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PFC 238 Tuala vs Blazkov PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Artturi Reinikainen (ranked 1499 p4p, 986 weight class) and James Darren (ranked 174 p4p, 117 weight class). Darren has chosen Here's to the losers as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Insanely flexible |
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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 11 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Artturi Reinikainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 22 - 1, fighting out of New York, James Darren!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darren tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Reinikainen scores with a nice strike.
Darren ducks under a wild hook from Reinikainen.
Reinikainen throws a poor cross that misses
and Darren cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Reinikainen misses with a hook to the body
and Darren counters with a stiff right hand.
Reinikainen lands with a hook. Darren tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Reinikainen.
Darren misses with a left hand
and Reinikainen counters with a stiff right hand.
Reinikainen jabs Darren right on the nose. Darren blinks but takes it well.
Reinikainen just misses with a punch to the body.
Darren throws out a counter right but Reinikainen avoids it with no problem.
Reinikainen scores with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reinikainen cracks Darren with a right hand to the side of the head.
Reinikainen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Good shot there by Reinikainen.
Reinikainen lands with a hook. Darren tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Reinikainen.
James Darren is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Reinikainen shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Darren is trying to defend but Reinikainen finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Darren wants to get back to his feet.
Darren has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Reinikainen is on him like a limpet, forcing Darren back against the cage.
Darren misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters up against the cage, Darren throws an elbow but misses.
Darren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Darren.
Darren lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Reinikainen throws a punch but it's blocked by Darren.
Darren lands an elbow just above Reinikainen 's eye.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darren pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reinikainen misses with the head strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Reinikainen.
Reinikainen changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Darren fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Darren ducks under a wild hook from Reinikainen.
Darren swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Reinikainen throws a leg kick
and Darren counters with a nice leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Reinikainen.
Reinikainen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Darren. That did some damage!
Reinikainen connects with an inside leg kick.
Reinikainen throws a lazy right hand but Darren sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Darren raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Darren cracks Reinikainen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Reinikainen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Darren holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Reinikainen is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Darren is defending well.
Darren scores with a nice hook to the head.
Reinikainen wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Artturi Reinikainen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reinikainen is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darren gets underhooks to prevent Reinikainen's takedown attempt.
Reinikainen blocks a body shot from Darren.
Reinikainen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darren pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Darren throws an elbow but misses.
Reinikainen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Darren lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Darren throws an elbow but misses.
Reinikainen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Darren pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Reinikainen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Reinikainen blocks the elbow strike.
Reinikainen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Darren backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reinikainen.
Still in the clinch, Darren scores with a nice short uppercut.
Darren misses with an elbow over the top.
Darren lands an elbow inside.
Reinikainen blocks an elbow strike from Darren.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darren lands an elbow that stopped Reinikainen in his tracks for a moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reinikainen misses with a punch on the inside.
Darren misses with an elbow over the top.
Reinikainen scores with a hook to the body.
Darren throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Darren goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Darren throws an elbow but misses.
Reinikainen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reinikainen throws a shot from downtown. Darren moves away and avoids it.
Reinikainen cracks a nice hook into Darren's ribs.
Darren has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Reinikainen.
Reinikainen lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reinikainen throws a body shot but no joy.
Reinikainen thuds his right hand into Darren's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Reinikainen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Artturi Reinikainen will probably get the nod.
That's time! Reinikainen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Darren tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Reinikainen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reinikainen checks a leg kick.
Darren moves into the clinch successfully.
Reinikainen dodges an elbow strike from Darren.
James Darren seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Darren blocking some punches.
Reinikainen has a couple of punches blocked by Darren.
Darren lands an elbow inside that Reinikainen shrugs off.
 It looks like Artturi Reinikainen has been cut.
Darren lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Reinikainen goes for a takedown in the clinch but Darren prevents it.
Darren tries a body shot but Reinikainen blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darren creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Reinikainen drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Darren.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Reinikainen is leaning against Darren and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darren pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Reinikainen blocks the elbow strike.
Darren throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Reinikainen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Darren softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Reinikainen dodges an elbow strike from Darren.
Reinikainen blocks an elbow strike.
Darren throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Reinikainen tries to work over Darren's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Darren misses with an elbow over the top.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Reinikainen.
Reinikainen is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Darren is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Artturi Reinikainen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Darren throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Darren pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Reinikainen has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Darren after a bit of a struggle.
Darren tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reinikainen is trying to push Darren away but Darren has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Reinikainen avoids a wild elbow strike from Darren.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darren throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Darren prevents the takedown attempt.
Darren lands an elbow inside that Reinikainen shrugs off.
Darren prevents a body shot from Reinikainen.
Darren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reinikainen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Darren throws an elbow but misses.
Reinikainen wants a takedown.
Darren looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Still in the clinch, Reinikainen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reinikainen misses with a punch to the body.
Reinikainen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reinikainen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Reinikainen tries to score a power double leg takedown but Darren sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Reinikainen somewhat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Reinikainen misses the target.
Darren swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Reinikainen connects with a solid leg kick.
Reinikainen misses the body punch
and Darren counters with a crisp right hand that drops Reinikainen! Darren lets Reinikainen back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Reinikainen misses with a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Reinikainen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Reinikainen.
Reinikainen scores with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darren on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Reinikainen is looking to land body kicks.
Darren throws a big counter head kick but Reinikainen avoids it with no problem.
Reinikainen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Despite the aggression on Darren's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Reinikainen lands an overhand right.
Darren misses with a low kick as Reinikainen jumps back.
Reinikainen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Darren.
Darren's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darren has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Darren there as he acknowledges the shot.
Reinikainen is looking to score with low kicks.
Darren tries to counter by closing the distance.
Reinikainen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Reinikainen cracks Darren with a right hand to the side of the head.
Reinikainen lands a jab.
Reinikainen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Reinikainen throws a chopping leg kick but Darren manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Darren only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Darren moves out of range of the strikes.
Darren misses with a looping left.
The fighters circling - Darren throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Darren checks a leg kick nicely.
Good work by Darren as he checks the leg kick.
Darren takes one on the chin but seems OK.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
James Darren showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Artturi Reinikainen's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Reinikainen tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Darren defends well and Reinikainen ends up having to push Darren into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Darren gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Reinikainen.
With the fighters up against the cage, Darren throws an elbow but misses.
Darren pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Reinikainen tries to break the clinch but Darren is controlling the position.
Darren is pressed up against the cage. Reinikainen has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Darren down to the mat. Darren avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Artturi Reinikainen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice body kick from Reinikainen.
Reinikainen misses with a hook to the body
and Darren counters with a straight right hand.
Reinikainen cracks Darren with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reinikainen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darren.
Darren steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reinikainen. Darren does a little dance to reset his feet.
Darren flicks out a counter leg kick but Reinikainen steps away.
Reinikainen throws a push kick but Darren slaps the foot to one side.
Darren steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reinikainen.
Darren flicks out a counter leg kick but Reinikainen steps away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reinikainen tries for a takedown but Darren circles away easily
and Darren counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Reinikainen misses the shot to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Darren as Reinikainen shoots in.
Darren slips under a jab.
Reinikainen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Darren.
Darren paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
 Reinikainen is rocked!
Reinikainen connects with an inside leg kick.
Oh Reinikainen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Darren moves to clinch but Reinikainen breaks away
and Reinikainen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Reinikainen seems to have got his legs back now.
A jab from Reinikainen misses.
It seemed like Darren was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reinikainen digs a good hook to Darren's body.
Darren has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Reinikainen finds it's way round the side to connect with Darren's head.
Darren stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Reinikainen.
Reinikainen throws a lazy right hand but Darren sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Reinikainen lands with a thumping leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reinikainen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Darren moves out of range as Reinikainen strikes.
Darren displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reinikainen throws out the jab.
Reinikainen misses with a body punch
and Darren counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Darren! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). James Darren!
Our winner, James Darren, 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Taylor Jack (ranked 944 p4p, 947 weight class) and Jacque Joteel (ranked 112 p4p, 113 weight class). Jack comes to the cage accompanied by Lucid Dreams. Joteel has chosen Moogwalze as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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World class boxer
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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 20 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taylor Jack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacque Joteel!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jack scoring well with a low kick there.
Jack has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Lakeside Jiu-Jitsu in the buildup to the fight.
Jack misses with a low kick.
Jack is looking to score with low kicks.
Jack instigates a clinch.
Jack escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Joteel misses with an uppercut. Jack saw that one coming.
Jack scores with a leg kick.
Jack swings for the body but Joteel moves out of range.
Jack tries to clinch up.
It seemed like Joteel was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jack crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Joteel - the referee stops the clock and Jack gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Joteel. Jack manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good work by Jack as he checks the leg kick.
Joteel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Joteel has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Jack clobbers Joteel with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack missing with a left hand there. Joteel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Joteel lands with an overhand left.
A swing and a miss from Joteel.
Jack was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Jack misses the shot to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Joteel. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Joteel.
Joteel throws a shot from downtown. Jack moves away and avoids it.
Jack was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Jack uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Joteel.
Joteel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jack.
Jack moves out of range of the body kick.
Jack tries a head kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Joteel.
Jack pivots, looking for a leg kick but Joteel is out of range and Jack settles back down.
Jack jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jack cracks a nice hook into Joteel's ribs.
Jack throws a good cross that connects.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joteel cracks Jack with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Joteel connects with a body shot.
Jack tries to clinch there but Joteel circles away.
Jack misses with a low kick as Joteel jumps back.
Jack chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Joteel can pounce on him.
Jack digs a good body shot into Joteel's ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joteel walks into a left hand.
Jack throws a jab when Joteel was well out of range.
Joteel wants to counter with a clinch but Jack pushes him away.
Joteel with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jack blocks a jab.
Joteel throws a leg kick but Jack moved away.
Joteel pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jack is out of range and Joteel settles back down.
Joteel bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jack slips under a jab.
Joteel keeps the fight on the outside.
Joteel flicks out a counter leg kick but Jack steps away.
Joteel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jack throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack looks for the body kick but Joteel saw that one coming.
Joteel throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jack counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Joteel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jack counters with an outside leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Joteel.
Joteel misses with a low kick as Jack jumps back.
Jack checks a low kick from Joteel.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jack lands a nice looking body shot.
Jack tried to score with a low kick but Joteel checks it.
Jack misses with a body shot.
Joteel lands with an uppercut that bounces Jack off the cage and back into range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Taylor Jack will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Jack jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jack jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Joteel scores with a decent looking hook.
Joteel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Both fighters circling a little - Joteel finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Joteel on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jack swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Joteel dips to his left and cracks Jack with an uppercut!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joteel looks to score with a jab to the body but Jack is just out of range.
Joteel connects with a crisp jab.
Joteel misses with a low kick.
Jack wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Jack misses the target.
Joteel lands a jab to Jack's midsection.
The fighters circle momentarily. Joteel darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Crunch! Joteel slams his shin into Jack's torso.
Jack tries to score with a low kick but Joteel moves his leg out of the way.
Nice defenses there by Jack.
Joteel misses with a kick to the body.
Jack walks into a straight right hand from Joteel.
Jack thows a left - swing and a miss!
Joteel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jack rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Joteel counters with a nice leg kick.
Joteel lunges at Jack with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jack's hand.
Crunch! Joteel slams his shin into Jack's torso.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joteel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jack pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Joteel swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Joteel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jack throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Joteel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jack to score with a decent uppercut.
Jack throws a hook to the side of Joteel's head but Joteel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Joteel tries a quick counter leg kick but Jack is wise to it.
Jack drops his hands momentarily and Joteel takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joteel attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nice defenses there by Joteel.
Joteel throws a push kick but Jack slaps the foot to one side.
Jack looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Jack uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Joteel.
Nice body punch from Joteel.
Joteel lands with a good body shot.
Jacque Joteel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jack throws a body kick that misses.
Nice defenses there by Joteel.
Jack circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jack scores with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joteel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jack counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jack changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jack on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jack cracks Joteel with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jack throws a leg kick
and Joteel makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Joteel misses with a series of wild punches.
Joteel missing with a left hand there. Jack was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Joteel misses with a low kick.
Joteel cracks Jack with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacque Joteel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Joteel checks a leg kick.
Jack steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Joteel.
Jack looks to score with a jab to the body but Joteel is just out of range.
Jack lands a high kick!
Joteel throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Joteel slips under a jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jack.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jack misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Joteel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jack.
Jack tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joteel was well out of range. Poor timing from Jack.
Joteel throws a jab when Jack was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Joteel throws a punch but it's blocked by Jack.
Jack lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Joteel.
Joteel digs a right hand into Jack's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jack's gas tank.
Joteel misses with a body punch.
Jack misses with a punch on the inside.
Joteel misses with a punch on the inside.
Jack working aggressively here.
Joteel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Joteel works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jack working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Joteel.
Jack lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Joteel backwards.
A shot in the inside from Jack.
A shot in the inside from Joteel.
Joteel lands a hook to the side of the head.
Joteel cracks Jack with a nice body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joteel tries to work over Jack's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jack blocks a body shot from Joteel.
Jack lands a hook that snaps the head of Joteel backwards.
Joteel misses with the head strike.
Jack blocks an uppercut.
Jack blocks a body shot from Joteel.
Jack misses with a punch to the body.
Jack lands a shoulder strike.
Jack swings wildly with an uppercut but Joteel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taylor Jack has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Joteel blocks an uppercut.
Jack is working Joteel over against the cage.
Jack tries to work over Joteel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Joteel.
Joteel misses with a punch on the inside.
Joteel tries to stall but Jack uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Joteel tries a body shot but Jack blocks it.
Jack scores with a nice hook to the head.
Joteel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joteel misses with some punches.
Joteel misses with a punch to the body.
Jack scores with a shot to the side of Joteel's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Joteel.
Joteel tries a body shot but Jack blocks it.
Joteel works on Jack's body with a couple of short punches.
Jack lands an uppercut.
Joteel tries a body shot but Jack blocks it.
Joteel can't find room to land a body shot as Jack controls the action.
Joteel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Joteel scores with a jab to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Joteel.
Joteel takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jack staying out of range there.
Jack misses with a hook.
Joteel follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack throws a body shot but no joy.
Joteel connects with a nice looking jab.
A clash of legs there as Jack blocks the low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joteel stuns Jack with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jack tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Joteel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Joteel throws out a counter right but Jack avoids it with no problem.
Joteel throws a sloppy body shot
and Jack counters with a thumping low kick.
Jack throws an off balance right hand
and Joteel counters with a stiff right hand.
Jack throws a head kick but Joteel moves out of range.
Jack fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Taylor Jack.
I think Jack has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Willie Wood (ranked 1466 p4p, 466 weight class) and Tobias Murphy (ranked 209 p4p, 64 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Willie Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 15 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tobias Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wood lands with a straight right. Murphy didn't see that one coming.
Willie Wood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A jab from Wood misses.
As Wood backs off Murphy throws a huge counter combo but Wood manages to avoid it all.
Murphy throws a leg kick
and Wood counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wood throws a body kick that misses.
Murphy thinks about the counter body kick.
Nice straight punches there by Wood. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Wood.
Wood scores with a jab to the jaw.
Murphy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wood goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy throws a series of strikes that have Wood backpedaling.
Wood tries to clinch there but Murphy circles away.
Wood lands with a slapping head kick.
Wood is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Murphy's hands.
Wood misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely.
Wood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murphy.
Murphy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wood uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murphy.
Wood's corner calls for a 1-2. Wood obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wood tries to clinch up but Murphy circles away and keeps his distance.
Wood looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
Murphy is trying to counter with his kicks.
Murphy staying out of range there.
Wood with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wood thuds a left hand into Murphy's body.
Murphy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wood throws a poor cross that misses
and Murphy counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wood with a hook.
A jab from Wood finds it's way through Murphy's defenses.
Murphy throws a series of punches but Wood avoids them all with ease.
Wood throws a quick counter kick to the body but Murphy avoids it.
Wood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murphy manages to avoid it.
Wood throws a good cross that connects.
Wood tries to clinch there but Murphy circles away.
Murphy feints a counter leg kick.
Wood lands with a kick to the temple. Murphy shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a right hand
and Wood counters with a straight right hand.
Wood comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Murphy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Murphy is looking to score with low kicks.
Wood throws a looping overhand right but Murphy ducks down to avoid it.
Wood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
Murphy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wood checks a low kick from Murphy.
Wood really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Murphy blocks a jab.
Wood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murphy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the body.
A jab lands there for Wood.
Wood scores with a crisp jab that stopped Murphy in his tracks.
Wood bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murphy throws a low kick but Wood avoids it.
Wood quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Murphy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wood.
A low kick from Murphy is predictable there
and Wood counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Murphy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Wood connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wood has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wood lands a body punch in the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Willie Wood dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Wood throws a looping overhand right but Murphy ducks down to avoid it.
Murphy counters with a body kick.
Murphy digs a good body shot into Wood's ribs.
Murphy scores with a punch to the head.
Murphy checks a low kick from Wood.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Murphy! But no joy.
Wood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab, jab by Wood - just one landing.
Wood is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Wood connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Murphy momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy avoids the body shot from Wood.
Murphy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Murphy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A clash of legs there as Wood blocks the low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wood looks to clinch
and Murphy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Wood fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murphy throws a lazy uppercut
and Wood counters with a good low kick that Murphy was not able to check.
Wood lunges at Murphy with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Murphy's hand.
Wood misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Murphy counters with a thumping low kick.
Murphy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Murphy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Murphy needs to keep his hands up - Wood had a free shot at his head there.
Murphy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Wood throws the kick towards the body but Murphy avoids it.
Wood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murphy can do to turn this around?
That kick from Wood tenderised Murphy's leg. Murphy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Murphy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Wood is able to avoid easily.
Wood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Wood.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy tried to score with a low kick but Wood checks it.
Wood takes a swing at Murphy's ribcage but misses.
Willie Wood is winning the standup battle so far.
Wood throws a big shot that misses.
Wood works Murphy's body with a nice hook.
Murphy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood misses with a low kick.
Wood avoids a kick to the body.
Wood fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Murphy slips under a jab from Wood.
Murphy walks into a jab.
Wood's jab looks to have found its range, popping Murphy under the eye.
Murphy throws a body punch but Wood moves out of range.
Wood half committed to a counter leg kick.
Murphy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Murphy moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Murphy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wood is out of range.
Murphy looks to land a left hand but Wood moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Wood wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy misses with an uppercut.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Wood is just out of range.
Murphy throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Wood counters with a straight right hand.
Wood tries to clinch there but Murphy circles away.
Murphy thinks about the counter body kick.
Murphy takes one to the side of the head.
Wood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Murphy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murphy blocks a head kick by Wood.
Wood sizes up Murphy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wood scores with a nice head shot.
Murphy looks to throw a body kick
and Wood connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Willie Wood dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Nice defenses there by Wood.
Wood tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Murphy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wood lands a head kick. Murphy smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Wood misses with a wild body shot.
Wood slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Murphy misses with a straight left.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Wood - that will leave a mark!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Murphy throws a right and a left that Wood avoids nicely.
Murphy throws an overhand right that lands on Wood's shoulder, as Wood tries to avoid the shot.
Wood is looking to counter with a body kick.
Wood throws out a loose jab but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Murphy in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy throws the left hand but Wood avoids the punch easily.
Murphy misses with an uppercut. Wood saw that one coming.
Murphy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wood.
A low kick from Murphy misses
letting Wood counter with a right hand.
Wood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphy moves away.
A slow jab from Wood misses its intended target.
Nice defenses there by Murphy.
Wood checks a low kick from Murphy.
Nice straight punches there by Wood. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Wood.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch but Murphy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Murphy! But no joy.
Tobias Murphy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Donk. Murphy catches Wood right on the button with a cross.
Murphy throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Wood counter with a right hand.
Wood throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Murphy looks for the body kick but Wood saw that one coming.
Murphy throws a wild body kick that Wood sees coming a mile off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wood just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body kick there by Wood.
Wood comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Murphy throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Wood counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood connects with a nice looking jab.
Wood checks the leg kick nicely there.
Wood scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Murphy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Willie Wood is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wood tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Murphy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murphy throws an off balance right hand
and Wood counters with a straight right hand.
Wood jabs at Murphy's body.
Wood punishes Murphy's body with a nice straight punch.
Wood takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood jabs at Murphy's body.
Murphy throws a lazy uppercut
and Wood counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wood misses with a jab to the body
and Murphy counters with a leg kick.
Wood blocks a jab.
A counter left hand to the body from Wood misses its target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wood pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wood fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Murphy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Murphy misses with an uppercut.
Murphy thumps Wood with a low kick.
Murphy throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Wood counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Wood.
And that's the end of the fight!
Willie Wood showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wood 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Willie Wood!
Willie Wood seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonid Martinyuk (ranked 1049 p4p, 1331 weight class) and George Peterson (ranked 150 p4p, 179 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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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 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonid Martinyuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Peterson!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Atkins and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinyuk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Martinyuk connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Peterson momentarily.
Peterson tries to clinch there but Martinyuk circles away.
Martinyuk is looking to counter punch.
Peterson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Peterson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Peterson scores with a jab to the body.
Peterson with a hook.
Martinyuk misses with a hook. Peterson ducked under it nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Peterson. Those never looked like landing.
Martinyuk is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Peterson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martinyuk.
We've been informed that Peterson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Peterson throws an overhand right that lands on Martinyuk's shoulder, as Martinyuk tries to avoid the shot.
Peterson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Peterson tries to bum rush Martinyuk with a series of wild strikes but Martinyuk uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peterson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson closes the distance and clinches.
Peterson tries a body shot but Martinyuk blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Peterson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Martinyuk's brow.
Martinyuk takes a shot to the head.
Peterson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Peterson.
Martinyuk is breathing heavily.
Peterson lands an elbow that stopped Martinyuk in his tracks for a moment.
I was talking to Martinyuk's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Peterson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Peterson.
Peterson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Martinyuk backwards.
Peterson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinyuk.
Martinyuk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Martinyuk tries a body shot but Peterson blocks it.
Martinyuk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Peterson missing with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peterson can't get the takedown.
Peterson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Peterson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinyuk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Martinyuk.
Peterson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martinyuk tries to work over Peterson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Peterson lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Leonid Martinyuk has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Peterson fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinyuk.
A head punch on the inside from Martinyuk fails to land.
Martinyuk takes a knee to the side of the body.
Martinyuk is trying to push Peterson away but Peterson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A short uppercut from Peterson.
Peterson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Martinyuk or not.
Martinyuk throws a head punch that misses.
A shot in the inside from Peterson.
Peterson digs a right hand underneath Martinyuk's ribcage. Martinyuk let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Peterson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Peterson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Peterson pushes Martinyuk back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Peterson lands a nice elbow.
Peterson landing knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson scores with a shot to the side of Martinyuk's head.
Peterson lands a shot to the body.
A right hand to the body from Peterson.
A nice right hand lands inside from Peterson.
Martinyuk is rocked!
Peterson unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Martinyuk! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Peterson is unloading with more strikes now! Martinyuk drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Peterson!
George Peterson managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Aspire Clothing, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kron Diego (ranked 612 p4p, 452 weight class) and Vasilios Megalos (ranked 74 p4p, 55 weight class). Kron Diego could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Vasilios Megalos's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Kron Diego!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vasilios Megalos!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Megalos avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Megalos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diego throws a hook to the side of Megalos's head but Megalos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diego pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diego fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Megalos checks it well.
Megalos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Diego fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diego on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Megalos tries to land a front kick but Diego steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Diego tries to clinch up but Megalos circles away and keeps his distance.
Megalos misses with a hook. Diego ducked under it nicely.
Diego tries to move into range but Megalos moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Megalos looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Megalos fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Diego has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Megalos misses with a hook. Diego ducked under it nicely.
Megalos moves away from the strike by Diego.
Diego throws an off balance right hand
and Megalos counters with a right hand to the body.
Diego throws out a loose jab but Megalos uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Megalos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Megalos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Megalos throws out a counter right but Diego avoids it with no problem.
Megalos lands a nice hook to Diego's body. Diego takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diego takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Megalos slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Megalos avoids the body shot from Diego.
Diego ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Megalos moves away.
Megalos looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Megalos on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Megalos tries to land a front kick but Diego steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Megalos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A quick step to the side and Diego tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Megalos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diego was well out of range. Poor timing from Megalos.
Megalos throws a quick inside leg kick.
Megalos just misses with a punch to the body.
Megalos connects with a solid leg kick.
Diego ducks under a wild hook from Megalos.
Megalos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diego.
Diego takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That kick from Diego tenderised Megalos's leg. Megalos is trying to keep his angry face on.
Megalos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Megalos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Megalos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Diego stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Megalos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Diego looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A good leg kick by Diego.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Megalos lands with a hook. Diego tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice shot by Diego.
Megalos throws an overhand right that lands on Diego's shoulder, as Diego tries to avoid the shot.
As Megalos backs away, Diego returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego defending well as Megalos loads up on a big left hand.
Diego misses with an uppercut.
Good work by Megalos as he checks the leg kick.
It seemed like Megalos was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A big right from Diego misses.
Diego looks to throw the jab but Megalos is out of range.
Diego bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Megalos's head backwards.
Megalos drives through and clinches with Diego against the cage.
Megalos misses with a body punch.
Megalos pushes Diego back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Megalos works on Diego's body with a couple of short punches.
Megalos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Megalos lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Diego misses with a straight left.
Megalos bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Diego throws a quick inside leg kick.
A jab from Megalos misses.
Kron Diego seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diego swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Megalos tries to bum rush Diego with a series of wild strikes but Diego uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diego tried to score with a low kick but Megalos checks it.
Megalos throws out a counter right but Diego avoids it with no problem.
Megalos scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Megalos defending well as Diego loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Megalos misses with a body kick.
Nice straight punches there by Diego. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Diego.
Megalos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diego.
Megalos looks to land a right hand but Diego moved out of range.
Diego misses with a looping left.
Megalos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diego lands a lovely overhand right.
Good work by Diego as he checks the leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Megalos!
The fighters circling - Diego throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Megalos with a nice cross.
Megalos is looking to clinch.
Diego throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Diego misses with a right hand
and Megalos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Megalos lands a nice looking kick to the body. Diego takes a step back to recover.
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!
Diego throws the left hand but Megalos avoids the punch easily.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Diego crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Megalos - the referee stops the clock and Diego gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Megalos. Diego manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Megalos attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Megalos checks a low kick from Diego.
Diego on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Megalos. Megalos obviously looking to wear him down.
Good standup being displayed there by Diego as he connects with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diego throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Megalos slips a straight right by Diego.
Diego cracks Megalos with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
 Megalos is rocked!
A big right from Megalos misses.
Megalos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Megalos throws out a counter right but Diego avoids it with no problem.
Megalos's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Diego connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Megalos scrambles back to his feet.
Megalos is still on wobbly legs! Can Diego finish him?
Megalos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diego paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Diego has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Megalos finds it's way round the side to connect with Diego's head.
Megalos seems to have recovered his senses.
Diego keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice body kick there by Megalos.
Megalos tries to land a front kick but Diego steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Diego scores with a decent looking hook.
Diego tries a low kick but Megalos avoids it.
Diego is looking to chop away at Megalos's legs.
A decent looking cross lands there for Megalos.
Megalos ducks under a wild hook from Diego.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diego moves into range and connects with a jab.
Diego thows a leg kick but Megalos checks it
and Diego takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Megalos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diego.
Megalos blocks a jab.
Diego takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Vasilios Megalos will probably get the nod.
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.
Diego misses with a straight right.
Diego throws out a loose jab but Megalos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diego slips a straight right by Megalos.
Megalos is looking to land body kicks.
Diego drops Megalos with a straight right hand, right on the button! Diego follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kron Diego!
Kron Diego was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sasha Beliy (ranked 508 p4p, 448 weight class) and Teke Bamalog (ranked 63 p4p, 60 weight class). Beliy comes to the cage accompanied by Havana. Bamalog has chosen Stubborn Robot Original Nuttah as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 25 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sasha Beliy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 2, fighting out of New York, Teke Bamalog!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bamalog has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Beliy.
Beliy throws a head kick but Bamalog moves out of range.
Bamalog wants to clinch up but Beliy keeps it at a distance.
Beliy misses with a low kick.
Bamalog is looking for the big counter here.
Beliy misses with a wild body shot.
Beliy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bamalog checks a leg kick.
Beliy takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Beliy misses with a hook.
Beliy throws a head kick but Bamalog moves out of range.
Sasha Beliy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bamalog takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Bamalog tries to clinch there but Beliy circles away.
Bamalog fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Beliy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Donk. Bamalog catches Beliy right on the button with a cross.
Bamalog misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bamalog scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Beliy has been working on his boxing with his coaches at High Kicks in the buildup to the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beliy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bamalog is able to avoid easily.
Beliy lands with a straight right. Bamalog didn't see that one coming.
Bamalog scores with a jab to the head.
Bamalog lands with a straight right. Beliy didn't see that one coming.
Beliy cracks Bamalog with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bamalog misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beliy tried to score with a low kick but Bamalog checks it.
Bamalog slips a jab from Beliy.
Beliy blocks a head kick by Bamalog.
Bamalog tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beliy was well out of range. Poor timing from Bamalog.
Beliy connects with a solid leg kick.
Beliy throws a body shot but no joy.
Beliy blocks a jab.
Bamalog pushes Beliy up against the cage in a clinch.
Beliy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A knee to the head by Bamalog.
A head punch on the inside from Bamalog fails to land.
Bamalog lands a body punch.
Beliy can't break the clinch.
Bamalog misses with the head strike.
Bamalog lands a hook that snaps the head of Beliy backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bamalog.
Beliy tries to throw a body punch but Bamalog avoids it by throwing Beliy back against the cage.
Bamalog lands a right hand.
Bamalog tries a body shot but Beliy blocks it.
Beliy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beliy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beliy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beliy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beliy blocks a leg kick.
Bamalog moves in looking to clinch but Beliy pushes him off.
Beliy punishes Bamalog's body with a nice straight punch.
Bamalog is looking to land body kicks.
Beliy tries a head kick but it misses.
Bamalog finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bamalog scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Beliy lands a right hook to the body.
Bamalog avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bamalog throws a body punch but Beliy moves out of range.
Bamalog throws a low kick but Beliy avoids it.
Bamalog fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bamalog misses with a looping right.
Bamalog jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jab from Bamalog.
Beliy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beliy takes a jab right on the kisser.
A slapping body kick lands there for Beliy.
Beliy throws a head kick but Bamalog moves out of range.
Bamalog fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beliy manages to avoid it.
A counter left hand to the body from Beliy misses its target.
Bamalog throws the left hand but Beliy avoids the punch easily.
A slow jab from Bamalog misses its intended target.
Beliy misses the jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bamalog darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A low kick lands for Beliy.
Beliy throws a head kick but Bamalog moves out of range.
A big left from Beliy misses.
Beliy throws a jab but it's blocked by Bamalog.
Bamalog takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Beliy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Beliy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beliy misses with a low kick.
Bamalog throws a good cross that connects.
Bamalog moves to clinch but Beliy breaks away
and Beliy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bamalog misses with a low kick as Beliy jumps back.
Beliy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bamalog was well out of range. Poor timing from Beliy.
A nice leg kick lands there from Beliy.
Bamalog is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Beliy had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Beliy tries to land a front kick but Bamalog steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bamalog lands with a slapping head kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bamalog checks a leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Beliy misses with a low kick.
A swing and a miss from Beliy.
Beliy scores with a jab to the jaw.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bamalog checks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Beliy.
Beliy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bamalog is out of range and Beliy settles back down.
Beliy throws a leg kick
and Bamalog cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Beliy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Beliy moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A lazy left from Beliy finds it's target.
Beliy throws a leg kick which misses Bamalog's front leg but catches the back leg as Bamalog tries to avoid it.
Bamalog throws a sloppy head kick and Beliy moves out of range easily.
Bamalog throws a hook but Beliy blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Sasha Beliy will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A combination from Bamalog does no damage.
Bamalog has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bamalog there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bamalog tries to clinch but Beliy moves out of range.
Bamalog tries to work over Beliy's front leg with a kick but Beliy checks it.
Beliy throws a body kick that misses.
Bamalog misses with a low kick.
Bamalog moves in looking to clinch but Beliy pushes him off.
Beliy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Beliy throws a sloppy head kick and Bamalog moves out of range easily.
Bamalog takes a swing at Beliy's ribcage but misses.
Bamalog stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Beliy.
Beliy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bamalog's sensitive parts.
Beliy lands with an uppercut that bounces Bamalog off the cage and back into range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab by Beliy.
Beliy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bamalog finds it's way round the side to connect with Beliy's head.
Beliy connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bamalog moves out of range of the body kick.
Bamalog swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Beliy checks the leg kick.
Beliy avoids the body shot from Bamalog.
A nice inside leg kick there by Beliy. That's going to slow Bamalog down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bamalog throws a body shot but no joy.
Bamalog tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beliy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Beliy swings for the body but Bamalog moves out of range.
Bamalog connects with a good right hand that stumbles Beliy. Beliy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bamalog avoids a kick to the body.
Beliy with a nice calf kick.
Bamalog fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Beliy checks it well.
Beliy throws a sloppy head kick and Bamalog moves out of range easily.
It seemed like Bamalog was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Beliy throws a right hand that misses
and Bamalog counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bamalog connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Beliy momentarily.
Beliy lands with a good body shot.
A good leg kick by Beliy.
Bamalog's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Beliy throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Beliy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bamalog.
Crunch! Beliy slams his shin into Bamalog's torso.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bamalog moves in looking to clinch but Beliy pushes him off.
Bamalog lands a head kick. Beliy smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Bamalog tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beliy throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Beliy lands with a nice body kick.
Beliy keeps the fight on the outside.
A combination from Bamalog does no damage.
Bamalog gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Beliy.
Bamalog misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beliy.
Bamalog tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beliy was well out of range. Poor timing from Bamalog.
Bamalog connects with a solid leg kick.
Bamalog jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Beliy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Beliy tries a head kick but it misses.
Bamalog lands with a thumping leg kick.
Beliy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Beliy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bamalog has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Beliy.
Bamalog shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Beliy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Beliy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sasha Beliy is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bamalog.
A combination from Beliy does no damage.
Beliy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Beliy scores with a decent looking hook.
Bamalog with the inside leg kick.
A jab lands there for Beliy.
Beliy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Beliy throws a big shot that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Beliy.
Beliy is looking to chop away at Bamalog's legs.
A decent looking cross lands there for Beliy.
Beliy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bamalog throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A slow jab from Bamalog misses its intended target.
Beliy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A head kick misses from Bamalog.
Beliy appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bamalog walks into a stiff left hand from Beliy.
Beliy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bamalog clinches up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Bamalog fails to land.
Beliy lands with a left to the head.
Bamalog lands with a right to the head.
Bamalog struggles to land a body shot inside as Beliy controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beliy.
Bamalog misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beliy lands a nice shot to the body.
Bamalog lands a hook that snaps the head of Beliy backwards.
Beliy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bamalog tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beliy's elbow.
Beliy pushes Bamalog back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beliy.
Teke Bamalog seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Beliy scores with a shoulder strike.
Bamalog misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beliy lands with a left to the head.
Bamalog lands a body shot.
Beliy lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bamalog.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beliy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sasha Beliy dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Bamalog with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bamalog connects with the punch.
Beliy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Bamalog. Those never looked like landing.
Beliy digs a good body shot into Bamalog's ribs.
Bamalog with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Beliy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bamalog has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Beliy.
Bamalog attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Beliy throws a leg kick which misses Bamalog's front leg but catches the back leg as Bamalog tries to avoid it.
Bamalog throws a leg kick but Beliy sees it coming and moves out of range.
Beliy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bamalog throws a jab when Beliy was well out of range.
Beliy was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Bamalog fails to land with a series of punches.
Beliy feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Beliy lands a really nice looking cross but Bamalog seems unphased.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beliy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bamalog.
A jab from Bamalog misses.
Beliy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bamalog throws a hook to the side of Beliy's head but Beliy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Beliy lands a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Bamalog.
Beliy slips a jab from Bamalog.
Beliy looks to land a body kick but Bamalog moved away.
Beliy misses with a head kick.
Bamalog wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Beliy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bamalog misses with a kick to the body
and Beliy counters with a shoot takedown. Bamalog fights it but they end up in guard.
Beliy is pushing down on Bamalog's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bamalog is fighting to maintain full guard but Beliy has managed to sneak the leg through.
Beliy with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Beliy trying to control from Bamalog's half guard. Bamalog has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Beliy looking to sit in guard and control but Bamalog gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Teke Bamalog has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beliy working a defensive guard here.
Beliy lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beliy stops Bamalog from standing up.
Bamalog is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Beliy is aware though and is defending well.
Bamalog can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Beliy controls the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beliy trying to control the position from guard on top but Bamalog is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Beliy won't allow Bamalog to get back to his feet.
Beliy is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Beliy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bamalog is keeping the position for now.
Beliy has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Bamalog wants to stand and escape but Beliy is having none of it.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Beliy controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Beliy lands a leg kick that knocks Bamalog off balance momentarily.
Beliy avoids a kick to the body.
Beliy loads up on a big right hand but Bamalog slips the punch.
Beliy throws a head kick that misses
and Bamalog counters with a straight right hand.
Beliy swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bamalog.
Beliy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bamalog doesn't seem bothered though.
Beliy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bamalog pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bamalog uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beliy.
Bamalog throws a body punch but Beliy moves out of range.
Bamalog stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Beliy.
Beliy with a nice calf kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sasha Beliy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Beliy, 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 James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sasha Beliy!
Post fight, Sasha Beliy stared into the camera and said 'Sorry Alex......'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arjan Bhullar (ranked 334 p4p, 173 weight class) and Muhammad Jabbar (ranked 41 p4p, 24 weight class). Bhullar comes to the cage accompanied by Daniel Cormier - All About That Cake. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arjan Bhullar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Muhammad Jabbar!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jabbar throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Bhullar counters with a nice uppercut.
Bhullar closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bhullar in the domination position with Jabbar hanging on.
Bhullar cracks Jabbar with a big elbow.
Bhullar throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Jabbar felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Bhullar tries to advance to mount but Jabbar denies him.
Bhullar is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Jabbar tries to bench press Bhullar off him but Bhullar keeps the position.
We've been hearing that Bhullar has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jabbar can't do much from the bottom here.
Bhullar scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Jabbar to see if he's OK.
Bhullar is putting a hurting on Jabbar here, landing some big shots from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jabbar is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Jabbar dodges the ground and pound from Bhullar.
Bhullar happy to just control the position for now.
Jabbar tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bhullar wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Jabbar struggling a bit here.
Bhullar in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Bhullar tries to move into full mount but can't pass Jabbar's legs.
Jabbar is trying to control Bhullar's posture but Bhullar avoids it.
Jabbar is looking for a sweep.
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.
Bhullar working the ground and pound.
Jabbar is looking for a sweep.
Bhullar just content to control the position.
Jabbar is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bhullar connects with a decent elbow.
Bhullar working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
A lull in the action here as Bhullar stalls from top position.
Bhullar cracks Jabbar with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Bhullar is looking to take a break and control but Jabbar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bhullar is staying tight to Jabbar's torso, preventing him from escaping.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bhullar seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Jabbar for as long as he can get away with.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Bhullar seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Jabbar can't do much from the bottom here.
Jabbar is not content to let Bhullar control the position.
Jabbar tries to improve position but can't.
Bhullar trying to control the position but Jabbar is working away.
Jabbar is looking for a sweep.
Jabbar is trying to control Bhullar's posture but Bhullar avoids it.
Bhullar grinds an elbow into Jabbar's temple.
Jabbar taking a bit of punishment here - Bhullar scoring with strikes.
Jabbar sneaks back into half guard.
Bhullar working Jabbar over with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jabbar tries to get to full guard but Bhullar has control of the leg.
Bhullar slips a nice elbow through Jabbar's hands, connecting with Jabbar's forehead.
Bhullar is looking for a kimura here.
Bhullar is trying to control. Jabbar wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bhullar connects with a nice short shot to Jabbar's temple.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bhullar is controlling the pace.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bhullar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Arjan Bhullar dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A shot to the liver by Jabbar. Beautiful body shot.
A low kick from Jabbar is predictable there
and Bhullar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bhullar scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jabbar misses with a straight right.
Bhullar moves away from the strike by Jabbar.
Jabbar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bhullar lands a right hook to the body.
Jabbar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bhullar misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Jabbar counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bhullar's knee momentarily.
Bhullar takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Jabbar paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bhullar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jabbar misses with a low kick.
Jabbar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bhullar moves away.
Jabbar throws a front kick aimed at Bhullar's knee but Bhullar avoids it well.
Bhullar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jabbar can do to turn this around?
Jabbar lands with an overhand left.
Jabbar tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bhullar is able to avoid easily.
Bhullar swings widly with a right hand
and Jabbar counters with a nice body kick.
Jabbar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jab, jab by Jabbar - just one landing.
It looks like Arjan Bhullar has been cut.
Jabbar misses with a straight right.
Muhammad Jabbar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar moves out of range of the leg kick from Jabbar.
Bhullar takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bhullar swings for the body but Jabbar moves out of range.
Jabbar looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jabbar scores with a leg kick.
Jabbar bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jabbar slaps away a takedown attempt from Bhullar, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jabbar with a nice calf kick.
Bhullar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jabbar misses with a lunging right hand
and Bhullar counters with a stiff right hand.
Jabbar bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bhullar's head.
Jabbar tries to land a leg kick but Bhullar saw it coming and moves away.
Jabbar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jabbar walks into a left hand.
Jabbar has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jabbar tests Bhullar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jabbar lands a jab to the head.
Jabbar scores with the left hand. Bhullar knows he should have avoided that one.
Jabbar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bhullar was well out of range. Poor timing from Jabbar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jabbar misses with an uppercut
and Bhullar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jabbar looks to throw a body kick
and Bhullar counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jabbar trying to control but Bhullar postures up.
Jabbar is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bhullar scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bhullar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jabbar is not content to let Bhullar control the position.
Bhullar is taking a breather. Jabbar says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Jabbar wants to control but Bhullar is keeping busy.
Bhullar thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Muhammad Jabbar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Arjan Bhullar's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Jabbar avoids the body shot from Bhullar.
Bhullar throws a looping overhand right but Jabbar ducks down to avoid it.
A big left from Bhullar misses.
Jabbar feints a counter leg kick.
Jabbar looks to land a right hand but Bhullar moved out of range.
Jabbar scores with a leg kick.
Jabbar misses the body punch
and Bhullar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jabbar misses with a hook to the body
and Bhullar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jabbar throws a low kick but Bhullar avoids it.
Bhullar drops his shoulder and cracks Jabbar with a huge uppercut! Jabbar goes down! Can Bhullar finish him?
Jabbar is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bhullar trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jabbar is still in real trouble! Can Bhullar finish him?
Bhullar content to stall in guard here.
Bhullar arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Jabbar's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Arjan Bhullar!
A less than humble Arjan Bhullar misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Donald Trump (ranked 314 p4p, 446 weight class) and Ananada Bunyasarn (ranked 38 p4p, 58 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Donald Trump!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ananada Bunyasarn!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trump lands an overhand right.
Trump clinches.
Bunyasarn breaks the clinch.
Trump misses with a low kick.
Bunyasarn moves out of range of the leg kick from Trump.
Bunyasarn keeps the fight on the outside.
Bunyasarn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bunyasarn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Trump counter with a right hand.
Trump thuds a left hand into Bunyasarn's body.
Trump throws a head kick but Bunyasarn moves out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Trump darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bunyasarn cracks Trump with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Trump throws a body shot but no joy.
Bunyasarn on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trump displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bunyasarn throws out the jab.
Trump looks to land a right hand but Bunyasarn moved out of range.
Trump keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Trump takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Trump avoids the body shot from Bunyasarn.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunyasarn moves out of range of the strikes.
Trump pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bunyasarn is out of range and Trump settles back down.
Bunyasarn on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Trump. Trump obviously looking to wear him down.
Trump swings for the body but Bunyasarn moves out of range.
Nice body kick there by Bunyasarn.
Trump fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Trump throws a lazy right hand but Bunyasarn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Trump. That's going to slow Bunyasarn down.
Trump throws a hook but Bunyasarn blocks it.
Trump has taken the fight to the clinch.
Trump creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bunyasarn avoids the elbow strike from Trump, against the cage.
Trump throws an elbow but it misses.
Bunyasarn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Trump lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bunyasarn lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trump lands a hook that snaps the head of Bunyasarn backwards.
Bunyasarn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bunyasarn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trump goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bunyasarn lands a shoulder strike.
Bunyasarn lands a hook that snaps the head of Trump backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Trump throws an elbow but misses.
Bunyasarn blocking some punches.
Bunyasarn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Trump makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bunyasarn misses with a punch on the inside.
Trump tries a body shot but Bunyasarn blocks it.
Bunyasarn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Trump misses with a head kick.
Trump ducks under a wild hook from Bunyasarn.
Bunyasarn avoids the body shot from Trump.
Bunyasarn looks to throw the jab but Trump is out of range.
Trump throws a front kick aimed at Bunyasarn's knee but Bunyasarn avoids it well.
Trump throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bunyasarn tries to counter with a clinch but Trump shakes him off and moves away.
Trump looks to score with a jab to the body but Bunyasarn is just out of range.
Bunyasarn punishes Trump's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice shot by Trump.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunyasarn with a nice cross.
Trump tries to clinch but Bunyasarn is having none of it.
Trump thumps Bunyasarn with a low kick.
Bunyasarn moves out of range of the body kick.
Bunyasarn tries to counter with a clinch but Trump shakes him off and moves away.
Trump tries to clinch there but Bunyasarn circles away.
Bunyasarn is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Trump moves out of range as Bunyasarn throws a body kick.
Bunyasarn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bunyasarn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trump.
Trump throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bunyasarn swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Trump counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Trump swings for the body but Bunyasarn moves out of range.
Bunyasarn connects with a body shot.
Trump rushes Bunyasarn and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trump.
Bunyasarn tries to work over Trump's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bunyasarn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trump struggles to land a body shot inside as Bunyasarn controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trump blocking some punches.
Bunyasarn struggles to land a body shot inside as Trump controls his hands.
Trump throws a punch but it's blocked by Bunyasarn.
Bunyasarn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trump takes a swing at Bunyasarn's ribcage but misses.
Trump just misses with a punch to the body.
Trump instigates a clinch.
Trump creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bunyasarn's defenses.
Bunyasarn breaks the clinch.
Trump connects with a leg kick.
Trump tries to clinch up.
Bunyasarn works Trump's body with a nice hook.
Bunyasarn misses with a head kick.
Bunyasarn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Trump.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trump throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Trump throws a jab when Bunyasarn was well out of range.
Bunyasarn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Trump.
Bunyasarn wants to counter with a clinch but Trump pushes him away.
Trump slips a jab from Bunyasarn.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Donald Trump dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Bunyasarn throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Trump on the side of the head.
Bunyasarn throws a chopping leg kick but Trump manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bunyasarn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bunyasarn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bunyasarn throws a jab but it's blocked by Trump.
Trump is looking to counter the offense by Bunyasarn and move into the clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Trump 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Trump misses with a hook. Bunyasarn ducked under it nicely.
Bunyasarn steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Trump.
Trump gets a clinch.
Bunyasarn misses with the head strike.
Bunyasarn tries a body shot but Trump blocks it.
Trump misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trump lands a damaging elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bunyasarn lands with a left to the head.
Trump throws a punch but it's blocked by Bunyasarn.
A right handed body shot lands from Bunyasarn.
Trump goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bunyasarn takes a shot to the head.
Trump has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
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!
Trump works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bunyasarn is breathing heavily.
Trump lands a shoulder strike.
Donald Trump has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trump misses with a punch on the inside.
Trump goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trump lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bunyasarn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bunyasarn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bunyasarn blocking some punches.
Trump misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trump scores with a nice hook to the head.
Trump lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Trump goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trump lands an uppercut.
Trump lands a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Trump.
A nice right hand lands inside from Trump.
Trump blocking some punches.
Trump lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bunyasarn lands a left hand.
I was talking to Trump's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bunyasarn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bunyasarn working aggressively here.
Bunyasarn prevents a body shot from Trump.
A short left from Trump.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunyasarn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bunyasarn stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Trump fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Trump scores with a shoulder strike.
Bunyasarn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bunyasarn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Trump cracks Bunyasarn with a nice body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Bunyasarn.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bunyasarn.
Bunyasarn swings wildly with an uppercut but Trump uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bunyasarn misses with the head strike.
Trump scores with a shot to the side of Bunyasarn's head.
Trump misses with a punch to the body.
Trump tries to throw a body punch but Bunyasarn avoids it by throwing Trump back against the cage.
Trump misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bunyasarn prevents a body shot from Trump.
Trump lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bunyasarn backwards.
A shot in the inside from Bunyasarn.
Trump blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunyasarn lands a shot to the body.
Bunyasarn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bunyasarn.
Bunyasarn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Trump.
Trump has a couple of punches blocked by Bunyasarn.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bunyasarn.
Trump misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trump misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bunyasarn throws a head punch that misses.
Bunyasarn throws a punch but it's blocked by Trump.
Bunyasarn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Trump fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bunyasarn swats away the attempt to clinch by Trump.
Trump scores with the left hand. Bunyasarn knows he should have avoided that one.
Trump lands an overhand right.
Trump is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bunyasarn can do to turn this around?
Trump keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bunyasarn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Trump.
Trump misses with a low kick.
Trump throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Trump fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bunyasarn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Trump tries to land a leg kick but Bunyasarn saw it coming and moves away.
Trump lands with an overhand left.
Bunyasarn pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bunyasarn scores with a crisp jab that stopped Trump in his tracks.
Trump takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Trump ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Trump thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bunyasarn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bunyasarn defending well as Trump loads up on a big left hand.
Bunyasarn misses the shot to the body.
As Bunyasarn tries to get set, Trump tries to push him back and clinch up but Bunyasarn manages to avoid the attempt.
Trump takes a jab right on the kisser.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Donald Trump will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Trump tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bunyasarn was well out of range. Poor timing from Trump.
Trump is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Trump has taken the fight to the clinch.
Trump doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bunyasarn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trump works on Bunyasarn's body with a couple of short punches.
Trump throws an elbow that misses.
Bunyasarn misses with a punch to the body.
Trump has a couple of punches blocked by Bunyasarn.
Trump blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Trump lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bunyasarn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Trump lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bunyasarn.
Trump struggles to land a body shot inside as Bunyasarn controls his hands.
Bunyasarn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Trump gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bunyasarn can't find room to land a body shot as Trump controls the action.
Bunyasarn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trump's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trump struggles to land a body shot inside as Bunyasarn controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trump.
Bunyasarn misses with a body punch.
Bunyasarn swings wildly with an uppercut but Trump uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice elbow from Trump.
Bunyasarn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trump doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bunyasarn misses with a punch on the inside.
Trump throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Trump gets through Bunyasarn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Trump.
Trump lands with a right to the head.
Trump tries a body shot but Bunyasarn blocks it.
Trump swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Trump struggles to land a body shot inside as Bunyasarn controls his hands.
Trump lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bunyasarn backwards.
Trump has a couple of punches blocked by Bunyasarn.
Trump tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Trump blocks an uppercut.
Ananada Bunyasarn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Donald Trump is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunyasarn can't break the clinch.
Trump misses with a body punch.
Bunyasarn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bunyasarn misses with the head strike.
Trump lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bunyasarn.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bunyasarn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bunyasarn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bunyasarn can't find room to land a body shot as Trump controls the action.
Bunyasarn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bunyasarn tries to throw a body punch but Trump avoids it by throwing Bunyasarn back against the cage.
Bunyasarn misses with the head strike.
Bunyasarn throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trump scores with a shoulder strike.
Bunyasarn swings wildly with an uppercut but Trump uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bunyasarn lands with a right to the head.
Trump blocks a body shot from Bunyasarn.
A left hand lands to the body for Bunyasarn.
Trump doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bunyasarn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Trump misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Trump's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bunyasarn throws a head punch that misses.
Bunyasarn throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bunyasarn breaks the clinch.
Trump takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bunyasarn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Trump moves away.
Trump tries to land a leg kick but Bunyasarn saw it coming and moves away.
Trump throws a good cross that connects.
Bunyasarn stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Trump.
Bunyasarn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Trump.
Bunyasarn throws a right hand that misses
and Trump counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Trump.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bunyasarn misses with a punch on the inside.
Bunyasarn misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Trump.
Bunyasarn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bunyasarn presses Trump against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Donald Trump.
Well Trump 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donald Trump!
After the fight, Donald Trump was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Panda Aorigele (ranked 152 p4p, 289 weight class) and Christophe Dupree (ranked 23 p4p, 50 weight class). Aorigele comes to the cage accompanied by Mama Said Knock You Out. Christophe Dupree 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 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Panda Aorigele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Christophe Dupree!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dupree lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dupree misses with a body shot
and Aorigele cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dupree tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dupree looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
 It looks like Christophe Dupree has been cut.
Aorigele sends Dupree crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Aorigele is motioning to the referee to let Dupree up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
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!
Dupree uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Aorigele.
Aorigele throws a hook but Dupree avoids it easily.
Aorigele blocks a head kick by Dupree.
Aorigele cracks Dupree with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Dupree looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Aorigele finish him?
Aorigele lands a big uppercut and Dupree crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Dupree looks OK. Aorigele waves Dupree back to his feet!
Dupree is rocked!
Dupree lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Dupree slips a jab and a cross from Aorigele.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dupree. Aorigele does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dupree lands with a straight right. Aorigele didn't see that one coming.
Dupree throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aorigele takes one on the button.
It looks like Panda Aorigele has been cut.
Dupree scores with a jab to the body.
Aorigele misses with a hook. Dupree ducked under it nicely.
Aorigele swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dupree.
Dupree connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Aorigele momentarily.
Aorigele lunges at Dupree with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dupree's hand.
Dupree lunges at Aorigele with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Aorigele's hand.
Dupree pounces like a tiger and cracks Aorigele with a vicious hook! Aorigele is down but not out! Dupree follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Christophe Dupree!
Christophe Dupree was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ulysses Blazkov (ranked 62 p4p, 20 weight class) and Peleki Tuala (ranked 8 p4p, 4 weight class). Tuala has chosen Dock of Fiji as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ulysses Blazkov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Peleki Tuala!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tuala pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tuala moves into range and clinches up with Blazkov.
Tuala misses with some punches.
Blazkov pushes Tuala back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tuala lands a nice uppercut.
Tuala's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Tuala throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tuala misses with a punch to the body.
Tuala's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blazkov wants to slow Tuala down by chopping away at his legs.
Blazkov has been working on his boxing with his coaches at []—The Zoo—[] in the buildup to the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tuala darts in and clinches Blazkov up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Blazkov.
A right hand to the body from Blazkov.
Blazkov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tuala tries to throw a body punch but Blazkov avoids it by throwing Tuala back against the cage.
Tuala takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tuala has a couple of punches blocked by Blazkov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blazkov blocks an uppercut.
Blazkov scores with a shoulder strike.
Blazkov avoids the elbow strike from Tuala, against the cage.
Blazkov scores with a shoulder strike.
Blazkov scores with a shoulder strike.
Blazkov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tualas head.
Blazkov cracks Tuala with a nice body shot.
Tuala looks winded!
A body shot lands from Blazkov.
Blazkov lands with a left to the head.
A right hand to the body from Blazkov.
Blazkov lands a shot to the body.
Blazkov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Blazkov.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blazkov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Blazkov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Blazkov.
Blazkov struggles to land a body shot inside as Tuala controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Blazkov - that landed with a thud.
Tuala's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Blazkov digs a right hand underneath Tuala's ribcage. Tuala let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Blazkov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Blazkov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Blazkov pushes Tuala back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blazkov lands with a right to the head.
Tuala is rocked!
Blazkov scores with a shoulder strike.
Tuala is still on wobbly legs! Can Blazkov finish him?
Blazkov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tuala backwards.
Blazkov throws a big uppercut that drops Tuala! More strikes from Blazkov and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Tuala lies dazed against the cage as Blazkov celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ulysses Blazkov!
Ulysses Blazkov is the new heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Ulysses Blazkov, 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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