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ENIGMA 136 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sol Peters (ranked 2622 p4p, 5565 weight class) and Werewolf Night (ranked 115 p4p, 192 weight class). Night is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Mother- Danzig. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sol Peters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Werewolf Night!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Night with a jab.
 It looks like Sol Peters has been cut.
Night with a hook.
Night misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Peters.
Peters takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Night misses with a left hand
and Peters counters with a nice body shot.
Night cracks Peters with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sol Peters's cut is getting worse.
Peters throws a hook but Night blocks it.
Night lands a big uppercut and Peters crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Peters looks OK. Night waves Peters back to his feet!
 Peters is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peters goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Peters doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Night drops Peters with a big left hand! Peters is injured, injured bad! Night jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Werewolf Night!
After the big win, Werewolf Night made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Brooklyn Apothecary and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Saxon Byrd (ranked 1719 p4p, 1799 weight class) and Kentrail Colamarino (ranked 226 p4p, 230 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Saxon Byrd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kentrail Colamarino!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byrd avoids the body shot from Colamarino.
Byrd throws a body shot but no joy.
Byrd lands a jab to the nose.
Byrd is looking to chop away at Colamarino's legs.
Colamarino looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Byrd thows a left - swing and a miss!
Colamarino looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Colamarino steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Byrd.
Byrd misses with the combination.
Byrd throws a hook but Colamarino avoids it easily.
Colamarino looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Byrd scores with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Colamarino avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Colamarino keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Byrd throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Colamarino appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Byrd swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Colamarino misses with a hook.
Byrd is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Byrd dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Byrd looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Colamarino misses with a straight left.
Byrd connects with a leg kick.
Byrd scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Byrd misses with a head kick.
Byrd dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Byrd throws an off balance right hand
letting Colamarino counter with a right hand.
Nice shot by Byrd.
Colamarino has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Colamarino gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Byrd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Colamarino throws an overhand right that lands on Byrd's shoulder, as Byrd tries to avoid the shot.
Byrd lands with an overhand left.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Colamarino checks a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Colamarino on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byrd throws a leg kick that is checked
and Colamarino counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Colamarino throws the left hand but Byrd avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Byrd wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Colamarino bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Byrd throws a sloppy head kick
and Colamarino counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Byrd throws a lazy uppercut
and Colamarino counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Byrd throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Byrd.
Colamarino cracks Byrd with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Byrd tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Colamarino pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Byrd is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kentrail Colamarino!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fábio Araújo (ranked 3047 p4p, 1917 weight class) and Greg Dansworth (ranked 410 p4p, 284 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fábio Araújo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Greg Dansworth!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Araújo throws a jab when Dansworth was well out of range.
Dansworth digs a good body shot into Araújo's ribs.
Araújo gets a clinch.
Araújo misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Araújo.
Araújo misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Araújo fails to land.
Dansworth tries to throw a body punch but Araújo avoids it by throwing Dansworth back against the cage.
Araújo working aggressively here.
Araújo throws a punch but it's blocked by Dansworth.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dansworth.
We've been informed that Dansworth 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.
Dansworth throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Araújos head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dansworth.
Araújo misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Araújo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dansworth softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Araújo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Araújo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Araújo working aggressively here.
Araújo throws a punch but it's blocked by Dansworth.
Araújo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Araújo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dansworth backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dansworth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Araújo has a couple of punches blocked by Dansworth.
Araújo lands a hook that snaps the head of Dansworth backwards.
Dansworth swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dansworth takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Dansworth.
Dansworth trying to stall but Araújo improves his position.
Araújo has a couple of punches blocked by Dansworth.
Araújo misses with some punches.
Dansworth throws a punch but it's blocked by Araújo.
Dansworth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Dansworth on the inside.
Dansworth blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Araújo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Araújo swings wildly with an uppercut but Dansworth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dansworth tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Araújo.
Dansworth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dansworth tries a body shot but Araújo blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Araújo scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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 head punch on the inside from Araújo fails to land.
Dansworth tries to throw a body punch but Araújo avoids it by throwing Dansworth back against the cage.
Dansworth lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dansworth lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Dansworth misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dansworth is trying to stall.
Dansworth blocks an uppercut.
Dansworth throws a head punch that misses.
Dansworth struggles to land a body shot inside as Araújo controls his hands.
Dansworth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Araújo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dansworth backwards.
Dansworth throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Araújos head.
Araújo struggles to land a body shot inside as Dansworth controls his hands.
Dansworth gets through Araújo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dansworth lands a shoulder strike.
Dansworth fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Araújo lands a nice shot to the body.
Araújo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Araújo swings wildly with an uppercut but Dansworth uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Araújo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dansworth blocks an uppercut.
Araújo swings wildly with an uppercut but Dansworth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Araújo tries to work over Dansworth's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Araújo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Araújo has a couple of punches blocked by Dansworth.
Dansworth blocking some punches.
Araújo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dansworth stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Araújo blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dansworth.
Araújo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dansworth blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dansworth.
Araújo misses with the head strike.
Dansworth can't find room to land a body shot as Araújo controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Dansworth.
Araújo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dansworth lands with a light punch inside.
A short left from Araújo.
Dansworth blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A body shot lands from Araújo.
Araújo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Araújo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dansworth blocking some punches.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Araújo.
Araújo misses with a body punch.
Dansworth tries to work over Araújo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dansworth working aggressively here.
Dansworth scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dansworth misses with a hook from the clinch.
Araújo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Araújo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch on the inside from Araújo fails to land.
Araújo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dansworth misses with a punch on the inside.
Dansworth blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dansworth tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Fábio Araújo dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A slow jab from Araújo misses its intended target.
Araújo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dansworth slips a jab from Araújo.
Araújo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dansworth drops his hands momentarily and Araújo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fábio Araújo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dansworth throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A leg kick checked by Dansworth.
Araújo misses with a looping left.
Nice shot lands for Araújo.
Dansworth goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dansworth swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Araújo takes a swing at Dansworth's ribcage but misses.
Dansworth gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Araújo takes one to the side of the head.
Dansworth looks to throw the jab but Araújo is out of range.
Dansworth looks for the body kick but Araújo saw that one coming.
Araújo slips a straight right by Dansworth.
Araújo throws a jab but it's blocked by Dansworth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dansworth throws a leg kick but Araújo moved away.
Araújo misses with a hook.
Araújo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dansworth.
And Araújo counters with a quick kick to the body but Dansworth blocks it.
Dansworth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Araújo's corner calls for a 1-2. Araújo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Araújo with a jab.
Araújo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Dansworth scores with a leg kick.
Araújo connects with a nice looking jab.
Dansworth misses with a two punch combination.
Fábio Araújo is winning the standup battle so far.
Dansworth takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Araújo throws a hook but Dansworth avoids it easily.
Dansworth keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dansworth displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Araújo throws out the jab.
A little jabbing left from Dansworth on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dansworth avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dansworth is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Araújo misses with an uppercut
and Dansworth counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Araújo swings widly with a right hand
enabling Dansworth to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dansworth throws a low kick but Araújo avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Araújo. Dansworth does a little dance to reset his feet.
A lazy left from Dansworth finds it's target.
Dansworth thuds a left hand into Araújo's body.
Araújo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dansworth.
A swing and a miss from Araújo.
A countering left hand to the body from Dansworth misses.
Araújo misses with a body shot.
Araújo loads up on a big right hand but Dansworth slips the punch.
Araújo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Araújo missing with a left hand there. Dansworth was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dansworth throws a leg kick but Araújo checks it.
Dansworth ducks under a wild hook from Araújo.
Araújo misses the jab.
Araújo wants to clinch.
Both fighters circling a little - Araújo finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Araújo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dansworth scores with a one two! Araújo had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Araújo throws an off balance right hand
and Dansworth makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Araújo really felt that one!
A big right from Araújo misses.
Araújo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dansworth.
Dansworth misses with a straight left.
Dansworth throws a jab when Araújo was well out of range.
Araújo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dansworth sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dansworth throws a fast counter high kick but Araújo manages to duck under it in time.
Dansworth moves out of range as Araújo strikes.
Araújo 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.
Dansworth with the inside leg kick.
Araújo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dansworth.
Araújo scores with a spinning back kick!
Araújo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Araújo misses the jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dansworth throws a hook but Araújo blocks it.
It looked like Araújo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dansworth ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Araújo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dansworth throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dansworth 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.
Dansworth staying out of range there.
A telegraphed right hand from Dansworth misses the target.
Dansworth takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Araújo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dansworth checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dansworth flicks out a counter leg kick but Araújo steps away.
Araújo ducks under a wild hook from Dansworth.
Dansworth throws a low kick but Araújo moves out of range easily.
Araújo moves out of range of the body kick.
Araújo blocks a head kick by Dansworth.
Dansworth misses with a looping left.
Dansworth throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Araújo counter with a right hand.
Araújo misses the jab.
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 Fábio Araújo will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Araújo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dansworth throws out the jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dansworth.
Dansworth chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Araújo scores with a kick to the midsection.
Araújo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Dansworth counter with a right hand.
Araújo connects with the punch.
Araújo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dansworth looks to throw the jab but Araújo is out of range.
Araújo misses with a shot to the body
enabling Dansworth to counter with a crisp jab.
Araújo scores with a nice strike.
Araújo lands with a right hand.
Dansworth keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Araújo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Araújo throwing a counter right hand but Dansworth manages to avoid it.
Araújo scores with a decent looking hook.
Araújo scores with a nice strike.
Araújo throws the left hand but Dansworth avoids the punch easily.
Dansworth is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Araújo with a body shot.
Araújo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dansworth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dansworth misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Araújo.
Araújo feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Dansworth just misses with a punch to the body.
Dansworth throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Araújo swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Dansworth lands with a straight right. Araújo didn't see that one coming.
Araújo missing with a left hand there. Dansworth was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A punch combination from Dansworth misses.
Dansworth staying out of range there.
Dansworth appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Dansworth cracks Araújo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dansworth keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dansworth throws a head kick but Araújo moves out of range.
Dansworth thumps Araújo with a low kick.
Araújo throws a jab but it's blocked by Dansworth.
Araújo lands with a hook. Dansworth tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dansworth on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Araújo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dansworth.
Dansworth misses with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Araújo. Beautiful body shot.
Dansworth slips a straight right by Araújo.
Dansworth moves out of range of the body kick.
Araújo tries to clinch up.
Araújo throws a lazy uppercut
and Dansworth cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Araújo throws a jab but it's blocked by Dansworth.
Araújo avoids the head kick by Dansworth.
It looked like Araújo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Araújo lands the left hand.
Dansworth ducks under a wild hook from Araújo.
Araújo looks to throw a body kick
and Dansworth counters with a nice uppercut.
Araújo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Araújo wants to clinch up but Dansworth keeps it at a distance.
Araújo throws an off balance right hand
and Dansworth counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Araújo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dansworth shapes to counter with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dansworth tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Araújo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Araújo throws a hook to the side of Dansworth's head but Dansworth sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Araújo tests Dansworth's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dansworth lands a nice hook to Araújo's body. Araújo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dansworth. That's going to slow Araújo down.
Greg Dansworth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Araújo moves out of range as Dansworth strikes.
A big left from Dansworth misses.
Araújo is looking to counter the offense by Dansworth and move into the clinch.
Dansworth has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Araújo.
Araújo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Araújo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dansworth sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Araújo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Araújo cracks Dansworth with an open hand slap.
Dansworth swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Araújo misses the target.
A low kick lands for Araújo.
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!
Nice jab there from Araújo.
A big left from Araújo misses.
Araújo throws a right hand that misses
and Dansworth counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Araújo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dansworth.
A slow jab from Araújo misses its intended target.
Araújo throws a jab when Dansworth was well out of range.
Dansworth throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Araújo missing with a left hand there. Dansworth was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Araújo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dansworth looks to land a right hand but Araújo moved out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Araújo misses the target.
Dansworth throws a leg kick but Araújo checks it.
Araújo scores with a nice strike.
Araújo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dansworth.
Fábio Araújo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Araújo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dansworths jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Fábio Araújo.
Well Araújo 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Greg Dansworth!
An out of breath Greg Dansworth 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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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Huena Ajuricaba (ranked 1556 p4p, 1089 weight class) and Nori Voluspa (ranked 219 p4p, 159 weight class). Nori Voluspa is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Huena Ajuricaba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nori Voluspa!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voluspa shoots in looking for a takedown. Ajuricaba tries to sprawl out of it but Voluspa keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ajuricaba manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Voluspa fails to land the takedown.
Voluspa shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Ajuricaba manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Voluspa got a little sloppy there for a moment and Ajuricaba has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Voluspa has managed to get both his arms back between Ajuricaba's legs - danger averted.
Voluspa wants to control from the top but Ajuricaba keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Voluspa stays in close to Ajuricaba's body and controls the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voluspa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Voluspa is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ajuricaba controlling the position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Voluspa working his ground and pound in the gym.
Voluspa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Voluspa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Voluspa advances position into side control!
Voluspa wants to control but Ajuricaba is keeping him busy.
Ajuricaba on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Ajuricaba's coaches at Brooklyn Mixed Martial Arts have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ajuricaba defending against the ground and pound.
Ajuricaba is letting Voluspa control him for a moment.
Voluspa tries to score with some ground and pound. Ajuricaba controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Ajuricaba takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Voluspa looks up at the clock and then as Ajuricaba takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Voluspa smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The referee asks Voluspa politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Voluspa prefers to stall for the moment though.
Ajuricaba knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Voluspa on the ground.
Ajuricaba prevents Voluspa from improving position.
You can see the frustration on Ajuricaba's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voluspa working the head with strikes.
An elbow from Voluspa crashes against the mat.
Voluspa is looking to take a break and control but Ajuricaba is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ajuricaba is trying to get back to half guard.
Ajuricaba isn't going anywhere.
Ajuricaba tries to buck Voluspa off but Voluspa is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ajuricaba managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Voluspa.
Voluspa is looking to take a break and control but Ajuricaba is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Voluspa taking a breather here.
Voluspa working away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nori Voluspa dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Voluspa is defended easily by Ajuricaba.
Ajuricaba connects with a right hand. Voluspa shakes it off.
Voluspa moves out of range as Ajuricaba strikes.
Voluspa shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Ajuricaba is trying to defend but Voluspa finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Ajuricaba wants to control but Voluspa is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ajuricaba is staying active underneath Voluspa, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Voluspa is thwarting Ajuricaba's attempts to control the position.
Nori Voluspa has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voluspa moves nicely into side control.
Ajuricaba tries to control but Voluspa manages to take his back.
Voluspa lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Voluspa.
Voluspa has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Ajuricaba.
Voluspa loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Ajuricaba hold on?
Ajuricaba prevents Voluspa from getting a body triangle.
Ajuricaba showing good submission defense here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voluspa wants to control the position but Ajuricaba frees himself and scrambles - Voluspa manages to regain control in side control.
Voluspa lands a few punches from side control.
Voluspa controlling from side mount.
Voluspa is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ajuricaba has escaped the position, nice work there.
You can see the frustration on Ajuricaba's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voluspa cracks Ajuricaba with a big right hand but Ajuricaba just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Voluspa remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Voluspa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The ground and pound from Voluspa seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Voluspa throwing strikes but Ajuricaba manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Voluspa is looking to reverse the position.
Voluspa is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Ajuricaba off and has taken his back!
Well, with Voluspa on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Ajuricaba is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ajuricaba tries to roll but Voluspa sticks to his back.
Ajuricaba covers up after that shot from Voluspa.
Ajuricaba is keeping busy.
You can see the frustration on Ajuricaba's face He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Ajuricaba trying to control the position but Voluspa manages to sink in the hooks.
Voluspa trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Voluspa punishes Ajuricaba with strikes from the back mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nori Voluspa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Ajuricaba dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Voluspa wants to clinch up but Ajuricaba keeps it at a distance.
Ajuricaba cracks Voluspa with an open hand slap.
Ajuricaba scores with a shot to the body.
Nori Voluspa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ajuricaba throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Voluspa shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ajuricaba defends it nicely.
Voluspa tries for a takedown but Ajuricaba circles away easily
letting Ajuricaba counter with a right hand.
Ajuricaba thuds his right hand into Voluspa's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ajuricaba misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ajuricaba takes a swing at Voluspa's ribcage but misses.
Voluspa slips under a jab.
Voluspa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Huena Ajuricaba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nori Voluspa.
Ajuricaba tests Voluspa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ajuricaba 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voluspa looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Voluspa shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ajuricaba pinned against the cage. Ajuricaba gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Voluspa gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Ajuricaba to counter with a crisp jab.
Voluspa fails with the takedown
and Ajuricaba counters with a left to the body.
Ajuricaba connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ajuricaba is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ajuricaba.
Voluspa shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ajuricaba counters with a nice uppercut.
Voluspa tries to clinch up but Ajuricaba circles away and keeps his distance.
Ajuricaba throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ajuricaba scores with a hook to the body. Voluspa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Voluspa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ajuricaba.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Ajuricaba. No joy for Voluspa on that attempt.
A counter left hand to the body from Ajuricaba misses its target.
Ajuricaba swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Voluspa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Voluspa closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ajuricaba to the mat! Ajuricaba manages to get full guard.
Voluspa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ajuricaba trying to keep a closed guard but Voluspa is proving a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Voluspa wants to pass the guard but Ajuricaba is keeping the position.
Voluspa connects with a couple of short punches.
Ajuricaba is trying to control the position but Voluspa postures up.
Voluspa sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Ajuricaba working a defensive guard but Voluspa manages to pass into side control anyway.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voluspa working the ground and pound.
A control attempt from Ajuricaba but he's now mounted!
Ajuricaba working to try and regain half guard.
Voluspa with good strikes from the mount here!
Ajuricaba wants to hold on but Voluspa pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voluspa scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ajuricaba?
Ajuricaba wants to hold on but Voluspa pushes him away.
Voluspa scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ajuricaba?
Voluspa is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ajuricaba tries to lock up and control but Voluspa gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Voluspa controlling his opponent.
Ajuricaba is bucking up trying to escape but Voluspa cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Huena Ajuricaba showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Voluspa has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nori Voluspa!
Our winner, Nori Voluspa, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nero Hardy (ranked 1342 p4p, 3244 weight class) and Stu Redman (ranked 174 p4p, 391 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nero Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stu Redman!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redman jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice shot lands for Hardy.
Redman lunges at Hardy with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hardy's hand.
Good standup being displayed there by Hardy as he connects with a hook.
Hardy takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hardy takes the fight into the clinch.
Redman is trying to break the clinch but Hardy is controlling him.
Redman gets underhooks to prevent Hardy's takedown attempt.
Hardy has hold of one of Redman's legs. Redman is fighting the takedown attempt but Hardy gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hardy wants to control from the top but Redman keeps moving.
Hardy looking to pass the guard.
Hardy is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy wants to control from the top but Redman keeps moving.
Hardy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Redman's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Redman wants to stand and escape but Hardy is having none of it.
Redman is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hardy is aware though and is defending well.
Hardy controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Hardy trying to control but Redman is working from the bottom.
Hardy controlling from the top position.
Redman wants to stand and escape but Hardy is having none of it.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Redman misses with a looping right.
Redman scores with a three punch combo!
Redman 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.
Hardy shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Redman tries to kick Hardy off but Hardy keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Hardy wants to work for an arm triangle but Redman is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Redman is trying to maintain the position but Hardy is very close to passing his half guard.
Redman is not content to let Hardy control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hardy passes to side control.
Redman is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hardy moves into full mount!
Hardy fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Redman can't escape the position.
Hardy scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redman is bucking up trying to escape but Hardy cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hardy is landing with some decent strikes but Redman is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hardy controlling the pace for now.
Hardy working the ground and pound effectively.
Hardy punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardy takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Redman tries to improve his position but instead Hardy has taken his back!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nero Hardy dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hardy drives through and clinches with Redman against the cage.
Redman misses with the head strike.
Redman trying to stall but Hardy improves his position.
Redman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Redman on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Redman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hardy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Redman.
Hardy tries to clinch there but Redman circles away.
Redman throws a series of punches but Hardy avoids them all with ease.
Hardy tries to counter with a takedown but Redman is quick to defend against it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Redman. Hardy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Redman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy lands with a shot to the body.
Redman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Redman misses the target.
Hardy appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Redman throws the left hand but Hardy avoids the punch easily.
Redman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Redman bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hardy's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redman misses with a jab to the body
and Hardy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hardy decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Redman scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Hardy manages to mount him!
Hardy jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle. Ooooh, that looks tight Redman is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Redman and Hardy has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Redman is trying to get back to half guard.
Hardy tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hardy has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Hardy wants to control but Redman is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redman taking a bit of punishment here - Hardy scoring with strikes.
Hardy works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Redman really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hardy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Redman tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Redman really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hardy lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Hardy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hardy controlling his opponent.
Redman tries to hold on but Hardy postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redman takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hardy is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Redman to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Redman shrugs it off.
Hardy controlling the pace for now.
Hardy has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Hardy lands a heavy elbow.
Hardy tries to control but Redman wriggling away.
Redman is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redman wants to control but Hardy is having none of it.
Hardy looking for a guillotine from mount but Redman is having none of it.
Redman is looking to improve his position but Hardy isn't that keen on the idea.
The referee warns Redman that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hardy prevents Redman from getting the reversal.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nero Hardy dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Hardy looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Redman is fending him off so far but Hardy persists. Nope, Redman circles away and we're back to standing.
Hardy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Redman.
Hardy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Redman moves away.
Hardy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Redman scores with a sloppy right hand. Hardy should have avoided that one.
Hardy swings away with a body shot that misses
and Redman counters with a nice uppercut.
Hardy looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Redman!
Hardy trying to control the action but Redman is working from the bottom.
Redman on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Redman tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hardy wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Redman looking for a sweep but Hardy has passed into full mount! Oh no!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy controlling from mount.
Hardy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Redman can do to turn this around?
Hardy can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Redman is looking to escape.
Redman tries to hold on but Hardy postures up.
Redman tries to control the position but Hardy now has his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hardy lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Redman wants to get back to his feet.
Hardy seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Hardy lands strikes to the head.
Redman fending off the submission attempt from Hardy.
Can Redman hold on?! Hardy is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Hardy's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Redman tries to escape but Hardy has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Redman's body.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hardy keeps control of the position as Redman tries to break free.
Hardy has Redman flattened out and is raining down punches.
Hardy is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Redman defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Hardy has the hooks in. Redman is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redman wants to get back to his feet.
Hardy lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Hardy.
Hardy working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Hardy is not going to allow Redman to sit and survive in this position.
Hardy is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Redman taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Hardy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nero Hardy!
Nero Hardy really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jan Moder (ranked 2045 p4p, 1593 weight class) and Yannick Sakala (ranked 255 p4p, 203 weight class). Sakala has chosen Pole Pole as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jan Moder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yannick Sakala!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moder throws a body punch but Sakala moves out of range.
Moder throws the left hand but Sakala avoids the punch easily.
Sakala is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Sakala staying out of range there.
Sakala changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Sakala uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Moder.
Sakala slips under a jab.
Moder fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sakala.
Moder lands with a right hand.
Sakala takes a jab right on the kisser.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moder throws a body shot but no joy.
Moder goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sakala with the counter takedown but Moder avoids it easily.
Jan Moder seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sakala uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Moder.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Moder.
Sakala slips under a jab.
And Sakala tries to counter it with a takedown but Moder pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Sakala keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sakala feints the counter takedown.
Moder looks to score with a jab to the body but Sakala is just out of range.
Moder missing with a left hand there. Sakala was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sakala is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Moder throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And Sakala tries to counter it with a takedown but Moder pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Moder throws a head kick that misses.
Sakala tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Moder misses with a straight left.
Moder works the jab nicely.
Moder throws out a loose jab but Sakala uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sakala changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Moder misses the jab.
Sakala feints the counter takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moder looks to throw the jab but Sakala is out of range.
Sakala drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Moder defends it well.
We've been told by Moder's head coaches at Brotherhood MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Moder throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sakala slips a jab from Moder.
Moder looks to land a left hand but Sakala moved out of range nicely.
And Sakala tries to counter it with a takedown but Moder pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Moder misses with a wild body shot.
Sakala ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sakala is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
An inside leg kick lands from Moder.
Moder scores with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moder misses with a hook.
Sakala changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Moder misses with a straight right.
Sakala slips a straight right by Moder.
Sakala with the counter takedown but Moder avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moder attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sakala tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Moder throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Moder jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sakala changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Moder is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sakala.
Sakala drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Moder defends it well.
Moder throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sakala changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A jab from Moder misses.
And Sakala tries to counter it with a takedown but Moder pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Moder throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sakala displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Moder throws out the jab.
Sakala changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Jan Moder is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Moder misses with an uppercut. Sakala saw that one coming.
Sakala is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Sakala defending well as Moder loads up on a big left hand.
Sakala tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moder throws a shot from downtown. Sakala moves away and avoids it.
Sakala with the counter takedown but Moder avoids it easily.
A left lands for Moder.
Moder loads up on a big right hand but Sakala slips the punch.
Moder looks to land a left hand but Sakala moved out of range nicely.
Moder swings for the body but Sakala moves out of range.
A big right from Moder misses.
Moder looks to land a combination but Sakala avoids it well.
Good shot there by Moder.
Moder is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sakala ducks under a wild hook from Moder.
Sakala changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Moder misses with a looping left.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jan Moder dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A slow jab from Moder misses its intended target.
Sakala with the counter takedown but Moder avoids it easily.
Moder with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Moder throws an overhand right that lands on Sakala's shoulder, as Sakala tries to avoid the shot.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Sakala might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Moder has got the better of the exchanges.
Moder throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sakala sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Moder!
Moder is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sakala.
Sakala defending well as Moder loads up on a big left hand.
Sakala tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Moder misses its intended target.
Sakala with the counter takedown but Moder avoids it easily.
Sakala moves away from the strike by Moder.
Moder bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sakala's head backwards.
Moder swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And Sakala tries to counter it with a takedown but Moder pushes his down on his head and steps out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakala steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Moder.
Jan Moder is winning the standup battle so far.
Moder misses the jab.
Sakala keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Moder tries to work over Sakala's front leg with a kick but Sakala checks it.
Sakala tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Moder misses with a straight left.
Sakala displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Moder throws out the jab.
Sakala drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Moder defends it well.
Sakala defending well as Moder loads up on a big left hand.
Sakala steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Moder.
And Sakala tries to counter it with a takedown but Moder pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Sakala slips a jab and a cross from Moder.
Sakala with the counter takedown but Moder avoids it easily.
Yannick Sakala is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Moder tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sakala was well out of range. Poor timing from Moder.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakala uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Moder.
Sakala avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sakala feints the counter takedown.
Moder misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Moder darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Moder misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sakala changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Moder is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sakala can do to turn this around?
Sakala keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sakala keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sakala with the counter takedown but Moder avoids it easily.
No joy there for Moder, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Moder throws a body punch but Sakala moves out of range.
Sakala with the counter takedown but Moder avoids it easily.
Moder misses with a looping left.
Sakala changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakala keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sakala tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Moder is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sakala.
Sakala with the counter takedown but Moder avoids it easily.
Moder misses with an uppercut.
Sakala changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Sakala ducks under a wild hook from Moder.
Sakala tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Moder throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sakala.
Sakala feints the counter takedown.
Sakala ducks under a wild hook from Moder.
Sakala drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Moder defends it well.
Moder pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Moder misses with an uppercut
so Sakala counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Sakala wants to stand but Moder is controlling his posture from full guard.
Moder is looking to stand up but Sakala isn't so interested in that idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakala trying to stand up but can't free himself from Moder's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Moder is on top in guard.
Moder works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Moder is keen to just control but Sakala is a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sakala pushes Moder off looking to stand but Moder dives back in and keeps control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jan Moder dominated that second round.
That's time! Moder's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Sakala uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Moder.
Sakala tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Sakala steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Moder.
Sakala moves out of range as Moder throws a body kick.
Sakala drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Moder defends it well.
Sakala keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sakala changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Moder takes a swing at Sakala's ribcage but misses.
Moder misses with an uppercut.
Moder ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moder throws an overhand right that lands on Sakala's shoulder, as Sakala tries to avoid the shot.
Sakala slips a jab from Moder.
Sakala changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Sakala ducks under a wild hook from Moder.
Moder missing with a left hand there. Sakala was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sakala changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moder throws a series of punches but Sakala avoids them all with ease.
Sakala is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Moder looks to throw the jab but Sakala is out of range.
Sakala drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Moder defends it well.
Moder misses with a straight left.
Sakala changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Moder tries a low kick but Sakala avoids it.
Sakala ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Moder swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Moder throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Moder throws out a loose jab but Sakala uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sakala tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Moder attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sakala changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Moder connects with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moder misses with a hook. Sakala ducked under it nicely.
Sakala changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Moder shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jab from Moder.
A swing and a miss from Moder.
And Sakala tries to counter it with a takedown but Moder pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Moder throws a looping overhand right but Sakala ducks down to avoid it.
Moder waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sakala.
Moder throws a low kick, looking for Sakala's leg but Sakala calmly moves out of range.
Sakala changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Sakala moves away from the strike by Moder.
Sakala changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Moder misses with a body shot.
Sakala tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A big left from Moder misses.
Jan Moder is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakala keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Moder lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Moder throws out a loose jab but Sakala uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sakala feints the counter takedown.
Moder scores with a head kick. Sakala tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Moder looks to land a right hand but Sakala moved out of range.
Moder throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sakala avoids a kick to the body.
And Sakala tries to counter it with a takedown but Moder pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Moder connects with an inside leg kick.
Sakala takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Moder scores with a decent looking hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sakala moves away.
Sakala changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Moder throws out a powerful jab.
Moder misses with a straight right.
Moder misses with a looping left.
Sakala slips under a jab.
Sakala feints the counter takedown.
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!
Sakala slips a jab and a cross from Moder.
And Sakala tries to counter it with a takedown but Moder pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Moder throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sakala changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Moder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sakala moves away.
Sakala changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A big left from Moder misses.
And Sakala tries to counter it with a takedown but Moder pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Moder fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sakala is out of range.
And Sakala tries to counter it with a takedown but Moder pushes his down on his head and steps out.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jan Moder showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Moder 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:25
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:25
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jan Moder!
After winning the bout, Jan Moder thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Wayne (ranked 354 p4p, 1608 weight class) and Sey La Vie (ranked 10 p4p, 73 weight class). Wayne's entrance music is Edge Of A Revolution- Nickelback. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Wayne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sey La Vie!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wayne fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and La Vie has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wayne scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
La Vie takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
 It looks like Sey La Vie has been cut.
Wayne throws a leg kick that misses.
La Vie now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Wayne paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wayne connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed La Vie momentarily.
Wayne scores with a nice head shot.
Wayne scores with a jab to the jaw.
La Vie 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 Wayne misses the target.
La Vie lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Wayne thumps La Vie with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wayne stuns La Vie with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wayne shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A little jabbing left from La Vie on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Anthony Wayne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wayne throws a hook but La Vie avoids it easily.
La Vie steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Wayne. That snapped La Vie's head back.
Wayne lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wayne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wayne connects with a solid leg kick.
Wayne fails to land with a series of punches.
Wayne with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wayne misses with a looping right.
La Vie is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Wayne has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Catch Wrestling L.A. in the buildup to the fight.
Wayne misses with the combination.
La Vie throws out a counter right but Wayne avoids it with no problem.
Wayne looks to land a left hand but La Vie moved out of range nicely.
La Vie lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Vie takes one to the side of the head.
Wayne fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wayne tries a head kick but it misses.
La Vie is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wayne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
La Vie appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
La Vie ducks under a wild hook from Wayne.
As Wayne backs off La Vie throws a huge counter combo but Wayne manages to avoid it all.
La Vie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A big left from Wayne misses.
Wayne fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Wayne lands a nice hook to La Vie's body. La Vie takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wayne throws a right hand that misses
and Wayne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
It looks like Anthony Wayne has been cut.
Wayne uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before La Vie has time to react.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wayne.
La Vie slips under a jab.
Wayne moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wayne throws an overhand right that lands on La Vie's shoulder, as La Vie tries to avoid the shot.
Wayne moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromLa Vie.
Wayne cracks La Vie with a good jab.
That has opened up Sey La Vie's cut even more.
Wayne connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
La Vie moves out of range as Wayne throws a body kick.
Wayne throws a lazy right hand but La Vie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It seemed like La Vie was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wayne lands a right hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wayne scores with a kick to the midsection.
Wayne lands a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wayne throws a right and a left that both miss.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from La Vie! But no joy.
Wayne dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wayne scores with a nice body kick.
La Vie looks winded!
Wayne dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wayne.
Wayne's corner calls for a 1-2. Wayne obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wayne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La Vie was well out of range. Poor timing from Wayne.
La Vie is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
La Vie drops his hands momentarily and Wayne takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Wayne dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
La Vie moves out of range of the strikes.
La Vie unleashes a big counter combination but Wayne bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A big head kick from Wayne and La Vie is sent sprawling to the canvas!
La Vie has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Wayne is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
La Vie lands a knee to the body.
Wayne's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wayne breaks from the clinch.
Wayne throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
La Vie throws a counter combo.
La Vie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wayne throws out the jab.
A nice leg kick from Wayne, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wayne is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that La Vie can do to turn this around?
Wayne throws out a powerful jab.
Wayne lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
La Vie avoids the head kick by Wayne.
A nice side step and La Vie releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne feints and then cracks La Vie's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow La Vie down.
La Vie staying out of range there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wayne.
La Vie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wayne.
La Vie throws a counter combo.
Sey La Vie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wayne fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Anthony Wayne is winning the standup battle so far.
Wayne pulls out of a head kick attempt.
La Vie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wayne.
Wayne connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne lands a straight punch to the body, keeping La Vie at a distance.
La Vie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wayne.
Wayne lands a leg kick that knocks La Vie off balance momentarily.
La Vie takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The cut above Sey La Vie's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
La Vie takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La Vie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wayne.
La Vie looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Wayne throws a looping overhand right but La Vie ducks down to avoid it.
Wayne looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
La Vie unleashes a big counter combination but Wayne bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Wayne feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits La Vies jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Vie keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
La Vie 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.
Wayne misses with a wild body shot.
La Vie is looking for the big counter here.
Wayne scores with a punch to the head.
Sey La Vie's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Wayne connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wayne fakes a jab and throws a low kick but La Vie checks it well.
La Vie doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
La Vie moves away from the strike by Wayne.
Wayne lands a jab to the head.
The crowd cheers as Wayne lands an impressive looking overhand right. La Vie doesn't seem phased though.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sey La Vie's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Anthony Wayne!
Anthony Wayne really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Maximum Human Performance logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Cowan (ranked 482 p4p, 621 weight class) and Chukwu Adeoluwa (ranked 27 p4p, 36 weight class). Chukwu Adeoluwa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mickey Cowan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chukwu Adeoluwa!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adeoluwa avoids a kick to the body.
Cowan dips to his left and cracks Adeoluwa with an uppercut!
Adeoluwa just misses with a punch to the body.
Adeoluwa fails with an attempt to clinch.
As Adeoluwa looks to move away, Cowan throws a big counter combo but Adeoluwa just gets out of the way.
Adeoluwa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Adeoluwa throws out a loose jab but Cowan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cowan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cowan tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice shot by Cowan.
Cowan looks to land a right hand but Adeoluwa moved out of range.
Chukwu Adeoluwa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adeoluwa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cowan but Cowan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cowan blocks a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Cowan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Adeoluwa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cowan slips under a jab from Adeoluwa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cowan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cowan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Adeoluwa lands the left hand.
Cowan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Adeoluwa.
Adeoluwa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Adeoluwa looks to land a right hand but Cowan moved out of range.
Cowan appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cowan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cowan bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Cowan throws out a loose jab but Adeoluwa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mickey Cowan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Adeoluwa misses with a looping left.
Adeoluwa misses with a hook.
A slow jab from Adeoluwa misses its intended target.
Adeoluwa misses the jab.
Adeoluwa connects with a nice looking jab.
We've been informed that Adeoluwa 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adeoluwa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cowan wants to land a leg kick but Adeoluwa is out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adeoluwa misses with a looping right.
Adeoluwa misses with a straight left.
Cowan takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cowan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Adeoluwa misses with a left hand
and Cowan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cowan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Adeoluwa shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Adeoluwa was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Adeoluwa wants to control but Cowan is keeping him busy.
Cowan is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Adeoluwa asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cowan prevents Adeoluwa from moving into mount.
Adeoluwa working the strikes but Cowan uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Cowan wants to improve his position but Adeoluwa is controlling well.
Adeoluwa throws a strike but Cowan avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Adeoluwa throws a big elbow that misses.
Cowan can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Adeoluwa controls the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cowan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Adeoluwa throwing strikes from guard but Cowan blocks nicely.
Adeoluwa with a nice head shot there.
Cowan has momentary wrist control but Adeoluwa slips an elbow through the middle.
Cowan managing to control the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Adeoluwa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cowan.
Adeoluwa throws out a counter right but Cowan avoids it with no problem.
Nice uppercut lands for Adeoluwa. That snapped Cowan's head back.
Cowan ducks under a wild hook from Adeoluwa.
Adeoluwa connects with a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Chukwu Adeoluwa will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Adeoluwa misses with a hook. Cowan ducked under it nicely.
Cowan is looking to slow Adeoluwa down with leg kicks.
Adeoluwa misses with a wild body shot.
Adeoluwa smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Cowan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Adeoluwa.
Adeoluwa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Adeoluwa scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Adeoluwa with a poor takedown
and Cowan counters with a nice uppercut.
Cowan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Adeoluwa.
As Adeoluwa backs away, Cowan returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cowan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Adeoluwa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cowan.
Chukwu Adeoluwa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Adeoluwa fails with the takedown
enabling Cowan to counter with a crisp jab.
Mickey Cowan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chukwu Adeoluwa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Adeoluwa blocks the leg kick.
A jab from Cowan misses.
Adeoluwa misses the jab.
As Adeoluwa backs away, Cowan returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Cowan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Adeoluwa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Adeoluwa missing with a left hand there. Cowan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cowan tried to counter with a leg kick but Adeoluwa avoided it.
Nice defenses there by Cowan.
A jab from Adeoluwa misses.
Cowan throws a jab when Adeoluwa was well out of range.
Adeoluwa jabs at Cowan's body.
Cowan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Adeoluwa looks to land a left hand but Cowan moved out of range nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cowan lands with a right hand.
A shot to the body from Cowan misses
and Adeoluwa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Adeoluwa lands a jab to the nose.
Cowan misses with a head kick.
Adeoluwa 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.
Cowan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A quick step to the side and Cowan tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good work by Adeoluwa as he checks the leg kick.
A nice side step and Adeoluwa releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adeoluwa drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Adeoluwa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cowan keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Adeoluwa happy to just control the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cowan parries the strikes from Adeoluwa easily there. Adeoluwa is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Cowan to escape.
Cowan wants to get back to his feet.
Cowan is not content to let Adeoluwa control the position.
Cowan is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Adeoluwa has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Cowan is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Adeoluwa is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Cowan wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Adeoluwa.
Adeoluwa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Adeoluwa throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Cowan because Adeoluwa loaded up on that one.
Adeoluwa looking to finish Cowan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Cowan!
Adeoluwa looking to finish Cowan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Cowan!
Adeoluwa trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Adeoluwa scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Adeoluwa lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chukwu Adeoluwa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Adeoluwa shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Adeoluwa showed some decent athleticism there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Adeoluwa throwing shots but Cowan is blocking nicely.
Cowan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Adeoluwa.
Adeoluwa thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Adeoluwa not doing much here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adeoluwa is looking to take a break and control but Cowan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adeoluwa sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cowan defending well though.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Adeoluwa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cowan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cowan just misses with a punch to the body.
Cowan blocks a jab.
Adeoluwa misses the shot to the body.
Adeoluwa looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cowan is fending him off so far but Adeoluwa persists. Nope, Cowan circles away and we're back to standing.
Adeoluwa bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Cowan is not content to let Adeoluwa control the position.
Cowan is trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adeoluwa throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Cowan is trying to get back to half guard.
Adeoluwa throws an elbow but Cowan slips to the side and avoids it well.
Adeoluwa in side control, throwing shots but Cowan defends.
Adeoluwa throws a strike aimed at the side of Cowan's head but Cowan avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adeoluwa moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
The strikes coming from Adeoluwa are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Adeoluwa creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Cowan sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Cowan misses with an uppercut. Adeoluwa saw that one coming.
Adeoluwa scores with a jab. Cowan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Adeoluwa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cowan.
Cowan lands with a slapping head kick.
Cowan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Adeoluwa in his tracks.
Mickey Cowan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adeoluwa lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A big left from Cowan misses.
Cowan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cowan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cowan swings for the body but Adeoluwa moves out of range.
Adeoluwa loads up on a big right hand but Cowan slips the punch.
It looked like Cowan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Adeoluwa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Adeoluwa moves out of range as Cowan strikes.
Adeoluwa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adeoluwa throws out a loose jab but Cowan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adeoluwa throws a shot to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Adeoluwa connects with a single shot there.
A jab from Adeoluwa finds it's way through Cowan's defenses.
Cowan with a nice cross.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Chukwu Adeoluwa.
Well Adeoluwa 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chukwu Adeoluwa!
A relieved looking Chukwu Adeoluwa thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ispa Perkele (ranked 153 p4p, 1313 weight class) and Madkhao Sitsongrit (ranked 27 p4p, 190 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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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 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ispa Perkele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Madkhao Sitsongrit!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perkele fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Perkele missing with a left hand there. Sitsongrit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sitsongrit only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sitsongrit throws a jab when Perkele was well out of range.
Perkele throws a lazy uppercut
and Sitsongrit counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Perkele misses with a left hand
and Perkele takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Perkele misses with a looping right.
Perkele scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sitsongrit lunges at Perkele with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Perkele's hand.
Perkele throws a poor cross that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sitsongrit scores with a jab to the body.
Perkele throws a big shot that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sitsongrit fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sitsongrit connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Perkele momentarily.
A nice leg kick from Perkele, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sitsongrit pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sitsongrit shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Perkele throws a body punch but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
Perkele defending well as Sitsongrit loads up on a big left hand.
Sitsongrit closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sitsongrit misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Perkele.
Sitsongrit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
I was talking to Perkele's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sitsongrit working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Perkele swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sitsongrit scores with a shoulder strike.
Sitsongrit crunches a lovely knee into Perkele's ribcage.
Perkele misses with the head strike.
Perkele tries to work over Sitsongrit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Perkele misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sitsongrit working Perkele over with knees to the body.
Perkele is breathing heavily.
Perkele avoiding damage as Sitsongrit throws knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Sitsongrit.
Perkele takes a shot to the head.
Perkele misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sitsongrit tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Perkele avoids it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sitsongrit.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sitsongrit is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Perkele is defending well for now.
Sitsongrit misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Perkele.
Perkele misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sitsongrit misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Perkele.
Sitsongrit missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sitsongrit creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Perkele blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands a knee to the body.
Sitsongrit lands a body punch.
Sitsongrit misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Perkele.
Sitsongrit utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sitsongrit putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Perkele in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sitsongrit tries to land knees in the clinch but Perkele avoids the damage to the body.
Sitsongrit lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Perkele leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sitsongrit gets through Perkele's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit tries to land knees in the clinch but Perkele avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sitsongrit.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sitsongrit.
A short right from Sitsongrit on the inside.
Sitsongrit lands a shot to the body.
Perkele on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Perkele avoiding damage as Sitsongrit throws knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sitsongrit lands a knee to the body.
Sitsongrit is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Perkele is defending well for now.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice hook to the head.
Perkele wants to stall.
Sitsongrit lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sitsongrit lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Perkele on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sitsongrit misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Perkele.
Perkele tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sitsongrit's elbow.
Sitsongrit lands a left hand.
Sitsongrit missing with knees to the body.
Sitsongrit lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knees to the body from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Perkele seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Sitsongrit can turn it around.
Perkele blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sitsongrit lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sitsongrit with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sitsongrit putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Perkele in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sitsongrit scores a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands a nice knee to the body.
Sitsongrit tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Perkele avoids it.
Sitsongrit is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sitsongrit lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sitsongrit tries to land knees in the clinch but Perkele avoids the damage to the body.
Sitsongrit lands a nice knee to the body.
Sitsongrit pushes Perkele back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit with a knee to the head.
Sitsongrit scores with a shot to the side of Perkele's head.
Sitsongrit using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sitsongrit landing knees to the body.
Sitsongrit lands with a short shot to the head.
Perkele managing to block the knees to the body from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Perkele backwards.
Sitsongrit blocks an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sitsongrit landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sitsongrit lands a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Perkele avoids it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Madkhao Sitsongrit dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Perkele takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Perkele chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sitsongrit misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Perkele throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big right from Sitsongrit misses.
Sitsongrit connects with a body shot that sends Perkele's belly button to the back.
Perkele staying out of range there.
Perkele steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Perkele moved away.
An attempted straight right counter from Perkele misses the target.
Perkele lands a jab to the head.
Perkele throws the left hand but Sitsongrit avoids the punch easily.
Sitsongrit moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perkele slips a straight right by Sitsongrit.
Perkele throws out a loose jab but Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sitsongrit. Perkele does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sitsongrit stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Perkele throws a series of punches but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sitsongrit pivots, looking for a leg kick but Perkele is out of range and Sitsongrit settles back down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele ducks under a wild hook from Sitsongrit.
Perkele is looking to counter punch.
Sitsongrit motions for Perkele to come forward. Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Perkele throws an off balance right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Perkele thinking.
Sitsongrit looks to land a right hand but Perkele moved out of range.
Perkele throws a sloppy head kick and Sitsongrit moves out of range easily.
Perkele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Perkele tries to work over Sitsongrit's front leg with a kick but Sitsongrit checks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Perkele throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Perkele looks to land a right hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range.
A low kick from Perkele is predictable there
and Sitsongrit counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sitsongrit misses with an uppercut. Perkele saw that one coming.
Perkele takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Good work by Perkele as he checks the leg kick.
Sitsongrit darts in and clinches Perkele up against the cage.
Perkele blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sitsongrit lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Perkele backwards.
Perkele can't find room to land a body shot as Sitsongrit controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Perkele throws a punch but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit working Perkele over with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sitsongrit working Perkele over with knees to the body.
Sitsongrit is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Perkele is defending well for now.
Perkele misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sitsongrit using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sitsongrit landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Perkele managing to block the knees to the body from Sitsongrit.
Knees to the body from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit scores with a shoulder strike.
Sitsongrit lands a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Sitsongrit.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands a nice uppercut.
Sitsongrit tries to land a knee to the head but Perkele blocks with his arms.
Perkele misses with some punches.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sitsongrit crunches a lovely knee into Perkele's ribcage.
Sitsongrit lands a shoulder strike.
Sitsongrit landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sitsongrit lands a knee to the head.
Perkele takes a shot to the head.
Sitsongrit connects with a nasty looking knee right to Perkele's face.
Sitsongrit digs a right hand underneath Perkele's ribcage. Perkele let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sitsongrit lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sitsongrit lands a left hand that snaps the head of Perkele backwards.
Sitsongrit scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sitsongrit obliges.
Sitsongrit unloads a knee to the mid-section. Perkele lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sitsongrit with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sitsongrit lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit prevents a body shot from Perkele.
Sitsongrit connects with a nasty looking knee right to Perkele's face.
Sitsongrit lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Perkele.
Sitsongrit digs a right hand underneath Perkele's ribcage. Perkele let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sitsongrit trying to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sitsongrit obliges.
Sitsongrit with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch on the inside from Perkele fails to land.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sitsongrit obliges.
Sitsongrit trying to land knees to the body.
Sitsongrit crunches a lovely knee into Perkele's ribcage.
Sitsongrit unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sitsongrit lands a knee to the head.
Sitsongrit is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Perkele is defending well for now.
Sitsongrit tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Perkele avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sitsongrit lands a left hand.
Perkele blocks a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Knees to the body from Sitsongrit.
A head punch on the inside from Sitsongrit fails to land.
Sitsongrit missing with knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Madkhao Sitsongrit showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Perkele misses with a leg kick
and Sitsongrit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sitsongrit tries a low kick but Perkele avoids it.
Perkele takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sitsongrit throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Perkele fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sitsongrit manages to avoid it.
Sitsongrit throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Perkele on the side of the head.
Perkele takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A slow jab from Perkele misses its intended target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit staying out of range there.
Sitsongrit throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Perkele stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Perkele scores with a jab. Sitsongrit acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A shot to the liver by Perkele. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Perkele keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perkele throws a head kick but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
Perkele lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele throws a leg kick which misses Sitsongrit's front leg but catches the back leg as Sitsongrit tries to avoid it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Perkele misses with a hook. Sitsongrit ducked under it nicely.
Sitsongrit let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Perkele connects with a right hand. Sitsongrit shakes it off.
Perkele explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Sitsongrit throws a jab but it's blocked by Perkele.
Sitsongrit throws a body kick that misses.
Sitsongrit swings for the body but Perkele moves out of range.
Perkele misses with a body shot.
Sitsongrit throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Perkele throws a big shot that misses.
Perkele throws a hook to the side of Sitsongrit's head but Sitsongrit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sitsongrit feints a counter leg kick.
A shot to the body from Perkele misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sitsongrit ducks under a wild hook from Perkele.
Sitsongrit swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sitsongrit misses with a wild body shot.
Sitsongrit throws an overhand right that lands on Perkele's shoulder, as Perkele tries to avoid the shot.
Sitsongrit takes a jab right on the kisser.
Madkhao Sitsongrit is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sitsongrit thuds a left hand into Perkele's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Perkele.
Ispa Perkele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perkele thumps Sitsongrit with a low kick.
Perkele throws a right hand that misses
and Perkele takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Perkele tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sitsongrit is able to avoid easily.
Sitsongrit tries a quick counter leg kick but Perkele is wise to it.
Perkele throws out a loose jab but Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid it.
It seemed like Sitsongrit was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sitsongrit is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Perkele.
Perkele throws a hook to the side of Sitsongrit's head but Sitsongrit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sitsongrit fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Perkele, pushing him back against the cage.
Perkele has a couple of punches blocked by Sitsongrit.
Perkele is trying to break free.
Perkele swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Perkele pushes Sitsongrit back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Perkele throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands a nice uppercut.
Sitsongrit prevents a body shot from Perkele.
Perkele managing to block the knees to the body from Sitsongrit.
Perkele lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Perkele tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Perkele throws a head punch that misses.
Madkhao Sitsongrit seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Perkele scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sitsongrit lands a right hand that snaps the head of Perkele backwards.
Perkele breaks the clinch.
Sitsongrit lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Perkele throws a poor cross that misses
and Sitsongrit cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A nice leg kick from Perkele, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sitsongrit throws a looping overhand right but Perkele ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Perkele moved away.
Perkele feints and then cracks Sitsongrit's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sitsongrit down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sitsongrit. Perkele does a little dance to reset his feet.
Perkele thinks about countering with a body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perkele uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sitsongrit.
A telegraphed right hand from Sitsongrit misses the target.
Sitsongrit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Perkele looks to land a right hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range.
Sitsongrit stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Perkele.
Perkele uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sitsongrit.
Perkele tried to counter with a leg kick but Sitsongrit avoided it.
Sitsongrit scores with a kick to the midsection.
Perkele slips a jab from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Perkele is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Good leg kick by Perkele.
Sitsongrit moves out of range of the strikes.
Ispa Perkele has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Perkele throws a lazy right hand but Sitsongrit sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sitsongrit lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Madkhao Sitsongrit.
Well Sitsongrit 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Madkhao Sitsongrit!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between BIshop Bonesteel (ranked 179 p4p, 406 weight class) and Petcharon Darawan (ranked 18 p4p, 48 weight class). BIshop Bonesteel could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Petcharon Darawan's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, BIshop Bonesteel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Petcharon Darawan!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonesteel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bonesteel has taken the fight to the clinch.
Darawan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Darawan throws a good cross that connects.
Darawan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bonesteel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bonesteel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bonesteel throws a poor cross that misses
and Darawan counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like BIshop Bonesteel has been cut.
Darawan misses the jab.
It looked like Bonesteel wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bonesteel misses the jab.
As Bonesteel backs off Darawan throws a huge counter combo but Bonesteel manages to avoid it all.
Darawan tries a head kick but it misses.
Bonesteel gets a clinch.
Bonesteel working aggressively here.
Darawan misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Darawan.
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 head punch blocked on the inside by Darawan.
Bonesteel lands an uppercut.
Bonesteel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonesteel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darawan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bonesteel moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bonesteel misses with the combination.
Darawan scores with a punch to the head.
Nice jab there from Bonesteel.
It looks like Petcharon Darawan has been cut.
Bonesteel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Darawan.
Darawan lands a glancing blow to the side of Bonesteel's head.
Darawan misses with a right hand
and Bonesteel counters with a straight right hand.
Darawan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bonesteel.
Darawan moves out of range as Bonesteel strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Bonesteel misses
enabling Darawan to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bonesteel throws a shot to the body.
Bonesteel throws a leg kick that is checked
and Darawan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Darawan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Darawan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Darawan throws an off balance right hand
and Bonesteel counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Darawan is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Darawan throws a jab when Bonesteel was well out of range.
It looked like Bonesteel wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bonesteel swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Darawan.
Bonesteel with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bonesteel lands a big head kick that sends Darawan tumbling to the mat! Bonesteel takes a step backwards and waves Darawan back to his feet - he wants the finish!
 Darawan is rocked!
Bonesteel throws a nice inside leg kick.
Darawan is still on wobbly legs! Can Bonesteel finish him?
Bonesteel fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonesteel tries a head kick but it misses.
Darawan checks a low kick from Bonesteel.
Darawan seems to have recovered his senses.
Darawan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bonesteel misses with the combination.
Darawan throws a poor cross that misses
and Bonesteel counters with a left and a right that stings Darawan.
Bonesteel lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Some wild striking there from Darawan.
Darawan misses with a hook. Bonesteel ducked under it nicely.
Bonesteel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonesteel throws a sloppy head kick
and Darawan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bonesteel throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Darawan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A lazy left from Bonesteel finds it's target.
Darawan 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.
Darawan misses with an uppercut. Bonesteel saw that one coming.
Darawan misses with a right hand
and Bonesteel counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Darawan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Darawan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That kick from Darawan tenderised Bonesteel's leg. Bonesteel is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darawan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bonesteel counters with a two punch combo.
Bonesteel connects with a leg kick.
Darawan misses with an uppercut
and Bonesteel counters with a straight right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
BIshop Bonesteel dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bonesteel moves out of range of the strikes.
Bonesteel feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Bonesteel moves into range and clinches up with Darawan.
Bonesteel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Darawan avoids it.
Darawan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bonesteel tries to throw a body punch but Darawan avoids it by throwing Bonesteel back against the cage.
Bonesteel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Darawan misses with some punches.
Darawan is trying to break the clinch but Bonesteel has him pressed against the cage.
Bonesteel blocking some punches.
A short right from Darawan.
Darawan has had enough of the clinch but Bonesteel keeps him there for the moment.
Darawan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Darawan tries to circle away but Bonesteel has him pinned against the cage.
Bonesteel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darawan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bonesteel working aggressively here.
Bonesteel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darawan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bonesteel misses with some punches.
Bonesteel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Darawan is trying to break the clinch but Bonesteel is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darawan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bonesteel falls off balance throwing a combination
and Darawan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Darawan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bonesteel throws a head kick that misses.
Darawan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Darawan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bonesteel.
Darawan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bonesteel is out of range.
Bonesteel sizes up Darawan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Darawan keeps the fight on the outside.
Bonesteel blocks a jab.
Bonesteel half committed to a counter leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonesteel plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bonesteel throws an off balance right hand
and Darawan counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Darawan throws a shot from downtown. Bonesteel moves away and avoids it.
Darawan catches Bonesteel with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Darawan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bonesteel digs a good body shot into Darawan's ribs.
Bonesteel wants to clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Darawan! But no joy.
Bonesteel moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darawan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bonesteel paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bonesteel slips under a jab from Darawan.
Darawan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bonesteel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bonesteel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Darawan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Bonesteel chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bonesteel scores with a leg kick.
Darawan lands a slapping body shot.
Bonesteel lands with a slapping head kick.
That has opened up Petcharon Darawan's cut even more.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonesteel checks a leg kick nicely.
Darawan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bonesteel counters with a stiff right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bonesteel moves in looking to clinch but Darawan pushes him off.
Bonesteel lands a left and a right that send Darawan crashing to the mat, dazed. Bonesteel thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Bonesteel scores with a shot to the body.
Darawan moves out of range as Bonesteel strikes.
Bonesteel throws out a leg kick but Darawan moves out of range and Bonesteel only half commits.
Darawan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No joy there for Bonesteel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bonesteel wants to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
BIshop Bonesteel dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bonesteel throws a hook but Darawan blocks it.
Darawan checks a low kick from Bonesteel.
Darawan missing with a left hand there. Bonesteel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bonesteel feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Darawan avoids the head kick by Bonesteel.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Darawan! But no joy.
Darawan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Darawan throws a right hand that Bonesteel ducks under and follows up with a left that Bonesteel also avoids with ease.
Bonesteel is looking to clinch.
Bonesteel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darawan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Darawan blocks a leg kick.
Darawan misses with a straight right.
Darawan throws out a loose jab but Bonesteel uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonesteel tries to close the distance and clinch but Darawan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Darawan! But no joy.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A telegraphed right hand from Darawan misses the target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bonesteel.
Bonesteel throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Darawan throws a right hand that misses
and Bonesteel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bonesteel ducks under a wild hook from Darawan.
Bonesteel misses with a body shot.
Darawan lands a nice shot that snaps Bonesteel's head back.
BIshop Bonesteel is winning the standup battle so far.
Darawan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Darawan there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bonesteel scoring well with a low kick there.
Bonesteel cracks Darawan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonesteel tries to clinch
and Darawan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bonesteel misses with a leg kick
and Darawan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bonesteel 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!
Darawan throws an off balance right hand
and Bonesteel counters with a nice right hand that sends Darawan toppling to the canvas! Darawan scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Bonesteel finish him?!
Oh Bonesteel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bonesteel tries a low kick but Darawan avoids it.
Bonesteel falls off balance throwing a combination
and Darawan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bonesteel's knee momentarily.
Bonesteel seems to have got his legs back now.
Darawan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Darawan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A countering left hand to the body from Darawan misses.
Darawan blocks a head kick by Bonesteel.
Bonesteel looks up at the clock. Bad move! Darawan lands a right hand from hell, dropping Bonesteel. Darawan pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Petcharon Darawan!
Petcharon Darawan is the new featherweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Petcharon Darawan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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