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GAMMA #16 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Bryant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Love has chosen welcome to the jungle as his entrance music. Randy Bryant looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Randy Bryant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricky Love!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bryant but Bryant pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bryant looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Love shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bryant but Bryant pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bryant misses with a kick to the body.
Love drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bryant is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Love content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Love keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bryant's head.
Bryant is rocked!
Bryant has momentary wrist control but Love slips an elbow through the middle.
Oh Bryant is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Love postures up in Bryant's guard and throws a big left but Bryant blocks it.
Bryant preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Love throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bryant works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bryant working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Love.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Love missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bryant avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Love stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bryant swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Love postures up in Bryant's guard and throws a big left but Bryant blocks it.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Love shoots in for a takedown but Bryant shows good takedown defense.
Randy Bryant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Love.
Love fails with the takedown.
Bryant stuffs the takedown.
Bryant seems to have got his legs back now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryant's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Bryant duly obliges.
It looks like Ricky Love has been cut.
Bryant stuffs the takedown attempt from Love. Love gets slowly back to his feet.
Bryant shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bryant showed some decent athleticism there.
Love slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Love striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Bryant is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Love looking for a sweep. Not yet Love, not yet.
Love is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Love is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Nice strikes from Love there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Love looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bryant has hold of Love's hands but Love slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Love is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Love frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Love landing strikes, looking to finish!
Bryant in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Love landing strikes from the mount and Bryant is in trouble!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bryant is bucking up trying to escape but Love cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Love in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bryant is working to get back to half guard.
Bryant might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bryant is trying to stand.
Love landing strikes, looking to finish!
Love cracks Bryant with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bryant is trying desperately to improve position.
Love is in the full mount, landing strikes.
A nice elbow there by Love.
Love working the ground and pound effectively.
Love is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Love landing strikes from the mount.
BOOM! Love connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Love lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bryant is bucking up trying to escape but Love cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bryant really is a fat lump.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Love landing strikes from the mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Love is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bryant can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Love with the ground and pound from mount.
BOOM! Love connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Love lands a big elbow.
Bryant is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Love pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Love with a couple of short strikes.
Bryant in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Love lands a big shot there that rocks Bryant but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
A nice elbow there by Love.
Love postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Bryant looks a forlorn figure.
Bryant takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bryant tries to buck Love off but he can't manage it.
Love in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
BOOM! Love connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Love lands a heavy elbow.
Love lands a nice shot to the head.
Love lands with some strikes.
Love postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Bryant bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Love and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricky Love!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Milan Kocian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sid Prophet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Milan Kocian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sid Prophet!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prophet keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kocian keeps the fight on the outside.
Kocian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Prophet.
Prophet closes the distance and clinches.
Kocian drops down looking for an ankle pick but Prophet pulls his leg out and moves away.
Prophet pushes Kocian up against the cage in a clinch.
Prophet tries to land a knee to the head but Kocian blocks with his arms.
Kocian is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kocian tries to pull guard but Prophet holds him up against the cage and eventually Kocian drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Milan Kocian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Prophet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kocian tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Prophet just stands there and leans against the cage.
Prophet throws a knee to the head but misses.
Prophet stops a takedown attempt from Kocian.
Prophet misses with a knee strike.
Prophet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kocian goes for a takedown in the clinch but Prophet prevents it.
Prophet blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kocian misses with a body punch.
Kocian is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kocian takes a knee right on the jaw!
Prophet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Prophet throws a knee to the head but misses.
Prophet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Prophet looking to throw knees to the head but Kocian is blocking nicely.
Kocian working aggressively here.
Prophet gets underhooks to prevent Kocian's takedown attempt.
Prophet misses with a knee strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kocian misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kocian swings wildly with an uppercut but Prophet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Prophet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kocian has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Prophet looks gassed!
Prophet with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Prophet gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kocian.
Prophet tries a knee to the head but Kocian blocks it.
Prophet looking to throw knees to the head but Kocian is blocking nicely.
Kocian goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Prophet misses with a knee to the head.
Kocian misses with the head strike.
Prophet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kocian can't get the takedown.
Prophet connects with a knee right up the middle there - that's rocked Kocian badly! Kocian tumbles to the floor and Prophet stands over him, dominant and satisfied with his glorious KO victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sid Prophet!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Deforest Fernando (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Pace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Pace's choice of entrance music: Let The Bodies Hit The Floor. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Deforest Fernando!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ben Pace!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pace will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fernando closes the distance and clinches.
Fernando decides to pull guard.
Fernando pulls Pace in to control the position.
Fernando has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fernando scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Pace misses with a few strikes there.
Fernando blocks a head kick by Pace.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pace.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Fernando.
Fernando wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pace keeps working.
Fernando is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Pace looks calm but he's in trouble here. Fernando gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Pace is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Fernando lets go of the hold and Pace can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Deforest Fernando!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Fricke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luiz Cane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fricke comes to the cage accompanied by Alice In Chains - Bleed The Freak. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Fricke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luiz Cane!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cane looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Fricke!
Fricke is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Cane looking to finish Fricke with some ground and pound. This is bad for Fricke!
Fricke on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Fricke tries to get out of the position.
Fricke is desperately trying to improve his position but Cane has a good base and remains in mount.
Fricke is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Cane is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Fricke has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Cane wants to control the pace but Fricke is squirming around nicely.
Fricke regains half guard.
Fricke wants to improve his position but Cane is controlling well.
Cane missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cane wants to work for an arm triangle but Fricke is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Cane throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fricke keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cane has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fricke tries to get to full guard but Cane has control of the leg.
Cane tries to pass the half guard into mount. Fricke knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Fricke has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Cane is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cane closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fricke circles away.
Cane shoots for a double leg takedown but Fricke sprawls well. He's pushed Cane's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Fricke scores with a takedown into Cane's guard.
Cane looks gassed!
Fricke tries to stand but Cane is controlling from the bottom.
Fricke makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Cane looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fricke is one step ahead there.
Fricke content to stall in guard here.
Fricke works over Cane with some ground and pound from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fricke is working Cane over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Cane can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fricke controls the pace.
Cane has his feet on Fricke's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Cane looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Fricke is trying to stand up here but Cane is controlling him well.
Fricke tries to get to full guard but Cane has control of the leg.
Fricke is trying to stand.
Fricke looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Cane is looking for a kimura but Fricke is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Cane to get the leverage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cane works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cane is landing with some decent strikes but Fricke is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Cane tries to control but Fricke wriggling away.
Cane looking to secure an arm triangle but Fricke defends it well.
Cane working Fricke over with strikes here.
Cane breaks from Fricke's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Fricke wants to control but Cane is having none of it.
Cane swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Luiz Cane!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raaka Arska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emelianenko has chosen Fort minor - Remember the name as his entrance music. Raaka Arska has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raaka Arska!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fedor Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arska throws a nice head kick!
It looks like Fedor Emelianenko has been cut.
Arska misses with a straight right.
Emelianenko swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Emelianenko is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Arska.
Arska shoots in but no luck this time.
No joy there for Arska, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Arska shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Arska stopping the sweep attempt from Emelianenko.
Arska stands up and waves to Emelianenko to follow him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arska lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Emelianenko backs up against the cage.
Arska tries to close the distance and clinch up but Emelianenko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Arska fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Emelianenko is out of range.
Arska lands a with a good body shot.
Arska's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Arska duly obliges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arska tries to bum rush Emelianenko with a series of wild strikes but Emelianenko uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Emelianenko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Arska.
Emelianenko slips a jab and a cross from Arska.
Arska is looking to clinch.
Emelianenko gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Arska counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Emelianenko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Arska throws out the jab.
Arska cracks the inside of Emelianenko's front leg.
Emelianenko looks gassed!
Arska bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Emelianenko's head.
Arska is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Horrible takedown by Arska or perhaps it was just good defense by Emelianenko which made him look bad.
Emelianenko moves out of range of the strikes.
Emelianenko steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Arska.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Arska moves in looking to clinch but Emelianenko pushes him off.
Arska throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Emelianenko throws out a leg kick but Arska moves out of range and Emelianenko only half commits.
Left hook, right uppercut from Arska.
Arska throws a jab but it's blocked by Emelianenko.
Arska tries to clinch up but Emelianenko circles away and keeps his distance.
Arska throws a series of punches but Emelianenko avoids them all with ease.
Arska paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Emelianenko avoids a punch combination nicely.
Emelianenko shoots for a double leg takedown but Arska sprawls well. He's pushed Emelianenko's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Arska with a lazy takedown attempt
and Emelianenko counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raaka Arska. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Emelianenko stops Arska from standing up.
Arska is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Emelianenko keeps control of Arska as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arska prevents a takedown attempt there.
Arska is pressed up against the cage. Emelianenko has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Arska down to the mat. Arska avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Arska scores with a takedown into Emelianenko's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Emelianenko is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Arska could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Arska decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Arska swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Emelianenko counters by moving into the clinch.
Arska wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Emelianenko has him pressed against the cage.
Emelianenko gets underhooks to prevent Arska's takedown attempt.
Emelianenko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Arska has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Emelianenko regains guard immediately.
Emelianenko 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arska wants to control from the top but Emelianenko keeps moving.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Emelianenko bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Arska's guard.
Arska utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Arska will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Arska is looking to stand up but Emelianenko isn't so interested in that idea.
Arska on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Arska tries to get out of the position.
Emelianenko stands up over Arska, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emelianenko wants to stand but Arska has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Emelianenko has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Arska kicks Emelianenko off and gets to his feet.
Arska misses with a few strikes there.
Arska throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emelianenko walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Arska pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Arska closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Arska lands in his opponent's guard.
Arska tries to free his leg and advance position but Emelianenko is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raaka Arska dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fedor Emelianenko's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Emelianenko slips a jab and a cross from Arska.
Emelianenko gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Arska counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Arska tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Emelianenko counters with a nice leg kick.
Emelianenko uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Arska.
Emelianenko checks the leg kick.
Arska throws a series of punches but Emelianenko avoids them all with ease.
Arska looks to land a combination but Emelianenko avoids it well.
Emelianenko circles away from the clinch attempt
and Emelianenko holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Emelianenko is working for takedown but Arska is calmly controlling the position for now.
Emelianenko changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Arska fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Raaka Arska has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fedor Emelianenko.
Arska throws a body kick the misses
and Emelianenko counters with a nice double leg into side control. Arska won't be happy with that.
Arska tries to improve position but can't.
Emelianenko working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arska pushes Emelianenko away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Emelianenko gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Emelianenko cracks Arska with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Arska tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Arska knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Emelianenko on the ground.
Arska wants to get back to his feet.
Arska trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Arska tries to buck Emelianenko off but Emelianenko is having none of it.
Emelianenko lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Arska down.
Arska tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Emelianenko wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Emelianenko wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Arska, who protects the arm well.
Arska can't do much from the bottom here.
Emelianenko working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Check out the look on Emelianenko's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Arska is rocked!
Emelianenko cracks Arska with a big right hand but Arska just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Oh Arska is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Emelianenko tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Emelianenko is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Arska seems to have got his legs back now.
Emelianenko in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Emelianenko prevents Arska from escaping the position.
Emelianenko moves into full mount!
Emelianenko cracks Arska with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Emelianenko scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Arska?
Emelianenko lands a big elbow.
Emelianenko has control of Arska's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Arska regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Fedor Emelianenko has got the better of the ground game so far.
Arska is desperately trying to improve his position but Emelianenko has a good base and remains in mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arska wants to get back to his feet.
Emelianenko working the ground and pound effectively.
Emelianenko moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Arska has worked his arm free - good work by Arska!
Arska manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Arska makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Arska lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Raaka Arska is winning the standup battle so far.
Arska looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Arska pushes Emelianenko up against the cage in a clinch.
Arska taking a breather.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Emelianenko. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Emelianenko tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arska wants a takedown.
Emelianenko scores with a hook to the body.
Emelianenko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Arska darts in trying to clinch
and Emelianenko counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Arska misses with a knee to the head.
Arska wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Emelianenko breaks the clinch.
Emelianenko shoots in but Arska avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Arska misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Arska tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fedor Emelianenko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Fedor Emelianenko's cut.
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!
Arska falls off balance throwing a combination
and Emelianenko counters with a shoot takedown. Arska fights it but they end up in guard.
Emelianenko prevents Arska from getting back to his feet.
Arska wants to sweep here but Emelianenko controlling him for the moment.
Emelianenko cracks Arska with a solid left hand.
Arska wants to sweep here but Emelianenko controlling him for the moment.
Emelianenko wants to control from the top but Arska keeps moving.
Arska 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.
Arska manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Arska sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Emelianenko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Arska scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arska prevents Emelianenko from getting the reversal.
Arska with the ground and pound from mount.
That has opened up Fedor Emelianenko's cut even more.
Arska sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Arska trying to control but Emelianenko is having none of it.
Emelianenko throwing hammer fists to the chest of Arska. What's that going to do exactly?
Arska wants to control the pace but Emelianenko is squirming around nicely.
Emelianenko tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Arska controlling his opponent.
Arska is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Fedor Emelianenko'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 Fedor Emelianenko's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Raaka Arska!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Deacon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Poison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Poison has chosen Breathe Into Me-Red as his entrance music. 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 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Deacon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Poison!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poison gets caught flat footed, as Jones shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Jones trying to control but Poison is working from the bottom.
Poison not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jones is sitting in close to Poison's body. Poison has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Jones is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Jones is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Poison.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Chris Poison!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Philadelphia Collins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cedric Vanbelt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Collins comes to the cage accompanied by Susudio. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Philadelphia Collins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cedric Vanbelt!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vanbelt instigates a clinch.
Collins tries to stall but Vanbelt uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Vanbelt breaks the clinch.
Collins shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Vanbelt pinned against the cage. Vanbelt gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Collins shoots in but no luck this time.
Collins tries for a takedown but Vanbelt sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Philadelphia Collins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vanbelt pushes Collins up against the cage in a clinch.
Collins tries for a takedown. No joy.
Collins tries to score a body lock takedown but Vanbelt shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Vanbelt breaks the clinch.
Vanbelt lands a hook that stumbles Collins back into the cage. Vanbelt follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Collins to the canvas! Vanbelt pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Collins has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Cedric Vanbelt!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikon Holm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chen Nagauker (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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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nikon Holm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chen Nagauker!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nagauker looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Holm!
Holm could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Holm regains half guard.
Holm punching from the bottom.
Holm tries to roll over but Nagauker keeps him under control.
Holm trying to control from the bottom.
Holm keeping hold of Nagauker's head, controlling as best he can.
Holm gets full guard.
Holm tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Nagauker pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Holm is keeping the position for now.
Nagauker trying to stand up but can't free himself from Holm's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holm trying to control the position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Holm holds on and takes a little breather.
Holm looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nagauker is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nagauker pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Holm is keeping the position for now.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Holm shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Holm is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Holm postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Nagauker is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Holm, into his guard.
Holm working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Nagauker doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Nagauker manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Holm is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagauker trying to control but Holm is working from the bottom.
Holm bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nagauker's guard.
Holm avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Holm throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Holm is pushing down on Nagauker's leg trying to pass to half guard. Nagauker is fighting to maintain full guard but Holm has managed to sneak the leg through.
Nagauker is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Holm wants to pass the guard but Nagauker is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holm looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Holm wants to control but Nagauker is keeping him busy.
Nagauker trying to control here.
Nagauker has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Holm escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Holm!
Nagauker is being controlled here.
Holm goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Nagauker has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Holm but great work by Nagauker.
Holm is looking for a sweep.
Nagauker decides to stand back up.
Holm moves into the clinch successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holm breaks the clinch.
Holm darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Holm has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Holm tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Holm tries to control but Nagauker wriggling away.
Holm has hold of Nagauker's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Nagauker manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Holm controlling from mount.
BOOM! Holm connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikon Holm dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Holm closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Holm tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Holm has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Holm tries to advance to mount but can't.
Holm scores with a couple of short elbows.
Nagauker is breathing heavily.
Holm tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Holm is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Nagauker is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Nagauker tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holm tries to move into full mount but can't pass Nagauker's legs.
Nagauker tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Holm wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Holm works to advance to full mount. Nagauker defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Nagauker is desperately trying to improve his position but Holm has a good base and remains in mount.
Nagauker has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
Nagauker has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Holm.
Holm missing with strikes.
Nagauker defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Holm's arms.
Nagauker covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Nikon Holm overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
A lull in the action here.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Holm controlling the positon.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagauker preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Holm.
Holm is working the ground and pound. Can Nagauker escape?
Holm lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Holm.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holm tightening his grip on Nagauker, looking for the choke.
Holm is cranking Nagauker's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Nagauker! He's tightened the choke and Nagauker is tapping out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Nikon Holm!
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