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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Noob Saibot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boreste Bardanos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Bardanos's choice of entrance music: My Kingdom Will Come. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Noob Saibot!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boreste Bardanos!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Paul Tew and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Saibot.
Saibot takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bardanos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Saibot connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A slow jab from Saibot misses its intended target.
Saibot has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Saibot there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bardanos closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bardanos creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Saibot sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saibot manages to get back to half guard.
Saibot moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Saibot working for a triangle but Bardanos defends it easily.
Saibot wants to control the position but Bardanos says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Bardanos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Saibot looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bardanos prevents Saibot from improving his position.
Bardanos is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Saibot has managed to free his arm - good work.
Saibot is looking for a sweep. Bardanos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bardanos works his foot free and advances to mount.
Saibot is looking to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saibot bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bardanos is on top in guard.
Bardanos trying to control the position from guard on top but Saibot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Saibot working for a triangle but Bardanos defends it easily.
Saibot has momentary wrist control but Bardanos slips an elbow through the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saibot looking for a guillotine here but Bardanos defends easily.
Saibot looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bardanos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Saibot looking for a guillotine here but Bardanos defends easily.
Bardanos preventing the sweep.
Saibot looking to control but Bardanos passes into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Bardanos seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Saibot does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Saibot is looking to improve his position.
Saibot is not content to let Bardanos control the position.
Saibot wants to improve his position but Bardanos is controlling well.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bardanos connects with a nice short shot to Saibot's temple.
Bardanos is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bardanos seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bardanos is pressing down on Saibot's thigh, looking to free his foot. Saibot is holding on for now.
Saibot is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boreste Bardanos dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Saibot misses with a few strikes there.
Bardanos dives in and scores a takedown into Saibot's guard.
Boreste Bardanos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bardanos wants to pass the guard but Saibot is keeping the position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Bardanos working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Saibot isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Bardanos stacks Saibot on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Bardanos!
Saibot is trying to escape the position but Bardanos is controlling the position.
We've been hearing good reports from Saibot's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Bardanos trying to control the position but Saibot is working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saibot struggling a bit here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saibot gets back to half guard.
Saibot is trying to control but Bardanos manages to pass to mount!
Saibot is trying desperately to improve position.
Bardanos takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Saibot regains half guard.
Saibot slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Saibot is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saibot is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bardanos is aware though and is defending well.
Saibot looking for a guillotine here but Bardanos defends easily.
Saibot looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Bardanos has picked Saibot up and slammed him! Saibot can't keep hold of the triangle and Bardanos manages to pass to side control!
Bardanos working away.
Saibot is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Bardanos off and has taken his back!
Bardanos tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Saibot lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Bardanos hang on?
Saibot scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saibot has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bardanos's face.
Bardanos really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bardanos wants to control but Saibot is having none of it.
Saibot lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Saibot with shots to the head and body - Bardanos looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bardanos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Saibot looking to control but Bardanos is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Saibot landing strikes from the mount and Bardanos is in trouble!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saibot lands with some strikes.
BOOM! Saibot connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bardanos is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bardanos has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Saibot's lack of action.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bardanos looking for submissions off his back.
Saibot scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Saibot seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bardanos manages to get to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Noob Saibot dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Saibot fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Saibot throws a shot to the body.
Bardanos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Saibot.
Nice uppercut lands for Bardanos. That snapped Saibot's head back.
Bardanos lands a right hook to the body.
Saibot lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bardanos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Saibot misses with a body shot.
Saibot scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Saibot connects with a jab.
Bardanos scores with a punch to the head.
Saibot tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bardanos was well out of range. Poor timing from Saibot.
Saibot's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bardanos under the eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bardanos drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bardanos lands a lovely overhand right.
Saibot throws a hook to the side of Bardanos's head but Bardanos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bardanos slips under a jab from Saibot.
Bardanos throws a lazy right hand but Saibot sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Saibot misses the shot to the body.
Bardanos looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Saibot misses with an uppercut
and Bardanos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Saibot throws a jab when Bardanos was well out of range.
Saibot fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Bardanos to the ground. Saibot is now in Bardanos's guard.
Saibot preventing the sweep.
Saibot working some strikes from top position.
Saibot throws a big right hand that misses.
Bardanos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Saibot scoring with punches to the head and body.
Saibot wants to pass the guard but Bardanos is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saibot trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Saibot throws a big right hand that misses.
Bardanos keeping moving, preventing Saibot from controlling successfully.
Saibot is in close to Bardanos's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Saibot distracts Bardanos with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Saibot trying to control but Bardanos is working from the bottom.
Bardanos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Saibot is in close to Bardanos's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bardanos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Saibot is one step ahead there.
Saibot looking to sit in guard and control but Bardanos gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Saibot working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bardanos doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bardanos manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Saibot looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Bardanos has picked Saibot up and slammed him! Saibot can't keep hold of the triangle and Bardanos manages to pass to side control!
Bardanos cracks Saibot with a big right hand but Saibot just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Bardanos working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Saibot manages to get back to half guard.
Saibot has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saibot looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bardanos connects with a nice short shot to Saibot's temple.
Bardanos working Saibot over with strikes.
Bardanos is trying to control the action in half guard but Saibot is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Saibot wants to get back to full guard.
Saibot is trying to maintain the position but Bardanos is very close to passing his half guard.
Saibot looking for submissions off his back.
Bardanos is looking to stall here but Saibot recovers full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Noob Saibot clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Saibot throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bardanos throws a looping overhand right but Saibot ducks down to avoid it.
Saibot connects with a looping right hand.
Bardanos just misses with a punch to the body.
Noob Saibot is winning the standup battle so far.
Saibot lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bardanos moves away from the strike by Saibot.
Bardanos misses with a hook.
Saibot lands with a nice body punch.
Bardanos throws a hook to the side of Saibot's head but Saibot sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A quick step to the side and Saibot tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bardanos might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Saibot lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bardanos at a distance.
Bardanos throws a shot from downtown. Saibot moves away and avoids it.
Bardanos lands with a nice body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bardanos takes one to the side of the head.
Bardanos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Saibot.
A lazy left from Saibot finds it's target.
Saibot swings and misses with a hook to the body.
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!
Bardanos moves out of range as Saibot strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bardanos misses with a wild body shot.
Saibot appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Saibot misses with an uppercut.
Bardanos throws out a counter right but Saibot avoids it with no problem.
Bardanos throws a body shot but no joy.
Saibot is looking to counter punch.
Bardanos moves out of range of the strikes.
Bardanos darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Bardanos keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Bardanos seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Saibot does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Saibot wants to get back to full guard.
Bardanos is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Bardanos is stalling here. Saibot is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Bardanos seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Saibot has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saibot laying and praying for a moment but Bardanos takes advantage and regains half guard.
Saibot looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bardanos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Saibot is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Bardanos has managed to free his arm - good work.
Saibot throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bardanos is refusing to be controlled, as Saibot sits in half guard.
Bardanos blocking the ground and pound attempt from Saibot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bardanos is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Saibot's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Saibot's back!
Bardanos controls the position.
Saibot is trying to break free.
Saibot trying to control the position but Bardanos manages to sink in the hooks.
Saibot is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Bardanos is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Saibot rolls, trying to escape but Bardanos keeps control of the position.
Saibot preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Bardanos.
Good control from Bardanos.
Saibot trying to control the action but Bardanos just sinks the hooks in.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saibot is trying to break free.
Bardanos wants to control but Saibot is keeping busy.
Bardanos lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Saibot is keeping busy.
Bardanos lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Bardanos.
Bardanos is landing with strikes from the back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saibot trying to control the position but Bardanos manages to sink in the hooks.
Saibot tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Saibot wants to hold on but Bardanos pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boreste Bardanos dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Bardanos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Saibot throws the left hand but Bardanos avoids the punch easily.
Bardanos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Saibot swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bardanos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Saibot bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Saibot fails with a takedown attempt.
Bardanos misses with a wild body shot.
Saibot throws the left hand but Bardanos avoids the punch easily.
Bardanos ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saibot missing with a left hand there. Bardanos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bardanos tries to counter with a clinch but Saibot shakes him off and moves away.
Saibot uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bardanos.
Saibot throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A countering left hand to the body from Bardanos misses.
Saibot displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bardanos throws out the jab.
Saibot fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bardanos manages to avoid it.
Saibot clobbers Bardanos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saibot on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Saibot lands a jab to Bardanos's midsection.
Saibot slips under a jab from Bardanos.
Saibot throws a jab when Bardanos was well out of range.
Bardanos connects with a single shot there.
Bardanos connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Saibot momentarily.
Saibot paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bardanos misses the shot to the body.
Saibot misses with a looping right.
Bardanos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bardanos is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Saibot jabs Bardanos right on the nose. Bardanos blinks but takes it well.
Bardanos darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bardanos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saibot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bardanos. Saibot does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bardanos lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bardanos clobbers Saibot with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Saibot throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bardanos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bardanos wants to counter with a clinch but Saibot pushes him away.
A swing and a miss from Bardanos.
Saibot swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bardanos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Saibot uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bardanos.
Bardanos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saibot throwing a counter right hand but Bardanos manages to avoid it.
Saibot misses with a lunging right hand
and Bardanos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bardanos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Saibot was well out of range. Poor timing from Bardanos.
Saibot takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Saibot swings for the body but Bardanos moves out of range.
Saibot misses with an uppercut.
Bardanos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bardanos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bardanos misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Saibot misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saibot tries to bum rush Bardanos with a series of wild strikes but Bardanos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bardanos slaps away a takedown attempt from Saibot, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bardanos closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bardanos connects with a nice short shot to Saibot's temple.
Saibot has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bardanos is working away from the top position though.
Saibot is trying to get back to full guard.
Saibot actively working from the bottom here.
Saibot tries to get to full guard but Bardanos has control of the leg.
Bardanos wants to take a breather but Saibot is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saibot looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Saibot is not content to let Bardanos control the position.
Bardanos is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Bardanos trying to control the pace.
Saibot is pressing down on Bardanos's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Boreste Bardanos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bardanos has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 47:48
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 47:48
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boreste Bardanos! Boreste Bardanos retains his featherweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Boreste Bardanos thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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