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Bellicose 131 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Stella Fella (ranked 24574 p4p, 23318 weight class) and Adam Burrows (ranked 506 p4p, 522 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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160
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Stella Fella!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Adam Burrows!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Dean Styles and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fella moves away from the strike by Burrows.
Fella throws a big counter combination but Burrows scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
We've been informed that Burrows 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.
Burrows throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fella counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Burrows takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fella throws a body kick that misses.
Adam Burrows seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burrows tries to clinch but Fella is having none of it.
Burrows throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fella counters with a one-two to the body.
Burrows throws a combination that misses
and Fella counters with a thumping low kick.
Fella looks to land a right hand but Burrows moved out of range.
Fella checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Burrows throws a head kick that misses.
Burrows tries for a takedown but Fella circles away easily
and Fella cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fella connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burrows misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Fella counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Burrows 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 Fella has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fella and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Burrows.
Fella seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Burrows throws a combination that misses
and Fella counters with a right hand to the body.
Burrows doesn't manage to clinch there - Fella circles away.
Burrows dodges the punch combination from Fella.
That kick from Fella tenderised Burrows's leg. Burrows is trying to keep his angry face on.
Fella checks a low kick from Burrows.
A low kick lands for Fella.
Nice uppercut lands for Fella. That snapped Burrows's head back.
We've been told by Fella's head coaches at Shut Up & Train! {$1000} that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burrows shoots in but no luck this time.
Stella Fella has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Burrows.
Burrows misses with an uppercut
and Fella counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Burrows throws a nice looking combination but Fella bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Burrows misses with a combination
and Fella counters with a right hand to the body.
Burrows takes one to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fella 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.
Burrows fails with the takedown
and Fella makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Burrows tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fella swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fella with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Burrows throws a push kick but Fella slaps the foot to one side.
Burrows throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Fella cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fella stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Burrows misses with a few strikes there.
Burrows moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Burrows pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Burrows closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Burrows swings widly with a right hand
and Fella counters with a nice uppercut.
Fella is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Burrows misses with a lunging right hand
and Fella counters with a straight right hand.
Stella Fella is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fella defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Burrows.
Burrows with a lazy takedown attempt
and Fella counters with an inside leg kick.
Burrows looks winded!
Fella scores with the left hand. Burrows knows he should have avoided that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fella with a jab.
Fella throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burrows shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fella throws a lazy right hand but Burrows sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fella scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Burrows doesn't seem bothered though.
Fella moves out of range of the leg kick from Burrows.
And Fella counters with a quick kick to the body but Burrows blocks it.
Fella tries to clinch but Burrows is having none of it.
Fella takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fella connects with a good right hand that stumbles Burrows. Burrows circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A nice combination there by Burrows.
Burrows fails to land with a series of punches.
Burrows cracks Fella with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Burrows throws the kick towards the body but Fella avoids it.
Burrows throws a big shot that misses.
Fella was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Stella Fella 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.
A jab from Fella finds it's way through Burrows's defenses.
Fella fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Burrows fails to land with a series of punches.
Burrows misses with a kick to the body.
Burrows tries to bum rush Fella with a series of wild strikes but Fella uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Burrows fails with a takedown attempt.
Burrows misses with a combination
and Fella counters with a nice low kick that buckles Burrows's knee momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fella scoring well with a low kick there.
Fella lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Burrows circles away quickly and effectively.
Burrows takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burrows tries to land a front kick but Fella steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A head kick by Burrows misses
and Fella makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Burrows really felt that one!
A low kick from Burrows is predictable there
and Fella counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Burrows tries to clinch but Fella moves away
and Burrows takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Burrows wants to land a leg kick but Fella is out of range.
Fella drives through and clinches with Burrows against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Fella.
Fella works on Burrows's body with a couple of short punches.
Fella is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Burrows can do to turn this around?
Fella lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Burrows is trying to stall.
Burrows's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fella working Burrows over with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burrows wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fella has Burrows pressed against the cage, preventing Burrows from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fella softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burrows blocks a body shot from Fella.
Burrows wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fella lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Burrows.
Fella lands a body shot in the clinch.
Burrows is breathing heavily.
Fella lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fella.
Fella cracks Burrows with a nice body shot.
Fella digs a right hand into Burrows's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Burrows's gas tank.
Fella lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fella scores with a shot to the side of Burrows's head.
Stalling in the clinch from Fella.
Stella Fella has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fella misses with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Fella.
Fella lands an uppercut.
Fella leaning against his opponent.
Burrows has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Fella is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Burrows is trying to force a seperation but Fella has the dominant position.
Fella lands a right hand.
Fella lands with a short shot to the head.
Fella working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fella lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fella pressing his opponent against the cage.
Burrows is working for takedown but Fella is calmly controlling the position for now.
Stella Fella has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Burrows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fella lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Burrows's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Burrows blocks an elbow strike from Fella.
Burrows wants the takedown. Fella is fighting it off but Burrows persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Fella's guard against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fella has his hands on Burrows's head, controlling the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Fella's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Further stalling from Fella.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Stella Fella dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Fella throws a head kick that misses
and Burrows counters with a nice leg kick.
Adam Burrows is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Burrows dodges the punch combination from Fella.
Fella lands with a nice body punch.
Burrows throws a leg kick
and Fella connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Burrows tries a low kick but Fella avoids it.
Fella slaps away a takedown attempt from Burrows, before circling back to the center of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burrows misses with the combination.
Fella misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burrows doesn't succeed with the takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Burrows shoots in for a takedown but Fella shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Stella Fella has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Burrows.
Burrows takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fella pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Burrows back to the cage. Fella follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Burrows tries for a takedown but Fella circles away easily
and Fella counters with a nice body shot.
Burrows on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Fella. Fella obviously looking to wear him down.
Burrows takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Burrows stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fella.
Fella scores with a hook to the body. Burrows takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Stella Fella is winning the standup battle so far.
Burrows fails with the takedown
enabling Fella to counter with a crisp jab.
Adam Burrows has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fella swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burrows drives through with a takedown into Fella's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Fella controlling Burrows's posture.
Fella continues to stall.
Burrows stopping the sweep attempt from Fella.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burrows wants to pass the guard but Fella is keeping the position.
Fella is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Fella looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Burrows puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Fella controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Burrows is looking to advance position but Fella won't allow it.
That's four 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.
Burrows looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Fella wants to control but Burrows is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Fella gets back to full guard.
Burrows throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fella is pulling down on Burrows's head. It's preventing any offense from Burrows, at least for the moment.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Burrows throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fella clinches up with Burrows and pushes him back against the cage.
Stella Fella is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fella.
Fella scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stella Fella showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fella, 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stella Fella!
An out of breath Stella Fella thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Howie Finkelman (ranked 23816 p4p, 24638 weight class) and Ieuan Thomas (ranked 475 p4p, 481 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Howie Finkelman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ieuan Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Roberts and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finkelman's corner calls for a 1-2. Finkelman obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Thomas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Finkelman.
Finkelman wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A shot to the liver by Finkelman. Beautiful body shot.
A jab lands there for Finkelman.
Finkelman cracks Thomas with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Finkelman moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Thomas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Finkelman scores with a jab.
Thomas ducks under a wild hook from Finkelman.
Finkelman misses with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Finkelman scores with a nice right hand.
Thomas takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Thomas doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
We've been informed that Thomas 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.
Thomas is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Finkelman loads up on a big right hand but Thomas slips the punch.
Thomas changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Some wild striking there from Thomas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finkelman fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Thomas looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Finkelman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Finkelman scoring well with a low kick there.
Finkelman 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.
Finkelman connects with a body shot.
Finkelman clobbers Thomas with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Finkelman has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Doom's Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Finkelman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Finkelman, as that shot connected.
Finkelman shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Thomas eats them both and turns towards Finkelman to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Finkelman thuds a left hand into Thomas's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finkelman throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Finkelman shoots in looking for a takedown but Thomas manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Finkelman's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Finkelman pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown but Finkelman shows good takedown defense.
Finkelman lands a right hook to the body.
Thomas 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.
Finkelman lands an overhand right.
Finkelman is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Finkelman jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Finkelman takes a swing at Thomas's ribcage but misses.
Thomas wants to counter the offense by Finkelman and move into the clinch position.
Thomas takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Thomas scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Finkelman has one foot on Thomas's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Thomas on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Finkelman connects with the punch.
Finkelman doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Thomas to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Finkelman finds it's way through Thomas's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finkelman closes this distance looking for a takedown but Thomas circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Howie Finkelman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Finkelman lands a jab to the head.
Thomas takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Thomas shoots in but no luck this time.
Thomas shoots in and drives through. Finkelman sprawls well.
A clash of legs there as Thomas blocks the low kick.
Thomas with the counter takedown but Finkelman avoids it easily.
Finkelman lunges at Thomas with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Thomas's hand.
Finkelman bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Thomas's head backwards.
Thomas changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Finkelman tries to avoid it but Thomas manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Finkelman to the ground. Finkelman escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Finkelman moves into range and clinches up with Thomas.
Finkelman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Finkelman digs a good hook to Thomas's body.
Finkelman scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A punch lands to the side of Thomas 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Howie Finkelman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finkelman scores with a decent looking hook.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Finkelman.
Thomas tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Thomas keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Finkelman is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Thomas slips under a jab.
Finkelman connects with a leg kick.
Finkelman is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Finkelman moves into the clinch.
Thomas drops down looking for an ankle pick but Finkelman pulls his leg out and moves away.
Thomas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Finkelman, as that shot connected.
Thomas moves in looking to clinch but Finkelman pushes him off.
Thomas has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Howie Finkelman 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.
Thomas takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A decent looking cross lands there for Finkelman.
Finkelman sizes up Thomas with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Finkelman is looking to clinch but Thomas is avoiding it.
Finkelman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thomas can do to turn this around?
Finkelman misses with a takedown attempt - Thomas sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Thomas throws a hook to the side of Finkelman's head but Finkelman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That kick from Finkelman tenderised Thomas's leg. Thomas is trying to keep his angry face on.
Finkelman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Thomas on the side of the head.
Thomas goes for a double leg but Finkelman avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Finkelman continues to drive forward.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thomas checks a low kick from Finkelman.
Finkelman throws a good cross that connects.
A left lands for Finkelman.
Finkelman lands a head shot.
 Thomas is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Finkelman scores with the left hand. Thomas knows he should have avoided that one.
Thomas is still on wobbly legs! Can Finkelman finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finkelman tries to work over Thomas's front leg with a kick but Thomas checks it.
Thomas seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice cross by Finkelman.
Thomas throws a leg kick but Finkelman sees it coming and moves out of range.
Thomas takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Thomas tries to clinch but Finkelman is having none of it.
Finkelman connects with a single shot there.
Nice uppercut lands for Finkelman. That snapped Thomas's head back.
Finkelman misses with a straight left.
Thomas walks into a straight right hand from Finkelman.
Howie Finkelman is winning the standup battle so far.
Finkelman connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Finkelman - that will leave a mark!
Thomas takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Finkelman lands with an uppercut that bounces Thomas off the cage and back into range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Finkelman's jab looks to have found its range, popping Thomas under the eye.
Thomas takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Thomas needs to keep his hands up - Finkelman had a free shot at his head there.
Finkelman wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Thomas misses with a straight left.
Finkelman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Finkelman misses with a right hand
and Thomas counters with a stiff right hand.
Finkelman thuds his right hand into Thomas's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ieuan Thomas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Finkelman throws a big shot that misses.
Finkelman tests Thomas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Finkelman lands with a cross.
Finkelman scores with a sloppy right hand. Thomas should have avoided that one.
Finkelman with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finkelman blocks a head kick by Thomas.
Thomas blocks a jab.
Thomas is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Thomas has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Thomas there as he acknowledges the shot.
Thomas wants to clinch up but Finkelman keeps it at a distance.
Finkelman lands a jab to the head.
Finkelman lands a nice hook to Thomas's body. Thomas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Thomas moves out of range of the strikes.
Thomas has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Thomas takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Finkelman misses with a wild body shot.
Finkelman lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Finkelman lands a jab.
Thomas takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Finkelman dodges the punch combination from Thomas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Finkelman scores with a jab to the head.
Finkelman scoring well with a low kick there.
Thomas gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The fighters circling - Thomas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Finkelman listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Thomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Finkelman.
Finkelman lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thomas checks the leg kick.
Thomas is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Howie Finkelman dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Thomas walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Finkelman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thomas.
Thomas drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Finkelman defends it well.
Finkelman throws a nice inside leg kick.
Finkelman stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Finkelman smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Thomas takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Finkelman connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Finkelman's corner calls for a 1-2. Finkelman obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A lazy left from Finkelman finds it's target.
Finkelman cracks Thomas with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Thomas checks a low kick from Finkelman.
Thomas is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Finkelman throws a hook but Thomas blocks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Finkelman misses the target.
Thomas blocks a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - Finkelman coming out on top.
Finkelman is looking to chop away at Thomas's legs.
Thomas misses with a takedown attempt - Finkelman sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Finkelman paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Thomas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown but Finkelman shows good takedown defense.
Thomas ducks under a wild hook from Finkelman.
Finkelman scores with a jab.
Finkelman throws a front kick aimed at Thomas's knee but Thomas avoids it well.
Thomas lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Finkelman clobbers Thomas with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Finkelman throws a poor cross that misses
and Thomas moves into the clinch.
Finkelman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ieuan Thomas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas drops his hands momentarily and Finkelman takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Finkelman scores with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Finkelman scores with a shot to the body.
Finkelman lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Finkelman moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Thomas takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Some wild striking there from Finkelman.
Thomas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Finkelman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Finkelman looks to land a combination. Thomas sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Finkelman lands a nice hook to Thomas's body. Thomas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Thomas takes one to the side of the head.
Finkelman moves into the clinch.
Thomas tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Finkelman smiles and moves away.
Howie Finkelman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ieuan Thomas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Finkelman lands a nice shot that snaps Thomas's head back.
Finkelman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Finkelman works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Thomas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd cheers as Finkelman lands an impressive looking overhand right. Thomas doesn't seem phased though.
Finkelman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Thomas on the side of the head.
Finkelman lunges at Thomas with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Thomas's hand.
Finkelman scores with a hook to the body. Thomas takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Thomas on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Finkelman takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thomas gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Thomas takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Finkelman catches Thomas with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Finkelman is looking to slow Thomas down with leg kicks.
Howie Finkelman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Thomas avoids the head kick by Finkelman.
Thomas steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Finkelman.
Thomas gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Thomas's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Finkelman gets a clinch.
Thomas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Finkelman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thomas's efforts to push away.
Finkelman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Finkelman getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Finkelman moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Howie Finkelman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Finkelman 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:26
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:26
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Howie Finkelman!
Howie Finkelman decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Sova (ranked 23658 p4p, 23306 weight class) and Sanjay Segreti (ranked 565 p4p, 569 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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175
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0 - 2 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Great low kicks
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Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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 3 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pavel Sova!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sanjay Segreti!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Lou da Vinci and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sova fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Segreti manages to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Segreti.
Sova works the jab nicely.
Sova just misses with a punch to the body.
Segreti is looking for the big counter here.
Sova shoots in but Segreti avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Segreti throws a right and a left that Sova avoids nicely.
Segreti looks to land a combination but Sova avoids it well.
Segreti avoids the body shot from Sova.
Sova tries to keep at a distance but Segreti has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sova throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sova tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sova.
With the fighters up against the cage, Segreti throws an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Segreti's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sova tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sova misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sova misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sova tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sova throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Segreti manages to break the clinch.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Sova.
Segreti moves into the clinch.
A hook to the body from Sova.
Segreti is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sova is defending well for now.
A right hand to the body from Sova.
We've been hearing reports that Sova has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sova misses with a short punch on the inside.
Segreti wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sova goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Segreti blocks a body shot from Sova.
Sova tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sova tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sova misses with a punch to the body.
Sova tries to work over Segreti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sova tries a body shot but Segreti blocks it.
Sova struggles to land a body shot inside as Segreti controls his hands.
Sova tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Segreti's elbow.
Sova scores with a shot to the side of Segreti's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sova tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Segreti avoids it.
Sova trying to land knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Sova.
A short body shot lands from Sova as the two fighters clinch.
Segreti blocks a body shot from Sova.
Sova working aggressively here.
Sova lands a right hand.
Sova trying to land knees to the body.
Sova misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sova misses with a punch to the body.
Sova misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sova misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sova goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sova lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Segreti.
Sova struggles to land a body shot inside as Segreti controls his hands.
Sova misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Segreti.
Segreti blocks a body shot from Sova.
Sova lands a body shot.
Sova lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Segreti or not.
A body shot lands from Sova.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sova digs a right hand into Segreti's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Segreti's gas tank.
Still in the clinch, Sova scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sova misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pavel Sova dominated that round.
That's time! Sova's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sova shoots in but Segreti avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sova tries to keep at a distance but Segreti has taken the fight into the clinch.
Segreti blocks a body shot from Sova.
Sova misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sova misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sova tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Segreti blocks a body shot from Sova.
Sova tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Segreti's elbow.
Sova misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A frustrated look appears on Segreti's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Segreti has had enough of the clinch but Sova keeps him there for the moment.
Segreti wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sova throws a head punch that misses.
Sova misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sova misses with a hook to the ribs.
Segreti is trying to push Sova away but Sova has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sova has Segreti pressed against the cage, preventing Segreti from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sova scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Sova on the inside.
Sova tries a body shot but Segreti blocks it.
A short right from Sova on the inside.
Sova misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sova blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sova misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sova missing with knees to the body.
Sova lands with a light punch inside.
Sova tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Segreti's elbow.
Sova misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Segreti.
Segreti is looking to break free of the clinch but Sova has double underhooks.
Sova lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sova cracks Segreti with a nice body shot.
Sova tries to throw a body punch but Segreti avoids it by throwing Sova back against the cage.
Sova is leaning against Segreti and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sova misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sova dodges an elbow strike from Segreti.
Sova goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sova lands a damaging elbow.
 It looks like Sanjay Segreti has been cut.
Segreti wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sova has him pressed against the cage.
Sova tries to throw a body punch but Segreti avoids it by throwing Sova back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sova.
Sova throws a knee to the head but misses.
Segreti is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pavel Sova has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sova is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Segreti is defending well for now.
Segreti prevents a body shot from Sova.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Segreti wants to get back to striking at distance but Sova won't allow it.
Sova throws a punch but it's blocked by Segreti.
Segreti wants to get back to striking at distance but Sova won't allow it.
Sova managing to block the knees to the body from Segreti.
Sova is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Segreti can do to turn this around?
Segreti has had enough of the clinch but Sova keeps him there for the moment.
A body shot lands from Sova.
Sova tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Segreti's elbow.
Sova misses with a body punch.
Sova lands a body punch in the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sova tries a body shot but Segreti blocks it.
Segreti is trying to force a seperation but Sova has the dominant position.
Sova misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pavel Sova dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sanjay Segreti's cut.
That's time! Sova's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Sova clinches.
Sova tries a body shot but Segreti blocks it.
Good body shot from Sova.
Sova misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sova lands a good knee to the midsection. Segreti won't want to take too many of those.
Segreti blocks a body shot from Sova.
Sova misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Segreti.
Sova misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sova lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Segreti backwards.
Sova is working Segreti over against the cage.
Sova lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Segreti has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Segreti avoiding damage as Sova throws knees to the body.
Sova doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sova keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Segreti's efforts to push away.
Sova throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Segretis head.
Sova misses with a body punch.
Segreti prevents a body shot from Sova.
Sova tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Segreti is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sova tries to land knees in the clinch but Segreti avoids the damage to the body.
Sova tries to throw a body punch but Segreti avoids it by throwing Sova back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sova lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sova keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Segreti's efforts to push away.
Segreti has had enough of the clinch but Sova keeps him there for the moment.
Sova tries to throw a body punch but Segreti avoids it by throwing Sova back against the cage.
Sova tries to work over Segreti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Segreti tries to circle away but Sova has him pinned against the cage.
Sova misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sova misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sova misses with a hook to the ribs.
Segreti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sova misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Segreti wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sova misses with a punch to the body.
Sova tries to work over Segreti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sova tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Segreti's elbow.
Sova lands with a short shot to the head.
Sova misses with a body punch.
Sova misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sova lands a nice uppercut.
A body shot lands from Sova.
A short uppercut from Sova.
Sova goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pavel Sova is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Segreti prevents a body shot from Sova.
Sova tries to work over Segreti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short body shot lands from Sova as the two fighters clinch.
Sova tries to throw a body punch but Segreti avoids it by throwing Sova back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sova.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Segreti throws an elbow but it misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pavel Sova showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sova, 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:26
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pavel Sova!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pate Hunt (ranked 1981 p4p, 3421 weight class) and Paul Kings (ranked 104 p4p, 178 weight class). Pate Hunt has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Pate Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Kings!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Joseph Jones and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kings.
Kings doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kings swings for the body but Hunt moves out of range.
Hunt feints and then cracks Kings's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kings down.
Hunt attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hunt throws a poor cross that misses
and Kings counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kings swings for the body but Hunt moves out of range.
Kings moves out of range as Hunt strikes.
Kings with a hook.
Kings looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunt is just out of range.
Kings throws a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kings throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hunt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hunt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kings.
Kings moves out of range of the leg kick from Hunt.
Hunt on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kings takes a swing at Hunt's ribcage but misses.
Kings connects with a single shot there.
Kings scores with a jab to the head.
Hunt throws a jab when Kings was well out of range.
Kings comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kings lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheers as Kings lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hunt doesn't seem phased though.
Kings is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hunt rather than just go for the knockout.
Hunt fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kings.
Kings ducks under a wild hook from Hunt.
A little jabbing left from Kings on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hunt has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kings finds it's way round the side to connect with Hunt's head.
Kings jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kings throws a jab when Hunt was well out of range.
Kings connects with a right hand. Hunt shakes it off.
Hunt misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kings jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hunt swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kings tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Kings.
Hunt seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Kings misses with an uppercut.
Hunt appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Hunt takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hunt avoids the body shot from Kings.
Kings throws a body shot but no joy.
Kings throws a body shot but no joy.
Hunt was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kings paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kings throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hunt is looking to counter punch.
Kings throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kings works Hunt's body with a nice hook.
Hunt connects with the punch.
Hunt avoids the body shot from Kings.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kings misses the jab.
Hunt misses with a hook to the body
and Kings counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kings looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunt is just out of range.
Hunt is looking to counter punch.
Hunt looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kings on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kings defending well as Hunt loads up on a big left hand.
Kings let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Hunt throws a hook but Kings blocks it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hunt.
The crowd cheers as Kings lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hunt doesn't seem phased though.
Kings cracks Hunt with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hunt scores with a hook to the body. Kings takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hunt is looking to counter with a body kick.
Hunt takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kings throws a lazy right hand but Hunt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kings misses with a shot to the body
and Hunt counters with a nice body shot.
Kings throws a shot from downtown. Hunt moves away and avoids it.
Kings is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hunt had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Hunt needs to keep his hands up - Kings had a free shot at his head there.
Kings throws an off balance right hand
and Hunt counters with a head kick that drops Kings to the mat! Kings scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Kings misses with a shot to the body
enabling Hunt to counter with a crisp jab.
Kings is rocked!
Hunt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kings tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Kings.
Hunt swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hunt digs a good body shot into Kings's ribs.
Kings cracks Hunt with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kings cracks Hunt with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kings uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hunt.
Hunt throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kings lands a lovely overhand right.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Kings 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.
Kings swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hunt seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Paul Kings seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kings takes one on the button.
Kings connects with a body shot.
Kings takes a swing at Hunt's ribcage but misses.
Hunt is looking to counter punch.
Kings jabs Hunt to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kings throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hunt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kings lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hunt takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kings has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kings avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kings slips a jab and a cross from Hunt.
Hunt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kings.
A big right from Kings misses.
Hunt looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kings. Hunt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kings ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Hunt might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Kings jabs Hunt right on the nose. Hunt blinks but takes it well.
Kings misses with a straight right.
Kings tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Kings.
Kings just misses with a punch to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Hunt on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kings's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hunt under the eye.
Kings misses with a straight right.
Hunt has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Kings misses with a left hand
and Hunt counters with a two punch combo.
Kings digs a good hook to Hunt's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kings. Hunt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hunt swings for the body but Kings moves out of range.
Kings jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hunt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kings.
Kings misses with an uppercut. Hunt saw that one coming.
Kings misses with a hook to the body
and Hunt counters with a nice leg kick.
Hunt misses with a looping left.
Kings feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hunts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kings misses with a body shot.
Kings cracks Hunt with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kings.
Kings misses the jab.
Hunt appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kings misses with a looping left.
Kings throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hunt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hunt needs to keep his hands up - Kings had a free shot at his head there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kings misses with a left hand
and Hunt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kings throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kings takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kings misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hunt.
Kings throws a jab but it's blocked by Hunt.
Kings lands with an uppercut that bounces Hunt off the cage and back into range.
A jab from Kings does it's job there.
A big left from Hunt misses.
Kings lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kings scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hunt lands with a good body shot.
Kings throws an overhand right that lands on Hunt's shoulder, as Hunt tries to avoid the shot.
Hunt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kings lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Paul Kings seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kings misses with a hook
and Hunt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kings throws a body punch but Hunt moves out of range.
Kings keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hunt cracks Kings with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kings misses with a lunging right hand
and Hunt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kings throws a jab when Hunt was well out of range.
Hunt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kings.
Hunt on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kings swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters circling - Hunt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kings misses the shot to the body.
Hunt is looking to counter punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Kings showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Hunt finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hunt with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kings to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice uppercut lands for Kings. That snapped Hunt's head back.
Kings lands with a shot to the body.
Hunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kings.
Hunt is looking to counter punch.
Kings gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kings misses with a wild body shot.
Hunt thuds his right hand into Kings's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A big left from Kings misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kings works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hunt throws the left hand but Kings avoids the punch easily.
Hunt misses with an uppercut. Kings saw that one coming.
Kings throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A quick step to the side and Hunt tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt misses with an uppercut. Kings saw that one coming.
A swing and a miss from Kings.
Hunt looks to throw the jab but Kings is out of range.
Hunt takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hunt swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kings counters with a nice body shot.
Kings swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hunt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kings lands a nice hook to Hunt's body. Hunt takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A slow jab from Kings misses its intended target.
Kings throws out a powerful jab.
Kings throws a jab when Hunt was well out of range.
Kings looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunt is just out of range.
Hunt misses with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kings throws a shot from downtown. Hunt moves away and avoids it.
Hunt was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kings connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hunt. Hunt circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kings looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunt is just out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hunt closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kings throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hunt appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kings ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hunt moves away.
Kings swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kings takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hunt scores with a nice head shot.
Kings throws a good cross that connects.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hunt.
Hunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hunt on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kings clobbers Hunt with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kings.
Hunt is looking for a counter combo.
Kings scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kings missing with a left hand there. Hunt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hunt tries a head kick but it misses.
Hunt takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hunt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hunt takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kings throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kings scores with a nice strike.
Kings throws a sloppy body shot
and Hunt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hunt bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kings's head backwards.
Pate Hunt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kings looks to land a right hand but Hunt moved out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Hunt misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kings.
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!
Hunt throws a big shot that misses.
Kings avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kings throws a hook to the side of Hunt's head but Hunt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
As Kings backs away, Hunt returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Kings throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kings takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kings misses with a jab to the body
and Hunt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kings is still on wobbly legs! Can Hunt finish him?
Hunt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kings sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kings swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kings bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hunt's head backwards.
Hunt throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kings stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kings takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hunt lands the left hand.
Kings looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunt is just out of range.
Hunt tried to score with a low kick but Kings checks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Kings comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kings 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Kings!
Paul Kings seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Christ (ranked 2389 p4p, 2779 weight class) and Okoro Igwe (ranked 310 p4p, 351 weight class). Jimmy Christ has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jimmy Christ!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Okoro Igwe!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Columbo Gatti and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Igwe scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Igwe misses with a hook
enabling Christ to counter with a crisp jab.
Christ misses the shot to the body.
Okoro Igwe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Igwe bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Christ's head.
Igwe walks into a stiff left hand from Christ.
Igwe scores with a jab. Christ acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Igwe connects with a body shot that sends Christ's belly button to the back.
Igwe swings widly with a right hand
enabling Christ to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Igwe. That snapped Christ's head back.
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!
Christ throws a jab when Igwe was well out of range.
Igwe scores with a jab. Christ acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Igwe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Christ.
Igwe lands with a nice body punch.
Igwe throws a hook but Christ avoids it easily.
Christ displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Igwe throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Igwe lands a head shot.
Igwe misses the shot to the body.
Christ takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A jab from Christ misses.
Igwe wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Igwe bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Christ's head backwards.
Christ closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Igwe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Igwe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Christ swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Christ avoids the body shot from Igwe.
As Igwe looks to move away, Christ throws a big counter combo but Igwe just gets out of the way.
Igwe throws an off balance right hand
and Christ counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Christ avoids the body shot from Igwe.
Christ ducks under a wild hook from Igwe.
Christ is looking to counter punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Christ moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Igwe misses with a hook to the body
and Igwe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Christ slips under a jab.
Igwe throws out a loose jab but Christ uses good head movement to avoid it.
Igwe throws a big shot that misses.
Igwe throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Igwe lands with a good body shot.
Christ misses the shot to the body.
Igwe just misses with a punch to the body.
Igwe dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Igwe tests Christ's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Christ avoids the body shot from Igwe.
Igwe misses with an uppercut. Christ saw that one coming.
A little feinted left hand from Christ on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Igwe throws a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Igwe lands a nice hook to Christ's body. Christ takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Igwe throws a jab when Christ was well out of range.
Igwe connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Igwe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Christ.
Igwe throws out a counter right but Christ avoids it with no problem.
Christ throws a good cross that connects.
Christ is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The fighters circling - Igwe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
An attempted straight right counter from Christ misses the target.
Igwe misses with a left hand
and Igwe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Igwe digs a good hook to Christ's body.
Christ slips a jab from Igwe.
Igwe takes a swing at Christ's ribcage but misses.
Christ on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Christ doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Igwe lands with an uppercut that bounces Christ off the cage and back into range.
Igwe throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Christ is looking to counter punch.
Igwe throws a predictable looking body shot
and Christ counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Christ misses with a hook.
Igwe slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Igwe defending well as Christ loads up on a big left hand.
Igwe appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Christ ducks under a wild hook from Igwe.
Christ takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Igwe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Christ is looking to counter punch.
Igwe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Christ takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Igwe misses the shot to the body.
Igwe scores with a punch to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Okoro Igwe dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A decent looking cross lands there for Igwe.
Christ misses with a hook.
Igwe is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Christ with a body shot.
Igwe jabs at Christ's body.
Christ uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Igwe.
A little feinted left hand from Christ on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Christ misses with a looping right.
Igwe has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Igwe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Igwe misses.
Christ defending well as Igwe loads up on a big left hand.
Igwe connects with a right hand. Christ shakes it off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Igwe misses with a body shot
and Christ counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Igwe jabs Christ to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Igwe connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Igwe connects with a body shot that sends Christ's belly button to the back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ staying out of range there.
Igwe lands a slapping body shot.
Christ throws a looping overhand right but Igwe ducks down to avoid it.
Igwe throws out a counter right but Christ avoids it with no problem.
Christ has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Igwe finds it's way round the side to connect with Christ's head.
Igwe catches Christ with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Igwe staying out of range there.
Igwe lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Igwe misses the shot to the body.
Igwe digs a good body shot into Christ's ribs.
Igwe thuds a left hand into Christ's body.
Christ avoids the body shot from Igwe.
Nice defenses there by Christ.
It looked like Christ wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Igwe connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christ uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Igwe.
Igwe is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Christ.
Christ avoids the body shot from Igwe.
Igwe throws out a powerful jab.
A lazy left from Igwe finds it's target.
 Christ is rocked!
Christ looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Igwe! Christ is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Okoro Igwe!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Average Tycoon Player (ranked 1320 p4p, 2272 weight class) and Dan Kolov (ranked 50 p4p, 84 weight class). Average Tycoon Player has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Average Tycoon Player!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Kolov!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Anthony Taglia and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tycoon Player ducks under a wild hook from Kolov.
Kolov doesn't manage to clinch there - Tycoon Player circles away.
Kolov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kolov throws an overhand right that lands on Tycoon Player's shoulder, as Tycoon Player tries to avoid the shot.
Tycoon Player was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Tycoon Player lunges at Kolov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kolov's hand.
Kolov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tycoon Player swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kolov tries to clinch up but Tycoon Player circles away and keeps his distance.
Kolov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tycoon Player takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kolov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tycoon Player counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've been told by Tycoon Player's head coaches at Yellow Lotus Center of Healing and Meditative Arts that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kolov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tycoon Player rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kolov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kolov is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tycoon Player takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kolov walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tycoon Player lands with a straight right. Kolov didn't see that one coming.
Kolov swings for the body but Tycoon Player moves out of range.
Tycoon Player throws an overhand right that drops Kolov like a sack of potatoes! Tycoon Player dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Average Tycoon Player!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adam East (ranked 864 p4p, 858 weight class) and Macka Briggs (ranked 142 p4p, 138 weight class). Briggs has chosen Stepping Razor by Peter Tosh as his entrance music. Macka Briggs acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Adam East!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Macka Briggs!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Eddie Farnsworth and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot by Briggs.
East displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Briggs throws out the jab.
East lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
East misses with a wild body shot.
Briggs looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
East missing with a left hand there. Briggs was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Adam East seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
East throws the left hand but Briggs avoids the punch easily.
Briggs looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Briggs fails with the takedown.
East has been working on his boxing with his coaches at in shig we trust in the buildup to the fight.
East misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from East misses.
Briggs is looking to clinch but East is avoiding it.
East misses with a lunging right hand
letting Briggs counter with a right hand.
East lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Briggs at a distance.
Briggs fakes high and swings low for a body shot but East manages to avoid it.
East throws the left hand but Briggs avoids the punch easily.
East throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
East misses with a wild body shot.
Nice defenses there by East.
East waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Briggs.
East loads up on a big right hand but Briggs slips the punch.
Briggs looks like he wants to counter punch here.
East digs a good body shot into Briggs's ribs.
East looks to land a right hand but Briggs moved out of range.
Briggs moves into the clinch successfully.
East working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Briggs can't find room to land a body shot as East controls the action.
East lands a shoulder strike.
East digs a right hand into Briggs's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Briggs's gas tank.
Briggs misses with some punches.
Briggs misses with the head strike.
Briggs is working for takedown but East is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
East wants to break the clinch but can't.
Briggs breaks from the clinch.
East scores with a hook.
East misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Briggs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Briggs moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
It looks like Macka Briggs has been cut.
East throws a looping overhand right but Briggs ducks down to avoid it.
East throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Briggs staying out of range there.
Briggs now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Briggs throws out a loose jab but East uses good head movement to avoid it.
Briggs steps to the side to avoid the strikes from East.
Briggs throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
East cracks Briggs with an open hand slap.
East throws a body shot but no joy.
Briggs is clearly trying to counter these attacks from East with a body shot.
Briggs scores with a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Briggs 's head but he takes it in his stride.
East connects with a good right hand that stumbles Briggs. Briggs circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Briggs ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Briggs closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
East tries to bench press Briggs off him but Briggs keeps the position.
Briggs takes a little break here. East wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
East avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Briggs.
Briggs just content to control the position.
Briggs misses with the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Briggs wants to control but East is keeping him busy.
East tries to bench press Briggs off him but Briggs keeps the position.
Briggs wants to control for a moment but East uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Briggs not landing any meaningful shots this time.
East wants to control but Briggs is keeping busy.
Briggs thows a huge punch but East dodges it nicely.
East keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Adam East dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Macka Briggs'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.
East digs a good body shot into Briggs's ribs.
Macka Briggs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
East looks to throw the jab but Briggs is out of range.
Briggs avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Briggs slips under a jab.
Briggs misses with a series of wild punches.
East missing with a left hand there. Briggs was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A combination from Briggs does no damage.
Briggs steps to the side to avoid the strikes from East.
East lands with a straight right. Briggs didn't see that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
East throws an overhand right that lands on Briggs's shoulder, as Briggs tries to avoid the shot.
East connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
East throws a hook but Briggs avoids it easily.
East swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Briggs! But no joy.
Briggs throws a series of punches but East avoids them all with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
East comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A jab from East misses.
Briggs misses with an uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from East. Briggs does a little dance to reset his feet.
It seemed like Briggs was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Decent striking displayed by East there.
Sloppy strikes from Briggs. Those never looked like landing.
East closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Briggs tries to clinch but East moves out of range.
Nice body punch from East.
Adam East is winning the standup battle so far.
East throws a hook but Briggs avoids it easily.
Briggs swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
East misses with a hook. Briggs ducked under it nicely.
East throws a jab but it's blocked by Briggs.
East lands a glancing blow to the side of Briggs's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
East lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
East swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
East throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
East misses with a looping left.
East throws a right hand that misses
and Briggs cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
East misses with a hook.
East throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab from Briggs.
East throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big left from East misses.
East is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Briggs can do to turn this around?
East throws a poor cross that misses
and Briggs counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Briggs displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as East throws out the jab.
Briggs throws a right hand that East ducks under and follows up with a left that East also avoids with ease.
East throwing a counter right hand but Briggs manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Briggs gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A right-left combo lands from East.
That has opened up Macka Briggs's cut even more.
East uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Briggs has time to react.
East jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Briggs steps into range and cracks East with a monster punch that buckles his knees! East flops backwards and Briggs dives into his guard looking to finish!
East is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Briggs trying to control but East is working from the bottom.
Briggs passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Briggs lands a decent elbow from side control.
Briggs cracks East with an elbow. That is naaassty.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Briggs scoring with punches from side control.
Briggs wants to control but East is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Briggs fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Briggs trying to control the position but East is working away.
Briggs creates some space and throws a big elbow, but East sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Briggs misses with the ground and pound.
Briggs postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Briggs cracks East with a big elbow.
East is working to avoid the ground and pound but Briggs connects with a decent elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Adam East will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Macka Briggs's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
East lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Briggs circles away quickly and effectively.
East thows a left - swing and a miss!
East misses with an uppercut
and Briggs connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
East looks to score with a jab to the body but Briggs is just out of range.
East fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Briggs manages to avoid it.
Briggs drops down looking to force a counter takedown but East defends it well.
East waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Briggs.
East throws an off balance right hand
enabling Briggs to counter with a crisp jab.
Briggs moves out of range as East strikes.
East backing away here, and Briggs unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
East gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Briggs points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. East wakes up just in time to hear Briggs thank his coaches in the post fight interview.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Macka Briggs!
Macka Briggs thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tim Horton (ranked 392 p4p, 478 weight class) and Arax Lightspeed (ranked 61 p4p, 67 weight class). Horton comes to the cage accompanied by Canada National Anthem. The crowd seem to be enjoying Lightspeed's choice of entrance music: Silver Scrapes. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tim Horton!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arax Lightspeed!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Russell Pearce and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Horton. Lightspeed does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lightspeed now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A head kick by Horton misses
and Horton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lightspeed takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Horton is looking to clinch.
Lightspeed looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lightspeed walks into a stiff left hand from Horton.
Horton fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lightspeed looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice jab there from Horton.
Horton tries to score with a low kick but Lightspeed moves his leg out of the way.
Lightspeed throws a big counter head kick but Horton avoids it with no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horton looks to throw the jab but Lightspeed is out of range.
Horton lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lightspeed at a distance.
Horton lands with a thumping leg kick.
Horton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lightspeed manages to avoid it.
Horton moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromLightspeed.
Horton throws a big shot that misses.
Horton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lightspeed.
Horton takes a swing at Lightspeed's ribcage but misses.
Horton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lightspeed swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horton scores with a jab to the body.
Horton throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Horton tries to land a body kick
and Lightspeed counters with a stiff right hand.
Horton is looking to wear down Lightspeed with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Horton pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A little jabbing left from Lightspeed on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Horton scores with a head kick. Lightspeed tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Horton dips to his left and cracks Lightspeed with an uppercut!
Lightspeed takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Horton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horton moves into the clinch successfully.
Lightspeed blocks an uppercut.
Horton can't find room to land a body shot as Lightspeed controls the action.
Lightspeed tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Horton's elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for Lightspeed.
Lightspeed lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Horton creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lightspeed misses with a body punch.
Horton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lightspeed misses with a punch to the body.
Lightspeed working aggressively here.
A short right from Lightspeed.
A short left from Lightspeed.
A shot in the inside from Lightspeed.
Lightspeed can't find room to land a body shot as Horton controls the action.
Lightspeed lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lightspeed struggles to land a body shot inside as Horton controls his hands.
Lightspeed lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Horton backwards.
Horton lands with a short shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lightspeed breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Horton throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lightspeed avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A little jabbing left from Lightspeed on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Horton works Lightspeed's body with a nice hook.
Lightspeed takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Horton just misses with a punch to the body.
It seemed like Lightspeed was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Horton swinging wildly here.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lightspeed! But no joy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tim Horton dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Lightspeed takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lightspeed displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Horton throws out the jab.
Horton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lightspeed sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lightspeed looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Horton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lightspeed swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Horton changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horton throws a lazy right hand but Lightspeed sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lightspeed now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Horton throws a hook but Lightspeed avoids it easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Lightspeed misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horton slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lightspeed closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Horton lands a lovely overhand right.
Horton tests Lightspeed's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Horton misses with a body shot.
Lightspeed looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lightspeed takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Horton throws a front kick that sends Lightspeed stumbling back into the cage.
Horton bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lightspeed's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horton lands a body shot.
Horton takes the fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Horton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lightspeed has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Horton seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Lightspeed can turn it around.
Arax Lightspeed seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lightspeed tries a body shot but Horton blocks it.
Horton misses with some punches.
Lightspeed lands a body punch.
Horton scores with a shot to the side of Lightspeed's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lightspeed.
A nice left hand lands by Lightspeed.
Lightspeed can't find room to land a body shot as Horton controls the action.
Lightspeed scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lightspeed misses with some punches.
Lightspeed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lightspeed lands a hook to the side of the head.
Horton lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lightspeed backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lightspeed working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lightspeed prevents a body shot from Horton.
Lightspeed working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short left from Horton.
Horton misses with some punches.
Lightspeed scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lightspeed tries to circle away but Horton has him pinned against the cage.
Horton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lightspeed lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Horton misses with a punch to the body.
Horton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lightspeed can't find room to land a body shot as Horton controls the action.
Horton throws a punch but it's blocked by Lightspeed.
Lightspeed makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Horton creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lightspeed working aggressively here.
Lightspeed breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lightspeed on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lightspeed has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Horton finds it's way round the side to connect with Lightspeed's head.
Tim Horton is winning the standup battle so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horton lands with a good body shot.
Horton takes a swing at Lightspeed's ribcage but misses.
It seemed like Lightspeed was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Horton gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Lightspeed counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Horton misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lightspeed! But no joy.
Horton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Lightspeed on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lightspeed takes one on the button.
Lightspeed keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tim Horton dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Horton connects with a body shot that sends Lightspeed's belly button to the back.
Horton lands with a kick to the ribs.
Lightspeed displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Horton throws out the jab.
Lightspeed takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Horton throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horton throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lightspeed counters with a nice right hand that sends Horton toppling to the canvas! Horton scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Lightspeed finish him?!
Horton is rocked!
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!
Horton throws a right hand that misses
and Lightspeed counters with a huge left! Horton is in big trouble! He's backing up but Lightspeed isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Horton from any more damage. A dominating finish by Lightspeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arax Lightspeed!
Arax Lightspeed is the new welterweight champion!
A relieved looking Arax Lightspeed thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Tim Horton spoke after the fight, saying 'I walk out of this cage a new man, a hungrier one. I realize the mistakes I made and had very good moments in the fight. I’ll be back, and fighting for the belt again. FOR CANADA🇨🇦 #THEGREATWHITENORTH'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nero Hardy (ranked 989 p4p, 432 weight class) and Rock Romero (ranked 133 p4p, 60 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nero Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rock Romero !
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Alyssa Summers and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romero misses with a straight left.
Hardy misses with a straight left.
Hardy throws a hook but Romero avoids it easily.
Romero misses with a looping left.
Romero misses with a straight right.
Romero slips a straight right by Hardy.
Nice jab there from Romero .
Romero scores with the left hand. Hardy knows he should have avoided that one.
Hardy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Romero .
Hardy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Romero .
A jab from Romero finds it's way through Hardy's defenses.
Hardy defending well as Romero loads up on a big left hand.
Hardy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Romero .
Romero blocks a jab.
Romero throws a lazy right hand but Hardy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hardy takes one to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Romero fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hardy needs to keep his hands up - Romero had a free shot at his head there.
Hardy slips a jab from Romero .
Hardy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hardy.
Hardy has a couple of punches blocked by Romero .
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero gets through Hardy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hardy misses with some punches.
Hardy is working Romero over against the cage.
Romero blocking some punches.
Hardy blocking some punches.
Hardy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hardy lands a hook that snaps the head of Romero backwards.
Hardy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hardy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hardy working aggressively here.
Hardy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardy lands with a light punch inside.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Hardy tries a body shot but Romero blocks it.
Hardy throws a punch but it's blocked by Romero .
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy can't find room to land a body shot as Romero controls the action.
Hardy misses with a body punch.
Hardy lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've been hearing reports that Hardy has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Romero lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hardy backwards.
Romero breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romero gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hardy.
It looks like Rock Romero has been cut.
Hardy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hardy looks to land a left hand but Romero moved out of range nicely.
Romero 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.
A telegraphed right hand from Hardy misses the target.
Rock Romero is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hardy is looking to clinch but Romero is avoiding it.
Romero swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Romero loads up on a big right hand but Hardy slips the punch.
Romero darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice jab there from Romero .
Hardy takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Romero steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hardy.
Romero connects with the punch.
Romero missing with a left hand there. Hardy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Romero might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Jab by Hardy.
Romero thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero throws a lazy right hand but Hardy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Romero moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hardy uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Romero has time to react.
Hardy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hardy is rocked!
Hardy tries to move into range but Romero moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Oh Hardy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hardy throws a jab but it's blocked by Romero .
Hardy lands with a good body shot.
Romero swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hardy seems to have got his legs back now.
Hardy tries to clinch up.
Romero looks to land a right hand but Hardy moved out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Romero there.
Romero cracks Hardy with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Romero has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Hardy to stand back up!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romero avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Romero closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Hardy! Romero dives in looking to finish! Hardy is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rock Romero !
Rock Romero seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. (ranked 267 p4p, 387 weight class) and Hunt Mfer (ranked 43 p4p, 58 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Thibodeaux Jr. might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rags2Riches. On his way into the cage it seems that Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dakota Thibodeaux Jr.!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Hunt Mfer!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Jorge Garcia and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mfer darts in looking for a takedown but Thibodeaux Jr. gets double underhooks and turns Mfer into the cage.
Mfer scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Decent striking displayed by Mfer there.
A low kick lands for Thibodeaux Jr..
Mfer shoots in looking for a takedown. Thibodeaux Jr. tries to sprawl out of it but Mfer keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Thibodeaux Jr. manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Thibodeaux Jr. takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That kick from Thibodeaux Jr. tenderised Mfer's leg. Mfer is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mfer shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Thibodeaux Jr. but Thibodeaux Jr. pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hunt Mfer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mfer lands a jab to Thibodeaux Jr.'s midsection.
Thibodeaux Jr. has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Thib's Sweat Shoppe in the buildup to the fight.
Mfer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mfer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Mfer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mfer uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mfer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Thibodeaux Jr. doesn't seem bothered though.
Mfer throws a hook but Thibodeaux Jr. avoids it easily.
Thibodeaux Jr. is looking to counter with a body kick.
Mfer takes one on the button.
Mfer is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mfer misses the shot to the body.
Mfer scores with a push kick.
Mfer has Thibodeaux Jr. up against the cage in a clinch.
Mfer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mfer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mfer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mfer lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mfer blocks an uppercut.
Mfer lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mfer misses with some punches.
Thibodeaux Jr. misses with a body punch.
Mfer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Mfer on the inside.
Mfer swings wildly with an uppercut but Thibodeaux Jr. uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thibodeaux Jr. tries a knee to the head but Mfer blocks it.
Mfer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thibodeaux Jr.'s elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Mfer.
Mfer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Thibodeaux Jr. scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mfer blocks a body shot from Thibodeaux Jr..
Mfer is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Thibodeaux Jr. can't fight it off and eventually Mfer manages to take the fight to the floor. Thibodeaux Jr. looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Mfer drops back, looking for a kneebar! Thibodeaux Jr. looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Thibodeaux Jr. looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Thibodeaux Jr.!
Mfer is looking to regain half guard here but Thibodeaux Jr. keeps moving and retains side control.
Mfer keeps trying to improve his position.
Mfer wants to control but Thibodeaux Jr. postures up.
Mfer tries to improve position but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux Jr. controlling the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mfer is looking to reverse the position.
Thibodeaux Jr. working away.
Mfer tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Thibodeaux Jr. is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Mfer's shoulder. That is not cool.
Mfer tries to improve position but can't.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hunt Mfer dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Mfer tries to clinch up.
Thibodeaux Jr. appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Thibodeaux Jr. throws an off balance right hand
and Mfer counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mfer misses with the combination.
Thibodeaux Jr. takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Mfer does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mfer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mfer throws a shot from downtown. Thibodeaux Jr. moves away and avoids it.
Mfer throws a hook but Thibodeaux Jr. blocks it.
Thibodeaux Jr. is looking to counter punch.
Good work by Mfer as he checks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mfer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mfer shoots in for a takedown but Thibodeaux Jr. shows good takedown defense.
Thibodeaux Jr. lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Mfer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Thibodeaux Jr. tries to move into range but Mfer moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mfer misses with a looping left.
Thibodeaux Jr. half committed to a counter leg kick.
Mfer tries to bum rush Thibodeaux Jr. with a series of wild strikes but Thibodeaux Jr. uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mfer throws a head kick but Thibodeaux Jr. moves out of range.
Thibodeaux Jr. uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mfer.
Thibodeaux Jr. takes one to the chin there.
Thibodeaux Jr. looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Thibodeaux Jr. shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Donk. Thibodeaux Jr. catches Mfer right on the button with a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mfer darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Thibodeaux Jr. takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mfer connects with a jab.
Thibodeaux Jr. moves forwards but Mfer connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mfer misses with a hook
and Thibodeaux Jr. counters with a low kick, right behind Mfer 's knee.
Mfer scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Thibodeaux Jr. needs to keep his hands up - Mfer had a free shot at his head there.
Mfer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mfer misses with a hook
and Thibodeaux Jr. counters with a thumping low kick.
Mfer digs a good hook to Thibodeaux Jr.'s body.
Mfer shoots in and drives through. Thibodeaux Jr. sprawls well.
Thibodeaux Jr. swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mfer. Thibodeaux Jr. does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little feinted left hand from Thibodeaux Jr. on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Mfer throws out a leg kick but Thibodeaux Jr. moves out of range and Mfer only half commits.
Thibodeaux Jr. defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mfer.
Thibodeaux Jr. swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hunt Mfer.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mfer.
It looked like Thibodeaux Jr. wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mfer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thibodeaux Jr. was well out of range. Poor timing from Mfer.
A big left from Mfer misses.
Mfer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mfer looks to score with a jab to the body but Thibodeaux Jr. is just out of range.
Hunt Mfer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mfer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mfer throws a hook to the side of Thibodeaux Jr.'s head but Thibodeaux Jr. sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mfer just misses with a punch to the body.
Thibodeaux Jr. takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Thibodeaux Jr. misses the jab.
Mfer looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A bone on bone clash there as Mfer blocks the leg kick.
A cross from Mfer lands.
Mfer throws a hook but Thibodeaux Jr. blocks it.
Thibodeaux Jr. moves out of range of the strikes.
A quick step to the side and Thibodeaux Jr. tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A low kick lands for Thibodeaux Jr..
The fighters circle momentarily. Mfer darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mfer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thibodeaux Jr. paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thibodeaux Jr. lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hunt Mfer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thibodeaux Jr. is leaning against Mfer and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Thibodeaux Jr. tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mfer's elbow.
Mfer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Thibodeaux Jr. smiles and moves away.
Mfer throws the left hand but Thibodeaux Jr. avoids the punch easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Thibodeaux Jr.. That's going to slow Mfer down.
Mfer throws a big shot that misses.
Mfer misses with a straight right.
Mfer scores with a jab. Thibodeaux Jr. acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thibodeaux Jr. lands a nice looking kick to the body. Mfer takes a step back to recover.
Thibodeaux Jr. bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
It looks like Hunt Mfer has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thibodeaux Jr. chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mfer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mfer loads up on a big right hand but Thibodeaux Jr. slips the punch.
Thibodeaux Jr. is looking to counter punch.
Mfer looks to score with a jab to the body but Thibodeaux Jr. is just out of range.
Mfer misses with an uppercut. Thibodeaux Jr. saw that one coming.
Thibodeaux Jr. tried to counter with a leg kick but Mfer avoided it.
Mfer throws a shot from downtown. Thibodeaux Jr. moves away and avoids it.
Thibodeaux Jr. throws a quick counter kick to the body but Mfer avoids it.
Mfer misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Thibodeaux Jr. counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mfer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thibodeaux Jr. moves away from the strike by Mfer.
Thibodeaux Jr. is looking for a counter combo.
Thibodeaux Jr. misses with a low kick.
Mfer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mfer throws a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Thibodeaux Jr. as Mfer shoots in.
Mfer throws the left hand but Thibodeaux Jr. avoids the punch easily.
Thibodeaux Jr. was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Mfer throws a looping overhand right but Thibodeaux Jr. ducks down to avoid it.
Mfer misses with a jab to the body
and Thibodeaux Jr. counters with a nice right hand that sends Mfer toppling to the canvas! Mfer scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Thibodeaux Jr. finish him?!
Mfer is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mfer throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Thibodeaux Jr. counters with a leg kick.
Mfer is still on wobbly legs! Can Thibodeaux Jr. finish him?
Thibodeaux Jr. with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
You can see that Mfer has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Thibodeaux Jr. lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mfer's sensitive parts.
Mfer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mfer seems to have recovered his senses.
Mfer checks a low kick from Thibodeaux Jr..
Mfer is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Thibodeaux Jr. doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Mfer crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Mfer's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dakota Thibodeaux Jr.!
Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. retains his light heavyweight title!
An out of breath Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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