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CFL - 2 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Van Franklin (ranked 4174 p4p, 24989 weight class) and Steve Ryker (ranked 481 p4p, 588 weight class). Ryker has chosen Killing in the Name of- Rage Against The Machine as his entrance music. Steve Ryker has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Van Franklin's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Van Franklin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Ryker!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Franklin.
Franklin closes the distance and clinches.
Franklin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ryker gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Franklin has Ryker pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ryker manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Van Franklin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Franklin tries to land a knee to the head but Ryker blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Franklin tries to pull guard but Ryker forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Franklin managing to block the knees to the body from Ryker.
Franklin stalling.
Franklin is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Ryker to keep the fight standing.
Franklin prevents Ryker from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for Franklin to work.
Ryker stops a takedown attempt from Franklin.
Ryker is trying to push Franklin away but Franklin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Franklin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Franklin shoots for a double leg takedown but Ryker sprawls well. He's pushed Franklin's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
As Franklin backs off Ryker throws a huge counter combo but Franklin manages to avoid it all.
Ryker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Franklin.
Ryker throws a counter combo.
Franklin shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ryker defends it nicely.
Ryker wants to clinch up but Franklin keeps it at a distance.
Franklin misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Franklin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Franklin clinches up against the cage.
Franklin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Franklin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ryker gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Franklin looking for a takedown.
Franklin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ryker walks away with a smile on his face. Franklin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Franklin keeps the fight on the outside.
Franklin looks for a takedown but Ryker sprawls well.
Ryker is looking to clinch.
Van Franklin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Franklin is defended easily by Ryker.
Steve Ryker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ryker tries to clinch up but Franklin circles away and keeps his distance.
Franklin appears to be looking for a big counter.
Franklin is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ryker sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Franklin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ryker pinned against the cage. Ryker gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ryker.
Franklin takes the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franklin manages to pull guard.
Ryker wants to control from the top but Franklin keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Franklin is trying to keep Ryker in close.
Franklin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Franklin is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ryker is aware though and is defending well.
Franklin looking for a guillotine here but Ryker defends easily.
Ryker trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ryker trying to control but Franklin is working from the bottom.
Franklin had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ryker defends it easily.
We've been informed that Ryker has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Franklin is trying to control the position but Ryker postures up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Franklin fails with a takedown attempt.
As Franklin backs off Ryker throws a huge counter combo but Franklin manages to avoid it all.
Ryker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ryker misses with a head kick.
Ryker avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Franklin is looking to clinch.
Ryker checks the leg kick nicely there.
Franklin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Franklin closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ryker circles away.
Ryker feints the counter takedown.
Franklin misses with a head kick.
Ryker misses with a few strikes there.
Ryker clinches with his opponent.
Franklin tries to land knees in the clinch but Ryker avoids the damage to the body.
Ryker wants to break the clinch but can't.
Franklin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ryker gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Franklin's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Franklin lands a right hand.
Ryker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ryker wants to break free but Franklin has control.
Franklin jumps guard but Ryker turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Ryker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Franklin tries to pull guard but Ryker won't allow it.
Franklin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Franklin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Franklin will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Ryker up against the cage.
Ryker dodges an elbow strike from Franklin.
Ryker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Franklin has Ryker pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ryker manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Franklin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Franklin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Ryker. No joy for Franklin on that attempt.
Franklin gets a clinch.
Franklin is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ryker is trying to break the clinch but Franklin has him pressed against the cage.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Franklin will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Ryker up against the cage.
Franklin is trying to drag Ryker to the mat but Ryker just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Franklin manages to break the clinch.
Franklin shoots for a double leg takedown but Ryker sprawls well. He's pushed Franklin's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Franklin shoots in and drives through. Ryker sprawls well.
Franklin is breathing heavily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ryker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Franklin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ryker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
As Franklin backs off Ryker throws a huge counter combo but Franklin manages to avoid it all.
Ryker wants to clinch up but Franklin keeps it at a distance.
Franklin is looking to counter the offense by Ryker and move into the clinch.
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 Van Franklin will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Franklin tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Ryker defends well and Franklin ends up having to push Ryker into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Franklin changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ryker fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ryker leaves Franklin with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Van Franklin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ryker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Franklin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Franklin doesn't manage to clinch there - Ryker circles away.
Franklin gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Ryker counters with a straight right hand.
Franklin darts in looking for a takedown but Ryker gets double underhooks and turns Franklin into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Franklin is looking for a takedown.
Franklin goes for a takedown attempt but Ryker pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ryker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryker listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Franklin shoots for a takedown but Ryker saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ryker throws a head kick but Franklin moves out of range.
Franklin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ryker connects with a right that clearly hurt Franklin. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Ryker proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Franklin collapses and taps out under the pressure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steve Ryker!
After the fight, Steve Ryker was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Ferreira (ranked 24261 p4p, 4446 weight class) and Phil Qwerty (ranked 570 p4p, 478 weight class). Johnny Ferreira has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johnny Ferreira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phil Qwerty!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Qwerty listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ferreira throws a body punch but Qwerty moves out of range.
Qwerty rushes Ferreira and presses him up against the cage.
Qwerty digs a right hand underneath Ferreira's ribcage. Ferreira let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice right hand lands inside from Qwerty.
A short body shot lands from Qwerty as the two fighters clinch.
Ferreira wants to break free but Qwerty has control.
Qwerty lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ferreira backwards.
Qwerty working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ferreira is trying to push Qwerty away but Qwerty has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A right hook to the body lands for Qwerty.
Qwerty scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Qwerty creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Qwerty lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ferreira backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Qwerty lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ferreira backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Qwerty.
A short left from Qwerty.
Qwerty lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ferreira backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Qwerty lands a shoulder strike.
Ferreira tries to circle away but Qwerty has him pinned against the cage.
Qwerty lands with a light punch inside.
Ferreira has had enough of the clinch but Qwerty keeps him there for the moment.
Qwerty lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Qwerty lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Qwerty lands a nice shot to the body.
Qwerty presses Ferreira against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ferreira wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Qwerty presses Ferreira against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Qwerty lands a body shot.
A short right from Qwerty.
Qwerty lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Qwerty lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ferreira backwards.
Qwerty pushes Ferreira back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Qwerty keeps control of Ferreira as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Qwerty has Ferreira pressed against the cage, preventing Ferreira from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Qwerty works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Qwerty lands with a light punch inside.
Qwerty pushes Ferreira back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Qwerty lands a nice shot to the body.
Qwerty lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Qwerty lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ferreira is looking to break free of the clinch but Qwerty has double underhooks.
Qwerty lands a left hand.
Qwerty stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Qwerty lands with a light punch inside.
A short uppercut from Qwerty.
Qwerty lands with a right to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Qwerty.
Qwerty scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Qwerty.
Ferreira is trying to break free.
Qwerty pushes Ferreira back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Qwerty throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Qwerty throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Qwerty throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Qwerty scores with a hook to the body.
Qwerty working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Qwerty lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ferreira or not.
Qwerty lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Qwerty scores with a hook to the body.
Qwerty makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Qwerty scores with a shot to the side of Ferreira's head.
Qwerty softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Qwerty lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Qwerty cracks Ferreira with a nice body shot.
Qwerty lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Qwerty.
Qwerty lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Qwerty lands with a right to the head.
Qwerty lands with a short shot to the head.
Qwerty lands an uppercut.
Qwerty digs a right hand into Ferreira's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ferreira's gas tank.
Qwerty lands a left hand.
Ferreira tries to break free but Qwerty pushes him back against the cage.
Qwerty lands an uppercut.
Ferreira takes a shot to the head.
Ferreira working hard to break the clinch.
Qwerty cracks Ferreira with a nice body shot.
Ferreira tries to circle away but Qwerty has him pinned against the cage.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Qwerty.
A short left from Qwerty.
Ferreira's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nice body punch from Qwerty.
Qwerty lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Qwerty lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Qwerty on the inside.
Qwerty scores with a nice hook to the head.
Qwerty lands a hook that snaps the head of Ferreira backwards.
A short left from Qwerty.
Qwerty lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short right from Qwerty.
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!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ferreira is trying to break the clinch but Qwerty has him pressed against the cage.
Qwerty lands a right hand.
Qwerty lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Qwerty lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Qwerty.
Qwerty throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ferreiras head.
Qwerty lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Qwerty works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Qwerty throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ferreiras head.
Qwerty gets through Ferreira's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Qwerty lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ferreira tries to circle away but Qwerty has him pinned against the cage.
Qwerty working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Qwerty lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Qwerty lands a shot to the body.
Qwerty lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ferreira or not.
Ferreira has had enough of the clinch but Qwerty keeps him there for the moment.
Qwerty digs a right hand into Ferreira's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ferreira's gas tank.
Ferreira tries to break the clinch but Qwerty is controlling the position.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Qwerty.
Qwerty lands a shoulder strike.
Qwerty prevents Ferreira from breaking the clinch.
Qwerty scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Qwerty lands a body shot.
A shot in the inside from Qwerty.
Qwerty lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
 Ferreira is rocked!
A shot in the inside from Qwerty.
Oh Ferreira is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Qwerty lands a body shot in the clinch.
Qwerty lands a shoulder strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Qwerty.
A short body shot lands from Qwerty as the two fighters clinch.
Qwerty lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Qwerty lands a right hand.
Qwerty lands a shoulder strike.
Ferreira wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Qwerty has him pressed against the cage.
A short uppercut from Qwerty.
Qwerty scores with a shot to the side of Ferreira's head.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Qwerty scores with a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Qwerty scores with a nice short uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Qwerty.
Qwerty lands a body punch.
Qwerty scores with a nice hook to the head.
Qwerty lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Qwerty.
Qwerty has Ferreira pressed against the cage.
Ferreira wants to get back to striking at distance but Qwerty won't allow it.
A short right from Qwerty.
Ferreira is trying to push Qwerty away but Qwerty has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Qwerty lands with a light punch inside.
Ferreira wants to break the clinch but can't.
Qwerty lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ferreira or not.
Qwerty lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Qwerty's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Qwerty moves into the clinch successfully.
A short right from Qwerty on the inside.
Qwerty lands with a light punch inside.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira is trying to push Qwerty away but Qwerty has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Qwerty lands with a light punch inside.
Qwerty works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Qwerty lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ferreira or not.
Qwerty working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short left from Qwerty.
Qwerty lands with a left to the head.
Qwerty lands a body shot.
Qwerty digs a right hand underneath Ferreira's ribcage. Ferreira let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Qwerty throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ferreiras head.
Qwerty gets through Ferreira's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Qwerty breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Qwerty closes the distance and clinches.
Qwerty lands a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Qwerty works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ferreira is trying to break the clinch but Qwerty has him pressed against the cage.
Qwerty lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Qwerty creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Qwerty scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ferreira tries to break the clinch but Qwerty is controlling the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Phil Qwerty dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Qwerty closes the distance and clinches.
Qwerty makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ferreira looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Qwerty is leaning against Ferreira and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nice body punch from Qwerty - that landed with a thud.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Qwerty.
Qwerty's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Qwerty lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Qwerty cracks Ferreira with a nice body shot.
Ferreira is looking to break free of the clinch but Qwerty has double underhooks.
Ferreira seems to have got his legs back now.
Qwerty scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Qwerty pushes Ferreira back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Qwerty scores with a nice hook to the head.
Qwerty lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ferreira.
Qwerty lands with a short shot to the head.
Qwerty unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Ferreira! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Qwerty is unloading with more strikes now! Ferreira drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Phil Qwerty!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Killian Kirbb (ranked 5318 p4p, 4596 weight class) and Raine Rockford (ranked 457 p4p, 421 weight class). Raine Rockford will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Killian Kirbb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raine Rockford!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rockford slips under a jab.
And Rockford tries to counter it with a takedown but Kirbb pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Rockford misses with a takedown attempt
and Kirbb counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Rockford shoots in looking for a takedown. Kirbb tries to sprawl out of it but Rockford keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kirbb manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kirbb fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rockford has his takedown stuffed
and Kirbb counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Killian Kirbb has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raine Rockford.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Rockford.
It looked like Kirbb was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Rockford.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kirbb scores with a punch to the head.
Rockford dives in and grabs Kirbb's left leg, looking for a takedown. Kirbb pushes down on Rockford's head and hops out.
Kirbb throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rockford sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rockford's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kirbb connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rockford scrambles back to his feet.
Kirbb slaps away a takedown attempt from Rockford, before circling back to the center of the mat.
We've been hearing reports that Kirbb has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Kirbb takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kirbb lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Rockford.
Kirbb swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kirbb throws a leg kick
and Rockford counters with a two punch combo.
Rockford thuds his right hand into Kirbb's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kirbb throws a sloppy head kick and Rockford moves out of range easily.
Rockford closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kirbb circles away.
Rockford tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kirbb swivels and escapes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirbb connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rockford's hands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kirbb just misses with a punch to the body.
Kirbb throws a body kick that misses.
Rockford shoots in looking for a takedown but Kirbb manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Rockford's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Kirbb does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Rockford slips under a jab.
Rockford drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Kirbb defends it well.
A punch combination from Rockford misses.
Killian Kirbb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kirbb swings for the body but Rockford moves out of range.
Rockford dives in for a single leg takedown but Kirbb sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Rockford wants to clinch but Kirbb slips to the side
and Kirbb counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kirbb controlling the action here.
Rockford makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Rockford.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirbb stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rockford swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kirbb sitting in guard here, content to control.
Rockford keeping full guard, as Kirbb tries to pass.
Rockford looking for a sweep. Not yet Rockford, not yet.
Kirbb is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Rockford is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Rockford has escaped and now he's on top!
Kirbb trying to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rockford stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kirbb swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rockford is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Rockford slips nicely into half guard.
Kirbb avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rockford.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Rockford missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rockford trying to control the action but Kirbb is working from the bottom.
Kirbb is looking to improve his position.
Rockford is trying to control the action in half guard but Kirbb is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Rockford has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Kirbb keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kirbb holds on, trying desperately to control.
Kirbb tries to hold on but Rockford postures up.
Poor strikes thrown by Rockford there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Rockford is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Kirbb to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Kirbb shrugs it off.
Kirbb wants to hold on but Rockford pushes him away.
Kirbb is trying to escape the mount.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Rockford trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Kirbb wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Rockford.
Kirbb wants to hold on but Rockford pushes him away.
Kirbb on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kirbb tries to get out of the position.
Rockford is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Kirbb has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Kirbb is working to get back to half guard.
Kirbb wants to hold on but Rockford pushes him away.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Rockford throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Kirbb because Rockford loaded up on that one.
Rockford avoids the attempt from Kirbb to control.
Kirbb is trying to reverse the position but instead Rockford has taken his back - oops!
Rockford has his arm under Kirbb's chin here. Game over son! Rockford squeezes tightly and Kirbb is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Raine Rockford!
A victorious Raine Rockford 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Kyrie Braxton (ranked 5009 p4p, 4585 weight class) and Grover Pittman (ranked 439 p4p, 420 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyrie Braxton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Grover Pittman!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pittman tries to clinch there but Braxton circles away.
Pittman lands with a nice body punch.
Pittman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pittman rushes Braxton and presses him up against the cage.
Pittman fails to pull guard.
Braxton stalling in the clinch but Pittman improves position.
Pittman breaks the clinch.
Pittman moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pittman breaks the clinch.
Braxton looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Braxton stuffs the takedown attempt from Pittman. Pittman gets slowly back to his feet.
Braxton takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pittman swats away the attempt to clinch by Braxton.
Pittman takes the fight into the clinch.
Pittman displaying some good clinch control by pressing Braxton up against the cage.
Pittman tries to pull guard but Braxton holds him up against the cage and eventually Pittman drops back down to his feet.
Kyrie Braxton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Grover Pittman.
Braxton working hard to break the clinch.
Pittman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Braxton misses with a lunging right hand
and Pittman counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braxton takes one to the side of the head.
Pittman moves in looking to clinch but Braxton pushes him off.
Braxton keeps the fight on the outside.
Braxton clinches up with Pittman and pushes him back against the cage.
Pittman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Braxton closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Pittman to the mat! Pittman manages to get full guard.
Pittman is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Braxton dives into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pittman is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Braxton tries to move to mount but Pittman blocks the move with his legs.
Pittman is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Braxton asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braxton has hold of Pittman's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Pittman seems comfortable defending it but Braxton has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Pittman is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Pittman is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Braxton couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kyrie Braxton!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lanzo Dirksen (ranked 4831 p4p, 4531 weight class) and Black Beast Jones (ranked 542 p4p, 515 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lanzo Dirksen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Black Beast Jones!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dirksen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jones showed some decent athleticism there.
Jones thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dirksen's head.
Dirksen on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dirksen tries to get out of the position.
Dirksen desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Dirksen is looking to control Jones's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dirksen avoid being mounted?
The fighters are battling for position here. Dirksen manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones wants to pass the guard but Dirksen is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones lands a couple of elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones prevents Dirksen from getting back to his feet.
Jones is working Dirksen over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dirksen is trying to control the position but Jones postures up.
Jones drops back looking for a leg! Dirksen is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Dirksen manages to kick Jones off! Jones jumps back into Dirksen's guard.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Dirksen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones chips away with some ground and pound.
Dirksen is looking for a triangle but Jones pushes his legs off easily.
Jones is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Jones landing with the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dirksen keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Dirksen knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jones on the ground.
Dirksen wants to improve his position but instead Jones has moved into half guard.
Jones is trying to work for a kimura but Dirksen is defending well.
Dirksen wants to improve his position but Jones is controlling well.
Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jones is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jones is nestled in close to Dirksen, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jones looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones working the head and body with strikes.
Dirksen is looking to improve his position.
Jones lands with a punch from half guard.
Jones looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Dirksen is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Jones working Dirksen over with strikes.
Jones working the head and body with strikes.
Jones looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dirksen with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Dirksen is looking to improve his position.
Dirksen is breathing heavily.
Jones drops an elbow to the side of Dirksen's head.
Jones drops an elbow to the side of Dirksen's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones moves nicely into side control.
Dirksen takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Jones scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Dirksen to see if he's OK.
Jones thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones wants to control but Dirksen is keeping him busy.
Jones scoring with punches and elbows.
Jones is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Dirksen is trying to escape and Jones transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Dirksen is forced to tap! Nice work there by Jones! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Black Beast Jones!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dimche Rajcevski (ranked 5242 p4p, 4281 weight class) and Rahjeet Kumar (ranked 560 p4p, 490 weight class). Dimche Rajcevski could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rahjeet Kumar's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dimche Rajcevski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rahjeet Kumar!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rajcevski shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kumar sprawls well. Kumar wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rajcevski gets slowly back to his feet.
Rajcevski fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Kumar sprawls well initially but Rajcevski persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Kumar is looking for a sweep. Rajcevski is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rajcevski wants to pass to mount but Kumar is defending the position.
Rajcevski trying to control from half guard but Kumar is working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rajcevski has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Rajcevski is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Kumar is surviving well by controlling Rajcevski's body position as best he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kumar is wriggling around trying to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rajcevski trying to control but Kumar is having none of it.
Rajcevski controlling from mount.
Kumar is squirming around, avoiding Rajcevski's attempts to control the action.
Rajcevski looking to secure an arm triangle but Kumar defends it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kumar is squirming around, avoiding Rajcevski's attempts to control the action.
Kumar sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Kumar looks winded!
Rajcevski passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Kumar!
Rajcevski tries to control but Kumar wriggling away.
Rajcevski is really struggling to control Kumar but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kumar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rajcevski. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rajcevski swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Kumar is now in Rajcevski's guard. A big mistake from Rajcevski there, giving up the dominant position!
Rajcevski working a defensive guard here.
Kumar must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rajcevski throws his legs up looking for a submission but Kumar uses it to pass to side control.
Rajcevski tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Rajcevski is looking to improve his position but Kumar isn't that keen on the idea.
Rajcevski is working hard here to advance position.
Rajcevski wants to hold on but Kumar pushes him away.
Rajcevski in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Rajcevski that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kumar avoids the attempt from Rajcevski to control.
Rajcevski sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Rajcevski has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kumar is working away from the top position though.
Kumar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kumar is thwarting Rajcevski's attempts to control the position.
Rajcevski is looking to improve his position.
Rajcevski trying to control but Kumar postures up.
Kumar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rajcevski keeps working.
Rajcevski trying to control but Kumar postures up.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Rajcevski is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Rajcevski looking for submissions off his back.
Rajcevski trying to hold on to Kumar's head to control him but Kumar postures up.
Kumar wants to control but Rajcevski is keeping him busy.
Rajcevski gets full guard.
Rajcevski is looking to cinch up a triangle. Kumar throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Rajcevski's body to avoid the submission. Rajcevski has instead reached around Kumar's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Rajcevski arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Dimche Rajcevski!
A relieved looking Dimche Rajcevski thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated Rahjeet Kumar had this to say: 'i fuck your bitch. white women love rhe india peepee'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Date Niaz (ranked 4388 p4p, 5061 weight class) and Tim Cassidy (ranked 458 p4p, 483 weight class). The key to victory for Date Niaz has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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265
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Date Niaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tim Cassidy!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cassidy closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Niaz to the mat! Niaz manages to get full guard.
Niaz scores with a nice shot.
Niaz is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Niaz working a defensive guard here.
Niaz is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Cassidy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Niaz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Niaz looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cassidy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Niaz is keeping the position for now.
Cassidy looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Cassidy controls from within his opponent's guard.
Cassidy wants to pass the guard but Niaz is keeping the position.
Niaz is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Cassidy rolls with it to try and escape but Niaz cranks on the arm and Cassidy is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Date Niaz!
During a confident post fight interview, Date Niaz thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Arjun Bhate (ranked 4985 p4p, 4443 weight class) and Pepe Estrada (ranked 351 p4p, 326 weight class). Bhate kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Coming Back To You. Arjun Bhate has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arjun Bhate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pepe Estrada!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Estrada keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Estrada takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bhate dips to his left and cracks Estrada with an uppercut!
Estrada takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Estrada takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A punch lands to the side of Estrada 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A jab from Bhate does it's job there.
Arjun Bhate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bhate dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Estrada on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bhate ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Estrada moves away.
Estrada appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bhate with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Estrada walks into a stiff left hand from Bhate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bhate lands a jab to the head.
Bhate lands with an uppercut that bounces Estrada off the cage and back into range.
Estrada is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bhate ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bhate connects with a good right hand that stumbles Estrada. Estrada circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bhate connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Estrada momentarily.
The crowd cheers as Bhate lands an impressive looking overhand right. Estrada doesn't seem phased though.
Bhate misses with a looping right.
Estrada throws out a counter right but Bhate avoids it with no problem.
Bhate digs a good body shot into Estrada's ribs.
Bhate scores with a jab to the head.
It looks like Bhate has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Estrada gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bhate fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Estrada looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bhate with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The fighters circling - Bhate throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Estrada doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Bhate lands a body shot.
Bhate tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Estrada was well out of range. Poor timing from Bhate.
Estrada takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bhate connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bhate is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bhate scores with a body shot.
Estrada moves out of range as Bhate strikes.
Estrada appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bhate connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Estrada momentarily.
Bhate ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Estrada moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estrada takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bhate with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bhate lands a nice hook to Estrada's body. Estrada takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bhate throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Estrada is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bhate with a body shot.
Bhate connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Estrada momentarily.
Bhate throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Estrada on the side of the head.
Bhate misses with a looping right.
Estrada now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bhate darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Estrada uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bhate.
Bhate tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Estrada was well out of range. Poor timing from Bhate.
Bhate sizes up Estrada with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bhate is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Estrada uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bhate.
Estrada avoids the body shot from Bhate.
Estrada swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bhate is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Bhate catches Estrada with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Estrada avoids the body shot from Bhate.
Bhate connects with a body shot.
Bhate is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Estrada.
Estrada throws out a counter right but Bhate avoids it with no problem.
Bhate lands a slapping body shot.
Estrada avoids the body shot from Bhate.
Bhate throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Estrada! But no joy.
Bhate misses with a body shot
and Estrada counters with a lovely straight right hand!
 It looks like Arjun Bhate has been cut.
Bhate throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Estrada now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bhate throws a body punch but Estrada moves out of range.
Estrada looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A jab lands there for Bhate.
Estrada uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bhate.
It seemed like Estrada was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice uppercut there from Bhate.
Bhate bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Estrada's head.
Bhate keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bhate swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Estrada looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Estrada closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bhate throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Estrada stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice jab there from Bhate.
Bhate waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Estrada.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bhate throws a body punch but Estrada moves out of range.
Estrada swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bhate throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bhate throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
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!
Bhate ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Estrada moves away.
Estrada takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bhate cracks Estrada with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bhate scores with a nice head shot.
Bhate scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Estrada doesn't seem bothered though.
Bhate scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bhate listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bhate scores with a decent looking hook.
Bhate just misses with a punch to the body.
Bhate throws a jab when Estrada was well out of range.
Estrada looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Estrada has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bhate bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bhate jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bhate lands a nice hook to Estrada's body. Estrada takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bhate tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Estrada was well out of range. Poor timing from Bhate.
Bhate fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Estrada manages to avoid it.
Estrada looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bhate fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bhate lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bhate lands a nice shot to the body.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Bhate throws a big shot that misses.
Estrada throws out a counter right but Bhate avoids it with no problem.
Estrada on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bhate throws a body shot but no joy.
Estrada looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bhate misses with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bhate digs a good hook to Estrada's body.
Nice defenses there by Estrada.
It seemed like Estrada was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bhate cracks a nice hook into Estrada's ribs.
Estrada uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bhate.
Bhate loads up on a big right hand but Estrada slips the punch.
Estrada appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bhate swings for the body but Estrada moves out of range.
Bhate swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Estrada.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Estrada takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bhate scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bhate scores with a body shot.
Bhate lands with an uppercut that bounces Estrada off the cage and back into range.
Bhate misses with a wild body shot.
It seemed like Estrada was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bhate lands with a shot to the body.
Bhate scores with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Estrada.
A jab from Bhate finds it's way through Estrada's defenses.
Bhate cracks a nice hook into Estrada's ribs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Arjun Bhate dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arjun Bhate's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A big left from Bhate misses.
Estrada is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Estrada uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bhate.
Bhate fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bhate lands a really nice looking cross but Estrada seems unphased.
Bhate stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Estrada bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bhate digs a good body shot into Estrada's ribs.
Decent striking displayed by Bhate there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bhate scores with a body shot.
Bhate throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Estrada walks into a stiff left hand from Bhate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Estrada keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Estrada throws out a counter right but Bhate avoids it with no problem.
Bhate fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A jab from Bhate misses.
Bhate misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Estrada connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bhate misses with a body shot.
Bhate connects with the punch.
Bhate swings for the body but Estrada moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Estrada on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A big left from Bhate misses.
Bhate scores with a decent looking hook.
Bhate cracks Estrada with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bhate connects with a single shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bhate swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Estrada! But no joy.
Bhate throws a body punch but Estrada moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Estrada! But no joy.
Bhate moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bhate thuds a left hand into Estrada's body.
Arjun Bhate is winning the standup battle so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bhate bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bhate scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bhate throws a body punch but Estrada moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Estrada! But no joy.
Bhate scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Estrada doesn't seem bothered though.
Bhate tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Estrada was well out of range. Poor timing from Bhate.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Estrada! But no joy.
Bhate ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bhate cracks Estrada with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bhate loads up on a big right hand but Estrada slips the punch.
Bhate cracks a nice hook into Estrada's ribs.
Estrada takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Estrada staying out of range there.
Bhate lands a lovely overhand right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bhate. Estrada does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bhate misses with a body shot.
Bhate throws a body shot but no joy.
Bhate moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bhate just misses with a punch to the body.
Estrada looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Estrada might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Estrada uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bhate.
Bhate throws a jab but it's blocked by Estrada.
Estrada looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bhate misses with a hook.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Estrada! But no joy.
Bhate lands a lovely overhand right.
Estrada takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Estrada moves away from the strike by Bhate.
Estrada looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice jab there from Bhate.
Bhate scores with a hook.
Bhate lands a really nice looking cross but Estrada seems unphased.
Estrada bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bhate with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Estrada staying out of range there.
Estrada throws out a counter right but Bhate avoids it with no problem.
Bhate is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Estrada can do to turn this around?
Good standup being displayed there by Bhate as he connects with a hook.
Estrada ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Estrada looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bhate lands a right hook to the body.
Bhate lands with a right hand.
Bhate scores with a nice right hand.
Estrada ducks under a wild hook from Bhate.
Estrada looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bhate just misses with a punch to the body.
Bhate swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bhate looks to score with a jab to the body but Estrada is just out of range.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bhate lands a right hook to the body.
Estrada on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bhate lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bhate throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Estrada! But no joy.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bhate misses the shot to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Estrada! But no joy.
Bhate throws a body punch but Estrada moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Estrada! But no joy.
Bhate misses the shot to the body.
Bhate lands a nice shot to the body.
Bhate throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bhate. Estrada does a little dance to reset his feet.
Estrada looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bhate punishes Estrada's body with a nice straight punch.
Bhate throws a body punch but Estrada moves out of range.
It seemed like Estrada was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bhate tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Estrada was well out of range. Poor timing from Bhate.
Bhate lands with a hook. Estrada tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bhate misses the shot to the body.
Estrada let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Estrada avoids the body shot from Bhate.
Jab, jab by Bhate - just one landing.
Bhate scores with a crisp jab that stopped Estrada in his tracks.
Bhate tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Estrada was well out of range. Poor timing from Bhate.
Bhate fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Estrada manages to avoid it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Bhate misses with a straight left.
Estrada takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bhate misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Estrada.
Bhate connects with a body shot that sends Estrada's belly button to the back.
Bhate takes a swing at Estrada's ribcage but misses.
Estrada on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bhate misses with a hook.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Estrada! But no joy.
Bhate misses with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bhate throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Estrada swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bhate uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Bhate swings for the body but Estrada moves out of range.
It seemed like Estrada was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bhate misses the shot to the body.
Estrada throws out a counter right but Bhate avoids it with no problem.
Bhate lands with a nice body punch.
Bhate paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bhate connects with a body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Bhate. That snapped Estrada's head back.
Bhate throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Estrada slips under a jab.
Bhate takes a swing at Estrada's ribcage but misses.
Bhate thows a left - swing and a miss!
Estrada looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bhate connects with a right hand. Estrada shakes it off.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Arjun Bhate dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Arjun Bhate's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Bhate fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Estrada manages to avoid it.
Bhate throws a body punch but Estrada moves out of range.
Estrada swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bhate misses with a straight right.
Estrada throws out a counter right but Bhate avoids it with no problem.
Bhate swings for the body but Estrada moves out of range.
Estrada now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Bhate throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Estrada was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bhate uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Estrada keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Estrada! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bhate throws a body punch but Estrada moves out of range.
Bhate takes a swing at Estrada's ribcage but misses.
Estrada looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bhate scores with a jab to the body.
Bhate scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bhate looks to score with a jab to the body but Estrada is just out of range.
Estrada swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bhate moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bhate scores with a sloppy right hand. Estrada should have avoided that one.
Bhate swings for the body but Estrada moves out of range.
Estrada looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Estrada walks into a left hand.
Bhate tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Estrada was well out of range. Poor timing from Bhate.
Bhate fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Estrada manages to avoid it.
Estrada keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Estrada looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Estrada avoids the body shot from Bhate.
It seemed like Estrada was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Estrada ducks under a wild hook from Bhate.
Estrada throws out a counter right but Bhate avoids it with no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bhate connects with a jab.
Bhate fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Estrada manages to avoid it.
It seemed like Estrada was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bhate lands a lovely overhand right.
Bhate lands a slapping body shot.
Estrada shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Estrada looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Estrada moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bhate cracks Estrada with an open hand slap.
Bhate ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Estrada moves away.
Estrada tries to move into range but Bhate moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bhate throws a body punch but Estrada moves out of range.
Bhate misses with a wild body shot.
Bhate fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Estrada manages to avoid it.
Estrada swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Estrada has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Estrada there as he acknowledges the shot.
Estrada uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bhate.
Estrada keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bhate throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Estrada sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It seemed like Estrada was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bhate dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bhate lands the left hand.
Bhate ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Estrada moves away.
Estrada looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bhate scores with a hook.
Bhate lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Estrada takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bhate feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Estradas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bhate lands a nice hook to Estrada's body. Estrada takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bhate cracks a nice hook into Estrada's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bhate takes a swing at Estrada's ribcage but misses.
Estrada swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bhate fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Estrada manages to avoid it.
Estrada looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice uppercut there from Bhate.
Bhate sizes up Estrada with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bhate digs a good hook to Estrada's body.
Estrada avoids the body shot from Bhate.
Bhate swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Estrada.
Bhate throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Estrada on the side of the head.
Bhate lands a nice shot to the body.
Bhate is looking to wear down Estrada with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bhate fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Estrada manages to avoid it.
Bhate throws a jab when Estrada was well out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Estrada! But no joy.
Bhate punishes Estrada's body with a nice straight punch.
Bhate misses the shot to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Estrada! But no joy.
Bhate fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bhate misses with a hook to the body
and Estrada counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bhate throws a body shot but no joy.
Estrada throws out a counter right but Bhate avoids it with no problem.
A shot to the liver by Bhate. Beautiful body shot.
Bhate misses with a body shot.
Bhate takes a swing at Estrada's ribcage but misses.
Estrada slips a jab from Bhate.
Estrada swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bhate scores with a nice right hand.
Bhate ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Estrada moves away.
Bhate misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Estrada.
It seemed like Estrada was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bhate misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Estrada.
Pepe Estrada has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bhate throws a looping overhand right but Estrada ducks down to avoid it.
Estrada avoids the body shot from Bhate.
Bhate misses with a looping left.
It seemed like Estrada was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bhate misses with a right hand
and Estrada counters with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Estrada avoids the body shot from Bhate.
A countering left hand to the body from Estrada misses.
Bhate misses with a body shot.
Bhate loads up on a big right hand but Estrada slips the punch.
Estrada appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bhate misses with a left hand
and Estrada counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bhate throws a lazy right hand but Estrada sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Estrada doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Bhate with a hook.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Bhate lands a nice hook to Estrada's body. Estrada takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bhate scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bhate swings for the body but Estrada moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Estrada! But no joy.
Bhate loads up on a big right hand but Estrada slips the punch.
Bhate misses the shot to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Estrada misses.
Estrada avoids the body shot from Bhate.
Estrada defending well as Bhate loads up on a big left hand.
Estrada doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Estrada ducks under a wild hook from Bhate.
Estrada appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bhate cracks Estrada with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bhate throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Estrada sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Estrada looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Estrada takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bhate throws a jab but it's blocked by Estrada.
Bhate throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It seemed like Estrada was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bhate catches Estrada with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bhate swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bhate scores with the left hand. Estrada knows he should have avoided that one.
A jab from Bhate does it's job there.
Estrada avoids the body shot from Bhate.
A countering left hand to the body from Estrada misses.
Bhate stuns Estrada with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Estrada doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arjun Bhate showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bhate 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:24
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:24
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arjun Bhate!
An out of breath Arjun Bhate thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bennett Giles (ranked 4556 p4p, 3948 weight class) and Mohamed Grant (ranked 519 p4p, 469 weight class). Bennett Giles has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bennett Giles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mohamed Grant!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giles throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Grant's waist but Grant gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Giles off to one side.
Grant attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Giles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Giles has managed to clinch.
Giles is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Grant pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Grant has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Giles is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Giles stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Grant fails to pull guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grant lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Giles breaks from the clinch.
Giles misses with a jab, cross combination.
Giles moves into range and clinches up with Grant.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant tries for a takedown. No joy.
Bennett Giles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mohamed Grant.
Grant is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Giles can't get the takedown.
Giles has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Grant uses from the top position.
Giles striking off his back but it's not causing Grant any problems.
Giles lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Giles is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Giles stands and steps away. Grant gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giles displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Grant.
Grant is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Giles changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Giles misses with a takedown
and Grant counters with a straight right hand.
Giles throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Giles fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Grant throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Grant closes this distance looking for a takedown but Giles circles away.
Giles darts in looking for a takedown but Grant gets double underhooks and turns Giles into the cage.
Giles is trying to pull guard but Grant turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Giles jumps guard but Grant turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Giles is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Grant pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Giles turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Giles bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Grant tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grant shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Giles sprawls well. Giles wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Grant gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Giles as Grant shoots in.
Giles tries to counter by clinching up but Grant breaks away and moves out of range.
Giles tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Grant defends well and Giles ends up having to push Grant into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Giles looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Giles drops down looking for an ankle pick but Grant pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giles shoots in looking for a takedown. Grant tries to sprawl out of it but Giles keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Grant manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Grant tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Giles defends well and Grant ends up having to push Giles into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Grant darts in and clinches Giles up against the cage.
Giles tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Grant just stands there and leans against the cage.
Giles has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Grant avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Grant is trying to drag Giles to the mat but Giles just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Grant trying to land knees to the body.
Grant goes for a takedown attempt but Giles pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Giles shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Grant sprawls well. Grant wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Giles gets slowly back to his feet.
Giles keeps the fight on the outside.
Giles fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Giles will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Grant clobbers Giles with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Grant tries to score a power double leg takedown but Giles sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Grant somewhat.
Giles stuffs the takedown.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Grant tries to clinch but Giles moves out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Giles.
Giles blocks a head kick by Grant.
Grant fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Giles is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Giles has a takedown stuffed.
Grant lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Danga de danga de dang - Grant scores with a four punch combination!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Grant is trying hard to land a takedown here. Giles sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Grant throws a sloppy head kick and Giles moves out of range easily.
Grant tries to clinch but Giles moves out of range.
Grant throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grant defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Giles.
Grant tries to close the distance and clinch but Giles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grant tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Giles paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Giles is looking for a counter combo.
Grant tries to close the distance and clinch but Giles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Giles closes the distance and clinches up with Grant, looking for a takedown. Giles pushes Grant against the cage but Grant circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Giles fails with the takedown
and Grant counters with a right hand to the body.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Grant wants to clinch.
Giles looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Grant fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Giles avoids it really well and circles away.
Grant shoots for a double leg takedown but Giles sprawls well. He's pushed Grant's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
No luck for Giles with that takedown attempt.
Grant tries to bum rush Giles with a series of wild strikes but Giles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Grant tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Giles thinks about countering with a head kick.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Grant wants to clinch up but Giles keeps it at a distance.
Grant tries to score a power double leg takedown but Giles sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Grant somewhat.
Giles shoots in but no luck this time.
Grant shoots in but Giles avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Grant leaves Giles with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Grant misses with a takedown attempt - Giles sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
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 Bennett Giles will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Giles tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Grant defends well and Giles ends up having to push Grant into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Giles tries to pull guard but Grant holds him up against the cage and eventually Giles drops back down to his feet.
Giles stalling in the clinch.
Giles stalling.
Grant gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Giles regains guard.
Giles wriggles free and stands up.
Grant fails with the takedown.
Giles seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Giles shoots in but Grant avoids the takedown attempt easily.
It seemed like Grant was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bennett Giles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Giles leaves Grant with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant lands a slapping body shot.
Grant gets tackled into the cage by Giles. Giles maintains the clinch.
Grant is trying to push Giles away but Giles has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Grant fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grant wants a takedown.
Grant goes for a takedown in the clinch but Giles prevents it.
Giles has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Grant is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Grant breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giles moves into range and clinches up with Grant.
Giles digs a right hand underneath Grant's ribcage. Grant let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Giles pulls guard effortlessly.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Giles is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Giles working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Grant doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Grant manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Grant lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Grant content to stall in guard here.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Giles is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Giles keeping moving, preventing Grant from controlling successfully.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bennett Giles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
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.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Giles.
Grant throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
It looked like Giles was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Giles moves into range and clinches up with Grant.
Giles tries to pull guard but Grant forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Grant manages to pull guard.
Giles wants to stand but Grant has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Grant looking to hit a scissor sweep but Giles is one step ahead there.
Grant is looking to stand up but Giles isn't so interested in that idea.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Grant controls Giles momentarily but Giles frees himself.
Grant tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Grant controlling the position.
Grant looking for a guillotine here but Giles defends easily.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Giles stuffs the takedown.
Giles closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Giles closes this distance looking for a takedown but Grant circles away.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Giles closes the distance and pushes Grant back into the cage.
Grant working hard to break the clinch.
Grant is looking to break free of the clinch but Giles has double underhooks.
Grant tries to break the clinch but Giles is controlling the position.
Giles has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Grant uses from the top position.
Grant sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Giles has his foot on Grant's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Grant works his way back into a safe position though.
Giles trying to keep a closed guard but Grant is proving a slippery customer.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Giles is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Grant throws a big elbow that misses.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Nice takedown defense from Giles. No joy for Grant on that attempt.
Giles attempts a counter takedown but Grant avoids it well and moves away.
Grant misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Giles wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Grant keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Grant will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Giles moves into the clinch.
Giles tries to pull guard but Grant won't allow it.
Grant looking to stall.
Giles tries to score a body lock takedown but Grant shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Grant tries to break free but Giles pushes him back against the cage.
Giles stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Giles looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Grant goes for a takedown in the clinch but Giles prevents it.
Grant is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Giles can't fight it off and eventually Grant manages to take the fight to the floor. Giles looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Giles has his feet on Grant's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Grant tries for a takedown but Giles sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nice takedown defense from Grant. No joy for Giles on that attempt.
Grant is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bennett Giles dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Grant throws a head kick that misses.
Giles shoots in looking for a takedown. Grant tries to sprawl out of it but Giles keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Grant manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Grant doesn't manage to clinch there - Giles circles away.
Giles shoots in looking for a takedown. Grant tries to sprawl out of it but Giles keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Grant manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grant fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Giles shoots in but Grant avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bennett Giles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Giles jabs at Grant's body.
Giles fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grant manages to avoid it.
Grant with the counter takedown but Giles avoids it easily.
Giles avoids the head kick by Grant.
Giles shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Grant as he avoids it easily.
Despite the aggression on Grant's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Giles blocks a head kick by Grant.
Giles feinted with a counter takedown.
Grant clinches up with Giles and pushes him back against the cage.
Giles breaks from the clinch.
Grant throws a sloppy head kick and Giles moves out of range easily.
Giles keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giles's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Giles duly obliges.
Mohamed Grant seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice takedown defense from Grant. No joy for Giles on that attempt.
Horrible takedown attempt by Grant or perhaps it was just good defense by Giles, which made it look bad.
Giles shoots in looking for a takedown. Grant tries to sprawl out of it but Giles keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Grant manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Grant shoots in and drives through. Giles sprawls well.
Giles looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Grant is fending him off so far but Giles persists. Nope, Grant circles away and we're back to standing.
Giles gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giles instigates a clinch.
Giles drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Grant tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Grant tries for a takedown but Giles manages to get underhooks.
Giles jumps into guard, dragging Grant to the mat.
Giles looking for a guillotine here but Grant defends easily.
Giles controls Grant momentarily but Grant frees himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giles pushes Grant off and scrambles back to his feet.
Grant shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Giles eats them both and turns towards Grant to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Grant looks for a takedown but Giles sprawls well.
Giles tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Grant manages to circle out of the way.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Giles moves into the clinch successfully.
Grant is trying to pull guard but Giles has him pressed against the cage.
Giles fails to pull guard.
Giles misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Giles manages to break the clinch.
Grant wants to clinch.
Giles tries to bum rush Grant with a series of wild strikes but Grant uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Grant throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Grant with a poor takedown
and Giles counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Giles feints and as Grant raises his hands in defense, Giles changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Giles slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Grant utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Giles postures up.
Giles sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Grant controls Giles momentarily but Giles frees himself.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Grant is looking to stand up but Giles isn't so interested in that idea.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Giles stands up and waves to Grant to follow him.
Grant gets tackled into the cage by Giles. Giles maintains the clinch.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Giles manages to break the clinch.
Giles fails with a takedown attempt.
Grant has managed to clinch.
Giles prevents Grant from breaking the clinch.
Giles drags the fight down to the ground.
Giles has Grant pulled in close to control his posture.
Giles keeping full guard, as Grant tries to pass.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Giles escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Grant gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Giles keeping full guard, as Grant tries to pass.
Mohamed Grant has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bennett Giles is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Grant is fighting to break Giles's control of his arms but Giles is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bennett Giles showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Giles, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bennett Giles!
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