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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex da Great (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vic Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stone has chosen "I Got A Feeling" by Black Eyed Peas as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Brawler
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex da Great!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vic Stone!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
da Great moves out of range as Stone strikes.
Nice uppercut there from da Great.
A lazy left from da Great finds it's target.
Stone misses with a looping right.
Stone tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Stone jabbing away but nothing is landing.
da Great works Stone's body with a nice hook.
Stone misses with an uppercut.
Stone looks to land a right hand but da Great moved out of range.
Stone takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Good leg kick by da Great there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Stone looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
da Great lunges at Stone with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Stone's hand.
Stone tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Stone takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Good leg kick by da Great there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
da Great moves into the clinch successfully.
da Great unloads a knee to the mid-section.
da Great just leaning against Stone, taking a breather.
da Great landing knees to the body.
Stone takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stone takes a knee to the side of the body.
da Great is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
da Great breaks from the clinch.
da Great keeps Stone at a distance using the push kick.
da Great connects with a looping right hand.
da Great throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by da Great.
da Great dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stone. That did some damage!
da Great goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A punch lands to the side of Stone 's head but he takes it in his stride.
da Great lands a jab to the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for da Great.
da Great lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
da Great throws a good cross that connects.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
da Great moves into range and clinches up with Stone.
Stone takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stone takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for da Great.
Stone jumps guard but da Great stands there with Stone around his waist. Stone gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
da Great using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stone jumps guard but da Great stands there with Stone around his waist. Stone gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
da Great utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
da Great lands a nice knee to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from da Great.
da Great scores a nice knee to the body.
da Great lands a damaging elbow.
da Great landing knees to the head.
da Great is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from da Great.
Stone tries to pull guard but da Great won't allow it.
Alex da Great has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vic Stone.
da Great just leaning against Stone, taking a breather.
Knees in the clinch landing for da Great.
Stone tries to pull guard but da Great holds him up against the cage and eventually Stone drops back down to his feet.
Stone tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. da Great smiles and moves away.
da Great throws a head kick that Stone semi-blocks.
da Great fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Stone.
da Great lands with a kick to the temple. Stone shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
da Great lets loose with a powerful body kick. Stone will feel that in the morning.
da Great lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stone's sensitive parts.
da Great jabs at Stone's body.
da Great connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vic Stone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
da Great fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Stone on the side of the head.
da Great drives through and clinches with Stone against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for da Great.
The referee is keeping an eye on da Great - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Stone takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
da Great connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stone's face.
da Great crunches a lovely knee into Stone's ribcage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
da Great unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stone lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
da Great working Stone over with knees to the body.
Stone jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as da Great walks away with a smile on his face. Stone gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
da Great lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A slapping leg kick lands for da Great.
da Great rushes Stone and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Stone's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
da Great is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stone fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Stone jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as da Great walks away with a smile on his face. Stone gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
da Great lands a jab to the nose.
Stone takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Stone shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A punch combination from Stone misses.
Stone throws the left hand but da Great avoids the punch easily.
da Great with a jab.
Stone has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by da Great.
da Great thumps Stone with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
da Great scores with a sloppy right hand. Stone should have avoided that one.
da Great lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from da Great, right into the meat.
da Great avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
da Great is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Stone throws a right hand that da Great ducks under and follows up with a left that da Great also avoids with ease.
Stone is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
da Great goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
da Great lands with a kick to the temple. Stone shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
da Great bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
da Great moves into the clinch.
da Great unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by da Great.
Stone tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. da Great smiles and moves away.
An inside leg kick lands from da Great.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
da Great lands with a kick to the ribs.
da Great lands a head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
da Great scoring well with a low kick there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex da Great dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
da Great connects with a high kick.
Stone misses with a looping right.
Stone misses with an uppercut. da Great saw that one coming.
da Great lands a front kick.
Stone takes a kick to the side of the head.
da Great dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stone. That did some damage!
Stone has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from da Great finds it's way round the side to connect with Stone's head.
da Great connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Stone takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Stone takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
da Great throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Good leg kick by da Great there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
da Great thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Stone if he has to take too many more of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stone takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Stone takes one on the chin but seems OK.
da Great jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
da Great throws a nice outside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Good leg kick by da Great there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
da Great is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stone can do to turn this around?
da Great connects with a nice looking jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for da Great.
A nice inside leg kick there by da Great. That's going to slow Stone down.
Jab from da Great.
da Great scores with a kick to the body.
Alex da Great is winning the standup battle so far.
da Great cracks Stone with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
da Great stuns Stone with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Stone has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from da Great.
Decent striking displayed by da Great there.
da Great throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Stone takes a shot right to the bread basket.
da Great throws a head kick that half lands.
da Great scores with a nice head shot.
Jab by da Great.
da Great lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by da Great.
Stone takes a shot right to the bread basket.
da Great thumps Stone with a low kick.
da Great works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Stone on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
da Great moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
da Great closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
da Great is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
da Great utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
da Great breaks from the clinch.
da Great lands with a hook. Stone tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
da Great dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stone. That did some damage!
Good exchange - da Great coming out on top.
Stone throws a shot from downtown. da Great moves away and avoids it.
da Great with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
da Great fakes the leg kick and cracks Stone in the body.
Stone looks to land a left hand but da Great moved out of range nicely.
da Great scores with a jab.
Stone on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by da Great. da Great obviously looking to wear him down.
Stone takes one on the chin but seems OK.
da Great lands with a kick to the temple. Stone shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
da Great connects with a high kick.
da Great lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stone's sensitive parts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
da Great closes the distance and pushes Stone back into the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for da Great.
da Great pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
da Great chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A thudding body kick lands there by da Great!
da Great throws a leg kick which misses Stone's front leg but catches the back leg as Stone tries to avoid it.
da Great fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Stone, pushing him back against the cage.
da Great breaks the clinch.
da Great delivers a nice body kick.
da Great lands a jab.
A good leg kick by da Great.
da Great throws a head kick that Stone semi-blocks.
da Great thuds his shin into the meat of Stone's side.
da Great gets a clinch.
da Great breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A decent looking cross lands there for da Great.
da Great lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
da Great bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Stone's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
da Great connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A decent looking body kick lands there for da Great.
A slapping leg kick lands for da Great.
Stone takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
da Great connects with a good right hand that stumbles Stone. Stone circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Stone thows a left - swing and a miss!
da Great with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Stone takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
da Great with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
da Great throws a nice inside leg kick.
da Great lands a head kick. Stone smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
da Great lands a head kick. Stone smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Stone might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
da Great connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Stone has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
da Great scores with a kick to the midsection.
da Great throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
da Great lands a lovely overhand right.
da Great scoring well with a low kick there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex da Great dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
da Great throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Stone's waist but Stone gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing da Great off to one side.
da Great bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
da Great scores with a punch to the head.
da Great moves away from the strike by Stone.
da Great throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
da Great scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stone doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice body kick from da Great.
Both fighters circling a little - da Great finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
da Great delivers a nice body kick.
da Great cracks Stone with a good jab.
da Great scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
da Great lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
da Great throws a good cross that connects.
da Great lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
da Great gets in close and instigates a clinch.
da Great is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
da Great landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
da Great using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
da Great working Stone over with knees to the body.
da Great breaks from the clinch.
da Great scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
da Great lands a front kick.
A good leg kick by da Great.
da Great rushes Stone and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
da Great lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from da Great.
Stone jumps guard but da Great stands there with Stone around his waist. Stone gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Stone being controlled against the cage.
Stone tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. da Great just stands there and leans against the cage.
da Great landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stone takes a knee right on the jaw!
da Great with a knee to the head.
da Great connects with a knee to the head.
da Great crunches a lovely knee into Stone's ribcage.
da Great landing knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from da Great.
da Great lands an elbow just above Stone 's eye.
Stone tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Alex da Great has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vic Stone.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. da Great obliges.
da Great crunches a lovely knee into Stone's ribcage.
Vic Stone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Stone jumps guard but da Great stands there with Stone around his waist. Stone gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
da Great working Stone over with knees to the body.
Stone jumps guard but da Great stands there with Stone around his waist. Stone gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Stone tries to pull guard but da Great won't allow it.
da Great is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
da Great lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
da Great landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stone jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as da Great walks away with a smile on his face. Stone gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
da Great keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stone.
da Great takes the fight into the clinch.
Stone jumps guard but da Great stands there with Stone around his waist. Stone gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
da Great putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stone in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
da Great scores with a knee to the head.
da Great connects with a knee to the head.
da Great leaning his opponent against the cage.
da Great working Stone over with knees to the body.
da Great using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone fails to pull the fight into his guard.
da Great lands a knee to the head.
da Great is pushing Stone up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Knees to the body from da Great.
Alex da Great has scored more points in the clinch so far.
da Great breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from da Great.
Stone throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and da Great counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
da Great with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
da Great pushes Stone up against the cage in a clinch.
da Great taking a breather.
Stone jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as da Great walks away with a smile on his face. Stone gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
da Great forces Stone back against the cage and clinches.
Stone tries to pull guard but da Great holds him up against the cage and eventually Stone drops back down to his feet.
Knees to the body from da Great.
Stone takes a knee to the side of the body.
da Great lands a good knee to the midsection. Stone won't want to take too many of those.
Stone takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stone tries to pull guard but da Great won't allow it.
Stone tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Knees in the clinch landing for da Great.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
da Great lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stone jumps guard but da Great stands there with Stone around his waist. Stone gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Stone jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as da Great walks away with a smile on his face. Stone gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Stone crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from da Great - the referee stops the clock and Stone gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says da Great. Stone manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
da Great closes the distance and clinches.
da Great breaks the clinch.
da Great scores with a punch to the head.
Stone takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A head kick from da Great lands but Stone takes it in his stride.
da Great moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
da Great scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
da Great connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
da Great closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
da Great comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
da Great landing knees to the head.
da Great landing some nice looking knees to the body.
da Great scores a nice knee to the body.
da Great with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees in the clinch landing for da Great.
da Great lands a damaging elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alex da Great showed his dominance in that final round.
Well da Great 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:24
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:24
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex da Great!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sorgi Kartov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jett Jaggers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kartov comes to the cage accompanied by The National Anthem of the Russian Federation. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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152 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sorgi Kartov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jett Jaggers!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kartov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kartov misses with a hook.
Sorgi Kartov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jaggers takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jaggers throws a jab but it's blocked by Kartov.
Kartov throws the kick towards the body but Jaggers avoids it.
Kartov lands with a shot to the body.
Kartov moves away from the strike by Jaggers.
Kartov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kartov scores with a nice right hand.
A lazy left from Kartov finds it's target.
Kartov takes a swing at Jaggers's ribcage but misses.
Kartov misses with a series of wild punches.
Kartov misses with a low kick.
Kartov thows a body shot but no joy.
Jaggers moves out of range as Kartov strikes.
Jaggers blocks a jab.
Kartov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jaggers.
Kartov misses with an uppercut. Jaggers saw that one coming.
Kartov misses with a hook. Jaggers ducked under it nicely.
Kartov misses the jab.
Jaggers misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kartov thuds his right hand into Jaggers's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kartov misses with a wild combination.
Kartov slips a jab from Jaggers.
Jaggers cracks Kartov with a good jab.
Kartov misses the shot to the body.
Kartov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A combination from Kartov does no damage.
Kartov just misses with a punch to the body.
Jaggers misses with a straight left.
Jaggers slips a jab from Kartov.
Kartov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Kartov.
Jaggers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jaggers ducks under a wild hook from Kartov.
Kartov lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kartov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jaggers manages to avoid it.
Kartov loads up on a big right hand but Jaggers slips the punch.
Jaggers connects with a single shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaggers punishes Kartov's body with a nice straight punch.
No joy there for Kartov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sorgi Kartov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jaggers ducks right into an uppercut from Kartov.
Jaggers misses with a hook.
Jaggers jabs Kartov right on the nose. Kartov blinks but takes it well.
Kartov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jaggers.
Jaggers shoots in and drives through. Kartov sprawls well.
Jaggers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jaggers is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Kartov's half guard.
Kartov slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jaggers scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jaggers content to stall in guard here.
Kartov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaggers throws a strike but Kartov rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kartov trying to control but Jaggers is working from the bottom.
Jaggers trying to control the position.
Jaggers is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Jaggers lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kartov!
Kartov tries to reverse the position but Jaggers maintains control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jaggers has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jaggers scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kartov?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kartov is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jaggers is landing with some decent strikes but Kartov is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jaggers landing strikes from the mount.
Kartov is bucking up trying to escape but Jaggers cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jaggers raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jaggers looking to secure an arm triangle but Kartov defends it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jett Jaggers dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Kartov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jaggers missing with a left hand there. Kartov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jaggers throws a looping overhand right but Kartov ducks down to avoid it.
Jaggers scores with a nice right hand.
Jaggers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kartov moves away.
A cross from Jaggers lands.
Kartov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jaggers.
Jaggers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kartov.
A big left from Kartov misses.
Jaggers defending well as Kartov loads up on a big left hand.
Kartov looks to throw the jab but Jaggers is out of range.
Kartov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jaggers sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jaggers fails with a takedown attempt.
Kartov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jaggers closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaggers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kartov.
Jaggers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kartov manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Kartov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jaggers takes one to the chin there.
Kartov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kartov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jaggers.
Jaggers throws a one two combo.
Kartov is rocked!
Kartov misses with a hook. Jaggers ducked under it nicely.
Jaggers throws a jab when Kartov was well out of range.
Kartov takes a swing at Jaggers's ribcage but misses.
Jaggers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kartov.
Jaggers slips under a jab from Kartov.
Jaggers looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jaggers misses with an uppercut. Kartov saw that one coming.
Kartov missing with a left hand there. Jaggers was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jaggers takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kartov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kartov wants to land a leg kick but Jaggers is out of range.
Kartov misses with a jab to the body
and Jaggers counters with a nice body shot.
Kartov lands a slapping body shot.
Kartov tries to land a front kick but Jaggers steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kartov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jaggers.
Some wild striking there from Kartov.
Kartov throws a jab when Jaggers was well out of range.
Jaggers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kartov moves away.
Nice uppercut lands for Jaggers. That snapped Kartov's head back.
Jaggers throws a hook to the side of Kartov's head but Kartov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kartov takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kartov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kartov scores with a nice head shot.
Jaggers ducks under a wild hook from Kartov.
Kartov lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Kartov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Kartov.
Kartov throws a jab when Jaggers was well out of range.
Jaggers moves forwards but Kartov connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kartov looks to land a right hand but Jaggers moved out of range.
Kartov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jaggers throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Kartov was covering up waiting for the punch and Jaggers finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Kartov being controlled here, momentarily.
Jaggers stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Kartov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jaggers.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kartov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jaggers gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kartov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jaggers.
Kartov throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fighters circling - Kartov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kartov throws out a loose jab but Jaggers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kartov lands with a nice body punch.
Kartov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jaggers.
Jaggers connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jaggers shoots for a takedown but Kartov saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sorgi Kartov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jett Jaggers.
Jaggers displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kartov throws out the jab.
Jaggers gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kartov.
Kartov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jaggers manages to avoid it.
Jaggers looks to land a left hand but Kartov moved out of range nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kartov throws a combination. Jaggers tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kartov throws a right and a left that Jaggers avoids nicely.
Kartov moves away from the strike by Jaggers.
A punch lands to the side of Jaggers 's head but he takes it in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jett Jaggers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Jaggers ducks under a wild hook from Kartov.
Kartov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jaggers's hands.
Kartov takes a swing at Jaggers's ribcage but misses.
Kartov moves out of range of the strikes.
Jaggers takes a swing at Kartov's ribcage but misses.
Kartov slips under a jab.
A jab lands there for Jaggers.
Jaggers loads up on a big right hand but Kartov slips the punch.
A combination from Kartov does no damage.
A big right from Jaggers misses.
Kartov throws a jab but it's blocked by Jaggers.
Jaggers thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jaggers takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jaggers throws the left hand but Kartov avoids the punch easily.
Kartov misses with a body shot.
Kartov ducks under a wild hook from Jaggers.
Jaggers closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Kartov did well to prevent Jaggers getting side control.
Jaggers trying to control from half guard but Kartov is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kartov looking for submissions off his back.
Jaggers is looking to stall here but Kartov recovers full guard.
Kartov is looking to sweep but instead, Jaggers has passed into half guard.
Kartov avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jaggers.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Kartov looks like he's trying to stand up.
Jaggers landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jaggers decides to stand and escape the position.
Jaggers lands a jab to the nose.
Jaggers throws a right and a left that Kartov avoids nicely.
Jaggers takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kartov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kartov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jaggers throws a big shot that misses.
Jaggers lands a nice shot to the body.
Kartov on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaggers scores with the left hand. Kartov knows he should have avoided that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kartov. Jaggers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kartov comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jaggers throws a jab but it's blocked by Kartov.
Kartov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kartov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jaggers throws out the jab.
Jaggers misses with an uppercut.
Jett Jaggers seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jaggers has a takedown stuffed.
Jaggers throws an overhand right that lands on Kartov's shoulder, as Kartov tries to avoid the shot.
Jaggers throws a jab when Kartov was well out of range.
Kartov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jaggers looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Jaggers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jaggers seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kartov does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Sorgi Kartov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jett Jaggers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaggers is looking to stall here but Kartov recovers full guard.
Kartov wants to stand but Jaggers is controlling the position.
Jaggers stands up from Kartov's guard - Jaggers perhaps looking for a knockout.
Kartov keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jaggers bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kartov's head.
Kartov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jaggers.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jett Jaggers comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jaggers has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jett Jaggers!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andre Battle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and alex fili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Battle comes to the cage accompanied by Break Stuff. Andre Battle could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to alex fili's chin.
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26
275 lbs
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255 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andre Battle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, alex fili!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
fili thows a body shot but no joy.
Battle lands with a right hand.
It looks like alex fili has been cut.
fili swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Battle.
The fighters circling - Battle throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
fili drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
fili prevents Battle from getting back to his feet.
Battle can't keep his opponent in guard - fili advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Battle is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but fili pulls his head out easily.
fili in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Battle tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from fili!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). alex fili!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sing Ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoshihiro Takaya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ali comes to the cage accompanied by Prince Ali - Reprise. Takaya is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jimi Hendrix - All along the Watchtower. Sing Ali could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Yoshihiro Takaya's chin.
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152 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sing Ali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yoshihiro Takaya!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takaya scores a takedown into full mount!
Takaya looking to finish with strikes here!
Takaya throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Takaya can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ali is looking to escape.
Takaya thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Takaya throws a wild left hand from mount and Ali manages to wriggle his way back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takaya trying to control from half guard but Ali is working away.
Takaya slows the pace down in half guard.
Ali really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Takaya trying to advance position but Ali counters by regaining guard.
Takaya has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Takaya with a flurry of punches that miss.
Takaya pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ali is keeping the position for now.
Ali keeping moving, preventing Takaya from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takaya stays in close to Ali's body and controls the position.
Takaya working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ali keeping moving, preventing Takaya from controlling successfully.
Takaya might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Ali kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Takaya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ali manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ali keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ali avoids a punch combination nicely.
Takaya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ali.
Ali looks to land a combination. Takaya sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Takaya throws a body punch but Ali moves out of range.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ali lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Yoshihiro Takaya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Takaya throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sing Ali dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Takaya circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ali lands a right hook to the body.
Sing Ali is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ali has closed the distance and engaged Takaya in a clinch.
Ali digs a right hand underneath Takaya's ribcage. Takaya let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Takaya stalling.
Ali dodges an elbow strike from Takaya.
Takaya swings wildly with an uppercut but Ali uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hand to the body from Ali.
Ali lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Takaya.
A short right from Ali.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ali.
Ali prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ali lands a body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Ali.
Takaya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ali avoids it.
Ali gets through Takaya's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ali tries to throw a body punch but Takaya avoids it by throwing Ali back against the cage.
Takaya blocks an uppercut.
Ali lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Ali - that landed with a thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Ali - that landed with a thud.
Takaya is breathing heavily.
Ali pushes Takaya back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ali prevents a body shot from Takaya.
Ali is trying to break the clinch but Takaya is controlling him.
Takaya can't find room to land a body shot as Ali controls the action.
Takaya misses with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Ali.
Ali lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Takaya.
Ali lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Still in the clinch, Ali scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short left from Ali.
Ali swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ali is working Takaya over against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ali creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ali lands a shot to the body.
Ali blocks an uppercut.
Takaya is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ali is keeping busy.
Takaya is trying to force a seperation but Ali has the dominant position.
Still in the clinch, Ali scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ali is working Takaya over against the cage.
Ali prevents Takaya from breaking the clinch.
Ali lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ali lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Ali - that landed with a thud.
Ali lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali lands a body punch.
Ali scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nice body punch from Ali - that landed with a thud.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ali.
Ali's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ali tries to clinch but Takaya moves out of range.
Takaya takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ali tries to clinch up.
Ali moves out of range of the strikes.
Ali avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Takaya fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Takaya fails to land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takaya misses with a double jab
and Ali connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sing Ali is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ali fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ali tries to clinch up but Takaya circles away and keeps his distance.
Takaya throws a big shot that misses.
Ali misses with a body shot.
Ali is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Ali wants to clinch up but Takaya keeps it at a distance.
Ali looks to land a combination. Takaya sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ali works the jab nicely.
Takaya keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Takaya drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Takaya stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ali swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ali will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Takaya wants to control from the top but Ali keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sing Ali dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Ali keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ali is looking to clinch.
Takaya looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Ali!
Takaya tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Takaya wants to control the pace but Ali is squirming around nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takaya tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ali wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Takaya.
Takaya with the ground and pound from mount.
Ali has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Takaya's lack of action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali is refusing to be controlled, as Takaya sits in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Yoshihiro Takaya.
Takaya jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ali tries to clinch up but Takaya circles away and keeps his distance.
Takaya scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ali doesn't manage to clinch there - Takaya circles away.
Takaya scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ali won't allow Takaya to pass to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali is refusing to be controlled, as Takaya sits in half guard.
Ali avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Takaya.
Takaya is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Ali is staying active underneath Takaya, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Yoshihiro Takaya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ali is looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Takaya trying to control the pace.
Takaya wants to free his trapped foot but Ali is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Takaya fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sing Ali is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Takaya misses with a combination
enabling Ali to counter with a crisp jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yoshihiro Takaya comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ali 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sing Ali!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Wells (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Evans's choice of entrance music: Zemitan. Chris Wells has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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289 lbs
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270 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Wells!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Evans!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Wells throws a right and a left that Evans avoids nicely.
Evans swings for the body but Wells moves out of range.
Evans misses with a straight right.
Wells throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Evans slips a jab and a cross from Wells.
Wells misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Evans.
Evans takes one on the chin but seems OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Evans throws a hook but Wells blocks it.
A punch combination from Wells misses.
Wells connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Evans looks gassed!
Wells fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Evans looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wells scores with a push kick.
Wells lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wells throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wells scores with a shot to the body.
Wells looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wells scores with a head kick.
Wells uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Evans has time to react.
Evans misses with a hook. Wells ducked under it nicely.
Wells thuds his right hand into Evans's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wells throws a shot from downtown. Evans moves away and avoids it.
Wells throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wells lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evans uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wells.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans thows a body shot but no joy.
Wells scores with a one two! Evans had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wells misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wells moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Wells jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Chris Wells seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wells throws a right hand that Evans ducks under and follows up with a left that Evans also avoids with ease.
Wells throws a right hand that Evans ducks under and follows up with a left that Evans also avoids with ease.
The fighters circling - Wells throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Evans fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wells manages to avoid it.
Evans throws a big shot that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Evans. Wells does a little dance to reset his feet.
Evans on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wells. Wells obviously looking to wear him down.
Wells throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Evans.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Evans.
Wells shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Evans throws a hook to the side of Wells's head but Wells sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A shot to the body from Evans misses
and Wells counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wells moves out of range of the strikes.
Wells attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Evans walks into a jab.
Wells throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wells works Evans's body with a nice hook.
Evans is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A shot to the body from Evans misses
and Wells counters with a leg kick.
Wells avoids the body shot from Evans.
Wells thows a body shot but no joy.
Evans is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Wells rather than just go for the knockout.
Wells throws a wild body kick that Evans sees coming a mile off.
Wells uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Evans.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Evans digs a good body shot into Wells's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wells displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Evans throws out the jab.
Evans lands a jab to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Wells dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Wells bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Evans bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Wells's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wells. Evans does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wells uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Evans.
Evans keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wells.
Evans connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Wells momentarily.
Evans misses with an uppercut. Wells saw that one coming.
Evans throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wells.
Wells tries to score with a low kick but Evans moves his leg out of the way.
Evans throws a body punch but Wells moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wells looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans slips under a jab from Wells.
Wells throws a head kick but Evans moves out of range.
Wells uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Evans.
Evans looks to score with a jab to the body but Wells is just out of range.
Evans misses the shot to the body.
Evans throws a big shot that misses.
Evans ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wells moves away.
Wells ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Evans throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chris Wells is winning the standup battle so far.
Evans slips a straight right by Wells.
Evans jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Evans uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
It looks like Chris Wells has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wells bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wells uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Evans.
Evans scores with a sloppy right hand. Wells should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab from Evans.
Wells takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Some wild striking there from Evans.
Evans thuds a left hand into Wells's body.
Evans slips under a jab from Wells.
Chris Wells is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Evans scores with a three punch combo!
Wells staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wells moves away.
Evans missing with a left hand there. Wells was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wells throws a wild body kick that Evans sees coming a mile off.
Wells bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Evans lands a left and a right that send Wells crashing to the mat, dazed. Evans thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Wells takes one to the chin there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wells slips a straight right by Evans.
Evans checks a low kick from Wells.
Evans scores with a shot to the body.
Evans drops Wells with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Wells looks back up at him and smiles so Evans waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Wells on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans lands a nice looking body shot.
Evans keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Evans. Wells does a little dance to reset his feet.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Evans.
Evans is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Evans sends Wells crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Evans is motioning to the referee to let Wells up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Evans missing with a left hand there. Wells was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Evans lands a big uppercut and Wells crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Wells looks OK. Evans waves Wells back to his feet!
Wells is rocked!
Evans steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Wells is out on his feet! Evans sets himself and nearly takes Wells's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Richard Evans!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Markov Jankovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Dean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dean has chosen Eminence Front as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Markov Jankovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Billy Dean!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick there by Dean.
Jankovic is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dean moves into the clinch.
Dean's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dean works Jankovic's body with a nice hook.
Dean with a hook.
Jankovic stuffs the takedown.
Dean scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dean moves into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Dean.
Dean with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dean leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dean lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dean lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Markov Jankovic has been cut.
Jankovic takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Dean.
Dean gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dean lands a nice short elbow.
Dean is trying to control the action in half guard but Jankovic is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Jankovic on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Dean works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jankovic is trying to stand up.
Dean scoring with strikes but Jankovic is staying in there.
Dean cracks Jankovic with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jankovic takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jankovic is in a horrible position here. Dean smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Dean unloading with bombs!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jankovic's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Jankovic is looking to get to half guard.
The referee warns Jankovic that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jankovic knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dean on the ground.
Dean scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dean fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dean lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jankovic hang on?
Jankovic is bucking up trying to escape but Dean cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Dean.
Dean landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jankovic wants to try and get back to his feet.
Dean landing punches.
Dean landing punches.
Jankovic is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Dean lands a heavy elbow.
Jankovic taking shots to the head.
Jankovic is rocked!
Dean prevents Jankovic from getting the reversal.
Jankovic takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Oh Jankovic is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dean drops a big elbow. That's hurt Jankovic! More shots from Dean and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy Dean!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Esko Nikkari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bud Spencer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nikkari kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Koto - Jabdah . Spencer has chosen Banana Joe Theme as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 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
16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Esko Nikkari!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bud Spencer!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spencer misses with a body shot.
Nikkari keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nikkari tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spencer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Spencer lands a jab to the nose.
It looks like Esko Nikkari has been cut.
Spencer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nikkari walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Spencer checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Spencer takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Spencer staying out of range there.
A solid body kick from Nikkari.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spencer connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nikkari explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Spencer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Spencer wants to clinch up but Nikkari keeps it at a distance.
Nikkari keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice body kick there by Nikkari.
Spencer looks gassed!
No luck for Spencer with that takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spencer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Good leg kick by Nikkari there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Spencer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spencer misses with a hook.
Nikkari tries to clinch up.
Nikkari throws a leg kick but Spencer checks it.
Nikkari throws a leg kick which misses Spencer's front leg but catches the back leg as Spencer tries to avoid it.
Nikkari throws a nice inside leg kick.
Spencer walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nikkari lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nikkari wants to clinch up but Spencer keeps it at a distance.
Spencer avoids the head kick by Nikkari.
Nikkari throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spencer avoids the head kick by Nikkari.
Spencer shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nikkari.
Esko Nikkari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nikkari lands a nice shot that snaps Spencer's head back.
A good leg kick by Nikkari.
Nikkari misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Spencer.
Nikkari lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nikkari throws a solid leg kick but Spencer takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nikkari.
Nikkari tries to clinch up but Spencer circles away and keeps his distance.
Nikkari scoring well with a low kick there.
Nikkari lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nikkari throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nikkari fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Spencer looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nikkari throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nikkari throws a head kick but Spencer moves out of range.
Nikkari buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nikkari throws a big shot that misses.
Nikkari tries to land a front kick but Spencer steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nikkari, right into the meat.
Spencer moves out of range as Nikkari throws a body kick.
Nikkari misses with a wild combination.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Spencer crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Nikkari - the referee stops the clock and Spencer gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Nikkari. Spencer manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Spencer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nikkari throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nikkari lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nikkari misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nikkari jabs at Spencer's body.
Spencer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nikkari fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nikkari looks to score with a jab to the body but Spencer is just out of range.
Nikkari throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spencer dives in and grabs Nikkari's left leg, looking for a takedown. Nikkari pushes down on Spencer's head and hops out.
Esko Nikkari has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bud Spencer.
Spencer takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nikkari throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nikkari pushes Spencer away with a front kick.
Nikkari cracks Spencer with an open hand slap.
Nikkari fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Spencer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Esko Nikkari dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Esko Nikkari's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Nikkari fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nikkari scores with a leg kick.
Spencer defending well as Nikkari loads up on a big left hand.
Spencer fails with the takedown.
An inside leg kick lands from Nikkari.
Spencer defending well as Nikkari loads up on a big left hand.
Nikkari pushes Spencer up against the cage in a clinch.
Nikkari throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Spencers head.
Spencer is looking to control Nikkari's arms but Nikkari gets an underhook and turns him. Now Spencer has his back to the cage.
Nikkari tries to land knees in the clinch but Spencer avoids the damage to the body.
Spencer is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nikkari connects with a knee to the head.
Spencer is breathing heavily.
Nikkari misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nikkari tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Spencer blocks an uppercut.
Spencer takes a shot to the head.
Spencer manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nikkari lands a right hand that snaps the head of Spencer backwards.
Spencer's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nikkari tries to land knees in the clinch but Spencer avoids the damage to the body.
Nikkari landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nikkari scores with a shot to the side of Spencer's head.
Nikkari lands with a left to the head.
Spencer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nikkari unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nikkari tries to land a knee to the head but Spencer blocks with his arms.
Nikkari tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Spencer takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nikkari trying to land knees to the body.
Spencer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nikkari tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Spencer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nikkari with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Spencer to score with a decent uppercut.
Esko Nikkari is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Nikkari misses.
Spencer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Spencer misses with a wild body shot.
Spencer is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Nikkari rather than just go for the knockout.
Nikkari fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nikkari blocks a jab.
Spencer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A lazy left from Spencer finds it's target.
Nikkari lands a front kick.
Spencer throws a lazy right hand but Nikkari sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jab, jab by Nikkari - just one landing.
Nikkari throws a nice head kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spencer tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spencer shoots in for a takedown but Nikkari shows good takedown defense.
Some bone on bone action there as Spencer checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nikkari stuffs the takedown attempt from Spencer. Spencer gets slowly back to his feet.
Esko Nikkari has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bud Spencer.
Spencer throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nikkari throws a nice inside leg kick.
A low kick from Nikkari is predictable there
and Spencer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Spencer darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nikkari.
Nikkari with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nikkari buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nikkari scores with a jab.
Nikkari sizes up Spencer with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Spencer has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Nikkari.
An inside leg kick lands from Nikkari.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nikkari scores with a hook to the body. Spencer takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nikkari pushes Spencer up against the cage in a clinch.
Spencer is trying desperately to land a takedown but Nikkari is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Spencer.
Spencer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nikkari with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nikkari with a knee to the head.
A short right from Nikkari.
Nikkari is working Spencer over against the cage.
Nikkari throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Spencer blocks it with crossed arms.
Nikkari misses with a knee strike.
Nikkari working some nice short punches in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spencer throws a head punch that misses.
Nikkari throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Spencer blocks it with crossed arms.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A knee to the head by Nikkari.
Spencer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Nikkari here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Spencer slows down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Esko Nikkari dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Esko Nikkari's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nikkari throws a looping overhand right but Spencer ducks down to avoid it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nikkari.
Nikkari throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nikkari rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Spencer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nikkari connects with a right hand. Spencer shakes it off.
Nikkari tries to clinch but Spencer is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nikkari throws a jab when Spencer was well out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nikkari ducks under a wild hook from Spencer.
Spencer uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Nikkari has time to react.
Spencer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nikkari. That did some damage!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nikkari lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Spencer tests Nikkari's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nikkari. That's going to slow Spencer down.
Spencer shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A swing and a miss from Spencer.
Spencer takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nikkari fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spencer manages to avoid it.
Nikkari lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Spencer has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The fighters circling - Spencer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A punch lands to the side of Nikkari 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Spencer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nikkari manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nikkari wants to clinch.
Spencer staying out of range there.
Nikkari tries to work over Spencer's front leg with a kick but Spencer checks it.
Nikkari throws a wild body kick that Spencer sees coming a mile off.
Spencer walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nikkari fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Spencer checks it well.
Spencer needs to keep his hands up - Nikkari had a free shot at his head there.
A cross from Nikkari lands.
Spencer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nikkari.
Nikkari tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nikkari avoids the body shot from Spencer.
Nikkari misses with an uppercut.
Spencer checks the leg kick nicely there.
Spencer throws a head kick but Nikkari moves out of range.
A jab from Nikkari finds it's way through Spencer's defenses.
Nikkari keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spencer throws a predictable looking body shot
and Nikkari counters with a good low kick that Spencer was not able to check.
Nikkari misses with a hook. Spencer ducked under it nicely.
Nikkari feints and then cracks Spencer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Spencer down.
Esko Nikkari is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nikkari avoids the body shot from Spencer.
Nikkari scores with a leg kick.
Spencer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nikkari sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nikkari connects with a right hand. Spencer shakes it off.
Nikkari lands a right hook to the body.
Nikkari throws a sloppy head kick and Spencer moves out of range easily.
Spencer dodges the punch combination from Nikkari.
Nikkari on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nikkari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Spencer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Spencer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nikkari paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nikkari throws a leg kick
and Spencer counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spencer in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Esko Nikkari did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Esko Nikkari's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nikkari tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nikkari.
Nikkari is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Spencer can do to turn this around?
Spencer gets the takedown into side control.
Spencer working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Spencer works to advance to full mount. Nikkari defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Spencer controlling the position easily from mount.
Nikkari is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Spencer is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Spencer prevents Nikkari from getting the reversal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spencer lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Nikkari is trying to stand.
Nikkari takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Spencer throwing strikes here but Nikkari is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Spencer lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Spencer content just to control the position here.
Spencer in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spencer throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Spencer misses with a head shot.
Spencer trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Spencer throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Spencer thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Spencer thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Spencer is trying to control here but Nikkari has managed to regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spencer moves nicely into side control.
Spencer advances nicely into full mount.
Nikkari is in a horrible position here. Spencer smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Spencer breaks from Nikkari's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Spencer scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nikkari?
Spencer thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spencer throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Spencer misses with a head shot.
Spencer sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Nikkari is desperately trying to improve his position but Spencer has a good base and remains in mount.
Spencer misses with a head shot.
Spencer looking to finish Nikkari with some ground and pound. This is bad for Nikkari!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nikkari is desperately trying to improve his position but Spencer has a good base and remains in mount.
Spencer looking to finish Nikkari with some ground and pound. This is bad for Nikkari!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bud Spencer dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Esko Nikkari's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Nikkari misses with a series of wild punches.
Nikkari looks to clinch
and Spencer counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nikkari takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Spencer.
Spencer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nikkari.
Spencer throws a looping overhand right but Nikkari ducks down to avoid it.
Spencer throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nikkari counters with a straight right hand.
Spencer tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nikkari scoring well with a low kick there.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Nikkari misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Spencer misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spencer checks a leg kick.
Spencer takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nikkari, as that shot connected.
Spencer shoots in for a takedown but Nikkari shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nikkari tries to clinch up.
Spencer slips under a jab from Nikkari.
Spencer blocks a leg kick.
Spencer scores with a jab to the head.
Spencer lands a nice shot to the body.
Nikkari scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Spencer.
Nikkari tries to clinch but Spencer moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spencer just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Nikkari.
Spencer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nikkari darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Spencer misses with a looping left.
Nikkari lands with a thumping leg kick.
Spencer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice straight punches there by Spencer. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Spencer.
Nikkari thuds a left hand into Spencer's body.
Nikkari throws a head kick but Spencer moves out of range.
Nikkari thows a leg kick but Spencer checks it
and Spencer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nikkari takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spencer throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nikkari's waist but Nikkari gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Spencer off to one side.
Esko Nikkari has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bud Spencer.
Spencer darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Nikkari blocking the ground and pound attempt from Spencer.
Spencer trying to control from half guard but Nikkari is working away.
Spencer throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nikkari is trying to stand.
Bud Spencer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spencer thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Spencer controlling the action here.
Spencer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nikkari keeps working.
Spencer stalling away here and it's allowed Nikkari to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nikkari throws a low kick but Spencer avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bud Spencer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Nikkari has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 48:47
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 48:47
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Esko Nikkari!
Esko Nikkari retains his heavyweight title!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leroy Bater (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Larkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larkin has chosen I'm Shipping Up To Boston as his entrance music. Leroy Bater could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ryan Larkin's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leroy Bater!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Larkin!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bater blocks a jab.
Bater cracks Larkin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bater avoids a kick to the body.
Larkin moves away from the strike by Bater.
Larkin throws a right hand that Bater ducks under and follows up with a left that Bater also avoids with ease.
Larkin misses with a two punch combination.
Bater shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bater throws a jab but it's blocked by Larkin.
Larkin slips a jab and a cross from Bater.
Bater tries to bum rush Larkin with a series of wild strikes but Larkin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Larkin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bater throws a shot to the body.
Larkin jabs Bater right on the nose. Bater blinks but takes it well.
The fighters circling - Bater throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice straight punches there by Bater. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bater.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larkin misses the jab.
Larkin gets a clinch.
Larkin tries to work over Bater's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Larkin scores with a hook to the body.
Bater slows down the pace here.
Bater swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Larkin is working Bater over against the cage.
Bater working aggressively here.
Larkin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nice body punch from Larkin.
Bater struggles to land a body shot inside as Larkin controls his hands.
Bater leaning his opponent against the cage.
Larkin avoiding damage.
A shot in the inside from Larkin.
Bater lands with a light punch inside.
Larkin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larkin taking a breather.
Larkin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bater is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Larkin creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Bater's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Bater drops to his knees and Larkin pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Larkin!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Darwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Keynes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keynes has chosen Concerto for Four Violins in B minor 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, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charles Darwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Keynes!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darwin throws a hook to the side of Keynes's head but Keynes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Darwin misses with a low kick.
Keynes throws a series of strikes that have Darwin backpedaling.
It looks like Charles Darwin has been cut.
Keynes pushes Darwin away with a front kick.
Darwin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Darwin gets caught flat footed, as Keynes shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darwin is trying to keep Keynes in close.
Keynes trying to control the position from guard on top but Darwin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Darwin wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Darwin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keynes trying to control but Darwin is working from the bottom.
Darwin wants to hit a switch here but Keynes passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Darwin there!
Keynes with shots to the head and body - Darwin looks very uncomfortable down there.
Darwin tries to lock up and control but Keynes gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keynes trying to control but Darwin is having none of it.
Keynes goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Darwin is on top in guard.
Darwin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keynes is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Darwin's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Darwin wants to control from the top but Keynes keeps moving.
Keynes is looking for a triangle but Darwin pushes his legs off easily.
Darwin looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Darwin wants to stand but Keynes is controlling his posture from full guard.
Keynes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Keynes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Charles Darwin's cut.
That's time! Darwin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Keynes throws a push kick but Darwin slaps the foot to one side.
Keynes works over Darwin's head and body with a nice combination.
Darwin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Keynes.
Darwin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Keynes.
Darwin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Keynes.
Darwin throws out a loose jab but Keynes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darwin throws a head kick that Keynes semi-blocks.
It looks like John Keynes has been cut.
Keynes missing with a left hand there. Darwin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Darwin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Darwin throws out a loose jab but Keynes uses good head movement to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Keynes misses the target.
Darwin checks a leg kick.
Darwin staying out of range there.
Keynes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keynes throws a leg kick but Darwin checks it.
Keynes moves out of range as Darwin strikes.
Nice sprawl there from Darwin as Keynes shoots in.
Keynes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Darwin.
Darwin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Keynes is breathing heavily.
Darwin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Darwin stuns Keynes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keynes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Keynes misses its intended target.
Darwin scores with a shot to the body.
Keynes staying out of range there.
Darwin misses with a body kick.
Darwin bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darwin lands with a straight right. Keynes didn't see that one coming.
Good leg kick by Darwin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Darwin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Keynes's sensitive parts.
Darwin throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Keynes counters with a single leg into guard. Darwin didn't expect that.
Darwin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Keynes is one step ahead there.
Darwin wants to stand but Keynes is controlling the position.
Keynes trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Darwin manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darwin trying to control the position from guard on top but Keynes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Darwin has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Keynes is proving hard to escape from.
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.
Darwin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Keynes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Darwin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keynes.
Darwin moves into range and connects with a jab.
Darwin wants to slow Keynes down by chopping away at his legs.
Darwin looks to land a left hand but Keynes moved out of range nicely.
Keynes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Keynes tries a head kick but it misses.
Keynes misses with a low kick.
Darwin throws a low kick, looking for Keynes's leg but Keynes calmly moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Darwin dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Keynes shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Darwin sprawls well. Darwin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Keynes gets slowly back to his feet.
Keynes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Keynes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Darwin. That did some damage!
Darwin looks to land a right hand but Keynes moved out of range.
Keynes throws a jab when Darwin was well out of range.
Darwin throws a hook but Keynes avoids it easily.
Darwin misses with a looping right.
Darwin lands a slapping body shot.
Keynes connects with a right hand. Darwin shakes it off.
Keynes with a jab.
Darwin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Keynes counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Keynes as he connects with a hook.
Charles Darwin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Keynes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Darwin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Keynes.
Keynes misses with a straight left.
A swing and a miss from Darwin.
Keynes misses with a straight right.
Darwin throws a hook to the side of Keynes's head but Keynes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
John Keynes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Keynes is looking to slow Darwin down with leg kicks.
Keynes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Darwin misses with an uppercut.
A slapping leg kick lands for Keynes.
Keynes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darwin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Keynes moves away from the strike by Darwin.
Keynes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Darwin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Keynes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Darwin was well out of range. Poor timing from Keynes.
Darwin takes a swing at Keynes's ribcage but misses.
Darwin misses with an uppercut. Keynes saw that one coming.
Keynes shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Keynes wants to pass the guard but Darwin is keeping the position.
Keynes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Darwin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darwin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Darwin keeping moving, preventing Keynes from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Darwin is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Keynes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Darwin backwards.
Darwin swings wildly with an uppercut but Keynes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Keynes misses with the head strike.
Keynes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Keynes.
A right hand to the body from Keynes.
Keynes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Darwin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Darwin swings wildly with an uppercut but Keynes uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Keynes fails to land.
A short uppercut from Darwin.
Darwin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Darwin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Darwin lands a shot to the body.
Darwin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Darwin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Darwin throws a head punch that misses.
Darwin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Darwin blocks an uppercut.
Keynes drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Darwin gets the underhooks and prevents it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Keynes really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Darwin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Darwin.
Darwin loads up on a big right hand but Keynes slips the punch.
A low kick from Darwin misses
and Keynes counters with an outside leg kick.
Darwin misses with a looping right.
Keynes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Darwin misses with a hook.
Keynes is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Darwin throws a jab but it's blocked by Keynes.
Keynes takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darwin lands with a right hand.
Darwin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Darwin throws a hook to the side of Keynes's head but Keynes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Darwin tries a head kick but it misses.
Darwin lands a nice shot to the body.
Darwin throws a body kick that misses.
A low kick from Keynes is predictable there
letting Darwin counter with a right hand.
Darwin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Darwin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Darwin takes a swing at Keynes's ribcage but misses.
Darwin throws a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darwin connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keynes looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Darwin throws a head kick that misses
and Keynes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Keynes avoids the body shot from Darwin.
Darwin avoids the head kick by Keynes.
Keynes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Darwin throws a leg kick but Keynes sees it coming and moves out of range.
Darwin lands a head kick. Keynes smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Darwin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Keynes is out of range.
Charles Darwin is winning the standup battle so far.
Keynes moves out of range as Darwin strikes.
Keynes throws a body punch but Darwin moves out of range.
Darwin misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Darwin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Keynes checks a low kick from Darwin.
Darwin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Darwin tries a low kick but Keynes avoids it.
Keynes lands a really nice looking cross but Darwin seems unphased.
Keynes throws a sloppy head kick
and Darwin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Darwin tries a head kick but it misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Darwin.
Keynes scores with a leg kick.
A jab from Darwin misses.
Decent striking displayed by Keynes there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keynes throws a head kick that half lands.
Darwin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Darwin has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Darwin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Keynes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Darwin moves away.
Keynes slips under a jab from Darwin.
Darwin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Keynes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Keynes sizes up Darwin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Keynes cracks Darwin with an open hand slap.
Darwin stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Darwin wants it to stay on the feet.
Darwin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Darwin had his way with John Keynes in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Keynes lands a glancing blow to the side of Darwin's head.
Keynes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Keynes tried to score with a low kick but Darwin checks it.
Darwin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Darwin stuffs the takedown attempt from Keynes. Keynes gets slowly back to his feet.
Darwin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Keynes throws a nice head kick!
Keynes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Darwin throws the kick towards the body but Keynes avoids it.
Darwin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Keynes throws a lazy body kick
and Darwin counters with a good low kick that Keynes was not able to check.
Keynes is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darwin throws a lazy right hand but Keynes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Darwin throws a shot from downtown. Keynes moves away and avoids it.
Darwin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Darwin walks into a jab.
Darwin throws a low kick but it's checked well by Keynes.
Keynes works the jab nicely.
Keynes thows a body shot but no joy.
Keynes lands a nice looking body shot.
A low kick from Darwin is predictable there
and Keynes counters with a nice leg kick.
Darwin throws a leg kick that is checked
and Keynes makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Keynes throws a quick inside leg kick.
Keynes thows a body kick. Darwin tries to catch it but that hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Keynes - just one landing.
Darwin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Darwin looks to land a left hand but Keynes moved out of range nicely.
Keynes throws a series of punches but Darwin moves out of range.
Darwin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Darwin throws a jab when Keynes was well out of range.
Darwin throws a sloppy head kick
and Keynes finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Keynes gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Darwin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Keynes thuds a left hand into Darwin's body.
Keynes fakes the leg kick and cracks Darwin in the body.
Keynes throws a sloppy head kick and Darwin moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Keynes is defended easily by Darwin.
A combination from Darwin does no damage.
Keynes throws a sloppy head kick
and Darwin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Keynes, right into the meat.
Jab by Keynes.
Keynes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A lazy body kick from Darwin
and Keynes counters with a two punch combo.
Keynes digs a good hook to Darwin's body.
Darwin throws a leg kick that is checked
and Keynes counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darwin looks to score with a jab to the body but Keynes is just out of range.
Keynes connects with a body shot.
Keynes cracks Darwin with a right hand to the side of the head.
Keynes uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Darwin has time to react.
A shot to the body from Darwin misses
and Keynes counters with a right hand to the body.
Keynes cracks the inside of Darwin's front leg.
A low kick from Darwin is predictable there
and Keynes counters with a right hand to the body.
Keynes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Darwin's calf.
Darwin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Keynes connects with a body shot.
Darwin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Keynes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Keynes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Keynes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 47:48
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 47:48
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Keynes!
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