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SYN 876 Caunt vs. Barbosa PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ananada Bunyasarn (ranked 1398 p4p, 982 weight class) and Rick Piano (ranked 208 p4p, 160 weight class). Piano has chosen Rick Piano Man as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Ananada Bunyasarn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 46 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rick Piano !
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Piano scores with a body shot.
A jab from Bunyasarn does it's job there.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Piano throws a lazy head kick
and Bunyasarn counters with a nice low kick that buckles Piano 's knee momentarily.
Piano digs a good body shot into Bunyasarn's ribs.
Piano lands with a kick to the temple. Bunyasarn shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Piano misses the shot to the body.
Bunyasarn swings for the body but Piano moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Piano misses with a body punch
enabling Bunyasarn to counter with a crisp jab.
Piano jabs at Bunyasarn's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunyasarn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Piano misses with a hook. Bunyasarn ducked under it nicely.
Piano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Piano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bunyasarn was well out of range. Poor timing from Piano .
Piano ducks under a wild hook from Bunyasarn.
Bunyasarn throws a low kick, looking for Piano 's leg but Piano calmly moves out of range.
Bunyasarn misses with an uppercut. Piano saw that one coming.
Piano throws a head kick but Bunyasarn moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunyasarn walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Piano checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Piano appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Piano is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bunyasarn rather than just go for the knockout.
A slow jab from Piano misses its intended target.
A little feinted left hand from Bunyasarn on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Piano has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bunyasarn.
Bunyasarn with a nice calf kick.
Piano scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bunyasarn misses with an uppercut. Piano saw that one coming.
A countering left hand to the body from Piano misses.
Bunyasarn throws out a leg kick but Piano moves out of range and Bunyasarn only half commits.
Piano is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Piano .
A looping hook to the body misses from Piano . Bunyasarn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Piano avoids the body shot from Bunyasarn.
Piano digs a good hook to Bunyasarn's body.
Bunyasarn throws a leg kick
and Piano counters with a straight right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Piano misses the target.
Piano ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bunyasarn on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Piano moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice body kick from Bunyasarn.
Bunyasarn goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Bunyasarn as he connects with a hook.
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!
Piano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bunyasarn manages to avoid it.
Bunyasarn lands a body shot.
Bunyasarn lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rick Piano will probably get the nod.
That's time! Bunyasarn's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Piano looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Piano . Bunyasarn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Piano swings for the body but Bunyasarn moves out of range.
Piano slips a straight right by Bunyasarn.
Piano on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bunyasarn throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Piano throws a big counter head kick but Bunyasarn avoids it with no problem.
Piano looks to score with a jab to the body but Bunyasarn is just out of range.
Bunyasarn misses with a straight right.
Piano thinks about the counter body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Piano just misses with a punch to the body.
Bunyasarn buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bunyasarn avoids a kick to the body.
Bunyasarn buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Piano misses the shot to the body.
Piano scores with a hook to the body. Bunyasarn takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Piano lands a big head kick that sends Bunyasarn tumbling to the mat! Piano takes a step backwards and waves Bunyasarn back to his feet - he wants the finish!
 It looks like Ananada Bunyasarn has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bunyasarn throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Piano looks to land a body kick but Bunyasarn moved away.
Bunyasarn was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Piano pushes Bunyasarn away with a front kick.
Piano scores with a jab.
Piano ducks under a wild hook from Bunyasarn.
Piano scoring well with a low kick there.
Bunyasarn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Piano has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Piano there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rick Piano seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bunyasarn lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Piano at a distance.
Bunyasarn thows a left - swing and a miss!
It seemed like Piano was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Piano dodges the punch combination from Bunyasarn.
Piano avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bunyasarn throws a leg kick but Piano moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bunyasarn throws a lazy uppercut
and Piano counters with a nice uppercut.
Bunyasarn looks to land a right hand but Piano moved out of range.
Piano misses with a body kick.
Bunyasarn throws an off balance right hand
and Piano counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Bunyasarn might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Bunyasarn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Piano . That did some damage!
Piano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bunyasarn was well out of range. Poor timing from Piano .
Piano throws a body shot but no joy.
An attempted straight right counter from Bunyasarn misses the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rick Piano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ananada Bunyasarn'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!
Piano lands a right hook to the body.
Piano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bunyasarn.
Bunyasarn lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bunyasarn misses with a wild body shot.
A low kick lands for Piano .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Piano .
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Piano ! But no joy.
Piano looks to score with a jab to the body but Bunyasarn is just out of range.
Bunyasarn lands the left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunyasarn scores with a nice strike.
Piano misses with a body kick.
Bunyasarn misses with a head kick.
Piano scores with a jab to the body.
Bunyasarn cracks Piano with a good jab.
Bunyasarn uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Piano has time to react.
Bunyasarn misses with a hook
and Piano counters with a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Piano looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Piano connects with a body shot.
Piano throws a head kick that misses.
Rick Piano is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bunyasarn tries a head kick but it 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!
Bunyasarn throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A nice side step and Piano releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bunyasarn misses with a low kick.
Bunyasarn misses with a lunging right hand
and Piano counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunyasarn misses with a hook
letting Piano counter with a right hand.
Piano throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Bunyasarn blocks a head kick by Piano .
Ananada Bunyasarn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bunyasarn throws a jab but it's blocked by Piano .
Piano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bunyasarn throws a leg kick that is checked
and Piano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Piano works Bunyasarn's body with a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Bunyasarn misses
and Piano counters with a nice body shot.
Piano scores with a kick to the midsection.
Bunyasarn throws a shot from downtown. Piano moves away and avoids it.
Piano appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bunyasarn thumps Piano with a low kick.
Bunyasarn shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bunyasarn lands a nice looking body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Piano throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Bunyasarn counter with a right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rick Piano .
Well Piano 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rick Piano !
Rick Piano gave a mention to Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013 in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sao Alela (ranked 712 p4p, 1212 weight class) and Hugh Honey (ranked 99 p4p, 158 weight class). Alela comes to the cage accompanied by Cryin' Like a Bitch. Honey is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Higher Love. 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 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sao Alela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hugh Honey!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alela ducks under a wild hook from Honey.
Alela tried to counter with a leg kick but Honey avoided it.
Alela paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Honey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alela has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Kaptajnernes Træningscenter in the buildup to the fight.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Alela throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Alela jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Honey dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Alela. That did some damage!
Alela misses with a series of wild punches.
Honey showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alela.
Honey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alela sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Alela swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Honey lands with a nice body punch.
Honey clinches up with Alela and pushes him back against the cage.
Alela has hold of one of Honey's legs. Honey is fighting the takedown attempt but Alela gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alela pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Honey is keeping the position for now.
Alela is working hard here to advance position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alela trying to control the position from guard on top but Honey is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alela trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Alela passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Alela content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Alela trying to control the action but Honey is working from the bottom.
Honey defending against the ground and pound.
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.
A lull in the action here as Alela stalls from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alela working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Alela tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Alela wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Honey, who protects the arm well.
Honey can't do much from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alela postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Alela is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Honey is not content to let Alela control the position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Honey is looking to reverse the position.
Alela tries to advance to mount but Honey denies him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
You can see the frustration on Honey's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Alela takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Alela uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Honey.
Good shot there by Honey.
Honey pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Honey throws an overhand right that lands on Alela's shoulder, as Alela tries to avoid the shot.
Alela drops down looking for a counter takedown but Honey sprawls and moves away.
Honey moves in looking to clinch but Alela pushes him off.
Sao Alela seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alela lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Alela throws a right hand that Honey ducks under and follows up with a left that Honey also avoids with ease.
Honey keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Alela steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Honey.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Honey fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Alela looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Honey ducks under a wild hook from Alela.
Honey avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Honey's corner calls for a 1-2. Honey obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Alela uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Honey.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sao Alela dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Alela looks to land a left hand but Honey moved out of range nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Honey misses the target.
Alela shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Honey trying to control but Alela postures up.
Alela is trying to control the action in half guard but Honey is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honey tries to roll over but Alela keeps him under control.
Alela is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alela stalling away here and it's allowed Honey to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Alela content to stall in guard here.
Honey not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Alela wants to pass the guard but Honey is keeping the position.
Alela slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
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.
Alela lands a nice forearm strike.
Alela tries for a kimura but Honey is defending well.
Alela working away.
Sao Alela overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Alela wants to lay and pray for a moment but Honey keeps working.
Alela looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Honey tries to improve position but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alela is looking to take a break and control but Honey is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Honey tries to bench press Alela off him but Alela keeps the position.
Alela wants to lay and pray for a moment but Honey keeps working.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Honey scores with a sloppy right hand. Alela should have avoided that one.
Alela connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Honey tries to clinch but Alela is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honey throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alela lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hugh Honey seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice shot lands for Alela.
Hugh Honey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alela scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Honey misses with a body shot.
Alela appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Honey on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Honey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alela was well out of range. Poor timing from Honey.
Alela is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Honey can do to turn this around?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alela looks to land a right hand but Honey moved out of range.
Honey walks forward, straight into a front kick from Alela.
Alela connects with a looping right hand.
Honey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alela manages to avoid it.
Alela throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Honey.
Honey defending well as Alela loads up on a big left hand.
Alela lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Honey scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Honey comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Alela motions for Honey to come forward. Alela throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Alela scores with a kick to the midsection.
Alela takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sao Alela dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Honey cracks Alela with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Honey lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Honey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alela sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Honey tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Alela manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Honey throws an overhand right that lands on Alela's shoulder, as Alela tries to avoid the shot.
Honey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Alela.
Honey misses with a wild body shot.
Alela looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Alela throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Honey's head.
The crowd cheers as Honey lands an impressive looking overhand right. Alela doesn't seem phased though.
Alela lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Alela.
Alela blocks a jab.
Alela throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alela lands the left hand.
Honey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alela sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice jab there from Alela.
Honey lands a glancing blow to the side of Alela's head.
Honey drops his hands momentarily and Alela takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Honey throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Alela makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Honey throws a looping overhand right but Alela ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alela throws a series of strikes that have Honey backpedaling.
Alela swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Honey.
Alela chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Honey has managed to clinch.
Honey lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Honey.
Alela misses with the head strike.
Alela misses with a punch to the body.
Honey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Honey can't find room to land a body shot as Alela controls the action.
Honey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Honey misses with the head strike.
Honey lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Honey misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Alela throws an elbow but misses.
Honey wants to stall.
Alela breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Honey jabs Alela right on the nose. Alela blinks but takes it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honey slips under a jab.
Alela displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Honey throws out the jab.
Alela lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Honey backs up against the cage.
Honey is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Alela.
Honey lands a glancing blow to the side of Alela's head.
 Alela is rocked!
Alela connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Alela lands a jab to the nose.
Good standup being displayed there by Honey as he connects with a hook.
Oh Alela is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Alela looks to score with a jab to the body but Honey is just out of range.
Honey looks to score with a jab to the body but Alela is just out of range.
Honey tries to clinch up but Alela circles away and keeps his distance.
Alela seems to have got his legs back now.
Jab, jab by Alela - just one landing.
Honey moves out of range of the body kick from Alela.
Honey misses with a few strikes there.
Honey fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Alela scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Honey takes a swing at Alela's ribcage but misses.
Sloppy strikes from Alela. Those never looked like landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alela tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Honey closes the distance and pushes Alela back into the cage.
Alela's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alela will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A nice side step and Honey releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Honey ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Honey connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Alela tests Honey's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Honey has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Alela swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sao Alela is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Honey punishes Alela's body with a nice straight punch.
Honey tries to clinch up.
Honey misses the shot to the body.
Honey throws a looping overhand right but Alela ducks down to avoid it.
Alela uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Honey.
Alela ducks under a wild hook from Honey.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Alela.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Honey rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alela moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Alela with the inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Alela half committed to a counter leg kick.
Alela shoots for a takedown but Honey saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Alela pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fighters circling - Honey throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
As Honey looks to move away, Alela throws a big counter combo but Honey just gets out of the way.
A chopping leg kick lands by Alela.
Honey throws a jab when Alela was well out of range.
Honey tries to clinch there but Alela circles away.
Alela throws out a loose jab but Honey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alela throws a quick inside leg kick.
Alela is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Honey.
Alela moves out of range as Honey strikes.
Alela closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Alela scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Honey misses with a looping left.
Honey lands a really nice looking cross but Alela seems unphased.
Hugh Honey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alela with a nice calf kick.
Alela moves away from the strike by Honey.
Alela throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
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 Sao Alela.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Alela, 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sao Alela!
Sao Alela gave a mention to Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Juan Pique (ranked 468 p4p, 534 weight class) and Night Crawler (ranked 27 p4p, 32 weight class). Pique comes to the cage accompanied by Piranha. Crawler is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by World Ender. Juan Pique had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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 20 - 13 - 2, fighting out of London, Juan Pique!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Night Crawler!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pique throws a chopping leg kick but Crawler manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Pique misses with a body shot.
Pique throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pique misses with a looping left.
Crawler looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pique scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Crawler doesn't seem bothered though.
Pique feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Crawlers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Crawler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pique manages to avoid it.
Pique moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pique swings away with a leg kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pique pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Crawler let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Pique misses with a left hand
and Pique takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Crawler throws a big shot that misses.
Crawler slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pique throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Crawler stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pique bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Crawler misses with an uppercut
and Pique counters with a thumping low kick.
Crawler uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pique.
Crawler blocks the body kick.
Crawler looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pique throws a sloppy head kick
and Crawler counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Juan Pique has been cut.
Crawler lands a nice shot to the body.
Juan Pique seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pique throws the kick towards the body but Crawler avoids it.
Pique scores with a leg kick.
Crawler takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pique lands a nice looking body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawler misses the shot to the body.
Pique scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
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!
Pique throws out a powerful jab.
Crawler has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Pique.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pique. Crawler does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crawler wants to counter with a clinch but Pique pushes him away.
Pique tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crawler was well out of range. Poor timing from Pique.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Crawler! But no joy.
Pique scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Crawler doesn't seem bothered though.
A lazy left from Pique finds it's target.
Both fighters circling a little - Pique finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Crawler takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Crawler swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pique throws a leg kick
and Crawler counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pique misses with a low kick.
Pique dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Crawler. That did some damage!
Crawler looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pique lands with a cross.
Crawler throws a right hand that misses
and Pique counters with a nice body kick.
Crawler jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pique just misses with a punch to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Pique. Crawler shrugs it off though.
Pique misses with the body kick
and Crawler counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Pique lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Crawler backwards.
Pique tries to work over Crawler's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pique prevents a body shot from Crawler.
Pique lands with a short shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Pique.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pique misses with the head strike.
Pique struggles to land a body shot inside as Crawler controls his hands.
Pique blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Crawler just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pique's brow.
A short body shot lands from Crawler as the two fighters clinch.
Pique blocks an elbow strike.
Pique throws a head punch that misses.
Pique blocks an uppercut.
Crawler managing to block the knees to the body from Pique.
Pique avoids the elbow strike from Crawler, against the cage.
Pique tries to work over Crawler's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crawler pushes off an throws an elbow but Pique leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Crawler doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pique lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Crawler or not.
Crawler creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pique blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crawler swings wildly with an uppercut but Pique uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pique misses with a body punch.
Pique tries a body shot but Crawler blocks it.
Pique breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Pique dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Juan Pique's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Decent striking displayed by Crawler there.
Crawler on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Crawler swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pique is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Crawler can do to turn this around?
Pique lands a nice shot that snaps Crawler's head back.
Crawler moves out of range of the strikes.
Crawler looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Crawler swings widly with a right hand
and Pique counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Crawler's coach down at Kalashnikov ELITE MMA Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Crawler's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Pique looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Crawler now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Pique lands with a good body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pique blocks a jab.
Crawler throws a body punch but Pique moves out of range.
Pique lands a jab.
Pique tries to score with a low kick but Crawler moves his leg out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pique throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pique misses with a low kick.
Pique listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Crawler on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Pique looks to score with a jab to the body but Crawler is just out of range.
Crawler swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Crawler checks a low kick from Pique.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Pique. Crawler shrugs it off though.
Crawler takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pique lands a nice looking body kick.
Pique keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Crawler.
Pique keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Crawler.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawler moves out of range of the body kick from Pique.
Pique explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Pique misses with a low kick.
Crawler misses with a right hand
and Pique counters with a nice body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crawler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pique.
Crawler looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pique chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pique looks to score with a jab to the body but Crawler is just out of range.
A little jabbing left from Crawler on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pique scores with a leg kick.
Pique lands with a nice body punch.
Pique misses with a body kick.
A little jabbing left from Crawler on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pique scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pique cracks Crawler with an open hand slap.
Pique throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Crawler counters with a stiff right hand.
Pique's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Pique connects with a good right hand that stumbles Crawler. Crawler circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Crawler stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pique.
Crawler takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The fighters circle momentarily. Pique darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Pique throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Juan Pique is winning the standup battle so far.
Crawler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pique was well out of range. Poor timing from Crawler.
Pique uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Crawler.
A slapping body kick lands there for Pique.
Pique lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pique throws a good cross that connects.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crawler ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pique is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Crawler.
Pique buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Crawler moves out of range of the body kick.
It seemed like Crawler was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice shot by Pique.
Pique scores with a head kick.
Pique keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Pique throws a hook but Crawler blocks it.
Pique thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Pique dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Juan Pique'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. And we move into the final round!
Pique scores with a crisp jab that stopped Crawler in his tracks.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pique. That's going to slow Crawler down.
Pique thuds a left hand into Crawler's body.
Pique misses with a jab to the body
and Crawler counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice shot lands for Pique.
Crawler throws a jab when Pique was well out of range.
Crawler has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Crawler drops his hands momentarily and Pique takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Pique feints and then cracks Crawler's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Crawler down.
Crawler's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crawler avoids the body shot from Pique.
Pique throws a low kick but it's checked well by Crawler.
Pique stuns Crawler with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pique manages to avoid it.
Pique throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Pique.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Crawler crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Pique - the referee stops the clock and Crawler gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Pique. Crawler manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Crawler on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Pique smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pique lands a leg kick that knocks Crawler off balance momentarily.
Pique throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Pique misses the jab.
Crawler checks the leg kick.
Pique lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Night Crawler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawler walks into a stiff left hand from Pique.
Pique throws a hook to the side of Crawler's head but Crawler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Crawler looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pique lands a leg kick that knocks Crawler off balance momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crawler's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pique connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Crawler scrambles back to his feet.
Pique chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pique lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Crawler at a distance.
Pique throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Crawler swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A nice leg kick from Pique, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pique throws a jab but it's blocked by Crawler.
Crunch! Pique slams his shin into Crawler's torso.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crawler. Pique does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pique throws out a powerful jab.
Crawler has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Pique.
Pique fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Crawler.
Pique looks to land a left hand but Crawler moved out of range nicely.
Pique lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pique fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Crawler has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pique swings for the body but Crawler moves out of range.
Crawler moves out of range as Pique throws a body kick.
Crawler ducks right into an uppercut from Pique.
Pique scores with a jab. Crawler acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Pique lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pique throws a leg kick
and Crawler counters by moving into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Crawler.
Pique lands a left hand that snaps the head of Crawler backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A right handed body shot lands from Pique.
Pique misses with a punch on the inside.
Pique swings wildly with an uppercut but Crawler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crawler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pique misses with a punch to the body.
Pique works on Crawler's body with a couple of short punches.
Juan Pique is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Crawler lands a nice elbow.
Crawler throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Crawler tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pique doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Crawler misses with an elbow strike.
Crawler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Pique showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pique, 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Pique!
After winning the bout, Juan Pique thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Kosmanov (ranked 651 p4p, 903 weight class) and Jim Jones Jr (ranked 93 p4p, 124 weight class). Jones Jr has chosen The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Ballad of Jim Jones as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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 13 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Kosmanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jim Jones Jr!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yuuki Gou and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Jones Jr as Kosmanov shoots in.
A lazy left from Jones Jr finds it's target.
Kosmanov darts in and clinches Jones Jr up against the cage.
Jones Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Jones Jr fails to land.
Kosmanov jumps into guard, dragging Jones Jr to the mat.
Kosmanov is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jones Jr in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kosmanov is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Kosmanov wants to sweep here but Jones Jr controlling him for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kosmanov trying to strike off his back.
Kosmanov looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Jones Jr working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Jones Jr with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kosmanov is pulling down on Jones Jr's head to control his posture.
Jones Jr scoring with some ground and pound.
Kosmanov looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Jones Jr lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jones Jr distracts Kosmanov with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones Jr lands a couple of elbows.
Jones Jr scoring with some ground and pound.
Jones Jr makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jones Jr throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kosmanov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jones Jr working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jones Jr slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Kosmanov.
Jones Jr missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kosmanov is looking for a sweep. Jones Jr is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jones Jr is working for a submission of some sort.
Jones Jr missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kosmanov trying to control here.
Jones Jr throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jones Jr scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Kosmanov on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jones Jr is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones Jr scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kosmanov trying to control from the bottom.
Jones Jr not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jones Jr connects with a nice short shot to Kosmanov's temple.
Jones Jr seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kosmanov does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jones Jr lands strikes from half guard.
Jones Jr wants to pass to mount but Kosmanov is defending the position.
Kosmanov is trying to get back to full guard.
Jones Jr wants to free his trapped foot but Kosmanov is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Jones Jr slips a nice elbow through Kosmanov's hands, connecting with Kosmanov's forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kosmanov misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Kosmanov wants to improve his position but Jones Jr is controlling well.
Jones Jr looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Kosmanov is looking to improve his position.
Kosmanov is pressing down on Jones Jr's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Jones Jr wants to control from the top but Kosmanov keeps moving.
Kosmanov escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jones Jr gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Jones Jr with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones Jr keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kosmanov's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Jones Jr dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jones Jr defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kosmanov.
Jones Jr throws a lazy right hand but Kosmanov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jab by Jones Jr.
A big right from Jones Jr misses.
Kosmanov fails with a takedown attempt.
Jones Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice jab there from Jones Jr.
Kosmanov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones Jr.
Kosmanov shoots in for a takedown but Jones Jr shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jones Jr is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vladimir Kosmanov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kosmanov drives through with a takedown into Jones Jr's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Kosmanov tries to free his leg and advance position but Jones Jr is retaining full guard.
Jones Jr manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kosmanov manages to get himself to full guard.
Kosmanov is looking for a triangle but Jones Jr pushes his legs off easily.
Jones Jr trying to control but Kosmanov is working from the bottom.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones Jr scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kosmanov preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jones Jr wants to pass the guard but Kosmanov is keeping the position.
Jones Jr postures up and lands a big shot to Kosmanov's brow.
Jones Jr trying to control but Kosmanov is working from the bottom.
Kosmanov throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Kosmanov working for a triangle but Jones Jr defends it easily.
Kosmanov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jones Jr showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Kosmanov has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jones Jr can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kosmanov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jones Jr.
Kosmanov has his hands on Jones Jr's head, controlling the position.
Jones Jr is in close to Kosmanov's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jones Jr scoring with some ground and pound.
Jones Jr has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kosmanov lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Jones Jr has momentary wrist control but Kosmanov slips an elbow through the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones Jr is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kosmanov is aware though and is defending well.
Kosmanov won't allow Jones Jr to sweep him here.
Jones Jr has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kosmanov can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kosmanov stopping the sweep attempt from Jones Jr.
Jones Jr lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Jones Jr trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kosmanov pulls Jones Jr in close to prevent any damage.
Jim Jones Jr has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jones Jr stands up over Kosmanov, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones Jr postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jones Jr working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kosmanov's head.
Jones Jr trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jones Jr throws a big elbow that misses.
Jones Jr with a nice head shot there.
Kosmanov keeping full guard, as Jones Jr tries to pass.
Kosmanov striking from the bottom here.
Kosmanov throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Kosmanov throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones Jr is looking to work some ground and pound but Kosmanov has wrist control.
Kosmanov looking for a sweep. Not yet Kosmanov, not yet.
Jones Jr has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kosmanov is trying to control the position but Jones Jr postures up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Jones Jr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Kosmanov fails to land the takedown.
Jones Jr swings for the body but Kosmanov moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Kosmanov.
Kosmanov shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Kosmanov showed some decent athleticism there.
Jones Jr is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jones Jr makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Jones Jr.
Kosmanov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kosmanov is posturing up here but Jones Jr has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Kosmanov tries to roll out but it's too tight and Kosmanov has to tap! Slick submission there by Jones Jr!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jim Jones Jr!
After winning the bout, Jim Jones Jr thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Adrian Picklesbly (ranked 525 p4p, 495 weight class) and Takashi Yoshida (ranked 31 p4p, 29 weight class). Picklesbly comes to the cage accompanied by Angels in Heaven - Chris Rodrigues & the Spoon Lady. Yoshida has chosen Boogeyman by Motörhead as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Takashi Yoshida enters the cage!
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130
37 - 13 - 2 |
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World class boxer
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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 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Adrian Picklesbly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Takashi Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoshida scores with a kick to the midsection.
Yoshida connects with a solid leg kick.
Yoshida moves out of range of the leg kick from Picklesbly.
Adrian Picklesbly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Picklesbly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Picklesbly throws a looping overhand right but Yoshida ducks down to avoid it.
Picklesbly throws a shot from downtown. Yoshida moves away and avoids it.
Yoshida is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Picklesbly.
Yoshida takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Picklesbly sizes up Yoshida with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Picklesbly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yoshida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Picklesbly throws a hook but Yoshida avoids it easily.
Picklesbly throws a poor cross that misses
and Yoshida connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Picklesbly lands with a hook. Yoshida tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Picklesbly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yoshida.
Picklesbly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Picklesbly throws a wild body kick that Yoshida sees coming a mile off.
Yoshida let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yoshida throws a body shot but no joy.
Yoshida wants to land a leg kick but Picklesbly is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida scores with the left hand. Picklesbly knows he should have avoided that one.
Yoshida is looking to slow Picklesbly down with leg kicks.
Nice body punch from Picklesbly.
Picklesbly lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yoshida circles away quickly and effectively.
Picklesbly fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yoshida keeps the fight on the outside.
Picklesbly lands a jab to the head.
Picklesbly wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Picklesbly pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yoshida swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Picklesbly on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Picklesbly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yoshida.
Picklesbly closes the distance but Yoshida moves to the side
and Yoshida counters with a lovely straight right hand!
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!
Picklesbly lands a nice shot to the body.
Takashi Yoshida is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A telegraphed right hand from Picklesbly misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Picklesbly is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Yoshida defending well as Picklesbly loads up on a big left hand.
Good shot there by Yoshida.
Picklesbly scores with a jab to the body.
Yoshida slips a jab from Picklesbly.
Yoshida moves away from the strike by Picklesbly.
Yoshida steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
A clash of legs there as Yoshida blocks the low kick.
Yoshida displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Picklesbly throws out the jab.
Yoshida is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yoshida jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Picklesbly sizes up Yoshida with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Picklesbly takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Picklesbly misses with a double jab
and Yoshida counters with a body kick that stops Picklesbly in his tracks momentarily.
Yoshida throws a shot from downtown. Picklesbly moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Picklesbly paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Picklesbly wants to slow Yoshida down by chopping away at his legs.
Picklesbly misses with a wild body shot.
Picklesbly connects with a good right hand that stumbles Yoshida. Yoshida circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Picklesbly jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Picklesbly misses with a wild body shot.
Yoshida connects with a single shot there.
Good shot there by Picklesbly.
Picklesbly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yoshida chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Picklesbly throws a body kick that misses
letting Yoshida counter with a right hand.
Picklesbly lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yoshida circles away quickly and effectively.
Picklesbly connects with a good right hand that stumbles Yoshida. Yoshida circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Picklesbly checks a low kick from Yoshida.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Picklesbly misses the jab.
Picklesbly throws out a loose jab but Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Picklesbly is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Picklesbly throws a big shot that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida thows a left - swing and a miss!
A cross from Picklesbly lands.
Picklesbly throws a big shot that misses.
Picklesbly connects with a looping right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Picklesbly. Yoshida does a little dance to reset his feet.
Picklesbly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yoshida was well out of range. Poor timing from Picklesbly.
Yoshida swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Yoshida throws a leg kick but Picklesbly checks it.
Yoshida throws an overhand right that lands on Picklesbly's shoulder, as Picklesbly tries to avoid the shot.
Picklesbly looks to land a right hand but Yoshida moved out of range.
Yoshida's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Picklesbly connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Yoshida scrambles back to his feet.
Picklesbly thows a leg kick but Yoshida checks it
and Yoshida cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Picklesbly has managed to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Picklesbly lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Yoshida misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yoshida scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Picklesbly throws an elbow but it misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Adrian Picklesbly dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Picklesbly wants to land a leg kick but Yoshida is out of range.
Yoshida moves out of range of the strikes.
Picklesbly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yoshida can do to turn this around?
Picklesbly lands a slapping body shot.
Yoshida keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Picklesbly.
Yoshida flicks out a counter leg kick but Picklesbly steps away.
Picklesbly blocks a low kick nicely.
Yoshida just misses with a punch to the body.
Picklesbly misses with a body shot.
Picklesbly moves out of range of the body kick from Yoshida.
Picklesbly gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Picklesbly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yoshida's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Yoshida fails to land.
Picklesbly can't find room to land a body shot as Yoshida controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Picklesbly.
Picklesbly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yoshida lands a nice uppercut.
Yoshida misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yoshida blocks an elbow strike.
Yoshida misses with some punches.
Yoshida throws a punch but it's blocked by Picklesbly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida throws a head punch that misses.
Yoshida scores with a shot to the side of Picklesbly's head.
Picklesbly lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Picklesbly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yoshida tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Picklesbly misses with a body punch.
Yoshida is leaning against Picklesbly and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Picklesbly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yoshida lands a body shot in the clinch.
Yoshida swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Picklesbly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Picklesbly throws a punch but it's blocked by Yoshida.
Yoshida tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Picklesbly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yoshida's elbow.
Yoshida misses with a punch on the inside.
Picklesbly works on Yoshida's body with a couple of short punches.
Our sources have told us that Picklesbly has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Picklesbly misses with a punch to the body.
Picklesbly lands an elbow just above Yoshida 's eye.
Picklesbly throws an elbow that misses.
Yoshida lands a hook that snaps the head of Picklesbly backwards.
A short body shot lands from Picklesbly as the two fighters clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Picklesbly's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Picklesbly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Picklesbly lands a shot to the body.
Picklesbly lands a body punch in the clinch.
Picklesbly scores with a shoulder strike.
Yoshida takes a shot to the head.
Yoshida misses with the head strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yoshida as Picklesbly tries to tie him up.
With the fighters up against the cage, Picklesbly throws an elbow but misses.
Yoshida tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yoshida working aggressively here.
Picklesbly misses with an elbow over the top.
A right handed body shot lands from Picklesbly.
With the fighters up against the cage, Picklesbly throws an elbow but misses.
Picklesbly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yoshida.
Picklesbly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Picklesbly.
Yoshida lands a shot to the body.
Yoshida misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Picklesbly tries to land knees in the clinch but Yoshida avoids the damage to the body.
Picklesbly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Picklesbly misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Yoshida.
Picklesbly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Picklesbly scores with a shot to the side of Yoshida's head.
Yoshida fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yoshida misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yoshida throws a punch but it's blocked by Picklesbly.
Picklesbly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yoshida lands a left hand that snaps the head of Picklesbly backwards.
Picklesbly gets through Yoshida's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Picklesbly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yoshida lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Picklesbly.
Yoshida struggles to land a body shot inside as Picklesbly controls his hands.
Picklesbly crunches a lovely knee into Yoshida's ribcage.
Yoshida working aggressively here.
Yoshida misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Picklesbly.
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!
Picklesbly lands an elbow just above Yoshida 's eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida misses with a hook from the clinch.
Picklesbly working Yoshida over with knees to the body.
Yoshida misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yoshida.
Picklesbly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yoshida swings wildly with an uppercut but Picklesbly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yoshida goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yoshida lands with a right to the head.
Yoshida misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yoshida misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yoshida swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Picklesbly lands a body shot.
Yoshida fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yoshida takes an elbow to the temple.
Yoshida misses with the head strike.
Yoshida misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yoshida misses with a body punch.
Yoshida throws a head punch that misses.
Picklesbly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yoshida's elbow.
Yoshida has a couple of punches blocked by Picklesbly.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Adrian Picklesbly dominated that second round.
That's time! Picklesbly's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Picklesbly's jab looks to have found its range, popping Yoshida under the eye.
Yoshida throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yoshida lands an overhand right.
Picklesbly throws a looping overhand right but Yoshida ducks down to avoid it.
Picklesbly works the jab nicely.
Picklesbly has closed the distance and engaged Yoshida in a clinch.
Picklesbly blocking some punches.
Picklesbly lands an elbow inside.
Picklesbly tries to work over Yoshida's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yoshida swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Yoshida.
Yoshida struggles to land a body shot inside as Picklesbly controls his hands.
Yoshida tries to work over Picklesbly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Picklesbly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yoshidas head.
Yoshida can't find room to land a body shot as Picklesbly controls the action.
Picklesbly lands with a right to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Picklesbly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yoshida lands a right hand.
Yoshida lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Picklesbly backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida dodges an elbow strike from Picklesbly.
Yoshida misses with the head strike.
Picklesbly lands a nice uppercut.
Yoshida lands with a light punch inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Picklesbly.
Yoshida tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yoshida tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Picklesbly's elbow.
Yoshida takes an elbow to the temple.
Yoshida prevents a body shot from Picklesbly.
Yoshida lands a shoulder strike.
Yoshida fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Yoshida.
Picklesbly comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters up against the cage, Picklesbly throws an elbow but misses.
Picklesbly misses with a punch on the inside.
Picklesbly lands a body shot in the clinch.
Adrian Picklesbly has scored more points in the clinch so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right handed body shot lands from Picklesbly.
Yoshida swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice elbow from Picklesbly.
Yoshida lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Picklesbly trying to control the position but instead, Yoshida has worked for underhooks and has pushed Picklesbly into the cage.
A right hand to the body from Picklesbly.
A head punch on the inside from Yoshida fails to land.
A hook to the body from Yoshida.
Picklesbly lands a shoulder strike.
Yoshida tries to work over Picklesbly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Picklesbly lands a left hand.
Picklesbly can't find room to land a body shot as Yoshida controls the action.
Picklesbly scores with a hook to the body.
Picklesbly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yoshida backwards.
Yoshida lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yoshida fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Picklesbly jumps guard.
Picklesbly can't keep his opponent in guard - Yoshida advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Picklesbly is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Picklesbly is looking to control Yoshida's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Picklesbly avoid being mounted?
Takashi Yoshida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Picklesbly tries to roll over but Yoshida keeps him under control.
Picklesbly moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Picklesbly is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Picklesbly is looking for a triangle but Yoshida pushes his legs off easily.
Yoshida preventing the sweep.
Yoshida looking to pass the guard.
Picklesbly looking for a guillotine here but Yoshida defends easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Adrian Picklesbly showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Picklesbly 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adrian Picklesbly!
Adrian Picklesbly thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Cruz Jr (ranked 466 p4p, 304 weight class) and Joao Cajo Branca (ranked 71 p4p, 53 weight class). Branca comes into a darkened arena with his song building. original score medley kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!
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23 - 13 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 20 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jorge Cruz Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joao Cajo Branca!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Taro Takaoka and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Branca takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Branca walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cruz Jr has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Cruz Jr misses with an uppercut
and Branca connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cruz Jr cracks Branca with a right hand to the side of the head.
Joao Cajo Branca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cruz Jr throws a lazy head kick
and Branca counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Branca loads up on a big right hand but Cruz Jr slips the punch.
Branca throws a right hand that misses
and Cruz Jr counters with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Branca throws a lazy body kick
and Cruz Jr counters with a head kick that drops Branca to the mat! Branca scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
 Branca is rocked!
Branca drops his hands momentarily. Cruz Jr doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Branca staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Branca doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jorge Cruz Jr!
After the fight, Jorge Cruz Jr was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stanley Steele (ranked 643 p4p, 522 weight class) and Jeff Mma (ranked 99 p4p, 82 weight class). Steele comes into the arena with Manowar - Heart of Steel blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stanley Steele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jeff Mma!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Ren Mimura and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steele closes the distance looking to clinch
and Mma counters with a straight right hand.
Steele misses the jab.
Mma counters with a body kick.
Mma moves away from the strike by Steele.
Mma throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Steele's head.
It looks like Stanley Steele has been cut.
Mma lands a jab to the head.
Mma takes one on the button.
Steele dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Steele checks a leg kick nicely.
Steele listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Steele takes one to the chin there.
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!
Mma lands the left hand.
Mma throws a poor cross that misses
and Mma takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mma just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mma dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Steele moves into the clinch.
Mma breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mma wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mma throws a body shot but no joy.
Steele throwing a counter right hand but Mma manages to avoid it.
Mma scores with a jab to the body.
Mma throws a hook to the side of Steele's head but Steele sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jeff Mma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mma walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Steele fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mma manages to avoid it.
Mma walks into a jab.
Steele throws a jab but it's blocked by Mma.
Mma looks to land a right hand but Steele moved out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mma.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steele lands with an uppercut that bounces Mma off the cage and back into range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Mma.
Mma scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mma misses with a hook
and Steele counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mma lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mma drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Mma misses with a looping right.
Steele appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Mma fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mma takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Steele wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Steele scores with a jab to the head.
Steele scores with a jab to the body.
Mma looks winded!
Steele takes a swing at Mma's ribcage but misses.
Mma connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Steele's hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick lands for Steele.
A jab from Steele finds it's way through Mma's defenses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steele. Mma does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mma takes a swing at Steele's ribcage but misses.
A low kick from Mma is predictable there
and Steele counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Steele takes a swing at Mma's ribcage but misses.
Steele scores with a jab.
Mma is rocked!
Steele lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Mma head around and knocks him out cold! Steele hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Stanley Steele!
A relieved looking Stanley Steele thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Pendragon (ranked 344 p4p, 260 weight class) and Aydan The Wandering Spirit (ranked 56 p4p, 39 weight class). The Wandering Spirit has chosen Wichita Lineman as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Aydan The Wandering Spirit was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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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 31 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arthur Pendragon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Aydan The Wandering Spirit!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pendragon jabs The Wandering Spirit right on the nose. The Wandering Spirit blinks but takes it well.
 It looks like Aydan The Wandering Spirit has been cut.
Pendragon tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A swing and a miss from Pendragon.
Pendragon misses with a straight right.
The crowd cheers as The Wandering Spirit lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pendragon doesn't seem phased though.
The Wandering Spirit lands with a shot to the body.
The Wandering Spirit digs a good hook to Pendragon's body.
The Wandering Spirit moves into range and connects with a jab.
The Wandering Spirit scores with a shot to the body.
Pendragon throws a body punch but The Wandering Spirit moves out of range.
The Wandering Spirit uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pendragon.
The Wandering Spirit 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.
Aydan The Wandering Spirit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pendragon lands a really nice looking cross but The Wandering Spirit seems unphased.
Pendragon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Wandering Spirit 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.
The Wandering Spirit scores with a decent looking hook.
Pendragon scores with a jab to the body.
The Wandering Spirit throws a nice inside leg kick.
The Wandering Spirit lands a nice shot to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from The Wandering Spirit. Pendragon shrugs it off though.
Pendragon throws a jab but it's blocked by The Wandering Spirit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Wandering Spirit connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The Wandering Spirit takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The Wandering Spirit fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pendragon has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pendragon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pendragon throws a hook but The Wandering Spirit blocks it.
The Wandering Spirit throws a jab but it's blocked by Pendragon.
Pendragon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fighters circling - The Wandering Spirit throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pendragon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Wandering Spirit darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Pendragon throws a jab but it's blocked by The Wandering Spirit.
Pendragon 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.
The Wandering Spirit lands a nice looking kick to the body. Pendragon takes a step back to recover.
Pendragon misses with a body punch
and The Wandering Spirit counters with a stiff right hand.
Pendragon throws a body shot but no joy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pendragon steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from The Wandering Spirit. That one must have hurt.
The Wandering Spirit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pendragon.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Wandering Spirit misses with a head kick.
Pendragon is looking to counter punch.
The Wandering Spirit scores with a jab.
Pendragon takes a swing at The Wandering Spirit's ribcage but misses.
The Wandering Spirit scores with a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for The Wandering Spirit.
The Wandering Spirit misses with a body shot.
Pendragon's hands are dropping dangerously low here and The Wandering Spirit connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pendragon scrambles back to his feet.
The Wandering Spirit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The Wandering Spirit lands with a cross.
The Wandering Spirit works the jab nicely.
The Wandering Spirit throws a jab when Pendragon was well out of range.
Pendragon connects with a good right hand that stumbles The Wandering Spirit. The Wandering Spirit circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Pendragon connects with a single shot there.
Pendragon throws a hook to the side of The Wandering Spirit's head but The Wandering Spirit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pendragon missing with a left hand there. The Wandering Spirit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pendragon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by The Wandering Spirit.
Pendragon misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Wandering Spirit throws a leg kick which misses Pendragon's front leg but catches the back leg as Pendragon tries to avoid it.
The Wandering Spirit misses with a head kick.
Pendragon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Pendragon connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between The Wandering Spirit's hands.
The Wandering Spirit bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pendragon's head.
Pendragon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Pendragon crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from The Wandering Spirit - the referee stops the clock and Pendragon gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says The Wandering Spirit. Pendragon manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Pendragon looks to score with a jab to the body but The Wandering Spirit is just out of range.
Jab, jab by The Wandering Spirit - just one landing.
Pendragon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Wandering Spirit throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pendragon lands with a shot to the body.
The Wandering Spirit fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Wandering Spirit just misses with a punch to the body.
The Wandering Spirit thuds his right hand into Pendragon's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jab from Pendragon.
The Wandering Spirit dips to his left and cracks Pendragon with an uppercut!
Pendragon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Wandering Spirit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Wandering Spirit dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pendragon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pendragon cracks The Wandering Spirit with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Pendragon is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The Wandering Spirit throws a quick inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Pendragon misses its intended target.
The Wandering Spirit with a nice cross.
The Wandering Spirit throws a jab but it's blocked by Pendragon.
Pendragon is looking to counter punch.
Pendragon just misses with a punch to the body.
The Wandering Spirit doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
The Wandering Spirit looks to score with a jab to the body but Pendragon is just out of range.
Pendragon throwing a counter right hand but The Wandering Spirit manages to avoid it.
The Wandering Spirit jabs at Pendragon's body.
Pendragon lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The Wandering Spirit throws a quick inside leg kick.
The Wandering Spirit throws a nice outside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Wandering Spirit is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pendragon.
Pendragon throws a hook to the side of The Wandering Spirit's head but The Wandering Spirit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The Wandering Spirit throws a wild body kick that Pendragon sees coming a mile off.
Pendragon needs to keep his hands up - The Wandering Spirit had a free shot at his head there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Aydan The Wandering Spirit dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aydan The Wandering Spirit's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The Wandering Spirit throws a head kick that misses
and Pendragon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Aydan The Wandering Spirit seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The Wandering Spirit throws a big shot that misses.
A lazy left from The Wandering Spirit finds it's target.
The Wandering Spirit moves out of range of the strikes.
The Wandering Spirit looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Pendragon takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pendragon thows a left - swing and a miss!
A cross from Pendragon lands.
The Wandering Spirit moves away from the strike by Pendragon.
The Wandering Spirit cracks Pendragon with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The Wandering Spirit lands a head shot.
The crowd cheers as The Wandering Spirit lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pendragon doesn't seem phased though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Wandering Spirit fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pendragon is out of range.
Pendragon walks into a left hand.
Pendragon avoids the body shot from The Wandering Spirit.
Pendragon tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The Wandering Spirit takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pendragon lands a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pendragon misses with a hook.
The Wandering Spirit showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pendragon.
The Wandering Spirit appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
The Wandering Spirit throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pendragon.
A low kick from The Wandering Spirit misses
and Pendragon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A decent looking body kick lands there for The Wandering Spirit.
Pendragon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Wandering Spirit moves away.
And The Wandering Spirit responds with a good body kick, but Pendragon manages to step out the way in time.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Pendragon might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
The Wandering Spirit looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Pendragon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The Wandering Spirit lands with a nice body punch.
Pendragon looks to score with a jab to the body but The Wandering Spirit is just out of range.
A nice leg kick from The Wandering Spirit, right into the meat of the thigh.
The Wandering Spirit lands a jab to the head.
The Wandering Spirit throws a half hearted mid kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A good leg kick by The Wandering Spirit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Wandering Spirit uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pendragon.
The Wandering Spirit throws a jab when Pendragon was well out of range.
The Wandering Spirit fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pendragon has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pendragon throws a body punch but The Wandering Spirit moves out of range.
The Wandering Spirit wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by The Wandering Spirit.
The Wandering Spirit throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pendragon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The Wandering Spirit lands a right hook to the body.
The Wandering Spirit scores with a hook.
Pendragon throws a body shot but no joy.
The Wandering Spirit slips a straight right by Pendragon.
The Wandering Spirit moves out of range of the strikes.
The Wandering Spirit doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nice shot lands for The Wandering Spirit.
The Wandering Spirit swings widly with a right hand
and Pendragon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The Wandering Spirit chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Wandering Spirit slips a jab from Pendragon.
Pendragon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Wandering Spirit manages to avoid it.
The Wandering Spirit doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A big right from Pendragon misses.
Pendragon doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nice straight punches there by The Wandering Spirit. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of The Wandering Spirit.
The Wandering Spirit scores with a push kick.
Pendragon takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The Wandering Spirit dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pendragon. That did some damage!
The Wandering Spirit tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pendragon misses with a straight left.
Pendragon slips under a jab.
The Wandering Spirit lands with an uppercut that bounces Pendragon off the cage and back into range.
Pendragon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pendragon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The Wandering Spirit cracks Pendragon with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Wandering Spirit misses with a right hand
and Pendragon counters with a stiff right hand.
Pendragon 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 four minutes gone in the round.
The Wandering Spirit lands with an overhand left.
Pendragon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Wandering Spirit looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The Wandering Spirit takes a swing at Pendragon's ribcage but misses.
Pendragon misses the jab.
The Wandering Spirit blocks a jab.
The Wandering Spirit has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The Wandering Spirit throws a hook but Pendragon blocks it.
The Wandering Spirit with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pendragon throws out a loose jab but The Wandering Spirit uses good head movement to avoid it.
A big right from Pendragon misses.
The Wandering Spirit connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pendragon takes a swing at The Wandering Spirit's ribcage but misses.
Pendragon ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pendragon just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pendragon throws a body punch but The Wandering Spirit moves out of range.
The Wandering Spirit looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pendragon slips a jab from The Wandering Spirit.
A nice leg kick lands there from The Wandering Spirit.
The Wandering Spirit scores with a decent looking hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Aydan The Wandering Spirit showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Aydan The Wandering Spirit's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Pendragon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
No joy there for Pendragon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Wandering Spirit replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Pendragon blocks it well.
Pendragon throws out a loose jab but The Wandering Spirit uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Wandering Spirit swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The Wandering Spirit moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pendragon looks to land a right hand but The Wandering Spirit moved out of range.
The Wandering Spirit throws a nice inside leg kick.
The Wandering Spirit misses with a straight left.
Pendragon is looking to counter punch.
Pendragon thows a left - swing and a miss!
The Wandering Spirit scores with a shot to the body.
The Wandering Spirit takes a swing at Pendragon's ribcage but misses.
Pendragon defending well as The Wandering Spirit loads up on a big left hand.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by The Wandering Spirit!
Pendragon missing with a left hand there. The Wandering Spirit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice jab there from The Wandering Spirit.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab from The Wandering Spirit.
The Wandering Spirit lands a nice looking body shot.
The Wandering Spirit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pendragon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pendragon throws a hook but The Wandering Spirit blocks it.
Pendragon throws a body punch but The Wandering Spirit moves out of range.
The Wandering Spirit throws a lazy uppercut
and The Wandering Spirit takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Wandering Spirit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pendragon.
The Wandering Spirit with the inside leg kick.
The Wandering Spirit throws a hook but Pendragon blocks it.
The Wandering Spirit misses with a wild body shot.
The Wandering Spirit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pendragon.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pendragon. The Wandering Spirit does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Wandering Spirit with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pendragon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Wandering Spirit scores with a kick to the midsection.
Pendragon lands a jab.
The Wandering Spirit looks to land a left hand but Pendragon moved out of range nicely.
The Wandering Spirit throws out a loose jab but Pendragon uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Wandering Spirit takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Aydan The Wandering Spirit 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.
Pendragon throws a hook but The Wandering Spirit avoids it easily.
The Wandering Spirit dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pendragon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pendragon avoids the body shot from The Wandering Spirit.
The Wandering Spirit misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The Wandering Spirit misses with a body shot.
Pendragon moves out of range as The Wandering Spirit strikes.
Pendragon appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Pendragon swings away with a body shot that misses
and The Wandering Spirit counters with a straight right hand.
A shot to the liver by The Wandering Spirit. Beautiful body shot.
A swing and a miss from The Wandering Spirit.
Pendragon is looking to counter punch.
Pendragon throws a shot from downtown. The Wandering Spirit moves away and avoids it.
Pendragon throws a right hand that misses
enabling The Wandering Spirit to counter with a crisp jab.
The Wandering Spirit turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pendragon lands an overhand right.
Pendragon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Wandering Spirit feints and then cracks Pendragon's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pendragon down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Wandering Spirit misses with a low kick.
The Wandering Spirit throws a poor cross that misses
and Pendragon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice straight punches there by The Wandering Spirit. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of The Wandering Spirit.
The Wandering Spirit lands a front kick.
Pendragon takes a swing at The Wandering Spirit's ribcage but misses.
The Wandering Spirit swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The fighters circling - Pendragon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pendragon misses with an uppercut. The Wandering Spirit saw that one coming.
The Wandering Spirit scores with a leg kick.
A slow jab from Pendragon misses its intended target.
A slow jab from Pendragon misses its intended target.
Good standup being displayed there by The Wandering Spirit as he connects with a hook.
The Wandering Spirit throws a head kick that misses.
The Wandering Spirit slips a jab from Pendragon.
The Wandering Spirit connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pendragon. Pendragon circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The Wandering Spirit looks to land a body kick but Pendragon moved away.
The Wandering Spirit defending well as Pendragon loads up on a big left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Wandering Spirit uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pendragon.
The Wandering Spirit swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pendragon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice uppercut lands for The Wandering Spirit. That snapped Pendragon's head back.
Pendragon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Wandering Spirit.
The Wandering Spirit gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Pendragon counters with a straight right hand.
The Wandering Spirit dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Wandering Spirit misses the jab.
The Wandering Spirit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pendragon.
The fighters circling - Pendragon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The Wandering Spirit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The Wandering Spirit lands a right hook to the body.
The Wandering Spirit ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The Wandering Spirit lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Wandering Spirit connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pendragon's hands.
The Wandering Spirit misses with a hook.
Pendragon throwing a counter right hand but The Wandering Spirit manages to avoid it.
A nice leg kick lands there from The Wandering Spirit.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aydan The Wandering Spirit comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well The Wandering Spirit 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aydan The Wandering Spirit!
After winning the bout, Aydan The Wandering Spirit thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexei Babinski (ranked 58 p4p, 56 weight class) and Yardbird Knox (ranked 10 p4p, 9 weight class). Babinski comes to the cage accompanied by Raining Blood - Slayer. Knox has chosen Now's The Time | Charlie Parker as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexei Babinski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yardbird Knox!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babinski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Knox connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jab, jab by Knox - just one landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Knox misses the target.
Knox displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Babinski throws out the jab.
Knox looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Knox lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Babinski throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knox misses the jab.
Babinski moves away from the strike by Knox.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babinski scores with a nice body kick.
Knox gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Babinski.
It looks like Yardbird Knox has been cut.
Knox throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Babinski counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babinski lands a big head kick that sends Knox tumbling to the mat! Babinski takes a step backwards and waves Knox back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Knox is rocked!
Babinski lands an uppercut, right on the button! Knox tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Alexei Babinski!
During a confident post fight interview, Alexei Babinski thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Yardbird Knox was interviewed post fight and said '"If you haven't lost in this
sport, you haven't fought the right guys yet." (Matt Hughes) '.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dick Caunt (ranked 7 p4p, 20 weight class) and Edson Bidon Barbosa (ranked 1 p4p, 3 weight class). Dick Caunt had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dick Caunt!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edson Bidon Barbosa!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caunt scores with a nice head shot.
Caunt gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Caunt misses with a looping right.
Barbosa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Caunt moves away.
Barbosa misses with a double jab
letting Caunt counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbosa throws a jab but it's blocked by Caunt.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Caunt.
Caunt throws a leg kick that misses.
Barbosa unleashes a big counter combination but Caunt bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa checks a low kick from Caunt.
Barbosa swings widly with a right hand
and Caunt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Caunt ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Barbosa throws a jab but it's blocked by Caunt.
Caunt paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Caunt looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Caunt fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Barbosa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Barbosa throws a poor cross that misses
and Caunt counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Barbosa thinking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caunt scores with a crisp jab that stopped Barbosa in his tracks.
Caunt misses with a low kick as Barbosa jumps back.
Barbosa follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Caunt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Caunt clobbers Barbosa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dick Caunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barbosa tries to land a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Caunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barbosa moves away.
Caunt cracks Barbosa with an open hand slap.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa falls off balance throwing a combination
and Barbosa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Caunt throws a leg kick but Barbosa moved away.
Barbosa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Caunt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barbosa throws a sloppy head kick
and Caunt counters with a straight right hand.
A low kick from Barbosa misses
and Caunt connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caunt feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Barbosas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Barbosa walks into a stiff left hand from Caunt.
Barbosa moves out of range as Caunt throws a body kick.
Barbosa has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Caunt finds it's way round the side to connect with Barbosa's head.
Caunt with the inside leg kick.
Barbosa misses with a hook
and Caunt counters with a leg kick.
Barbosa throws out a loose jab but Caunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Caunt 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.
Caunt throws a front kick aimed at Barbosa's knee but Barbosa avoids it well.
Caunt throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Barbosa to counter with a crisp jab.
Caunt swings away with a body shot that misses
and Barbosa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Dick Caunt has been cut.
Caunt throws a leg kick that is checked
and Barbosa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barbosa ducks under a wild hook from Caunt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbosa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Caunt.
Barbosa swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Caunt counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa ducks under a wild hook from Caunt.
Caunt connects with an inside leg kick.
Barbosa throws a leg kick
letting Caunt counter with a right hand.
Caunt shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Barbosa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Caunt fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Barbosa on the side of the head.
A low kick from Barbosa is predictable there
and Caunt counters with a nice uppercut.
Caunt moves away from the strike by Barbosa.
It looked like Caunt wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caunt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barbosa.
Caunt checks a leg kick nicely.
Barbosa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Caunt.
Caunt lands a right hook to the body.
Caunt tries a low kick but Barbosa avoids it.
Caunt cracks Barbosa with a good jab.
Barbosa misses with an uppercut
and Caunt counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Barbosa as he checks the leg kick.
Barbosa appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Caunt takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Caunt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barbosa can do to turn this around?
Barbosa tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Caunt throws a quick inside leg kick.
Caunt throws a shot to the body.
Caunt moves out of range of the strikes.
Caunt is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Barbosa throws a head kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa misses with an uppercut
and Caunt counters with a slapping leg kick.
Barbosa throws a sloppy head kick
and Caunt counters with a stiff right hand.
Barbosa has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice body punch from Caunt.
Barbosa tries to move into range but Caunt moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Caunt clobbers Barbosa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dick Caunt is winning the standup battle so far.
Barbosa steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Caunt. That one must have hurt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Caunt dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dick Caunt's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Caunt thuds his shin into the meat of Barbosa's side.
A solid leg kick lands there for Caunt.
Caunt lands with a good body shot.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Barbosa might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Caunt has got the better of the exchanges.
Barbosa lets loose with a powerful body kick. Caunt will feel that in the morning.
Barbosa throws a right hand that misses
and Caunt counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbosa misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Caunt counters with a left to the body.
Barbosa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Caunt connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Barbosa scrambles back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caunt looks to land a right hand but Barbosa moved out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Caunt lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Barbosa has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Barbosa and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Caunt lands with a thumping leg kick.
Caunt connects with the punch.
Barbosa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Caunt counter with a right hand.
Barbosa tries to move into range but Caunt moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Caunt misses with an uppercut
and Barbosa counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caunt looks to land a combination. Barbosa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Some bone on bone action there as Barbosa checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Caunt moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Caunt throws a right hand that misses
and Barbosa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Barbosa.
Barbosa was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Barbosa works Caunt's body with a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa misses with a right hand
and Caunt counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Barbosa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It seemed like Barbosa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice shot by Caunt.
Caunt lands with a hook. Barbosa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Barbosa works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Caunt throws a jab but it's blocked by Barbosa.
Barbosa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Caunt lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caunt throws the left hand but Barbosa avoids the punch easily.
Caunt misses with a hook
and Barbosa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Caunt scores with a nice right hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Barbosa.
Caunt went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Caunt swings away with a body shot that misses
and Barbosa counters with a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barbosa throws a poor cross that misses
and Caunt counters with a series of strikes. Barbosa will be more careful next time no doubt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Caunt clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Dick Caunt'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.
Caunt lands a right hook to the body.
Barbosa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Caunt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barbosa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Caunt can pounce on him.
Barbosa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Caunt.
Barbosa was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Caunt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbosa ducks under a wild hook from Caunt.
Barbosa takes one to the chin there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Caunt, as that shot connected.
Caunt clobbers Barbosa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Caunt throws a hook to the side of Barbosa's head but Barbosa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barbosa steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Barbosa moves out of range of the leg kick from Caunt.
Barbosa blocks a jab.
Caunt throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Caunt takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caunt thows a left - swing and a miss!
Caunt moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A punch lands to the side of Barbosa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Barbosa walks into a jab.
Barbosa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Caunt throws a leg kick
and Barbosa counters with a stiff right hand.
Barbosa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A low kick from Caunt is predictable there
enabling Barbosa to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caunt blocks a jab.
Caunt throws a push kick but Barbosa slaps the foot to one side.
Barbosa was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Barbosa misses with a leg kick.
Barbosa moves out of range of the leg kick from Caunt.
Caunt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barbosa.
Barbosa lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caunt throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Barbosa counters with a straight right hand.
Caunt scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barbosa doesn't seem bothered though.
Caunt throws a shot from downtown. Barbosa moves away and avoids it.
A punch lands to the side of Barbosa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Barbosa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Caunt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Caunt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barbosa.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Caunt had his way with Edson Bidon Barbosa in that round.
The cut man is working on Dick Caunt's cut.
That's time! Caunt's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Caunt throws a quick inside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Barbosa misses the target.
A little feinted left hand from Caunt on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Caunt throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Barbosa raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Caunt lands a jab.
Caunt lands a really nice looking cross but Barbosa seems unphased.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caunt misses with a body kick.
Barbosa looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa moves out of range of the body kick from Caunt.
A left lands for Caunt.
Caunt throws a body shot but no joy.
Barbosa throws out a counter right but Caunt avoids it with no problem.
Barbosa slips under a jab from Caunt.
Barbosa misses with a right hand
and Caunt counters with a nice low kick that buckles Barbosa's knee momentarily.
Caunt lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Edson Bidon Barbosa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caunt moves out of range of the body kick.
Caunt appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Caunt staying out of range there.
Caunt misses with an attempted mid kick.
Barbosa misses with a hook
and Caunt counters with an outside leg kick.
Barbosa blocks a low kick nicely.
Barbosa has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Caunt.
Barbosa connects with the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Barbosa misses
and Caunt counters with a left to the body.
Barbosa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Barbosa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Caunt counters with a nice uppercut.
Barbosa swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Caunt makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Caunt misses with an uppercut.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Barbosa! But no joy.
Caunt thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caunt misses the shot to the body.
Barbosa throws a body shot but no joy.
Barbosa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Caunt counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Caunt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barbosa.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Barbosa misses with a wild body shot.
Dick Caunt is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Caunt scores with a nice head shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dick Caunt showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Caunt 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 50:45
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 50:45
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dick Caunt!
Dick Caunt retains his featherweight title!
Dick Caunt decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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hype
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pop
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