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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Verygood (ranked 264 p4p, 14 weight class) and Felix Jaroslav (ranked 246 p4p, 12 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Verygood might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bring Pain. Jaroslav has chosen The Sound of Running Feet as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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137 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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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
23 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kurt Verygood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Felix Jaroslav!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verygood connects with a solid leg kick.
Jaroslav misses with a straight right.
Verygood listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Verygood gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Verygood softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jaroslav pushes Verygood back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jaroslav tries to throw a body punch but Verygood avoids it by throwing Jaroslav back against the cage.
Verygood lands a shoulder strike.
Verygood gets through Jaroslav's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Verygood throws a head punch that misses.
Verygood softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Verygood stalling in the clinch.
Jaroslav working aggressively here.
Verygood content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jaroslav throws a head punch 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 right handed body shot lands from Verygood.
Jaroslav lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Verygood.
Jaroslav scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jaroslav tries to throw a body punch but Verygood avoids it by throwing Jaroslav back against the cage.
Verygood tries to work over Jaroslav's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jaroslav misses with a hook to the ribs.
Verygood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jaroslav lands a nice shot to the body.
We've been hearing reports that Verygood has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A head punch on the inside from Verygood fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaroslav misses with a body punch.
Jaroslav tries a body shot but Verygood blocks it.
Verygood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jaroslav swings wildly with an uppercut but Verygood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Verygood swings wildly with an uppercut but Jaroslav uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jaroslav swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Verygood lands an uppercut.
Jaroslav doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jaroslav struggles to land a body shot inside as Verygood controls his hands.
Verygood prevents a body shot from Jaroslav.
Jaroslav working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Verygood looking to stall.
Jaroslav throws a punch but it's blocked by Verygood.
Jaroslav misses with a punch to the body.
Verygood misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jaroslav lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jaroslav throws a punch but it's blocked by Verygood.
Jaroslav throws a head punch that misses.
Jaroslav can't find room to land a body shot as Verygood controls the action.
Verygood misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaroslav blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jaroslav throws a punch but it's blocked by Verygood.
Verygood misses with a punch on the inside.
Jaroslav tries a body shot but Verygood blocks it.
Verygood blocks a body shot from Jaroslav.
Verygood scores with a nice hook to the head.
Verygood misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jaroslav misses with the head strike.
Jaroslav misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jaroslav tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jaroslav lands a left hand.
Verygood lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jaroslav tries to throw a body punch but Verygood avoids it by throwing Jaroslav back against the cage.
Verygood blocks a body shot from Jaroslav.
Good body shot from Jaroslav.
Verygood lands with a light punch inside.
Verygood throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jaroslav can't find room to land a body shot as Verygood controls the action.
Jaroslav blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Verygood lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jaroslav backwards.
Verygood throws a head punch that misses.
Jaroslav tries to throw a body punch but Verygood avoids it by throwing Jaroslav back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verygood lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jaroslav lands a shoulder strike.
Verygood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jaroslav's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Verygood lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Verygood lands a shoulder strike.
Verygood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Verygood misses with a punch on the inside.
Verygood is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Verygood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Verygood blocks an uppercut.
Verygood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jaroslav misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jaroslav tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Verygood throws a punch but it's blocked by Jaroslav.
Verygood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jaroslav tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Verygood's elbow.
Verygood lands with a left to the head.
Verygood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Verygood blocks a body shot from Jaroslav.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaroslav misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jaroslav throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Verygood misses with a punch on the inside.
Jaroslav takes an elbow to the temple.
Jaroslav fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jaroslav throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Verygoods head.
A right hook to the body lands for Jaroslav.
Jaroslav working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Verygood prevents a body shot from Jaroslav.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Verygood.
Jaroslav lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jaroslav lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Verygood backwards.
Jaroslav lands with a light punch inside.
Jaroslav blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jaroslav lands with a short shot to the head.
Jaroslav goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jaroslav throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jaroslav throws a head punch that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Jaroslav.
Jaroslav tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Verygood's elbow.
Verygood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Verygood lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kurt Verygood will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jaroslav misses with a body shot
and Verygood counters with a stiff right hand.
Verygood throws a half hearted mid kick.
A little jabbing left from Jaroslav on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Verygood does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Verygood attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jaroslav throws a low kick, looking for Verygood's leg but Verygood calmly moves out of range.
Verygood throws a body punch but Jaroslav moves out of range.
Verygood connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Verygood.
Jaroslav misses with a hook
and Verygood counters with a nice leg kick.
Verygood scores with a decent looking hook.
Jaroslav avoids the body shot from Verygood.
Jaroslav misses with a leg kick.
Verygood swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Verygood throws a leg kick but Jaroslav sees it coming and checks it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jaroslav pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Verygood, as that shot connected.
Jaroslav checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jaroslav looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kurt Verygood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Verygood lands a nice looking body shot.
Kurt Verygood is winning the standup battle so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Verygood throws a body shot but no joy.
Jaroslav throws a leg kick but Verygood sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Verygood throws a low kick, looking for Jaroslav's leg but Jaroslav calmly moves out of range.
That kick from Jaroslav tenderised Verygood's leg. Verygood is trying to keep his angry face on.
Verygood takes one to the side of the head.
Verygood throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Jaroslav counters with a stiff right hand.
Verygood throws a low kick but Jaroslav moves out of range easily.
Verygood misses with a body shot.
Verygood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jaroslav manages to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Jaroslav on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jaroslav looks to land a right hand but Verygood moved out of range.
It looked like Verygood was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Jaroslav.
Verygood throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jaroslav.
Jaroslav throws out a counter right but Verygood avoids it with no problem.
Jaroslav throws a low kick but Verygood avoids it.
Verygood is looking to counter punch.
Verygood darts in trying to clinch
and Jaroslav counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Verygood thinking.
An inside leg kick lands from Verygood.
Verygood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Verygood takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Verygood misses with a low kick.
Verygood darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jaroslav scores with a crisp jab that stopped Verygood in his tracks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jaroslav takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jaroslav checks a leg kick.
Verygood takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jaroslav throws a jab but it's blocked by Verygood.
Verygood scores with a hook to the body. Jaroslav takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Verygood lands a nice looking kick to the body. Jaroslav takes a step back to recover.
A left lands for Verygood.
Jaroslav misses with a hook.
Verygood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jaroslav looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jaroslav misses with a wild body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jaroslav thows a leg kick but Verygood checks it
and Jaroslav takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Verygood swings widly with a right hand
and Jaroslav counters with a nice leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Jaroslav checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Verygood just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Jaroslav on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Verygood blocks a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jaroslav.
Jaroslav on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Verygood. Verygood obviously looking to wear him down.
Donk. Verygood catches Jaroslav right on the button with a cross.
Jaroslav throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Jaroslav scores with a jab. Verygood acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Jaroslav checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Verygood misses with an uppercut. Jaroslav saw that one coming.
Jaroslav closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jaroslav drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jaroslav throws a big shot that misses.
Jaroslav walks into a jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Verygood. Jaroslav shrugs it off though.
Verygood throws a jab but it's blocked by Jaroslav.
Verygood slips a jab from Jaroslav.
Jaroslav tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Verygood throws an overhand right that lands on Jaroslav's shoulder, as Jaroslav tries to avoid the shot.
A good leg kick by Jaroslav.
Verygood misses with a looping right.
Verygood throws a big shot that misses.
Jaroslav connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A jab from Verygood finds it's way through Jaroslav's defenses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jaroslav checks a leg kick.
Verygood lands with a thumping leg kick.
Verygood misses with a left hand
and Jaroslav counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaroslav ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Verygood thumps Jaroslav with a low kick.
Verygood cracks Jaroslav with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Verygood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jaroslav paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jaroslav lands a jab to the head.
Verygood moves into the clinch.
Jaroslav prevents a body shot from Verygood.
Verygood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kurt Verygood has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Verygood is leaning against Jaroslav and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short left from Verygood.
Jaroslav goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Verygood blocking some punches.
Jaroslav's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Verygood prevents a body shot from Jaroslav.
Jaroslav tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jaroslav tries to work over Verygood's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Verygood swings wildly with an uppercut but Jaroslav uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jaroslav misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jaroslav blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Verygood is leaning against Jaroslav and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jaroslav working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kurt Verygood dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Verygood misses with an uppercut. Jaroslav saw that one coming.
Kurt Verygood is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Verygood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jaroslav manages to avoid it.
Jaroslav is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Verygood.
Jaroslav buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jaroslav ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Verygood connects with an inside leg kick.
Verygood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jaroslav can do to turn this around?
Verygood tries to score with a low kick but Jaroslav moves his leg out of the way.
Verygood misses with a body shot.
Jaroslav avoids the body shot from Verygood.
Jaroslav scores with a nice strike.
Verygood misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jaroslav is looking to chop away at Verygood's legs.
Jaroslav tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jaroslav looks to land a left hand but Verygood moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jaroslav misses with a looping left.
Jaroslav blocks a low kick nicely.
Jaroslav connects with a leg kick. Verygood looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Verygood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Verygood swings for the body but Jaroslav moves out of range.
Verygood on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jaroslav. Jaroslav obviously looking to wear him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Verygood feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jaroslavs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Verygood scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Verygood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jaroslav closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jaroslav will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Verygood moves away from the strike by Jaroslav.
Verygood throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jaroslav.
Jaroslav pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jaroslav checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jaroslav only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Verygood uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jaroslav.
Jaroslav fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Verygood is out of range.
Verygood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jaroslav.
Jab, jab by Verygood - just one landing.
A shot to the liver by Verygood. Beautiful body shot.
Jaroslav throws a jab when Verygood was well out of range.
Verygood lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jaroslav fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Verygood manages to avoid it.
Jaroslav scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Verygood misses with a body shot
enabling Jaroslav to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Jaroslav misses.
Verygood blocks a head kick by Jaroslav.
Verygood tries to work over Jaroslav's front leg with a kick but Jaroslav checks it.
Jaroslav fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Decent striking displayed by Verygood there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jaroslav.
Jaroslav throws a jab when Verygood was well out of range.
A lazy left from Jaroslav finds it's target.
Jaroslav throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Verygood is looking to counter punch.
Jaroslav lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jaroslav tries to land a front kick but Verygood steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Verygood avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Verygood attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Verygood.
Verygood ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Verygood fires out a quick counter leg kick but Jaroslav just manages to avoid it.
Verygood with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jaroslav throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Verygood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaroslav blocks a jab.
Verygood ducks under a wild hook from Jaroslav.
Verygood misses with a wild body shot.
Jaroslav is looking to chop away at Verygood's legs.
Verygood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jaroslav lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jaroslav has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jaroslav tries to keep at a distance but Verygood has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jaroslav tries to throw a body punch but Verygood avoids it by throwing Jaroslav back against the cage.
Jaroslav lands with a light punch inside.
Jaroslav misses with some punches.
Jaroslav tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jaroslav fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jaroslav tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Verygood's elbow.
Jaroslav struggles to land a body shot inside as Verygood controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaroslav misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jaroslav lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Verygood.
Jaroslav swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jaroslav tries a body shot but Verygood blocks it.
Jaroslav scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jaroslav lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jaroslav working aggressively here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jaroslav misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jaroslav stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jaroslav tries a body shot but Verygood blocks it.
Jaroslav tries a body shot but Verygood blocks it.
Felix Jaroslav has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jaroslav misses with a punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Felix Jaroslav comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Verygood has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Kurt Verygood!
During a confident post fight interview, Kurt Verygood thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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