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FLAIR BASH PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sebastian Burger (ranked 4154 p4p, 24635 weight class) and William Tate (ranked 94 p4p, 152 weight class). William Tate is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sebastian Burger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Tate!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tate doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Burger scores with a nice head shot.
Burger lands a head kick!
 It looks like William Tate has been cut.
Burger tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tate looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tate tries to clinch up but Burger circles away and keeps his distance.
Tate closes the distance but Burger moves to the side
and Burger counters with a nice leg kick.
Burger works the jab nicely.
A good leg kick by Burger.
Burger throws a head kick that misses.
And Tate tries to counter it with a takedown but Burger pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Burger definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Burger connects with a single shot there.
Tate throws a hook but Burger blocks it.
Burger tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tate is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burger circles away from the clinch attempt
and Burger counters with a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burger lands with a slapping head kick.
Burger scores with a jab. Tate acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
 Tate is rocked!
Tate tries to clinch but Burger is having none of it.
Burger looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Burger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch but Burger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tate avoids the body shot from Burger.
Tate is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Burger with a body shot.
Burger showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tate.
Burger looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Tate swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Burger counters with a nice kick to the body.
Burger misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tate.
Tate tries to clinch up
and Burger connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tate moves in looking to clinch but Burger pushes him off.
An attempted straight right counter from Burger misses the target.
Burger scores with a jab to the body.
Burger scores with the left hand. Tate knows he should have avoided that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burger digs a good body shot into Tate's ribs.
Tate takes a swing at Burger's ribcage but misses.
Burger lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Tate moves in looking to clinch but Burger pushes him off.
Burger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tate wants to counter with a clinch but Burger pushes him away.
Tate keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burger scores with a jab to the head.
Burger tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tate lands a right hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tate looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tate throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Burger counters with a good low kick that Tate was not able to check.
Tate tries to bum rush Burger with a series of wild strikes but Burger uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tate throws a right hand that Burger ducks under and follows up with a left that Burger also avoids with ease.
It looked like Burger wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tate moves out of range of the strikes.
Burger throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Tate.
Burger scores with a one two! Tate had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
That has opened up William Tate's cut even more.
Burger throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Tate.
Tate is still on wobbly legs! Can Burger finish him?
William Tate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice uppercut there from Burger.
Tate throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Burger counters with a crisp right that sends Tate to the canvas! Burger follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sebastian Burger!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Durant (ranked 1355 p4p, 2720 weight class) and Mitar Mrkela (ranked 182 p4p, 351 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Durant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mitar Mrkela!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mrkela darts in looking for a takedown but Durant gets double underhooks and turns Mrkela into the cage.
Mrkela gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Durant makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Mrkela with a poor takedown
and Durant counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kevin Durant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mitar Mrkela.
Mrkela misses with a takedown
enabling Durant to counter with a crisp jab.
Mrkela doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Durant makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Durant lands a big head kick that sends Mrkela tumbling to the mat! Durant takes a step backwards and waves Mrkela back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Mrkela is rocked!
It looks like Mitar Mrkela has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mrkela wants to stay close but Durant steps back to make room for something. Mrkela seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Durant and Mrkela drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Kevin Durant!
A relieved looking Kevin Durant 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Milos Obilic (ranked 1556 p4p, 2935 weight class) and Frank Shewmaker (ranked 209 p4p, 379 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Excellent MT
Cardio machine |
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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 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Milos Obilic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Shewmaker!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shewmaker pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
We've been informed that Shewmaker has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Obilic takes a swing at Shewmaker's ribcage but misses.
Obilic blocks a head kick by Shewmaker.
Shewmaker lands the left hand.
Shewmaker scores with a head kick.
Shewmaker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shewmaker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Obilic closes the distance and clinches.
Obilic can't find room to land a body shot as Shewmaker controls the action.
Obilic tries to throw a body punch but Shewmaker avoids it by throwing Obilic back against the cage.
Shewmaker blocks an uppercut.
Shewmaker lands with a right to the head.
Shewmaker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Obilic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Shewmaker backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Obilic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Shewmaker throws a punch but it's blocked by Obilic.
A left hand lands to the body for Obilic.
Shewmaker looks winded!
Obilic tries to work over Shewmaker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Obilic lands a right hand.
Shewmaker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Obilic.
Obilic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shewmaker backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shewmaker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Obilic lands a hook that snaps the head of Shewmaker backwards.
Obilic tries a body shot but Shewmaker blocks it.
Obilic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Obilic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Obilic - that landed with a thud.
Obilic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Obilic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shewmaker backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Obilic.
Obilic lands with a short shot to the head.
Obilic pushes Shewmaker back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Obilic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Obilic has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Obilic lands a shot to the body.
Shewmaker blocks a body shot from Obilic.
Shewmaker prevents a body shot from Obilic.
Good body shot from Obilic.
A right handed body shot lands from Obilic.
Obilic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Obilic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Obilic lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shewmaker blocks a body shot from Obilic.
Shewmaker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shewmaker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Shewmaker fails to land.
Obilic misses with a punch to the body.
Shewmaker throws a head punch that misses.
Shewmaker looking to throw knees to the head but Obilic is blocking nicely.
Obilic lands a body shot.
Obilic can't find room to land a body shot as Shewmaker controls the action.
Obilic lands with a left to the head.
Obilic cracks Shewmaker with a nice body shot.
Obilic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Obilic lands a hook to the side of the head.
Obilic misses with a punch to the body.
Obilic tries to throw a body punch but Shewmaker avoids it by throwing Obilic back against the cage.
Obilic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Obilic.
Obilic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Obilic can't find room to land a body shot as Shewmaker controls the action.
A short body shot lands from Obilic as the two fighters clinch.
Shewmaker takes a shot to the head.
Shewmaker misses with a knee strike.
A short uppercut from Obilic.
Obilic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Obilic pushes Shewmaker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shewmaker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Obilic lands a shot to the body.
Obilic lands a nice uppercut.
Obilic presses Shewmaker against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Obilic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Obilic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Obilic.
A short right from Obilic.
Shewmaker is rocked!
Shewmaker blocks a body shot from Obilic.
Shewmaker is still on wobbly legs! Can Obilic finish him?
Obilic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Obilic tries a body shot but Shewmaker blocks it.
Shewmaker seems to have recovered his senses.
Obilic pushes Shewmaker back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Obilic struggles to land a body shot inside as Shewmaker controls his hands.
Obilic can't find room to land a body shot as Shewmaker controls the action.
Obilic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Obilic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Obilic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Obilic lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shewmaker trying to land knees to the body.
Obilic lands a body shot in the clinch.
Obilic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Obilic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Obilic digs a right hand into Shewmaker's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Shewmaker's gas tank.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obilic lands a nice shot to the body.
Obilic is working Shewmaker over against the cage.
Obilic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Obilic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Shewmaker.
Obilic lands with a left to the head.
Obilic lands a hook that snaps the head of Shewmaker backwards.
Obilic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right handed body shot lands from Obilic.
Obilic can't find room to land a body shot as Shewmaker controls the action.
Obilic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A hook to the body from Obilic.
Obilic is leaning against Shewmaker and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Obilic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Obilic tries to work over Shewmaker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Obilic tries to throw a body punch but Shewmaker avoids it by throwing Obilic back against the cage.
Obilic lands a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Obilic lands a body punch.
Obilic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shewmaker backwards.
Obilic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Obilic can't find room to land a body shot as Shewmaker controls the action.
Obilic works on Shewmaker's body with a couple of short punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Milos Obilic dominated that round.
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.
Obilic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Obilic clinches up against the cage.
Obilic can't find room to land a body shot as Shewmaker controls the action.
Obilic can't find room to land a body shot as Shewmaker controls the action.
Shewmaker presses Obilic against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Shewmaker misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shewmaker.
Obilic tries a body shot but Shewmaker blocks it.
Obilic tries to throw a body punch but Shewmaker avoids it by throwing Obilic back against the cage.
Shewmaker misses with an elbow strike.
Shewmaker prevents a body shot from Obilic.
Obilic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Obilic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Obilic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Obilic tries to throw a body punch but Shewmaker avoids it by throwing Obilic back against the cage.
Obilic pushes Shewmaker back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Obilic misses with a body punch.
Shewmaker is breathing heavily.
Obilic lands a hook that snaps the head of Shewmaker backwards.
Shewmaker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shewmaker misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Obilic.
Shewmaker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Obilic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Obilic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Shewmaker or not.
Obilic struggles to land a body shot inside as Shewmaker controls his hands.
Obilic tries a body shot but Shewmaker blocks it.
Obilic lands a body shot in the clinch.
Obilic lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Obilic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Obilic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Obilic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shewmaker can do to turn this around?
Obilic works on Shewmaker's body with a couple of short punches.
Obilic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shewmaker's elbow.
A short right from Obilic on the inside.
Obilic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Shewmaker backwards.
Milos Obilic has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Shewmaker takes a shot to the head.
Obilic tries to throw a body punch but Shewmaker avoids it by throwing Obilic back against the cage.
Shewmaker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Shewmaker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Obilic lands a hook to the side of the head.
Obilic lands an uppercut.
Obilic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Obilic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Obilic misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obilic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Obilic misses with a body punch.
Shewmaker tries a knee to the head but Obilic blocks it.
Obilic misses with a punch to the body.
Obilic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shewmaker backwards.
Obilic misses with a body punch.
Obilic misses with a punch to the body.
Obilic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Obilic misses with a body punch.
Obilic lands a shot to the body.
Obilic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Obilic is working Shewmaker over against the cage.
Obilic lands with a short shot to the head.
Obilic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Obilic lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Obilic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Obilic struggles to land a body shot inside as Shewmaker controls his hands.
Obilic presses Shewmaker against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Obilic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Obilic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Obilic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Obilic misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Obilic.
Obilic lands with a right to the head.
Obilic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Obilic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Obilic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shewmaker backwards.
Shewmaker has a couple of punches blocked by Obilic.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Obilic.
Obilic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Obilic.
Obilic works on Shewmaker's body with a couple of short punches.
Obilic scores with a shoulder strike.
Obilic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A right hand to the body from Obilic.
Shewmaker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Obilic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Obilic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Obilic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Shewmaker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Obilic.
Obilic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Obilic.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Obilic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Obilic pushes Shewmaker back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Obilic lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Shewmaker to his knees! Obilic keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Milos Obilic!
Milos Obilic took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ciro Terranova (ranked 1127 p4p, 5011 weight class) and Major Pain (ranked 152 p4p, 562 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ciro Terranova!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Major Pain!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Terranova cracks Pain with an open hand slap.
Pain dodges the punch combination from Terranova.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Terranova lands a body punch in the clinch.
Terranova's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Terranova tests Pain's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice shot by Terranova.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Terranova slaps away a takedown attempt from Pain, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Terranova fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Terranova swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Terranova has Pain up against the cage in a clinch.
Terranova breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pain takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Terranova works Pain's body with a nice hook.
Terranova connects with a nice cross there... Pain is looking wobbly and Terranova recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Pain to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Terranova jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ciro Terranova!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jax Thomas (ranked 19287 p4p, 15517 weight class) and Daniel Grigoryan (ranked 707 p4p, 676 weight class). Daniel Grigoryan told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 41 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jax Thomas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 3 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Grigoryan!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grigoryan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Grigoryan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thomas scores with a nice hook to the head.
Thomas has a couple of punches blocked by Grigoryan.
Good body shot from Grigoryan.
A head punch on the inside from Grigoryan fails to land.
Grigoryan throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas.
Thomas misses with the head strike.
Grigoryan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grigoryan blocking some punches.
Grigoryan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thomas lands with a light punch inside.
Grigoryan has a couple of punches blocked by Thomas.
Grigoryan tries to throw a body punch but Thomas avoids it by throwing Grigoryan back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grigoryan.
Grigoryan misses with the head strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Grigoryan.
A right hand to the body from Grigoryan.
Grigoryan lands with a light punch inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right handed body shot lands from Grigoryan.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
Grigoryan lands an uppercut.
Grigoryan tries a body shot but Thomas blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Grigoryan.
Grigoryan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grigoryan struggles to land a body shot inside as Thomas controls his hands.
Thomas definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigoryan can't find room to land a body shot as Thomas controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grigoryan.
A shot in the inside from Grigoryan.
Thomas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grigoryan lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thomas.
Grigoryan lands a shot to the body.
A right hand to the body from Grigoryan.
Grigoryan lands a left hand.
Grigoryan lands a body shot.
Grigoryan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Grigoryan lands a body shot.
Thomas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Grigoryan lands with a left to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Grigoryan.
 It looks like Jax Thomas has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grigoryan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thomas's elbow.
Grigoryan cracks Thomas with a nice body shot.
Grigoryan can't find room to land a body shot as Thomas controls the action.
Grigoryan scores with a shot to the side of Thomas's head.
Thomas blocks a body shot from Grigoryan.
Grigoryan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Grigoryan lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grigoryan lands a body shot.
Grigoryan lands with a right to the head.
 Thomas is rocked!
A short body shot lands from Grigoryan as the two fighters clinch.
Oh Thomas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short right from Grigoryan on the inside.
Grigoryan gets through Thomas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Grigoryan lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Thomas to his knees! Grigoryan keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Grigoryan!
Daniel Grigoryan is the new light heavyweight champion!
A victorious Daniel Grigoryan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Javier Martinez (ranked 405 p4p, 24152 weight class) and Macho Camacho (ranked 59 p4p, 663 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Solid Muay Thai
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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 18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Javier Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Macho Camacho!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Camacho misses the shot to the body.
Camacho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martinez.
Camacho throws a poor cross that misses
and Martinez counters with a stiff right hand.
Camacho throws a shot from downtown. Martinez moves away and avoids it.
Camacho throws a poor cross that misses
and Martinez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice body punch from Martinez.
Martinez stuffs the takedown.
Martinez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Martinez lands a body shot.
Martinez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Martinez misses with the combination.
Martinez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Martinez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martinez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Camacho avoids the body shot from Martinez.
Camacho feints a counter leg kick.
Camacho fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Martinez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Camacho's head backwards.
Camacho 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Camacho tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Camacho looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Martinez seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Javier Martinez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Martinez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Camacho doesn't seem bothered though.
Martinez scores with a punch to the head.
Camacho misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Martinez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've been told by Martinez's head coaches at Deep waters that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Martinez defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Camacho.
Javier Martinez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Macho Camacho.
Camacho throws a sloppy head kick and Martinez moves out of range easily.
Martinez seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Martinez avoids the body shot from Camacho.
Camacho fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Martinez avoids it really well and circles away.
Martinez is looking to wear down Camacho with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Martinez blocks a head kick by Camacho.
Martinez lands a jab to Camacho's midsection.
Martinez lands a body shot.
Martinez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martinez throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Camacho misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Good exchange - Martinez coming out on top.
Camacho takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Martinez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Camacho looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Martinez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Camacho misses with a takedown attempt - Martinez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Camacho doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Martinez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Camacho throws a head kick but Martinez moves out of range.
Martinez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Martinez clinches up with Camacho and pushes him back against the cage.
Martinez lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Macho Camacho has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez prevents the takedown attempt.
Martinez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Camacho misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martinez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Come on Martinez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Martinez just leaning against Camacho, taking a breather.
Camacho is looking for a takedown.
Stalling in the clinch from Martinez.
Martinez works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Camacho working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Martinez doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Martinez manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Martinez stays in close to Camacho's body and controls the position.
Martinez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Camacho is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Martinez got a little sloppy there for a moment and Camacho has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Martinez has managed to get both his arms back between Camacho's legs - danger averted.
Martinez postures up and lands a big shot to Camacho's brow.
Martinez landing with the ground and pound.
Martinez slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Camacho had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Martinez defends it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martinez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That has opened up Macho Camacho's cut even more.
Martinez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Martinez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Macho Camacho's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Martinez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Martinez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Martinez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The cut above Macho Camacho's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Martinez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Camacho.
Camacho doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Martinez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Camacho tries for a takedown but Martinez circles away easily
and Martinez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Camacho lands a nice shot to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Camacho fails to land.
Camacho struggles to land a body shot inside as Martinez controls his hands.
Camacho wants to take the fight to the mat but Martinez manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Javier Martinez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Macho Camacho.
Martinez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Camacho manages to avoid it.
Martinez lands a jab.
Camacho shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Martinez defends it nicely.
Martinez pushes Camacho up against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Camacho trying to land knees to the body.
Martinez breaks from the clinch.
Camacho has his takedown stuffed
and Martinez counters with a right hand to the body.
Martinez slaps away a takedown attempt from Camacho, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Martinez lands with a nice combination. Camacho backs away looking to recover.
Camacho throws a head kick that misses.
Martinez scores with a jab. Camacho acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Camacho walks into a straight right hand from Martinez.
Camacho takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Martinez lands with a nice combination. Camacho backs away looking to recover.
Macho Camacho's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick misses from Camacho.
Martinez swings for the body but Camacho moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camacho fails with an attempt to clinch.
Martinez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Camacho can do to turn this around?
Martinez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Martinez's jab looks to have found its range, popping Camacho under the eye.
Javier Martinez is winning the standup battle so far.
Martinez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Camacho eats them both and turns towards Martinez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Camacho lands a high kick!
Martinez throws a right and a left that Camacho avoids nicely.
Martinez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Martinez digs a good body shot into Camacho's ribs.
Camacho throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Martinez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Martinez lands with a good body shot.
Camacho shoots and misses
enabling Martinez to counter with a crisp jab.
Martinez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Martinez looks to land a combination but Camacho avoids it well.
Martinez stalks Camacho and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Camacho's face. Camacho staggers backwards, shaken.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Macho Camacho's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Javier Martinez!
Javier Martinez was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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