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UnderGround FC 140 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donny Donowitz (ranked 3499 p4p, 2773 weight class) and Tu Barrels (ranked 360 p4p, 295 weight class). Tu Barrels is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Donny Donowitz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Tu Barrels!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick from Donowitz, right into the meat of the thigh.
Barrels swings widly with a right hand
and Donowitz counters with a nice leg kick.
Donowitz seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Donowitz throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Barrels takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Barrels takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
 It looks like Tu Barrels has been cut.
Donowitz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barrels manages to avoid it.
Barrels thuds a left hand into Donowitz's body.
Donowitz misses with a leg kick.
Donowitz paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Barrels bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Donowitz's head backwards.
 It looks like Donny Donowitz has been cut.
Barrels lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donowitz looks to land a right hand but Barrels moved out of range.
Donowitz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donowitz misses with an attempted mid kick.
Barrels dives in and scores a takedown into Donowitz's guard.
Donowitz wants to sweep here but Barrels controlling him for the moment.
Barrels postures up.
Barrels pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Donowitz is keeping the position for now.
Barrels makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Barrels is working Donowitz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Barrels is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Donny Donowitz's cut is getting worse.
Donowitz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Barrels trying to control but Donowitz is working from the bottom.
Donowitz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Donowitz knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Barrels on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Donowitz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Barrels is one step ahead there.
Barrels distracts Donowitz with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jeez, Donny Donowitz's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Donny Donowitz's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tu Barrels!
Tu Barrels made sure to mention his sponsor, Conquer in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Mazepin (ranked 1642 p4p, 1730 weight class) and Thom Tharrier (ranked 188 p4p, 197 weight class). Mazepin comes to the cage accompanied by boom. Thom Tharrier has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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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 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fedor Mazepin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thom Tharrier!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tharrier is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mazepin.
Tharrier looks to land a left hand but Mazepin moved out of range nicely.
Thom Tharrier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tharrier digs a good hook to Mazepin's body.
Tharrier thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tharrier swings for the body but Mazepin moves out of range.
Mazepin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tharrier can pounce on him.
Mazepin slips under a jab.
Mazepin moves into range and clinches up with Tharrier.
Tharrier lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mazepin.
Tharrier tries to throw a body punch but Mazepin avoids it by throwing Tharrier back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tharrier scores with an uppercut up the middle.
It looks like Fedor Mazepin has been cut.
Mazepin blocks a body shot from Tharrier.
A right handed body shot lands from Tharrier.
Tharrier misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mazepin blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tharrier manages to break the clinch.
Mazepin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tharrier throws out the jab.
Tharrier throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tharrier misses the jab.
Tharrier throws a leg kick but Mazepin checks it.
Mazepin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Mazepin has Tharrier up against the cage in a clinch.
Mazepin tries to score a body lock takedown but Tharrier shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Mazepin can't get the takedown.
Tharrier lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tharrier breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mazepin avoids the body shot from Tharrier.
Mazepin appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tharrier gets caught flat footed, as Mazepin shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Tharrier wants to get back to his feet but Mazepin passes into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazepin will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mazepin is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Tharrier is just riding it out for now. Mazepin eventually gives up the hold.
Tharrier wants to get back to his feet.
Mazepin is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Tharrier sees it coming and defends easily.
Mazepin stops Tharrier from getting back to his feet.
Tharrier pushes Mazepin off, looking to escape but Mazepin dives into side control. He's locked up a kimura now - that was fast! He's cranking on it and Tharrier is forced to tap! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Fedor Mazepin!
After winning the bout, Fedor Mazepin 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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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Rodriguez (ranked 1190 p4p, 1280 weight class) and Darren Dixon (ranked 136 p4p, 149 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Pablo Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Darren Dixon!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dixon backs up against the cage.
Rodriguez has closed the distance and engaged Dixon in a clinch.
Rodriguez has a couple of punches blocked by Dixon.
Rodriguez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dixon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rodriguez wants to clinch up but Dixon keeps it at a distance.
Dixon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rodriguez closes the distance but Dixon moves to the side
and Dixon counters with a stiff right hand.
Dixon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rodriguez wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dixon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dixon moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rodriguez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dixon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rodriguez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dixon.
Rodriguez tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Dixon to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon swats away the attempt to clinch by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez tries to clinch
and Dixon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rodriguez misses with a shot to the body
and Dixon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rodriguez misses with an uppercut.
Rodriguez definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Rodriguez drives through and clinches with Dixon against the cage.
Dixon scores with a shoulder strike.
Dixon tries to circle away but Rodriguez has him pinned against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez throws a head punch that misses.
Dixon misses with the head strike.
Rodriguez scores with a hook to the body.
Rodriguez throws a punch but it's blocked by Dixon.
A shot in the inside from Dixon.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dixon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dixon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dixon looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice straight punches there by Dixon. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dixon.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot to the liver by Rodriguez. Beautiful body shot.
Rodriguez scores with a jab to the body.
Rodriguez misses with a body shot.
Dixon lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Dixon swats away the attempt to clinch by Rodriguez.
A countering left hand to the body from Dixon misses.
Dixon ducks under a wild hook from Rodriguez.
Dixon takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Rodriguez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dixon moves away.
It seemed like Dixon was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rodriguez connects with a nice looking jab.
Dixon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rodriguez scores with a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Dixon.
Dixon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rodriguez ducks under a wild hook from Dixon.
Rodriguez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rodriguez lands a really nice looking cross but Dixon seems unphased.
Dixon jabs at Rodriguez's body.
Rodriguez scores with a jab to the body.
Rodriguez tries to clinch up but Dixon circles away and keeps his distance.
Rodriguez tries to clinch up
and Dixon counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rodriguez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rodriguez slips a straight right by Dixon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dixon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rodriguez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dixon.
A shot to the liver by Rodriguez. Beautiful body shot.
Rodriguez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dixon with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rodriguez to score with a decent uppercut.
Rodriguez blocks a jab.
Rodriguez is looking to clinch.
Rodriguez blocks a jab.
Rodriguez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rodriguez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dixon, pushing him back against the cage.
Rodriguez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rodriguez misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Darren Dixon will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Rodriguez lands a jab to the nose.
Rodriguez forces Dixon back against the cage and clinches.
Rodriguez digs a right hand into Dixon's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dixon's gas tank.
Rodriguez throws a head punch that misses.
Dixon misses with a punch on the inside.
Rodriguez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rodriguez swings wildly with an uppercut but Dixon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rodriguez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dixon throws a head punch that misses.
Dixon misses with the head strike.
Dixon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dixon has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Rodriguez seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Dixon can turn it around.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodriguez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rodriguez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pablo Rodriguez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A shot in the inside from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez tries a body shot but Dixon blocks it.
Dixon throws a head punch that misses.
Dixon working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon throws a punch but it's blocked by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez tries a body shot but Dixon blocks it.
Dixon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rodriguez throws out a powerful jab.
Rodriguez misses with a body shot.
Dixon throws out a loose jab but Rodriguez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rodriguez defending well as Dixon loads up on a big left hand.
Dixon missing with a left hand there. Rodriguez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rodriguez is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Rodriguez clinches up against the cage.
Dixon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rodriguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rodriguez working aggressively here.
Rodriguez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dixon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but Dixon is having none of it.
Rodriguez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rodriguez gets through Dixon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dixon misses with the head strike.
Dixon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
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!
Rodriguez blocks an uppercut.
Rodriguez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Good body shot from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dixon's elbow.
Rodriguez works on Dixon's body with a couple of short punches.
Rodriguez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rodriguez working aggressively here.
Rodriguez blocks an uppercut.
Dixon breaks the clinch.
Rodriguez misses with a looping right.
Dixon scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez digs a good hook to Dixon's body.
Dixon throws a big shot that misses.
Pablo Rodriguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rodriguez lands a nice shot to the body.
Rodriguez slips under a jab.
Rodriguez drives through and clinches with Dixon against the cage.
Rodriguez throws a punch but it's blocked by Dixon.
Rodriguez throws a head punch that misses.
Rodriguez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rodriguez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dixon prevents a body shot from Rodriguez.
A right handed body shot lands from Rodriguez.
Dixon manages to break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Dixon.
Rodriguez moves to clinch but Dixon breaks away
and Dixon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Rodriguez misses.
Dixon is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Rodriguez with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rodriguez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dixon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rodriguez tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Dixon counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rodriguez scores with a hook.
Dixon takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rodriguez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Darren Dixon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rodriguez is looking to clinch.
Dixon let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Rodriguez throws a jab but it's blocked by Dixon.
Rodriguez wants to clinch up but Dixon keeps it at a distance.
Dixon scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dixon misses with an uppercut
and Rodriguez counters by clinching up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Rodriguez dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Rodriguez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rodriguez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dixon.
Dixon lands a slapping body shot.
Dixon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rodriguez moves away.
Dixon walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rodriguez misses with a wild body shot.
Dixon misses the shot to the body.
Dixon takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rodriguez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodriguez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rodriguez swings for the body but Dixon moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rodriguez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rodriguez closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dixon counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dixon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rodriguez throws out the jab.
A nice side step and Dixon releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Dixon connects with a looping right hand.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dixon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rodriguez misses with a left hand
and Rodriguez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
 Rodriguez is rocked!
Rodriguez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dixon.
Oh Rodriguez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rodriguez throws a right and a left that Dixon avoids nicely.
Dixon throws out a counter right but Rodriguez avoids it with no problem.
Rodriguez wants to clinch
and Rodriguez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez tries to clinch up but Dixon circles away and keeps his distance.
Dixon looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rodriguez seems to have got his legs back now.
Rodriguez misses with a left hand
and Dixon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rodriguez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rodriguez is looking to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dixon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dixon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rodriguez takes a swing at Dixon's ribcage but misses.
Dixon connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rodriguez's hands.
Dixon doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rodriguez. Dixon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dixon looks to score with a jab to the body but Rodriguez is just out of range.
Rodriguez tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Dixon manages to circle out of the way.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez slips under a jab from Dixon.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dixon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dixon throws a hook but Rodriguez blocks it.
Rodriguez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rodriguez misses with a hook to the body
and Dixon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rodriguez throws a shot to the body.
Rodriguez closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Dixon counter with a right hand.
Dixon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez misses with a hook
and Dixon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dixon throws out a loose jab but Rodriguez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dixon walks into a straight right hand from Rodriguez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez tries to move into range but Dixon moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rodriguez closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dixon counters with a huge left! Rodriguez is in big trouble! He's backing up but Dixon isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Rodriguez from any more damage. A dominating finish by Dixon!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darren Dixon!
Darren Dixon gave a mention to Conviction in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aramis Knox (ranked 1286 p4p, 1070 weight class) and Marchrius Rossi (ranked 163 p4p, 136 weight class). Knox comes to the cage accompanied by You're Going Down | Sick Puppies. Rossi is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Metal Slug Theme. Aramis Knox had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Aramis Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Marchrius Rossi!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rossi stuns Knox with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Knox scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Decent striking displayed by Knox there.
Rossi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A big right from Rossi misses.
Rossi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knox moves away.
Knox throws a body punch but Rossi moves out of range.
Rossi misses with a hook.
Rossi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Knox gets a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.
Knox lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knox's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rossi thows a left - swing and a miss!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knox throws out a loose jab but Rossi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knox throws a hook to the side of Rossi's head but Rossi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rossi punishes Knox's body with a nice straight punch.
Knox's jab looks to have found its range, popping Rossi under the eye.
Rossi lands a lovely overhand right.
Knox 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Knox takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Knox lands a glancing blow to the side of Rossi's head.
A punch combination from Knox misses.
Rossi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knox manages to avoid it.
Knox lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rossi backs up against the cage.
Knox misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rossi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knox.
Rossi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Knox takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rossi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Knox throws a right and a left that Rossi avoids nicely.
Rossi throws out a counter right but Knox avoids it with no problem.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rossi misses with a lunging right hand
and Knox counters by clinching up.
Rossi throws a head punch that misses.
Knox breaks the clinch.
Knox throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rossi on the side of the head.
Rossi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Knox fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rossi on the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rossi keeps the fight on the outside.
Rossi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rossi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knox.
Knox moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromRossi.
Rossi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Knox blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rossi. Knox does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knox swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rossi.
Knox gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rossi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Rossi working aggressively here.
Rossi breaks the clinch.
A punch combination from Knox misses.
Rossi lands a jab to the head.
Rossi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A cross from Rossi lands.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rossi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knox takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Knox darts in and clinches Rossi up against the cage.
Rossi lands an uppercut.
Knox breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Knox is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Knox forces Rossi back against the cage and clinches.
Rossi has a couple of punches blocked by Knox.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.
Rossi is trying to break the clinch but Knox has him pressed against the cage.
Knox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rossi throws a hook to the side of Knox's head but Knox sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rossi looks to throw the jab but Knox is out of range.
Knox throws a series of strikes that have Rossi backpedaling.
Rossi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Knox checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
As Rossi looks to move away, Knox throws a big counter combo but Rossi just gets out of the way.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rossi lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left lands for Knox.
Knox jabs Rossi right on the nose. Rossi blinks but takes it well.
Knox catches Rossi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Knox connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rossi. Rossi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rossi avoids the body shot from Knox.
Rossi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Knox fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rossi, pushing him back against the cage.
Knox keeps control of Rossi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rossi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Knox breaks from the clinch.
Rossi throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knox lands with a shot to the body.
Rossi throws a shot from downtown. Knox moves away and avoids it.
Rossi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rossi avoids the body shot from Knox.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aramis Knox dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Rossi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knox with a nice cross.
Rossi misses the jab.
A big left from Rossi misses.
A shot to the body from Knox misses
and Rossi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Knox lands a nice looking body shot.
Aramis Knox is winning the standup battle so far.
Knox cracks Rossi with an open hand slap.
Rossi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A jab from Rossi misses.
Knox throwing a counter right hand but Rossi manages to avoid it.
Rossi throws a leg kick but Knox sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Good standup being displayed there by Knox as he connects with a hook.
Knox lands with a hook. Rossi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Knox takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Knox swings for the body but Rossi moves out of range.
Knox misses the jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knox takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Knox avoids the head kick by Rossi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rossi misses with a looping right.
Knox throws a looping overhand right but Rossi ducks down to avoid it.
Rossi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Rossi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rossi just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Knox finds it's way through Rossi's defenses.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rossi.
A cross from Knox lands.
Knox tries to clinch
and Rossi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rossi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knox.
Rossi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rossi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knox thuds his right hand into Rossi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rossi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knox.
A telegraphed right hand from Rossi misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knox keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rossi's efforts to push away.
Rossi tries to break the clinch but Knox is controlling the position.
Rossi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Rossi.
Rossi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rossi throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.
Knox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rossi lands a head kick. Knox smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Rossi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Knox.
Knox scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Knox rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rossi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Knox staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox misses with a body shot.
Rossi slips a jab and a cross from Knox.
Rossi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knox.
Rossi takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Knox wants to clinch
and Knox takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rossi misses with a body kick.
A quick step to the side and Knox tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox staying out of range there.
Knox throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Knox uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rossi.
Rossi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knox throws the left hand but Rossi avoids the punch easily.
Rossi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Knox.
Rossi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knox.
Knox doesn't manage to clinch there - Rossi circles away.
Knox keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rossi just misses with a punch to the body.
Rossi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Rossi is just out of range.
Rossi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Knox fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rossi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As Rossi tries to get set, Knox tries to push him back and clinch up but Rossi manages to avoid the attempt.
Knox moves out of range of the strikes.
Knox swings widly with a right hand
and Rossi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Rossi is just out of range.
Knox throws a poor cross that misses
and Rossi counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Knox is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Rossi scores with a head kick.
A left lands for Knox.
Knox scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rossi in his tracks.
Knox closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knox has Rossi pressed against the cage.
Rossi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
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 Aramis Knox will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Rossi throws the left hand but Knox avoids the punch easily.
As Rossi looks to move away, Knox throws a big counter combo but Rossi just gets out of the way.
Rossi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rossi misses with a body shot.
Rossi lands a jab to the head.
Rossi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox with a jab.
Rossi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knox.
The fighters circling - Knox throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Knox tries to clinch up.
Rossi throws a wild body kick that Knox sees coming a mile off.
Knox scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rossi in his tracks.
Knox moves in looking to clinch but Rossi pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox checks a leg kick nicely.
Rossi lands an overhand right.
Rossi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Knox counter with a right hand.
Knox uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rossi has time to react.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knox scores with a nice head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rossi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It seemed like Rossi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Knox is looking to clinch but Rossi is avoiding it.
Knox misses with a wild combination.
Rossi throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knox waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rossi.
Rossi looks to land a right hand but Knox moved out of range.
Rossi throws a head kick that misses.
Rossi throws a right hand that Knox ducks under and follows up with a left that Knox also avoids with ease.
Rossi throws a right hand that misses
and Knox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rossi throws a body shot but no joy.
Knox moves into the clinch successfully.
Knox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rossi throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rossi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rossi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Knox was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rossi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knox.
Knox avoids the head kick by Rossi.
Rossi drops his hands momentarily and Knox takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rossi stuns Knox with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rossi scores with a decent looking hook.
Knox slips a straight right by Rossi.
Knox bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rossi's head.
Knox blocks a head kick by Rossi.
Rossi walks into a left hand.
Rossi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knox misses with a series of wild punches.
Rossi throws a hook but Knox blocks it.
Knox is looking to counter punch.
Knox clinches up with Rossi and pushes him back against the cage.
Knox blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rossi tries a body shot but Knox blocks it.
Rossi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
Knox avoids a kick to the body.
Rossi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rossi misses with a low kick.
Rossi looks to throw the jab but Knox is out of range.
Rossi looks to land a right hand but Knox moved out of range.
Aramis Knox is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rossi moves away.
Nice body punch from Knox.
Knox scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Knox connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rossi's hands.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Rossi is just out of range.
A big left from Knox misses.
Knox connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rossi. Rossi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Knox lands a jab to the nose.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Rossi finds it's way through Knox's defenses.
Knox blocks the body kick.
Knox throws a right hand that Rossi ducks under and follows up with a left that Rossi also avoids with ease.
Rossi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Knox has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rossi.
Knox lands a lovely overhand right.
Knox uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rossi.
Knox throws a big counter combination but Rossi scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Rossi misses with a looping right.
Rossi swings widly with a right hand
and Knox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Knox misses with a hook.
Rossi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Knox.
Knox slips under a jab.
Knox lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Marchrius Rossi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Knox throws a hook to the side of Rossi's head but Rossi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aramis Knox showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Knox has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aramis Knox!
During a confident post fight interview, Aramis Knox thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Marchrius Rossi stepped up to the mic, saying 'Stand Up If You Hate Tottenham'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Clark (ranked 671 p4p, 340 weight class) and Pedro Fuentes (ranked 29 p4p, 13 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joe Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Fuentes!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fuentes throws a leg kick but Clark sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Clark swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Clark listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
It looks like Pedro Fuentes has been cut.
Fuentes misses with a kick to the body.
Fuentes blocks a jab.
Fuentes connects with a solid leg kick.
Clark looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fuentes throws a right hand that Clark ducks under and follows up with a left that Clark also avoids with ease.
Clark connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Clark misses with a hook. Fuentes ducked under it nicely.
Fuentes avoids the body shot from Clark.
Clark missing with a left hand there. Fuentes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Clark on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fuentes slips under a jab from Clark.
Fuentes throws out a counter right but Clark avoids it with no problem.
Fuentes ducks under a wild hook from Clark.
Fuentes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clark.
Fuentes takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fuentes throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Clark looks to throw the jab but Fuentes is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark misses the body punch
enabling Fuentes to counter with a crisp jab.
Clark misses with a body shot
and Fuentes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Clark misses with a looping left.
Clark throws a shot from downtown. Fuentes moves away and avoids it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Fuentes, as that shot connected.
Clark swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Clark throws a big shot that misses.
Fuentes scores with a nice right hand.
Fuentes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fuentes ducks under a wild hook from Clark.
Fuentes throws out a counter right but Clark avoids it with no problem.
Fuentes misses with an attempted mid kick.
Clark cracks a nice hook into Fuentes's ribs.
Clark throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fuentes scoring well with a low kick there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clark waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fuentes.
Clark takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fuentes lands with a good body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuentes scores with a nice body kick.
Nice jab there from Fuentes.
A low kick lands for Fuentes.
Fuentes with a hook.
Clark misses with a left hand
and Fuentes counters with a stiff right hand.
Fuentes on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Clark lands with a shot to the body.
Clark ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fuentes moves away.
Fuentes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That has opened up Pedro Fuentes's cut even more.
Nice body kick from Fuentes.
Clark swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fuentes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Clark.
Clark misses with a right hand
and Fuentes counters with a slapping leg kick.
Clark misses with an uppercut.
Fuentes throws out a counter right but Clark avoids it with no problem.
Jab, jab by Fuentes - just one landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Clark misses with an uppercut. Fuentes saw that one coming.
Fuentes lands a head kick. Clark smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Clark takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Fuentes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fuentes looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Clark swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Jab, jab by Clark - just one landing.
Clark changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Joe Clark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fuentes feints and then cracks Clark's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Clark down.
Clark scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Clark jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Clark looks to throw the jab but Fuentes is out of range.
Clark backing away here, and Fuentes unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Clark throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fuentes counters with a nice body kick.
Clark is breathing heavily.
A telegraphed right hand from Clark misses the target.
Clark looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good standup being displayed there by Clark as he connects with a hook.
The cut above Pedro Fuentes's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuentes ducks under a wild hook from Clark.
A jab from Fuentes finds it's way through Clark's defenses.
Fuentes ducks under a wild hook from Clark.
Clark throws out a loose jab but Fuentes uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Fuentes darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Clark gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fuentes.
An attempted straight right counter from Clark misses the target.
Fuentes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A solid body kick from Fuentes.
Clark throws a body shot but no joy.
Clark uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fuentes.
Fuentes with a jab.
Clark is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fuentes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Clark looks to land a combination but Fuentes avoids it well.
Fuentes let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Fuentes has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Fuentes connects with a solid leg kick.
Fuentes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Fuentes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pedro Fuentes's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Clark throws a lazy right hand but Fuentes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Clark throws an off balance right hand
and Fuentes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Clark might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Clark walks into a jab.
Pedro Fuentes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fuentes drops Clark with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Clark looks back up at him and smiles so Fuentes waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Clark is rocked!
Clark misses with the combination.
Oh Clark is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Clark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fuentes flicks out a counter leg kick but Clark steps away.
Clark seems to have got his legs back now.
Clark takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clark misses with a body shot
and Fuentes counters with a nice right hand that sends Clark toppling to the canvas! Clark scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Fuentes finish him?!
Clark cracks a nice hook into Fuentes's ribs.
Clark lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Clark swings for the body but Fuentes moves out of range.
Fuentes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clark.
Fuentes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short left from Clark.
Fuentes lands a left hand.
Fuentes struggles to land a body shot inside as Clark controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuentes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Clark misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fuentes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Clark working aggressively here.
A left hand lands to the body for Fuentes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fuentes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Clarks head.
Fuentes pushes Clark back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fuentes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Fuentes.
Fuentes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fuentes moves into the clinch.
Fuentes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Clark's elbow.
Fuentes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clark blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clark tries to work over Fuentes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clark misses with a punch on the inside.
Clark misses with a punch on the inside.
Clark struggles to land a body shot inside as Fuentes controls his hands.
Fuentes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuentes lands a body shot in the clinch.
Clark throws a head punch that misses.
Pedro Fuentes seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fuentes tries to throw a body punch but Clark avoids it by throwing Fuentes back against the cage.
Clark doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Clark fails to land.
Fuentes misses with some punches.
Clark blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Clark throws a head punch that misses.
Fuentes breaks the clinch.
Clark misses with a shot to the body
and Fuentes counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Clark throws out a loose jab but Fuentes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fuentes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fuentes lands a nice looking kick to the body. Clark takes a step back to recover.
Good shot there by Fuentes.
Fuentes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fuentes lands a glancing blow to the side of Clark's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark misses with an uppercut.
Clark looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Clark doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Clark takes a shot right to the bread basket.
An inside leg kick lands from Fuentes.
Fuentes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Clark at a distance.
Fuentes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short body shot lands from Fuentes as the two fighters clinch.
Fuentes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Clark backwards.
Fuentes avoiding damage.
Clark's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
A shot in the inside from Fuentes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fuentes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fuentes.
Clark blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fuentes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fuentes pushes Clark back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fuentes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A right hand to the body from Fuentes.
Fuentes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fuentes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fuentes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fuentes thumps Clark with a low kick.
Clark takes a jab right on the kisser.
Fuentes works Clark's body with a nice hook.
Fuentes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fuentes connects with a leg kick.
Clark tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fuentes was well out of range. Poor timing from Clark.
Fuentes thuds his shin into the meat of Clark's side.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fuentes paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Clark has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fuentes.
Clark misses with a right hand
and Fuentes counters with a huge right that knocks Clark out cold! Fuentes is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pedro Fuentes!
Pedro Fuentes decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Magnus Von Ver Huevan (ranked 542 p4p, 327 weight class) and James Fusi (ranked 70 p4p, 45 weight class). Von Ver Huevan comes to the cage accompanied by Call to Arms. Magnus Von Ver Huevan could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to James Fusi's chin.
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253
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279
13 - 9 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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World class boxer
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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 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Magnus Von Ver Huevan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Fusi!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Ver Huevan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
It looks like James Fusi has been cut.
Von Ver Huevan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Magnus Von Ver Huevan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Von Ver Huevan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fusi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fusi avoids the body shot from Von Ver Huevan.
Von Ver Huevan misses with a hook.
Fusi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Von Ver Huevan misses with an uppercut. Fusi saw that one coming.
Von Ver Huevan throws a big shot that misses.
Fusi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
It looks like Magnus Von Ver Huevan has been cut.
Fusi looks to score with a jab to the body but Von Ver Huevan is just out of range.
Von Ver Huevan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Von Ver Huevan lands with an uppercut that bounces Fusi off the cage and back into range.
Von Ver Huevan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fusi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A looping hook to the body misses from Von Ver Huevan. Fusi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fusi only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Von Ver Huevan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Von Ver Huevan looks to throw the jab but Fusi is out of range.
Fusi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Von Ver Huevan.
Fusi avoids the body shot from Von Ver Huevan.
Fusi connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Ver Huevan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fusi throws a shot to the body.
Fusi moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Von Ver Huevan scores with a sloppy right hand. Fusi should have avoided that one.
Von Ver Huevan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Von Ver Huevan misses with a body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Von Ver Huevan tries to bum rush Fusi with a series of wild strikes but Fusi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fusi looks to score with a jab to the body but Von Ver Huevan is just out of range.
Von Ver Huevan lands with an overhand left.
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!
Von Ver Huevan misses with a body shot
and Fusi holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Von Ver Huevan misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Fusi.
Von Ver Huevan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fusi backwards.
Fusi presses Von Ver Huevan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Von Ver Huevan is breathing heavily.
Fusi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Von Ver Huevan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Fusi.
Fusi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fusi tries a body shot but Von Ver Huevan blocks it.
Fusi blocking some punches.
Fusi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Fusi.
Fusi scores with a shot to the side of Von Ver Huevan's head.
Fusi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Von Ver Huevan misses with some punches.
Fusi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Von Ver Huevan or not.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fusi.
Von Ver Huevan throws a punch but it's blocked by Fusi.
Fusi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fusi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fusi tries a body shot but Von Ver Huevan blocks it.
Von Ver Huevan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fusi avoids it.
Fusi lands a hook that snaps the head of Von Ver Huevan backwards.
Von Ver Huevan throws a punch but it's blocked by Fusi.
Fusi gets through Von Ver Huevan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fusi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Fusi.
Fusi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Fusi.
Von Ver Huevan is rocked!
Fusi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oh Von Ver Huevan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Von Ver Huevan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Von Ver Huevan seems to have got his legs back now.
Fusi lands with a left to the head.
Fusi lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Fusi.
A nice left hand lands by Fusi.
Fusi is working Von Ver Huevan over against the cage.
Fusi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Von Ver Huevan.
Fusi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fusi lands a nice shot to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Fusi.
Fusi blocking some punches.
Fusi drops Von Ver Huevan onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Von Ver Huevan is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Fusi can't find room to land a body shot as Von Ver Huevan controls the action.
Von Ver Huevan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Von Ver Huevan prevents a body shot from Fusi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fusi digs a right hand underneath Von Ver Huevan's ribcage. Von Ver Huevan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fusi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fusi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Von Ver Huevan backwards.
Fusi cracks Von Ver Huevan with a nice body shot.
Fusi gets through Von Ver Huevan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fusi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short body shot lands from Fusi as the two fighters clinch.
Fusi drops Von Ver Huevan onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Von Ver Huevan is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Fusi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fusi.
Fusi lands a big right hand! Von Ver Huevan is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Fusi!
Our winner, James Fusi, 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luther Jackson (ranked 977 p4p, 670 weight class) and Armand Christophe (ranked 137 p4p, 92 weight class). Christophe has chosen Shadows as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luther Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Armand Christophe!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Aafke Stam and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christophe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jackson throwing a counter right hand but Christophe manages to avoid it.
Jackson moves away from the strike by Christophe.
Christophe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jackson.
Jackson throws a jab but it's blocked by Christophe.
A countering left hand to the body from Christophe misses.
Jackson throws a body punch but Christophe moves out of range.
Jackson lands a slapping body shot.
Jackson blocks a head kick by Christophe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christophe takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jackson swings for the body but Christophe moves out of range.
Jackson lands a nice hook to Christophe's body. Christophe takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Christophe enables Jackson to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Christophe manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Christophe throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jackson postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jackson advances to half guard.
Christophe is trying to get back to full guard.
Christophe is trying to maintain the position but Jackson is very close to passing his half guard.
Jackson wants to free his trapped foot but Christophe is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Christophe has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jackson is working away from the top position though.
Jackson trying to control the action but Christophe is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Christophe trying to control but Jackson postures up.
Christophe looking for submissions off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson trying to control the action but Christophe is working from the bottom.
Christophe is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jackson pulls his head out easily.
Jackson wants to free his trapped foot but Christophe is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Christophe trying to control but Jackson postures up.
Jackson is trying to work for a kimura but Christophe is defending well.
Jackson is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Christophe is just riding it out for now. Jackson eventually gives up the hold.
Jackson wants to take a breather but Christophe is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is thwarting Christophe's attempts to control the position.
Christophe is pressing down on Jackson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Christophe can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Jackson controls the pace.
Our spies down at at Oblivion Gate inform us that Christophe has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Christophe pulls Jackson in to control the position.
Jackson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jackson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Jackson slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Jackson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Christophe has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jackson has managed to get both his arms back between Christophe's legs - danger averted.
Christophe looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jackson stands and throws Christophe's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Jackson is trying to get an arm triangle but Christophe is defending well.
Christophe is being controlled here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson working away.
Jackson controlling the position.
Jackson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Christophe knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Jackson controlling the position.
Jackson working away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jackson tries for a kimura but Christophe is defending well.
Jackson works to advance to full mount. Christophe defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luther Jackson dominated that round.
That's time! Jackson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Jackson connects with a single shot there.
Jackson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Christophe looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Christophe ducks under a wild hook from Jackson.
Christophe cracks a nice hook into Jackson's ribs.
Jackson misses with a jab to the body
and Christophe counters with a head kick that drops Jackson to the mat! Jackson scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Christophe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jackson is looking to wear down Christophe with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Christophe misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christophe jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
It looks like Luther Jackson has been cut.
Luther Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson swings for the body but Christophe moves out of range.
Jackson walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Jackson limp body while Christophe jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Armand Christophe!
A very excited looking Armand Christophe 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jani Koskinen (ranked 367 p4p, 533 weight class) and Spanky Loco (ranked 59 p4p, 74 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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215
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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 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jani Koskinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Spanky Loco!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koskinen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Koskinen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Koskinen connects with a single shot there.
Good leg kick by Koskinen.
Loco motions for Koskinen to come forward. Loco throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Loco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Loco ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Koskinen moves away.
Koskinen avoids the head kick by Loco.
Loco pushes Koskinen up against the cage in a clinch.
Loco is trying to pull guard but Koskinen has him pressed against the cage.
Loco pulls Koskinen into guard.
Koskinen wants to control from the top but Loco keeps moving.
Loco is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Koskinen stays in close to Loco's body and controls the position.
Koskinen works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Koskinen is trying to control the action in half guard but Loco is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Loco is controlling Koskinen's trapped leg to prevent Koskinen from advancing to side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koskinen tries to pass to full mount but Loco defends it.
Loco is refusing to be controlled, as Koskinen sits in half guard.
Koskinen is trying to work for a kimura but Loco is defending well.
Koskinen trying to pass the guard but Loco defending well.
Loco looking for submissions off his back.
Loco has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Koskinen is working away from the top position though.
Koskinen will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Koskinen is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Loco sees it coming and defends easily.
Loco wants to improve his position but Koskinen is controlling well.
Still in half guard, Koskinen seems content to control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Loco looking for submissions off his back.
Koskinen sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Loco looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Koskinen trying to mount his opponent but Loco defends it.
Loco trying to hold on to Koskinen's head to control him but Koskinen postures up.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loco is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Koskinen pulls his head out easily.
Loco wants to control but Koskinen is keeping busy.
Koskinen wants to take a breather but Loco is having none of it.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A jab from Koskinen misses.
Koskinen sets himself, and Loco steps forward looking for the clinch! Koskinen avoids it this time.
Koskinen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Loco is able to avoid easily.
Koskinen misses with a head kick.
Koskinen throws a shot to the body.
Loco rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Koskinen counters with a nice body kick.
Loco tries to land a leg kick but Koskinen saw it coming and moves away.
Nice cross by Koskinen.
Koskinen misses with a hook. Loco ducked under it nicely.
Loco throws a right hand that Koskinen ducks under and follows up with a left that Koskinen also avoids with ease.
Koskinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Koskinen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Loco doesn't seem phased though.
Koskinen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Koskinen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Koskinen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Koskinen misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
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!
Loco throws a head kick but Koskinen moves out of range.
Koskinen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Koskinen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Loco.
Koskinen is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Koskinen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Loco.
Koskinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Loco takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Koskinen misses with a looping left.
Koskinen looks to land a body kick but Loco moved away.
Loco is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Koskinen goes for a double leg but Loco avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Loco continues to drive forward.
Koskinen sets himself, and Loco steps forward looking for the clinch! Koskinen avoids it this time.
Koskinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Loco tries to work over Koskinen's front leg with a kick but Koskinen checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jani Koskinen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Loco closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Koskinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Loco has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Koskinen misses with a looping right.
Koskinen sets himself, and Loco steps forward looking for the clinch! Koskinen avoids it this time.
Koskinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Koskinen is looking to counter punch.
Loco pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A head kick misses from Loco.
Koskinen throws a leg kick which misses Loco's front leg but catches the back leg as Loco tries to avoid it.
Koskinen is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Loco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Koskinen throws a body punch but Loco moves out of range.
Koskinen lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Loco bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Loco looks to land a combination but Koskinen avoids it well.
Koskinen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Koskinen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Loco takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Loco scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Koskinen doesn't seem bothered though.
Koskinen wants to land a leg kick but Loco is out of range.
Koskinen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Koskinen throws a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Loco throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Koskinen throws out a powerful jab.
Koskinen lands a body shot.
A low kick from Koskinen is predictable there
and Loco counters by clinching up.
Loco manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Koskinen got a little sloppy there for a moment and Loco has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Koskinen has managed to get both his arms back between Loco's legs - danger averted.
Loco escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Koskinen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Koskinen engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Loco keeping full guard, as Koskinen tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loco is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Koskinen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Loco swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Koskinen is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Koskinen slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Loco gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Koskinen wants to pass to mount but Loco is defending the position.
Loco is trying is best to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loco trying to control from the bottom.
Loco actively working from the bottom here.
Loco looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Koskinen is looking to advance position but Loco won't allow it.
Loco looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Koskinen wants to control but Loco is keeping him busy.
Loco is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Koskinen's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Koskinen's back!
Loco tightening his grip on Koskinen, looking for the choke.
Loco is looking for the choke from the back position but Koskinen is controlling his hands well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loco has the hooks in. Koskinen is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Well, with Loco on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Koskinen is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Loco is trying to stick to Koskinen's back but Koskinen is turning into Loco. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Loco's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Koskinen.
Koskinen looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Koskinen trying to control but Loco is working from the bottom.
Loco avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Koskinen tries to free his leg and advance position but Loco is retaining full guard.
Koskinen is working hard here to advance position.
Loco is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Koskinen looking to pass the guard.
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 Jani Koskinen will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Loco misses with an uppercut.
Loco misses with a head kick.
Koskinen jabs Loco to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Loco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koskinen.
Koskinen loads up on a big right hand but Loco slips the punch.
Koskinen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Loco is out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Koskinen.
Loco is looking to clinch.
Koskinen misses with a looping left.
Loco takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Koskinen throws a one two combo.
Koskinen swats away the attempt to clinch by Loco.
Koskinen throws a big counter combination but Loco scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Loco. Koskinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice body kick there by Koskinen.
A solid leg kick lands there for Loco.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koskinen throws a head kick but Loco moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koskinen tries to land a leg kick but Loco saw it coming and moves away.
Jani Koskinen is winning the standup battle so far.
Koskinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Koskinen missing with a left hand there. Loco was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Koskinen moves into the clinch successfully.
Koskinen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Loco can do to turn this around?
Koskinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Loco controls his hands.
Loco tries to work over Koskinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Koskinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Loco controls his hands.
Loco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Koskinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Loco.
Loco jumps guard and drags Koskinen to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Loco keeping moving, preventing Koskinen from controlling successfully.
Koskinen tries to free his leg and advance position but Loco is retaining full guard.
Koskinen got a little sloppy there for a moment and Loco has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Koskinen has managed to get both his arms back between Loco's legs - danger averted.
Koskinen controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Spanky Loco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loco looking for a guillotine here but Koskinen defends easily.
Koskinen wants to control from the top but Loco keeps moving.
Loco is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Koskinen defends well.
Loco had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Koskinen defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loco looking for a guillotine here but Koskinen defends easily.
Jani Koskinen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Koskinen controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Loco is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Koskinen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Loco trying to keep a closed guard but Koskinen is proving a slippery customer.
Koskinen got a little sloppy there for a moment and Loco has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Koskinen has managed to get both his arms back between Loco's legs - danger averted.
Loco has his foot on Koskinen's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Koskinen works his way back into a safe position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Koskinen passes Loco's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Koskinen is trying to control the action in half guard but Loco is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Koskinen seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Koskinen is working for a kimura but Loco is defending it quite comfortably.
Loco is refusing to be controlled, as Koskinen sits in half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Loco is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Koskinen pulls his head out easily.
Loco missing with punches from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jani Koskinen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Koskinen, 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jani Koskinen!
After winning the bout, Jani Koskinen 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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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Romeo (ranked 361 p4p, 480 weight class) and Sammy Beach (ranked 58 p4p, 67 weight class). Sammy Beach 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anthony Romeo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sammy Beach!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romeo lands with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Romeo. Beach does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sammy Beach seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Beach misses.
Beach tries to clinch there but Romeo circles away.
Romeo misses with a hook. Beach ducked under it nicely.
Romeo throws the left hand but Beach avoids the punch easily.
Beach scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
It looks like Anthony Romeo has been cut.
Romeo moves out of range of the strikes.
Romeo throws a hook but Beach blocks it.
Romeo takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Romeo misses with an uppercut.
Romeo blocks a jab.
Romeo throwing a counter right hand but Beach manages to avoid it.
Beach lands with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beach connects with the punch.
Romeo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Romeo connects with a body shot that sends Beach's belly button to the back.
Beach throws a poor cross that misses
and Romeo counters with a right hand to the body.
Beach tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romeo was well out of range. Poor timing from Beach.
Beach misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Romeo.
Beach clinches up against the cage.
Romeo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beach blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beach tries to work over Romeo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Romeo.
Romeo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Romeo working aggressively here.
Romeo misses with a body punch.
A hook to the body from Romeo.
Beach misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beach looking to slow down the pace here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Romeo as Beach tries to tie him up.
Beach seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Romeo blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romeo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Beach throws a head punch that misses.
Beach misses with the head strike.
Romeo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Romeo scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Beach fails to land.
Romeo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Romeo throws a punch but it's blocked by Beach.
Romeo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Beach makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romeo tries a body shot but Beach blocks it.
Beach digs a right hand underneath Romeo's ribcage. Romeo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Romeo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Romeo throws a punch but it's blocked by Beach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romeo misses with some punches.
Beach tries to work over Romeo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Beach throws an elbow that misses.
Romeo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Beach lands a right hand.
Romeo misses with some punches.
Beach can't find room to land a body shot as Romeo controls the action.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Beach.
Romeo misses with a punch on the inside.
Beach has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Romeo avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Romeo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Romeo manages to break the clinch.
Beach blocks a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beach scores with the left hand. Romeo knows he should have avoided that one.
Romeo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Beach jabs Romeo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Romeo moves out of range as Beach strikes.
Romeo swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jab, jab by Romeo - just one landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beach tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romeo was well out of range. Poor timing from Beach.
Beach throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Romeo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Beach looks to land a left hand but Romeo moved out of range nicely.
Romeo moves away from the strike by Beach.
A little feinted left hand from Romeo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Romeo ducks under a wild hook from Beach.
Romeo throws a series of strikes that have Beach backpedaling.
Beach steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Romeo.
Beach moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Beach throws a big shot that misses.
Beach throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A quick step to the side and Romeo tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Romeo throws a looping overhand right but Beach ducks down to avoid it.
Beach slips a jab from Romeo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Anthony Romeo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Anthony Romeo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Romeo throws a right hand that Beach ducks under and follows up with a left that Beach also avoids with ease.
Romeo looks to score with a jab to the body but Beach is just out of range.
Romeo slips a jab and a cross from Beach.
Romeo misses the jab.
Beach throws out a counter right but Romeo avoids it with no problem.
Romeo misses with a body shot.
Romeo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beach throws a shot from downtown. Romeo moves away and avoids it.
Romeo misses the shot to the body.
Romeo lands a lovely overhand right.
Beach keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Romeo.
Beach throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beach misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beach throws an off balance right hand
and Romeo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Beach keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Romeo moves out of range of the strikes.
Beach moves away from the strike by Romeo.
Romeo slips a jab from Beach.
Romeo lands a right hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romeo with a jab.
Romeo's corner calls for a 1-2. Romeo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Romeo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Beach lands a jab to the nose.
Beach missing with a left hand there. Romeo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Romeo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Romeo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Beach.
Romeo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Beach lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Anthony Romeo's cut is getting worse.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beach tries to close the distance and clinch up but Romeo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Romeo cracks a nice hook into Beach's ribs.
Beach is breathing heavily.
Romeo throws a jab when Beach was well out of range.
Romeo sends Beach crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Romeo is motioning to the referee to let Beach up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
 Beach is rocked!
Romeo throws a right and a left that Beach avoids nicely.
Beach is still on wobbly legs! Can Romeo finish him?
Beach throws a series of punches but Romeo avoids them all with ease.
Beach seems to have recovered his senses.
Romeo misses with a hook
and Beach counters with a left to the body.
Romeo lands a big right hand that sends Beach crashing to the mat! Romeo stays standing though and waves Beach back to his feet!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beach misses with a straight left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beach. Romeo does a little dance to reset his feet.
As Beach looks to move away, Romeo throws a big counter combo but Beach just gets out of the way.
Beach misses with an uppercut
and Romeo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Beach thinking.
Romeo throws a series of punches but Beach moves out of range.
Romeo connects with a jab, followed by a picture perfect straight right that sends Beach to the canvas, out cold! What a finish by Romeo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Anthony Romeo!
Anthony Romeo decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Lomax (ranked 74 p4p, 158 weight class) and Valentin Taneyev (ranked 15 p4p, 27 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vincent Lomax!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Valentin Taneyev!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lomax goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Taneyev is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Lomax throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Taneyev steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Lomax loads up on a big right hand but Taneyev slips the punch.
Taneyev throws a big counter head kick but Lomax avoids it with no problem.
Taneyev checks a low kick from Lomax.
Taneyev throws out a counter right but Lomax avoids it with no problem.
Lomax swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Taneyev counters with a left to the body.
Lomax throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lomax throws a leg kick
and Taneyev counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lomax takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Taneyev instigates a clinch.
Taneyev misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Taneyev as the two fighters clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taneyev manages to break the clinch.
Lomax throws a right hand that misses
and Taneyev counters with a nice uppercut.
Lomax throws a sloppy head kick and Taneyev moves out of range easily.
Taneyev steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Lomax.
Taneyev rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lomax counters with a nice kick to the body.
Good exchange - Lomax coming out on top.
Lomax connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Taneyev momentarily.
Taneyev avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Taneyev lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Lomax seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Lomax throws an overhand right that lands on Taneyev's shoulder, as Taneyev tries to avoid the shot.
Taneyev misses with a body shot.
Taneyev throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lomax on the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lomax misses with a hook
and Taneyev counters with a crisp right hand that drops Lomax! Taneyev lets Lomax back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Lomax is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lomax connects with a good right hand that stumbles Taneyev. Taneyev circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lomax avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lomax throws a quick counter kick to the body but Taneyev avoids it.
Taneyev avoids the body shot from Lomax.
Lomax throws a hook but Taneyev avoids it easily.
Lomax slips a jab from Taneyev.
Taneyev connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lomax's hands.
Vincent Lomax seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taneyev tries to close the distance and clinch but Lomax swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lomax scoring well with a low kick there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taneyev sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Lomax bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lomax circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lomax walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Taneyev checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Taneyev might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Taneyev takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lomax misses with a jab, cross combination.
Taneyev looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lomax misses with a kick to the body
and Taneyev counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Taneyev throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Taneyev ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Taneyev doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lomax lands an overhand right.
Taneyev walks forward, straight into a front kick from Lomax.
Taneyev tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
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!
Taneyev has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Taneyev there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lomax throws a head kick but Taneyev moves out of range.
Taneyev tries to counter by closing the distance.
Taneyev walks forward, straight into a front kick from Lomax.
Taneyev throws a shot from downtown. Lomax moves away and avoids it.
Taneyev misses with a lunging right hand
and Lomax cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Valentin Taneyev will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Lomax lands a jab to the nose.
Lomax lands a nice shot that snaps Taneyev's head back.
Lomax throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Taneyev sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from Taneyev.
Taneyev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lomax looks to land a left hand but Taneyev moved out of range nicely.
Taneyev appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taneyev moves out of range as Lomax throws a body kick.
Taneyev follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Lomax tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Taneyev throws a big counter head kick but Lomax avoids it with no problem.
Taneyev throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lomax.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lomax is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Taneyev.
Taneyev thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Lomax if he has to take too many more of those.
Lomax blocks a head kick by Taneyev.
Lomax lands a nice hook to Taneyev's body. Taneyev takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lomax lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lomax with a nice calf kick.
Vincent Lomax is winning the standup battle so far.
Lomax lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lomax looks to score with a jab to the body but Taneyev is just out of range.
Taneyev bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lomax throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Taneyev is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Lomax stalks Taneyev and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Taneyev's face. Taneyev staggers backwards, shaken.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taneyev has taken the fight to the clinch.
Taneyev scores with a shot to the side of Lomax's head.
Taneyev breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lomax is looking to slow Taneyev down with leg kicks.
Lomax ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Taneyev moves away.
Taneyev fails in his attempt to clinch.
Taneyev looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lomax tries to land a body kick
and Taneyev counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lomax misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Taneyev.
Nice defenses there by Lomax.
Lomax tried to counter with a leg kick but Taneyev avoided it.
Lomax misses with a shot to the body
and Taneyev counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lomax ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lomax lands a jab to the head.
Good shot there by Taneyev.
Lomax lands a nice hook to Taneyev's body. Taneyev takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lomax throws a lazy right hand but Taneyev sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Taneyev throws out a counter right but Lomax avoids it with no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taneyev takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Lomax takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lomax feints and then cracks Taneyev's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Taneyev down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lomax lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Taneyev misses with a hook
enabling Lomax to counter with a crisp jab.
Lomax slips under a jab from Taneyev.
Lomax misses with a right hand
and Taneyev connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lomax lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vincent Lomax dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Lomax misses with a body shot
and Taneyev counters with a crisp right hand that drops Lomax! Taneyev lets Lomax back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Oh Lomax is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lomax misses with a looping left.
Lomax seems to have got his legs back now.
Lomax throws a leg kick that misses.
Taneyev wants to counter the offense by Lomax and move into the clinch position.
Lomax catches Taneyev with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lomax thows a leg kick but Taneyev checks it
and Taneyev moves into the clinch.
Lomax throws a head punch that misses.
Taneyev swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taneyev scores with a nice hook to the head.
Taneyev breaks from the clinch.
A jab from Lomax misses.
Taneyev misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lomax lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lomax throws a leg kick
and Taneyev counters with a nice uppercut.
Taneyev avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Taneyev replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Lomax blocks it well.
Lomax looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lomax misses with a body punch
and Taneyev connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Good leg kick by Lomax.
Lomax connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Taneyev misses with a straight left.
Lomax swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Lomax lands with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lomax misses with a shot to the body
and Taneyev connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lomax scores with a three punch combo!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taneyev loads up on a big right hand but Lomax slips the punch.
Taneyev throws a looping overhand right but Lomax ducks down to avoid it.
Lomax fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Taneyev.
Lomax slips a straight right by Taneyev.
Taneyev on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Taneyev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taneyev walks into a stiff left hand from Lomax.
Lomax fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A shot to the body from Lomax misses
and Taneyev counters with a stiff right hand.
Lomax lands a really nice looking cross but Taneyev seems unphased.
Lomax swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Taneyev avoids the body shot from Lomax.
Taneyev throws out a counter right but Lomax avoids it with no problem.
Lomax misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lomax walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Taneyev checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lomax scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lomax avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lomax throwing a counter right hand but Taneyev manages to avoid it.
Lomax throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A low kick from Lomax is predictable there
and Taneyev counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lomax throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lomax looks to throw the jab but Taneyev is out of range.
Taneyev appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Taneyev feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Lomax sprawling to the canvas! Lomax rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Taneyev finish him?!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Valentin Taneyev just about did enough to take it.
That's time! Lomax's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Taneyev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Taneyev weaves into range and cracks Lomax right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Lomax goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Taneyev is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Valentin Taneyev!
Valentin Taneyev is the new light heavyweight champion!
A victorious Valentin Taneyev thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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