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MMMA Kings of Madness 11(WW) PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mete Mete Hill (ranked 6090 p4p, 5723 weight class) and Vicente Guevara (ranked 563 p4p, 534 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mete Mete Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vicente Guevara!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hill tries to clinch but Guevara moves out of range.
Hill clinches with his opponent.
Guevara breaks from the clinch.
No joy there for Guevara, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hill is looking to counter the offense by Guevara and move into the clinch.
Hill stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Guevara.
Hill moves into range and clinches up with Guevara.
Guevara is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hill is keeping busy.
Hill breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hill moves into the clinch successfully.
Guevara blocks the elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hill has Guevara pushed against the cage.
Hill has Guevara pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Guevara manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Hill is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Guevara pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Guevara lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
 It looks like Mete Mete Hill has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guevara slowing the pace effectively.
Hill cracks Guevara with a nice body shot.
Hill drops down looking for an ankle pick but Guevara pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mete Mete Hill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Guevara thuds his right hand into Hill's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Guevara with the inside leg kick.
Guevara looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hill takes one on the button.
A lazy body kick from Guevara
and Hill counters with a three punch combo that has Guevara backing up. Guevara nods at Hill to acknowledge the strikes.
Guevara throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Guevara throws a one two combo.
Hill fails with the takedown.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hill fails with the takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guevara is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Guevara tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hill manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Guevara misses with the combination.
Guevara scores with a three punch combo!
Nice straight punches there by Guevara. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Guevara.
Guevara throws a right and a left that both miss.
As Guevara tries to get set, Hill tries to push him back and clinch up but Guevara manages to avoid the attempt.
Hill misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Vicente Guevara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hill on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill has Guevara up against the cage in a clinch.
Hill taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hill tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Guevara smiles and moves away.
Guevara scores with a decent looking hook.
 Hill is rocked!
No joy there for Guevara, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hill tried to counter with a leg kick but Guevara avoided it.
Guevara swinging wildly here.
Hill walks into a straight right hand from Guevara.
Oh Hill is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Guevara cracks a nice hook into Hill's ribs.
Hill seems to have got his legs back now.
Hill slips a straight right by Guevara.
Hill tries to close the distance and clinch up but Guevara swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guevara moves in looking to clinch but Hill pushes him off.
Hill thinks about countering with a body kick.
Hill circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hill fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Guevara sprawls well initially but Hill persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guevara wants to control but Hill is keeping busy.
Guevara looks winded!
Guevara kicks off Hill and gets to his feet.
Hill tries to clinch but Guevara is having none of it.
Guevara tries to keep at a distance but Hill has taken the fight into the clinch.
Guevara stalling against the cage.
Guevara lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hill backwards.
Hill taking a breather.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vicente Guevara dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mete Mete Hill's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hill.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hill looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hill with a nice calf kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hill is defended easily by Guevara.
Guevara throws out a counter right but Hill avoids it with no problem.
Hill shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Guevara defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mete Mete Hill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guevara lands a front kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guevara misses with a jab, cross combination.
Guevara jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hill moves out of range of the body kick from Guevara.
Hill takes one to the chin there.
Hill shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Guevara as he avoids it easily.
Guevara goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Guevara darts in and clinches Hill up against the cage.
Guevara struggles to land a body shot inside as Hill controls his hands.
Guevara landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Guevara misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hill is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Guevara gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hill on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hill breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Guevara throws a series of punches but Hill moves out of range.
Hill changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guevara moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Guevara closes the distance and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Still in the clinch, Guevara scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hill tries to pull guard but Guevara won't allow it.
Guevara can't break the clinch.
Hill throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Guevara blocks it with crossed arms.
Good body shot from Guevara.
Hill takes a knee to the side of the body.
A short right from Guevara on the inside.
Mete Mete Hill's cut is getting worse.
Guevara tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Guevara lands a nice shot to the body.
Hill blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guevara breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Guevara connects with a jab, followed by a picture perfect straight right that sends Hill to the canvas, out cold! What a finish by Guevara!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Vicente Guevara!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lotta Cox (ranked 3980 p4p, 4075 weight class) and Luis Barroso (ranked 408 p4p, 415 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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BJJ White Belt
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lotta Cox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Luis Barroso!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barroso keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barroso keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cox.
Lotta Cox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cox looks to land a right hand but Barroso moved out of range.
Cox misses with a hook. Barroso ducked under it nicely.
Barroso takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cox keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Barroso uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cox.
Cox throws a hook but Barroso blocks it.
Barroso is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cox drops Barroso with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Barroso looks back up at him and smiles so Cox waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
 Barroso is rocked!
 It looks like Luis Barroso has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barroso is aggressively charging in as Cox backs up avoiding any damage. Cox tosses out a jab and Barroso runs right into it face first! Barroso is out cold! Cox dropped down on all fours and is barking in Barroso's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lotta Cox!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jax Thomas (ranked 4879 p4p, 4838 weight class) and Kaspars Petrovs (ranked 160 p4p, 158 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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172
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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World class boxer
Powerful |
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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 24 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jax Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 27 - 0, fighting out of London, Kaspars Petrovs!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Thomas is defended easily by Petrovs.
Thomas fails to land the takedown.
Thomas looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Petrovs is fending him off so far but Thomas persists. Nope, Petrovs circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jax Thomas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thomas will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
As Thomas backs off Petrovs throws a huge counter combo but Thomas manages to avoid it all.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown but Petrovs shows good takedown defense.
Petrovs is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Thomas shoots for a takedown but Petrovs saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Thomas takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Thomas gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Petrovs connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thomas misses with a takedown
and Petrovs comes in over the top with a devastating right hand! Thomas stumbles back against the cage, looking to regain his senses but Petrovs is on him like rabid pit bull! Thomas slumps to the ground under a storm of punches and this fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaspars Petrovs!
Kaspars Petrovs made sure to mention his sponsor, Brooklyn Apothecary in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Manu Ahonen (ranked 2174 p4p, 2714 weight class) and Johny Handicks (ranked 76 p4p, 102 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Manu Ahonen has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Manu Ahonen seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
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World class MT
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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 21 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manu Ahonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johny Handicks!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Handicks takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Handicks misses with an uppercut
and Ahonen counters with a straight right hand.
Ahonen lands the left hand.
Ahonen throws a series of punches but Handicks avoids them all with ease.
Handicks unleashes a big counter combination but Ahonen bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Handicks throws a poor cross that misses
and Ahonen counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Handicks throws a right and a left that Ahonen avoids nicely.
Handicks misses with a straight right.
Good shot there by Ahonen.
Ahonen swings widly with a right hand
and Handicks connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ahonen misses with a lunging right hand
and Handicks connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A big left from Handicks misses.
Handicks moves out of range of the body kick.
Handicks avoids the body shot from Ahonen.
Handicks closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Handicks misses with a straight right.
Ahonen jabs at Handicks's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahonen throws a shot from downtown. Handicks moves away and avoids it.
Ahonen misses with a low kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ahonen.
Nice uppercut there from Ahonen.
Ahonen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Handicks.
Ahonen looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Ahonen misses with a hook.
Handicks connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ahonen momentarily.
Ahonen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Handicks.
Handicks throws an overhand right that lands on Ahonen's shoulder, as Ahonen tries to avoid the shot.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Handicks has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Ahonen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ahonen scores with a shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Ahonen.
Ahonen throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Handicks tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Ahonen is in Handicks's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Handicks is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahonen is controlling Handicks's trapped leg to prevent Handicks from advancing to side control.
Ahonen is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Handicks pulls his head out easily.
Handicks tries to stand but can't do so whilst Ahonen controls his leg.
Ahonen gets back to full guard.
Ahonen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Handicks defends it easily.
Ahonen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Handicks manages to get himself to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahonen is looking to work some ground and pound but Handicks has wrist control.
Handicks wants to sweep here but Ahonen controlling him for the moment.
Ahonen postures up.
Ahonen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ahonen wants to control from the top but Handicks keeps moving.
Handicks looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
That's four 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.
Handicks avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Handicks is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Ahonen sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Ahonen throws a big elbow that misses.
Ahonen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Handicks utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ahonen preventing the sweep.
Handicks pulls Ahonen in close to his closed guard and prevents Ahonen from doing any damage or advancing position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Manu Ahonen dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Handicks takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ahonen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Handicks will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Handicks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ahonen moves away.
Handicks throws a shot from downtown. Ahonen moves away and avoids it.
Handicks swings widly with a right hand
and Ahonen counters with a straight right hand.
A big right from Ahonen misses.
Manu Ahonen is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ahonen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ahonen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ahonen misses with a lunging right hand
and Handicks counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ahonen moves away from the strike by Handicks.
Handicks misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahonen misses with a series of wild punches.
Ahonen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Ahonen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ahonen works Handicks's body with a nice hook.
Johny Handicks is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A telegraphed right hand from Handicks misses the target.
Ahonen takes one to the side of the head.
An inside leg kick from Ahonen misses.
Ahonen misses with a right hand
letting Handicks counter with a right hand.
Handicks misses with a body shot.
Handicks missing with a left hand there. Ahonen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ahonen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Handicks was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ahonen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahonen shoots in for a takedown but Handicks shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Handicks looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ahonen throws a head kick but Handicks moves out of range.
Ahonen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Handicks misses with a straight left.
As Handicks looks to move away, Ahonen throws a big counter combo but Handicks just gets out of the way.
Ahonen slips a straight right by Handicks.
Handicks connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Handicks takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Handicks misses with a hook. Ahonen ducked under it nicely.
Handicks throws a jab but it's blocked by Ahonen.
Ahonen swings for the body but Handicks moves out of range.
Ahonen slips a jab from Handicks.
Sloppy strikes from Ahonen. Those never looked like landing.
Ahonen throws a hook but Handicks blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Handicks throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ahonen.
Ahonen moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Ahonen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Handicks throws the left hand but Ahonen avoids the punch easily.
Handicks on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Handicks throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ahonen throws a head kick that Handicks semi-blocks.
Handicks works the jab nicely.
Ahonen misses with a takedown attempt
and Handicks counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manu Ahonen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Handicks thuds a left hand into Ahonen's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Handicks moves away from the strike by Ahonen.
Handicks connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ahonen's hands.
Handicks throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ahonen on the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Ahonen lands.
Handicks throws out a powerful jab.
Handicks looks to land a left hand but Ahonen moved out of range nicely.
Ahonen moves out of range as Handicks strikes.
Handicks scores with a jab to the jaw.
Handicks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ahonen fails to land with a series of punches.
Danga de danga de dang - Handicks scores with a four punch combination!
Ahonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Handicks throws out the jab.
Ahonen looks to score with a jab to the body but Handicks is just out of range.
Ahonen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ahonen misses with a takedown attempt
and Handicks counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Handicks scores with a sloppy right hand. Ahonen should have avoided that one.
Ahonen is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Handicks drops Ahonen with a straight right hand, right on the button! Handicks follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johny Handicks!
A less than humble Johny Handicks misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mateusz Biernat (ranked 4025 p4p, 4241 weight class) and Pete Vonshredder (ranked 143 p4p, 147 weight class). Biernat comes to the cage accompanied by Czempion. The crowd seem to be enjoying Vonshredder's choice of entrance music: Nobody Speak. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Lethal high kicks
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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 26 - 25 - 1, fighting out of London, Mateusz Biernat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Pete Vonshredder!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Biernat shoots in and gets a takedown into Vonshredder's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Biernat accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Biernat passes Vonshredder's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Vonshredder is defending against the submission attempts here by Biernat.
Vonshredder pushes Biernat off looking to stand but Biernat dives back in and keeps control.
Biernat missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Biernat is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Biernat looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Biernat has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Vonshredder defend it? Biernat steps over the head and cranks it - Vonshredder is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Biernat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mateusz Biernat!
Mateusz Biernat decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johannes Tulikoura (ranked 1980 p4p, 2390 weight class) and Joseph Telushikin (ranked 69 p4p, 87 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 19 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johannes Tulikoura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joseph Telushikin!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Telushikin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tulikoura has time to react.
Telushikin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tulikoura as he jumps to the side.
Tulikoura scores with a jab to the jaw.
Telushikin tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Tulikoura defends well and Telushikin ends up having to push Tulikoura into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Telushikin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tulikoura.
Telushikin misses with a takedown
and Tulikoura counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johannes Tulikoura has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joseph Telushikin.
Telushikin misses with a combination
and Tulikoura counters with a nice uppercut.
Telushikin is rocked!
Telushikin gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Tulikoura gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johannes Tulikoura!
Johannes Tulikoura spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Spencer (ranked 2614 p4p, 1828 weight class) and Randy The Show (ranked 96 p4p, 63 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Sam Spencer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Randy The Show!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spencer throws a leg kick but The Show sees it coming and moves out of range.
Spencer throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Spencer takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A low kick lands for Spencer.
Spencer scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A punch combination from Spencer misses.
The Show moves out of range of the strikes.
The Show throws a jab but it's blocked by Spencer.
The Show misses with a straight left.
Spencer connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spencer misses with the body kick
and The Show counters with a left right combination that sends Spencer crashing to the mat - The Show wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Spencer out for a TKO! Devastating finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Randy The Show!
A very excited looking Randy The Show rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arlo Rochester (ranked 1603 p4p, 2016 weight class) and Tony Vazzappo (ranked 51 p4p, 70 weight class). Rochester comes to the cage accompanied by Self Taught- Brother Ali. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arlo Rochester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Vazzappo!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vazzappo throws a body punch but Rochester moves out of range.
A punch combination from Vazzappo misses.
Rochester lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vazzappo circles away quickly and effectively.
Vazzappo loads up on a big right hand but Rochester slips the punch.
Vazzappo connects with a single shot there.
It looks like Arlo Rochester has been cut.
Nice body punch from Vazzappo.
Rochester misses the jab.
Vazzappo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rochester moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vazzappo has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Rochester is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Rochester connects with the punch.
Vazzappo misses with a wild body shot.
Rochester misses with a kick to the body.
Vazzappo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vazzappo defending well as Rochester loads up on a big left hand.
Vazzappo moves out of range of the strikes.
Vazzappo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rochester.
Some wild striking there from Rochester.
Vazzappo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Vazzappo misses with a wild combination.
Vazzappo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vazzappo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rochester was well out of range. Poor timing from Vazzappo.
Vazzappo drops Rochester with a beautiful combination! Rochester stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Vazzappo is looking for the KO!
Rochester is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vazzappo catches Rochester with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Rochester forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Tony Vazzappo!
Tony Vazzappo was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Topher Curtis (ranked 711 p4p, 1467 weight class) and Bo Nickal (ranked 18 p4p, 45 weight class). Topher Curtis could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bo Nickal's chin.
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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 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Topher Curtis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bo Nickal!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nickal tries to keep at a distance but Curtis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Curtis lands a shoulder strike.
Nickal misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nickal lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nickal throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Curtiss head.
Curtis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nickal's elbow.
Curtis tries a body shot but Nickal blocks it.
Curtis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nickal is looking for a takedown.
Curtis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nickal goes for a takedown attempt but Curtis pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Curtis throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nickal.
Nickal tries to clinch but fails miserably
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Nickal walks into a left hand.
Curtis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nickal was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Nickal fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Curtis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Curtis connects with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Curtis rushes Nickal and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Curtis.
Nickal blocks a body shot from Curtis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickal successfully pulls guard.
Nickal working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Curtis doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Curtis manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Curtis wants to stand but Nickal is controlling his posture from full guard.
Nickal wants to sweep but no luck.
Curtis would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Nickal is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Curtis pushes Nickal off looking to stand but Nickal dives back in and keeps control.
Nickal uses his free foot to push down on Curtis's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Curtis.
Nickal with a couple of short strikes.
Curtis has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curtis is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Nickal putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Curtis'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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nickal punishing his opponent with strikes.
Nickal has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Curtis's face.
Nickal unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Curtis wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Nickal celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bo Nickal!
Bo Nickal thanked the fans post fight for their support.
In defeat, Topher Curtis stepped up to the mic, saying 'Everybody loses sometimes which means he got lucky today. Next time we meet will result in a broken jaw.'.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chad Smith (ranked 279 p4p, 916 weight class) and Jocko Goggins (ranked 5 p4p, 26 weight class). Goggins has chosen Goggins Speech 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 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chad Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jocko Goggins!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith pushes Goggins up against the cage in a clinch.
Goggins trying to stall but Smith improves his position.
Goggins lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Goggins.
Smith working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short left from Smith.
Goggins lands with a light punch inside.
Goggins working aggressively here.
Smith misses with the head strike.
Smith lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Goggins backwards.
Goggins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Goggins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Goggins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've been informed that Goggins has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Goggins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Goggins lands a two punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Smith throws a body punch but Goggins moves out of range.
Goggins works over Smith's head and body with a nice combination.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Goggins clinches up against the cage.
Smith holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Goggins misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goggins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Smith.
Goggins misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Goggins.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Goggins misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smith.
Goggins working aggressively here.
Goggins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Goggins throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Goggins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Goggins working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Smith.
Smith digs a right hand into Goggins's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Goggins's gas tank.
Goggins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Goggins pushes Smith up against the cage in a clinch.
Goggins misses with a body punch.
Goggins manages to break the clinch.
Goggins throws a low kick but Smith moves out of range easily.
Goggins ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Goggins slips under a jab.
Smith drives through and clinches with Goggins against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Smith.
It looks like Jocko Goggins has been cut.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Goggins pushes Smith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Smith.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Goggins slowing the pace effectively.
Smith takes a shot to the head.
Goggins tries a body shot but Smith blocks it.
Smith misses with the head strike.
Smith tries a body shot but Goggins blocks it.
Smith blocking some punches.
Goggins misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Goggins.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goggins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Goggins working aggressively here.
Goggins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right from Smith on the inside.
Goggins breaks the clinch.
Goggins lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Goggins.
Smith instigates a clinch.
Goggins is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Goggins lands an uppercut.
Goggins tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.
Goggins lands a damaging elbow.
Goggins misses with the head strike.
A frustrated look appears on Goggins's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Smith lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Goggins throws a head punch that misses.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smith looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Goggins using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith scores with a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Smith scores with a nice short uppercut.
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Goggins.
Goggins leaning his opponent against the cage.
Goggins is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Goggins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Goggins clinches up against the cage.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Goggins scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Come on Smith - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Goggins managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Goggins.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smith.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jocko Goggins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jocko Goggins's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Goggins pivots, looking for a leg kick but Smith is out of range and Goggins settles back down.
Smith scores with a jab. Goggins acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Goggins swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Goggins moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Chad Smith has been cut.
Goggins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smith sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Smith punishes Goggins's body with a nice straight punch.
Smith stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Goggins.
Goggins scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Smith doesn't seem bothered though.
Goggins has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Goggins will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Goggins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Goggins connects with an inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smith tests Goggins's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Goggins uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Smith.
Smith slips a straight right by Goggins.
Goggins throws a good cross that connects.
Goggins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Goggins tries to keep at a distance but Smith has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith lands a nice elbow.
Goggins misses with a body punch.
Goggins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Smith.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Smith.
Good body shot from Smith.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Goggins creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Goggins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
Smith works on Goggins's body with a couple of short punches.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith lands a right hand that snaps the head of Goggins backwards.
Goggins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A low kick lands for Goggins.
Goggins swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Good leg kick by Smith.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Smith checks a leg kick.
Smith tries to clinch up but Goggins circles away and keeps his distance.
Goggins clinches up with Smith and pushes him back against the cage.
Good body shot from Smith.
Smith lands a nice shot to the body.
Smith lands with a left to the head.
Smith scores with a nice hook to the head.
Smith lands an uppercut.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smith looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Goggins dodges an elbow strike from Smith.
A short left from Smith.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Goggins controls his hands.
Goggins working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith pushes Goggins back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smith misses with a hook to the ribs.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Goggins in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Goggins takes an elbow to the forehead.
Goggins throws a head punch that misses.
Goggins throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith lands a shoulder strike.
Goggins tries to break free but Smith pushes him back against the cage.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Goggins blocks an uppercut.
Goggins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Goggins takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Goggins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Goggins manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Goggins cracks Smith with an open hand slap.
Goggins getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Smith moves into range and clinches up with Goggins.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith lands a body punch.
Smith throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Goggins has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goggins makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Smith lands a hook to the side of the head.
Goggins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Goggins misses with the head strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Goggins throws an elbow but misses.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Goggins throws a head punch that misses.
Goggins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Goggins lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Smith misses with some punches.
Smith lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Smith lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Goggins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Goggins swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Goggins throws a right and a left that both miss.
Smith cracks Goggins with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That has opened up Jocko Goggins's cut even more.
Some wild striking there from Goggins.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chad Smith dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Goggins moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Goggins moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Smith fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Goggins looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Smith gets a clinch.
Smith scores with a shoulder strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short left from Smith.
Goggins throws an elbow that misses.
Smith escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Goggins circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Smith lands with a shot to the body.
Goggins misses the jab.
Goggins is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Nice defenses there by Smith.
It looked like Smith wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Smith cracks a nice hook into Goggins's ribs.
Jocko Goggins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Goggins pushes him off.
Goggins unleashes a big counter combination but Smith bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Smith lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Goggins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Smith gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Smith.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith lands a hook that snaps the head of Goggins backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Smith creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Smith works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Goggins can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
Smith lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Smith lands a left hand.
Smith tries a body shot but Goggins blocks it.
Smith blocking some punches.
Smith throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Goggins misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Smith.
Goggins takes a shot to the head.
Smith lands a right hand that snaps the head of Goggins backwards.
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!
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Goggins taking a breather.
A short body shot lands from Smith as the two fighters clinch.
Smith digs a right hand underneath Goggins's ribcage. Goggins let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Goggins scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Goggins blocks an uppercut.
Goggins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith misses with a body punch.
Smith leaning his opponent against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Goggins.
Goggins lands a shoulder strike.
Smith with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Smith tries a body shot but Goggins blocks it.
Smith creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Goggins's defenses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Goggins.
Goggins misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith lands a nice shot to the body.
Smith scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The cut above Jocko Goggins's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Smith lands a right hand.
Smith can't find room to land a body shot as Goggins controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goggins throws a head punch that misses.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Goggins controls his hands.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Goggins's elbow.
Smith lands a shot to the body.
Goggins misses with a body punch.
Goggins misses with some punches.
Goggins blocks a body shot from Smith.
Nice elbow from Goggins.
Smith prevents Goggins from breaking the clinch.
Goggins has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Smith blocks a body shot from Goggins.
A short uppercut from Smith.
Smith misses with some punches.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith lands a right hand that snaps the head of Goggins backwards.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith cracks Goggins with a nice body shot.
Smith misses with a body punch.
Goggins working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Goggins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith slips a jab and a cross from Goggins.
Smith tries to clinch up but Goggins circles away and keeps his distance.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Goggins.
Smith scores with a jab. Goggins acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Smith tries to clinch up but Goggins circles away and keeps his distance.
Smith has taken the fight to the clinch.
Goggins misses with the head strike.
Goggins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Goggins connects with an inside leg kick.
Smith scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jocko Goggins's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Jocko Goggins seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Smith tries to clinch up.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith thows a left - swing and a miss!
Smith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Goggins manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith throws out a loose jab but Goggins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Goggins swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chad Smith showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Smith 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chad Smith!
Chad Smith managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Voodoo Nutrition, into his post fight interview.
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