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PFC 269 Marceau vs Jones PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kai Yamaguchi (ranked 1546 p4p, 721 weight class) and Radio Active (ranked 211 p4p, 92 weight class). Yamaguchi comes into the arena with Yama Yama blaring out of the sound system. Active is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: For Heavy Metal we will die!. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 43 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Kai Yamaguchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Radio Active!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Active fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Yamaguchi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Active.
Yamaguchi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Yamaguchi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Active throws a big shot that misses.
Active throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yamaguchi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Active clinches up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yamaguchi.
Active tries to break free but Yamaguchi pushes him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Yamaguchi.
Active is leaning against Yamaguchi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Active lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yamaguchi digs a right hand underneath Active's ribcage. Active let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Active lands with a right to the head.
Active blocks an uppercut.
Yamaguchi lands with a short shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Active scores with a shot to the side of Yamaguchi's head.
Yamaguchi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Active.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yamaguchi.
Active is looking for a takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamaguchi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yamaguchi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Actives head.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Active 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.
Yamaguchi has a couple of punches blocked by Active.
Yamaguchi throws a head punch that misses.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Active takes a shot to the head.
Active breaks the clinch.
Yamaguchi moves into range and connects with a jab.
Yamaguchi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Yamaguchi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Active's head backwards.
Active swings for the body but Yamaguchi moves out of range.
Yamaguchi misses with a straight right.
Active appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A shot to the liver by Yamaguchi. Beautiful body shot.
A low kick lands for Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi connects with an inside leg kick.
Yamaguchi misses with a straight left.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Active throws a right and a left that Yamaguchi avoids nicely.
Yamaguchi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Active.
Active scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Active manages to avoid it.
Active swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Active checks the leg kick.
Active misses the jab.
Kai Yamaguchi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yamaguchi walks into a jab.
Active is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yamaguchi.
A jab from Active does it's job there.
Active with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Yamaguchi tries to land a leg kick but Active saw it coming and moves away.
The fighters circling - Active throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Active misses with a combination
and Yamaguchi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Active's knee momentarily.
Active looks to land a right hand but Yamaguchi moved out of range.
Active takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Active throws an overhand right that lands on Yamaguchi's shoulder, as Yamaguchi tries to avoid the shot.
Active walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Active throws a body shot but no joy.
Active throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yamaguchi appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Active.
Active throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Active throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yamaguchi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yamaguchi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Active smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Active takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Active misses with a looping right.
Active blocks a head kick by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi scores with a jab to the jaw.
Yamaguchi takes a swing at Active's ribcage but misses.
Yamaguchi catches Active with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Active steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yamaguchi.
Active shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kai Yamaguchi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Radio Active.
Yamaguchi takes a swing at Active's ribcage but misses.
Active misses with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Active swings for the body but Yamaguchi moves out of range.
Yamaguchi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Active misses the target.
Yamaguchi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Active lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yamaguchi backwards.
Active blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Active misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yamaguchi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Active misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yamaguchi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Active lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yamaguchi backwards.
Yamaguchi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi lands a left hand.
Yamaguchi blocking some punches.
Yamaguchi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yamaguchi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yamaguchi lands with a left to the head.
Nice body punch from Active - that landed with a thud.
Yamaguchi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Active blocks an uppercut.
Yamaguchi lands a body shot.
Yamaguchi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yamaguchi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Yamaguchi.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kai Yamaguchi will probably get the nod.
That's time! Yamaguchi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yamaguchi. Active does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yamaguchi moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice cross by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi misses with a looping left.
Active looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Yamaguchi looks to land a right hand but Active moved out of range.
Yamaguchi misses with a looping left.
Active tries to move into range but Yamaguchi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Active feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Yamaguchi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Active has gone for a leg lock! Yamaguchi slips out almost immediately though and dives into Active's guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Yamaguchi stopping the sweep attempt from Active.
Active had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Yamaguchi defends it easily.
Active looking for a sweep. Not yet Active, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Active looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Yamaguchi passes into side control.
Active manages to work his way to half guard, despite Yamaguchi's best efforts.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Yamaguchi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Active keeps working.
Active wants to improve his position but Yamaguchi is controlling well.
Yamaguchi performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Active regains full guard. Nicely done.
Active is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Yamaguchi is aware though and is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi won't allow Active to sweep him here.
Active is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Yamaguchi is aware though and is defending well.
Yamaguchi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Active is keeping the position for now.
Active is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Active looking to hit a scissor sweep but Yamaguchi is one step ahead there.
Yamaguchi gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Yamaguchi, as that shot connected.
Yamaguchi misses with a body shot.
Yamaguchi swings away with a body shot that misses
and Active counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Active throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Active steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yamaguchi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Active closes the distance and clinches.
Active misses with a body punch.
Yamaguchi misses with some punches.
Active tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yamaguchi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Active's elbow.
Yamaguchi blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Active.
Yamaguchi swings wildly with an uppercut but Active uses good head movement to avoid it.
Active lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kai Yamaguchi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right hand to the body from Yamaguchi.
Active pushes Yamaguchi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Yamaguchi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Active tries to throw a body punch but Yamaguchi avoids it by throwing Active back against the cage.
Yamaguchi scores with a hook to the body.
Active scores with a shoulder strike.
Yamaguchi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Active blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi pushes Active back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Active misses with a punch on the inside.
Yamaguchi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Active backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Active.
Active misses with some punches.
Active drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Yamaguchi can't find room to land a body shot as Active controls the action.
Active lands a shoulder strike.
Active misses with the head strike.
Yamaguchi misses with a body punch.
Yamaguchi misses with some punches.
Yamaguchi lands an uppercut.
Yamaguchi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Yamaguchi prevents a takedown attempt there.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yamaguchi.
Active blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yamaguchi lands a left hand.
Yamaguchi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Yamaguchi scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kai Yamaguchi dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Active tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yamaguchi was well out of range. Poor timing from Active.
Active takes a swing at Yamaguchi's ribcage but misses.
Yamaguchi tried to counter with a leg kick but Active avoided it.
Yamaguchi jabs Active to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Yamaguchi with the inside leg kick.
Active takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Active lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Active shoots and misses
and Yamaguchi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yamaguchi.
Active stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Active takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Yamaguchi blocks a jab.
Active misses with a straight left.
Nice defenses there by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Active avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yamaguchi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yamaguchi throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamaguchi slips a jab from Active.
Active takes a swing at Yamaguchi's ribcage but misses.
Yamaguchi has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A jab lands there for Yamaguchi.
Active takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook. Active ducked under it nicely.
Yamaguchi looks to land a left hand but Active moved out of range nicely.
Active scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yamaguchi in his tracks.
Active thuds a left hand into Yamaguchi's body.
Active scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Yamaguchi doesn't seem bothered though.
Active works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Active throws a jab but it's blocked by Yamaguchi.
Kai Yamaguchi is winning the standup battle so far.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A telegraphed right hand from Yamaguchi misses the target.
Active stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yamaguchi.
Active keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yamaguchi.
Active throws out a counter right but Yamaguchi avoids it with no problem.
Active's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Active throws a jab but it's blocked by Yamaguchi.
Radio Active has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Active stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yamaguchi.
Nice straight punches there by Active. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Active.
Active throws a shot from downtown. Yamaguchi moves away and avoids it.
Active looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Yamaguchi!
Yamaguchi sneaks out the side door and pushes Active away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Yamaguchi lands a glancing blow to the side of Active's head.
Yamaguchi connects with a nice looking jab.
Active swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Active takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Yamaguchi throws a body punch but Active moves out of range.
Active with the counter takedown but Yamaguchi avoids it easily.
A good leg kick by Yamaguchi.
Active uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yamaguchi.
Active misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Active misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Yamaguchi counters with a low kick, right behind Active 's knee.
Active steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yamaguchi.
Active clinches up against the cage.
Active lands an uppercut.
Active is working Yamaguchi over against the cage.
Yamaguchi has a couple of punches blocked by Active.
Yamaguchi lands with a short shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Active.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yamaguchi.
Kai Yamaguchi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice right hand lands inside from Active.
Active scores with a nice hook to the head.
Active scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Active lands with a short shot to the head.
A short body shot lands from Active as the two fighters clinch.
Yamaguchi has a couple of punches blocked by Active.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Active misses with a punch to the body.
Yamaguchi is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Active blocking some punches.
Active lands a hook to the side of the head.
Active prevents a body shot from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Active fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kai Yamaguchi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Radio Active.
Active tries a body shot but Yamaguchi blocks it.
Active lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yamaguchi struggles to land a body shot inside as Active controls his hands.
Yamaguchi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yamaguchi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Active backwards.
Active throws a head punch that misses.
Active lands a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Active pushes Yamaguchi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Active.
Yamaguchi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Active misses with a punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Radio Active.
Well Yamaguchi 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kai Yamaguchi!
During a confident post fight interview, Kai Yamaguchi thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Quân Lê (ranked 238 p4p, 378 weight class) and Twea King (ranked 19 p4p, 24 weight class). King is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Who Knows. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 13 - 3, fighting out of Helsinki, Quân Lê!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Twea King!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lê takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lê moves away from the strike by King.
A swing and a miss from King.
Lê tried to counter with a leg kick but King avoided it.
King throws a head kick but Lê moves out of range.
Lê with a hook.
King connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lê slips a straight right by King.
A slow jab from King misses its intended target.
It appears Lê was looking to counter with a kick there.
Lê with a hook.
King scores with a hook.
Lê on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Twea King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
King scores with a nice strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lê uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from King.
Nice defenses there by Lê.
Lê looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
King throws an off balance right hand
and Lê counters with a low kick, right behind King 's knee.
King throws a lazy uppercut
and Lê counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
King lands a nice looking body shot.
Lê uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by King.
Lê swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
King throws a right hand that misses
and Lê cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
King misses with a left hand
and Lê connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
King takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lê looks to land a body kick but King moved away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lê slips a jab from King.
Lê throws a low kick but King avoids it.
Lê is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by King.
King avoids a kick to the body.
Lê takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
King swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab from King finds it's way through Lê's defenses.
The fighters circle momentarily. King darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
King cracks Lê with a right hand to the side of the head.
King jabs at Lê's body.
Quân Lê is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lê pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lê darts in and clinches King up against the cage.
A hook to the body from Lê.
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!
Lê goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by King.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lê.
King lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lê lands on the inside with an uppercut.
King digs a right hand into Lê's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lê's gas tank.
A short right hand to the side of the head by King.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Lê.
King tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Lê.
King blocks an uppercut.
Lê breaks the clinch.
King throws out a powerful jab.
Lê scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lê lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lê gets tackled into the cage by King. King maintains the clinch.
Lê lands with a light punch inside.
King prevents a body shot from Lê.
King wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short right from Lê on the inside.
Still in the clinch, King scores with a nice short uppercut.
King has had enough of the clinch but Lê keeps him there for the moment.
King manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
King looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Lê passes into side control.
King tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King wants to control but Lê postures up.
King tries to improve position but can't.
Lê stands up and beckons King to his feet.
Lê displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as King throws out the jab.
King throws a hook to the side of Lê's head but Lê sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
King avoids the body shot from Lê.
King connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lê tries to move into range but King moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lê looks to land a left hand but King moved out of range nicely.
Lê throws a lazy right hand but King sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
King scores with a jab to the head.
A big left from King misses.
Lê uses good head movement to avoid the hook from King.
King is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lê sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
King connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
King bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Lê rolls with the submission and now he's on top in King's guard! Nice work there by Lê!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
King escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Lê gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Lê pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. King is keeping the position for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
King wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Lê is now in half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Twea King will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Nice cross by Lê.
Quân Lê has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lê moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
King throws a hook to the side of Lê's head but Lê sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
King misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
King has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lê.
Lê pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lê avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
King digs a good hook to Lê's body.
Lê gets cracked with a nice right hand there by King.
Lê throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lê scoring well with a low kick there.
King throws a looping overhand right but Lê ducks down to avoid it.
Lê jabs King right on the nose. King blinks but takes it well.
Lê avoids the body shot from King.
King throws out a loose jab but Lê uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donk. King catches Lê right on the button with a cross.
Nice defenses there by Lê.
King throws a jab but it's blocked by Lê.
King keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lê.
Lê lands a jab to the nose.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King throws the left hand but Lê avoids the punch easily.
Lê misses with a low kick.
A head kick misses from King.
Lê moves away from the strike by King.
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lê defending well as King loads up on a big left hand.
Lê moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
King tests Lê's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lê scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. King doesn't seem bothered though.
Lê stuns King with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
King bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Lê bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King looks to score with a jab to the body but Lê is just out of range.
King takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
King throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lê fakes high and swings low for a body shot but King manages to avoid it.
King scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lê looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
King 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.
King uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lê.
Lê closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lê working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lê throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
Lê lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lê tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
King misses with a punch to the body.
King misses with a hook to the ribs.
Quân Lê has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lê lands a body shot.
King lands with a short shot to the head.
Lê is working King over against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
A short uppercut from Lê.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lê misses with a body punch.
Lê tried to land a shot to the body but connects with King's elbow.
King pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lê throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lê staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lê.
Lê scores with a kick to the midsection.
Lê swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lê looks to throw the jab but King is out of range.
Lê lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
King thows a left - swing and a miss!
King lands a head shot.
Lê walks into a jab.
King misses with a hook to the body
and Lê counters with a leg kick.
Lê bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Lê connects with an inside leg kick.
Lê drops his hands momentarily and King takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lê swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lê looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lê. King does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big right from King misses.
Lê is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Lê displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as King throws out the jab.
King throws a sloppy head kick and Lê moves out of range easily.
King scores with a nice strike.
Lê moves out of range as King strikes.
Lê appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Lê misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lê.
King fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Lê looks to land a left hand but King moved out of range nicely.
King misses with an uppercut
and Lê counters with a thumping low kick.
Lê throws a half hearted mid kick.
King looks to land a left hand but Lê moved out of range nicely.
King keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lê.
Lê connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
King jabbing away but nothing is landing.
King lunges at Lê with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lê's hand.
Lê drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
King misses with a hook. Lê ducked under it nicely.
King is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lê.
King slips under a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lê scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lê misses with a wild body shot.
Lê connects with a body shot.
Lê looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
King uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lê.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Quân Lê dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
King throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
King's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
King staying out of range there.
Lê keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from King.
King lands with a cross.
Lê ducks under a wild hook from King.
Lê quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Lê throws a chopping leg kick but King manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
King misses with a right hand
and Lê counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lê lands a nice looking body kick.
King is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Lê's half guard.
Lê pushes King off and gets back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lê throws a leg kick that misses.
King avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lê throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lê swings for the body but King moves out of range.
It seemed like King was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lê misses with a looping right.
King stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
King moves out of range of the body kick from Lê.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lê takes a jab right on the kisser.
King throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
King lands a jab to the nose.
King walks into a left hand.
Lê's hands are dropping dangerously low here and King connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lê scrambles back to his feet.
A slow jab from King misses its intended target.
King lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lê ducks down and throws a hook to the body but King moves away.
King tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lê was well out of range. Poor timing from King.
Lê was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
King scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
King checks a low kick from Lê.
Lê uses good head movement to avoid the hook from King.
King cracks Lê with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
King throws a body shot but no joy.
Lê takes a swing at King's ribcage but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from King.
Lê appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Donk. King catches Lê right on the button with a cross.
Lê takes the fight into the clinch.
Lê struggles to land a body shot inside as King controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lê swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lê tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lê lands a left hand.
Lê lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of King backwards.
King lands a body punch.
Lê goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
King tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Lê just stands there and leans against the cage.
Lê lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of King backwards.
Lê working aggressively here.
Lê escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lê on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lê bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps King's head backwards.
King lands a high kick!
Lê throws a shot from downtown. King moves away and avoids it.
King steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lê.
King tests Lê's chin there with a solid looking shot.
King misses with an uppercut
and Lê counters with a nice uppercut.
King throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lê looks to land a right hand but King moved out of range.
King throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lê counters with a nice uppercut.
Lê throws a body punch but King moves out of range.
King slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
King scores with a decent looking hook.
Lê keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from King.
King avoids the body shot from Lê.
King ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
King misses with a straight left.
Nice jab there from King.
Lê takes one to the side of the head.
Lê uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from King.
Lê pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lê uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from King.
A big right from Lê misses.
King jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lê misses with a straight right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lê misses with a wild body shot.
King shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lê sprawls well. Lê wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. King gets slowly back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lê is looking to land body kicks.
Lê lands with an uppercut that bounces King off the cage and back into range.
Lê tries to clinch but King is having none of it.
Lê looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
King throws out a powerful jab.
Lê misses with a looping left.
Lê throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
King bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lê's head.
King throws out a loose jab but Lê uses good head movement to avoid it.
King throws a hook but Lê blocks it.
The fighters circling - King throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
King misses with a hook. Lê ducked under it nicely.
Lê ducks under a wild hook from King.
Lê tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
King throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lê looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
King looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Twea King.
I think King 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rage Parade (ranked 472 p4p, 518 weight class) and Michael Bennet (ranked 81 p4p, 87 weight class). Parade comes to the cage accompanied by I KILL Cause I'm Hungry. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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32 - 15 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 21 - 0, fighting out of London, Rage Parade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michael Bennet!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parade takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Bennet wants to clinch.
Bennet keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bennet tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Parade manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bennet throws a body shot but no joy.
A lazy left from Bennet finds it's target.
Bennet looks to score with a jab to the body but Parade is just out of range.
Parade swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bennet fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Parade tries a head kick but it misses.
Parade gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennet throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bennet throws a right and a left that Parade avoids nicely.
Parade ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A left lands for Bennet.
Parade moves out of range of the body kick from Bennet.
Michael Bennet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet rushes Parade and presses him up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Bennet.
Bennet scores with a shot to the side of Parade's head.
Parade blocks a body shot from Bennet.
Parade lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bennet blocks an uppercut.
Parade tries a body shot but Bennet blocks it.
Bennet manages to break the clinch.
Jab, jab by Bennet - just one landing.
Parade has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Jed's Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Bennet misses with the body kick
and Parade counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bennet is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Bennet's jab looks to have found its range, popping Parade under the eye.
A leg kick checked by Parade.
Bennet looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Parade takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bennet lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bennet misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Parade was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bennet.
Bennet misses with a lunging right hand
and Parade cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennet defending well as Parade loads up on a big left hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Bennet. That snapped Parade's head back.
Bennet tests Parade's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bennet swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bennet pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bennet ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bennet dips to his left and cracks Parade with an uppercut!
Bennet is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Parade had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
A punch combination from Parade misses.
Bennet looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bennet has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Parade moves away from the strike by Bennet.
Jab by Bennet.
Parade keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bennet.
Bennet uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Parade.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bennet.
Parade misses with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bennet.
Parade misses with a looping right.
Bennet uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Parade has time to react.
Parade takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bennet throws the left hand but Parade avoids the punch easily.
Bennet cracks a nice hook into Parade's ribs.
Parade throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Bennet counters with a low kick, right behind Parade 's knee.
Bennet tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Parade paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bennet keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Parade.
Parade throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bennet connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A shot to the liver by Bennet. Beautiful body shot.
Parade cracks Bennet with a good jab.
Bennet rushes Parade and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Parade breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennet steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Parade.
Parade scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Parade takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bennet staying out of range there.
Bennet tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Parade appears to be looking for a big counter.
Parade throws a lazy uppercut
and Bennet counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Parade needs to keep his hands up - Bennet had a free shot at his head there.
Bennet on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Parade keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bennet thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bennet waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Parade.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bennet lands with a good body shot.
Bennet takes a swing at Parade's ribcage but misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bennet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Bennet dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Parade throws a body shot but no joy.
Jab, jab by Bennet - just one landing.
Bennet slips a jab from Parade.
Bennet fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bennet fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Parade manages to avoid it.
Bennet digs a good hook to Parade's body.
Bennet keeps Parade at a distance using the push kick.
Bennet lands a nice looking body shot.
Parade shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bennet swings for the body but Parade moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennet steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Parade.
Bennet now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nice jab there from Parade.
 It looks like Michael Bennet has been cut.
Bennet smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bennet avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Parade bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parade sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Parade looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bennet lands a jab to the head.
Bennet scores with a decent looking hook.
Bennet has managed to clinch.
Parade misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Parade lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Bennet.
Parade lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bennet backwards.
Still in the clinch, Parade scores with a nice short uppercut.
Parade tries to stall but Bennet uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bennet.
Parade throws a head punch that misses.
Parade stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bennet tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Parade's elbow.
Bennet lands a right hand.
Bennet misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parade is trying to break the clinch but Bennet is controlling him.
Bennet swings wildly with an uppercut but Parade uses good head movement to avoid it.
Parade misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Parade.
Bennet lands with a left to the head.
Bennet struggles to land a body shot inside as Parade controls his hands.
Bennet misses with some punches.
Parade can't find room to land a body shot as Bennet controls the action.
Nice body punch from Parade.
Nice body punch from Bennet.
Bennet struggles to land a body shot inside as Parade controls his hands.
Parade lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bennet backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Parade.
Parade tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bennet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Parade lands a hook to the side of the head.
Parade lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bennet or not.
Parade lands a body shot.
Bennet is breathing heavily.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Parade.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bennet throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Parade counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Parade drops Bennet with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Bennet looks back up at him and smiles so Parade waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Are you kidding me?! Parade ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Bennet clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rage Parade!
Our winner, Rage Parade, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Radio Philips (ranked 872 p4p, 1663 weight class) and Mikhail Martynov (ranked 113 p4p, 205 weight class). Mikhail Martynov told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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275
13 - 10 - 0 |
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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 14 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Radio Philips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mikhail Martynov!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Philips misses with a jab, cross combination.
Philips fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Philips tries to close the distance and clinch but Martynov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Philips slips under a jab from Martynov.
Martynov throws a jab but it's blocked by Philips.
Good standup being displayed there by Martynov as he connects with a hook.
Philips connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Martynov rushes Philips and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Martynov struggles to land a body shot inside as Philips controls his hands.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Martynov.
Philips tries a body shot but Martynov blocks it.
Philips pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Philips connects with a nasty looking knee right to Martynov's face.
It looks like Mikhail Martynov has been cut.
Philips throws a knee to the head but misses.
Martynov misses with an elbow strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Philips scores with a nice hook to the head.
Philips with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Philips tries to land knees in the clinch but Martynov avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martynov taking a breather.
Philips struggles to land a body shot inside as Martynov controls his hands.
Our sources have told us that Philips has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Philips landing knees to the head.
Philips lands an elbow inside that Martynov shrugs off.
Martynov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Martynov misses with a body shot.
Donk. Martynov catches Philips right on the button with a cross.
Mikhail Martynov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Philips misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martynov.
Martynov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Martynov moves into range and connects with a jab.
Martynov throws a looping overhand right but Philips ducks down to avoid it.
Martynov clinches up with Philips and pushes him back against the cage.
Martynov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Martynov misses with a body shot
and Philips counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martynov closes the distance and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Philips obliges.
Martynov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Philips blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Philips misses with a body punch.
Philips lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Martynov.
Martynov lands with a light punch inside.
Philips throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Philips lands a knee to the head.
Martynov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Philips tries to close the distance and clinch up but Martynov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Martynov throws a poor cross that misses
letting Philips counter with a right hand.
Philips ducks under a wild hook from Martynov.
As Martynov tries to get set, Philips tries to push him back and clinch up but Martynov manages to avoid the attempt.
Martynov checks the leg kick nicely there.
Philips throws a jab when Martynov was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips dodges the punch combination from Martynov.
Philips misses with an attempted mid kick.
Martynov throws the left hand but Philips avoids the punch easily.
Martynov misses with a double jab
and Philips counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The fight stays on the outside here - Philips looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martynov misses with a body shot.
Martynov fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A cross from Martynov lands.
Philips takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Martynov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The fight stays on the outside here - Philips looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philips connects with a solid leg kick.
Philips throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Martynov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
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!
Martynov looks to score with a jab to the body but Philips is just out of range.
A jab from Martynov misses.
Philips is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Martynov.
Martynov misses with an uppercut.
Philips clinches.
Martynov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martynov lands a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Martynov.
Martynov pushes Philips back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Philips is breathing heavily.
Martynov connects with a knee to the head.
 It looks like Radio Philips has been cut.
Philips trying to stall but Martynov improves his position.
Martynov tries to work over Philips's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martynov works on Philips's body with a couple of short punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mikhail Martynov will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Martynov throws an overhand right that lands on Philips's shoulder, as Philips tries to avoid the shot.
Philips throws a series of punches but Martynov avoids them all with ease.
Martynov scores with a decent looking hook.
Martynov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Martynov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A little jabbing left from Martynov on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Martynov moves forwards but Philips connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Philips connects with a looping right hand.
Martynov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch lands to the side of Philips 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Martynov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Philips, pushing him back against the cage.
Mikhail Martynov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Philips lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Philips dodges an elbow strike from Martynov.
Philips tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Philips blocks an elbow strike from Martynov.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Philips lands a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martynov blocking some punches.
Philips tries a body shot but Martynov blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Martynov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Martynov trying to control the position but instead, Philips has worked for underhooks and has pushed Martynov into the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Martynov.
A right hook to the body lands for Martynov.
Philips with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Philips comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Martynov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Philips.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Philips as Martynov tries to tie him up.
Philips letting Martynov take a breather here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Philips.
Philips misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips prevents a body shot from Martynov.
Martynov blocks the elbow strike.
Martynov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Philips throws a head kick that misses.
Martynov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Martynov steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Philips. That one must have hurt.
Martynov has managed to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Philips pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Philips takes an elbow to the temple.
A right handed body shot lands from Martynov.
Martynov blocks an elbow strike.
Philips throws an elbow that misses.
Philips swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Philips misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips has a couple of punches blocked by Martynov.
Martynov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Philips slips under a jab.
Martynov lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Martynov.
Martynov gets a clinch.
Martynov drops Philips with a big knee straight up the middle! Philips is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
 Philips is rocked!
BAM! Martynov delivers a spinning backfist that drops Philips like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Mikhail Martynov!
Our winner, Mikhail Martynov, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ephram Urani (ranked 593 p4p, 322 weight class) and Enitan Arendse (ranked 77 p4p, 42 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 21 - 2, fighting out of New York, Ephram Urani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Enitan Arendse!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Urani on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Urani doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Arendse just misses with a punch to the body.
Arendse pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Urani moves out of range as Arendse throws a body kick.
Arendse misses the shot to the body.
Urani fires out a quick counter leg kick but Arendse just manages to avoid it.
Arendse jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Enitan Arendse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice straight punches there by Arendse. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Arendse.
Arendse doesn't manage to clinch there - Urani circles away.
Arendse misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Arendse misses the target.
Arendse misses with an attempted mid kick.
Urani misses with an uppercut.
Urani checks a low kick from Arendse.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arendse missing with a left hand there. Urani was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Urani is looking to counter the offense by Arendse and move into the clinch.
Urani connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Arendse's hands.
Arendse lets loose with a powerful body kick. Urani will feel that in the morning.
Nice cross by Arendse.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arendse on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Urani. Urani obviously looking to wear him down.
Arendse fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Urani.
Arendse throws the kick towards the body but Urani avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arendse sizes up Urani with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Arendse takes a swing at Urani's ribcage but misses.
Urani throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Arendse misses with a looping right.
Urani avoids the body shot from Arendse.
Arendse tries to close the distance and clinch up but Urani swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Urani looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Urani steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Arendse.
It looked like Urani wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Arendse uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Urani.
Arendse throws a body shot but no joy.
Arendse punishes Urani's body with a nice straight punch.
Urani closes the distance and clinches.
Urani tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Urani tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Arendse misses with a body punch.
Urani lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Arendse tries to work over Urani's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Urani escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Arendse doesn't manage to clinch there - Urani circles away.
Urani gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arendse throws the left hand but Urani avoids the punch easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arendse ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Urani moves away.
Arendse throws a jab when Urani was well out of range.
Arendse takes a swing at Urani's ribcage but misses.
Urani ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Arendse throws a shot from downtown. Urani moves away and avoids it.
Urani swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Arendse cracks Urani with an open hand slap.
A good leg kick by Urani.
Urani waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Arendse.
Arendse lands a body shot.
Urani keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Urani half committed to a counter leg kick.
Arendse connects with a good right hand that stumbles Urani. Urani circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice jab there from Arendse.
A solid leg kick lands there for Urani.
Arendse pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Arendse takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nice defenses there by Arendse.
Arendse throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Arendse.
As Arendse looks to move away, Urani throws a big counter combo but Arendse just gets out of the way.
Urani moves out of range as Arendse strikes.
Urani takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Arendse dodges the punch combination from Urani.
Arendse tries to land a leg kick but Urani saw it coming and moves away.
Urani throws the left hand but Arendse avoids the punch easily.
Urani lands with a kick to the ribs.
Urani on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Arendse swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Arendse with a jab.
Arendse has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Arendse throws a sloppy body shot
and Urani finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Arendse thows a left - swing and a miss!
Arendse throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Urani to counter with a crisp jab.
Urani chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Arendse can pounce on him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arendse misses with a body shot.
Urani misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urani tries to close the distance and clinch but Arendse swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Arendse swings widly with a right hand
and Urani counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Arendse is looking to land body kicks.
Arendse moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Urani looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Urani moves out of range of the body kick from Arendse.
Arendse throws a push kick but Urani slaps the foot to one side.
Arendse misses with an uppercut
and Urani counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Arendse scores with a hook to the body. Urani takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Arendse throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Urani instigates a clinch.
Arendse misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Urani makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Urani misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Urani tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Arendse's elbow.
Urani misses with a hook from the clinch.
Urani blocks a body shot from Arendse.
Urani tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Arendse smiles and moves away.
Arendse keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Urani.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Enitan Arendse dominated that round.
That's time! Urani's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Arendse throws a leg kick
and Urani counters by moving into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Arendse.
Urani works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Urani stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Urani lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Arendse lands a left hand that snaps the head of Urani backwards.
Urani pushes Arendse back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Arendse doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Arendse working aggressively here.
Urani content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Urani drags the fight down to the ground.
Arendse being controlled here momentarily.
Urani tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Urani is trying to keep Arendse in close.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Urani had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Arendse defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arendse wants to stand but Urani has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Urani trying to keep a closed guard but Arendse is proving a slippery customer.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Urani uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Arendse.
Arendse moves away from the strike by Urani.
That's two 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.
Arendse wants to clinch up but Urani keeps it at a distance.
Urani takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Urani fails to land with a series of punches.
Arendse fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Urani is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Urani. Arendse does a little dance to reset his feet.
Arendse connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Arendse connects with a jab.
Arendse jabs Urani to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Arendse takes a swing at Urani's ribcage but misses.
Arendse swings widly with a right hand
and Urani counters by clinching up.
Arendse lands with a short shot to the head.
Arendse misses with a punch to the body.
Urani jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Arendse walks away with a smile on his face. Urani gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Arendse with a nice calf kick.
Urani lands with a kick to the temple. Arendse shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nice defenses there by Arendse.
Arendse misses the shot to the body.
Arendse takes a swing at Urani's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Urani.
Arendse misses with an uppercut. Urani saw that one coming.
A slapping leg kick lands for Arendse.
Arendse lets loose with a powerful body kick. Urani will feel that in the morning.
Enitan Arendse seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Arendse throws a wild body kick that Urani sees coming a mile off.
Urani is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Urani takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Urani is looking to counter punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Urani looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Arendse just misses with a punch to the body.
Urani looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Urani moves in looking to clinch but Arendse pushes him off.
Arendse pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Urani looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Arendse looks to score with a jab to the body but Urani is just out of range.
Urani fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Arendse on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Urani wants to clinch up but Arendse keeps it at a distance.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Arendse - that will leave a mark!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urani tries to land a front kick but Arendse steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Arendse misses the shot to the body.
Urani throws a big shot that misses.
Urani throws a low kick but Arendse moves out of range easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arendse moves in looking to clinch but Urani pushes him off.
Urani is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Arendse.
Arendse throws a nice inside leg kick.
Urani 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.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Arendse! But no joy.
Arendse connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Urani staying out of range there.
Arendse lands with a cross.
Arendse scores with a nice head shot.
Arendse throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Urani.
Urani tries to clinch up but Arendse circles away and keeps his distance.
Urani moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Arendse. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Arendse.
Urani ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Arendse moves away.
Urani backing away here, and Arendse unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A punch lands to the side of Urani 's head but he takes it in his stride.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Enitan Arendse showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Arendse lands with an overhand left.
Urani throws a shot from downtown. Arendse moves away and avoids it.
Urani checks the leg kick nicely there.
Urani doesn't manage to clinch there - Arendse circles away.
Urani uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Arendse.
Urani dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Arendse. That did some damage!
Urani gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Urani is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Arendse.
Urani staying out of range there.
Arendse's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Arendse misses with a hook.
Urani tries to clinch but Arendse moves out of range.
Urani steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Arendse.
A quick step to the side and Urani tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Urani walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Arendse swings for the body but Urani moves out of range.
It looked like Urani wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Arendse 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.
Urani wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Urani misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Arendse.
Arendse moves out of range as Urani strikes.
Urani takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Urani lands the left hand.
Urani misses with a looping left.
Urani throws a right hand that Arendse ducks under and follows up with a left that Arendse also avoids with ease.
Arendse has closed the distance and engaged Urani in a clinch.
Arendse misses with the head strike.
Urani misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ephram Urani has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Urani taking a breather.
Urani tries to throw a body punch but Arendse avoids it by throwing Urani back against the cage.
Urani is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Arendse misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Arendse swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Urani.
Arendse misses with a body punch.
Arendse has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ephram Urani has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urani breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A swing and a miss from Arendse.
Urani defending well as Arendse loads up on a big left hand.
Urani keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good shot there by Arendse.
Arendse scores with a jab to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arendse throws a half hearted mid kick.
Arendse's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Urani connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Arendse scrambles back to his feet.
Urani misses the shot to the body.
Arendse jabs Urani to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Urani fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Arendse manages to avoid it.
Urani looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Urani keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Urani moves into the clinch.
Arendse misses with a hook to the ribs.
Arendse pushes Urani back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Urani pulls guard.
Arendse sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urani wants to sweep here but Arendse controlling him for the moment.
Arendse is looking to work some ground and pound but Urani has wrist control.
Urani manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Arendse manages to get himself to full guard.
Arendse keeping moving, preventing Urani from controlling successfully.
Arendse looking for a sweep. Not yet Arendse, not yet.
Urani controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Arendse wants to stand and escape but Urani is having none of it.
Arendse wants to sweep here but Urani controlling him for the moment.
Urani slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Urani has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Urani looking to sit in guard and control but Arendse gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Urani looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Enitan Arendse.
I've got Arendse winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Enitan Arendse!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tong Po (ranked 120 p4p, 424 weight class) and Dimitri Buriak (ranked 23 p4p, 75 weight class). Po comes into the arena with Muay Thai Music - Wai Khru Ram Muay blaring out of the sound system. 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tong Po!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dimitri Buriak!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Po scores with a spinning back kick!
A low kick from Buriak is predictable there
letting Po counter with a right hand.
Po has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Buriak finds it's way round the side to connect with Po's head.
Buriak lands with a hook. Po tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Po looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Buriak lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Po circles away quickly and effectively.
Po fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Buriak on the side of the head.
Po throws a body punch but Buriak moves out of range.
Po bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Buriak swats away the attempt to clinch by Po.
Po misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Buriak throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
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!
Buriak connects with a leg kick.
Buriak throws out a loose jab but Po uses good head movement to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Po on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Po stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Buriak ducks under a wild hook from Po.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Buriak swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Buriak takes a swing at Po's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Po wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Buriak pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Po back to the cage. Buriak follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Buriak swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Buriak misses with a low kick.
Buriak changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A nice leg kick from Buriak, right into the meat of the thigh.
Buriak drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Buriak throws a leg kick but Po sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Buriak dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Po. That did some damage!
A nice inside leg kick there by Buriak. That's going to slow Po down.
Po throws out a powerful jab.
Po keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Buriak scores with a push kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Po lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Buriak 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.
Po lands a front kick.
Buriak misses with a body kick.
Buriak feints and then cracks Po's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Po down.
Buriak throws a wild body kick that Po sees coming a mile off.
Buriak fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Po has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Buriak connects with an inside leg kick.
Buriak misses with the combination.
Po takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Po swinging wildly here.
Buriak throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Po misses.
Buriak misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Dimitri Buriak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Po sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Buriak scores with a push kick.
Po is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A nice leg kick lands there from Buriak.
A jab lands there for Po.
Po feints with a left and delivers a massive head kick! Buriak collapses like a ragdoll! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Tong Po!
During a confident post fight interview, Tong Po thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hannu Karpo (ranked 155 p4p, 298 weight class) and Jeff Mma (ranked 23 p4p, 40 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hannu Karpo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jeff Mma!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karpo takes one to the side of the head.
Karpo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've been informed that Mma 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.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mma.
Mma lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mma.
It looks like Hannu Karpo has been cut.
Karpo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mma.
Mma avoids the body shot from Karpo.
Mma works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Karpo staying out of range there.
Karpo lands with a cross.
Karpo closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mma tries to escape but Karpo is in control.
We've been hearing that Karpo has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Karpo tries to advance to mount but can't.
Check out the look on Karpo's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Mma managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Karpo.
Mma wants to get back to his feet but Karpo drags him back down.
Karpo tries for a kimura but Mma is defending well.
Karpo working the ground and pound but Mma is defending the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mma wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Karpo lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Mma down.
Mma is pushing Karpo's head away, looking to escape. Karpo manages to hold on to the position though.
Mma on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Karpo is trying to get an arm triangle but Mma is defending well.
Mma wants to get back to his feet.
Karpo throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Karpo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Mma is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Karpo is controlling him well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karpo is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Mma knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Mma is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Karpo asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Mma bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Karpo staying out of range there.
Karpo is looking to counter punch.
Karpo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Karpo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mma.
A big right from Mma misses.
Mma takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karpo takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mma loads up on a big right hand but Karpo slips the punch.
Mma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Karpo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mma takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mma throws a series of strikes that have Karpo backpedaling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karpo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jeff Mma is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Karpo throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Mma to counter with a crisp jab.
Karpo throws the left hand but Mma avoids the punch easily.
Mma will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A nice leg kick lands there from Karpo.
Karpo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mma momentarily.
Karpo misses with a looping left.
Mma tries to move into range but Karpo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Karpo scores with a shot to the body.
Mma throws a hook to the side of Karpo's head but Karpo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mma takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Karpo throws a leg kick but Mma sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Karpo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mma was well out of range. Poor timing from Karpo.
Despite the aggression on Mma's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karpo misses with a hook.
Hannu Karpo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mma misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mma throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Karpo to counter with a crisp jab.
Mma moves out of range of the strikes.
Mma throws a counter combo.
Karpo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mma moves out of range of the strikes.
Karpo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mma but Mma pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mma misses with a body kick.
Karpo slips a jab from Mma.
Jab, jab by Karpo - just one landing.
Mma misses with a jab to the body
and Mma takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Karpo lands with a hook. Mma tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Karpo with a lazy takedown attempt
and Mma counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Karpo slips a straight right by Mma.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mma lands the left hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Mma misses the target.
Mma throws a head kick that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Karpo misses the target.
Mma throws a half hearted mid kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Hannu Karpo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hannu Karpo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Karpo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mma under the eye.
Mma swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mma showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Karpo.
Karpo misses with a hook
and Mma counters with a nice uppercut.
Mma throws a wild body kick that Karpo sees coming a mile off.
Karpo fails with a takedown attempt.
Mma throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Karpo avoids a kick to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Karpo.
Karpo shoots in but no luck this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karpo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Karpo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mma manages to avoid it.
Karpo fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Mma avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hannu Karpo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mma throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Karpo swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mma tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Karpo moves out of range as Mma strikes.
Karpo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mma's sensitive parts.
Mma throws a jab when Karpo was well out of range.
Mma throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mma lands with a nice body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Karpo.
Karpo throws a chopping leg kick but Mma manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Karpo avoids the body shot from Mma.
Karpo missing with a left hand there. Mma was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mma swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mma dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Karpo. That did some damage!
Karpo shoots for a double leg takedown but Mma sprawls well. He's pushed Karpo's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mma avoids the head kick by Karpo.
Karpo scores with a jab to the body.
A slow jab from Mma misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karpo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mma.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karpo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Karpo crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Mma - the referee stops the clock and Karpo gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Mma. Karpo manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Karpo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mma.
Karpo fails with a takedown attempt.
Karpo misses with a body shot.
Mma with a nice calf kick.
Karpo blocks the body kick.
Mma jabs Karpo right on the nose. Karpo blinks but takes it well.
Mma lands a nice looking body shot.
Mma misses with a hook. Karpo ducked under it nicely.
Karpo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Karpo connects with a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Mma. Those never looked like landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karpo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mma.
Mma is looking to land body kicks.
Karpo throwing a counter right hand but Mma manages to avoid it.
Karpo lands a nice hook to Mma's body. Mma takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jeff Mma seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mma moves out of range as Karpo strikes.
Mma connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Karpo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mma's head.
Karpo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mma throws out the jab.
Mma stalks Karpo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Karpo's face. Karpo staggers backwards, shaken.
Mma uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Karpo.
Karpo shoots in looking for a takedown. Mma tries to sprawl out of it but Karpo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mma manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Karpo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mma manages to avoid it.
Karpo scores with a hook.
Mma lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick from Karpo lands but Mma takes it in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karpo shoots in and gets a takedown into Mma's guard.
Mma pushes Karpo off and scrambles back to his feet.
Mma cracks a nice hook into Karpo's ribs.
Karpo defending well as Mma loads up on a big left hand.
Mma loads up on a big right hand but Karpo slips the punch.
Mma lands a nice hook to Karpo's body. Karpo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Karpo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Karpo misses with a kick to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Mma. No joy for Karpo on that attempt.
Mma misses with an uppercut.
Karpo jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Karpo scores with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mma ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karpo moves away.
It appears Karpo was looking to counter with a kick there.
Karpo lands with a shot to the body.
Nice shot by Mma.
Mma looks to throw the jab but Karpo is out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jeff Mma showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Hannu Karpo's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Mma ducks under a wild hook from Karpo.
Mma now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Karpo closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Mma quickly recovers to half guard.
Mma keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mma makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Mma throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mma is looking to land body kicks.
Karpo misses with a wild body shot.
Jab by Karpo.
Karpo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karpo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mma misses with a hook
and Karpo counters with a nice uppercut.
A thudding body kick lands there by Mma!
A good leg kick by Mma.
Mma misses with an uppercut
and Karpo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A thudding body kick lands there by Mma!
A telegraphed right hand from Karpo misses the target.
Karpo misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karpo misses with a hook
enabling Mma to counter with a crisp jab.
Mma ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Karpo misses with a body kick.
Karpo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Karpo looks for the body kick but Mma saw that one coming.
Karpo tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Mma defends well and Karpo ends up having to push Mma into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Karpo successfully pulls guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Karpo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hannu Karpo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mma gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Mma tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karpo was well out of range. Poor timing from Mma.
Karpo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mma.
Karpo shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karpo landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mma wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karpo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mma manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Karpo keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
Karpo jumps guard but Mma stands there with Karpo around his waist. Karpo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Karpo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick misses from Karpo.
The fighters circling - Mma throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Karpo scores with a nice strike.
Mma 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.
Karpo connects with a body shot that sends Mma's belly button to the back.
Karpo lands a really nice looking cross but Mma seems unphased.
A decent looking cross lands there for Karpo.
Mma ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karpo moves away.
Mma scores with a body shot.
The crowd cheers as Mma lands an impressive looking overhand right. Karpo doesn't seem phased though.
Karpo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Karpo lands but Mma takes it in his stride.
Karpo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mma with a nice calf kick.
Mma pushes Karpo away with a front kick.
Mma has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd cheers as Karpo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mma doesn't seem phased though.
Karpo looks to score with a jab to the body but Mma is just out of range.
Mma connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mma fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Decent striking displayed by Karpo there.
A clash of legs there as Mma blocks the low kick.
Mma looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A good leg kick by Mma.
Mma ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mma misses the jab.
Karpo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mma to score with a decent uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mma is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Karpo.
Karpo throws a leg kick that misses.
Karpo lands a nice looking body shot.
Karpo looks to throw the jab but Mma is out of range.
Karpo thuds his right hand into Mma's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Karpo ducks right into an uppercut from Mma.
Mma gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Karpo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mma moves out of range of the body kick.
Karpo throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mma counters with a thumping low kick.
Karpo slips under a jab.
Karpo checks the leg kick.
Karpo throwing a counter right hand but Mma manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karpo throws an overhand right that lands on Mma's shoulder, as Mma tries to avoid the shot.
Mma's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Karpo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mma scrambles back to his feet.
Mma throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Karpo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mma slips under a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jeff Mma.
I think Mma 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Aishah Bin Sari (ranked 309 p4p, 215 weight class) and Ryan Rodriguez (ranked 35 p4p, 25 weight class). Bin Sari comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. 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 featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aishah Bin Sari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bin Sari steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez throws a lazy right hand but Bin Sari sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bin Sari checks a leg kick.
Bin Sari half committed to a counter leg kick.
Rodriguez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bin Sari tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rodriguez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rodriguez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rodriguez throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Bin Sari counters with a straight right hand.
Rodriguez throws a poor cross that misses
and Bin Sari counters with a low kick, right behind Rodriguez 's knee.
Bin Sari fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rodriguez, pushing him back against the cage.
Rodriguez breaks from the clinch.
Rodriguez throws a jab when Bin Sari was well out of range.
Rodriguez slips a straight right by Bin Sari.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodriguez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
 Rodriguez is rocked!
A slow jab from Rodriguez misses its intended target.
Rodriguez is still on wobbly legs! Can Bin Sari finish him?
Rodriguez throws a nice looking combination but Bin Sari bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rodriguez seems to have recovered his senses.
Bin Sari on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez misses with an uppercut
and Bin Sari counters with a nice uppercut.
Bin Sari missing with a left hand there. Rodriguez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bin Sari definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Rodriguez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bin Sari avoids the head kick by Rodriguez.
Bin Sari defending well as Rodriguez loads up on a big left hand.
Bin Sari throws a wild body kick that Rodriguez sees coming a mile off.
Rodriguez throws an overhand right that lands on Bin Sari's shoulder, as Bin Sari tries to avoid the shot.
Rodriguez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bin Sari.
Rodriguez throws a poor cross that misses
and Rodriguez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rodriguez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rodriguez moves out of range as Bin Sari strikes.
Bin Sari chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bin Sari throws a leg kick but Rodriguez checks it.
Rodriguez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bin Sari sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rodriguez misses with a hook
and Bin Sari counters with a crisp right hand that drops Rodriguez! Bin Sari lets Rodriguez back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
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!
Bin Sari looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bin Sari tries to land a body kick
and Rodriguez counters with a nice uppercut.
A nice leg kick from Bin Sari, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rodriguez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rodriguez throws a series of punches but Bin Sari moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez misses with a hook. Bin Sari ducked under it nicely.
Bin Sari misses with a looping left.
Rodriguez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bin Sari.
Bin Sari wants to clinch
and Rodriguez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bin Sari's knee momentarily.
Rodriguez swings widly with a right hand
and Bin Sari counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bin Sari instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Rodriguez misses.
Bin Sari looks to land a left hand but Rodriguez moved out of range nicely.
Rodriguez misses with an uppercut. Bin Sari saw that one coming.
Bin Sari looks to land a right hand but Rodriguez moved out of range.
Bin Sari staying out of range there.
Rodriguez misses with a straight right.
Bin Sari misses with a hook. Rodriguez ducked under it nicely.
Bin Sari throws a hook to the side of Rodriguez's head but Rodriguez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bin Sari.
Bin Sari defending well as Rodriguez loads up on a big left hand.
Bin Sari throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bin Sari waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rodriguez.
Rodriguez lands a head kick. Bin Sari smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like Aishah Bin Sari has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez misses with an uppercut.
Rodriguez misses with an uppercut.
Bin Sari throws an off balance right hand
and Rodriguez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bin Sari uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rodriguez.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rodriguez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Bin Sari.
Bin Sari misses the jab.
Bin Sari thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rodriguez tests Bin Sari's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rodriguez throws a right hand that misses
and Bin Sari counters with a good low kick that Rodriguez was not able to check.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rodriguez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bin Sari throws a front kick that sends Rodriguez stumbling back into the cage.
Bin Sari waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rodriguez.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Aishah Bin Sari dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aishah Bin Sari's cut.
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.
Rodriguez moves out of range of the strikes.
Rodriguez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bin Sari swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bin Sari defending well as Rodriguez loads up on a big left hand.
Aishah Bin Sari is winning the standup battle so far.
Bin Sari has closed the distance and engaged Rodriguez in a clinch.
Bin Sari misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rodriguez blocking some punches.
Bin Sari pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bin Sari is looking to slow Rodriguez down with leg kicks.
Bin Sari walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bin Sari throws a series of punches but Rodriguez avoids them all with ease.
Rodriguez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rodriguez ducks right into an uppercut from Bin Sari.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodriguez misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Bin Sari drops Rodriguez with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Rodriguez looks back up at him and smiles so Bin Sari waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rodriguez throws a series of punches but Bin Sari moves out of range.
Rodriguez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bin Sari counters with a crisp right that sends Rodriguez to the canvas! Bin Sari follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aishah Bin Sari!
Aishah Bin Sari tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ispa Mfer (ranked 28 p4p, 118 weight class) and Archibald Knox (ranked 5 p4p, 18 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ispa Mfer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 22 - 0, fighting out of New York, Archibald Knox!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mfer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A lazy left from Mfer finds it's target.
Mfer lands with a cross.
Mfer connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Mfer is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Mfer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mfer swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Knox with a nice calf kick.
Mfer takes one to the chin there.
Knox misses with a wild body shot.
Mfer throws out a loose jab but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mfer just misses with a punch to the body.
Knox throws the kick towards the body but Mfer avoids it.
Knox uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mfer.
Knox works the jab nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mfer pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
It seemed like Knox was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Knox looks to throw the jab but Mfer is out of range.
Knox connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mfer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Knox can pounce on him.
Knox misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mfer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Knox's sensitive parts.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Mfer crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Knox - the referee stops the clock and Mfer gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Knox. Mfer manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Mfer misses with a straight left.
Knox scores with a hook.
Mfer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Mfer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Knox throws out a counter right but Mfer avoids it with no problem.
Mfer throws a shot from downtown. Knox moves away and avoids it.
Archibald Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mfer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knox misses with an uppercut. Mfer saw that one coming.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Mfer is just out of range.
Knox throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Knox misses with a low kick.
Mfer appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mfer moves away.
Mfer misses with a left hand
and Knox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mfer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mfer misses with a kick to the body.
Knox misses the jab.
Knox has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mfer throws a body shot but no joy.
Knox looks to land a left hand but Mfer moved out of range nicely.
Knox connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mfer momentarily.
Knox misses with a body punch
and Mfer counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Mfer moves out of range of the strikes.
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Mfer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knox throws the left hand but Mfer avoids the punch easily.
Mfer cracks Knox with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Knox ducks under a wild hook from Mfer.
Mfer throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Knox throws out a loose jab but Mfer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knox rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mfer counters with a low kick, right behind Knox 's knee.
Knox swings for the body but Mfer moves out of range.
Mfer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Knox misses with a body shot.
Mfer looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Good standup being displayed there by Knox as he connects with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mfer wants to slow Knox down by chopping away at his legs.
Knox misses with a hook.
Knox is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mfer had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Mfer misses with a body shot.
Knox keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mfer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knox throws out the jab.
Mfer bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nice shot lands for Knox.
Mfer loads up on a big right hand but Knox slips the punch.
Knox throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mfer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Knox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mfer scores with a hook to the body. Knox takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Knox throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mfer misses with a low kick.
A little jabbing left from Knox on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mfer moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Knox throws a leg kick
and Mfer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mfer closes the distance and pushes Knox back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mfer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox lands a nice elbow.
Mfer throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.
Knox struggles to land a body shot inside as Mfer controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.
Mfer looking to throw knees to the head but Knox is blocking nicely.
Knox lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mfer.
Knox lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mfer lands a hook that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Knox's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Knox drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Mfer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Knox.
Knox scores with a sloppy right hand. Mfer should have avoided that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knox lands with a thumping leg kick.
Knox connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A nice inside leg kick there by Knox. That's going to slow Mfer down.
Knox lands a nice hook to Mfer's body. Mfer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Archibald Knox dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Knox throws the left hand but Mfer avoids the punch easily.
Mfer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A slow jab from Mfer misses its intended target.
Mfer fails to land with a series of punches.
A countering left hand to the body from Knox misses.
Mfer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Knox moves out of range of the strikes.
Knox misses with a body kick.
Knox misses with a hook. Mfer ducked under it nicely.
Mfer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mfer tries a low kick but Knox avoids it.
Mfer misses with a low kick.
Knox plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mfer on the side of the head.
Mfer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knox.
Knox misses with a low kick as Mfer jumps back.
Archibald Knox seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A lazy left from Knox finds it's target.
Mfer avoids the body shot from Knox.
Mfer throws a quick counter kick to the body but Knox avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Mfer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mfer. Mfer circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Knox throws a poor cross that misses
and Mfer counters with a good, hard body kick but Knox shrugs it off.
Knox throws a hook but Mfer avoids it easily.
Mfer feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Knox blocks a jab.
Knox appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Knox swings widly with a right hand
and Mfer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Mfer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mfer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mfer throws a hook but Knox blocks it.
Knox misses with a body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Mfer misses the target.
Knox moves out of range of the body kick from Mfer.
Knox thumps Mfer with a low kick.
Knox throws a series of punches but Mfer moves out of range.
Mfer lands a leg kick that knocks Knox off balance momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Mfer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mfer swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Knox slips a jab from Mfer.
Mfer moves away from the strike by Knox.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox misses with a looping left.
Mfer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knox.
Mfer was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Mfer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mfer moves forwards but Knox connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Knox has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Knox misses with a left hand
and Mfer counters with a good low kick that Knox was not able to check.
Knox bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Knox misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Knox misses with a body shot.
Knox throws a hook but Mfer blocks it.
Mfer scores with a jab.
Mfer works Knox's body with a nice hook.
Knox takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mfer has managed to clinch.
Knox tries to break the clinch but Mfer is controlling the position.
Knox throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mfers head.
Mfer scores with a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox tries to work over Mfer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mfer has a couple of punches blocked by Knox.
Mfer can't find room to land a body shot as Knox controls the action.
Knox blocks an uppercut.
Mfer tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Knox just stands there and leans against the cage.
Knox blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mfer scores with a hook to the body.
Knox throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mfer tries to land knees in the clinch but Knox avoids the damage to the body.
Mfer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knox pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Knox throws a front kick aimed at Mfer's knee but Mfer avoids it well.
Mfer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mfer gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Knox fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Knox misses with a straight left.
It appears Mfer was looking to counter with a kick there.
Knox throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox slips a straight right by Mfer.
Mfer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knox.
A counter left hand to the body from Mfer misses its target.
Mfer misses with an attempted mid kick.
Knox misses with a leg kick.
Mfer lands a lovely overhand right.
Mfer misses with a straight right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Mfer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It looked like Mfer was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Mfer lands a right hook to the body.
Knox ducks under a wild hook from Mfer.
Knox misses with a looping left.
Mfer throwing a counter right hand but Knox manages to avoid it.
Knox scores with a punch to the head.
Mfer pushes Knox away with a front kick.
Mfer walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Knox tries a head kick but it misses.
Mfer staying out of range there.
It looked like Mfer wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Archibald Knox will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!
Knox takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mfer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice leg kick lands there from Knox.
Mfer lands with a cross.
Mfer swings for the body but Knox moves out of range.
Mfer throws a jab but it's blocked by Knox.
Knox looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mfer takes a swing at Knox's ribcage but misses.
Knox scores with a jab to the head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Knox. That's going to slow Mfer down.
Knox throws a push kick but Mfer slaps the foot to one side.
Mfer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knox.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mfer was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
Knox throws a hook but Mfer avoids it easily.
A jab from Knox misses.
Knox rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Knox takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Knox getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Mfer looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Knox.
Mfer throws out a powerful jab.
Mfer doesn't manage to clinch there - Knox circles away.
Mfer looks to score with a jab to the body but Knox is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mfer. Knox does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mfer on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Knox tries a head kick but it misses.
Knox thuds his shin into the meat of Mfer's side.
Mfer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jab by Mfer.
A head kick from Knox lands but Mfer takes it in his stride.
Nice body punch from Mfer.
Knox takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Knox throws out a loose jab but Mfer uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mfer looks to throw a body kick
and Knox counters with a straight right hand.
Knox throws a looping overhand right but Mfer ducks down to avoid it.
Ispa Mfer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Archibald Knox is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox lets loose with a powerful body kick. Mfer will feel that in the morning.
Mfer throws a looping overhand right but Knox ducks down to avoid it.
A jab from Mfer does it's job there.
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Mfer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mfer swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Mfer throws a leg kick which misses Knox's front leg but catches the back leg as Knox tries to avoid it.
Mfer throws a jab but it's blocked by Knox.
Knox looks to land a left hand but Mfer moved out of range nicely.
Mfer takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mfer misses with an attempted mid kick.
Knox lands a head shot.
Knox moves away from the strike by Mfer.
Mfer ducks under a wild hook from Knox.
Knox with a nice cross.
Mfer throws a low kick but it's checked well by Knox.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Knox! But no joy.
Mfer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mfer walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Knox checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox misses with a kick to the body
and Mfer counters with a stiff right hand.
Knox stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mfer.
Mfer throws a nice inside leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Knox. Beautiful body shot.
Knox scores with a hook.
Mfer lands a jab-cross combination.
Mfer throws a good cross that connects.
Knox scores with a nice body kick.
A big left from Mfer misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knox feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mfers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Knox plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A jab lands there for Knox.
Mfer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mfer tries to move into range but Knox moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mfer connects with a nice looking jab.
Knox swats away the attempt to clinch by Mfer.
Knox throws a lazy uppercut
and Mfer counters with a left to the body.
Knox has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mfer.
Knox misses with a body shot.
Knox scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Knox throws a body punch but Mfer moves out of range.
Knox looks to land a right hand but Mfer moved out of range.
Mfer scores with a nice head shot.
Mfer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Mfer misses.
Knox lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mfer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knox.
Mfer throwing a counter right hand but Knox manages to avoid it.
Knox connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Archibald Knox.
I've got Knox winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Archibald Knox!
As Archibald Knox got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Switched it up , my manager is class, this guy was overrated - we r Convicted. Good night.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jean-Claude Marceau (ranked 19 p4p, 44 weight class) and Jeremy Jones (ranked 3 p4p, 8 weight class). Marceau comes to the cage accompanied by Feist - Tout Doucement. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jean-Claude Marceau!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeremy Jones!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Ren Mimura and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marceau tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jones counters with a straight right hand.
Marceau ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Jones throws a head kick that Marceau semi-blocks.
It looks like Jean-Claude Marceau has been cut.
Marceau throws a head kick but Jones moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marceau tries a head kick but it misses.
Jones drops his hands momentarily and Marceau takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marceau pushes Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Jones.
Jones looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Marceau's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones throws a left and a right that both miss
and Marceau counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jones's corner calls for a 1-2. Jones obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jones lands with a hook. Marceau tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jones lands a jab to the head.
Marceau staying out of range there.
Marceau darts in and clinches Jones up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones blocking some punches.
Jones working aggressively here.
Marceau tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jones.
Jean-Claude Marceau's cut is getting worse.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Jones blocking some punches.
Marceau lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jones.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marceau lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jones looks winded!
Jones blocking some punches.
Marceau escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jones throws a lazy uppercut
and Marceau cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jones takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
It looks like Jeremy Jones has been cut.
Jones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with the body kick
and Marceau counters with a straight right hand.
Marceau lands a slapping body shot.
Marceau gets a clinch.
Marceau lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Marceau lands a nice uppercut.
Marceau can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
Jones scores with a shoulder strike.
Jones lands a shot to the body.
Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marceau prevents a body shot from Jones.
Marceau working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Marceau.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
I was talking to Marceau's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Marceau fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones lands a right hand that snaps the head of Marceau backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marceau blocks a body shot from Jones.
A left hand lands to the body for Marceau.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Marceau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
Marceau doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marceau tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marceau misses with a body punch.
Marceau lands a hook that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
A nice left hand lands by Marceau.
A short right from Jones.
Jones lands an uppercut.
Marceau throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Marceau shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jones slips under a jab from Marceau.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jean-Claude Marceau will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Jones throws a wild body kick that Marceau sees coming a mile off.
Marceau tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice body kick there by Jones.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jones.
Jones throws out a loose jab but Marceau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jeremy Jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marceau sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Jones misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throws a lazy uppercut
and Marceau connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jones moves out of range as Marceau throws a body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Jones.
Marceau takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jones thows a body kick. Marceau tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Marceau looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marceau wants to clinch
and Jones counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a big head kick that sends Marceau tumbling to the mat! Jones takes a step backwards and waves Marceau back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones looks to land a body kick but Marceau moved away.
Marceau lands a slapping body shot.
Jones misses with a kick to the body
and Jones takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jones throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Marceau counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jones misses with the body kick
and Marceau connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Jones.
Marceau thinks about countering with a head kick.
Marceau pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Marceau sends Jones crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Marceau is motioning to the referee to let Jones up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Marceau moves out of range of the body kick.
Marceau cracks Jones with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Jones looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Marceau finish him?
Jones is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marceau has Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a left hand.
Jean-Claude Marceau's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Jones throws a poor cross that misses
and Marceau counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jones slips under a jab.
Jones raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Marceau throws a head kick that misses.
Jones misses with an uppercut
and Marceau counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jones feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Marceaus jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jean-Claude Marceau will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Marceau falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Marceau getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Marceau throws a body shot but no joy.
Marceau gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones misses with a right hand
letting Marceau counter with a right hand.
Jones throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Marceau counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones lands with a cross.
Jeez, Jean-Claude Marceau's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jean-Claude Marceau's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jeremy Jones!
Jeremy Jones is the new light heavyweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Jeremy Jones started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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