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HFC 58: Holy vs Jackson PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lefty Lopez (ranked 3415 p4p, 3780 weight class) and Jack Cango (ranked 389 p4p, 422 weight class). Lefty Lopez has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lefty Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Cango!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cango looks to throw the jab but Lopez is out of range.
Cango blocks a leg kick.
Lopez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cango ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cango steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lopez.
Lopez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lopez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cango dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lopez. That did some damage!
Lopez tries to score with a low kick but Cango moves his leg out of the way.
Lopez misses with an uppercut. Cango saw that one coming.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lopez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lopez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lopez digs a good body shot into Cango's ribs.
Cango throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cango uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lopez has time to react.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cango lands a head shot.
Lopez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cango looks to land a left hand but Lopez moved out of range nicely.
Cango feints and then cracks Lopez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lopez down.
Nice uppercut lands for Cango. That snapped Lopez's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cango showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lopez.
Lopez 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.
Cango connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cango scores with a jab. Lopez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lopez slips a jab from Cango.
Lopez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cango counters with a nice body kick.
Cango jabs Lopez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Lopez fails to land the takedown.
Cango ducks under a wild hook from Lopez.
Cango connects with a body shot that sends Lopez's belly button to the back.
A swing and a miss from Lopez.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cango! But no joy.
Decent striking displayed by Cango there.
Lopez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cango stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
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!
Cango lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cango is looking to chop away at Lopez's legs.
Cango misses with a straight right.
Lopez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jack Cango is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cango connects with a body shot.
Lopez just misses with a punch to the body.
Cango has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cango there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cango throws a looping overhand right but Lopez ducks down to avoid it.
Lopez tries a head kick but it misses.
Lopez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Cango eats them both and turns towards Lopez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Lopez ducks right into an uppercut from Cango.
Cango keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lopez.
Lopez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cango tries a head kick but it misses.
A cross from Cango lands.
Cango checks a leg kick nicely.
Cango throws out a counter right but Lopez avoids it with no problem.
Cango uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lopez.
Cango bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lopez's head backwards.
Cango connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lefty Lopez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lopez cracks Cango with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lopez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cango throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lopez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from Cango misses.
Lopez moves in looking to clinch but Cango pushes him off.
Cango is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cango cracks Lopez with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lopez tries to move into range but Cango moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cango lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lopez with a nice cross.
Lopez misses with an uppercut
and Cango cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lopez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cango manages to avoid it.
Lopez throws a lazy right hand but Cango sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A swing and a miss from Lopez.
Lopez tries to close the distance and clinch but Cango swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big right from Lopez misses.
Cango uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lopez.
Lopez misses with a looping left.
Cango misses with a hook. Lopez ducked under it nicely.
Lopez scores with a jab.
Lopez tries to work over Cango's front leg with a kick but Cango checks it.
Lopez misses with a wild body shot.
Cango ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A solid leg kick lands there for Cango.
Lopez misses with a looping right.
Lopez blocks a low kick nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A big left from Lopez misses.
Cango steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
An inside leg kick lands from Cango.
A jab from Cango finds it's way through Lopez's defenses.
Cango lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cango scores with a decent looking hook.
Lopez looks to land a body kick but Cango moved away.
Lopez is looking to land body kicks.
Lopez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cango tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lopez was well out of range. Poor timing from Cango.
Lopez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cango throws a hook to the side of Lopez's head but Lopez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lopez misses with a hook.
Cango takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lopez lands a nice shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A telegraphed right hand from Lopez misses the target.
A jab from Lopez misses.
Cango keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little jabbing left from Cango on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lopez misses with a body shot.
Lopez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Cango dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Cango throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lopez on the side of the head.
Lopez misses with a leg kick
and Cango counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cango moves away from the strike by Lopez.
Cango scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cango misses with a body shot.
Lopez misses with a low kick.
Cango throws a looping overhand right but Lopez ducks down to avoid it.
Lopez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cango momentarily.
Cango scores with a jab to the head.
Cango throws a body punch but Lopez moves out of range.
Lopez slips a straight right by Cango.
Lopez with a lazy takedown attempt
and Cango counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lopez thinking.
Cango jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lopez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
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 slow jab from Lopez misses its intended target.
Cango blocks a jab.
Cango keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lopez.
Lopez backing away here, and Cango unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Cango takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lopez misses with an uppercut
and Cango counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cango takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cango throws a leg kick but Lopez moved away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez ducks under a wild hook from Cango.
Cango scores with a sloppy right hand. Lopez should have avoided that one.
Lopez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Cango blocks a head kick by Lopez.
Lopez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
 Lopez is rocked!
Cango takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lopez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lopez misses with an uppercut.
The fighters circling - Cango throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cango throws a looping overhand right but Lopez ducks down to avoid it.
Lopez tries to clinch up but Cango circles away and keeps his distance.
Cango misses with a straight right.
Lopez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lopez throws a nice looking combination but Cango bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lopez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cango is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lopez.
Cango tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cango throws a big shot that misses.
A jab from Lopez misses.
Cango waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lopez.
Lopez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cango.
Lopez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez takes one to the side of the head.
Lopez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lopez there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cango uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lopez.
Lopez throws a hook but Cango avoids it easily.
Cango with a jab.
Lopez misses with an uppercut
and Cango counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lopez throws an off balance right hand
and Cango counters with a stiff right hand.
Oh Lopez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cango fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lopez misses the shot to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cango! But no joy.
Cango pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lopez throws an overhand right that lands on Cango's shoulder, as Cango tries to avoid the shot.
Nice cross by Cango.
A leg kick checked by Cango.
Cango cracks Lopez with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Lopez falls to his knees and Cango doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Cango!
Our winner, Jack Cango, 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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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mark Rapheal (ranked 2335 p4p, 3527 weight class) and Jovi Wolf (ranked 296 p4p, 419 weight class). Wolf has chosen Shut em up as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Rapheal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jovi Wolf!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wolf misses with a double jab
and Rapheal counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rapheal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wolf ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rapheal moves away.
Rapheal slips under a jab from Wolf.
Wolf throws a lazy right hand but Rapheal sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It looked like Rapheal was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Wolf.
Rapheal throws a hook to the side of Wolf's head but Wolf sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rapheal misses with a hook.
Wolf lunges at Rapheal with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rapheal's hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rapheal throws a hook but Wolf avoids it easily.
Wolf wants to counter with a clinch but Rapheal pushes him away.
Wolf moves out of range of the strikes.
Wolf throws an off balance right hand
and Rapheal counters with a nice uppercut.
Wolf throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolf throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Rapheal to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Rapheal misses.
The crowd cheers as Wolf lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rapheal doesn't seem phased though.
Wolf takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
 Wolf is rocked!
Wolf rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rapheal counters with a left to the body.
Wolf is still on wobbly legs! Can Rapheal finish him?
Wolf looks winded!
Rapheal closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Wolf out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mark Rapheal!
After winning the bout, Mark Rapheal 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Eoin Chai (ranked 2552 p4p, 2640 weight class) and Roydell Gibbons (ranked 333 p4p, 339 weight class). Gibbons has chosen HonestKey- Raw Dog as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Eoin Chai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roydell Gibbons!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gibbons moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Chai uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gibbons.
Gibbons scores with a nice right hand.
Gibbons throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chai sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chai takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Chai scores with a jab to the head.
Gibbons throws a combination that misses
and Chai cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
 It looks like Roydell Gibbons has been cut.
Gibbons throws an off balance right hand
and Chai counters with a slapping leg kick.
Chai connects with the punch.
Chai dips to his left and cracks Gibbons with an uppercut!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gibbons uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chai.
Gibbons misses with an uppercut. Chai saw that one coming.
A little feinted left hand from Chai on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gibbons misses with a lunging right hand
and Chai counters with a low kick, right behind Gibbons 's knee.
Chai takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Chai throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gibbons sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibbons closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Chai catches Gibbons with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Chai misses the jab.
Chai uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gibbons.
Gibbons connects with a body shot that sends Chai's belly button to the back.
Gibbons steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chai.
Gibbons moves away from the strike by Chai.
Chai lands with a slapping head kick.
We've been told by Chai's head coaches at Master Chai's Dojo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Gibbons throws a lazy uppercut
and Chai cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gibbons is rocked!
Chai knocks out Gibbons with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Chai before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Chai picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Eoin Chai!
After winning the bout, Eoin Chai 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Axton Burgess (ranked 2324 p4p, 2611 weight class) and Marc Tong Panong (ranked 297 p4p, 325 weight class). Tong Panong has chosen Tetris Song as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Axton Burgess!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marc Tong Panong!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tong Panong misses with a combination
letting Burgess counter with a right hand.
We've been told by Burgess's head coaches at FIGHT FOUNDERS (CA) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Tong Panong misses with a hook.
It looked like Burgess was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Tong Panong.
Tong Panong takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tong Panong throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burgess cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Burgess sizes up Tong Panong with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tong Panong misses with a lunging right hand
and Burgess scores with a counter punch that sends Tong Panong to the canvas! Burgess smells blood - he's punishing Tong Panong with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Tong Panong has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Axton Burgess!
A victorious Axton Burgess thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Marc Tong Panong was interviewed post fight and said 'I need to Take some time off'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mertis Falandas (ranked 2239 p4p, 2718 weight class) and Rico Rodriguez (ranked 288 p4p, 348 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Falandas might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Feed the Machine. The crowd seem to be enjoying Rodriguez's choice of entrance music: Latin Lingo. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mertis Falandas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rico Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Rodriguez is defended easily by Falandas.
Rodriguez shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Falandas counters with a leg kick.
Rodriguez closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Falandas to the mat! Falandas manages to get full guard.
Falandas seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Falandas looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Rodriguez is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Falandas is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Falandas has escaped and now he's on top!
Falandas wants to stand and escape but instead Rodriguez has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Falandas is working an open guard so Rodriguez takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Falandas tries to clinch up but Rodriguez circles away and keeps his distance.
Rodriguez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Rodriguez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rodriguez is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Falandas knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Falandas is trying to control Rodriguez's posture but Rodriguez avoids it.
Rodriguez is trying to get an arm triangle but Falandas is defending well.
Falandas tries to buck Rodriguez off but Rodriguez is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falandas is working hard here to advance position.
Rodriguez stands up and beckons Falandas to his feet.
Rodriguez manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Falandas on his heels. He'll look to pass Falandas's guard now, I'm sure.
Rodriguez throws a big elbow that misses.
Rodriguez trying to control the position from guard on top but Falandas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rodriguez stands up from guard. Let's bang!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab, jab by Falandas - just one landing.
Falandas keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Mertis Falandas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rico Rodriguez.
Falandas sizes up Rodriguez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Falandas to the ground. Rodriguez is now in Falandas's guard.
Falandas keeping moving, preventing Rodriguez from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Falandas trying to keep a closed guard but Rodriguez is proving a slippery customer.
Falandas being controlled here, momentarily.
Rodriguez trying to control but Falandas is working from the bottom.
Rodriguez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez throws a big elbow that misses.
Falandas lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Rodriguez throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Falandas escapes and throws Rodriguez's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Falandas tries to advance to mount but can't.
Rodriguez manages to get back to half guard.
Falandas wants to stand but Rodriguez has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rico Rodriguez will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Rodriguez drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Falandas's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Rodriguez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Rodriguez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Rodriguez trying to control the action but Falandas is working from the bottom.
Falandas is looking for a sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Falandas regains half guard, as Rodriguez was trying to land strikes.
Rodriguez is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Rodriguez has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Gold Samurai's Gym. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez stands up from half guard.
Horrible takedown attempt by Rodriguez or perhaps it was just good defense by Falandas, which made it look bad.
Rodriguez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Falandas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Falandas stuffs the takedown attempt from Rodriguez. Rodriguez gets slowly back to his feet.
Mertis Falandas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rico Rodriguez.
Rodriguez with a lazy takedown attempt
and Rodriguez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rodriguez shoots in and drives through. Falandas sprawls well.
Falandas is looking to counter punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Falandas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mertis Falandas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No luck for Rodriguez with that takedown attempt.
Falandas feints and then cracks Rodriguez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rodriguez down.
Rico Rodriguez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rodriguez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Falandas can pounce on him.
Rodriguez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Falandas sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Falandas tries to counter by clinching up but Rodriguez breaks away and moves out of range.
That kick from Falandas tenderised Rodriguez's leg. Rodriguez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rodriguez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Falandas sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Rodriguez goes for a double leg but Falandas avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Falandas continues to drive forward.
Rodriguez closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Falandas did well to prevent Rodriguez getting side control.
Rodriguez is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Falandas trying to control here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Falandas keeps working.
Rodriguez trying to mount his opponent but Falandas defends it.
Falandas is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Falandas wants to get back to his feet.
Falandas won't allow Rodriguez to pass to mount.
Rodriguez looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Falandas pushes Rodriguez off looking to stand but Rodriguez dives back in and keeps control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rodriguez passes the guard and advances to mount!
Rodriguez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Rodriguez looking to ground and pound but Falandas is blocking nicely.
Falandas tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rodriguez pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Rodriguez looking for a guillotine from mount but Falandas is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Falandas can't escape the position.
Rodriguez goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Falandas is on top in guard.
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 Mertis Falandas will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Rodriguez has a takedown stuffed.
Rodriguez gets a takedown into half guard.
Rodriguez is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Falandas trying to control from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodriguez is stalling here. Falandas is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Rodriguez seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Falandas has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Rodriguez is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez wants to get back to his feet but Falandas drags him back down.
Rodriguez is letting Falandas control him for a moment.
Rodriguez tries to escape but Falandas is in control.
Falandas wants to control but Rodriguez is keeping him busy.
Rico Rodriguez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Falandas is trying to get an arm triangle but Rodriguez is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rodriguez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Falandas wants to stand but Rodriguez is controlling his arm.
Rodriguez is looking to regain half guard here but Falandas keeps moving and retains side control.
Falandas controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Rodriguez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Falandas tries to land a front kick but Rodriguez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Falandas lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rodriguez fails with the takedown
enabling Falandas to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice takedown defense from Falandas. No joy for Rodriguez on that attempt.
Falandas throws a big counter combination but Rodriguez scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Mertis Falandas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rico Rodriguez.
Rodriguez fails with the takedown.
Falandas tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Rodriguez manages to circle out of the way.
Rodriguez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Falandas - that will leave a mark!
Mertis Falandas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Falandas has managed to clinch.
Rodriguez goes for a takedown attempt but Falandas pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Rodriguez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A thudding body kick lands there by Falandas!
Rico Rodriguez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rico Rodriguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rodriguez shoots and misses
enabling Falandas to counter with a crisp jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mertis Falandas showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Falandas has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 for Mertis Falandas!
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight for Mertis Falandas!
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight for Mertis Falandas!
Mertis Falandas wins by unanimous decision!
During a confident post fight interview, Mertis Falandas thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Diego Armando (ranked 1666 p4p, 2140 weight class) and Chester McBiden (ranked 226 p4p, 283 weight class). McBiden has chosen End Like This 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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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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Diego Armando!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chester McBiden!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McBiden keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McBiden misses with a looping right.
McBiden connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Armando's hands.
McBiden misses with a shot to the body
and Armando counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Armando's hands are dropping dangerously low here and McBiden connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Armando scrambles back to his feet.
 It looks like Diego Armando has been cut.
McBiden tests Armando's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McBiden uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Armando.
McBiden lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Armando tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McBiden was well out of range. Poor timing from Armando.
McBiden takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
McBiden jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McBiden misses with a hook.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
McBiden bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Armando's head backwards.
McBiden lands an overhand right.
McBiden displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Armando throws out the jab.
Armando throws a body shot but no joy.
McBiden paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. McBiden catches Armando right on the button with a cross.
Armando is rocked!
McBiden lands a big uppercut and this one is all over! His foe lies motionless on the canvas - a massive one punch knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Chester McBiden!
After the fight, Chester McBiden was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dionizy Kruczek (ranked 2069 p4p, 2090 weight class) and Paddy Sly (ranked 270 p4p, 273 weight class). Kruczek comes to the cage accompanied by Born To Raise Hell. Paddy Sly has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dionizy Kruczek's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dionizy Kruczek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paddy Sly!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kruczek moves into the clinch.
Kruczek has a couple of punches blocked by Sly.
Sly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kruczek manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kruczek scores with a shot to the body.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Kruczek.
Kruczek sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Sly is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Kruczek decides to stand up, so the ref orders Sly to his feet.
Kruczek has Sly up against the cage in a clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Sly has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Kruczek slowing the pace effectively.
Good body shot from Kruczek.
Kruczek scores with a nice hook to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sly stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sly swings wildly with an uppercut but Kruczek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sly is looking to control Kruczek's arms but Kruczek gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sly has his back to the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruczek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A frustrated look appears on Sly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kruczek misses with some punches.
Sly has had enough of the clinch but Kruczek keeps him there for the moment.
Sly scores with a shoulder strike.
Kruczek softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sly is trying to force a seperation but Kruczek has the dominant position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kruczek.
Kruczek is trying to drag Sly to the mat but Sly just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Sly is looking to break free of the clinch but Kruczek has double underhooks.
Kruczek is leaning against Sly and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sly breaks the clinch.
Kruczek lands a lovely overhand right.
Kruczek on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kruczek avoids the body shot from Sly.
Sly with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kruczek to score with a decent uppercut.
Sly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kruczek darts in and clinches Sly up against the cage.
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!
Kruczek leaning against his opponent.
Sly has had enough of the clinch but Kruczek keeps him there for the moment.
Kruczek blocks a body shot from Sly.
Sly misses with the head strike.
Sly misses with a body punch.
Sly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kruczek scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sly doesn't manage to clinch there - Kruczek circles away.
Kruczek closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Sly did well to prevent Kruczek getting side control.
Kruczek is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Sly defends it well.
Sly is not content to let Kruczek control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruczek wants to get back to his feet.
Sly looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kruczek works his way into side control.
Kruczek wants to stand but Sly is controlling his arm.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kruczek decides to stand back up.
Kruczek connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A cross from Kruczek lands.
Kruczek closes the distance and clinches.
Nice body punch from Kruczek - that landed with a thud.
Kruczek lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sly backwards.
Kruczek misses with a punch to the body.
Kruczek working aggressively here.
Kruczek lands a body shot.
Kruczek blocks a body shot from Sly.
Sly misses with a body punch.
Sly is trying to break the clinch but Kruczek has him pressed against the cage.
Kruczek lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sly backwards.
A short right from Kruczek.
Sly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kruczek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sly misses with a punch to the body.
Kruczek pulls guard successfully.
Kruczek is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dionizy Kruczek dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kruczek moves into range and clinches up with Sly.
Sly tries a body shot but Kruczek blocks it.
Kruczek swings wildly with an uppercut but Sly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Sly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kruczek scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sly struggles to land a body shot inside as Kruczek controls his hands.
Sly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kruczek is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sly can do to turn this around?
The referee is keeping an eye on Kruczek - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kruczek creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sly throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kruczek swings wildly with an uppercut but Sly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sly wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dionizy Kruczek has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sly can't find room to land a body shot as Kruczek controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Kruczek fails to land.
Kruczek blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Sly.
A nice left hand lands by Kruczek.
Sly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kruczek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kruczek gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kruczek working aggressively here.
Kruczek throws a head punch that misses.
Sly blocking some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sly has had enough of the clinch but Kruczek keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kruczek.
Kruczek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sly tries to throw a body punch but Kruczek avoids it by throwing Sly back against the cage.
Sly blocking some punches.
Sly has a couple of punches blocked by Kruczek.
Kruczek softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sly content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kruczek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sly wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short right from Kruczek on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sly misses with a punch to the body.
Kruczek swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kruczek blocks a body shot from Sly.
A short body shot lands from Sly as the two fighters clinch.
Sly wants to break free but Kruczek has control.
Kruczek lands a right hand.
Kruczek lands with a light punch inside.
Sly struggles to land a body shot inside as Kruczek controls his hands.
Sly blocking some punches.
Sly misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Kruczek.
Sly stalling in the clinch but Kruczek improves position.
Sly scores with a shoulder strike.
Kruczek prevents a body shot from Sly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruczek lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kruczek lands with a left to the head.
Kruczek scores with a hook to the body.
Sly blocking some punches.
Kruczek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sly cracks Kruczek with a nice body shot.
Sly blocks a body shot from Kruczek.
Kruczek scores with a shoulder strike.
Kruczek jumps guard but Sly stands there with Kruczek around his waist. Kruczek gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kruczek has a couple of punches blocked by Sly.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sly.
Sly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kruczek.
Kruczek throws a head punch that misses.
Kruczek misses with some punches.
Kruczek lands with a light punch inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sly wants to break free but Kruczek has control.
Kruczek lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kruczek lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sly backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sly tries to throw a body punch but Kruczek avoids it by throwing Sly back against the cage.
Kruczek swings wildly with an uppercut but Sly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Sly as the two fighters clinch.
Sly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kruczek wants the takedown. Sly is fighting it off but Kruczek persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Sly's guard against the cage.
Sly is trying to control the position but Kruczek postures up.
Kruczek has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Sly is proving hard to escape from.
Sly is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sly looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dionizy Kruczek 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Kruczek jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kruczek paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kruczek. Sly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kruczek has Sly up against the cage in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Sly scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kruczek prevents a body shot from Sly.
Sly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kruczek stalling.
Sly blocking some punches.
Sly misses with a punch on the inside.
Kruczek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kruczek swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kruczek lands with a short shot to the head.
Kruczek blocks a body shot from Sly.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sly.
Sly has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruczek lands with a left to the head.
Sly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kruczek is working Sly over against the cage.
Sly wants to break free but Kruczek has control.
Kruczek lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Kruczek.
Kruczek lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kruczek lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sly backwards.
Sly tries to throw a body punch but Kruczek avoids it by throwing Sly back against the cage.
Kruczek scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sly.
Kruczek misses with some punches.
Sly tries to stall but Kruczek uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sly wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kruczek lands a shoulder strike.
Kruczek blocking some punches.
Kruczek throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kruczek escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sly tries to clinch up.
Sly takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sly is rocked!
Sly is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Kruczek digs a good hook to Sly's body.
Sly is still on wobbly legs! Can Kruczek finish him?
Kruczek clinches up with Sly and pushes him back against the cage.
Kruczek scores with a shot to the side of Sly's head.
Kruczek pressing his opponent against the cage.
Sly stalling in the clinch but Kruczek improves position.
Kruczek softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kruczek lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Kruczek.
Kruczek has a couple of punches blocked by Sly.
Sly tries to throw a body punch but Kruczek avoids it by throwing Sly back against the cage.
Kruczek swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sly blocks an uppercut.
Kruczek stalling against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kruczek creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sly misses with a body punch.
Sly stalling.
Kruczek misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sly blocking some punches.
Kruczek holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Sly seems to have recovered his senses.
Sly stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kruczek as Sly tries to tie him up.
Sly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kruczek prevents a body shot from Sly.
Kruczek misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Kruczek fails to land.
Kruczek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kruczek backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kruczek.
Kruczek blocks a body shot from Sly.
Kruczek throws a punch but it's blocked by Sly.
Kruczek has been working on his balance at Gold Samurai's Gym, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Sly.
Kruczek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sly is trying to break the clinch but Kruczek is controlling him.
Kruczek swings wildly with an uppercut but Sly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paddy Sly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sly can't find room to land a body shot as Kruczek controls the action.
Sly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sly working aggressively here.
Sly is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sly blocking some punches.
Kruczek swings wildly with an uppercut but Sly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sly tries to circle away but Kruczek has him pinned against the cage.
Sly letting Kruczek take a breather here.
Sly working hard to break the clinch.
Sly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sly misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Kruczek.
A head punch on the inside from Kruczek fails to land.
Kruczek blocks an uppercut.
Dionizy Kruczek is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kruczek misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kruczek misses with some punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dionizy Kruczek showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kruczek 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 for Dionizy Kruczek!
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight for Dionizy Kruczek!
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight for Dionizy Kruczek!
Dionizy Kruczek wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Olly Holy (ranked 584 p4p, 1383 weight class) and KoolAID Jackson (ranked 81 p4p, 182 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Olly Holy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, KoolAID Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson scores with a takedown into Holy's guard.
Jackson trying to control but Holy is working from the bottom.
Holy trying to control the position.
Jackson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Holy trying to control the position.
Holy is pulling down on Jackson's head. It's preventing any offense from Jackson, at least for the moment.
Jackson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Holy working a defensive guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holy has control of Jackson's left arm, preventing Jackson from doing any damage.
Holy keeping full guard, as Jackson tries to pass.
Jackson trying to control the position from guard on top but Holy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Holy working for a triangle but Jackson defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson advances to half guard.
Holy is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jackson pulls his head out easily.
Jackson is working for a kimura but Holy is defending it quite comfortably.
Holy trying to control but Jackson postures up.
Holy definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Holy wants to get back to full guard.
Holy trying to hold on to Jackson's head to control him but Jackson postures up.
Holy has his hands clasped together around Jackson's back. He's all about the action.
The fighters are battling for position here. Holy manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holy working for a triangle but Jackson defends it easily.
Holy controls Jackson momentarily but Jackson frees himself.
Jackson drops back looking for a leg! Holy is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Holy manages to kick Jackson off! Jackson jumps back into Holy's guard.
Holy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Holy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jackson tries to free his leg and advance position but Holy is retaining full guard.
Jackson is fighting to break Holy's control of his arms but Holy is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Holy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jackson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jackson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Holy has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jackson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jackson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jackson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Jackson wants to control from the top but Holy keeps moving.
Jackson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Holy is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jackson postures up.
Jackson throwing strikes from guard but Holy blocks nicely.
Holy can't keep his opponent in guard - Jackson advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Jackson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Holy has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jackson is working away from the top position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Holy is refusing to be controlled, as Jackson sits in half guard.
Jackson might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Holy haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Holy wants to control but Jackson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Jackson seems to be looking for submissions.
The fighters are battling for position here. Holy manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Jackson looking to pass the guard.
Holy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Holy has his foot on Jackson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jackson works his way back into a safe position though.
Jackson stands and throws Holy's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Holy prevents Jackson from moving into mount.
Jackson tries for a kimura but Holy is defending well.
Jackson throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jackson working away.
Jackson is trying to get an arm triangle but Holy is defending well.
Jackson advances nicely into full mount.
Jackson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Holy tries to lock up and control but Jackson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Jackson throwing strikes here but Holy is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Jackson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jackson is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Holy is surviving well by controlling Jackson's body position as best he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Holy just holding on.
Holy tries to hold on but Jackson postures up.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Holy to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Holy shrugs it off.
Jackson trying to control but Holy is having none of it.
Holy blocking the ground and pound.
Holy is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jackson wants to take his opponent's back but Holy doesn't allow it.
Holy can't escape the position.
Holy is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jackson working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Jackson looking for a guillotine from mount but Holy is having none of it.
Holy is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Holy really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Jackson is trying to take his opponent's back.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Holy is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Holy sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Holy trying to hold on to Jackson's head to control him but Jackson postures up.
Holy might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Jackson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Holy actively working from the bottom here.
Holy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jackson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Holy wants to control but Jackson is having none of it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jackson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Holy wants to control but Jackson is having none of it.
Holy is trying to escape the mount but Jackson keeps good control and instead manages to take Holy's back.
Jackson tightening his grip on Holy, looking for the choke.
Holy looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Jackson is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Holy knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Holy for a finish.
Holy looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Our spies down at at Next Level MMA inform us that Jackson has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is persistently looking for the submission but Holy is defending it well.
Jackson is persistently looking for the submission but Holy is defending it well.
Holy prevents Jackson from getting a body triangle.
Holy fending off the submission attempt from Jackson.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jackson avoiding Holy 's attempts to control his hands.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
KoolAID Jackson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Jackson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Holy has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Jackson. Oh but Holy has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Jackson goes limp - he's gone! Holy jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Olly Holy!
Olly Holy retains his middleweight title!
Olly Holy decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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