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OFK 98 - Dokov Vs Kriel PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Barry Ridgewood (ranked 4386 p4p, 22091 weight class) and Jimmy Knapp (ranked 491 p4p, 652 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Barry Ridgewood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Knapp!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ridgewood on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Knapp. Knapp obviously looking to wear him down.
Jimmy Knapp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ridgewood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knapp moves away.
That kick from Knapp tenderised Ridgewood's leg. Ridgewood is trying to keep his angry face on.
A nice inside leg kick there by Knapp. That's going to slow Ridgewood down.
Knapp moves away from the strike by Ridgewood.
Knapp uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ridgewood has time to react.
Knapp misses with a wild combination.
Ridgewood has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Knapp.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knapp lands a right hook to the body.
Ridgewood with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Knapp to score with a decent uppercut.
Knapp has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ridgewood.
Knapp blocks a jab.
Knapp looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ridgewood connects with the punch.
 It looks like Jimmy Knapp has been cut.
Ridgewood throws a looping overhand right but Knapp ducks down to avoid it.
Nice shot lands for Knapp.
Nice uppercut lands for Knapp. That snapped Ridgewood's head back.
 Ridgewood is rocked!
Knapp thumps Ridgewood with a low kick.
Oh Ridgewood is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ridgewood looks up at the clock. Bad move! Knapp lands a right hand from hell, dropping Ridgewood. Knapp pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jimmy Knapp!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Orion Struss (ranked 3768 p4p, 6538 weight class) and Ger McDonnell (ranked 435 p4p, 591 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Struss might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Lil Gnar - New Bugatti. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Orion Struss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ger McDonnell!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Struss misses with a two punch combination.
McDonnell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McDonnell jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McDonnell has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
McDonnell misses with an uppercut. Struss saw that one coming.
McDonnell lands a slapping body shot.
Struss will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ger McDonnell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by McDonnell.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by McDonnell.
McDonnell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice jab there from McDonnell.
McDonnell lands a right hook to the body.
McDonnell throws a poor cross that misses
and Struss counters with a left to the body.
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!
McDonnell thuds his right hand into Struss's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
McDonnell lands a jab to Struss's midsection.
Struss swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling McDonnell to counter with a crisp jab.
McDonnell gets a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Struss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McDonnell lands with an uppercut that bounces Struss off the cage and back into range.
Struss throws a nice looking combination but McDonnell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McDonnell lands a slapping body shot.
McDonnell looks to score with a jab to the body but Struss is just out of range.
Struss throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McDonnell sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McDonnell lands with a nice combination. Struss backs away looking to recover.
Struss is rocked!
McDonnell lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Oh Struss is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
McDonnell circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Struss to the canvas! Struss doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - McDonnell keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ger McDonnell!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Eric Draven (ranked 3367 p4p, 22128 weight class) and Joe Smith (ranked 323 p4p, 529 weight class). Smith comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ordinary Average Guy - Joe Walsh kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 25 - 13 - 2, fighting out of London, Eric Draven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Smith!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draven wants to clinch.
Draven misses with a wild combination.
Smith tries to counter by closing the distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Draven. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith takes a swing at Draven's ribcage but misses.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Draven clinches up against the cage.
Draven just leaning against Smith, taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Draven lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Draven lands with a right to the head.
Draven pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Draven misses with a body kick.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Draven was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith tries to keep at a distance but Draven has taken the fight into the clinch.
Draven scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Smith is trying to pull guard but Draven has him pressed against the cage.
Smith displaying some good clinch control by pressing Draven up against the cage.
Draven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Eric Draven is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Draven misses with a series of wild punches.
Draven is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smith throws a right and a left that Draven avoids nicely.
Draven moves into the clinch.
Draven lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven prevents a takedown attempt there.
Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Draven throws a lazy head kick
and Smith decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Draven's guard.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Draven manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Draven has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Draven lands with a left to the head.
Smith drops down looking for an ankle pick but Draven pulls his leg out and moves away.
Eric Draven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Smith.
Smith avoids the head kick by Draven.
Smith gets tackled into the cage by Draven. Draven maintains the clinch.
Draven throws an elbow that misses.
Draven using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Smith wants to take the fight to the mat but Draven manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Smith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Draven breaks from the clinch.
Draven throws a head kick that misses.
Smith throws a counter combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draven tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Draven connects with a right hand. Smith shakes it off.
Draven tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
Smith is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Draven tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Smith counters with a stiff right hand.
Draven wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Smith tries to counter with a clinch but Draven shakes him off and moves away.
Smith connects with a body shot.
Draven throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.
Smith looks for the body kick but Draven saw that one coming.
Smith tries to land a front kick but Draven steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Smith jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Draven does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draven is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smith tries to counter with a clinch but Draven shakes him off and moves away.
Draven throws a head kick but Smith moves out of range.
Draven is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Draven throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Horrible takedown attempt by Smith or perhaps it was just good defense by Draven, which made it look bad.
Draven moves into the clinch.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
Smith is working for takedown but Draven is calmly controlling the position for now.
Smith fails to pull guard.
Draven is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Draven tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Draven dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Draven moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Draven rushes Smith and presses him up against the cage.
Draven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Draven tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Draven rushes Smith and presses him up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Draven creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Draven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Draven doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
Draven tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Draven fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draven closes the distance looking to clinch
and Smith counters with a nice body shot.
Draven misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Draven forces Smith back against the cage and clinches.
Draven is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Draven looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Smith tries to stall but Draven uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Smith has Draven pressed against the cage.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Draven.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Smith lands with a short shot to the head.
Smith tries to pull guard but Draven forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Draven tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smith slows down the pace here.
Draven pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Draven bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven rushes Smith and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Draven throws an elbow that misses.
Draven is trying to maintain a safe position but Smith gets an underhook and turns Draven into the cage.
Draven slowing the pace effectively.
Smith tries to pull guard but Draven won't allow it.
Draven throws an elbow but it misses.
A short right from Smith on the inside.
Draven stalling the fight.
Draven prevents a takedown attempt there.
Eric Draven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Smith.
Smith can't break the clinch.
Smith being controlled against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draven comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Draven taking a breather.
Draven breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draven showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smith.
Eric Draven is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Draven counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Smith misses with a jab, cross combination.
Draven tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Draven tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
As Draven backs off Smith throws a huge counter combo but Draven manages to avoid it all.
Smith tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Draven throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Draven tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Eric Draven is winning the standup battle so far.
Smith cracks a nice hook into Draven's ribs.
Smith looks to land a body kick but Draven moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a right hand that Draven ducks under and follows up with a left that Draven also avoids with ease.
As Smith tries to get set, Draven tries to push him back and clinch up but Smith manages to avoid the attempt.
Smith is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Draven rather than just go for the knockout.
Draven throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Smith's head.
Draven moves into the clinch successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith being controlled against the cage.
Smith changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Draven fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Eric Draven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draven tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Draven tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sloppy strikes from Smith. Those never looked like landing.
Draven throws a body shot but no joy.
Draven clinches up with Smith and pushes him back against the cage.
Draven breaks from the clinch.
Draven just misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Draven dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Smith.
A chopping leg kick lands by Smith.
Draven is looking to clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Draven.
Draven fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick
and Draven counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Draven misses with a double jab
and Smith connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Smith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Draven bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Draven tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven takes the fight into the clinch.
Draven working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Draven keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smith's efforts to push away.
Draven is pushing Smith up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Draven controlling the action here for a moment.
Draven manages to break the clinch.
Draven is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Draven wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Smith only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Smith tries to keep at a distance but Draven has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Draven tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Draven tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Draven wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.
Smith moves out of range as Draven throws a body kick.
Smith misses with a wild combination.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Draven bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Draven wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Smith falls off balance throwing a combination
and Draven counters with a body kick.
Joe Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Draven fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Draven wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
A combination from Draven does no damage.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Draven was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Eric Draven is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Draven pushes Smith up against the cage in a clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Smith - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Eric Draven has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Smith tries to pull guard but Draven won't allow it.
Smith drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Eric Draven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Smith.
Draven prevents the takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith is trying to pull guard but Draven turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Smith stalling against the cage.
Smith is trying to pull guard but Draven has him pressed against the cage.
Smith breaks the clinch.
Smith thumps Draven with a low kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Smith on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Draven tries to clinch
and Smith connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Smith tries to keep at a distance but Draven has taken the fight into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Eric Draven.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Draven, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Draven!
Eric Draven took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, KOMBAT KLOTHING for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Langfield (ranked 3704 p4p, 5198 weight class) and Nico DiAngelo (ranked 433 p4p, 527 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go 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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyson Langfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nico DiAngelo!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Wagner Zegers and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Langfield is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
DiAngelo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
DiAngelo goes for a double leg but Langfield avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Langfield continues to drive forward.
Langfield is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Langfield drives through and clinches with DiAngelo against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
DiAngelo is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Langfield pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Langfield pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Langfield throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent DiAngelo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Langfield has a takedown stuffed.
Langfield pushes DiAngelo away with a front kick.
DiAngelo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Langfield manages to get an easy takedown there - catching DiAngelo on his heels. He'll look to pass DiAngelo's guard now, I'm sure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Langfield wants to pass the guard but DiAngelo is keeping the position.
Langfield looking to sit in guard and control but DiAngelo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
DiAngelo throwing strikes from guard but Langfield blocks nicely.
DiAngelo trying to control the position from guard on top but Langfield is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Langfield holds on and takes a little breather.
Langfield on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Langfield tries to get out of the position.
DiAngelo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Langfield lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Langfield sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed DiAngelo's guard.
Langfield is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, DiAngelo has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Langfield wants to stand but his hand is trapped. DiAngelo uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
Langfield won't allow DiAngelo to sweep him here.
DiAngelo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Langfield gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Langfield stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! DiAngelo throws up his legs and catches Langfield in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Langfield tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by DiAngelo! That came out of nowhere!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Nico DiAngelo!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lusmu Kutvonen (ranked 2135 p4p, 3886 weight class) and Pascal Letaivu (ranked 217 p4p, 358 weight class). Pascal Letaivu 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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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 9 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Lusmu Kutvonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pascal Letaivu!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Letaivu misses.
Kutvonen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Letaivu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pascal Letaivu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kutvonen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Letaivu lands a nice looking body shot.
Letaivu has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kutvonen.
Kutvonen just misses with a punch to the body.
Kutvonen ducks under a wild hook from Letaivu.
Kutvonen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Letaivu misses with a leg kick
and Kutvonen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Letaivu throws a lazy uppercut
and Kutvonen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Letaivu's knee momentarily.
Letaivu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kutvonen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kutvonen lands a lovely overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kutvonen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Letaivu in his tracks.
Letaivu connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kutvonen momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Letaivu misses with an uppercut
and Kutvonen counters with a nice uppercut.
Kutvonen connects with the punch.
Kutvonen just misses with a punch to the body.
Kutvonen backing away here, and Letaivu unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Letaivu works the jab nicely.
Kutvonen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Letaivu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Letaivu falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kutvonen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kutvonen bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Letaivu is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Letaivu is trying to control Kutvonen's posture but Kutvonen avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Letaivu wants to get back to his feet.
Letaivu tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Letaivu tries to hold on but Kutvonen postures up.
Letaivu is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kutvonen punching from mount but Letaivu doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Kutvonen thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Letaivu is squirming around, avoiding Kutvonen's attempts to control the action.
Kutvonen avoids the attempt from Letaivu to control.
Kutvonen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Kutvonen wants to control the pace but Letaivu is squirming around nicely.
Letaivu tries to hold on but Kutvonen postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kutvonen unloading with bombs!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Letaivu wants to control but Kutvonen is having none of it.
Letaivu is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Kutvonen is staying active.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kutvonen lands a nice shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lusmu Kutvonen dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Kutvonen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kutvonen misses with a hook.
Letaivu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kutvonen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Letaivu can do to turn this around?
Letaivu rushes Kutvonen and presses him up against the cage.
I was talking to Kutvonen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A right hand to the body from Kutvonen.
Kutvonen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kutvonen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kutvonen can't find room to land a body shot as Letaivu controls the action.
Letaivu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kutvonen lands with a light punch inside.
Letaivu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kutvonen works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kutvonen is fighting to break Letaivu's control of his arms but Letaivu is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Letaivu working a defensive guard but Kutvonen passes into half guard.
Letaivu desperately trying to maintain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Letaivu is trying to control but Kutvonen passes into side control!
Kutvonen trying to control the position but Letaivu is working away.
Kutvonen controlling from side mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Letaivu wants to control but Kutvonen postures up.
Lusmu Kutvonen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Kutvonen lands a decent elbow from side control.
Letaivu tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Kutvonen throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Kutvonen content just to control the position here.
Letaivu manages to control the position for a moment.
Kutvonen unloads with some shots from mount but Letaivu bucks and avoids them well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kutvonen landing strikes from the mount and Letaivu is in trouble!
Letaivu tries to lock up and control but Kutvonen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Kutvonen throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Letaivu because Kutvonen loaded up on that one.
Letaivu wants to control but Kutvonen is having none of it.
Kutvonen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Letaivu tries to lock up and control but Kutvonen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu is bucking up trying to escape but Kutvonen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kutvonen trying to control but Letaivu is having none of it.
Letaivu tries to hold on but Kutvonen postures up.
Letaivu is trying desperately to improve position.
Kutvonen tries to control but Letaivu wriggling away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Letaivu is trying desperately to improve position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lusmu Kutvonen dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. 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.
Letaivu wants to clinch but Kutvonen slips to the side
and Kutvonen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kutvonen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lusmu Kutvonen is winning the standup battle so far.
Letaivu throws a big shot that misses.
Letaivu throws a body shot but no joy.
A little feinted left hand from Kutvonen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Good shot there by Letaivu.
Kutvonen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kutvonen misses with a few strikes there.
Kutvonen lands an overhand right.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kutvonen. That's going to slow Letaivu down.
Kutvonen rushes Letaivu and presses him up against the cage.
Letaivu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kutvonen misses with a punch to the body.
Kutvonen tries a body shot but Letaivu blocks it.
Letaivu misses with a body punch.
Kutvonen lands a takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Letaivu is trying to keep Kutvonen in close.
Kutvonen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Letaivu swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kutvonen is looking to pass into half guard but Letaivu pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Letaivu is in guard.
Kutvonen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Letaivu's guard.
Letaivu controlling Kutvonen's posture.
Letaivu controls Kutvonen momentarily but Kutvonen frees himself.
Kutvonen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kutvonen.
Pascal Letaivu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Letaivu working a defensive guard here.
Letaivu throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Kutvonen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Letaivu is keeping the position for now.
Letaivu wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Kutvonen tries to free his leg and advance position but Letaivu is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Letaivu keeping moving, preventing Kutvonen from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Letaivu scores with a sloppy right hand. Kutvonen should have avoided that one.
Letaivu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kutvonen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Letaivu.
Kutvonen looks to land a right hand but Letaivu moved out of range.
Kutvonen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Letaivu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kutvonen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Letaivu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pascal Letaivu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kutvonen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Letaivu throws a shot to the body.
Kutvonen throws a leg kick
and Letaivu counters with a stiff right hand.
Letaivu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kutvonen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Letaivu's knee momentarily.
Lusmu Kutvonen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kutvonen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kutvonen decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Letaivu is looking to control Kutvonen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Letaivu avoid being mounted?
Kutvonen performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Letaivu kicks off Kutvonen and gets to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Lusmu Kutvonen.
Well Kutvonen 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lusmu Kutvonen!
A very excited looking Lusmu Kutvonen rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ernest Graves (ranked 1457 p4p, 15470 weight class) and Masada The Zealot (ranked 195 p4p, 674 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Ernest Graves!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Masada The Zealot!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graves clinches up with The Zealot and pushes him back against the cage.
Graves lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Graves lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of The Zealot backwards.
The Zealot is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Graves lands a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Graves.
The Zealot can't find room to land a body shot as Graves controls the action.
A short right from Graves on the inside.
Graves lands a body punch.
Graves pulls guard.
Graves looking for a sweep. Not yet Graves, not yet.
Graves is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Graves looking for a sweep. Not yet Graves, not yet.
Graves looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Zealot stopping the sweep attempt from Graves.
Graves might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Graves lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Graves stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. The Zealot swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Zealot can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Graves controls the pace.
The Zealot keeping moving, preventing Graves from controlling successfully.
The Zealot looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've been hearing that Graves has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Graves wants to pass the guard but The Zealot is keeping the position.
Graves in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Graves throwing strikes but missing.
The Zealot keeping moving, preventing Graves from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Graves in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Graves sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed The Zealot's guard.
Graves not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The Zealot looks like he's trying to stand up.
Graves is looking to advance position but The Zealot won't allow it.
Graves has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Graves is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for The Zealot!
Graves punching from mount but The Zealot doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves lands a big shot there that rocks The Zealot but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Graves landing shots from mount.
The Zealot is in a horrible position here. Graves smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Graves lands a big shot to the head and The Zealot winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ernest Graves!
Ernest Graves is the new lightweight champion!
Ernest Graves bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Conor OShea (ranked 1414 p4p, 6533 weight class) and Kyle Seehaver (ranked 202 p4p, 632 weight class). Kyle Seehaver has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Conor OShea's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Conor OShea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 16 - 1, fighting out of London, Kyle Seehaver!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Aafke Stam and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
OShea throws a head kick that misses.
Seehaver walks into a straight right hand from OShea.
Seehaver shoots in looking for a takedown but OShea manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Seehaver's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
OShea will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A head kick by OShea misses
and Seehaver counters with a single leg into guard. OShea didn't expect that.
Seehaver is looking to pass into half guard but OShea pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now OShea is in guard.
OShea got a little sloppy there for a moment and Seehaver has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, OShea has managed to get both his arms back between Seehaver's legs - danger averted.
OShea wanted to stand there but Seehaver had control of the position.
OShea stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Seehaver swivels though and keeps the full guard.
OShea is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Seehaver has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. OShea is looking to defend but Seehaver has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for OShea! Seehaver pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, OShea taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Kyle Seehaver!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Roger Dawson (ranked 2739 p4p, 2345 weight class) and J Gay G (ranked 273 p4p, 233 weight class). Gay G comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Down kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roger Dawson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, J Gay G!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gay G waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dawson.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gay G. Dawson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dawson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Tōshi in the buildup to the fight.
Gay G lands a slapping body shot.
Dawson looks for the body kick but Gay G saw that one coming.
Dawson misses with a looping left.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dawson wants to clinch up but Gay G keeps it at a distance.
Gay G needs to keep his hands up - Dawson had a free shot at his head there.
Gay G comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gay G scores with a jab to the head.
Gay G ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Oooooh!!! Dawson has knocked Gay G down with a huge combo! Dawson steps away and waves a wobbly Gay G back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
 Gay G is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dawson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gay G.
Gay G is still on wobbly legs! Can Dawson finish him?
Dawson drops Gay G with a straight right hand, right on the button! Dawson follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roger Dawson!
Roger Dawson spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zak Foley (ranked 494 p4p, 2239 weight class) and Kevin Brockington (ranked 75 p4p, 306 weight class). Kevin Brockington has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zak Foley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Kevin Brockington!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Foley throws a leg kick which misses Brockington's front leg but catches the back leg as Brockington tries to avoid it.
Brockington takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Foley feints and then cracks Brockington's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Brockington down.
Foley scores with a spinning back kick!
Foley looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Foley fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Brockington looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Foley!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brockington is looking to take a break and control but Foley is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Foley struggling a bit here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
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Foley stops Brockington from passing to mount.
Brockington wants to lay and pray for a moment but Foley keeps working.
Foley regains half guard there - taking advantage of Brockington's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Foley keeps control of the position for the meantime.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Foley gets full guard.
Brockington trying to control but Foley is working from the bottom.
Foley has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Foley is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Foley is looking to stall here but Brockington recovers full guard.
Brockington keeping moving, preventing Foley from controlling successfully.
Brockington avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foley with a flurry of punches that miss.
Foley throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Brockington bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Foley's guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Foley wants to get back to his feet but Brockington is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Brockington trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Brockington wants to control from the top but Foley keeps moving.
Foley has control of Brockington's left arm, preventing Brockington from doing any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Foley is on top in guard.
Brockington is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brockington is looking for a kimura but Foley is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Brockington to get the leverage.
Brockington is working for a kimura here but Foley manages to reverse the position and he's now in Brockington's guard.
Foley trying to control but Brockington is working from the bottom.
Foley showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Foley stands up from guard. Let's bang!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Foley connects with a crisp jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zak Foley dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Foley lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Foley connects with a nice looking jab.
Foley fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Brockington closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Foley connects with a body shot that sends Brockington's belly button to the back.
Foley connects with a high kick.
Foley dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Brockington. That did some damage!
Foley scores with a nice strike.
Foley misses with an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Foley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brockington drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Foley defends it well.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Brockington.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brockington moves away.
Foley lands a leg kick that knocks Brockington off balance momentarily.
Foley misses with a wild body shot.
Foley plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
It looks like Kevin Brockington has been cut.
Brockington with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Foley to score with a decent uppercut.
Brockington is rocked!
Brockington uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Foley.
Brockington is still on wobbly legs! Can Foley finish him?
Foley digs a good body shot into Brockington's ribs.
Brockington seems to have recovered his senses.
Foley lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Foley cracks Brockington with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Brockington falls to his knees and Foley doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zak Foley!
Zak Foley thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Doko Dokov (ranked 431 p4p, 832 weight class) and Willem Kriel (ranked 66 p4p, 134 weight class). Kriel has chosen Jack Parow & Freshlyground - Army Of One as his entrance music. Doko Dokov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Doko Dokov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 20 - 0, fighting out of New York, Willem Kriel!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dokov uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kriel has time to react.
Kriel looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dokov moves out of range of the strikes.
Dokov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kriel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dokov moves out of range of the body kick.
Kriel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dokov takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kriel tries to keep at a distance but Dokov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kriel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dokov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kriel lands a nice hook to Dokov's body. Dokov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kriel just misses with a punch to the body.
Dokov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dokov misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Dokov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dokov closes the distance and clinches.
Kriel misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kriel landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dokov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dokov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dokov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kriel misses with a punch to the body.
Kriel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kriel struggles to land a body shot inside as Dokov controls his hands.
Kriel manages to break the clinch.
Dokov tries to clinch but Kriel moves out of range.
Dokov instigates a clinch.
Kriel has a couple of punches blocked by Dokov.
A short right from Kriel.
A frustrated look appears on Kriel's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Kriel.
Kriel tries to throw a body punch but Dokov avoids it by throwing Kriel back against the cage.
Kriel misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dokov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kriel jabs at Dokov's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kriel looks to throw the jab but Dokov is out of range.
The fighters circling - Kriel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dokov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kriel, pushing him back against the cage.
Kriel looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dokov decides to pull guard.
Dokov throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Dokov looking for subs off his back but Kriel has passed one foot through into half guard.
Dokov strikes from the bottom but Kriel uses the opportunity to move to side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dokov is looking for a sweep.
Dokov bucks up and tries to throw Kriel off but instead Kriel has got his back!
Dokov is trying to stand back up.
Dokov tries to roll but Kriel sticks to his back.
Dokov trying to get back to his feet but Kriel is in full control for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kriel struggling to keep hold of the position.
Dokov is in bad spot here.
Dokov is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Kriel trying to control momentarily.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Dokov wants to escape the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Willem Kriel 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.
Kriel slips a jab and a cross from Dokov.
A combination from Dokov does no damage.
Dokov instigates a clinch.
Dokov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kriel lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kriel tests Dokov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dokov checks a low kick from Kriel.
Kriel misses with a low kick as Dokov jumps back.
Willem Kriel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dokov blocks a leg kick.
Kriel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dokov closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kriel counters with a head kick.
Kriel feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dokovs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sloppy strikes from Dokov. Those never looked like landing.
Kriel looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dokov tries to clinch up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kriel. Dokov does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kriel fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dokov.
Kriel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kriel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dokov appears to be looking for a big counter.
Dokov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kriel.
Dokov blocks the body kick.
Kriel stuffs the takedown.
Dokov keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Dokov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kriel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kriel keeps the fight on the outside.
Kriel keeps Dokov at a distance using the push kick.
Dokov is looking to clinch but Kriel is avoiding it.
Dokov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kriel.
Kriel stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kriel defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dokov.
Kriel throws an overhand right that lands on Dokov's shoulder, as Dokov tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dokov dives in and grabs Kriel's left leg, looking for a takedown. Kriel pushes down on Dokov's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Doko Dokov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kriel lands a jab to the head.
Kriel looks to land a right hand but Dokov moved out of range.
Kriel fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dokov is out of range.
Dokov moves in looking to clinch but Kriel pushes him off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dokov moves out of range of the body kick.
Dokov tries to clinch but Kriel moves out of range.
Dokov moves in looking to clinch but Kriel pushes him off.
Dokov is looking to clinch but Kriel is avoiding it.
Dokov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kriel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dokov has closed the distance and engaged Kriel in a clinch.
Dokov blocks a body shot from Kriel.
Kriel struggles to land a body shot inside as Dokov controls his hands.
Kriel tries to throw a body punch but Dokov avoids it by throwing Kriel back against the cage.
Kriel can't find room to land a body shot as Dokov controls the action.
Dokov working aggressively here.
Doko Dokov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kriel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kriel works on Dokov's body with a couple of short punches.
Kriel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dokov wants a takedown but no success here.
Kriel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kriel tries to land knees in the clinch but Dokov avoids the damage to the body.
Dokov leaning against his opponent.
Dokov misses with a punch on the inside.
Kriel lands a hook that snaps the head of Dokov backwards.
Kriel lands a nice elbow.
 It looks like Doko Dokov has been cut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kriel.
Kriel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dokov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dokov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dokov lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kriel defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dokov.
Dokov feints a jab promting Kriel to slip. Dokov then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kriel slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dokov takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kriel lands a leg kick that knocks Dokov off balance momentarily.
Doko Dokov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dokov is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kriel scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kriel misses with a left hand
and Dokov counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kriel works the jab nicely.
Kriel throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dokov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kriel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dokov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kriel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dokov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dokov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kriel has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kriel throws a leg kick but Dokov sees it coming and checks it nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Willem Kriel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Doko Dokov's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Kriel connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dokov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kriel.
Dokov avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dokov tries to clinch
and Kriel counters with a thumping low kick.
Kriel throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kriel keeps the fight on the outside.
Dokov takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kriel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kriel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dokov moves in looking to clinch but Kriel pushes him off.
Kriel steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Kriel throws a head kick but Dokov moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dokov tries to clinch but Kriel moves away
and Kriel counters with a stiff right hand.
Dokov is looking to clinch.
Dokov looks to land a combination but Kriel avoids it well.
Kriel lands a glancing blow to the side of Dokov's head.
Kriel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dokov wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dokov ducks under a wild hook from Kriel.
Dokov fails with a takedown attempt.
Kriel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kriel scores with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Kriel.
Kriel shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Dokov is looking to clinch but Kriel is avoiding it.
Dokov is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kriel throws a head kick that Dokov semi-blocks.
Kriel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dokov was well out of range. Poor timing from Kriel.
Kriel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dokov swinging wildly here.
Dokov moves away from the strike by Kriel.
Dokov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dokov throws a series of punches but Kriel moves out of range.
Dokov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dokov blocks a head kick by Kriel.
Kriel looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dokov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kriel attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kriel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dokov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kriel misses with a hook. Dokov ducked under it nicely.
Good work by Dokov as he checks the leg kick.
Dokov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kriel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kriel tries to score with a low kick but Dokov moves his leg out of the way.
Dokov wants to clinch up but Kriel keeps it at a distance.
Kriel tries to keep at a distance but Dokov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kriel throws an elbow that misses.
Doko Dokov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kriel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kriel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kriel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kriel misses with a hook. Dokov ducked under it nicely.
Kriel catches Dokov with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dokov avoids the body shot from Kriel.
Kriel misses with a low kick.
As Kriel backs away, Dokov returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Kriel looks to score with a jab to the body but Dokov is just out of range.
Dokov throws a jab but it's blocked by Kriel.
Dokov tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A right-left combo lands from Dokov.
Kriel throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A bone on bone clash there as Dokov blocks the leg kick.
Dokov slips under a jab from Kriel.
Dokov moves into range and clinches up with Kriel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kriel misses with an elbow over the top.
Dokov blocks an elbow strike from Kriel.
Kriel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kriel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kriel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dokov jumps into guard, dragging Kriel to the mat.
Dokov throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Dokov wants to sweep but no luck.
Dokov looking for subs off his back but Kriel has passed one foot through into half guard.
Dokov punching from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Willem Kriel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kriel has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Willem Kriel!
Willem Kriel 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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