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OFK 391 - Drop Vs OcasioCortez PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksandar Dobrosavljevic (ranked 1791 p4p, 2591 weight class) and Kingsley Brown (ranked 99 p4p, 113 weight class). Dobrosavljevic comes to the cage accompanied by Jadakiss - The Champ Is Here. Kingsley Brown will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aleksandar Dobrosavljevic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Kingsley Brown!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dobrosavljevic throws a poor cross that misses
and Brown counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A nice combination there by Brown.
Brown throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dobrosavljevic is looking to counter punch.
Brown is looking to chop away at Dobrosavljevic's legs.
Dobrosavljevic appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Dobrosavljevic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brown sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dobrosavljevic looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jab from Dobrosavljevic.
 It looks like Kingsley Brown has been cut.
A jab from Brown finds it's way through Dobrosavljevic's defenses.
Dobrosavljevic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Brown throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dobrosavljevic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dobrosavljevic quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Dobrosavljevic misses with a straight left.
Dobrosavljevic scores with a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown checks a low kick from Dobrosavljevic.
Brown falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dobrosavljevic counters with a crisp right hand that drops Brown! Dobrosavljevic lets Brown back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Brown bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Brown lands with a slapping head kick.
Dobrosavljevic throws a low kick, looking for Brown's leg but Brown calmly moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
No joy there for Dobrosavljevic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brown scores with a head kick.
Brown throws a head kick but Dobrosavljevic moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Dobrosavljevic on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dobrosavljevic scores with a hook.
That has opened up Kingsley Brown's cut even more.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a head kick but Dobrosavljevic moves out of range.
Dobrosavljevic wants to land a leg kick but Brown is out of range.
Brown misses with a wild combination.
It looked like Dobrosavljevic wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Brown throws a head kick that misses.
Dobrosavljevic throwing a counter right hand but Brown manages to avoid it.
Dobrosavljevic throws a jab when Brown was well out of range.
Brown misses with a wild body shot.
Brown misses with a combination
enabling Dobrosavljevic to counter with a crisp jab.
Dobrosavljevic misses with a shot to the body
and Brown counters by clinching up.
Dobrosavljevic tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dobrosavljevic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dobrosavljevic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The cut above Kingsley Brown's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Dobrosavljevic has had enough of the clinch but Brown keeps him there for the moment.
Dobrosavljevic misses with a punch on the inside.
Brown lands an elbow inside that Dobrosavljevic shrugs off.
Brown tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dobrosavljevic's elbow.
Dobrosavljevic is trying to break the clinch but Brown is controlling him.
Dobrosavljevic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dobrosavljevic is trying to push Brown away but Brown has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dobrosavljevic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Brown lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
Brown prevents Dobrosavljevic from breaking the clinch.
Dobrosavljevic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick by Brown misses
and Dobrosavljevic counters with a straight right hand.
Dobrosavljevic misses with a right hand
and Dobrosavljevic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kingsley Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good work by Brown as he checks the leg kick.
Brown looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Dobrosavljevic swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Brown counters with a three punch combo that has Dobrosavljevic backing up. Dobrosavljevic nods at Brown to acknowledge the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown looks to land a right hand but Dobrosavljevic moved out of range.
Dobrosavljevic blocks a head kick by Brown.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kingsley Brown will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kingsley Brown's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Dobrosavljevic misses with a series of wild punches.
Dobrosavljevic throws a body shot but no joy.
Dobrosavljevic scores with a shot to the body.
Dobrosavljevic takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kingsley Brown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brown swings away with a body shot that misses
and Dobrosavljevic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brown misses with an uppercut
and Dobrosavljevic counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Brown is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dobrosavljevic feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Brown sprawling to the canvas! Brown rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Dobrosavljevic finish him?!
Kingsley Brown's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kingsley Brown's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Aleksandar Dobrosavljevic!
In his post fight interview, Aleksandar Dobrosavljevic started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Little Late (ranked 2486 p4p, 1353 weight class) and Sergey Bakarow (ranked 278 p4p, 175 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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World class boxer
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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 15 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Little Late!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sergey Bakarow!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Bakarow.
Late fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bakarow, pushing him back against the cage.
Bakarow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Late throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bakarow.
Bakarow's coach down at Death By Snu Snu was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Bakarow's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Late looks for the body kick but Bakarow saw that one coming.
Late tries to land a leg kick but Bakarow saw it coming and moves away.
Late backing away here, and Bakarow unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Late ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bakarow moves away.
Bakarow is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Bakarow shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Late but Late pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bakarow gets the takedown into side control.
Bakarow has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
No joy there for Late, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bakarow avoids the body shot from Late.
Bakarow wants to counter the offense by Late and move into the clinch position.
Late fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bakarow checks it well.
Bakarow lands a jab to Late's midsection.
Late misses with a hook to the body
and Bakarow counters with a nice leg kick.
Late has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Rabid Dog in the buildup to the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bakarow throws a jab when Late was well out of range.
Bakarow drops his hands momentarily and Late takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Late rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bakarow moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Late misses with a wild combination.
Late stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bakarow.
Late swinging wildly here.
Late throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bakarow counters with a combination of strikes to the head and body that crumple Late!
 Late is rocked!
Bakarow performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bakarow is trying to control the action in half guard but Late is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bakarow wants to pass the guard but Late is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bakarow decides to stand and escape the position.
Bakarow drops Late with a left and a right! Oh, Late is hurt - Bakarow dives into side control looking to finish!
Oh Late is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
 It looks like Little Late has been cut.
Late gets back to half guard.
Late is refusing to be controlled, as Bakarow sits in half guard.
Late seems to have got his legs back now.
Late trying to control here.
Bakarow is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bakarow seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bakarow wants to control but Late is keeping him busy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Late gets back to full guard.
Bakarow engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sergey Bakarow dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Little Late's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Late tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bakarow swivels and escapes.
Bakarow dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Late misses the shot to the body.
Late will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bakarow has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bakarow shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Late manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Late pushes Bakarow off and gets back to his feet.
Late throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bakarow tries to counter with a clinch but Late shakes him off and moves away.
Late wants to clinch up but Bakarow keeps it at a distance.
Bakarow looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Late with a hook.
Bakarow rushes Late and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Late wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bakarow has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bakarow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Late gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bakarow to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Bakarow trying to control but Late is working from the bottom.
Bakarow tries to free his leg and advance position but Late is retaining full guard.
Bakarow wants to control from the top but Late keeps moving.
Bakarow won't allow Late to get back to his feet.
Bakarow trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bakarow sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Bakarow wants to control from the top but Late keeps moving.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Bakarow misses with a few strikes there.
Late throws a series of punches but Bakarow moves out of range.
Late throws a leg kick but Bakarow checks it.
Late tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bakarow manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Late looks to land a combination but Bakarow avoids it well.
Bakarow is looking for the big counter here.
Late moves in looking to clinch but Bakarow pushes him off.
Bakarow takes the fight into the clinch.
Bakarow breaks from the clinch.
Late looks to throw the jab but Bakarow is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Late doesn't manage to clinch there - Bakarow circles away.
Late tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bakarow was well out of range. Poor timing from Late.
Bakarow throws a counter combo.
Bakarow clinches with his opponent.
Bakarow landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bakarow manages to break the clinch.
Bakarow scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bakarow throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Little Late is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Late defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bakarow.
Late appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Bakarow closes the distance and pushes Late back into the cage.
Bakarow breaks from the clinch.
Bakarow stalks Late and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Late's face. Late staggers backwards, shaken.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Late lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bakarow circles away quickly and effectively.
Late takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bakarow scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Late will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Late sets himself, and Bakarow steps forward looking for the clinch! Late avoids it this time.
Late takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bakarow lands a lovely overhand right.
Bakarow clinches up against the cage.
Bakarow escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Late is looking to wear down Bakarow with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Late takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Late misses with a combination
and Bakarow counters with a combination of strikes to the head and body that crumple Late!
Bakarow not doing much here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sergey Bakarow showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Little Late's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Late lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Late misses with a series of wild punches.
Sergey Bakarow seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bakarow fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bakarow drives through and clinches with Late against the cage.
Bakarow breaks the clinch.
Late looks to land a combination but Bakarow avoids it well.
Late misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bakarow tries to counter with a clinch but Late shakes him off and moves away.
Late jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Late misses with a low kick.
Late wants to clinch but Bakarow slips to the side
and Bakarow counters with a nice body shot.
Late stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bakarow.
Late get stunned by a cross and takes another one on the button. Late stumbles backwards and tries to bounce back off the cage but Bakarow runs in and jumps on him with a leaping lead hook that puts him out! Wow, that was highlight reel stuff! Awesome finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sergey Bakarow!
The defeated Little Late had this to say: 'Duh?!'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Toe Jam (ranked 1375 p4p, 1749 weight class) and Maxi Hernandez (ranked 177 p4p, 213 weight class). Hernandez is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Machete. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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World class boxer
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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 15 - 11 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Toe Jam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Maxi Hernandez!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hernandez misses with a looping right.
Jam misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hernandez.
Hernandez connects with a looping right hand.
Jam looks to score with a jab to the body but Hernandez is just out of range.
Hernandez misses with a straight right.
Jam throws a hook but Hernandez blocks it.
Hernandez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Jam misses the target.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jam, as that shot connected.
Jam stuns Hernandez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jam definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hernandez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jam.
Hernandez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jam.
Hernandez has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Jam throws out a loose jab but Hernandez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hernandez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jam.
Hernandez only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Jam takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jam dodges the punch combination from Hernandez.
Hernandez throws a quick inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hernandez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hernandez avoids the body shot from Jam.
Jam uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hernandez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jam throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hernandez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jam misses with a hook. Hernandez ducked under it nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Hernandez misses.
Jam throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hernandez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big left from Jam misses.
Hernandez unleashes a big counter combination but Jam bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Hernandez staying out of range there.
Hernandez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jam has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jam there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jam waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hernandez.
Jam throws a big shot that misses.
Jam throws a right hand that misses
letting Hernandez counter with a right hand.
Jam misses with a body shot.
Jam avoids a punch combination nicely.
It looked like Jam wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jam throws a hook but Hernandez avoids it easily.
Jam misses with a body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The fighters circling - Jam throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jam keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hernandez throws a lazy right hand but Jam sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hernandez blocks a jab.
Hernandez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jam takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hernandez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jam.
Jam misses with a body shot.
Hernandez lands a jab to the nose.
Jam works the jab nicely.
Hernandez has Jam up against the cage in a clinch.
Jam tries to work over Hernandez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hernandez is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Jam is defending well.
A short right from Jam.
Hernandez fails to pull guard.
Hernandez wants a takedown.
Toe Jam has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maxi Hernandez.
Jam breaks the clinch.
Jam looks to score with a jab to the body but Hernandez is just out of range.
A jab from Jam finds it's way through Hernandez's defenses.
Jam takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jam throws a lazy uppercut
and Hernandez counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Jam misses.
Hernandez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez throws a looping overhand right but Jam ducks down to avoid it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jam escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hernandez moves out of range as Jam strikes.
A slow jab from Jam misses its intended target.
Hernandez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jam.
Hernandez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jam misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hernandez.
Hernandez avoids the body shot from Jam.
Hernandez throws out a loose jab but Jam uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jam fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hernandez manages to avoid it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jam looks to land a left hand but Hernandez moved out of range nicely.
Jam scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jam looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hernandez takes one on the button.
It looks like Maxi Hernandez has been cut.
Hernandez lands a glancing blow to the side of Jam's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hernandez throws a body shot but no joy.
Jam takes a kick to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jam looks to land a left hand but Hernandez moved out of range nicely.
Hernandez throws out a counter right but Jam avoids it with no problem.
Hernandez connects with a leg kick.
Hernandez lands with an overhand left.
Hernandez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jam.
Hernandez throws out a counter right but Jam avoids it with no problem.
Hernandez misses with a body kick.
Jam is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Hernandez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jam ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hernandez moves away.
Hernandez swinging wildly here.
Jam throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jam throws a lazy right hand but Hernandez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jam swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hernandez tried to score with a low kick but Jam checks it.
Jam swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hernandez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big left from Jam misses.
Hernandez connects with an inside leg kick.
Hernandez blocks a jab.
Hernandez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Maxi Hernandez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Maxi Hernandez's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jam waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hernandez.
Hernandez lands a nice shot that snaps Jam's head back.
Jam misses with a straight right.
Hernandez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jam sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jam ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hernandez moves away.
Hernandez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Maxi Hernandez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hernandez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hernandez throws a sloppy head kick and Jam moves out of range easily.
Jam bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hernandez's head backwards.
Hernandez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hernandez throws the left hand but Jam avoids the punch easily.
Hernandez scores with a jab. Jam acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hernandez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jam to score with a decent uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jam lunges at Hernandez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hernandez's hand.
Hernandez defending well as Jam loads up on a big left hand.
Hernandez misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hernandez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jam keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hernandez.
Jam misses with a straight left.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jam.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jam misses the shot to the body.
Jam lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hernandez throws a series of punches but Jam moves out of range.
Jam scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
 Hernandez is rocked!
Jam swings for the body but Hernandez moves out of range.
Jam throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hernandez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hernandez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jam tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hernandez goes for a takedown in the clinch but Jam prevents it.
Hernandez goes for a takedown attempt but Jam pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jam swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hernandez staying out of range there.
Hernandez slips a straight right by Jam.
Jam lands a jab to the head.
Nice straight punches there by Jam. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jam.
Hernandez is still on wobbly legs! Can Jam finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Jam.
Jam drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Hernandez right on the button. Hernandez goes down! Jam follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Jam gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Toe Jam!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Toe Jam waved his t-shirt featuring Northern Zombie's logo in front of the cameras.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Giggle Valentine (ranked 673 p4p, 2671 weight class) and Morello Hawthorne (ranked 49 p4p, 183 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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26
130
8 - 10 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giggle Valentine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Morello Hawthorne!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valentine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hawthorne closes the distance and pushes Valentine back into the cage.
Hawthorne lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hawthorne throws a punch but it's blocked by Valentine.
Hawthorne tries to pull guard but Valentine forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Hawthorne working aggressively here.
Valentine's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Valentine misses with an uppercut. Hawthorne saw that one coming.
Hawthorne with the counter takedown but Valentine avoids it easily.
Valentine looks to land a left hand but Hawthorne moved out of range nicely.
Hawthorne wants to counter the offense by Valentine and move into the clinch position.
Valentine looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawthorne gets the takedown into side control.
Valentine tries to buck Hawthorne off but Hawthorne is having none of it.
You can see the frustration on Valentine's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawthorne passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Valentine!
Valentine tries to lock up and control but Hawthorne gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Valentine on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Valentine tries to get out of the position.
Hawthorne working for a guillotine from mount but Valentine is in no mood to give up.
Hawthorne with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Valentine really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Valentine tries to lock up and control but Hawthorne gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hawthorne seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Valentine is holding on tight.
Hawthorne wants to control the pace but Valentine is squirming around nicely.
Hawthorne tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Valentine tries to hold on but Hawthorne postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine is squirming around, avoiding Hawthorne's attempts to control the action.
Valentine knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hawthorne on the ground.
Hawthorne has control of Valentine's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Valentine regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Valentine tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hawthorne wants to take his opponent's back but Valentine doesn't allow it.
Hawthorne tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hawthorne wants to control the pace but Valentine is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hawthorne takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine tries to lock up and control but Hawthorne gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Valentine defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Hawthorne.
Hawthorne has hold of Valentine's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Valentine manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Hawthorne tries to control but Valentine wriggling away.
Valentine is desperately trying to improve his position but Hawthorne has a good base and remains in mount.
Hawthorne trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hawthorne is working for a guillotine from mount but Valentine frees his head quite easily.
Valentine is working to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine holds on for dear life, controlling Hawthorne's posture momentarily.
Valentine tries to lock up and control but Hawthorne gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Valentine keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hawthorne controlling from mount.
Hawthorne wants to finish this one by submission but Valentine is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Hawthorne.
Hawthorne tries to control but Valentine wriggling away.
Hawthorne has control of Valentine's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Valentine regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Valentine 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.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hawthorne content to control rather than advance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Morello Hawthorne dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hawthorne doesn't manage to clinch there - Valentine circles away.
Valentine looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Valentine throws the left hand but Hawthorne avoids the punch easily.
Hawthorne rushes Valentine and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Valentine has had enough of the clinch but Hawthorne keeps him there for the moment.
Hawthorne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hawthorne jumps guard but Valentine stands there with Hawthorne around his waist. Hawthorne gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Valentine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hawthorne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawthorne tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Valentine manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawthorne tries to close the distance and clinch but Valentine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Valentine looks to land a left hand but Hawthorne moved out of range nicely.
Hawthorne closes the distance and clinches.
Valentine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hawthorne fails with the takedown.
An attempted straight right counter from Valentine misses the target.
Hawthorne closes the distance looking to clinch
and Valentine counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Valentine misses.
Hawthorne closes the distance and clinches.
Hawthorne has a couple of punches blocked by Valentine.
Hawthorne fails to pull guard.
Giggle Valentine has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Morello Hawthorne.
Valentine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hawthorne fails with the takedown.
Hawthorne scores with a takedown into Valentine's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valentine 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.
Hawthorne trying to control but Valentine is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Valentine controls Hawthorne momentarily but Hawthorne frees himself.
Valentine seems keen to control Hawthorne's posture.
Hawthorne passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Hawthorne has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hawthorne is trying to get an arm triangle but Valentine is defending well.
Hawthorne tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorne is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Valentine is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Valentine gets back to half guard.
Morello Hawthorne has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hawthorne wants to pass to mount but Valentine is defending the position.
Valentine trying to hold on to Hawthorne's head to control him but Hawthorne postures up.
Hawthorne tries to pass the half guard into mount. Valentine knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hawthorne performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Hawthorne trying to mount his opponent but Valentine defends it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Morello Hawthorne showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Valentine swats away the attempt to clinch by Hawthorne.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Valentine throws a looping overhand right but Hawthorne ducks down to avoid it.
A jab from Valentine misses.
Valentine throws a lazy right hand but Hawthorne sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hawthorne tries to counter with a clinch but Valentine shakes him off and moves away.
Valentine misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawthorne tries to clinch but Valentine is having none of it.
Valentine throws a lazy head kick
and Hawthorne counters with a nice double leg into side control. Valentine won't be happy with that.
Valentine keeps Hawthorne under control for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawthorne tries to move to mount but Valentine blocks the move with his legs.
Valentine is not content to let Hawthorne control the position.
Hawthorne tries to move to mount but Valentine blocks the move with his legs.
Hawthorne tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hawthorne has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Hawthorne trying to control the action but Valentine is working from the bottom.
Hawthorne is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Valentine has escaped the position, nice work there.
Hawthorne working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Valentine prevents Hawthorne from moving into mount.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Hawthorne tries for a kimura but Valentine is defending well.
Valentine wants to control but Hawthorne postures up.
Hawthorne tries for a kimura but Valentine is defending well.
Hawthorne is looking to take a break and control but Valentine is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorne wants to control but Valentine is keeping him busy.
Hawthorne tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Valentine tries to buck Hawthorne off but Hawthorne is having none of it.
Hawthorne tries to advance to mount but can't.
Hawthorne is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Valentine knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Valentine is trying to control Hawthorne's posture but Hawthorne avoids it.
Hawthorne is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Valentine knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Valentine holds on to Hawthorne's head and controls the position momentarily.
Valentine is not content to let Hawthorne control the position.
Hawthorne passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Valentine!
Valentine is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hawthorne prevents Valentine from getting the reversal.
Hawthorne can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Valentine is looking to escape.
Hawthorne prevents Valentine from getting the reversal.
Morello Hawthorne is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Valentine wants to hold on but Hawthorne pushes him away.
Hawthorne pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Giggle Valentine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hawthorne looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
Morello Hawthorne comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hawthorne winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Morello Hawthorne!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Edmonds (ranked 984 p4p, 1342 weight class) and Manny Johnson (ranked 118 p4p, 163 weight class). Edmonds kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus. Johnson has chosen On The Run as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Manny Johnson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Excellent boxer
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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 42 - 33 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Edmonds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Manny Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edmonds misses with a straight right.
Edmonds takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Edmonds throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Johnson.
Johnson misses the jab.
Edmonds avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Edmonds tries to counter with a takedown but Johnson is quick to defend against it.
We've been told by Edmonds's head coaches at The Jungle Room that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Edmonds takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Johnson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd cheers as Johnson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Edmonds doesn't seem phased though.
Johnson defending well as Edmonds loads up on a big left hand.
Edmonds manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Johnson on his heels. He'll look to pass Johnson's guard now, I'm sure.
Johnson pushes Edmonds off and scrambles back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Edmonds fails to land the takedown.
Johnson clobbers Edmonds with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Edmonds rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edmonds swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That kick from Johnson tenderised Edmonds's leg. Edmonds is trying to keep his angry face on.
Johnson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Edmonds throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Edmonds tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Edmonds.
Johnson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Edmonds checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Edmonds throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Johnson.
Edmonds thows a left - swing and a miss!
Edmonds misses the body punch
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
Edmonds throws a predictable looking body shot
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johnson cracks Edmonds with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Edmonds swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A decent looking cross lands there for Edmonds.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Edmonds moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edmonds bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johnson moves forwards but Edmonds connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Johnson connects with a solid leg kick.
Johnson works the jab nicely.
Edmonds slips a straight right by Johnson.
Edmonds is looking to counter punch.
Edmonds has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Johnson finds it's way round the side to connect with Edmonds's head.
Edmonds listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Johnson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Edmonds looks to throw the jab but Johnson is out of range.
Edmonds misses with a hook.
Edmonds tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Edmonds.
Nice body punch from Johnson.
Nice uppercut there from Johnson.
Johnson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Edmonds had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Edmonds tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Edmonds throws a hook but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Johnson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Edmonds throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johnson misses with a leg kick
and Edmonds counters with a takedown into side control.
Edmonds wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Johnson, who protects the arm well.
Johnson wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Edmonds is looking to take a break and control but Johnson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Edmonds wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Johnson, who protects the arm well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Johnson wants to get back to full guard.
Edmonds wants to lay and pray for a moment but Johnson keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Edmonds is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Johnson is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson kicks off Edmonds and gets to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice straight punches there by Johnson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Johnson.
Edmonds moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Johnson looks to throw the jab but Edmonds is out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Manny Johnson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Edmonds.
Edmonds has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Johnson finds it's way round the side to connect with Edmonds's head.
Johnson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Edmonds displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnson throws out the jab.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
Edmonds misses with a hook
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Edmonds takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Johnson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Edmonds avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Johnson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson scores with a punch to the head.
Johnson lands with a hook. Edmonds tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Edmonds misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Edmonds walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Edmonds is defended easily by Johnson.
That kick from Johnson tenderised Edmonds's leg. Edmonds is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson cracks Edmonds with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Edmonds shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Johnson pinned against the cage. Johnson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Edmonds.
Edmonds looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Manny Johnson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Edmonds throws out the jab.
Johnson lands a glancing blow to the side of Edmonds's head.
Johnson lands with an overhand left.
Edmonds throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Edmonds throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Johnson lands a head shot.
Edmonds misses with a double jab.
Edmonds defending well as Johnson loads up on a big left hand.
Edmonds looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edmonds has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Johnson finds it's way round the side to connect with Edmonds's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Edmonds has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Johnson finds it's way round the side to connect with Edmonds's head.
Johnson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Johnson jabs at Edmonds's body.
Manny Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice uppercut there from Johnson.
Johnson lands a glancing blow to the side of Edmonds's head.
Edmonds misses with an uppercut
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Edmonds throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
Johnson misses with a straight right.
Edmonds takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Johnson throws a one two combo.
Johnson scores with a jab. Edmonds acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Johnson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A good leg kick by Johnson.
A decent looking cross lands there for Edmonds.
Edmonds connects with a good right hand that stumbles Johnson. Johnson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scores with a jab to the body.
Johnson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Edmonds was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Johnson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A lazy left from Johnson finds it's target.
Johnson motions for Edmonds to come forward. Johnson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Johnson takes a swing at Edmonds's ribcage but misses.
Edmonds slips under a jab from Johnson.
Johnson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The fighters circling - Edmonds throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Edmonds throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Edmonds does a little dance to reset his feet.
Edmonds throws a lazy uppercut
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
An inside leg kick lands from Edmonds.
Edmonds drops his hands momentarily and Johnson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Edmonds drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big left from Edmonds misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johnson! But no joy.
Edmonds uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
Johnson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Edmonds counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Johnson thinking.
Edmonds ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
A nice leg kick from Johnson, right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson lands a nice looking body shot.
Edmonds takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Johnson lands a jab to the head.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Edmonds.
Johnson scores with a hook to the body. Edmonds takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Johnson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Edmonds is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Edmonds throws out the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Johnson lands a lovely overhand right.
Johnson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Manny Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice cross by Johnson.
Edmonds takes one on the button.
Edmonds will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Edmonds throws a body shot but no joy.
Edmonds swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Edmonds slips the punch.
Johnson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Edmonds ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Johnson connects with the punch.
Edmonds takes one to the chin there.
Edmonds misses with a body shot
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Edmonds tried to score with a low kick but Johnson checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Edmonds's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Johnson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Edmonds scrambles back to his feet.
Johnson tried to score with a low kick but Edmonds checks it.
Edmonds throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
Edmonds shoots in looking for a takedown but Johnson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Edmonds's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Johnson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Johnson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Edmonds slips a jab from Johnson.
Edmonds misses with a low kick.
A lazy left from Johnson finds it's target.
Johnson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Edmonds tries for a takedown but Johnson circles away easily
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Edmonds throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johnson misses with a kick to the body.
Edmonds swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Manny Johnson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Johnson as he connects with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice uppercut lands for Johnson. That snapped Edmonds's head back.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Edmonds shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Johnson sprawls well. Johnson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Edmonds gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Edmonds. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Edmonds takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Johnson works the jab nicely.
Johnson scores with a leg kick.
Edmonds on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Johnson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Johnson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Edmonds on the side of the head.
Johnson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Edmonds missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Edmonds has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jab by Edmonds.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Edmonds slips the punch.
Johnson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Edmonds on the side of the head.
Johnson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Edmonds takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Edmonds.
Edmonds defending well as Johnson loads up on a big left hand.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Edmonds.
Edmonds takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A right-left combo lands from Johnson.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Johnson 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 Edmonds has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Edmonds and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Edmonds.
Edmonds misses with a left hand
and Johnson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Edmonds's knee momentarily.
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson lands an overhand right.
Johnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
John Edmonds has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a good cross that connects.
Edmonds takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Johnson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A jab from Johnson does it's job there.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jab by Johnson.
Johnson clobbers Edmonds with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Johnson cracks Edmonds with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Edmonds is rocked!
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Johnson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Oh Edmonds is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Johnson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Johnson with a nice cross.
And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Johnson 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Johnson!
A relieved looking Manny Johnson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luke Mad Onion (ranked 896 p4p, 1150 weight class) and Isopaa Mfer (ranked 56 p4p, 73 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 53 - 35 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luke Mad Onion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Isopaa Mfer!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mad Onion walks into a straight right hand from Mfer.
Jab by Mfer.
It looks like Luke Mad Onion has been cut.
Mfer needs to keep his hands up - Mad Onion had a free shot at his head there.
Mfer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mad Onion fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mfer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mad Onion pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice defenses there by Mad Onion.
Mad Onion scores with a jab to the body.
Nice body punch from Mad Onion.
Mfer looks to land a body kick but Mad Onion moved away.
Mad Onion uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mfer.
An inside leg kick lands from Mad Onion.
A big left from Mfer misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mad Onion slips a straight right by Mfer.
Mfer has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mad Onion finds it's way round the side to connect with Mfer's head.
Mfer gets tackled into the cage by Mad Onion. Mad Onion maintains the clinch.
Mfer blocks an elbow strike.
Mad Onion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mad Onion stalling in the clinch but Mfer improves position.
Mad Onion swings wildly with an uppercut but Mfer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mfer blocks an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mad Onion throws a punch but it's blocked by Mfer.
Mfer gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Mad Onion wants to get back to his feet.
Mfer trying to mount his opponent but Mad Onion defends it.
Mfer controlling the action here.
Mad Onion wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Well, if Mfer is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Mad Onion is trying to stand back up but Mfer is controlling him
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mad Onion clinches up against the cage.
Mfer misses with a punch to the body.
Mfer gets through Mad Onion's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mfer lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mfer has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mad Onion avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Mfer.
Mfer is working for takedown but Mad Onion is calmly controlling the position for now.
A short uppercut from Mfer.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mfer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mfer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mfer avoids the elbow strike from Mad Onion, against the cage.
Mad Onion with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mfer lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Mad Onion tries to kick Mfer off but Mfer keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Mfer wants to pass the guard but Mad Onion is defending well.
Mfer looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mad Onion pushes Mfer off looking to stand but Mfer dives back in and keeps control.
Mfer is looking to advance position but Mad Onion won't allow it.
Well, if Mfer is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Mad Onion pushes Mfer off looking to stand but Mfer dives back in and keeps control.
Mfer is pressing down on Mad Onion's thigh, looking to free his foot. Mad Onion is holding on for now.
Mfer prevents Mad Onion from standing back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Mfer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mfer lands a jab to the nose.
Mfer thumps Mad Onion with a low kick.
Mad Onion lands with a right hand.
Mad Onion slips a straight right by Mfer.
Mfer cracks Mad Onion with a left hook right on the temple and Mad Onion goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Mfer lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Mad Onion is OK!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Isopaa Mfer!
Our winner, Isopaa Mfer, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Abel Hug (ranked 720 p4p, 922 weight class) and Destin Craven (ranked 60 p4p, 72 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Abel Hug!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Destin Craven!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Patrick Alders and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Craven drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Hug working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Craven.
Hug keeping moving, preventing Craven from controlling successfully.
Craven working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hug keeping moving, preventing Craven from controlling successfully.
Craven lands a couple of elbows.
Craven loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hug 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Craven distracts Hug with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Craven being controlled here momentarily.
Craven is looking to advance position but Hug has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Craven tries to reverse the position but Hug maintains control.
Craven wants to try and get back to his feet.
Craven can't escape the position.
Hug controlling from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hug continues to stall.
More hug and hope from Hug.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Craven is in all sorts of trouble here.
Craven keeps trying to improve his position.
Hug controlling his opponent.
Craven working to try and regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Craven tries to buck Hug off but he can't manage it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Craven tries to reverse the position but Hug maintains control.
Craven regains half guard.
Craven regains full guard. Nicely done.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Craven wants to stand but Hug is controlling the position.
Craven is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Craven being controlled here, momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Craven is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hug is controlling him.
Hug preventing the sweep.
Craven is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Craven looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Hug has picked Craven up and slammed him! Craven can't keep hold of the triangle and Hug manages to pass to side control!
Craven is trying to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Craven's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Craven seems a little lost for a moment, as Hug dominates the positioning.
Craven tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Abel Hug will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Craven throws a right hand that misses
and Hug counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hug uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Craven.
Hug slips under a jab.
Hug bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Craven's head.
Hug throws a jab when Craven was well out of range.
Craven shoots for a double leg takedown but Hug sprawls well. He's pushed Craven's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hug is looking to slow Craven down with leg kicks.
Hug throws out a loose jab but Craven uses good head movement to avoid it.
Craven tries for a takedown but Hug sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hug throwing a counter right hand but Craven manages to avoid it.
Craven closes the distance and clinches up with Hug, looking for a takedown. Craven pushes Hug against the cage but Hug circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hug is looking to counter punch.
Abel Hug has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Destin Craven.
Craven misses with a few strikes there.
Craven fails to land with a series of punches.
Hug was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Craven fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Craven rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hug counters with a straight right hand.
Hug misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Craven.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hug connects with a right hand. Craven shakes it off.
Craven is rocked!
Hug throws a big shot that misses.
Craven is still on wobbly legs! Can Hug finish him?
Hug lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hug throws a low kick but it's checked well by Craven.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Hug.
Hug uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Craven blocks a head kick by Hug.
Hug steps in with a hook that catches Craven right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Hug follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Craven looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abel Hug!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Martin Drop (ranked 48 p4p, 809 weight class) and Alexandria OcasioCortez (ranked 5 p4p, 48 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Martin Drop!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alexandria OcasioCortez!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
OcasioCortez fails in his attempt to clinch.
OcasioCortez misses with a looping right.
OcasioCortez moves out of range of the strikes.
OcasioCortez has managed to clinch.
OcasioCortez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Drop pressing his opponent against the cage.
OcasioCortez avoiding damage as Drop throws knees to the body.
Drop misses with a knee to the head.
OcasioCortez misses with a punch to the body.
OcasioCortez looking to stall.
Drop swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from OcasioCortez on the inside.
Drop landing knees to the head.
OcasioCortez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Drop's defenses.
It looks like Martin Drop has been cut.
Drop scores with a shot to the side of OcasioCortez's head.
OcasioCortez looking to throw knees to the head but Drop is blocking nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
OcasioCortez lands an elbow just above Drop 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, OcasioCortez throws an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
OcasioCortez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Drop lands with a short shot to the head.
Drop prevents a body shot from OcasioCortez.
Drop tried to land a shot to the body but connects with OcasioCortez's elbow.
OcasioCortez told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
A shot in the inside from Drop.
Drop trying to land knees to the body.
OcasioCortez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
I was talking to Drop's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
OcasioCortez missing with knees to the body.
Drop throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but OcasioCortez blocks it with crossed arms.
OcasioCortez pushes off an throws an elbow but Drop leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
OcasioCortez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
OcasioCortez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Drop is stalling here.
Drop dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Drop misses with a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as OcasioCortez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
OcasioCortez trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drop managing to block the knees to the body from OcasioCortez.
Come on Drop - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A short left from Drop.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
OcasioCortez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
OcasioCortez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Drop avoids it.
OcasioCortez misses with a knee strike.
OcasioCortez trying to control the position but instead, Drop has worked for underhooks and has pushed OcasioCortez into the cage.
OcasioCortez misses with a knee strike.
Drop avoids a wild elbow strike from OcasioCortez.
Come on Drop - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Drop scores with a nice hook to the head.
Drop dodges an elbow strike from OcasioCortez.
Drop looking to throw knees to the head but OcasioCortez is blocking nicely.
Drop is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
OcasioCortez lands an elbow that stopped Drop in his tracks for a moment.
Drop tries a body shot but OcasioCortez blocks it.
Drop works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Drop has OcasioCortez pressed against the cage.
Drop unloads a knee to the mid-section. OcasioCortez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
OcasioCortez looks winded!
Drop has OcasioCortez pressed against the cage.
Drop blocks an elbow strike from OcasioCortez.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, OcasioCortez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Drop's brow.
Drop displaying some good clinch control by pressing OcasioCortez up against the cage.
Drop unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Drop effectively controlling the action here.
OcasioCortez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Drop is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drop slows down the pace here.
Drop gets through OcasioCortez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Drop lands a body punch in the clinch.
Drop lands a good knee to the midsection. OcasioCortez won't want to take too many of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drop lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
OcasioCortez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Drop tries a knee to the head but OcasioCortez blocks it.
OcasioCortez lands an elbow that stopped Drop in his tracks for a moment.
Drop softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Drop using the Thai plumb to throw knees but OcasioCortez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drop misses with a knee to the head.
OcasioCortez misses with an elbow strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Drop scores with an uppercut up the middle.
OcasioCortez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Drop makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Drop dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Martin Drop's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
OcasioCortez is looking to clinch but Drop is avoiding it.
Drop scores with a jab to the jaw.
Drop lands an overhand right.
OcasioCortez moves in looking to clinch but Drop pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - OcasioCortez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
OcasioCortez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Drop stalling in the clinch but OcasioCortez improves position.
Drop lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Martin Drop has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Drop will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning OcasioCortez up against the cage.
OcasioCortez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
OcasioCortez lands a nice uppercut.
OcasioCortez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
OcasioCortez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Drop's defenses.
Drop looking to throw knees to the head but OcasioCortez is blocking nicely.
OcasioCortez looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drop tries a knee to the head but OcasioCortez blocks it.
Drop throws a knee to the head but misses.
OcasioCortez is looking to control Drop's arms but Drop gets an underhook and turns him. Now OcasioCortez has his back to the cage.
Drop manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A short right from OcasioCortez on the inside.
Drop lands a right hand.
OcasioCortez misses with an elbow strike.
Drop lands a right hand.
OcasioCortez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Drop looking to slow down the pace here.
Nice body punch from Drop.
Drop misses with a knee to the head.
OcasioCortez misses with an elbow over the top.
Drop using the Thai plumb to throw knees but OcasioCortez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drop missing with knees to the body.
Drop with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drop misses with a knee to the head.
Drop with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drop holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Drop lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
OcasioCortez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drop's elbow.
Drop tries a knee to the head but OcasioCortez blocks it.
A right handed body shot lands from Drop.
Drop lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
OcasioCortez is breathing heavily.
OcasioCortez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Drop lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Drop is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that OcasioCortez can do to turn this around?
Drop avoids a wild elbow strike from OcasioCortez.
Drop lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of OcasioCortez backwards.
OcasioCortez throws an elbow but it misses.
Drop letting OcasioCortez take a breather here.
Drop lands a knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drop lands a left hand.
Drop displaying some good clinch control by pressing OcasioCortez up against the cage.
Drop blocks a body shot from OcasioCortez.
Drop lands a knee to the head.
Drop avoids a wild elbow strike from OcasioCortez.
A short uppercut from Drop.
Nice elbow from OcasioCortez.
Drop misses with a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Drop creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
OcasioCortez misses with a knee to the head.
Drop stalling against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Drop landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
OcasioCortez throws an elbow but it misses.
Drop throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but OcasioCortez blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drop softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drop blocks an uppercut.
Drop throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Drop lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Drop working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Drop using the Thai plumb to throw knees but OcasioCortez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice left hand lands by Drop.
Drop lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Drop scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Drop softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Drop lands a huge knee in the clinch and it's knocked OcasioCortez out! Massive knee - he's celebrating with his corner and the crowd showing their appreciation!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Martin Drop!
Martin Drop retains his super heavyweight title!
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