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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chief Aztec (ranked 472 p4p, 247 weight class) and Greg Connor (ranked 61 p4p, 30 weight class). Connor has chosen Cherub Rock as his entrance music. Chief Aztec has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chief Aztec!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Greg Connor!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Albert Achterberg and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Aztec misses.
Connor throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Aztec on the side of the head.
Connor doesn't manage to clinch there - Aztec circles away.
Aztec waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Connor.
It seemed like Connor was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Aztec rushes Connor and presses him up against the cage.
Aztec throws a head punch that misses.
Connor lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Connor.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Connor.
Aztec swings wildly with an uppercut but Connor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aztec fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Connor scores with a shoulder strike.
Connor misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Aztec.
Connor missing with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aztec misses with a short punch on the inside.
Connor missing with knees to the body.
Connor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Connor misses with some punches.
Aztec misses with a punch on the inside.
Connor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Aztec is defending well for now.
Aztec misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Connor blocks an uppercut.
Connor lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aztec.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Aztec.
Aztec lands a nice uppercut.
Connor swings wildly with an uppercut but Aztec uses good head movement to avoid it.
Connor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Connor missing with knees to the body.
Aztec throws a punch but it's blocked by Connor.
Connor misses with a short punch on the inside.
Connor lands with a left to the head.
Connor lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Connor creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Connor.
Connor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aztec tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Connor misses with some punches.
I was talking to Aztec's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aztec scores with a shot to the side of Connor's head.
Connor has a couple of punches blocked by Aztec.
Aztec tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Aztec scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Aztec on the inside.
Connor misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aztec working aggressively here.
Connor misses with the head strike.
Aztec working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Aztec blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aztec lands with a light punch inside.
Aztec lands a left hand.
Connor has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Aztec seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Connor can turn it around.
Aztec has a couple of punches blocked by Connor.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Connor.
Connor has a couple of punches blocked by Aztec.
Connor lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Aztec fails to land.
Aztec tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aztec misses with a punch on the inside.
Connor blocking some punches.
Aztec tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aztec working aggressively here.
Aztec throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Connors head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Connor.
Aztec misses with some punches.
Connor lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Aztec backwards.
Aztec swings wildly with an uppercut but Connor uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short left from Connor.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Aztec.
Connor throws a punch but it's blocked by Aztec.
Connor blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Aztec.
Connor lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Aztec or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aztec.
Connor looking to throw knees to the head but Aztec is blocking nicely.
Connor swings wildly with an uppercut but Aztec uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aztec.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Connor.
Aztec throws a punch but it's blocked by Connor.
Connor blocking some punches.
Aztec throws a punch but it's blocked by Connor.
Connor scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Aztec lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Aztec fails to land.
Aztec swings wildly with an uppercut but Connor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aztec working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Connor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Connor lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Connor.
Aztec misses with some punches.
Connor lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Aztec backwards.
Aztec has a couple of punches blocked by Connor.
Aztec fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aztec throws a head punch that misses.
Connor working aggressively here.
Connor pushes Aztec back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Aztec swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aztec blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aztec blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Aztec fails to land.
Aztec misses with a short punch on the inside.
Connor softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Aztec misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Aztec fails to land.
Connor lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Connor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Connor trying to land knees to the body.
Aztec takes a knee to the side of the body.
Aztec has a couple of punches blocked by Connor.
Aztec misses with a punch on the inside.
Connor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
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 Chief Aztec will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Connor cracks Aztec with a good jab.
Aztec clinches up with Connor and pushes him back against the cage.
Connor scores with a hook to the body.
Aztec blocking some punches.
Connor lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Chief Aztec has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Connor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Aztec misses with the head strike.
Aztec blocks a body shot from Connor.
Aztec blocking some punches.
Connor softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Connor using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aztec has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch on the inside from Connor fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Connor fails to land.
Aztec lands a hook that snaps the head of Connor backwards.
Aztec blocking some punches.
Aztec blocks an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Connor has a couple of punches blocked by Aztec.
Connor lands a body shot in the clinch.
Aztec misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Connor.
Connor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Connor fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aztec blocking some punches.
Aztec has a couple of punches blocked by Connor.
A nice right hand lands inside from Connor.
Connor tries to land knees in the clinch but Aztec avoids the damage to the body.
Connor with a knee to the head.
Connor lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Connor has a couple of punches blocked by Aztec.
Aztec throws a punch but it's blocked by Connor.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Connor.
Aztec lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Aztec.
Connor working aggressively here.
Connor softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Connor misses with a punch on the inside.
Connor softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aztec throws a punch but it's blocked by Connor.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Connor.
Connor misses with a hook from the clinch.
Connor misses with a hook from the clinch.
Connor has a couple of punches blocked by Aztec.
Connor lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Aztec swings wildly with an uppercut but Connor uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aztec swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aztec lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Connor backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Aztec.
Connor lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Aztec.
Aztec scores with a shoulder strike.
Aztec misses with some punches.
Aztec blocking some punches.
Connor throws a head punch that misses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Connor in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A head punch on the inside from Connor fails to land.
Connor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Aztec's elbow.
Connor blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Connor scores with a nice short uppercut.
Aztec tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hand to the body from Connor.
Aztec has a couple of punches blocked by Connor.
Connor blocks an uppercut.
Connor lands a hook that snaps the head of Aztec backwards.
Aztec scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Connor misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Connor digs a right hand into Aztec's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Aztec's gas tank.
Connor misses with the head strike.
Connor misses with the head strike.
Aztec misses with a hook from the clinch.
Connor misses with some punches.
Aztec blocks an uppercut.
Aztec misses with a hook from the clinch.
Aztec pushes Connor back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Connor misses with a punch on the inside.
Connor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Connor lands a good knee to the midsection. Aztec won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Connor working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Connor.
Aztec has a couple of punches blocked by Connor.
Connor blocking some punches.
Connor lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Aztec backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Connor.
Aztec lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Connor misses with some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aztec misses with a hook from the clinch.
Connor misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Connor lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Aztec has a couple of punches blocked by Connor.
Connor lands a left hand.
Connor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Connor has a couple of punches blocked by Aztec.
A short right from Connor.
Connor lands a left hand.
Connor pushes Aztec back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aztec scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Connor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Aztec misses with a short punch on the inside.
Connor lands a body punch in the clinch.
Aztec misses with the head strike.
Connor lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aztec.
Connor lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Connor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aztec swings wildly with an uppercut but Connor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Connor lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Aztec backwards.
Connor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Greg Connor showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.
Connor dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Connor lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Aztec tries to close the distance and clinch up but Connor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Connor with a hook.
Connor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Connor misses with a wild body shot.
Aztec pushes Connor up against the cage in a clinch.
Aztec throws a punch but it's blocked by Connor.
Connor misses with a short punch on the inside.
Connor has a couple of punches blocked by Aztec.
Connor misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aztec throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Connor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Connor can't find room to land a body shot as Aztec controls the action.
Connor has a couple of punches blocked by Aztec.
Aztec tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aztec has a couple of punches blocked by Connor.
Connor lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Connor lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Connor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aztec pushes Connor back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aztec blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Connor lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aztec.
Aztec swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aztec blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Connor misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Connor presses Aztec against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Connor throws a punch but it's blocked by Aztec.
Aztec working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A shot in the inside from Aztec.
Aztec working aggressively here.
Aztec lands a left hand.
Aztec managing to block the knees to the body from Connor.
Aztec tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aztec.
Aztec swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aztec misses with a punch on the inside.
Connor lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aztec has a couple of punches blocked by Connor.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Connor can't find room to land a body shot as Aztec controls the action.
Connor misses with a short punch on the inside.
Connor lands a right hand.
Connor throws a head punch that misses.
Aztec lands with a left to the head.
Connor misses with some punches.
Connor throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Aztecs head.
Connor utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Connor throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Aztec on the inside.
Connor lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Connor throws a head punch that misses.
Connor scores a nice knee to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Connor.
Connor lands a body shot.
Connor working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Connor lands a right hand that snaps the head of Aztec backwards.
Connor scores with a shot to the side of Aztec's head.
Connor lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Connor lands a hook that snaps the head of Aztec backwards.
Connor lands with a right to the head.
Aztec is rocked!
Connor lands a left hand that snaps the head of Aztec backwards.
Oh Aztec is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Connor gets through Aztec's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Connor lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Connor misses with a short punch on the inside.
Connor lands a big right hand that drops Aztec! The killer instinct kicks in and Connor finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Connor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Greg Connor! Greg Connor retains his lightweight title!
A less than humble Greg Connor misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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hype
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