bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bell's head backwards.
Meat Boy swings for the body but Bell moves out of range.
Bell changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Bell misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meat Boy feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bells jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Meat Boy throws a front kick aimed at Bell's knee but Bell avoids it well.
Bell was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Good shot there by Meat Boy.
Meat Boy throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Bell counters with a huge left! Meat Boy is in big trouble! He's backing up but Bell isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Meat Boy from any more damage. A dominating finish by Bell!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Doug Bell!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Kilpatrick (ranked 389 p4p, 56 weight class) and Dada Segbo (ranked 474 p4p, 66 weight class). Segbo has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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26
205 lbs
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208 lbs
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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
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jesse Kilpatrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dada Segbo!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Segbo's corner calls for a 1-2. Segbo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kilpatrick looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kilpatrick throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Segbo throws a leg kick which misses Kilpatrick's front leg but catches the back leg as Kilpatrick tries to avoid it.
Segbo slips under a jab.
Segbo tries a quick counter leg kick but Kilpatrick is wise to it.
Kilpatrick throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Segbo to counter with a crisp jab.
Segbo ducks under a wild hook from Kilpatrick.
Kilpatrick lands with an uppercut that bounces Segbo off the cage and back into range.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Segbo has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Kilpatrick looks to land a right hand but Segbo moved out of range.
Kilpatrick keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kilpatrick changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Segbo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Segbo lands with an overhand left.
Kilpatrick takes a swing at Segbo's ribcage but misses.
Kilpatrick throws a looping overhand right but Segbo ducks down to avoid it.
Segbo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kilpatrick loads up on a big right hand but Segbo slips the punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Segbo lands a nice shot that snaps Kilpatrick's head back.
Kilpatrick throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Segbo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kilpatrick misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Segbo misses with an uppercut.
Kilpatrick feinted with a counter takedown.
Segbo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kilpatrick working aggressively here.
Segbo lands with a right to the head.
Segbo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kilpatrick throws a hook to the side of Segbo's head but Segbo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Segbo ducks under a wild hook from Kilpatrick.
Segbo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kilpatrick.
A big right from Kilpatrick misses.
Kilpatrick checks a leg kick.
Kilpatrick walks into a straight right hand from Segbo.
Kilpatrick with a poor takedown
letting Segbo counter with a right hand.
Kilpatrick shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Segbo as he jumps to the side.
Segbo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kilpatrick misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Segbo.
Segbo flicks out a counter leg kick but Kilpatrick steps away.
Segbo throws a lazy uppercut
and Kilpatrick counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Segbo!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Segbo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kilpatrick wants to control but Segbo is keeping him busy.
Segbo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Segbo avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Kilpatrick.
Segbo is looking to reverse the position.
Kilpatrick misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Kilpatrick working the head and body with strikes.
Kilpatrick landing strikes.
Segbo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Segbo regains half guard there - taking advantage of Kilpatrick's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Segbo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kilpatrick is thwarting Segbo's attempts to control the position.
Kilpatrick is trying to control. Segbo wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Kilpatrick lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Segbo is looking to improve his position.
Kilpatrick has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Segbo works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Dada Segbo will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Kilpatrick looks to land a right hand but Segbo moved out of range.
Segbo throws a head kick but Kilpatrick moves out of range.
Kilpatrick feinted with a counter takedown.
Dada Segbo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A chopping leg kick lands by Segbo.
Segbo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kilpatrick.
Segbo misses with a leg kick
and Kilpatrick counters with a single leg into guard. Segbo didn't expect that.
Segbo looking for a sweep. Not yet Segbo, not yet.
Segbo throws his legs up looking for a submission but Kilpatrick uses it to pass to side control.
Kilpatrick trying to control the action but Segbo is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kilpatrick in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Kilpatrick postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Segbo manages to work his way to half guard, despite Kilpatrick's best efforts.
Ground and pound from Kilpatrick.
Kilpatrick trying to control from Segbo's half guard. Segbo has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kilpatrick accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Segbo wants to sweep here but Kilpatrick controlling him for the moment.
Kilpatrick throws a big elbow that misses.
Segbo has his foot on Kilpatrick's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kilpatrick works his way back into a safe position though.
Kilpatrick loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Segbo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kilpatrick postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Segbo is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kilpatrick is aware though and is defending well.
Segbo keeping moving, preventing Kilpatrick from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Segbo is on top in guard.
Kilpatrick is trying to hold Segbo in close to prevent damage but Segbo has managed to pass into half guard.
Kilpatrick wants to control but Segbo is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kilpatrick tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Kilpatrick might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Kilpatrick moves into full guard.
Segbo stopping the sweep attempt from Kilpatrick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilpatrick has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Segbo has passed into side control.
Segbo controlling from side mount.
Kilpatrick is trying to control Segbo's posture but Segbo avoids it.
Kilpatrick is looking to regain half guard here but Segbo keeps moving and retains side control.
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.
Kilpatrick is working to avoid the ground and pound but Segbo connects with a decent elbow.
Kilpatrick is looking for a sweep.
Kilpatrick is trying to control Segbo's posture but Segbo avoids it.
Kilpatrick is looking to reverse the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Segbo wants to control but Kilpatrick is keeping him busy.
Segbo is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Kilpatrick's shoulder. That is not cool.
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 Jesse Kilpatrick will probably get the nod.
That's time! Kilpatrick's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Segbo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kilpatrick takes one to the chin there.
Segbo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A low kick from Segbo misses
and Kilpatrick counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Segbo!
Segbo sneaks back into half guard.
Kilpatrick seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kilpatrick missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kilpatrick is nestled in close to Segbo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Segbo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kilpatrick.
Kilpatrick is trying to control the action in half guard but Segbo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Kilpatrick is looking to stall here but Segbo recovers full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilpatrick chips away with some ground and pound.
Kilpatrick trying to move into half guard but instead Segbo has managed to sweep!
Kilpatrick manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Segbo manages to get himself to full guard.
Segbo 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.
Segbo keeping moving, preventing Kilpatrick from controlling successfully.
Segbo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Segbo looking for a sweep. Not yet Segbo, not yet.
Kilpatrick engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Kilpatrick chips away with some ground and pound.
Segbo lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Segbo slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Kilpatrick lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Segbo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kilpatrick throws an elbow that misses. Segbo uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kilpatrick's guard. Nice move by Segbo!
Kilpatrick looking for a sweep. Not yet Kilpatrick, not yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Segbo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kilpatrick working a defensive guard here.
Jesse Kilpatrick overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kilpatrick lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Segbo lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Segbo throws a big elbow that misses.
Kilpatrick looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
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 Jesse Kilpatrick.
I think Kilpatrick 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Jesse Kilpatrick!
Jesse Kilpatrick thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Stein (ranked 196 p4p, 31 weight class) and Gennady Mikhasevich (ranked 675 p4p, 91 weight class). Stein's entrance music is Red - Falling Sky. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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33
190 lbs
27 - 17 - 1 |
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187 lbs
24 - 15 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 17 - 1, fighting out of New York, Frank Stein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gennady Mikhasevich!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mikhasevich throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Mikhasevich avoids the head kick by Stein.
Mikhasevich appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Mikhasevich has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A telegraphed right hand from Stein misses the target.
Mikhasevich connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A big right from Mikhasevich misses.
Stein misses the shot to the body.
Mikhasevich appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Mikhasevich scores with the left hand. Stein knows he should have avoided that one.
It looks like Frank Stein has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mikhasevich throws a body kick that misses
and Stein counters with a thumping low kick.
Stein has closed the distance and engaged Mikhasevich in a clinch.
Stein throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stein tries to throw a body punch but Mikhasevich avoids it by throwing Stein back against the cage.
Stein misses with an elbow over the top.
Our sources have told us that Stein has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Stein misses with a punch to the body.
Mikhasevich controlling the action here for a moment.
Mikhasevich prevents a body shot from Stein.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mikhasevich.
Stein blocks an uppercut.
Mikhasevich holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Mikhasevich avoids the elbow strike from Stein, against the cage.
Mikhasevich blocks an elbow strike from Stein.
Mikhasevich wants to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mikhasevich takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Mikhasevich tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stein lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Stein lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Gennady Mikhasevich has been cut.
Stein lands an uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Mikhasevich avoids the elbow strike from Stein, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Stein throws an elbow but misses.
The referee calls for Mikhasevich to work.
Mikhasevich is trying to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mikhasevich manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gennady Mikhasevich.
A shot to the liver by Mikhasevich. Beautiful body shot.
Stein moves into range and clinches up with Mikhasevich.
Mikhasevich prevents a body shot from Stein.
Stein misses with an elbow over the top.
Stein throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mikhasevich taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Stein misses with an elbow over the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stein lands a damaging elbow.
Mikhasevich prevents a body shot from Stein.
Stein is leaning against Mikhasevich and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mikhasevich lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mikhasevich swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mikhasevich dodges an elbow strike from Stein.
Stein creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mikhasevich.
Mikhasevich tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mikhasevich holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Stein being controlled against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stein misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Stein dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Mikhasevich throws a body punch but Stein moves out of range.
Stein is looking to counter the offense by Mikhasevich and move into the clinch.
Stein tries a head kick but it misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Stein checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Stein is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Mikhasevich throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mikhasevich gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A big right from Mikhasevich misses.
Mikhasevich misses with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mikhasevich bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Stein has closed the distance and engaged Mikhasevich in a clinch.
Mikhasevich blocks an elbow strike from Stein.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mikhasevich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mikhasevich leaning against his opponent.
Mikhasevich trying to control the position but instead, Stein has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mikhasevich into the cage.
Stein tries to throw a body punch but Mikhasevich avoids it by throwing Stein back against the cage.
Mikhasevich swings wildly with an uppercut but Stein uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mikhasevich displaying some good clinch control by pressing Stein up against the cage.
Stein misses with a punch to the body.
Stein lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mikhasevich has Stein pressed against the cage.
Mikhasevich blocks an elbow strike.
Mikhasevich blocks an elbow strike from Stein.
Mikhasevich stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Mikhasevich can't find room to land a body shot as Stein controls the action.
Stein lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Stein throws a punch but it's blocked by Mikhasevich.
With the fighters up against the cage, Stein throws an elbow but misses.
Mikhasevich dodges an elbow strike from Stein.
Mikhasevich dodges an elbow strike from Stein.
A left hand lands to the body for Stein.
Stein pushes off an throws an elbow but Mikhasevich leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Frank Stein has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mikhasevich wants to stall.
Mikhasevich throws a head punch that misses.
Mikhasevich tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Stein.
Stein creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Stein is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mikhasevich can do to turn this around?
Mikhasevich leaning his opponent against the cage.
Mikhasevich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stein creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mikhasevich's defenses.
Stein can't find room to land a body shot as Mikhasevich controls the action.
Stein being controlled against the cage.
Stein looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stein throws an elbow but it misses.
Mikhasevich stalling in the clinch but Stein improves position.
Mikhasevich can't find room to land a body shot as Stein controls the action.
Mikhasevich blocks the elbow strike.
Mikhasevich is trying to maintain a safe position but Stein gets an underhook and turns Mikhasevich into the cage.
Mikhasevich dodges an elbow strike from Stein.
Mikhasevich blocks an elbow strike.
Stein blocking some punches.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stein lands a damaging elbow.
Mikhasevich prevents a body shot from Stein.
Mikhasevich can't find room to land a body shot as Stein controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Stein dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Stein misses with a wild body shot.
Mikhasevich keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mikhasevich will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mikhasevich connects with an inside leg kick.
Stein takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mikhasevich thows a leg kick but Stein checks it
enabling Stein to counter with a crisp jab.
Stein lands a big uppercut and Mikhasevich crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Mikhasevich looks OK. Stein waves Mikhasevich back to his feet!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
BOOM! Stein lands a beautiful left hook that drops Mikhasevich. Mikhasevich tries to recover but Stein is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Mikhasevich lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Stein!
An out of breath Frank Stein thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Abdel Mumu (ranked 513 p4p, 64 weight class) and Will Rock (ranked 335 p4p, 44 weight class). Rock has chosen I Wanna Rock as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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30
168 lbs
24 - 12 - 1 |
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33
156 lbs
26 - 11 - 3 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class MT
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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
24 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abdel Mumu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 11 - 3, fighting out of New York, Will Rock!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mumu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rock tries to keep at a distance but Mumu has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rock tries to pull guard but Mumu forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Mumu breaks from the clinch.
Mumu lands with a hook. Rock tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rock misses the shot to the body.
Mumu scores with a jab to the body.
Mumu misses the shot to the body.
Mumu 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.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mumu.
Mumu is looking to clinch but Rock is avoiding it.
Rock is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rock misses with an uppercut. Mumu saw that one coming.
Mumu was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mumu tries to throw a body punch but Rock avoids it by throwing Mumu back against the cage.
A short right from Mumu on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rock misses with a body punch.
Mumu misses with a punch to the body.
Mumu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rock.
Mumu tries to throw a body punch but Rock avoids it by throwing Mumu back against the cage.
Rock tries a body shot but Mumu blocks it.
Rock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mumu backwards.
Mumu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mumu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rock manages to pull guard.
Mumu got a little sloppy there for a moment and Rock has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Mumu has managed to get both his arms back between Rock's legs - danger averted.
Mumu tries to free his leg and advance position but Rock is retaining full guard.
Mumu has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mumu engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Mumu is fighting to break Rock's control of his arms but Rock is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rock keeping moving, preventing Mumu from controlling successfully.
Rock is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mumu defends well.
Rock trying to control the position here.
Mumu looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Mumu preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock keeps trying to improve his position.
Rock had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Mumu defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rock looking to control.
Rock has his foot on Mumu's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Mumu works his way back into a safe position though.
Rock working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Mumu has passed into half guard!
Rock wants to control but Mumu is keeping busy and won't allow it.
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.
Mumu with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Mumu prevents Rock from improving his position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Rock throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rock scores with a punch to the head.
Mumu throws a jab but it's blocked by Rock.
Rock looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mumu throws a hook but Rock blocks it.
Mumu feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rock's calf.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mumu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rock tries to counter by closing the distance.
Mumu throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rock stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rock takes a jab right on the kisser.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abdel Mumu dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Mumu throws a head kick that misses
and Rock counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Abdel Mumu is winning the standup battle so far.
Rock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mumu throws out the jab.
Mumu misses with a hook to the body
and Rock counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Abdel Mumu has been cut.
Mumu throws a quick inside leg kick.
A jab from Mumu does it's job there.
Mumu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rock.
Mumu gets tackled into the cage by Rock. Rock maintains the clinch.
Mumu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mumu's elbow.
Rock's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mumu breaks the clinch.
Rock moves out of range as Mumu throws a body kick.
A little jabbing left from Rock on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mumu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
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!
Mumu looks to throw the jab but Rock is out of range.
A little jabbing left from Rock on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mumu lands with a hook. Rock tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mumu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mumu cracks Rock with an open hand slap.
Rock takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mumu connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A swing and a miss from Rock.
Mumu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mumu wants to clinch.
Rock swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mumu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rock is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Mumu throws a hook to the side of Rock's head but Rock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mumu lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mumu.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rock.
Mumu struggles to land a body shot inside as Rock controls his hands.
Rock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mumu's elbow.
Rock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mumu's elbow.
Rock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mumu misses with the head strike.
Rock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mumu's efforts to push away.
Mumu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rock lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mumu.
Rock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mumu working aggressively here.
Rock lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mumu backwards.
Rock misses with a punch on the inside.
Mumu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rock can do to turn this around?
A head punch on the inside from Mumu fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Mumu fails to land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rock.
Mumu can't find room to land a body shot as Rock controls the action.
Mumu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rock tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Abdel Mumu has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mumu swings wildly with an uppercut but Rock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rock pushes Mumu back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rock blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Mumu.
Rock tries to throw a body punch but Mumu avoids it by throwing Rock back against the cage.
Mumu swings wildly with an uppercut but Rock uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rock.
Mumu breaks the clinch.
Mumu throws a shot from downtown. Rock moves away and avoids it.
Rock takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mumu throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rock looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rock is looking to clinch.
Rock keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rock swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rock staying out of range there.
Rock wants to clinch up but Mumu keeps it at a distance.
A little feinted left hand from Mumu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Mumu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rock now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Mumu lands the left hand.
Rock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mumu fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mumu is looking to clinch but Rock is avoiding it.
Mumu lands a really nice looking cross but Rock seems unphased.
The fighters circling - Mumu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rock tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abdel Mumu dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Abdel Mumu's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Mumu tries to close the distance and clinch but Rock swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mumu clinches.
Mumu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mumu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mumu manages to break the clinch.
Rock walks into a jab.
Rock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mumu was well out of range. Poor timing from Rock.
Rock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rock on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mumu. Mumu obviously looking to wear him down.
Rock stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mumu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mumu.
Rock slips under a jab.
Abdel Mumu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mumu.
Mumu throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rock counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mumu connects with a jab.
Rock takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mumu cracks the inside of Rock's front leg.
Mumu tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Mumu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rock closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mumu misses with a wild combination.
Mumu bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Mumu is looking to chop away at Rock's legs.
Mumu throws a jab but it's blocked by Rock.
Will Rock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mumu throws a lazy right hand but Rock sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rock slips under a jab from Mumu.
Mumu lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A bone on bone clash there as Rock blocks the leg kick.
Rock connects with an inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mumu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mumu moves into the clinch successfully.
Rock successfully pulls guard.
Rock keeping full guard, as Mumu tries to pass.
Rock looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Rock is trying to control the position but Mumu postures up.
Rock is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Rock wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Mumu cracks the inside of Rock's front leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A telegraphed right hand from Mumu misses the target.
It seemed like Rock was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rock tries to clinch up.
Rock takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mumu jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mumu with a jab.
A head kick misses from Mumu.
A little jabbing left from Rock on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mumu misses with a straight left.
Rock swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mumu scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mumu swats away the attempt to clinch by Rock.
Abdel Mumu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rock bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Abdel Mumu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mumu, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abdel Mumu!
Our winner, Abdel Mumu, 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Rudy Rhod (ranked 71 p4p, 8 weight class) and Kongchai Phetboonme (ranked 120 p4p, 15 weight class). Phetboonme is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by "Iron Man˜. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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160 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 14 - 2, fighting out of New York, Rudy Rhod!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kongchai Phetboonme!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phetboonme with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rhod throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Phetboonme misses with a body kick.
Phetboonme throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rhod on the side of the head.
Phetboonme fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Phetboonme fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rhod manages to avoid it.
Rhod lands a really nice looking cross but Phetboonme seems unphased.
Rhod buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Phetboonme throws a nice outside leg kick.
Phetboonme throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rhod throwing a counter right hand but Phetboonme manages to avoid it.
Rhod fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Phetboonme manages to avoid it.
Rhod lands a leg kick that knocks Phetboonme off balance momentarily.
Phetboonme cracks Rhod with an open hand slap.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Phetboonme cracks the inside of Rhod's front leg.
Phetboonme drives through and clinches with Rhod against the cage.
Phetboonme tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rhod prevents a body shot from Phetboonme.
A short right from Rhod on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Rhod fails to land.
A short body shot lands from Phetboonme as the two fighters clinch.
Phetboonme doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rhod tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rhod lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhod breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rhod lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rhod definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Phetboonme tries to clinch but Rhod is having none of it.
Rhod throws a chopping leg kick but Phetboonme manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Phetboonme throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rhod sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Phetboonme swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rhod takes one to the side of the head.
Phetboonme on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rudy Rhod seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rhod dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Phetboonme throws out a powerful jab.
Nice jab there from Rhod.
Decent striking displayed by Rhod there.
Rhod lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Phetboonme 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.
Rhod went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Phetboonme keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rhod.
Phetboonme misses the shot to the body.
Rhod is looking to slow Phetboonme down with leg kicks.
Phetboonme tries a head kick but it misses.
Phetboonme throws a hook to the side of Rhod's head but Rhod sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Phetboonme throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Phetboonme scores with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phetboonme moves forwards but Rhod connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rhod tries to work over Phetboonme's front leg with a kick but Phetboonme checks it.
Phetboonme missing with a left hand there. Rhod was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Phetboonme loads up on a big right hand but Rhod slips the punch.
Rhod connects with a single shot there.
Phetboonme looks to land a left hand but Rhod moved out of range nicely.
Phetboonme throws a front kick aimed at Rhod's knee but Rhod avoids it well.
Phetboonme throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Phetboonme throws a jab when Rhod was well out of range.
Rhod appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Rhod misses with a low kick.
Phetboonme with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rhod to score with a decent uppercut.
Rhod lands a leg kick that knocks Phetboonme off balance momentarily.
Phetboonme takes one to the chin there.
A swing and a miss from Rhod.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rhod swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Phetboonme! But no joy.
Rhod fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Phetboonme.
Phetboonme connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rhod's hands.
Phetboonme attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rhod tries to land a leg kick but Phetboonme saw it coming and moves away.
Phetboonme throws out a counter right but Rhod avoids it with no problem.
Rhod scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhod misses with a head kick.
Phetboonme takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rhod throws a leg kick but Phetboonme sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Phetboonme blocks the body kick.
Rhod misses with a body shot.
Phetboonme thows a left - swing and a miss!
Phetboonme lands a leg kick that knocks Rhod off balance momentarily.
Phetboonme misses with a body kick.
Rhod looks to throw the jab but Phetboonme is out of range.
Rhod misses with a straight right.
Rhod smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Phetboonme misses with an uppercut.
Rhod scores with a jab. Phetboonme acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Phetboonme scores with a push kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rhod.
Nice uppercut there from Rhod.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Phetboonme misses the shot to the body.
Rhod moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rhod lands with a thumping leg kick.
Phetboonme on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rhod. Rhod obviously looking to wear him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phetboonme misses with a body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rhod.
Rhod feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Phetboonmes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Phetboonme's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rhod's jab looks to have found its range, popping Phetboonme under the eye.
Phetboonme with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rhod to score with a decent uppercut.
Phetboonme jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A good leg kick by Rhod.
Rhod lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Phetboonme tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rhod is able to avoid easily.
Phetboonme staying out of range there.
Rhod throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rhod lands with a nice combination. Phetboonme backs away looking to recover.
Rhod steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Phetboonme.
Rhod wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Phetboonme throws a front kick aimed at Rhod's knee but Rhod avoids it well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rhod throws out a leg kick but Phetboonme moves out of range and Rhod only half commits.
Rhod uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Phetboonme.
Rhod staying out of range there.
Phetboonme moves away from the strike by Rhod.
Phetboonme ducks under a wild hook from Rhod.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rudy Rhod dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Phetboonme is looking to clinch.
Rhod tried to counter with a leg kick but Phetboonme avoided it.
Nice body kick from Rhod.
Rhod throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Phetboonme misses the shot to the body.
Phetboonme moves forwards but Rhod connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rhod throws a big shot that misses.
Rhod pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rhod throws a body punch but Phetboonme moves out of range.
Phetboonme looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rhod throws a leg kick but Phetboonme moved away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Phetboonme.
Rhod throws a lazy right hand but Phetboonme sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Phetboonme misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rhod.
Phetboonme keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rhod.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phetboonme tries to land a leg kick but Rhod saw it coming and moves away.
Phetboonme throws the left hand but Rhod avoids the punch easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Rhod misses the target.
A jab lands there for Rhod.
Rhod misses the jab.
Rhod connects with a body shot that sends Phetboonme's belly button to the back.
Rhod scores with a punch to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhod throws a front kick aimed at Phetboonme's knee but Phetboonme avoids it well.
Phetboonme misses with a straight right.
Rhod looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rhod connects with a single shot there.
Rhod looks to throw the jab but Phetboonme is out of range.
Rhod throws out a powerful jab.
Rhod cracks Phetboonme with a right hand to the side of the head.
Phetboonme throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rhod looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Phetboonme dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rhod has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Phetboonme.
Rhod is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Phetboonme can do to turn this around?
Phetboonme looks for the body kick but Rhod saw that one coming.
Rhod looks for the body kick but Phetboonme saw that one coming.
Phetboonme has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A bone on bone clash there as Phetboonme blocks the leg kick.
Rhod misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rhod lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Phetboonme throws a push kick but Rhod slaps the foot to one side.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Phetboonme, right into the meat.
Rhod thuds his shin into the meat of Phetboonme's side.
A jab from Phetboonme does it's job there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phetboonme moves out of range of the strikes.
Rhod lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rhod lets loose with a powerful body kick. Phetboonme will feel that in the morning.
Phetboonme throws a jab but it's blocked by Rhod.
Rhod misses with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Phetboonme blocks the leg kick.
Phetboonme uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rhod.
Rhod looks to land a combination. Phetboonme sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rudy Rhod is winning the standup battle so far.
Phetboonme dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rhod wants to slow Phetboonme down by chopping away at his legs.
Good shot there by Rhod.
Phetboonme checks a leg kick.
Phetboonme scores with a leg kick.
Phetboonme looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A counter left hand to the body from Rhod misses its target.
Phetboonme fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rhod manages to avoid it.
Rhod moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Phetboonme takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Phetboonme stuns Rhod with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rhod scores with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Phetboonme misses.
Rhod was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rhod ducks under a wild hook from Phetboonme.
Phetboonme throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Rhod on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rhod, right into the meat.
Rhod moves into range and connects with a jab.
Phetboonme misses with a body shot.
Phetboonme misses the shot to the body.
Rhod throws a leg kick that is checked
and Phetboonme counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Phetboonme misses with a wild body shot.
Phetboonme cracks Rhod with a good jab.
Phetboonme throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Phetboonme uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rhod.
Rhod sizes up Phetboonme with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rhod scores with a leg kick.
Phetboonme slips under a jab from Rhod.
Phetboonme takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rhod scores with a punch to the head.
Rhod takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Phetboonme avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rhod throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Phetboonme stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Phetboonme slips under a jab from Rhod.
Rhod throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fighters circling - Phetboonme throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rhod scores with a jab to the head.
A jab from Rhod does it's job there.
Rhod connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Phetboonme's hands.
Rhod thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rhod throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rhod checks a low kick from Phetboonme.
Rhod lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rhod uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Phetboonme.
Rhod misses with a hook to the body
and Phetboonme cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rhod lands with a cross.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Phetboonme wants to clinch.
Rhod throws a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rudy Rhod dominated that second round.
That's time! Rhod's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Phetboonme throws a body punch but Rhod moves out of range.
Rhod with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rhod.
Rhod swats away the attempt to clinch by Phetboonme.
Phetboonme connects with a leg kick. Rhod looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rhod lands with a nice body punch.
Phetboonme gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rhod.
Rhod misses with a low kick as Phetboonme jumps back.
Phetboonme misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rhod.
Phetboonme missing with a left hand there. Rhod was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rhod turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rhod throws out a loose jab but Phetboonme uses good head movement to avoid it.
Phetboonme bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Phetboonme takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Phetboonme dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rhod. That did some damage!
Phetboonme slips under a jab from Rhod.
Phetboonme lands a jab to the nose.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Phetboonme works Rhod's body with a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phetboonme swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rhod.
Phetboonme tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rhod is able to avoid easily.
Phetboonme with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rhod to score with a decent uppercut.
Rhod lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Phetboonme on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rhod. Rhod obviously looking to wear him down.
Rhod displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Phetboonme throws out the jab.
Phetboonme throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rhod stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Phetboonme throws out a leg kick but Rhod moves out of range and Phetboonme only half commits.
Phetboonme throws a big shot that misses.
Phetboonme misses with a body shot.
Rhod tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Phetboonme was well out of range. Poor timing from Rhod.
Rhod works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Rhod checks a leg kick nicely.
Phetboonme lands with a nice body punch.
Rhod checks a leg kick nicely.
Phetboonme moves out of range of the leg kick from Rhod.
Phetboonme tries a quick counter leg kick but Rhod is wise to it.
Phetboonme checks the leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phetboonme moves in looking to clinch but Rhod pushes him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phetboonme looks to score with a jab to the body but Rhod is just out of range.
Rhod uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Phetboonme.
Rhod lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rhod throws a leg kick that is checked
and Phetboonme counters with a low kick, right behind Rhod 's knee.
Phetboonme throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rhod misses with a leg kick
and Phetboonme makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Rhod really felt that one!
Phetboonme fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Phetboonme looks to score with a jab to the body but Rhod is just out of range.
Rhod turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Phetboonme throws a body punch but Rhod moves out of range.
Phetboonme thows a left - swing and a miss!
An attempted straight right counter from Rhod misses the target.
Rhod connects with a solid leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Phetboonme.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rhod.
Phetboonme dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rhod lands with a good body shot.
Rhod steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Phetboonme.
Rhod takes one on the button.
Phetboonme throws a solid leg kick but Rhod takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Phetboonme.
Rhod feinted there with a counter leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rhod.
Phetboonme pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Phetboonme swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rhod throwing a counter right hand but Phetboonme manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Rhod misses its intended target.
That kick from Phetboonme tenderised Rhod's leg. Rhod is trying to keep his angry face on.
Phetboonme thows a left - swing and a miss!
A swing and a miss from Phetboonme.
Rhod tried to counter with a leg kick but Phetboonme avoided it.
A punch lands to the side of Rhod 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Rhod throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Phetboonme uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rhod.
Rhod bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Phetboonme chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rhod can pounce on him.
Rhod throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Phetboonme sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Phetboonme staying out of range there.
Phetboonme walks into a straight right hand from Rhod.
Phetboonme gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rhod.
Rhod throws a leg kick which misses Phetboonme's front leg but catches the back leg as Phetboonme tries to avoid it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Phetboonme.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phetboonme throws a nice outside leg kick.
Phetboonme chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rhod can pounce on him.
Rhod defending well as Phetboonme loads up on a big left hand.
Rhod clobbers Phetboonme with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rhod with a hook.
Phetboonme goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Phetboonme. That's going to slow Rhod down.
Rhod 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.
Rhod connects with an inside leg kick.
Rhod avoids the body shot from Phetboonme.
Rhod scores with a hook to the body. Phetboonme takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Phetboonme throws a hook but Rhod blocks it.
Phetboonme throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rhod throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rhod slips under a jab from Phetboonme.
Phetboonme on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rhod. Rhod obviously looking to wear him down.
Phetboonme walks into a stiff left hand from Rhod.
Rhod displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Phetboonme throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Kongchai Phetboonme just about did enough to take it.
That's time! Rhod's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
An inside leg kick lands from Rhod.
Kongchai Phetboonme has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Phetboonme lands with a cross.
Phetboonme staying out of range there.
Rhod ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rhod throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Phetboonme throws a half hearted mid kick.
As Phetboonme backs away, Rhod returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Phetboonme takes one on the button.
An inside leg kick from Phetboonme misses.
Phetboonme's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rhod connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Phetboonme scrambles back to his feet.
Phetboonme ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rhod moves away.
Rhod lands a nice looking body shot.
Phetboonme walks into a straight right hand from Rhod.
Phetboonme takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Phetboonme on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rhod looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rhod misses with an uppercut.
Rhod throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Phetboonme walks into a left hand.
Phetboonme walks into a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhod lands a nice shot to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Rhod blocks the leg kick.
Rhod buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Phetboonme takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Phetboonme lands a lovely overhand right.
Phetboonme loads up on a big right hand but Rhod slips the punch.
Phetboonme has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rhod finds it's way round the side to connect with Phetboonme's head.
Phetboonme throws a jab but it's blocked by Rhod.
Phetboonme walks into a stiff left hand from Rhod.
Phetboonme throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Phetboonme steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rhod. That one must have hurt.
Phetboonme lands a leg kick that knocks Rhod off balance momentarily.
Phetboonme slips a straight right by Rhod.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rhod.
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!
Phetboonme looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Phetboonme connects with a body shot that sends Rhod's belly button to the back.
Rhod feints a jab promting Phetboonme to slip. Rhod then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Phetboonme slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Phetboonme misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phetboonme throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rhod connects with a solid leg kick.
Phetboonme throws the kick towards the body but Rhod avoids it.
Phetboonme lands with a cross.
Rhod throws a shot from downtown. Phetboonme moves away and avoids it.
Phetboonme tries to counter by closing the distance.
Rhod scores with a leg kick.
Rhod will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rhod. That's going to slow Phetboonme down.
Good work by Phetboonme as he checks the leg kick.
Phetboonme doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Rhod misses with a looping right.
Rhod jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rhod tries a low kick but Phetboonme avoids it.
Rhod scores with a jab.
Phetboonme takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A good leg kick by Rhod.
An inside leg kick lands from Rhod.
Rhod lands a nice looking body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhod throws the kick towards the body but Phetboonme avoids it.
Phetboonme blocks a low kick nicely.
Phetboonme has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rhod.
Phetboonme lands a nice hook to Rhod's body. Rhod takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Phetboonme staying out of range there.
Phetboonme takes a swing at Rhod's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Phetboonme. Rhod does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rhod. Phetboonme shrugs it off though.
Rhod throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Phetboonme on the side of the head.
Rhod wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Phetboonme fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rhod manages to avoid it.
Rhod getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rhod scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Rhod misses with a straight left.
Rhod rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Phetboonme counters with a slapping leg kick.
Phetboonme has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Rhod.
Rhod moves out of range as Phetboonme throws a body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rhod scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Phetboonme throws a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phetboonme wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Phetboonme misses with a looping left.
Phetboonme pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rhod checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rhod looks to land a left hand but Phetboonme moved out of range nicely.
A clash of legs there as Phetboonme blocks the low kick.
Rhod misses with a straight left.
Rhod will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Phetboonme takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rhod lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Phetboonme connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rhod moves out of range as Phetboonme strikes.
Rhod ducks under a wild hook from Phetboonme.
Rhod throws a big shot that misses.
Phetboonme misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rudy Rhod had his way with Kongchai Phetboonme in that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Rhod scores with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rhod. Phetboonme does a little dance to reset his feet.
Phetboonme works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Rhod misses with an attempted mid kick.
Phetboonme takes one on the button.
Phetboonme ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice shot lands for Rhod.
Rhod cracks Phetboonme with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rhod scores with a jab to the head.
Rhod keeps Phetboonme at a distance using the push kick.
Phetboonme takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Phetboonme throws the kick towards the body but Rhod avoids it.
Phetboonme takes one to the chin 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!
Rhod fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rhod checks a leg kick.
Rhod cracks the inside of Phetboonme's front leg.
Phetboonme checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rhod lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Rhod.
Phetboonme works Rhod's body with a nice hook.
Phetboonme checks the leg kick.
It seemed like Phetboonme was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Phetboonme throws a looping overhand right but Rhod ducks down to avoid it.
Rhod connects with a solid leg kick.
Phetboonme scores with a jab to the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Rhod goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Phetboonme misses with an uppercut.
Rhod moves away from the strike by Phetboonme.
Rhod swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Phetboonme rushes Rhod and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Phetboonme.
Rhod manages to break the clinch.
Rhod fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Phetboonme is out of range.
Rhod connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A jab from Rhod misses.
Rhod scores with a punch to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rhod throws a low kick but Phetboonme moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhod throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rhod lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rhod uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Phetboonme.
Phetboonme swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rhod lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Phetboonme at a distance.
Phetboonme on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rhod. Rhod obviously looking to wear him down.
Phetboonme throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Rhod on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rhod uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Phetboonme.
Phetboonme throws a leg kick but Rhod sees it coming and moves out of range.
Rhod cracks Phetboonme with a right hand to the side of the head.
A slow jab from Phetboonme misses its intended target.
Phetboonme misses with an uppercut.
Rhod connects with a jab.
Rhod throws a front kick aimed at Phetboonme's knee but Phetboonme avoids it well.
Phetboonme takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rhod lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Phetboonme ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rhod moves away.
Rudy Rhod is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhod moves away from the strike by Phetboonme.
Phetboonme on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rhod moves out of range of the body kick.
Rhod avoids a kick to the body.
Phetboonme swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Phetboonme swings for the body but Rhod moves out of range.
Rhod throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Phetboonme stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Phetboonme stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rhod.
Rhod tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Phetboonme buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rhod misses with a low kick.
Rhod ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rhod feints and then cracks Phetboonme's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Phetboonme down.
Phetboonme staying out of range there.
Rhod scores with a leg kick.
Phetboonme looks to land a left hand but Rhod moved out of range nicely.
Phetboonme connects with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rhod swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Rhod blocks the leg kick.
Phetboonme 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.
Rhod tries to work over Phetboonme's front leg with a kick but Phetboonme checks it.
Phetboonme uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rhod.
Phetboonme steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rhod. That one must have hurt.
Rhod gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rhod feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Phetboonme's calf.
Phetboonme misses with a low kick.
Jab by Rhod.
Phetboonme tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Phetboonme throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice uppercut lands for Rhod. That snapped Phetboonme's head back.
Phetboonme on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rhod. Rhod obviously looking to wear him down.
Phetboonme drops his hands momentarily and Rhod takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rhod throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rudy Rhod showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rhod 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 50:46
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 50:45
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 50:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rudy Rhod!
Rudy Rhod retains his lightweight title!
A very excited looking Rudy Rhod 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocket Bob Frankels (ranked 39 p4p, 5 weight class) and Iain Tower (ranked 21 p4p, 2 weight class). Frankels comes to the cage accompanied by Dawn....Summer Solstice... . Tower has chosen Kanye - Power as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Iain Tower has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rocket Bob Frankels's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
44 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rocket Bob Frankels!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Iain Tower!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frankels throws out a leg kick but Tower moves out of range and Frankels only half commits.
Frankels looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tower connects with a right hand. Frankels shakes it off.
Tower tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Frankels was well out of range. Poor timing from Tower.
Frankels looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Nice uppercut lands for Tower. That snapped Frankels's head back.
Frankels throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tower misses with a low kick as Frankels jumps back.
Tower throws a front kick aimed at Frankels's knee but Frankels avoids it well.
Nice cross by Tower.
Tower throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tower has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Iain Tower seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick from Frankels misses
and Tower counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Rocket Bob Frankels has been cut.
Frankels steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Tower. That one must have hurt.
Tower throws a body shot but no joy.
Tower thuds his shin into the meat of Frankels's side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Frankels lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tower takes a step back to recover.
Tower blocks the body kick.
Frankels connects with a body shot that sends Tower's belly button to the back.
Tower lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice straight punches there by Frankels. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Frankels.
Frankels connects with a leg kick. Tower looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Frankels lands with a hook. Tower tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Frankels fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tower on the side of the head.
It looks like Iain Tower has been cut.
Frankels lands a nice shot that snaps Tower's head back.
Frankels fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tower has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tower uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Frankels.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tower clinches with his opponent.
Frankels lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tower throws a punch but it's blocked by Frankels.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tower.
Tower prevents a body shot from Frankels.
Frankels prevents a body shot from Tower.
Frankels presses Tower against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tower jumps into guard, dragging Frankels to the mat.
Frankels content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Tower has locked up a guillotine! Tower's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Frankels is holding on here and Tower must be using up a lot of energy. Frankels has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Tower gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Iain Tower!
Iain Tower is the new heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking Iain Tower thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Latka Gravas (ranked 18 p4p, 4 weight class) and Nick Graves (ranked 11 p4p, 2 weight class). Latka Gravas could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Nick Graves's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Latka Gravas !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nick Graves!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gravas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Graves looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gravas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Graves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Graves swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gravas lets loose with a powerful body kick. Graves will feel that in the morning.
Graves takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gravas looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Graves throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice uppercut lands for Gravas . That snapped Graves's head back.
Graves looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Graves lands with an uppercut that bounces Gravas off the cage and back into range.
Gravas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Graves looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gravas throws a body punch but Graves moves out of range.
Graves connects with a single shot there.
Graves slips under a jab from Gravas .
Gravas drives through and clinches with Graves against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gravas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A left and a right from Graves both land. Nice combination.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gravas , right into the meat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gravas .
Gravas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gravas misses with a body kick.
An inside leg kick from Gravas misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Graves misses.
A low kick from Gravas misses
and Graves counters with a straight right hand.
Gravas misses with a body kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Graves! But no joy.
Gravas lands a jab to Graves's midsection.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gravas .
Graves feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Gravas sprawling to the canvas! Gravas rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Graves finish him?!
Gravas 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!
Gravas looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Graves appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Graves misses the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gravas . Graves does a little dance to reset his feet.
Graves swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gravas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Graves circles away quickly and effectively.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gravas - that will leave a mark!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gravas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Graves counters with a stiff right hand.
Latka Gravas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gravas keeps Graves at a distance using the push kick.
Graves changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gravas moves away from the strike by Graves.
Gravas lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gravas scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Graves uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gravas .
Gravas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
It seemed like Graves was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Graves blocks a leg kick.
Graves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gravas .
Gravas lands with a kick to the ribs.
Gravas misses with a low kick as Graves jumps back.
Gravas throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gravas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Graves takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Graves looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Graves thuds a left hand into Gravas 's body.
A right-left combo lands from Gravas .
Gravas pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Graves, as that shot connected.
Graves wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gravas misses with a kick to the body.
Graves throws out a counter right but Gravas avoids it with no problem.
Gravas throws a leg kick but Graves checks it.
Gravas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Graves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gravas misses with a hook.
Graves moves out of range of the leg kick from Gravas .
Gravas swings away with a body shot that misses
and Graves counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gravas moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gravas is looking to clinch.
Graves let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Gravas scoring well with a low kick there.
Gravas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Graves.
Gravas fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gravas finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Graves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gravas .
Gravas connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Graves momentarily.
Gravas looks to land a combination but Graves avoids it well.
A low kick from Gravas misses
and Graves counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gravas thinking.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Graves throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gravas scores with a jab to the body.
Gravas is looking to clinch.
Gravas throws a body punch but Graves moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Latka Gravas dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Gravas looks to land a body kick but Graves moved away.
Gravas throws a low kick but Graves avoids it.
Gravas blocks a jab.
Gravas lands a leg kick that knocks Graves off balance momentarily.
Gravas wants to clinch
and Graves counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Graves lands a nice hook to Gravas 's body. Gravas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Latka Gravas is winning the standup battle so far.
Graves throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Graves lands with a good body shot.
Gravas looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graves lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gravas backs up against the cage.
Graves dips down and scores with a jab to the 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!
A looping hook to the body misses from Gravas . Graves does a little dance to reset his feet.
Graves lands with a hook. Gravas tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gravas misses with a combination
and Graves counters with a crisp right hand that drops Gravas ! Graves lets Gravas back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Oh Gravas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gravas looks to throw the jab but Graves is out of range.
Gravas seems to have got his legs back now.
Gravas misses with a lunging right hand
and Graves counters with a crisp right that sends Gravas to the canvas! Graves follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nick Graves!
After winning the bout, Nick Graves thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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