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EUFC 103 Pavvo vs. Zagan PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Snabbo Smido (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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182 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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185 cm
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175 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Snabbo Smido!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smido shoots in looking for a takedown. Pierre tries to sprawl out of it but Smido keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pierre manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Smido misses with a takedown attempt - Pierre sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Pierre throws out a loose jab but Smido uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smido steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pierre.
Pierre walks into a jab.
Smido misses with a hook.
Good standup being displayed there by Pierre as he connects with a hook.
Smido missing with a left hand there. Pierre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Smido needs to keep his hands up - Pierre had a free shot at his head there.
Pierre slips a straight right by Smido.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smido shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pierre sprawls well. Pierre wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Smido gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Snabbo Smido. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pierre connects with a nice looking jab.
Pierre misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pierre throws a hook to the side of Smido's head but Smido sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pierre slips a straight right by Smido.
Smido fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pierre missing with a left hand there. Smido was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pierre slips a jab from Smido.
Smido takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Smido fails to land the takedown.
Pierre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smido was well out of range. Poor timing from Pierre.
A jab from Pierre misses.
Pierre connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Smido momentarily.
Pierre cracks Smido with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Smido misses with an uppercut. Pierre saw that one coming.
Pierre avoids the body shot from Smido.
Pierre misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierre throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smido sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pierre throws a body punch but Smido moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Pierre. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Pierre.
Pierre connects with a nice looking jab.
Smido misses with a hook to the body
and Pierre counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Pierre getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pierre looks to throw the jab but Smido is out of range.
Smido closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Pierre did well to prevent Smido getting side control.
Smido throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pierre trying to control here.
Smido throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Smido tries to pass the half guard into mount. Pierre knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Smido throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pierre is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smido thows a huge punch but Pierre dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smido missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Smido stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pierre.
Pierre is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Smido had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Pierre cracks Smido with a good jab.
Smido on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Smido throws a big shot that misses.
Pierre throws a shot from downtown. Smido moves away and avoids it.
A slow jab from Pierre misses its intended target.
Smido fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Pierre moves away from the strike by Smido.
Smido lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pierre circles away quickly and effectively.
Smido with a hook.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Smido.
Pierre is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smido sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Pierre is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Smido tries to score with some ground and pound. Pierre controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Pierre sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smido not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Smido prevents Pierre from improving his position.
Smido trying to mount his opponent but Pierre defends it.
Pierre regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Smido.
Pierre is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Smido stands and throws Pierre's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Pierre tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Smido presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Pierre dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Pierre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smido.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Smido looks to land a left hand but Pierre moved out of range nicely.
Pierre misses with a wild combination.
Smido lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pierre circles away quickly and effectively.
George Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pierre throws a big shot that misses.
Pierre jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Smido is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pierre.
Smido cracks Pierre with a right hand to the side of the head.
Smido shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Pierre but Pierre pushes him off and we're back to square one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pierre dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Smido.
Smido loads up on a big right hand but Pierre slips the punch.
George Pierre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smido throws a jab but it's blocked by Pierre.
Pierre looks to land a combination but Smido avoids it well.
Smido bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pierre looks to score with a jab to the body but Smido is just out of range.
Pierre lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Smido at a distance.
Smido slips under a jab.
Pierre dips to his left and cracks Smido with an uppercut!
Smido misses with the combination.
Pierre lands a nice shot to the body.
Pierre thows a body shot but no joy.
Smido cracks Pierre with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Pierre moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Smido throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pierre counters with a stiff right hand.
Pierre takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierre turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Smido throws a right hand that Pierre ducks under and follows up with a left that Pierre also avoids with ease.
Good exchange - Pierre coming out on top.
Smido looks to score with a jab to the body but Pierre is just out of range.
Smido swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smido moves out of range of the strikes.
Pierre scores with a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Pierre misses the target.
Smido throws a hook but Pierre blocks it.
Smido displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pierre throws out the jab.
Pierre pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pierre throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
George Pierre seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pierre defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Smido.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Snabbo Smido. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pierre lands a lovely overhand right.
Smido throws an overhand right that lands on Pierre's shoulder, as Pierre tries to avoid the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smido throws a hook to the side of Pierre's head but Pierre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Smido uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pierre.
Pierre takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pierre works Smido's body with a nice hook.
Pierre cracks Smido with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Pierre misses with an uppercut.
Smido slips under a jab from Pierre.
A shot to the body from Smido misses
and Pierre connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Smido uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pierre.
Pierre thows a left - swing and a miss!
Smido throws out a powerful jab.
Smido avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pierre throws a hook to the side of Smido's head but Smido sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pierre throws out a powerful jab.
Smido rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pierre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Smido slips under a jab from Pierre.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Smido scores with a takedown into Pierre's guard.
Smido loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pierre is on top in guard.
Smido keeping moving, preventing Pierre from controlling successfully.
Pierre is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Pierre is stalling in the full guard.
Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Smido is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smido looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pierre is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Pierre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Smido uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pierre.
Pierre leaves Smido with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Pierre misses with a body punch
and Smido counters with a takedown into side control.
Smido working away.
Pierre takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Smido tries to move into full mount but can't pass Pierre's legs.
Smido is working hard here to advance position.
Pierre tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Smido wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Pierre dodges the ground and pound from Smido.
Smido has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Smido is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pierre can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Smido is thwarting Pierre's attempts to control the position.
Smido thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pierre's head.
Pierre is trying to control but can't.
Pierre blocking the ground and pound attempt from Smido.
Pierre is trying to get back to full guard.
Smido thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pierre's head.
Smido moves into full mount! Pierre won't be happy about that!
Smido putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Pierre is trying to escape the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smido scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Pierre?
Pierre is wriggling around trying to escape.
Smido with good strikes from the mount here!
Smido throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Smido looking to finish Pierre with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pierre!
Smido throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Pierre because Smido loaded up on that one.
Smido looking to ground and pound but Pierre is blocking nicely.
Pierre can't escape the position.
Smido is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pierre can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Smido working the ground and pound effectively.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smido goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Pierre turns into him and now he's in Smido's guard.
Pierre won't allow Smido to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smido is trying to control the position but Pierre postures up.
Pierre controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Pierre sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Smido's guard.
George Pierre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Smido is looking for a sweep. Pierre is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Pierre is trying to control the action in half guard but Smido is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Smido trying to hold on to Pierre's head to control him but Pierre postures up.
Pierre stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Smido is looking for a sweep. Pierre is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Snabbo Smido overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Smido trying to hold on to Pierre's head to control him but Pierre postures up.
Smido has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Smido is trying to get back to full guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Smido misses with a wild body shot.
A big left from Pierre misses.
Pierre works Smido's body with a nice hook.
Pierre defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Smido.
Smido looks to land a right hand but Pierre moved out of range.
Snabbo Smido has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pierre misses with a hook to the body
and Smido counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pierre is pulling down on Smido's head. It's preventing any offense from Smido, at least for the moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
Snabbo Smido showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pierre has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Pierre!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shalama Mohamma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Sampson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greg Sampson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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264 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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250 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Powerful |
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shalama Mohamma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Greg Sampson!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mohamma shoots in for a takedown but Sampson shows good takedown defense.
Sampson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Sampson throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Mohamma wants to hold on but Sampson pushes him away.
Sampson lands with some strikes.
Sampson throws some wild stikes that Mohamma manages to avoid easily.
Sampson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Mohamma is working to get back to half guard.
Sampson lands a big shot there that rocks Mohamma but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Mohamma avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sampson.
Mohamma tries to reverse the position but Sampson maintains control.
Sampson landing strikes from the mount and Mohamma is in trouble!
Sampson wants to finish this one by submission but Mohamma is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Sampson.
Mohamma is trying to escape the mount.
Sampson looking to control but Mohamma is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sampson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Mohamma knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sampson on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mohamma is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Mohamma is in all sorts of trouble here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sampson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Sampson lands a nice shot to the head.
Sampson throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Mohamma is bucking up trying to escape but Sampson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Mohamma is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Mohamma tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sampson dominating with strikes here.
Sampson avoids the attempt from Mohamma to control.
Sampson lands a heavy elbow.
Mohamma wants to hold on but Sampson pushes him away.
Sampson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sampson throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Mohamma is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sampson looking to finish with strikes here!
Sampson throwing strikes here but Mohamma is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohamma tries to lock up and control but Sampson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Mohamma really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sampson misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Sampson with a couple of short strikes.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sampson lands a big elbow.
Sampson throwing strikes here but Mohamma is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Mohamma tries to reverse the position but Sampson maintains control.
Sampson working for a submission but Mohamma is keeping him at bay.
Sampson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sampson looks gassed!
Mohamma is trying to escape the mount.
Sampson unloads with some shots from mount but Mohamma bucks and avoids them well.
Sampson lands a nice shot to the head.
Sampson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Mohamma holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Sampson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Sampson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Mohamma is working to get back to half guard.
Mohamma is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Mohamma looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
Sampson working Mohamma over with strikes here.
Sampson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sampson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sampson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sampson looking to finish with strikes here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mohamma working to try and regain half guard.
Mohamma is working hard here to advance position.
Mohamma manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Sampson wants to take a breather but Mohamma is having none of it.
Sampson wants to pass the guard but Mohamma is defending well.
Sampson looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Mohamma wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Greg Sampson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nice sprawl there from Mohamma as Sampson shoots in.
Mohamma gets a takedown into half guard.
Mohamma thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sampson's head.
Mohamma is looking to stall here but Sampson recovers full guard.
Mohamma lands a couple of elbows.
Mohamma cracks Sampson with a solid left hand.
Mohamma works over Sampson with some ground and pound from guard.
Mohamma distracts Sampson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sampson is breathing heavily.
Mohamma content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sampson working a defensive guard here.
Sampson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mohamma's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sampson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mohamma lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sampson keeping moving, preventing Mohamma from controlling successfully.
Mohamma postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Mohamma got a little sloppy there for a moment and Sampson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Mohamma has managed to get both his arms back between Sampson's legs - danger averted.
Mohamma scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohamma postures up and lands a big shot to Sampson's brow.
Mohamma looking to sit in guard and control but Sampson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sampson won't allow Mohamma to sweep him here.
Sampson is fighting to break Mohamma's control of his arms but Mohamma is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Sampson trying to control but Mohamma is working from the bottom.
Mohamma tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mohamma is trying to control the position but Sampson postures up.
Mohamma looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sampson is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sampson is defended easily by Mohamma.
Mohamma shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Mohamma takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sampson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Mohamma circles away.
Shalama Mohamma has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Greg Sampson.
Mohamma looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Sampson tries to get to full guard but Mohamma has control of the leg.
Sampson actively working from the bottom here.
Nice strikes from Mohamma there.
Mohamma thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sampson's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mohamma is looking to take a break and control but Sampson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sampson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Mohamma's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Mohamma's back!
Greg Sampson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Can Mohamma hold on?! Sampson is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Mohamma tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Mohamma is looking to improve his position but Sampson isn't that keen on the idea.
Mohamma 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.
Mohamma avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sampson.
Mohamma preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Mohamma wants to improve his position but Sampson is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shalama Mohamma dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Sampson shoots in but no luck this time.
Sampson has Mohamma up against the cage in a clinch.
Mohamma prevents a takedown attempt there.
Sampson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mohamma pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Shalama Mohamma has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Greg Sampson.
Mohamma is trying to trip Sampson. He has hold of a leg but Sampson is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Mohamma persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Mohamma lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mohamma throws and elbow that misses. Sampson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mohamma's guard. Nice move by Sampson!
Sampson stopping the sweep attempt from Mohamma.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mohamma is pulling down on Sampson's head. It's preventing any offense from Sampson, at least for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mohamma keeping moving, preventing Sampson from controlling successfully.
Mohamma 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.
Sampson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mohamma pulls Sampson in close to prevent any damage.
Mohamma 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.
Mohamma avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sampson closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Mohamma did well to prevent Sampson getting side control.
Mohamma is refusing to be controlled, as Sampson sits in half guard.
Mohamma trying to control but Sampson postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohamma keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Sampson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mohamma regains full guard. Nicely done.
Sampson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sampson preventing the sweep.
Mohamma is pulling down on Sampson's head. It's preventing any offense from Sampson, at least for the moment.
Sampson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mohamma wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sampson preventing the sweep.
Mohamma has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Sampson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mohamma is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Mohamma stalling away here and it's allowed Sampson to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Mohamma preventing the sweep.
Mohamma working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sampson wants to sweep here but Mohamma controlling him for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Mohamma trying to control but Sampson is working from the bottom.
Mohamma looking to pass the guard.
Mohamma trying to control the position from guard on top but Sampson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sampson wants to sweep here but Mohamma controlling him for the moment.
Mohamma loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shalama Mohamma showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mohamma has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shalama Mohamma!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between George Pieru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Downey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Downey has chosen we didn't start the fire as his entrance music. Henry Downey has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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184 lbs
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177 lbs
9 - 7 - 0 |
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Pieru!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henry Downey!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pieru tries for a takedown but Downey sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Downey looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Downey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pieru swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pieru gets a clinch.
Downey has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Pieru avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Pieru prevents a takedown attempt there.
Pieru blocks an uppercut.
Pieru stops a takedown attempt from Downey.
George Pieru has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henry Downey.
Pieru is trying to drag Downey to the mat but Downey just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Pieru gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Downey.
Pieru wants the takedown. Downey is fighting it off but Pieru persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Downey's guard against the cage.
Pieru working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pieru is working Downey over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Pieru missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pieru is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Downey is trying to keep Pieru in close.
Pieru connects with a couple of short punches.
Pieru with a flurry of punches that miss.
Downey is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Pieru is controlling him.
Pieru with a nice head shot there.
Downey preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pieru is working Downey over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Downey looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Pieru has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Downey working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pieru.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Downey is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pieru accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pieru's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Pieru distracts Downey with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Downey is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Pieru postures up in Downey's guard and throws a big left but Downey blocks it.
Pieru throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Downey is looking to stand up but Pieru isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pieru lands a couple of digs.
Pieru in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pieru lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Pieru thows a big elbow that misses.
Pieru postures up.
Pieru loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pieru content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Pieru won't allow Downey to get back to his feet.
Downey looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pieru is one step ahead there.
Downey is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pieru is positioning himself well to prevent Downey advancing to mount.
Pieru is trying to maintain the position but Downey is very close to passing his half guard.
Downey throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Downey throwing shots but Pieru is blocking nicely.
Pieru makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Pieru.
Downey in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pieru is on top in guard.
Pieru lands a couple of decent looking shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Pieru dominated that round.
That's time! Pieru's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Downey throws a jab but it's blocked by Pieru.
Pieru is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A leg kick checked by Pieru.
Pieru gets a takedown into half guard.
Downey on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Pieru working over Downey with some ground and pound. Downey looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Downey wants to get back to his feet.
Pieru thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Downey is trying to stand back up but Pieru is controlling him
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pieru lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pieru lands a nice short elbow.
Pieru lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pieru is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pieru is looking to advance position but Downey won't allow it.
Downey has hold of Pieru's hands but Pieru slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Pieru looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Downey wants to get back to his feet.
Pieru trying to control the action but Downey is working from the bottom.
Pieru missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pieru prevents Downey from standing back up.
Pieru landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Pieru missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pieru throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Downey regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Downey is looking to stand up but Pieru isn't so interested in that idea.
Pieru throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Downey works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pieru stops Downey from standing up.
Downey is breathing heavily.
Pieru lands a couple of digs.
Downey preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pieru wants to control from the top but Downey keeps moving.
Pieru in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Pieru throws a hook to the side of Downey's head but Downey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Pieru shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Downey as he jumps to the side.
Pieru uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Downey.
Downey has a takedown stuffed.
Downey throws a right and a left that Pieru avoids nicely.
Downey scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Downey throws a series of punches but Pieru moves out of range.
Pieru ducks under a wild hook from Downey.
Pieru shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Downey has hold of Pieru's hands but Pieru slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Pieru dominated that second round.
That's time! Pieru's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Pieru has his takedown stuffed
and Downey counters with a three punch combo that has Pieru backing up. Pieru nods at Downey to acknowledge the strikes.
A combination from Downey does no damage.
Pieru misses with a takedown attempt - Downey sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Downey stuffs the takedown attempt from Pieru. Pieru gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Pieru. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Downey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pieru swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pieru uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Downey.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pieru is trying hard to land a takedown here. Downey sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Downey with a lazy takedown attempt
and Pieru counters with a nice double leg into side control. Downey won't be happy with that.
Downey managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Pieru.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Downey's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Pieru working the body and head with strikes.
Pieru with the ground and pound but Downey regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Pieru thows a huge punch but Downey dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pieru thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Downey's head.
Downey looks like he's trying to stand up.
Pieru prevents Downey from improving his position.
Henry Downey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Nice strikes from Pieru there.
Pieru misses with a head shot. Downey uses the momentum to regain guard.
Pieru trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Pieru throwing strikes from guard but Downey blocks nicely.
Pieru with a flurry of punches that miss.
Downey is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pieru gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Downey.
Downey wants to break free but Pieru has control.
Pieru goes for a takedown attempt but Downey pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Pieru shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Downey sprawls well. Downey wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pieru gets slowly back to his feet.
Some wild striking there from Downey.
Downey misses with a few strikes there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Downey gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Pieru to score an easy takedown into full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pieru accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pieru throws a strike but Downey rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Pieru looking to hit a scissor sweep but Downey is one step ahead there.
George Pieru is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Downey trying to stand up but can't free himself from Pieru's guard.
Downey with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that's the end of the fight!
George Pieru showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pieru, 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Pieru!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tsatsu Gomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and sagat tigerknee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). tigerknee has chosen Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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195 lbs
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190 lbs
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Solid boxing
Very quick |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tsatsu Gomi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, sagat tigerknee!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomi scores with a takedown into tigerknee's guard.
Gomi has gone for a leg lock! tigerknee slips out almost immediately though and dives into Gomi's guard.
Gomi has his foot on tigerknee's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. tigerknee works his way back into a safe position though.
Gomi looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! tigerknee has picked Gomi up and slammed him! Gomi can't keep hold of the triangle and tigerknee manages to pass to side control!
Gomi managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by tigerknee.
Gomi manages to work his way to half guard, despite tigerknee's best efforts.
Gomi moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Gomi throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! tigerknee escapes and throws Gomi's legs to the side, diving into side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomi is looking for a sweep.
Gomi wants to control but tigerknee postures up.
tigerknee is trying to get an arm triangle but Gomi is defending well.
You can see the frustration on Gomi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Gomi is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Gomi looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Gomi is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! tigerknee is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! tigerknee has escaped and now he's on top!
Gomi might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Gomi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and tigerknee defends well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomi pushes a forearm under tigerknee's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, tigerknee is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tsatsu Gomi!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Azamat Bagatov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raian Baaden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bagatov kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers - John The Revelator . Azamat Bagatov had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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220 lbs
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217 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Azamat Bagatov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raian Baaden!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baaden changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Bagatov looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Sloppy strikes there by Baaden.
Baaden fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Sloppy strikes there by Baaden.
Bagatov wants to get back to his feet.
Baaden working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baaden trying to control the action but Bagatov is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bagatov parries the strikes from Baaden easily there. Baaden is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Bagatov to escape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baaden tries to score with some ground and pound. Bagatov controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Baaden shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Baaden was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Bagatov blocking the ground and pound.
Bagatov is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Bagatov avoids a series of strikes thrown by Baaden.
Baaden looking to finish with strikes here!
Baaden won't let Bagatov get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Bagatov is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Baaden jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Bagatov is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Bagatov and Baaden has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Baaden throws a strike aimed at the side of Bagatov's head but Bagatov avoids it well.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Baaden working the head with strikes.
The ground and pound from Baaden seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Baaden throwing strikes but Bagatov manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bagatov in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Baaden takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Baaden sneaks back into half guard.
Baaden has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baaden trying to hold on to Bagatov's head to control him but Bagatov postures up.
Baaden tries to get to full guard but Bagatov has control of the leg.
Bagatov missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Baaden is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bagatov's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bagatov's back!
Baaden looking to finish the fight with a rear naked choke. Bagatov is controlling Baaden 's left arm and he spins nicely into guard.
Bagatov with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bagatov throws and elbow that misses. Baaden uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bagatov's guard. Nice move by Baaden!
Bagatov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Baaden pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bagatov is keeping the position for now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Baaden accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Baaden trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Bagatov manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Bagatov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Baaden tries to strike from the bottom.
Bagatov throws a big right hand that misses.
Baaden 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raian Baaden dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Bagatov has his takedown stuffed
and Baaden counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Baaden closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Baaden lands in his opponent's guard.
Bagatov can't keep his opponent in guard - Baaden advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Bagatov is trying to stand up here but Baaden is controlling him well.
Bagatov is refusing to be controlled, as Baaden sits in half guard.
Baaden is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baaden with a flurry of punches that miss.
Baaden throwing strikes from guard but Bagatov blocks nicely.
Baaden with a flurry of punches that miss.
Baaden throws and elbow that misses. Bagatov uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Baaden's guard. Nice move by Bagatov!
Bagatov stopping the sweep attempt from Baaden.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bagatov throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Baaden counters with a takedown into side control.
Bagatov wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Bagatov avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Baaden.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baaden staying calm.
Bagatov parries the strikes from Baaden easily there. Baaden is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Bagatov to escape.
Baaden throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Baaden throwing strikes but Bagatov manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baaden is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Bagatov off and has taken his back!
Baaden thows a strike but Bagatov uses the opportunity to reverse the position! Great move by Bagatov as he ends up in Baaden 's guard!
Bagatov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bagatov is looking to work some ground and pound but Baaden has wrist control.
Baaden avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Baaden utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Baaden looking for a sweep. Not yet Baaden, not yet.
Bagatov wants to control from the top but Baaden keeps moving.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Baaden doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Bagatov counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Baaden!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Baaden is looking to get to half guard.
Baaden is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baaden sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Baaden trying to control from the bottom.
Baaden tries to roll over but Bagatov keeps him under control.
Bagatov scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Baaden avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bagatov.
Baaden is staying active underneath Bagatov, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Bagatov landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bagatov throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Baaden is pressing down on Bagatov's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Bagatov throwing strikes from guard but Baaden blocks nicely.
Baaden has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bagatov can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Raian Baaden will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Bagatov misses with a takedown attempt
and Baaden counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Baaden.
Bagatov preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Baaden lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Baaden trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Baaden trying to control but Bagatov is working from the bottom.
Baaden throwing strikes from guard but Bagatov blocks nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Baaden trying to control the position from guard on top but Bagatov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baaden with a flurry of punches that miss.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bagatov misses with an uppercut. Baaden saw that one coming.
Baaden fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bagatov gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Baaden counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Baaden missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bagatov is refusing to be controlled, as Baaden sits in half guard.
Azamat Bagatov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baaden is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Baaden seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bagatov does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Baaden throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bagatov regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Baaden.
Raian Baaden has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bagatov preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bagatov fails with the takedown
so Baaden counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Azamat Bagatov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Baaden postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Baaden is in close to Bagatov's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Baaden with a flurry of punches that miss.
Baaden missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Baaden postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Baaden stands up over Bagatov, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Baaden postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Raian Baaden is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baaden content to stall in guard here.
Bagatov wants to stand but Baaden is controlling the position.
Baaden postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bagatov is looking to stand up but Baaden isn't so interested in that idea.
Baaden showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raian Baaden comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Baaden has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raian Baaden!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stan Mann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amsterdam Vallon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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206 lbs
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204 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stan Mann!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Amsterdam Vallon!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vallon throws a head kick that Mann semi-blocks.
It looks like Stan Mann has been cut.
Mann tries to clinch but Vallon is having none of it.
Vallon misses with a low kick.
Vallon misses with a head kick.
Vallon goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Mann scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mann lands a jab to Vallon's midsection.
Jab, jab by Mann - just one landing.
Mann lands with a nice body punch.
Stan Mann seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vallon looks gassed!
Mann digs a good hook to Vallon's body.
Mann tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vallon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vallon throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Vallon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mann fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mann scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Mann throws a right and a left that Vallon avoids nicely.
A shot to the liver by Mann. Beautiful body shot.
Mann stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A left lands for Mann.
Vallon takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vallon keeps the fight on the outside.
Mann scores with a three punch combo!
Mann fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vallon takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mann's corner calls for a 1-2. Mann obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Mann stalks Vallon and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Vallon's face. Vallon staggers backwards, shaken.
Mann works over Vallon's head and body with a nice combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vallon takes one to the side of the head.
Mann moves in looking to clinch but Vallon pushes him off.
A jab lands there for Mann.
Mann scores with a three punch combo!
Mann lands with a cross.
Vallon is rocked!
Vallon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mann ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mann lands with a cross.
Mann scores with a jab to the head.
Vallon takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Vallon is still on wobbly legs! Can Mann finish him?
Mann is looking to clinch but Vallon is avoiding it.
Vallon seems to have recovered his senses.
Mann is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mann changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Mann lands with a nice body punch.
Mann is working the combinations to good effect here.
Mann clinches up with Vallon and pushes him back against the cage.
Mann throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vallons head.
Vallon prevents a body shot from Mann.
Mann fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mann has a couple of punches blocked by Vallon.
Mann working aggressively here.
Vallon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vallon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice straight punches there by Mann. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mann.
Mann throws a one two combo.
Mann throws a shot to the body.
Mann misses with a series of wild punches.
No joy there for Mann, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mann ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mann lands with a nice body punch.
Mann scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mann lands a jab to Vallon's midsection.
A shot to the liver by Mann. Beautiful body shot.
Mann is looking to wear down Vallon with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Mann lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Mann scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Danga de danga de dang - Mann scores with a four punch combination!
Danga de danga de dang - Mann scores with a four punch combination!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mann throws a combination. Vallon tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Mann works the jab nicely.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Mann!
Mann lands with a good body shot.
Mann scores with a hook.
Mann lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vallon circles away quickly and effectively.
Vallon misses with a leg kick.
Mann lands a jab to Vallon's midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mann lands a slapping body shot.
Vallon keeps the fight on the outside.
Mann's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Mann duly obliges.
Mann looks to land a combination. Vallon sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Mann with a nice cross.
Mann looks to land a combination. Vallon sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Mann punishes Vallon's body with a nice straight punch.
Vallon has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Mann swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mann uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vallon has time to react.
Mann connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mann lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mann digs a good hook to Vallon's body.
Mann dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A nice combination there by Mann.
Vallon drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stan Mann dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stan Mann's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Vallon on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mann with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Mann is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vallon can do to turn this around?
Mann connects with a single shot there.
Mann moves into the clinch.
Mann misses with the head strike.
Mann doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mann throws a head punch that misses.
Mann fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vallon throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Vallon blocking some punches.
Vallon breaks from the clinch.
Vallon has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Mann's corner calls for a 1-2. Mann obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Vallon is breathing heavily.
Vallon is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mann.
Mann tries to clinch but Vallon moves out of range.
Mann misses with a wild body shot.
Mann tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mann checks a low kick from Vallon.
Nice body punch from Mann.
Vallon on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mann lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Vallon at a distance.
Vallon takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mann fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mann fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Stan Mann is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mann has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mann misses with some punches.
Vallon blocking some punches.
Mann scores with a shoulder strike.
Mann misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mann lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mann.
Mann throws a punch but it's blocked by Vallon.
Mann misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mann misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mann misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mann throws a punch but it's blocked by Vallon.
Vallon blocks an uppercut.
Mann misses with a punch on the inside.
Vallon breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mann looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mann lands a body shot.
A left and a right from Mann both land. Nice combination.
Vallon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vallon is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Vallon misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mann goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A right-left combo lands from Mann.
Vallon drops his hands momentarily and Mann takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vallon throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Vallon has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mann lands a nice shot that snaps Vallon's head back.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Mann ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Mann tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mann fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mann misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vallon.
Mann lands a right hook to the body.
Vallon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Mann stuns Vallon with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mann lands with a nice combination. Vallon backs away looking to recover.
Nice shot lands for Mann.
Mann connects with a jab.
Mann throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Vallon on the side of the head.
Mann fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mann displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Mann.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Vallon lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mann has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mann and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Mann doesn't manage to clinch there - Vallon circles away.
Mann moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
No joy there for Mann, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mann tries to clinch but Vallon moves out of range.
Donk. Mann catches Vallon right on the button with a cross.
Mann lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vallon circles away quickly and effectively.
Vallon misses with a low kick.
Vallon looks for the body kick but Mann saw that one coming.
Mann throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mann lands with a nice combination. Vallon backs away looking to recover.
Mann throws a right and a left that both miss.
A shot to the liver by Mann. Beautiful body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stan Mann dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Stan Mann's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Mann takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Vallon on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Stan Mann is winning the standup battle so far.
Mann catches Vallon with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mann swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mann blocks a head kick by Vallon.
Vallon misses with a low kick.
Mann lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mann. Vallon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vallon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vallon looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mann scores with a one two! Vallon had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Mann moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Mann lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Mann tries to bum rush Vallon with a series of wild strikes but Vallon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mann goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mann lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Mann digs a good body shot into Vallon's ribs.
Vallon has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Mann lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Vallon backs up against the cage.
Mann misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mann looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mann misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vallon.
Mann will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vallon throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mann fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mann cracks a nice hook into Vallon's ribs.
Mann rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vallon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vallon lets loose with a powerful body kick. Mann will feel that in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vallon throws a head kick but Mann moves out of range.
Mann checks a low kick from Vallon.
Mann scores with a hook to the body. Vallon takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mann stalks Vallon and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Vallon's face. Vallon staggers backwards, shaken.
Mann throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Vallon takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mann wants to clinch up but Vallon keeps it at a distance.
Mann displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Mann fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Vallon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Vallon moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Vallon tries to land a front kick but Mann steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Vallon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mann throws a shot to the body.
Mann lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Vallon at a distance.
Mann lands with a hook. Vallon tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vallon throws a wild body kick that Mann sees coming a mile off.
Mann punishes Vallon's body with a nice straight punch.
Mann is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mann lands a nice shot that snaps Vallon's head back.
Good exchange - Mann coming out on top.
Vallon keeps the fight on the outside.
Mann's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Mann duly obliges.
Mann tries to clinch there but Vallon circles away.
Mann moves out of range of the body kick from Vallon.
Mann moves in looking to clinch but Vallon pushes him off.
Mann lands with a good body shot.
Mann lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Mann digs a good body shot into Vallon's ribs.
Amsterdam Vallon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A punch combination from Mann misses.
Mann lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mann ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mann tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mann lands with a hook. Vallon tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mann jabs at Vallon's body.
Mann connects with the punch.
Vallon on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mann tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vallon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mann lands with a nice body punch.
Mann throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vallon stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Mann lands a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mann throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vallon.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mann scores with a jab to the body.
Stan Mann is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mann moves in looking to clinch but Vallon pushes him off.
Vallon takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Vallon on the wrong end of a nice hook.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stan Mann showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mann 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:24
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:24
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stan Mann!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jeremiah Ethan Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demon Beast (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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155 lbs
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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
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremiah Ethan Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Demon Beast!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz throws a body punch but Beast moves out of range.
Beast keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cruz misses with a wild body shot.
Beast throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cruz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Beast avoids the body shot from Cruz.
Cruz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beast manages to avoid it.
Cruz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beast bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Beast avoids the body shot from Cruz.
Cruz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beast moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beast uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cruz.
Cruz slips under a jab from Beast.
Nice defenses there by Beast.
Cruz throws a series of punches but Beast moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beast bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cruz looks to score with a jab to the body but Beast is just out of range.
Cruz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beast.
Beast avoids the body shot from Cruz.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cruz. Beast does a little dance to reset his feet.
A swing and a miss from Cruz.
Cruz works over Beast's head and body with a nice combination.
Beast moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cruz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beast was well out of range. Poor timing from Cruz.
Cruz swings for the body but Beast moves out of range.
Cruz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beast.
Cruz thows a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jeremiah Ethan Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beast. Cruz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cruz throws a series of punches but Beast moves out of range.
Beast showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cruz.
Cruz misses with a jab to the body
and Beast counters with a good low kick that Cruz was not able to check.
Cruz lands with a nice combination. Beast backs away looking to recover.
Cruz swings away with a body shot that misses
and Beast counters with a stiff right hand.
Beast fails to land with a series of punches.
Cruz takes one to the side of the head.
Cruz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Beast counters with a stiff right hand.
Cruz closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Cruz throws a hook but Beast blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz misses with a body punch
and Beast counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cruz misses with a hook to the body
and Beast counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Cruz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Beast thows a big elbow that misses.
Beast loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Beast trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cruz knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Beast on the ground.
Beast throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cruz wants to stand but Beast is controlling the position.
Beast loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Beast with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Cruz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cruz misses with a straight right.
Cruz swings away with a body shot that misses
and Beast counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Beast not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cruz avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Beast.
Beast looks to land a strike but Cruz avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Beast postures up in Cruz's guard and throws a big left but Cruz blocks it.
Beast thows a big elbow that misses.
Beast postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Beast lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Beast trying to control but Cruz is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Demon Beast dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Cruz misses with a body punch
and Beast counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cruz misses with a straight left.
Cruz misses with a shot to the body
and Beast connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cruz misses with a shot to the body
and Beast counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cruz thuds a left hand into Beast's body.
Cruz scores with a jab to the body.
Cruz misses with a combination
letting Beast counter with a right hand.
Cruz throws a shot from downtown. Beast moves away and avoids it.
Cruz swings away with a body shot that misses
and Beast cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cruz moves out of range as Beast strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Cruz misses
and Beast counters with a stiff right hand.
Cruz falls off balance throwing a combination
and Beast counters with a takedown into side control.
Beast throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Cruz taking punishment in the form of punches.
Beast looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Cruz is avoiding damage well.
Cruz is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The ground and pound from Beast seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cruz takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Beast wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cruz keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beast scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Cruz to see if he's OK.
Beast creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Cruz sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Sloppy strikes there by Beast.
Beast throws an elbow but Cruz slips to the side and avoids it well.
Cruz wants to get back to his feet.
Cruz parries the strikes from Beast easily there. Beast is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Cruz to escape.
Beast working the ground and pound but Cruz is defending the strikes.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Cruz misses the body punch
and Beast makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz misses with a body punch
and Beast counters with a three punch combo that has Cruz backing up. Cruz nods at Beast to acknowledge the strikes.
Cruz falls off balance throwing a combination
and Beast counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cruz throws a predictable looking body shot
and Beast makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Beast lands with an uppercut that bounces Cruz off the cage and back into rage.
Cruz misses with a body punch
enabling Beast to counter with a crisp jab.
Cruz swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cruz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cruz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cruz swings away with a body shot that misses
and Beast counters with a nice body shot.
Cruz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Beast counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz misses with a body shot
and Beast counters with a thumping low kick.
Cruz lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Cruz misses with a body shot
and Beast counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Cruz blocking the ground and pound attempt from Beast.
Cruz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Beast lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Beast thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cruz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Demon Beast showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Cruz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Beast connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cruz misses with a straight right.
Cruz misses with a jab to the body
and Beast cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cruz is looking to wear down Beast with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A shot to the body from Cruz misses
and Beast makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cruz misses with a hook to the body
letting Beast counter with a right hand.
Beast doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cruz scores with a body shot.
Cruz throws a sloppy body shot
and Beast counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cruz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice defenses there by Beast.
Cruz misses with a shot to the body
and Beast counters with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz punishes Beast's body with a nice straight punch.
Cruz misses with a body punch
and Beast counters with a straight right hand.
Cruz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Beast counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Beast not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Beast lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Beast throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Beast works his way into full mount!
Cruz on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cruz tries to get out of the position.
Beast landing strikes from the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beast sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Beast throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Cruz blocking the ground and pound.
Beast throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Cruz because Beast loaded up on that one.
Beast landing strikes from the mount.
Beast looking to finish Cruz with some ground and pound. This is bad for Cruz!
Beast has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Beast wants to control the pace but Cruz is squirming around nicely.
Beast won't let Cruz get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz avoids a series of strikes thrown by Beast.
Beast thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Cruz wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Beast.
Beast throwing strikes but Cruz recovers to half guard. A much better position.
Beast not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jeremiah Ethan Cruz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four 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.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Beast lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cruz has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cruz and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cruz swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Beast counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jeremiah Ethan Cruz is winning the standup battle so far.
A shot to the body from Cruz misses
and Beast counters with an inside leg kick.
Cruz throws a sloppy body shot
and Cruz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cruz misses with a body punch
and Beast counters with a left to the body.
Cruz looks to throw the jab but Beast is out of range.
Cruz throws a combination that misses
and Beast counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cruz misses with a body punch
letting Beast counter with a right hand.
Cruz swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Beast to counter with a crisp jab.
Demon Beast is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Beast cracks Cruz with a good jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Demon Beast comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Beast has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Demon Beast!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Razor Face (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alpo Wednesday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Face comes to the cage accompanied by Welcome to the TerrorDome. Alpo Wednesday will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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162 lbs
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162 lbs
10 - 2 - 1 |
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Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Razor Face!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alpo Wednesday!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Face lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wednesday at a distance.
Wednesday is looking to clinch but Face is avoiding it.
Wednesday uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Face.
Wednesday tries to clinch up but Face circles away and keeps his distance.
Face throws a right and a left that both miss.
Face is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wednesday.
Face lands a head shot.
Wednesday slips a straight right by Face.
Wednesday tries to clinch but Face is having none of it.
Face is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wednesday.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wednesday fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Face, pushing him back against the cage.
Face can't find room to land a body shot as Wednesday controls the action.
A right hook to the body lands for Face.
Wednesday swings wildly with an uppercut but Face uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wednesday wants to stall.
A left hand lands to the body for Face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wednesday breaks from the clinch.
Face misses with an uppercut.
Face connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Wednesday momentarily.
Face throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wednesday sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wednesday tries to clinch but Face moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Face - just one landing.
A big left from Face misses.
Face throws a series of punches but Wednesday avoids them all with ease.
Nice defenses there by Wednesday.
Wednesday doesn't manage to clinch there - Face circles away.
Face looks to land a combination. Wednesday sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Face connects with a jab.
Razor Face seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Face dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Face fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday tries to clinch but Face moves out of range.
Wednesday takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wednesday is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Wednesday avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wednesday connects with a good right hand that stumbles Face. Face circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
No joy there for Face, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wednesday tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Face throws a shot from downtown. Wednesday moves away and avoids it.
A big left from Face misses.
Face lands a jab-cross combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Face circles away from the clinch attempt.
Face looks to land a left hand but Wednesday moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Face.
Wednesday moves into the clinch.
Face lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wednesday tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Face doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Face takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Wednesday fails to land.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Face fails to land.
Wednesday doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Face swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Face is working Wednesday over against the cage.
A short right from Face on the inside.
Face looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Face lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wednesday backwards.
Face scores with a shoulder strike.
Wednesday misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wednesday wants to break the clinch but can't.
A right handed body shot lands from Face.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wednesday breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Face stuns Wednesday with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Face rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wednesday moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Face throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wednesday looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Face loads up on a big right hand but Wednesday slips the punch.
Face misses with a wild combination.
Face scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Face slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wednesday uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Face.
Face is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wednesday wants to clinch.
Wednesday wants to clinch up but Face keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Razor Face dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Face digs a good body shot into Wednesday's ribs.
Face lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wednesday throws a predictable looking body shot
and Wednesday takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wednesday fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wednesday darts in and clinches Face up against the cage.
Face lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Face misses with a punch on the inside.
Wednesday looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wednesday tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Face gets through Wednesday's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Face stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Face leaning his opponent against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Face.
Wednesday is leaning against Face and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Face misses with the head strike.
Wednesday lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Face.
Wednesday lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wednesday manages to break the clinch.
Wednesday fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - Face coming out on top.
Wednesday darts in trying to clinch
enabling Face to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Face misses.
A left and a right from Face both land. Nice combination.
Wednesday is looking to clinch but Face is avoiding it.
Nice defenses there by Wednesday.
Face cracks Wednesday with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Face scores with a body shot.
No joy there for Face, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Razor Face is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Razor Face is winning the standup battle so far.
Wednesday takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Face works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A slow jab from Face misses its intended target.
A swing and a miss from Wednesday.
Face throws a big shot that misses.
Face tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wednesday was well out of range. Poor timing from Face.
A slow jab from Face misses its intended target.
Wednesday blocks a jab.
Face looks to score with a jab to the body but Wednesday is just out of range.
Face thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Face waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wednesday.
Face waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wednesday.
Face throws out a loose jab but Wednesday uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Face misses.
Wednesday doesn't manage to clinch there - Face circles away.
Face throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wednesday counters with a stiff right hand.
Face blocks a jab.
Wednesday clinches but Face breaks the clinch
and Face counters with a three punch combo that has Wednesday backing up. Wednesday nods at Face to acknowledge the strikes.
Wednesday fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wednesday tries to clinch up.
Face throws a nice looking combination but Wednesday bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Face counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A slow jab from Face misses its intended target.
Wednesday bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wednesday ducks under a wild hook from Face.
Face scores with a punch to the head.
Wednesday avoids the body shot from Face.
Wednesday avoids a punch combination nicely.
A slow jab from Wednesday misses its intended target.
Face cracks Wednesday with a right hand to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Razor Face dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Wednesday throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wednesday has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wednesday swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Face counters with a nice uppercut.
Wednesday fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wednesday wants to clinch but Face slips to the side
and Face counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wednesday has managed to clinch.
Wednesday blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wednesday misses with a punch on the inside.
Wednesday stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Face blocking some punches.
Face lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wednesday backwards.
Wednesday blocks an uppercut.
Wednesday doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Face scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wednesday stalling the fight.
Face pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Face looks to score with a jab to the body but Wednesday is just out of range.
Wednesday clinches but Face breaks the clinch
and Face counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wednesday moves forwards but Face connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Face misses with a looping right.
Wednesday darts in trying to clinch
letting Face counter with a right hand.
Face stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Face swinging wildly here.
Face misses with a straight right.
Face throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Face throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wednesday sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Alpo Wednesday has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Face counters with a nice uppercut.
Face throws a shot from downtown. Wednesday moves away and avoids it.
Wednesday wants to clinch.
Face connects with a jab.
Face scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wednesday scores with a nice strike.
Face throws a right hand that Wednesday ducks under and follows up with a left that Wednesday also avoids with ease.
Face takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wednesday moves out of range as Face strikes.
Face throws a big shot that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Face throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wednesday wants to clinch.
Face throws out a loose jab but Wednesday uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wednesday moves into range and connects with a jab.
Face waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wednesday.
Wednesday looks to clinch
and Face counters with a two punch combo.
A big right from Face misses.
Wednesday takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Face will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Face throws a jab but it's blocked by Wednesday.
Face lands a head shot.
Wednesday keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Face.
Wednesday ducks under a wild hook from Face.
Face takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Face lands a glancing blow to the side of Wednesday's head.
Face uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wednesday.
Face throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wednesday keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Face.
Wednesday moves out of range of the strikes.
Face misses with a double jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Razor Face showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Face 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Razor Face!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francois Fillemone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito Ortizz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Francois Fillemone has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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25
208 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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220 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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Powerful |
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Francois Fillemone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tito Ortizz!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortizz moves in looking to clinch but Fillemone pushes him off.
Ortizz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ortizz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ortizz forces Fillemone back against the cage and clinches.
Ortizz pushes Fillemone back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fillemone is trying to break the clinch but Ortizz is controlling him.
Ortizz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ortizz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ortizz.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ortizz.
Fillemone looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short uppercut from Ortizz.
Ortizz just leaning against Fillemone, taking a breather.
Ortizz lands a nice uppercut.
Fillemone doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ortizz blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ortizz.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fillemone.
Ortizz working aggressively here.
Fillemone blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fillemone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fillemone wants to stall.
Ortizz lands a left hand.
Ortizz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ortizz lands a left hand.
Ortizz prevents a body shot from Fillemone.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ortizz.
Fillemone is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fillemone.
Ortizz unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Fillemone! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Ortizz is unloading with more strikes now! Fillemone drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tito Ortizz!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paavo Perkules (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zagan Yehudiah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perkules comes to the cage accompanied by Carlo Siliotto : The Punisher. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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22
164 lbs
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165 lbs
8 - 0 - 1 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paavo Perkules!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zagan Yehudiah!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perkules swings for the body but Yehudiah moves out of range.
Perkules takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A leg kick checked by Yehudiah.
Yehudiah pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A low kick from Yehudiah misses
letting Perkules counter with a right hand.
Yehudiah walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Perkules checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Yehudiah lands with a slapping head kick.
Perkules tries to clinch up.
Perkules looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Perkules tries to clinch but Yehudiah moves out of range.
Perkules defending well as Yehudiah loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yehudiah misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yehudiah avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yehudiah throws a leg kick
and Perkules counters with an outside leg kick.
Perkules walks forward, straight into a front kick from Yehudiah.
Perkules throws a leg kick that misses.
Yehudiah throws a sloppy head kick and Perkules moves out of range easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Perkules.
Yehudiah throws a lazy head kick
and Perkules counters with an outside leg kick.
Perkules wants to clinch up but Yehudiah keeps it at a distance.
Yehudiah plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yehudiah fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Perkules checks it well.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Perkules.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Yehudiah lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Perkules has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Perkules and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Yehudiah throws a head kick that Perkules semi-blocks.
Perkules takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Yehudiah feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Perkules's calf.
Yehudiah throws a leg kick
and Perkules connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yehudiah pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yehudiah thuds his shin into the meat of Perkules's side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkules takes a kick to the side of the head.
Good leg kick by Perkules there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Perkules avoids the head kick by Yehudiah.
Yehudiah moves out of range of the body kick.
Yehudiah swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Yehudiah lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Perkules has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Perkules and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Yehudiah darts in and clinches Perkules up against the cage.
Yehudiah controlling the action here for a moment.
Yehudiah throws an elbow but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yehudiah stalling against the cage.
Yehudiah looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Perkules avoids the elbow strike from Yehudiah, against the cage.
Perkules misses with an elbow over the top.
Perkules looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Perkules is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yehudiah is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yehudiah throws an elbow but misses.
A short uppercut from Yehudiah.
Yehudiah lands an elbow inside that Perkules shrugs off.
Perkules avoids a wild elbow strike from Yehudiah.
Perkules is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yehudiah is defending well for now.
Perkules lands a right hand.
Perkules missing with knees to the body.
Perkules lands a damaging elbow.
Perkules takes an elbow to the temple.
Perkules stalling in the clinch.
Yehudiah throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Perkules tries to land knees in the clinch but Yehudiah avoids the damage to the body.
Yehudiah manages to break the clinch.
Yehudiah misses with an attempted mid kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yehudiah clinches.
Yehudiah pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Perkules throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Zagan Yehudiah will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A low kick from Perkules misses
enabling Yehudiah to counter with a crisp jab.
Perkules tries to clinch but Yehudiah moves out of range.
Zagan Yehudiah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yehudiah wants to slow Perkules down by chopping away at his legs.
Perkules fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yehudiah.
Perkules rushes Yehudiah and presses him up against the cage.
Perkules missing with knees to the body.
Perkules wants to stall.
Perkules throws an elbow but it misses.
Yehudiah throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yehudiah creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Perkules's defenses.
Perkules blocks an elbow strike.
Perkules lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Perkules tries to land knees in the clinch but Yehudiah avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yehudiah.
Yehudiah is trying to break the clinch but Perkules has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Perkules fails to land.
Yehudiah lands an elbow that stopped Perkules in his tracks for a moment.
Perkules misses with the head strike.
Perkules avoids a wild elbow strike from Yehudiah.
Yehudiah is trying to stall.
Perkules creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yehudiah lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yehudiah doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Perkules is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yehudiah is defending well for now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yehudiah just misses with a elbow thrown towards Perkules's brow.
Perkules tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yehudiah avoids it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Perkules.
Yehudiah trying to stall but Perkules improves his position.
Yehudiah misses with an elbow strike.
Yehudiah is trying to break free.
Yehudiah throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Perkules is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yehudiah is defending well for now.
Perkules takes an elbow to the temple.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Yehudiah pushes off an throws an elbow but Perkules leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Perkules misses with an elbow strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Perkules.
Stalling in the clinch from Perkules.
Yehudiah breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A low kick from Yehudiah is predictable there
and Perkules counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Yehudiah is breathing heavily.
Perkules looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkules fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Yehudiah checks it well.
Yehudiah is looking to chop away at Perkules's legs.
Perkules tries to clinch up but Yehudiah circles away and keeps his distance.
Yehudiah motions for Perkules to come forward. Yehudiah throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Perkules goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Yehudiah connects with a high kick.
Perkules is looking to land body kicks.
A head kick from Yehudiah lands but Perkules takes it in his stride.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yehudiah gets a clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Perkules - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yehudiah.
Yehudiah throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Perkules is working Yehudiah over against the cage.
Yehudiah is looking to control Perkules's arms but Perkules gets an underhook and turns him. Now Yehudiah has his back to the cage.
Perkules tries to land knees in the clinch but Yehudiah avoids the damage to the body.
Yehudiah lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yehudiah breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Perkules wants to slow Yehudiah down by chopping away at his legs.
Yehudiah fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Perkules.
Perkules takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Yehudiah throws a sloppy head kick and Perkules moves out of range easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Yehudiah.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yehudiah walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Perkules checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Yehudiah tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A low kick from Perkules misses
and Yehudiah counters with a good low kick that Perkules was not able to check.
Yehudiah misses with a leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Yehudiah checks a leg kick.
Yehudiah takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Perkules misses with a body kick.
Perkules tries to clinch up but Yehudiah circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Paavo Perkules will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Perkules avoids the head kick by Yehudiah.
Perkules moves out of range of the leg kick from Yehudiah.
Yehudiah has taken the fight to the clinch.
Yehudiah avoiding damage as Perkules throws knees to the body.
Yehudiah misses with an elbow strike.
Yehudiah wants to stall.
Yehudiah stalling against the cage.
Perkules lands a nice elbow.
Perkules lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Perkules is leaning against Yehudiah and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Perkules lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Perkules - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Perkules lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Zagan Yehudiah has been cut.
Yehudiah misses with an elbow strike.
Yehudiah takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Perkules blocks an elbow strike from Yehudiah.
Perkules tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yehudiah avoids it.
Perkules blocks an elbow strike.
Yehudiah working hard to break the clinch.
Perkules misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yehudiah.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Yehudiah throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Perkules displaying some good clinch control by pressing Yehudiah up against the cage.
Yehudiah pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Yehudiah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yehudiah throws an elbow but misses.
Yehudiah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Perkules lands a body punch in the clinch.
Perkules has Yehudiah pushed against the cage.
Perkules tries to stall but Yehudiah uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Perkules stalling the fight.
Perkules blocks an elbow strike.
A short left from Perkules.
Yehudiah managing to block the knees to the body from Perkules.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yehudiah just misses with a elbow thrown towards Perkules's brow.
Yehudiah manages to break the clinch.
Perkules connects with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Yehudiah.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkules tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Perkules scoring well with a low kick there.
Perkules tries to clinch but Yehudiah moves out of range.
Yehudiah thumps Perkules with a low kick.
Perkules stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yehudiah.
Yehudiah misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yehudiah moves out of range of the leg kick from Perkules.
The fighters circling - Yehudiah throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkules misses with a straight left.
A combination from Perkules does no damage.
Yehudiah dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Perkules. That did some damage!
Perkules takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Perkules misses with a kick to the body.
Yehudiah circles away from the clinch attempt.
Perkules wants to clinch up but Yehudiah keeps it at a distance.
Perkules gets a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkules stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Perkules landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yehudiah looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Perkules is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yehudiah is defending well for now.
Perkules is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yehudiah is keeping busy.
Perkules dodges an elbow strike from Yehudiah.
Yehudiah manages to break the clinch.
Yehudiah fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Perkules.
Perkules avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Paavo Perkules is winning the standup battle so far.
A head kick misses from Yehudiah.
Perkules misses with a body kick.
Yehudiah tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Good leg kick by Yehudiah there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paavo Perkules clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Zagan Yehudiah's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Perkules takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yehudiah gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Perkules misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yehudiah.
Nice elbow from Yehudiah.
Perkules trying to land knees to the body.
Perkules throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Perkules is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Perkules lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Yehudiah or not.
Perkules tries to land knees in the clinch but Yehudiah avoids the damage to the body.
Yehudiah throws an elbow but it misses.
Perkules tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yehudiah avoids it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Yehudiah creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yehudiah avoids a wild elbow strike from Perkules.
Perkules missing with knees to the body.
Perkules is looking to control Yehudiah's arms but Yehudiah gets an underhook and turns him. Now Perkules has his back to the cage.
Perkules has Yehudiah pushed against the cage.
Yehudiah pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Perkules tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Yehudiah is able to avoid easily.
Yehudiah moves out of range of the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yehudiah throws a head kick that misses
and Perkules counters with a leg kick.
Perkules looks to clinch
and Yehudiah counters with a thumping low kick.
Yehudiah throws a quick inside leg kick.
A low kick from Perkules misses
and Yehudiah makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Perkules is looking to land body kicks.
Yehudiah throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Perkules counters with an inside leg kick.
Perkules takes a swing at Yehudiah's ribcage but misses.
A head kick misses from Yehudiah.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Perkules does no damage.
Perkules throws a body kick the misses
and Yehudiah counters with a head kick. That will keep Perkules thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A head kick misses from Yehudiah.
Perkules stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yehudiah.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Yehudiah lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Perkules has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Perkules and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Yehudiah walks forward, straight into a front kick from Perkules.
Perkules buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkules throws the kick towards the body but Yehudiah avoids it.
Perkules has Yehudiah up against the cage in a clinch.
Perkules stalling in the clinch but Yehudiah improves position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yehudiah.
Yehudiah is trying to force a seperation but Perkules has the dominant position.
Yehudiah is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Perkules is keeping busy.
Perkules is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yehudiah is defending well for now.
Yehudiah pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Yehudiah misses with an elbow strike.
Perkules lands a body shot.
Perkules trying to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yehudiah.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Perkules.
Paavo Perkules has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yehudiah throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yehudiah just misses with a elbow thrown towards Perkules's brow.
Perkules is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yehudiah is defending well for now.
Yehudiah managing to block the knees to the body from Perkules.
Perkules is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yehudiah is defending well for now.
Perkules trying to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yehudiah avoids the elbow strike from Perkules, against the cage.
Yehudiah comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Perkules will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Yehudiah up against the cage.
Perkules blocks an elbow strike.
Yehudiah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yehudiah just misses with a elbow thrown towards Perkules's brow.
Perkules crunches a lovely knee into Yehudiah's ribcage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yehudiah throws an elbow but misses.
Yehudiah throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Perkules.
A head punch on the inside from Perkules fails to land.
Yehudiah looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yehudiah blocks an elbow strike.
Perkules pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Yehudiah trying to control the position but instead, Perkules has worked for underhooks and has pushed Yehudiah into the cage.
Yehudiah's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Perkules wants to clinch but Yehudiah slips to the side
and Yehudiah counters with a head kick.
Perkules looks to throw a body kick
and Yehudiah holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Paavo Perkules will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Zagan Yehudiah's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Perkules takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Perkules throws the kick towards the body but Yehudiah avoids it.
Good work by Perkules as he checks the leg kick.
Perkules tries to clinch
and Yehudiah counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Perkules is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Yehudiah throws a body kick the misses
and Perkules counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Perkules moves out of range of the leg kick from Yehudiah.
Perkules uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yehudiah.
Yehudiah thows a leg kick but Perkules checks it
and Perkules moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yehudiah's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Perkules blocks a leg kick.
Perkules lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Yehudiah pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yehudiah misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yehudiah thuds his shin into the meat of Perkules's side.
Perkules throws a solid leg kick but Yehudiah takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Perkules.
Perkules chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Yehudiah can pounce on him.
Perkules takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Zagan Yehudiah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkules is looking to slow Yehudiah down with leg kicks.
A head kick from Yehudiah lands but Perkules takes it in his stride.
Yehudiah throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Perkules scoring well with a low kick there.
Yehudiah is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Perkules misses with a few strikes there.
Perkules tries to land a body kick
and Yehudiah counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Perkules is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yehudiah misses with a head kick.
Perkules avoids the head kick by Yehudiah.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkules blocks a leg kick.
Yehudiah thows a leg kick but Perkules checks it
and Perkules holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Yehudiah lands a damaging elbow.
Perkules looking to stall.
Nice elbow from Yehudiah.
Yehudiah misses with the head strike.
Yehudiah trying to stall but Perkules improves his position.
A bit of stalling here from Perkules.
Perkules lands a shoulder strike.
Perkules missing with knees to the body.
Perkules looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yehudiah manages to break the clinch.
Perkules fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yehudiah manages to avoid it.
Perkules looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Yehudiah keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yehudiah swats away the attempt to clinch by Perkules.
Yehudiah tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Perkules paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yehudiah doesn't manage to clinch there - Perkules circles away.
Perkules tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Yehudiah misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Perkules scores with a punch to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Zagan Yehudiah.
I think Perkules has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 48:48
Judge George Francis scores the fight 48:47
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 49:47
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Paavo Perkules!
Paavo Perkules is the new lightweight champion!
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