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SYN 980 Olsen vs. Maluga III PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Vadim Golovkin (ranked 1406 p4p, 2409 weight class) and Peter Narz (ranked 93 p4p, 147 weight class). Vadim Golovkin could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Peter Narz's chin.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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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 37 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Vadim Golovkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 35 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Peter Narz!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by Golovkin.
Narz fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Golovkin is out of range.
Narz lands a body shot.
Golovkin tries to clinch but Narz moves out of range.
Golovkin sets himself, and Narz steps forward looking for the clinch! Golovkin avoids it this time.
Golovkin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Narz has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That kick from Golovkin tenderised Narz's leg. Narz is trying to keep his angry face on.
Narz throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jab by Golovkin.
A swing and a miss from Golovkin.
Golovkin misses with a hook to the body
and Narz counters with a low kick, right behind Golovkin 's knee.
Vadim Golovkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Golovkin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Narz lands with a nice body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Golovkin lands a head shot.
Narz moves out of range of the strikes.
A nice leg kick from Golovkin, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narz throws a jab when Golovkin was well out of range.
Narz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Golovkin throws out the jab.
Narz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Narz wants to slow Golovkin down by chopping away at his legs.
Narz 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.
Golovkin drives through and clinches with Narz against the cage.
Narz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Golovkin swings wildly with an uppercut but Narz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Narz lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Narz lands a nice uppercut.
Narz misses with a punch to the body.
Narz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Narz blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Narz.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Narz.
Narz scores with a shoulder strike.
Narz works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Narz tries a body shot but Golovkin blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin misses with some punches.
Narz stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Golovkin has a couple of punches blocked by Narz.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Golovkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Narz digs a right hand underneath Golovkin's ribcage. Golovkin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Golovkin.
Golovkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
I was talking to Golovkin's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Narz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hand to the body from Golovkin.
Narz blocks a body shot from Golovkin.
Narz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Narz.
Golovkin swings wildly with an uppercut but Narz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Narz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Narz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Narz blocking some punches.
Narz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Narz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Golovkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narz trying to control the position but instead, Golovkin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Narz into the cage.
Golovkin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Narz lands a right hand.
Narz works on Golovkin's body with a couple of short punches.
Golovkin lands a left hand.
Golovkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Golovkin on the inside.
Golovkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Narz misses with a punch to the body.
Narz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Golovkin has a couple of punches blocked by Narz.
Narz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Narz wants to get back to striking at distance but Golovkin won't allow it.
Narz lands with a right to the head.
Golovkin blocks a body shot from Narz.
Golovkin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Narz backwards.
Golovkin prevents a body shot from Narz.
Narz misses with a punch to the body.
Narz blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Golovkin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Narz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Narz taking a breather.
Narz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Golovkin blocks a body shot from Narz.
Golovkin misses with the head strike.
Golovkin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Narz.
Narz works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Narz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Golovkin's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Golovkin fails to land.
Narz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Golovkin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Narz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Narz throws a hook to the side of Golovkin's head but Golovkin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Golovkin is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Golovkin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Narz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Narz follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Golovkin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Vadim Golovkin will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Narz tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Golovkin tries to clinch there but Narz circles away.
Narz on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Golovkin. Golovkin obviously looking to wear him down.
Narz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Golovkin.
Narz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Golovkin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Golovkin slips under a jab from Narz.
Narz tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Golovkin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Narz.
Golovkin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A big left from Narz misses.
Narz doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narz swats away the attempt to clinch by Golovkin.
Golovkin throws a shot to the body.
Good leg kick by Golovkin.
Narz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Golovkin throws a right and a left that Narz avoids nicely.
Golovkin with a hook.
Golovkin with a nice calf kick.
Narz cracks Golovkin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Narz's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Golovkin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Narz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Narz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Narz cracks Golovkin with a nice body shot.
Narz misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Narz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Narz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Golovkin's elbow.
Golovkin has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Narz looking to slow down the pace here.
Golovkin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Narz can't find room to land a body shot as Golovkin controls the action.
Narz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Narz.
Golovkin tries to throw a body punch but Narz avoids it by throwing Golovkin back against the cage.
Narz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Golovkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Golovkin misses with some punches.
Narz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Narz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Golovkin loads up on a big right hand but Narz slips the punch.
Narz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Narz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A quick step to the side and Golovkin tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narz takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Narz.
Golovkin dips to his left and cracks Narz with an uppercut!
Narz just misses with a punch to the body.
Narz takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A chopping leg kick lands by Golovkin.
Golovkin doesn't manage to clinch there - Narz circles away.
Golovkin doesn't manage to clinch there - Narz circles away.
Narz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Golovkin.
Narz ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Narz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Narz is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Golovkin with a body shot.
Narz is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Golovkin rather than just go for the knockout.
Narz slips a jab from Golovkin.
Golovkin lands a leg kick that knocks Narz off balance momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narz lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Golovkin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Narz misses with a body shot.
Golovkin is looking to clinch.
Golovkin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Narz takes a swing at Golovkin's ribcage but misses.
Golovkin throws a leg kick which misses Narz's front leg but catches the back leg as Narz tries to avoid it.
Golovkin scores with a hook to the body. Narz takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Golovkin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Narz.
Golovkin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Narz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Golovkin moves away.
Golovkin tries to clinch but Narz is having none of it.
Golovkin misses the shot to the body.
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 Vadim Golovkin will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Golovkin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Narz throws a body shot but no joy.
Golovkin blocks a jab.
Narz just misses with a punch to the body.
As Narz backs away, Golovkin returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Golovkin clinches up with Narz and pushes him back against the cage.
Narz tries to throw a body punch but Golovkin avoids it by throwing Narz back against the cage.
Narz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Narz misses with a punch to the body.
Narz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Narz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Golovkin's elbow.
Narz tries a body shot but Golovkin blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Golovkin blocks a body shot from Narz.
Narz tries a body shot but Golovkin blocks it.
Narz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Golovkin blocks a body shot from Narz.
Golovkin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Golovkin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narz lands a left hand.
Narz tries to stall but Golovkin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Golovkin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Golovkin takes a shot to the head.
Narz misses with a punch on the inside.
Narz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Peter Narz seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Golovkin.
Golovkin misses with the head strike.
Golovkin throws a head punch that misses.
Narz lands a body shot.
Golovkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Narz.
Narz misses with a body punch.
A short left from Narz.
Golovkin misses with the head strike.
Narz blocks an uppercut.
Narz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Narz.
Narz misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narz lands a left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Narz tries to throw a body punch but Golovkin avoids it by throwing Narz back against the cage.
Golovkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Golovkin prevents a body shot from Narz.
Narz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Narz.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Narz.
Narz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Golovkin misses with the head strike.
Narz blocks an uppercut.
Golovkin working aggressively here.
Narz lands a right hand.
Narz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Narz blocking some punches.
Golovkin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Narzs head.
Golovkin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Narz blocking some punches.
Narz working aggressively here.
Golovkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin misses with some punches.
Narz is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Narz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Narz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Golovkin misses with some punches.
Narz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Golovkin.
Golovkin lands a nice uppercut.
Golovkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Golovkin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Narz tries to work over Golovkin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Narz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Narz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Golovkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Narz has a couple of punches blocked by Golovkin.
Golovkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Narz presses Golovkin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Narz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Golovkin misses with some punches.
Narz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin gets through Narz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Narz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Narz misses with the head strike.
Narz is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Golovkin misses with some punches.
Golovkin struggles to land a body shot inside as Narz controls his hands.
Narz misses with the head strike.
Golovkin working aggressively here.
Golovkin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Golovkin lands a right hand.
Narz tries a body shot but Golovkin blocks it.
Narz blocks an uppercut.
Narz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Narz blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Narz.
Narz scores with a shoulder strike.
Peter Narz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Narz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
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 Vadim Golovkin.
Well Golovkin 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vadim Golovkin!
After winning the bout, Vadim Golovkin thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stanley Steele (ranked 1637 p4p, 2055 weight class) and Atakan Akkaynak (ranked 218 p4p, 269 weight class). Steele comes to the cage accompanied by Manowar - Heart of Steel. 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 36 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stanley Steele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Atakan Akkaynak!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akkaynak misses with a two punch combination.
It looked like Steele wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Steele throws a jab but it's blocked by Akkaynak.
Steele throws the left hand but Akkaynak avoids the punch easily.
A punch lands to the side of Akkaynak 's head but he takes it in his stride.
 It looks like Atakan Akkaynak has been cut.
A low kick from Akkaynak misses
and Akkaynak takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Akkaynak 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.
Steele bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Akkaynak's head.
Steele throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Akkaynak stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Steele throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Akkaynak on the side of the head.
 Akkaynak is rocked!
Steele is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Akkaynak swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steele throwing a counter right hand but Akkaynak manages to avoid it.
Akkaynak shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Steele appears to be looking for a big counter.
Steele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Akkaynak uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A good leg kick by Akkaynak.
Steele throws a jab when Akkaynak was well out of range.
Steele scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Akkaynak doesn't seem bothered though.
Steele shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Steele lunges at Akkaynak with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Akkaynak's hand.
Steele thows a left - swing and a miss!
Akkaynak tries a head kick but it misses.
Steele throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Akkaynak swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Steele tried to counter with a leg kick but Akkaynak avoided it.
Steele connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Akkaynak manages to avoid it.
Steele misses with a low kick as Akkaynak jumps back.
Akkaynak throws a jab but it's blocked by Steele.
Steele checks a leg kick nicely.
Akkaynak comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Akkaynak moves out of range of the strikes.
Akkaynak swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Steele tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Akkaynak was well out of range. Poor timing from Steele.
Akkaynak will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A swing and a miss from Steele.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Akkaynak looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Steele looks to score with a jab to the body but Akkaynak is just out of range.
Akkaynak looks to score with a jab to the body but Steele is just out of range.
Steele lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Steele works the jab nicely.
Steele just misses with a punch to the body.
Steele misses with a wild body shot.
Steele lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Steele keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Akkaynak is still on wobbly legs! Can Steele finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steele moves in looking to clinch but Akkaynak pushes him off.
Akkaynak seems to have recovered his senses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akkaynak throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Steele takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Steele misses with a double jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Akkaynak. Steele does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab lands there for Steele.
Steele is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Akkaynak.
Steele tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A low kick lands for Akkaynak.
Good exchange - Steele coming out on top.
Akkaynak is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Steele.
Steele connects with a right hand. Akkaynak shakes it off.
Steele blocks a jab.
Steele stuns Akkaynak with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Steele.
Akkaynak throws a lazy uppercut
letting Steele counter with a right hand.
Steele swings for the body but Akkaynak moves out of range.
Akkaynak tries to work over Steele's front leg with a kick but Steele checks it.
Akkaynak darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
 It looks like Stanley Steele has been cut.
Steele sizes up Akkaynak with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Akkaynak throws a chopping leg kick but Steele manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akkaynak tries to keep at a distance but Steele has taken the fight into the clinch.
Steele breaks the clinch.
Steele throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Akkaynak scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Akkaynak loads up on a big right hand but Steele slips the punch.
Nice straight punches there by Akkaynak. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Akkaynak.
Akkaynak misses with a body shot.
Akkaynak misses the shot to the body.
Akkaynak scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Steele doesn't seem bothered though.
Steele ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Akkaynak moves away.
Steele misses with a straight left.
Akkaynak blocks a jab.
Akkaynak looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Akkaynak scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Steele doesn't seem bothered though.
Steele avoids a punch combination nicely.
Steele thuds a left hand into Akkaynak's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Akkaynak gets tackled into the cage by Steele. Steele maintains the clinch.
Steele breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele defending well as Akkaynak loads up on a big left hand.
Steele blocks a jab.
Akkaynak cracks Steele with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Akkaynak scores with a jab.
Steele lands with a good body shot.
Akkaynak lands a nice shot that snaps Steele's head back.
Steele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab from Steele.
Atakan Akkaynak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Akkaynak steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Steele.
Steele lands a glancing blow to the side of Akkaynak's head.
Akkaynak lands with a straight right. Steele didn't see that one coming.
Steele connects with a body shot.
Steele uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Akkaynak.
A shot to the liver by Steele. Beautiful body shot.
Akkaynak throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Akkaynak swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Akkaynak looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Steele takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Akkaynak fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steele manages to avoid it.
Steele swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Akkaynak throws a leg kick but Steele moved away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Stanley Steele dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Steele thuds a left hand into Akkaynak's body.
Steele lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Akkaynak at a distance.
Steele lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Akkaynak moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Akkaynak throws a lazy uppercut
letting Steele counter with a right hand.
Steele checks the leg kick nicely there.
An attempted straight right counter from Steele misses the target.
Steele slips a straight right by Akkaynak.
Good shot there by Akkaynak.
Steele misses with a wild body shot.
Akkaynak uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Steele.
Steele steps in with a hook that catches Akkaynak right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Steele follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Akkaynak looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stanley Steele!
Stanley Steele decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kanud Odimabesser (ranked 1344 p4p, 1319 weight class) and Darryl Haze (ranked 175 p4p, 169 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kanud Odimabesser!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Darryl Haze !
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haze circles away from the clinch attempt.
Haze moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Odimabesser. That's going to slow Haze down.
Haze looks to land a body kick but Odimabesser moved away.
Odimabesser tries to close the distance and clinch up but Haze swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Haze throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Haze avoids a kick to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Haze misses.
The fighters circling - Haze throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Haze throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Odimabesser wants to clinch
and Haze counters with a thumping low kick.
Odimabesser fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Haze .
Odimabesser throws the left hand but Haze avoids the punch easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Haze ! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Odimabesser wants to clinch up but Haze keeps it at a distance.
Haze tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Odimabesser forces Haze back against the cage and clinches.
Odimabesser breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Haze tries to keep at a distance but Odimabesser has taken the fight into the clinch.
Haze prevents a body shot from Odimabesser.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Odimabesser's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Odimabesser gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Haze counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Odimabesser is not content to let Haze control the position.
Haze not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Haze wants to take a breather but Odimabesser is having none of it.
Odimabesser wants to get back to his feet.
Haze seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Odimabesser looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haze wants to pass to mount but Odimabesser is defending the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haze slows the pace down in half guard.
Odimabesser is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Haze pulls his head out easily.
Odimabesser slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Haze must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Odimabesser tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Haze with a nice head shot there.
Haze is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Odimabesser looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Odimabesser is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Haze is controlling him.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Haze accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Haze is in close to Odimabesser's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Haze trying to control the position from guard on top but Odimabesser is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Haze controls from within his opponent's guard.
Haze wants to control from the top but Odimabesser keeps moving.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Haze tries to free his leg and advance position but Odimabesser is retaining full guard.
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.
Odimabesser is looking to cinch up a triangle. Haze throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Odimabesser's body to avoid the submission. Odimabesser has instead reached around Haze 's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Odimabesser arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Kanud Odimabesser!
A very excited looking Kanud Odimabesser made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ian Stronk (ranked 1321 p4p, 1546 weight class) and Aatreya Mahrishi (ranked 201 p4p, 237 weight class). Mahrishi has chosen On the Precipe of Defeat 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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Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ian Stronk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Aatreya Mahrishi!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stronk lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
It looks like Aatreya Mahrishi has been cut.
Mahrishi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mahrishi misses with a low kick.
Stronk wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Stronk swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stronk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stronk tries to clinch but Mahrishi moves out of range.
Stronk is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Stronk forces Mahrishi back against the cage and clinches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mahrishi as Stronk tries to tie him up.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Mahrishi 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.
Mahrishi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stronk backwards.
Stronk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stronk's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stronk slips a jab from Mahrishi.
Mahrishi throws a shot from downtown. Stronk moves away and avoids it.
Stronk ducks under a wild hook from Mahrishi.
Mahrishi scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mahrishi. Stronk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mahrishi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Stronk's hands.
Mahrishi looks to throw the jab but Stronk is out of range.
Stronk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stronk looks to score with a jab to the body but Mahrishi is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stronk has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Stronk there as he acknowledges the shot.
Stronk rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mahrishi counters with a nice uppercut.
Stronk tries to clinch up but Mahrishi circles away and keeps his distance.
Stronk tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stronk moves into range and clinches up with Mahrishi.
Stronk dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
I was talking to Stronk's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Mahrishi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mahrishi misses with a punch to the body.
Stronk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stronk makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stronk lands a right hand.
Mahrishi working aggressively here.
Mahrishi lands an uppercut.
Mahrishi throws a punch but it's blocked by Stronk.
Stronk can't find room to land a body shot as Mahrishi controls the action.
Mahrishi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mahrishi misses with the head strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stronk scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mahrishi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahrishi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mahrishi digs a right hand into Stronk's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Stronk's gas tank.
Mahrishi controlling the action here for a moment.
Stronk is leaning against Mahrishi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Stronk misses with a punch on the inside.
Stronk tries a body shot but Mahrishi blocks it.
Mahrishi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Mahrishi scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stronk.
Mahrishi misses with the head strike.
Mahrishi cracks Stronk with a nice body shot.
Stronk blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Mahrishi.
Mahrishi tries a body shot but Stronk blocks it.
Mahrishi digs a right hand underneath Stronk's ribcage. Stronk let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mahrishi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mahrishi blocks an uppercut.
Stronk misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahrishi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mahrishi throws a punch but it's blocked by Stronk.
Stronk scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mahrishi tries to throw a body punch but Stronk avoids it by throwing Mahrishi back against the cage.
Mahrishi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stronk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mahrishi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mahrishi swats away the attempt to clinch by Stronk.
Mahrishi misses with a low kick.
Mahrishi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mahrishi throws out a counter right but Stronk avoids it with no problem.
Stronk walks into a straight right hand from Mahrishi.
A jab from Stronk misses.
Mahrishi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mahrishi looks to land a combination but Stronk avoids it well.
Mahrishi has managed to clinch.
Mahrishi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mahrishi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahrishi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stronk drives through and clinches with Mahrishi against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stronk throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mahrishi.
Mahrishi misses with some punches.
Mahrishi throws a punch but it's blocked by Stronk.
Mahrishi throws a head punch that misses.
Mahrishi cracks Stronk with a nice body shot.
Mahrishi lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mahrishi.
Mahrishi lands a left hand.
Mahrishi misses with a body punch.
Stronk's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mahrishi has a couple of punches blocked by Stronk.
Stronk misses with the head strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mahrishi lands an uppercut.
Mahrishi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mahrishi lands with a light punch inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mahrishi.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Stronk misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Aatreya Mahrishi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aatreya Mahrishi's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Mahrishi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stronk moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mahrishi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Stronk tries to clinch up but Mahrishi circles away and keeps his distance.
Stronk lands with a nice combination. Mahrishi backs away looking to recover.
Mahrishi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mahrishi lands a nice hook to Stronk's body. Stronk takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mahrishi missing with a left hand there. Stronk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stronk stuns Mahrishi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mahrishi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Stronk's head backwards.
Stronk lands with a cross.
Stronk fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stronk throws a big shot that misses.
Mahrishi misses with a straight left.
Mahrishi throws a jab but it's blocked by Stronk.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stronk tries to clinch but Mahrishi is having none of it.
Mahrishi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mahrishi lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mahrishi.
Mahrishi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stronk is looking to clinch but Mahrishi is avoiding it.
Stronk fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mahrishi manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stronk is looking to clinch.
Stronk tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mahrishi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Stronk just misses with a punch to the body.
Aatreya Mahrishi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stronk has Mahrishi up against the cage in a clinch.
Mahrishi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mahrishi struggles to land a body shot inside as Stronk controls his hands.
Mahrishi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mahrishi pushes Stronk back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Stronk.
Mahrishi struggles to land a body shot inside as Stronk controls his hands.
Mahrishi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mahrishi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Stronk, pushing him back against the cage.
Mahrishi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stronk backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Stronk fails to land.
Mahrishi struggles to land a body shot inside as Stronk controls his hands.
Mahrishi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stronk misses with the head strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mahrishi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stronk lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mahrishi.
Mahrishi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mahrishi misses with the head strike.
Mahrishi swings wildly with an uppercut but Stronk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mahrishi misses with a punch to the body.
Mahrishi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stronk's elbow.
Stronk breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stronk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stronk wants to clinch up but Mahrishi keeps it at a distance.
Mahrishi dips to his left and cracks Stronk with an uppercut!
Mahrishi clinches up against the cage.
Mahrishi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mahrishi lands a jab to the nose.
Mahrishi throws the left hand but Stronk avoids the punch easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahrishi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Stronk momentarily.
Mahrishi misses with a body shot.
Mahrishi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stronk was well out of range. Poor timing from Mahrishi.
Stronk tries to close the distance and clinch but Mahrishi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mahrishi swings wildly with an uppercut but Stronk uses good head movement to avoid it.
A hook to the body from Mahrishi.
Stronk throws a punch but it's blocked by Mahrishi.
Mahrishi lands a left hand.
Stronk lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mahrishi misses with some punches.
A right hand to the body from Stronk.
Mahrishi blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Mahrishi.
Mahrishi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stronk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahrishi lands with a left to the head.
Stronk tries to throw a body punch but Mahrishi avoids it by throwing Stronk back against the cage.
Stronk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mahrishi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Stronk lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mahrishi.
Stronk misses with some punches.
Mahrishi breaks the clinch.
Mahrishi looks to land a right hand but Stronk moved out of range.
Mahrishi connects with a nice looking jab.
Mahrishi is looking to slow Stronk down with leg kicks.
Mahrishi throws a good cross that connects.
Mahrishi drives through and clinches with Stronk against the cage.
Stronk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stronk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mahrishi misses with the head strike.
Mahrishi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aatreya Mahrishi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stronk has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mahrishi working aggressively here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Aatreya Mahrishi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Aatreya Mahrishi's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Mahrishi scores with a nice head shot.
Stronk tries to clinch up.
Stronk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stronk is looking to clinch.
Mahrishi throws a series of punches but Stronk avoids them all with ease.
Stronk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mahrishi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stronk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mahrishi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A slow jab from Mahrishi misses its intended target.
An inside leg kick lands from Mahrishi.
Mahrishi scores with a nice right hand.
Stronk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mahrishi misses with a two punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahrishi tries to bum rush Stronk with a series of wild strikes but Stronk uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mahrishi blocks an uppercut.
Mahrishi throws a head punch that misses.
Mahrishi misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Mahrishi fails to land.
Mahrishi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Stronk's efforts to push away.
Stronk tries to work over Mahrishi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stronk tries to throw a body punch but Mahrishi avoids it by throwing Stronk back against the cage.
Mahrishi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mahrishi lands a hook that snaps the head of Stronk backwards.
Stronk misses with a punch to the body.
Stronk has a couple of punches blocked by Mahrishi.
Stronk pushes Mahrishi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Stronk lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mahrishi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stronk scores with a shot to the side of Mahrishi's head.
Stronk scores with a shoulder strike.
Stronk misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stronk.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Stronk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stronk tries a body shot but Mahrishi blocks it.
Stronk blocking some punches.
Ian Stronk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aatreya Mahrishi 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.
Stronk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stronk breaks the clinch.
Stronk avoids the body shot from Mahrishi.
Stronk takes one to the side of the head.
Mahrishi loads up on a big right hand but Stronk slips the punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stronk forces Mahrishi back against the cage and clinches.
Stronk tries to throw a body punch but Mahrishi avoids it by throwing Stronk back against the cage.
Stronk throws a head punch that misses.
Mahrishi can't find room to land a body shot as Stronk controls the action.
Stronk has had enough of the clinch but Mahrishi keeps him there for the moment.
Stronk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stronk is trying to maintain a safe position but Mahrishi gets an underhook and turns Stronk into the cage.
Stronk throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stronk lands with a light punch inside.
Mahrishi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stronk's elbow.
Stronk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mahrishi blocking some punches.
Stronk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mahrishi is working Stronk over against the cage.
Stronk has a couple of punches blocked by Mahrishi.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stronk.
Stronk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Mahrishi.
Stronk misses with a punch on the inside.
Mahrishi blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stronk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stronk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mahrishi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stronk.
Stronk on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Mahrishi cracks Stronk with a right hand to the side of the head.
Stronk throws a hook but Mahrishi blocks it.
Mahrishi misses with a wild body shot.
Mahrishi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice jab there from Mahrishi.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mahrishi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mahrishi moves into the clinch.
Stronk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mahrishi's elbow.
Stronk struggles to land a body shot inside as Mahrishi controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stronk.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mahrishi.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aatreya Mahrishi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mahrishi 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aatreya Mahrishi!
Aatreya Mahrishi very nearly forgot to thank Arcticus University: London amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Atticus Finch (ranked 512 p4p, 831 weight class) and Abduwali Hassan (ranked 50 p4p, 75 weight class). Finch's entrance music is Ghetto Bird- Ice Cube. A fine choice. Atticus Finch has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Atticus Finch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abduwali Hassan!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hassan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Finch's sensitive parts.
Nice defenses there by Finch.
Finch tries a head kick but it misses.
Finch slips under a jab.
Finch has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Yellow Lotus Center of Healing and Meditative Arts in the buildup to the fight.
Hassan scoring well with a low kick there.
Finch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hassan moves away.
Finch takes a swing at Hassan's ribcage but misses.
Hassan sizes up Finch with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A jab lands there for Finch.
Hassan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hassan lands with a straight right. Finch didn't see that one coming.
Finch walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hassan throws an overhand right that lands on Finch's shoulder, as Finch tries to avoid the shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finch ducks under a wild hook from Hassan.
A slow jab from Finch misses its intended target.
Hassan throws a jab when Finch was well out of range.
Hassan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hassan.
Hassan is looking to score with low kicks.
Finch walks into a left hand.
Hassan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hassan connects with the punch.
Finch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Finch throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hassan counters with a stiff right hand.
Hassan slips under a jab from Finch.
Good leg kick by Hassan.
Hassan misses the shot to the body.
Finch checks a low kick from Hassan.
Good standup being displayed there by Hassan as he connects with a hook.
Hassan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice uppercut lands for Hassan. That snapped Finch's head back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hassan lands a jab to the head.
Hassan with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hassan slips a straight right by Finch.
Hassan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Finch ducks under a wild hook from Hassan.
Hassan blocks a jab.
A nice side step and Hassan releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Hassan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Finch to counter with a crisp jab.
Finch blocks a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Hassan.
Hassan lands with a straight right. Finch didn't see that one coming.
Finch moves out of range as Hassan strikes.
Finch is looking to counter punch.
Finch has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hassan.
Finch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hassan looks to score with a jab to the body but Finch is just out of range.
Hassan throws a hook to the side of Finch's head but Finch sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hassan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Finch in his tracks.
Hassan takes a swing at Finch's ribcage but misses.
Finch swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hassan throws a big shot that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hassan misses with an uppercut. Finch saw that one coming.
Finch avoids a kick to the body.
Finch is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hassan.
Hassan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Finch.
Hassan is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Finch had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Finch fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hassan.
Hassan throws a hook to the side of Finch's head but Finch sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Finch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hassan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Finch.
Finch misses with a looping left.
Hassan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Finch sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Finch misses with a wild body shot.
Hassan throws out a loose jab but Finch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hassan misses the jab.
Hassan throws an overhand right that lands on Finch's shoulder, as Finch tries to avoid the shot.
Finch was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hassan misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finch walks into a straight right hand from Hassan.
Hassan throws out a loose jab but Finch uses good head movement to avoid it.
A big right from Hassan misses.
Hassan throws a hook but Finch blocks it.
Finch avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Finch moves out of range as Hassan throws a body kick.
Finch throws an overhand right that lands on Hassan's shoulder, as Hassan tries to avoid the shot.
Finch misses with a wild body shot.
Hassan moves out of range of the strikes.
Hassan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hassan throws a body shot but no joy.
Finch is looking to counter punch.
Hassan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Finch looks to land a right hand but Hassan moved out of range.
Hassan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hassan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Finch was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Abduwali Hassan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hassan throws an off balance right hand
and Finch makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hassan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Finch is out of range.
The fighters circling - Finch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hassan looks to land a right hand but Finch moved out of range.
Hassan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hassan slips a jab from Finch.
Hassan swings for the body but Finch moves out of range.
Finch looks to throw the jab but Hassan is out of range.
Finch fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hassan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Finch at a distance.
Finch missing with a left hand there. Hassan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finch misses with a looping right.
Finch slips a jab from Hassan.
Hassan defending well as Finch loads up on a big left hand.
Finch misses the jab.
Hassan throws a leg kick
and Hassan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hassan clobbers Finch with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A big left from Hassan misses.
Hassan avoids the body shot from Finch.
Abduwali Hassan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Finch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hassan.
Abduwali Hassan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hassan.
Finch scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hassan in his tracks.
Hassan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Some bone on bone action there as Finch checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hassan throws a big shot that misses.
Finch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hassan manages to avoid it.
Hassan throws a leg kick but Finch sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hassan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Finch was well out of range. Poor timing from Hassan.
Finch uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hassan.
Finch is looking to counter with head kicks.
Finch takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finch misses with a hook. Hassan ducked under it nicely.
Finch looks to land a left hand but Hassan moved out of range nicely.
Finch defending well as Hassan loads up on a big left hand.
Hassan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hassan moves out of range of the strikes.
Hassan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Finch.
Finch connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hassan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A lazy body kick from Finch
enabling Hassan to counter with a crisp jab.
Hassan connects with a right hand. Finch shakes it off.
Finch walks into a left hand.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Finch might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
A slow jab from Finch misses its intended target.
Finch swings widly with a right hand
and Hassan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Finch looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hassan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hassan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Finch moves forwards but Hassan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finch misses with an uppercut.
Hassan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hassan throws an overhand right that lands on Finch's shoulder, as Finch tries to avoid the shot.
Finch ducks under a wild hook from Hassan.
Hassan throws a lazy body kick
and Finch counters with a nice leg kick.
Hassan throws a shot from downtown. Finch moves away and avoids it.
Finch chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hassan can pounce on him.
Finch thuds his right hand into Hassan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Finch avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hassan tries to score with a low kick but Finch moves his leg out of the way.
Hassan blocks a jab.
Finch lands a nice hook to Hassan's body. Hassan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Finch moves out of range of the strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Finch misses the target.
Finch gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hassan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hassan misses with an uppercut. Finch saw that one coming.
Finch steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hassan.
Hassan defending well as Finch loads up on a big left hand.
Hassan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finch steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hassan.
Finch swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hassan throws a poor cross that misses
and Finch counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Hassan.
Hassan misses with a looping right.
Hassan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Finch.
Hassan throws a lazy head kick
and Finch counters with a left and a right... And another left! Hassan is down! He's done! The ref dives in to save him and that's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Atticus Finch!
A relieved looking Atticus Finch thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Abduwali Hassan was interviewed post fight and said 'Back to the gym...'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Koichi Kamei (ranked 374 p4p, 452 weight class) and Olyn Seran (ranked 58 p4p, 70 weight class). Seran is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Sound of Silence - Disturbed. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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 34 - 22 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Koichi Kamei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 17 - 1, fighting out of New York, Olyn Seran!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seran uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kamei.
Seran scores with a jab to the head.
Kamei throws a lazy right hand but Seran sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kamei waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Seran.
Kamei swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kamei lands a body shot.
Kamei throws a body shot but no joy.
Kamei swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Seran looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kamei keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Seran.
Koichi Kamei seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Kamei misses.
Seran scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kamei scores with a decent looking hook.
A nice inside leg kick there by Seran. That's going to slow Kamei down.
Seran feints and then cracks Kamei's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kamei down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kamei throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kamei looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kamei misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seran scores with a body shot.
Seran swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Seran keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kamei waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Seran.
Seran steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kamei.
Seran tries to land a front kick but Kamei steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kamei tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Seran was well out of range. Poor timing from Kamei.
Kamei throws a lazy uppercut
and Seran counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Seran goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kamei prevents it.
Seran goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kamei misses with a punch on the inside.
Seran lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kamei leaning against his opponent.
Seran gets through Kamei's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Seran swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Seran lands with a light punch inside.
Kamei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seran scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Seran lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kamei content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Seran working aggressively here.
Kamei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Seran throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Seran drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Seran misses with some punches.
Seran pushes Kamei back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kamei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Seran working aggressively here.
Seran lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kamei backwards.
Seran has picked Kamei up - he's going for a ride! Seran dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Kamei is trying to get back to full guard.
Seran working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Kamei's thigh. Kamei counters though and makes it back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seran is pushing down on Kamei's leg trying to pass to half guard. Kamei is fighting to maintain full guard but Seran has managed to sneak the leg through.
Seran is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Seran wants to free his trapped foot but Kamei is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Seran is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Kamei defends it well.
Kamei desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Seran is pressing down on Kamei's thigh, looking to free his foot. Kamei is holding on for now.
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.
Seran is still trying to improve position.
Kamei trying to control from the bottom.
Seran wants to pass the guard but Kamei is defending well.
Kamei gets full guard.
Kamei trying to keep a closed guard but Seran is proving a slippery customer.
Seran wants to pass the guard but Kamei is keeping the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Olyn Seran dominated that round.
That's time! Kamei's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Seran shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kamei looks to score with a jab to the body but Seran is just out of range.
Kamei throws a body punch but Seran moves out of range.
Seran lands a jab to the nose.
Kamei misses with an uppercut. Seran saw that one coming.
Seran lands with a right hand.
Seran closes the distance and clinches.
Kamei has a couple of punches blocked by Seran.
Kamei misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Kamei scores with a nice short uppercut.
Seran doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Seran has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kamei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kamei misses with the head strike.
Seran swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Seran has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kamei seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Seran can turn it around.
Seran working aggressively here.
Kamei misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Seran.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Kamei scores with a nice short uppercut.
Seran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Seran.
Seran lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kamei lands a right hand.
Still in the clinch, Seran scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Seran creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Seran can't find room to land a body shot as Kamei controls the action.
Kamei tries a body shot but Seran blocks it.
Kamei lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short uppercut from Kamei.
Seran swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Seran prevents a body shot from Kamei.
Seran working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kamei misses with a punch on the inside.
Kamei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kamei struggles to land a body shot inside as Seran controls his hands.
Seran lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kamei backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seran prevents a body shot from Kamei.
Kamei stalls.
Seran misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Seran.
Kamei slows down the pace here.
Seran misses with the head strike.
Kamei's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Seran tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kamei goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kamei is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Seran is keeping busy.
Kamei misses with some punches.
Seran tries a body shot but Kamei blocks it.
Seran prevents a body shot from Kamei.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Seran.
Kamei misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kamei blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kamei misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kamei can't find room to land a body shot as Seran controls the action.
Kamei goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Seran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kamei lands a right hand that snaps the head of Seran backwards.
Olyn Seran seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kamei misses with a body punch.
Kamei misses with a hook to the ribs.
Seran tries to work over Kamei's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Seran lands with a left to the head.
Seran is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Kamei digs a right hand underneath Seran's ribcage. Seran let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kamei struggles to land a body shot inside as Seran controls his hands.
Kamei blocks a body shot from Seran.
Seran gets through Kamei's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kamei stalling.
A short left from Kamei.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seran lands a left hand.
Seran tries to work over Kamei's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Seran softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Come on Kamei - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Seran creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kamei slowing the pace effectively.
Kamei scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kamei lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kamei gets through Seran's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Seran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Seran lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kamei scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kamei misses with a hook to the ribs.
Seran lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kamei lands a shoulder strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Olyn Seran will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Seran digs a good hook to Kamei's body.
Seran throws out a loose jab but Kamei uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kamei throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Seran is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kamei.
Seran swings for the body but Kamei moves out of range.
Seran bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kamei's head.
Kamei checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kamei gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kamei fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Seran manages to avoid it.
Seran rushes Kamei and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Seran misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seran wants a takedown but no success here.
Seran misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kamei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kamei stops a takedown attempt from Seran.
Kamei lands a body punch in the clinch.
Seran doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seran swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Seran lands a shoulder strike.
Seran blocks an uppercut.
Kamei pushes Seran back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Seran tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Koichi Kamei has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Olyn Seran.
Kamei misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kamei struggles to land a body shot inside as Seran controls his hands.
Kamei throws a head punch that misses.
Kamei looking to stall.
Seran lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kamei backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kamei.
Kamei lands a nice shot to the body.
Kamei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kamei stalling the fight.
Kamei lands a left hand that snaps the head of Seran backwards.
Kamei pressing his opponent against the cage.
Koichi Kamei has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Olyn Seran 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.
Seran tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kamei's elbow.
Kamei tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Seran's elbow.
Kamei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kamei misses with some punches.
Kamei working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kamei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kamei misses with a body punch.
Kamei misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kamei is looking to control Seran's arms but Seran gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kamei has his back to the cage.
Kamei misses with some punches.
Seran blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Kamei fails to land.
Kamei tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Seran's elbow.
Kamei is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kamei.
Kamei misses with a punch on the inside.
Seran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Seran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kamei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kamei throws a head punch that misses.
Kamei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kamei struggles to land a body shot inside as Seran controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kamei tries a body shot but Seran blocks it.
Kamei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kamei tries to work over Seran's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kamei working aggressively here.
Kamei pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kamei misses with a short punch on the inside.
Seran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Seran blocks a body shot from Kamei.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kamei misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kamei misses with a punch to the body.
Kamei blocks a body shot from Seran.
And that's the end of the fight!
Koichi Kamei showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Seran 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Olyn Seran!
A relieved looking Olyn Seran 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Evan Duvernay (ranked 181 p4p, 292 weight class) and Darren Dixon (ranked 15 p4p, 29 weight class). Duvernay's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Le Vent Nous Portera. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Evan Duvernay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Darren Dixon!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Ren Mimura and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duvernay throws an off balance right hand
and Dixon counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Dixon.
Dixon wants to control from the top but Duvernay keeps moving.
Dixon won't allow Duvernay to get back to his feet.
Duvernay looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dixon is one step ahead there.
Dixon trying to control the position from guard on top but Duvernay is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dixon prevents Duvernay from getting back to his feet.
Dixon is fighting to break Duvernay's control of his arms but Duvernay is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Duvernay swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Duvernay looks to land a right hand but Dixon moved out of range.
Duvernay misses with a leg kick
and Dixon counters with a shoot takedown. Duvernay fights it but they end up in guard.
Duvernay is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Duvernay is pressed up against the cage. Dixon has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Duvernay down to the mat. Duvernay avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Evan Duvernay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duvernay ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Duvernay throws a jab but it's blocked by Dixon.
A slow jab from Duvernay misses its intended target.
Duvernay scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duvernay throws an off balance right hand
and Dixon counters with a shoot takedown. Duvernay fights it but they end up in guard.
Dixon tries to free his leg and advance position but Duvernay is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dixon trying to control the position from guard on top but Duvernay is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Duvernay can't keep his opponent in guard - Dixon advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Duvernay manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Duvernay throws a nice looking combination but Dixon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dixon with the counter takedown but Duvernay avoids it easily.
Duvernay throws a big shot that misses.
Duvernay misses with a hook. Dixon ducked under it nicely.
Dixon checks a leg kick nicely.
Dixon shoots in looking for a takedown. Duvernay tries to sprawl out of it but Dixon keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Duvernay manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duvernay is looking to slow Dixon down with leg kicks.
Duvernay misses with a hook.
Dixon is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Good leg kick by Duvernay.
Dixon cracks Duvernay with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Duvernay throws an off balance right hand
and Dixon decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Duvernay's guard.
Dixon looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dixon is looking to advance position but Duvernay has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duvernay stands up from mount. Strange move.
Dixon takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
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!
Dixon takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Evan Duvernay is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Duvernay lands a jab to Dixon's midsection.
Duvernay slips a jab from Dixon.
Duvernay looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Duvernay tries to work over Dixon's front leg with a kick but Dixon checks it.
Dixon is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Donk. Duvernay catches Dixon right on the button with a cross.
Dixon takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Duvernay misses with an uppercut. Dixon saw that one coming.
Duvernay looks to score with a jab to the body but Dixon is just out of range.
Duvernay throws an overhand right that lands on Dixon's shoulder, as Dixon tries to avoid the shot.
Dixon shoots in for a double leg but Duvernay sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Duvernay is looking to counter punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Evan Duvernay dominated that round.
That's time! Duvernay's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Dixon shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dixon shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Duvernay throwing a counter right hand but Dixon manages to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by Duvernay there.
Duvernay lands a nice shot that snaps Dixon's head back.
Evan Duvernay is winning the standup battle so far.
A big left from Duvernay misses.
Dixon with the counter takedown but Duvernay avoids it easily.
Duvernay with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Duvernay looks to score with a jab to the body but Dixon is just out of range.
Duvernay throws a body punch but Dixon moves out of range.
Dixon drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Duvernay defends it well.
Duvernay throws a jab but it's blocked by Dixon.
And Dixon tries to counter it with a takedown but Duvernay pushes his down on his head and steps out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duvernay connects with a jab.
Duvernay takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Duvernay scores with a jab to the body.
Duvernay is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dixon can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duvernay looks to score with a jab to the body but Dixon is just out of range.
Dixon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dixon tries to score a power double leg takedown but Duvernay sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Dixon somewhat.
Evan Duvernay has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darren Dixon.
Duvernay lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Duvernay looks to score with a jab to the body but Dixon is just out of range.
Dixon tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Dixon ducks under a wild hook from Duvernay.
Dixon tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
The fighters circling - Duvernay throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Duvernay with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dixon checks a low kick from Duvernay.
Dixon shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Duvernay misses with a straight left.
Dixon shoots in for a takedown but Duvernay shows good takedown defense.
Duvernay punishes Dixon's body with a nice straight punch.
Duvernay throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And Dixon tries to counter it with a takedown but Duvernay pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Dixon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Duvernay missing with a left hand there. Dixon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dixon fails with a takedown attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duvernay. Dixon does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dixon doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Duvernay counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Duvernay cracks Dixon with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A big right from Duvernay misses.
Duvernay throws a lazy right hand but Dixon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dixon keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Duvernay misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dixon is defended easily by Duvernay.
Dixon dives in and grabs Duvernay's left leg, looking for a takedown. Duvernay pushes down on Dixon's head and hops out.
Duvernay is looking to counter punch.
Nice defenses there by Dixon.
Dixon drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Duvernay defends it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duvernay throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duvernay throws a hook but Dixon avoids it easily.
Dixon drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Duvernay defends it well.
Duvernay with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Duvernay cracks a nice hook into Dixon's ribs.
Dixon dives in and grabs Duvernay's left leg, looking for a takedown. Duvernay pushes down on Dixon's head and hops out.
Duvernay throwing a counter right hand but Dixon manages to avoid it.
Dixon fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Duvernay looks to land a right hand but Dixon moved out of range.
Duvernay lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Duvernay wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duvernay ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dixon moves away.
Dixon changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A jab from Duvernay misses.
Dixon drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Duvernay defends it well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Evan Duvernay dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Dixon avoids the body shot from Duvernay.
Duvernay takes a swing at Dixon's ribcage but misses.
Dixon changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Dixon doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Duvernay counters with a left to the body.
Duvernay loads up on a big right hand but Dixon slips the punch.
Duvernay scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Duvernay jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jab, jab by Dixon - just one landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duvernay scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Duvernay looks to throw the jab but Dixon is out of range.
Dixon changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
The crowd cheers as Duvernay lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dixon doesn't seem phased though.
Duvernay lands a nice hook to Dixon's body. Dixon takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duvernay uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dixon.
Dixon staying out of range there.
Dixon misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Duvernay with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Duvernay throws a body punch but Dixon moves out of range.
Dixon goes for a double leg but Duvernay avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Duvernay continues to drive forward.
Evan Duvernay has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darren Dixon.
Duvernay misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dixon.
Dixon blocks a jab.
Duvernay connects with a body shot.
Dixon takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duvernay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dixon was well out of range. Poor timing from Duvernay.
Duvernay waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dixon.
Dixon feints the counter takedown.
Dixon ducks under a wild hook from Duvernay.
Dixon feints the counter takedown.
Duvernay connects with a right hand. Dixon shakes it off.
Dixon changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Duvernay tries to avoid it but Dixon manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Duvernay to the ground. Duvernay escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Duvernay ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dixon moves away.
Dixon drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Duvernay defends it well.
Duvernay swings for the body but Dixon moves out of range.
Dixon avoids the body shot from Duvernay.
Dixon with the counter takedown but Duvernay avoids it easily.
Dixon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duvernay waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dixon.
Dixon drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Duvernay defends it well.
Dixon shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Duvernay pushes Dixon off and gets back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dixon walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dixon shoots for a double leg takedown but Duvernay sprawls well. He's pushed Dixon's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Duvernay misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dixon.
Dixon avoids the body shot from Duvernay.
A good leg kick by Duvernay.
Duvernay scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Duvernay throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dixon counters with a single leg into guard. Duvernay didn't expect that.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Duvernay manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dixon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dixon scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dixon tries to throw a body punch but Duvernay avoids it by throwing Dixon back against the cage.
Duvernay stops a takedown attempt from Dixon.
Duvernay tries to break free but Dixon pushes him back against the cage.
Duvernay scores with a shoulder strike.
Duvernay throws an elbow that misses.
Duvernay makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dixon misses with the head strike.
Dixon takes an elbow to the temple.
Duvernay breaks from the clinch.
Duvernay jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Duvernay throws an overhand right that lands on Dixon's shoulder, as Dixon tries to avoid the shot.
Duvernay scores with a punch to the head.
Dixon fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A jab from Duvernay misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Evan Duvernay clearly takes that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Dixon fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Dixon misses with a takedown
and Duvernay counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dixon shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Dixon in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Duvernay tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Dixon!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Darren Dixon!
Darren Dixon bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adan Puno (ranked 38 p4p, 115 weight class) and Clarence Hoost (ranked 7 p4p, 22 weight class). Clarence Hoost told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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29
250
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31
279
20 - 8 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adan Puno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Clarence Hoost!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shirou Masuda and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoost lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hoost connects with a crisp jab.
It looks like Adan Puno has been cut.
Hoost misses with a body kick.
Puno misses with a kick to the body
and Hoost counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hoost scores with a leg kick.
Puno moves out of range as Hoost throws a body kick.
The fighters circling - Hoost throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looked like Puno wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hoost pushes Puno away with a front kick.
A jab from Hoost misses.
Puno throws a combination that misses
and Hoost cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoost misses with a series of wild punches.
Puno slips a straight right by Hoost.
Puno seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Hoost shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Puno is backing up but Hoost catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Puno covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Hoost Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clarence Hoost!
A very excited looking Clarence Hoost made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Riley Hatfield (ranked 44 p4p, 127 weight class) and Darsin Bleak (ranked 10 p4p, 21 weight class). Hatfield comes to the cage accompanied by Cruel World- Willie Nelson. Bleak has chosen Enter Sandman as his entrance music. Riley Hatfield has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Riley Hatfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darsin Bleak!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hatfield throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bleak sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bleak feints the counter takedown.
Bleak gets the takedown into side control.
Hatfield explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Hatfield 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.
Bleak shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hatfield pinned against the cage. Hatfield gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hatfield lands a nice shot that snaps Bleak's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hatfield throws a hook but Bleak avoids it easily.
Bleak dives in for a single leg takedown but Hatfield sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Bleak listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatfield is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bleak.
Bleak rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hatfield counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bleak swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hatfield looks to score with a jab to the body but Bleak is just out of range.
Hatfield uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bleak.
Hatfield thuds a left hand into Bleak's body.
Hatfield has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Bleak shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hatfield but Hatfield pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hatfield jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Riley Hatfield has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darsin Bleak.
Hatfield lands a big head kick that sends Bleak tumbling to the mat! Hatfield takes a step backwards and waves Bleak back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Bleak is rocked!
It looks like Darsin Bleak has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hatfield leaves Bleak with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bleak fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hatfield is looking to counter punch.
Bleak scores with a jab.
Bleak fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hatfield manages to avoid it.
It looked like Hatfield wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bleak ducks under a wild hook from Hatfield.
Hatfield takes one to the chin there.
Hatfield throws a leg kick that misses.
Bleak dives in for a single leg takedown but Hatfield sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Bleak darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hatfield throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bleak sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hatfield misses with an uppercut. Bleak saw that one coming.
Bleak avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bleak just misses with a punch to the body.
Bleak scores with a sloppy right hand. Hatfield should have avoided that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield throws a looping overhand right but Bleak ducks down to avoid it.
Hatfield connects with a single shot there.
Bleak is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hatfield.
Hatfield leaves Bleak with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Darsin Bleak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hatfield bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bleak gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hatfield with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hatfield goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bleak lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hatfield just leaning against Bleak, taking a breather.
Bleak gets through Hatfield's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bleak lands a right hand.
Hatfield softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hatfield with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield lands with a short shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hatfield tries to land a knee to the head but Bleak blocks with his arms.
Bleak struggles to land a body shot inside as Hatfield controls his hands.
Hatfield tries to throw a body punch but Bleak avoids it by throwing Hatfield back against the cage.
Hatfield blocks a body shot from Bleak.
Hatfield is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bleak ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Bleak no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Hatfield gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Bleak throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hatfield swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Riley Hatfield is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hatfield tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bleak lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hatfield steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bleak.
Hatfield throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bleak throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Hatfield was covering up waiting for the punch and Bleak finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hatfield working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bleak.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Riley Hatfield dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darsin Bleak's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Bleak takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hatfield rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bleak counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hatfield is refusing to be controlled, as Bleak sits in half guard.
Bleak lands with a punch from half guard.
Bleak lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bleak lands strikes from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hatfield is trying to stand back up but Bleak is controlling him
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bleak looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bleak is looking to take a break and control but Hatfield is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bleak looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hatfield with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bleak has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bleak prevents Hatfield from standing back up.
Hatfield tries to kick Bleak off in order to stand up. Bleak Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Hatfield is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Hatfield takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Hatfield is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Hatfield is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Bleak throws a strike aimed at the side of Hatfield's head but Hatfield avoids it well.
Bleak is looking to take a break and control but Hatfield is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bleak controls the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bleak lands a few punches from side control.
Check out the look on Bleak's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Bleak wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hatfield keeps working.
Bleak scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Hatfield to see if he's OK.
Bleak is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Hatfield will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Bleak wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hatfield keeps working.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Bleak working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Hatfield is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Bleak has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Hatfield takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Hatfield is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Bleak asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Bleak working the ground and pound from side control.
Bleak in side control lands a decent elbow.
Bleak scores with a couple of short elbows.
Bleak working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Bleak is putting a hurting on Hatfield here, landing some big shots from side control.
Hatfield taking punishment in the form of punches.
Bleak throws a strike aimed at the side of Hatfield's head but Hatfield avoids it well.
Bleak cracks Hatfield with a big elbow.
Hatfield is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Bleak's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Bleak working the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bleak working the head with strikes.
Hatfield is trying to buck Bleak off.
Hatfield defending against the ground and pound.
Bleak working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Hatfield is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bleak in side control lands a decent elbow.
Bleak lands an elbow.
Bleak scores with a couple of short elbows.
Darsin Bleak has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hatfield wants to get back to his feet but Bleak drags him back down.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Darsin Bleak showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Darsin Bleak's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Bleak bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Hatfield! He dives into his guard looking to finish!
 Hatfield is rocked!
Hatfield is looking to stand up but Bleak isn't so interested in that idea.
Oh Hatfield is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bleak wants to control from the top but Hatfield keeps moving.
Hatfield seems to have got his legs back now.
Bleak trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bleak keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hatfield's head.
Hatfield keeping full guard, as Bleak tries to pass.
Hatfield has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Bleak off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hatfield gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bleak.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatfield misses with an uppercut.
Hatfield is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bleak lands with a shot to the body.
Hatfield throws a sloppy head kick and Bleak moves out of range easily.
Bleak with the counter takedown but Hatfield avoids it easily.
Hatfield ducks right into an uppercut from Bleak.
Bleak closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hatfield did well to prevent Bleak getting side control.
Bleak has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hatfield is looking to escape.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bleak controlling the action here.
Bleak tries to pass to full mount but Hatfield defends it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield looks like he's trying to stand up.
Bleak drops an elbow to the side of Hatfield's head.
Hatfield pushes Bleak off looking to stand but Bleak dives back in and keeps control.
Bleak winds up and cracks Hatfield with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bleak trying to pass the guard but Hatfield defending well.
Hatfield wants to get back to his feet.
Bleak trying to control the action but Hatfield is working from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Bleak there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bleak scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hatfield wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bleak prevents Hatfield from standing back up.
Bleak lands strikes from half guard.
Bleak drops an elbow to the side of Hatfield's head.
Nice strikes from Bleak there.
Bleak wants to pass the guard but Hatfield is defending well.
Bleak landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bleak lands with a punch from half guard.
Bleak prevents Hatfield from standing back up.
Hatfield is defending against the submission attempts here by Bleak.
Hatfield pushes Bleak off looking to stand but Bleak dives back in and keeps control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bleak takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hatfield is looking to get back to is feet but Bleak passes into side control.
Bleak lands a few punches from side control.
Bleak lands a few punches from side control.
Hatfield on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bleak is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hatfield knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Hatfield tries to escape but Bleak is in control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Darsin Bleak really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darsin Bleak's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bleak shoots in and bounces Hatfield off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Hatfield is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Bleak scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hatfield wants to stand but Bleak is controlling the position.
Bleak postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bleak scoring with some ground and pound.
Bleak throwing strikes from guard but Hatfield blocks nicely.
Bleak won't allow Hatfield to get back to his feet.
Bleak forces his way into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatfield pushes Bleak off looking to stand but Bleak dives back in and keeps control.
Bleak slips a nice elbow through Hatfield's hands, connecting with Hatfield's forehead.
Bleak seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hatfield is staying active underneath Bleak, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hatfield makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Bleak fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hatfield manages to avoid it.
Hatfield thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bleak with a poor takedown
enabling Hatfield to counter with a crisp jab.
Hatfield ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bleak moves away.
Bleak throws a shot to the body.
A jab from Hatfield misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bleak fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
A jab from Bleak does it's job there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hatfield throws a jab when Bleak was well out of range.
Bleak connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hatfield momentarily.
Bleak lands a slapping body shot.
Hatfield throws out a powerful jab.
Hatfield swings for the body but Bleak moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Hatfield as Bleak shoots in.
A punch lands to the side of Hatfield 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bleak drops Hatfield with a big left hand and mounts him. Hatfield is in big trouble!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bleak connects with a bit shot that sees Hatfield covering up! More strikes from Bleak and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Bleak is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darsin Bleak!
A victorious Darsin Bleak thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kjetil Olsen (ranked 1 p4p, 3 weight class) and Kilo Maluga (ranked 1 p4p, 2 weight class). Olsen comes to the cage accompanied by Tubthumping by Chumbawamba. Maluga has chosen JUNGLE as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kjetil Olsen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 57 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kilo Maluga!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
A punch combination from Olsen misses.
Olsen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And Maluga responds with a good body kick, but Olsen manages to step out the way in time.
Maluga jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Olsen throws a lazy right hand but Maluga sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A little jabbing left from Maluga on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Olsen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Maluga counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Kjetil Olsen has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olsen misses the jab.
A little jabbing left from Maluga on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Olsen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Maluga stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Olsen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Maluga is looking for the big counter here.
Maluga has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Olsen throws a jab but it's blocked by Maluga.
And Maluga responds with a good body kick, but Olsen manages to step out the way in time.
Olsen throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olsen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Maluga sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Olsen throws a sloppy head kick and Maluga moves out of range easily.
Olsen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Maluga fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Olsen misses the shot to the body.
Maluga uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Olsen.
Maluga steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maluga cracks Olsen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Maluga tries a low kick but Olsen avoids it.
It looked like Olsen was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Maluga.
Olsen cracks a nice hook into Maluga's ribs.
Maluga avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olsen misses with a low kick.
Olsen cracks a nice hook into Maluga's ribs.
Maluga moves out of range as Olsen throws a body kick.
Olsen throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Maluga counters with an inside leg kick.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Maluga keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maluga thinks about the counter body kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kjetil Olsen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kjetil Olsen's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Olsen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Maluga moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A nice side step and Maluga releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Maluga tries to land a front kick but Olsen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Olsen went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Maluga throws an off balance right hand
and Olsen counters with a left to the body.
Olsen scores with a jab to the jaw.
It looks like Kilo Maluga has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maluga throws a leg kick
and Olsen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Olsen misses.
Olsen cracks Maluga with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Olsen lands a nice looking body kick.
Nice defenses there by Maluga.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olsen throws a right hand that misses
letting Maluga counter with a right hand.
Olsen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Maluga steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Olsen. That one must have hurt.
Maluga misses with an uppercut
and Olsen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Olsen throws a body shot but no joy.
Maluga takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Maluga is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olsen catches Maluga with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That has opened up Kilo Maluga's cut even more.
Olsen closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Maluga! Olsen dives in looking to finish! Maluga is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kjetil Olsen!
Kjetil Olsen retains his heavyweight title!
Kjetil Olsen decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
In defeat, Kilo Maluga stepped up to the mic, saying 'My name is Kilo. Born to bleed.'.
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