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DFC 20 - Dance vs Lebowski PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ringo Spar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cris Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cris Gonzalez has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ringo Spar's chin.
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204 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ringo Spar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cris Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gonzalez tries for a takedown but Spar sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Spar. No joy for Gonzalez on that attempt.
Good standup being displayed there by Spar as he connects with a hook.
No joy there for Spar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A shot to the liver by Spar. Beautiful body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Spar as Gonzalez shoots in.
Ringo Spar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cris Gonzalez.
Gonzalez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Spar swivels and escapes.
Gonzalez avoids the body shot from Spar.
Spar thuds a left hand into Gonzalez's body.
Gonzalez looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gonzalez closes the distance and clinches up with Spar, looking for a takedown. Gonzalez pushes Spar against the cage but Spar circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A shot to the liver by Spar. Beautiful body shot.
Spar stuns Gonzalez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Spar drops Gonzalez with a beautiful combination! Gonzalez stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Spar is looking for the KO!
It looks like Cris Gonzalez has been cut.
Spar has closed the distance and engaged Gonzalez in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gonzalez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gonzalez is rocked!
Spar drops Gonzalez with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Gonzalez! Spar dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (strikes). Ringo Spar!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake The (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aidan Kincaid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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210 lbs
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210 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jake The!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aidan Kincaid!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kincaid moves out of range as The throws a body kick.
A momentary lapse in concentration from The enables Kincaid to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. The manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Kincaid stands and throws The's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Kincaid grinds an elbow into The's temple.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
You can see the frustration on The's face as Kincaid controls the position.
The is trying to get back to half guard.
The is trying to control Kincaid's posture but Kincaid avoids it.
The sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Kincaid working the head and body with strikes.
The trying to control but Kincaid postures up.
The tries to kick Kincaid off but Kincaid keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The looking for submissions off his back.
The is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Kincaid pulls his head out easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kincaid is taking a breather. The says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Kincaid scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The tries to roll over but Kincaid keeps him under control.
The is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Kincaid pulls his head out easily.
The on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The trying to control from the bottom.
Still in half guard, Kincaid seems content to control.
Kincaid wants to pass the guard but The is defending well.
The looking for submissions off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
The is trying to control but can't.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Kincaid is keen to just control but The is a slippery customer.
Kincaid controlling the action here.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Kincaid throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The tries to roll over but Kincaid keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kincaid not doing much here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Aidan Kincaid was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Kincaid scores with a takedown into The's guard.
The is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kincaid is one step ahead there.
The has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kincaid can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kincaid content to stall in guard here.
Kincaid gets to his feet - The follows without any prompting.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kincaid looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? The is fending him off so far but Kincaid persists. Nope, The circles away and we're back to standing.
The tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kincaid avoids the head kick by The.
The tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The throws a head kick but Kincaid moves out of range.
Kincaid shoots for a takedown but The saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
The avoids a punch combination nicely.
The throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kincaid closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The is not content to let Kincaid control the position.
Kincaid is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Kincaid looking to control and managing it successfully.
The tries to lock up and control but Kincaid gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aidan Kincaid dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
The lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kincaid circles away from the clinch attempt.
The scores with a head kick.
The forces Kincaid back against the cage and clinches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kincaid pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Aidan Kincaid seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kincaid closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The is trying to control but can't.
Kincaid controlling the pace.
The is not content to let Kincaid control the position.
The tries to roll over but Kincaid keeps him under control.
The is working hard here to advance position.
The wants to get back to full guard but Kincaid has mounted him!
Kincaid trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The wants to hold on but Kincaid pushes him away.
Kincaid prevents The from getting the reversal.
Kincaid controlling from the full mount.
Kincaid looking to control but The is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
BOOM! Kincaid connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Kincaid scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish The?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kincaid landing strikes from the mount and The is in trouble!
Kincaid with the ground and pound from mount.
Kincaid is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Kincaid takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kincaid avoids the attempt from The to control.
Kincaid dominating with strikes here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kincaid can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as The is looking to escape.
The is looking to improve his position but Kincaid isn't that keen on the idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kincaid with good strikes from the mount here!
Kincaid working the ground and pound effectively.
The is desperately trying to improve his position but Kincaid has a good base and remains in mount.
Kincaid postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. The looks a forlorn figure.
The in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Kincaid.
Aidan Kincaid has got the better of the ground game so far.
The is squirming around, avoiding Kincaid's attempts to control the action.
The is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kincaid controlling the position easily from mount.
Kincaid's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The wants to control but Kincaid is having none of it.
Kincaid landing strikes from the mount.
Kincaid controlling the position easily from mount.
The is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kincaid tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aidan Kincaid showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Kincaid shoots in and bounces The off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kincaid is one step ahead there.
The throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Kincaid wants to control from the top but The keeps moving.
The looking for a sweep. Not yet The, not yet.
The looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Kincaid puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kincaid working over The with some ground and pound. The looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The works his way to full guard. Good work.
The keeping moving, preventing Kincaid from controlling successfully.
The working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kincaid.
Kincaid working some strikes from top position.
The manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kincaid manages to get himself to full guard.
Theis looking to pass into half guard but Kincaid pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Kincaid is in guard.
Kincaid got a little sloppy there for a moment and The has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kincaid has managed to get both his arms back between The's legs - danger averted.
Kincaid gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Jake The has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kincaid scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jake The is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kincaid shoots in looking for a takedown. The tries to sprawl out of it but Kincaid keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. The manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kincaid shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as The sprawls well. The wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kincaid gets slowly back to his feet.
Kincaid swats away the attempt to clinch by The.
Kincaid shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Kincaid throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Aidan Kincaid is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The is looking to improve his position.
The tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Kincaid has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
The is working to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kincaid controlling from the full mount.
The is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Kincaid tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The tries to reverse the position but Kincaid maintains control.
Kincaid controlling from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The throwing hammer fists to the chest of Kincaid. What's that going to do exactly?
The manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The wants to improve his position but Kincaid is controlling well.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Kincaid takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Kincaid looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Kincaid jumps into side control!
The tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Kincaid controls the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aidan Kincaid comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kincaid winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aidan Kincaid!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dawkins Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mush Mouth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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175 lbs
10 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dawkins Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mush Mouth!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A bone on bone clash there as Mouth blocks the leg kick.
Mouth shoots in but no luck this time.
Mouth shoots for a double leg takedown but Sanchez sprawls well. He's pushed Mouth's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mouth fails with a takedown attempt.
Dawkins Sanchez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mush Mouth.
Mouth fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sanchez sprawls well initially but Mouth persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sanchez looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sanchez manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Sanchez 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.
Sanchez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Mouth manages to get himself to full guard.
Sanchez chips away with some ground and pound.
Sanchez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sanchez postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Mouth is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Sanchez, into his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mouth trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sanchez's guard.
Mouth trying to control but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
Mouth avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Mouth sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sanchez's guard.
Sanchez trying to control from the bottom.
Sanchez wants to improve his position but Mouth is controlling well.
Mouth seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sanchez does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sanchez is trying to stand up here but Mouth is controlling him well.
Sanchez tries to get to full guard but Mouth has control of the leg.
Sanchez looking for submissions off his back.
Sanchez works his way to full guard. Good work.
Mouth is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Mouth in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sanchez pushes a forearm under Mouth's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Mouth is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dawkins Sanchez!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quinton Rampaasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Aguilar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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220 lbs
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214 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Quinton Rampaasi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antonio Aguilar!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Rampaasi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rampaasi wants to clinch.
Rampaasi misses with an uppercut. Aguilar saw that one coming.
Rampaasi darts in and clinches Aguilar up against the cage.
Aguilar wants the takedown. Rampaasi is fighting it off but Aguilar persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Rampaasi's guard against the cage.
Aguilar wants to control from the top but Rampaasi keeps moving.
Rampaasi pushes Aguilar off and gets back to his feet.
Rampaasi closes the distance and clinches.
Rampaasi scores with a shoulder strike.
Aguilar drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rampaasi gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Aguilar has Rampaasi pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Aguilar pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Rampaasi tumbling to the mat - Aguilar dives into Rampaasi's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rampaasi wants to stand and escape but Aguilar is having none of it.
Aguilar trying to control the position from guard on top but Rampaasi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rampaasi pushes Aguilar off and scrambles back to his feet.
Aguilar closes the distance but Rampaasi moves to the side
and Rampaasi holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Aguilar looking to slow down the pace here.
Rampaasi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aguilar is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Rampaasi stalls.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Rampaasi.
Aguilar is trying to maintain a safe position but Rampaasi gets an underhook and turns Aguilar into the cage.
Rampaasi pushes Aguilar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rampaasi stalling against the cage.
Aguilar is looking to control Rampaasi's arms but Rampaasi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Aguilar has his back to the cage.
Aguilar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rampaasi is struggling to control the position.
Aguilar jumps guard but Rampaasi stands there with Aguilar around his waist. Aguilar gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Quinton Rampaasi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Aguilar.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rampaasi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aguilar.
Rampaasi lands with a left to the head.
Rampaasi has a couple of punches blocked by Aguilar.
Rampaasi prevents the takedown attempt.
Aguilar can't get the takedown.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rampaasi as Aguilar tries to tie him up.
Still in the clinch, Rampaasi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Aguilar wants a takedown.
Aguilar looks gassed!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Aguilar is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Rampaasi slowing the pace effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rampaasi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rampaasi.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rampaasi.
Rampaasi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Aguilar is rocked!
Rampaasi swings wildly with an uppercut but Aguilar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rampaasi lands a right hand.
Aguilar is still on wobbly legs! Can Rampaasi finish him?
Rampaasi throws a head punch that misses.
Aguilar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rampaasi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Aguilar seems to have recovered his senses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rampaasi.
Rampaasi creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Aguilar's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Aguilar drops to his knees and Rampaasi pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Quinton Rampaasi!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolaos Demetriou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donald Fraser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Demetriou comes into the arena with Boom - POD blaring out of the sound system. Fraser has chosen Sirius as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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250 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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287 lbs
10 - 11 - 0 |
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Decent elbows
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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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 New York, Nikolaos Demetriou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donald Fraser!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fraser lands the left hand.
Demetriou shoots in for a double leg but Fraser sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Some wild striking there from Demetriou.
Fraser scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Demetriou misses with an uppercut.
Fraser takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fraser lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Demetriou at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fraser changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Demetriou clinches up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Fraser.
Fraser breaks the clinch.
Fraser fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fraser throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Fraser lands a nice shot that snaps Demetriou's head back.
Fraser bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Demetriou throws a looping overhand right but Fraser ducks down to avoid it.
Fraser connects with a good right hand that stumbles Demetriou. Demetriou circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fraser lands a jab-cross combination.
Demetriou on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Fraser. Fraser obviously looking to wear him down.
Demetriou walks into a left hand.
Demetriou checks a leg kick.
Fraser throws a series of punches but Demetriou avoids them all with ease.
Fraser misses with a double jab
letting Demetriou counter with a right hand.
Fraser displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Demetriou throws out the jab.
Fraser misses with a series of wild punches.
Fraser rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Demetriou moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Demetriou moves away from the strike by Fraser.
Fraser swings for the body but Demetriou moves out of range.
Demetriou looks to land a right hand but Fraser moved out of range.
Demetriou on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fraser throws a nice looking combination but Demetriou bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fraser throws a one two combo.
Demetriou fails in his attempt to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Demetriou.
Fraser works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Fraser has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fraser scores with a nice head shot.
Fraser is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Fraser swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Demetriou counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Fraser!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fraser really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Demetriou landing strikes from the mount and Fraser is in trouble!
Fraser is desperately trying to improve his position but Demetriou has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Demetriou cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Fraser is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demetriou in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Demetriou postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Fraser looks a forlorn figure.
Demetriou dominating with strikes here.
Demetriou lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Fraser looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fraser takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Demetriou's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nikolaos Demetriou!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chico Corrales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Corrales comes into the arena with Lets Stay Together - Al Green blaring out of the sound system. Chico Corrales has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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149 lbs
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145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
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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
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chico Corrales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roger Parker!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corrales ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big left from Parker misses.
Corrales throws a series of punches but Parker moves out of range.
Parker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Corrales.
Parker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Corrales looks to land a combination but Parker avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Corrales.
Corrales throws a nice looking combination but Parker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Corrales. Parker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Corrales misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Parker.
Parker avoids a punch combination nicely.
Corrales rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Parker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Parker fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Corrales has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Parker tries to clinch up.
Parker fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Parker pushes Corrales up against the cage in a clinch.
Parker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Corraless head.
Corrales blocks a body shot from Parker.
Parker tries to throw a body punch but Corrales avoids it by throwing Parker back against the cage.
Corrales wants to break free but Parker has control.
Parker manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Parker receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Parker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Corrales or not.
The referee calls for Parker to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker is leaning against Corrales and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Corrales can't break the clinch.
Corrales takes an elbow to the temple.
Parker prevents Corrales from breaking the clinch.
Corrales tries to break free but Parker pushes him back against the cage.
Parker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Parker gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Chico Corrales has been cut.
Parker lands with a left to the head.
Parker swings wildly with an uppercut but Corrales uses good head movement to avoid it.
Corrales blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Parker presses Corrales against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Parker is pushing Corrales up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Parker lands an elbow just above Corrales 's eye.
Parker misses with a body punch.
Parker lands a nice shot to the body.
Corrales really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Parker lands a left hand.
Parker scores with a shoulder strike.
Parker lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Parker throws a punch but it's blocked by Corrales.
Parker tries to work over Corrales's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Parker.
Corrales blocks a body shot from Parker.
A frustrated look appears on Corrales's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roger Parker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chico Corrales's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Corrales slips a straight right by Parker.
Parker has closed the distance and engaged Corrales in a clinch.
Parker controlling the action here for a moment.
Parker continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Parker lands a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corrales wants to break free but Parker has control.
Corrales blocks an elbow strike from Parker.
Parker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Corrales blocks a body shot from Parker.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corrales blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Parker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Parker lands an elbow just above Corrales 's eye.
Parker swings wildly with an uppercut but Corrales uses good head movement to avoid it.
Corrales tries to break free but Parker pushes him back against the cage.
Parker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Corrales wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Parker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Corrales's elbow.
Parker displaying some good clinch control by pressing Corrales up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Parker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Parker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Corrales can't break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Parker.
Parker missing with knees to the body.
Parker lands an elbow inside that Corrales shrugs off.
Parker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Parker lands a right hand that snaps the head of Corrales backwards.
Corrales breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Parker slips a jab and a cross from Corrales.
A solid body kick from Parker.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Corrales scores with a four punch combination!
Parker shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Corrales keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Parker.
Corrales throws a right and a left that Parker avoids nicely.
Corrales takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The fighters circling - Parker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Parker shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Corrales manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corrales is trying to keep Parker in close.
Parker slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Corrales will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Parker pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Corrales is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roger Parker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Chico Corrales's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Parker moves in looking to clinch but Corrales pushes him off.
Corrales missing with a left hand there. Parker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Parker tries a head kick but it misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Parker.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corrales throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Parker counters with a thumping low kick.
Corrales falls off balance throwing a combination
and Parker counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker feints and then cracks Corrales's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Corrales down.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Parker.
Good shot there by Parker.
Chico Corrales is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Parker thumps Corrales with a low kick.
Parker thows a left - swing and a miss!
Parker looks to land a body kick but Corrales moved away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Corrales paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Corrales takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Parker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Corrales.
Parker misses with an uppercut. Corrales saw that one coming.
Parker getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Parker misses with a straight right.
Corrales scores with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker with a jab.
Parker stalks Corrales and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Corrales's face. Corrales staggers backwards, shaken.
Corrales is rocked!
Corrales throws a series of punches but Parker avoids them all with ease.
Corrales throws a left and a right that both miss
and Parker makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Roger Parker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Parker fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Corrales on the side of the head.
Corrales throws a combination that misses
and Parker counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Parker is controlling the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chico Corrales has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Corrales tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Parker has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roger Parker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Parker has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roger Parker!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zidane Sephiroth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Furcal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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22
220 lbs
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23
218 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zidane Sephiroth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Furcal!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Furcal misses.
Sephiroth tries to close the distance and clinch but Furcal swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Furcal defending well as Sephiroth loads up on a big left hand.
Furcal throws a looping overhand right but Sephiroth ducks down to avoid it.
Sephiroth ducks under a wild hook from Furcal.
Furcal swings for the body but Sephiroth moves out of range.
Sephiroth connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Furcal throws an overhand right that lands on Sephiroth's shoulder, as Sephiroth tries to avoid the shot.
Furcal clobbers Sephiroth with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A slow jab from Sephiroth misses its intended target.
Sephiroth misses the jab.
Furcal misses the shot to the body.
Sephiroth missing with a left hand there. Furcal was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Furcal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big right from Furcal misses.
Sephiroth throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Furcal misses.
Furcal misses with a wild combination.
Furcal misses with a hook. Sephiroth ducked under it nicely.
Furcal misses the jab.
Sephiroth scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Furcal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sephiroth manages to avoid it.
A big right from Furcal misses.
Sephiroth throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Furcal to counter with a crisp jab.
Furcal misses with an uppercut.
A decent looking cross lands there for Furcal.
A looping hook to the body misses from Furcal. Sephiroth does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sephiroth swats away the attempt to clinch by Furcal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sephiroth uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Furcal.
Furcal scores with a jab.
A big left from Furcal misses.
A jab from Furcal misses.
Furcal throws a right and a left that Sephiroth avoids nicely.
Furcal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Furcal swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Furcal misses the target.
Furcal takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Furcal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sephiroth throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Furcal sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mike Furcal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Sephiroth misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Sephiroth.
Sephiroth throws out a loose jab but Furcal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sephiroth slips under a jab.
Sephiroth defending well as Furcal loads up on a big left hand.
Sephiroth shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Furcal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sephiroth misses with a hook.
Furcal tries to clinch up
and Sephiroth counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Furcal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sephiroth.
Sephiroth closes the distance and pushes Furcal back into the cage.
Sephiroth lands a shot to the body.
Sephiroth misses with a body punch.
Furcal softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Sephiroth.
Sephiroth scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Furcal tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sephiroth has a couple of punches blocked by Furcal.
Sephiroth blocking some punches.
Furcal is working Sephiroth over against the cage.
Furcal tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Furcal lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sephiroth lands with a light punch inside.
Furcal tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sephiroth softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
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!
Sephiroth lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sephiroth lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Sephiroth.
Furcal lands a nice uppercut.
Sephiroth lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Furcal backwards.
Furcal looks gassed!
Furcal blocks an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Sephiroth as the two fighters clinch.
Sephiroth lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sephiroth fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sephiroth.
A nice left hand lands by Sephiroth.
A nice left hand lands by Sephiroth.
A right hook to the body lands for Sephiroth.
Sephiroth scores with a shoulder strike.
Sephiroth pushes Furcal back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zidane Sephiroth dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Sephiroth digs a good hook to Furcal's body.
Furcal throws a looping overhand right but Sephiroth ducks down to avoid it.
Furcal dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Furcal takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sephiroth moves in looking to clinch but Furcal pushes him off.
Sephiroth scores with a one two! Furcal had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Sephiroth cracks Furcal with a right hand to the side of the head.
Furcal throws an overhand right that lands on Sephiroth's shoulder, as Sephiroth tries to avoid the shot.
Furcal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Furcal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sephiroth lands an overhand right.
A right-left combo lands from Sephiroth.
Sephiroth connects with a right hand. Furcal shakes it off.
Furcal is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Furcal misses.
Furcal 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.
Sephiroth staying out of range there.
Furcal staying out of range there.
Furcal misses the body punch
and Sephiroth counters with a series of strikes. Furcal will be more careful next time no doubt.
Furcal is rocked!
Sephiroth lands a body shot.
Furcal takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Zidane Sephiroth is winning the standup battle so far.
Sephiroth tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Furcal counters with a straight right hand.
Furcal throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sephiroth counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sephiroth wants to clinch up but Furcal keeps it at a distance.
Sephiroth clobbers Furcal with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furcal loads up on a big right hand but Sephiroth slips the punch.
Sephiroth scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Furcal doesn't seem bothered though.
Sephiroth ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sephiroth uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Furcal.
Sephiroth with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A lazy left from Sephiroth finds it's target.
Furcal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab lands there for Sephiroth.
Sephiroth avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sephiroth gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sephiroth lands an uppercut.
Sephiroth lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Furcal is still on wobbly legs! Can Sephiroth finish him?
Sephiroth misses with some punches.
Furcal seems to have recovered his senses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furcal tries to stall but Sephiroth uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sephiroth swings wildly with an uppercut but Furcal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sephiroth throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Furcal tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sephiroth's elbow.
Sephiroth scores with a shoulder strike.
Furcal tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sephiroth lands with a right to the head.
Sephiroth lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sephiroth misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sephiroth fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Sephiroth.
Sephiroth lands a shot to the body.
A short body shot lands from Sephiroth as the two fighters clinch.
Sephiroth fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Sephiroth.
Nice body punch from Sephiroth - that landed with a thud.
Sephiroth misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sephiroth makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sephiroth scores with a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sephiroth lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sephiroth lands with a short shot to the head.
Furcal misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sephiroth lands a shot to the body.
A short right from Sephiroth on the inside.
Sephiroth digs a right hand into Furcal's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Furcal's gas tank.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sephiroth.
A left hand lands to the body for Sephiroth.
Sephiroth misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Sephiroth - that landed with a thud.
Sephiroth presses Furcal against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nice body punch from Sephiroth - that landed with a thud.
Sephiroth blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sephiroth cracks Furcal with a nice body shot.
Sephiroth is working Furcal over against the cage.
Sephiroth lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sephiroth swings wildly with an uppercut but Furcal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sephiroth is working Furcal over against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sephiroth creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Furcal throws a head punch that misses.
Furcal blocks a body shot from Sephiroth.
Furcal lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sephiroth pushes Furcal back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sephiroth lands a left hand that snaps the head of Furcal backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Sephiroth.
A short uppercut from Sephiroth.
Sephiroth throws a punch but it's blocked by Furcal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zidane Sephiroth dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Sephiroth lands a right hook to the body.
A big right from Furcal misses.
Sephiroth tries to clinch there but Furcal circles away.
Furcal tests Sephiroth's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Furcal has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sephiroth finds it's way round the side to connect with Furcal's head.
Furcal misses with a few strikes there.
A swing and a miss from Furcal.
Furcal fails in his attempt to clinch.
Furcal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sephiroth.
Furcal throws a big shot that misses.
Furcal takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Furcal throws a looping overhand right but Sephiroth ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Furcal moves out of range of the strikes.
Sephiroth throws a jab but it's blocked by Furcal.
Sephiroth is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Furcal can do to turn this around?
Sephiroth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Furcal throws a shot to the body.
Sephiroth is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Furcal.
Sephiroth takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Furcal throws a hook but Sephiroth blocks it.
Furcal punishes Sephiroth's body with a nice straight punch.
Sephiroth throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sephiroth slips a straight right by Furcal.
Sephiroth scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sephiroth swings for the body but Furcal moves out of range.
Furcal slips a jab from Sephiroth.
Sephiroth keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sephiroth staying out of range there.
Furcal keeps the fight on the outside.
Sephiroth jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sephiroth looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fighters circling - Sephiroth throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A swing and a miss from Furcal.
Sephiroth scores with a jab to the head.
Zidane Sephiroth is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Furcal throws a shot from downtown. Sephiroth moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sephiroth misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Furcal.
Furcal swings away with a body shot that misses
and Sephiroth counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Furcal fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sephiroth looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Furcal throws a jab when Sephiroth was well out of range.
Sephiroth tries to clinch up
and Furcal counters with a left and a right that stings Sephiroth.
Mike Furcal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sephiroth avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sephiroth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Furcal was well out of range. Poor timing from Sephiroth.
Sephiroth throws a hook but Furcal blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Furcal throws a hook but Sephiroth blocks it.
Furcal looks to land a left hand but Sephiroth moved out of range nicely.
Sephiroth walks into a left hand.
Sephiroth works over Furcal's head and body with a nice combination.
Sephiroth avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Furcal misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sephiroth counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sephiroth scores with a three punch combo!
Sephiroth lunges at Furcal with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Furcal's hand.
Furcal misses the jab.
Sephiroth lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Furcal circles away quickly and effectively.
Sephiroth takes a swing at Furcal's ribcage but misses.
Sephiroth doesn't manage to clinch there - Furcal circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Furcal comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sephiroth has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zidane Sephiroth!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between evander holyshit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Bunker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bunker has chosen The Beast as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, evander holyshit!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Randy Bunker!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bunker fails in his attempt to clinch.
holyshit moves out of range of the strikes.
holyshit scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bunker scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
holyshit avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bunker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by holyshit.
Bunker misses with a body shot
and holyshit counters with an outside leg kick.
Bunker throws a jab when holyshit was well out of range.
holyshit misses the shot to the body.
holyshit throws a nice looking combination but Bunker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
holyshit throws a one two combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
holyshit connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bunker momentarily.
Bunker swings and misses with a shot to the body
and holyshit counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Randy Bunker has been cut.
Bunker moves out of range as holyshit strikes.
Bunker gets off balance looking for a body kick
and holyshit makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The fighters circling - Bunker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
holyshit cracks a nice hook into Bunker's ribs.
Bunker looks gassed!
holyshit waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bunker.
holyshit scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunker ducks under a wild hook from holyshit.
evander holyshit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
holyshit loads up on a big right hand but Bunker slips the punch.
Bunker looks to land a left hand but holyshit moved out of range nicely.
holyshit connects with a looping right hand.
Bunker uses good head movement to avoid the hook from holyshit.
holyshit thows a body shot but no joy.
holyshit pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bunker misses with an uppercut. holyshit saw that one coming.
Bunker throws a shot from downtown. holyshit moves away and avoids it.
holyshit throws a big shot that misses.
Bunker wants to clinch but holyshit slips to the side
and holyshit counters with a nice body shot.
holyshit scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
holyshit cracks Bunker with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
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!
Bunker throws a lazy right hand but holyshit sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Randy Bunker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
holyshit takes a swing at Bunker's ribcage but misses.
Bunker scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunker swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling holyshit to counter with a crisp jab.
Bunker looks to score with a jab to the body but holyshit is just out of range.
Bunker tries to clinch but holyshit moves away
and holyshit counters with a right hand to the body.
holyshit with a body punch. A glancing blow.
holyshit closes the distance and lands a one-two.
holyshit chopping away at his opponent's legs.
holyshit lunges at Bunker with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bunker's hand.
Nice uppercut there from holyshit.
holyshit throws a leg kick which misses Bunker's front leg but catches the back leg as Bunker tries to avoid it.
holyshit dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bunker. That did some damage!
Bunker avoids the body shot from holyshit.
A decent looking cross lands there for holyshit.
holyshit throws a hook to the side of Bunker's head but Bunker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bunker throws a hook but holyshit blocks it.
holyshit ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
holyshit lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
holyshit cracks Bunker with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bunker takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bunker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
holyshit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good standup being displayed there by holyshit as he connects with a hook.
holyshit lands with a nice combination. Bunker backs away looking to recover.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
holyshit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bunker manages to avoid it.
Bunker misses with a telegraphed body shot
and holyshit counters with a nice leg kick.
Bunker slips a jab from holyshit.
holyshit just misses with a punch to the body.
That kick from holyshit tenderised Bunker's leg. Bunker is trying to keep his angry face on.
holyshit is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
holyshit works the jab nicely.
holyshit lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bunker backs up against the cage.
holyshit cracks Bunker with a good jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
holyshit scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bunker staying out of range there.
holyshit lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That has opened up Randy Bunker's cut even more.
A jab lands there for holyshit.
Bunker clinches but holyshit breaks the clinch
and holyshit counters with a good low kick that Bunker was not able to check.
holyshit scores with a jab.
holyshit just misses with a punch to the body.
Bunker looks to clinch
and holyshit counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bunker's knee momentarily.
holyshit connects with a solid leg kick.
holyshit connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
holyshit scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
holyshit ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bunker has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bunker there as he acknowledges the shot.
holyshit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bunker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
evander holyshit dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Randy Bunker's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
holyshit lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
holyshit keeps the fight on the outside.
holyshit throws the left hand but Bunker avoids the punch easily.
Bunker swings and misses with a shot to the body
and holyshit counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bunker tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and holyshit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bunker has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
holyshit dips to his left and cracks Bunker with an uppercut!
holyshit lands a jab to the nose.
holyshit thows a body shot but no joy.
Bunker misses with a straight right.
Bunker tries to close the distance and clinch but holyshit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
holyshit throws a hook but Bunker blocks it.
Bunker is breathing heavily.
Bunker closes the distance looking to clinch
and holyshit counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from holyshit. Bunker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bunker looks to clinch
and holyshit connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
holyshit looks to land a left hand but Bunker moved out of range nicely.
Bunker swings and misses with a shot to the body
and holyshit connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
holyshit lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bunker at a distance.
A slow jab from holyshit misses its intended target.
holyshit throws an overhand right that lands on Bunker's shoulder, as Bunker tries to avoid the shot.
holyshit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bunker.
Bunker throws a hook but holyshit blocks it.
holyshit thuds a left hand into Bunker's body.
evander holyshit is winning the standup battle so far.
holyshit lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bunker backs up against the cage.
Bunker chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before holyshit can pounce on him.
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!
holyshit thuds his right hand into Bunker's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
holyshit lands with a nice combination. Bunker backs away looking to recover.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
holyshit throws a hook but Bunker avoids it easily.
Bunker tries for a takedown but holyshit circles away easily
and holyshit counters with an inside leg kick.
holyshit thuds a left hand into Bunker's body.
holyshit scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bunker takes a shot to the body in his stride.
holyshit with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
holyshit misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
holyshit scores with a nice head shot.
Bunker throws a predictable looking body shot
and holyshit counters with a stiff right hand.
holyshit lands a nice hook to Bunker's body. Bunker takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
holyshit throws the left hand but Bunker avoids the punch easily.
An inside leg kick lands from holyshit.
holyshit lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
holyshit scores with a leg kick.
holyshit scores with a shot to the body.
holyshit just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from holyshit.
Bunker lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bunker misses with a body punch
and holyshit counters with a nice uppercut.
Bunker misses with a double jab.
Nice sprawl there from holyshit as Bunker shoots in.
Bunker takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bunker avoids the body shot from holyshit.
holyshit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bunker manages to avoid it.
Bunker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
holyshit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bunker moves away.
Bunker's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bunker drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bunker misses with a takedown attempt
and holyshit counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
evander holyshit has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Bunker.
A telegraphed right hand from Bunker misses the target.
holyshit dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bunker. That did some damage!
holyshit lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bunker's sensitive parts.
An inside leg kick lands from holyshit.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bunker wants to clinch
and holyshit counters with a straight right hand.
holyshit's corner calls for a 1-2. holyshit obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
holyshit scores with a nice head shot.
holyshit swings for the body but Bunker moves out of range.
holyshit misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bunker takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
holyshit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bunker.
Bunker misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting holyshit counter with a right hand.
holyshit throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bunker on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
evander holyshit dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Randy Bunker's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
holyshit throws out a loose jab but Bunker uses good head movement to avoid it.
holyshit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bunker was well out of range. Poor timing from holyshit.
Bunker falls off balance throwing a combination
and holyshit counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
holyshit takes one to the chin there.
Bunker lands with a good body shot.
Bunker misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bunker throws a leg kick
and holyshit counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bunker looks to clinch
and holyshit counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
holyshit pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jab by holyshit.
A cross from holyshit lands.
holyshit lands an overhand right.
Bunker takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bunker with a lazy takedown attempt
and holyshit counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
holyshit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bunker can do to turn this around?
holyshit lands the left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
holyshit throws a wild body kick that Bunker sees coming a mile off.
holyshit throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
holyshit misses with a body kick.
Bunker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from holyshit.
holyshit scores with a nice head shot.
Bunker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bunker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but holyshit manages to avoid it.
holyshit looks to land a right hand but Bunker moved out of range.
holyshit thows a body shot but no joy.
Bunker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bunker slips a straight right by holyshit.
Bunker scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
holyshit is looking to slow Bunker down with leg kicks.
holyshit throws a low kick but Bunker moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from holyshit.
holyshit connects with the punch.
Bunker misses with a wild body shot.
holyshit takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
holyshit misses with a low kick.
Bunker throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and holyshit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bunker closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bunker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bunker connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bunker misses with a combination
and holyshit counters with a body kick that stops Bunker in his tracks momentarily.
Bunker closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. holyshit did well to prevent Bunker getting side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bunker trying to control the action but holyshit is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
holyshit tries to roll over but Bunker keeps him under control.
Bunker with the ground and pound but holyshit uses the opportunity to regain guard.
holyshit is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bunker is controlling him.
Bunker stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. holyshit swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bunker thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
holyshit keeping moving, preventing Bunker from controlling successfully.
Bunker not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Bunker looking to pass the guard.
holyshit is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
holyshit is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
evander holyshit clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Randy Bunker's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bunker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bunker looks to land a right hand but holyshit moved out of range.
Bunker misses with a straight left.
Bunker misses the jab.
Bunker throws out a loose jab but holyshit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bunker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
holyshit scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
holyshit misses with a straight right.
holyshit misses with an uppercut.
holyshit avoids the body shot from Bunker.
holyshit throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
holyshit throws a hook but Bunker avoids it easily.
Bunker swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bunker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
holyshit slips a straight right by Bunker.
holyshit loads up on a big right hand but Bunker slips the punch.
Bunker moves in looking to clinch but holyshit pushes him off.
holyshit looks to land a right hand but Bunker moved out of range.
Bunker lands a glancing blow to the side of holyshit's head.
holyshit throws an overhand right that lands on Bunker's shoulder, as Bunker tries to avoid the shot.
holyshit swings for the body but Bunker moves out of range.
holyshit swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
holyshit ducks under a wild hook from Bunker.
A telegraphed right hand from holyshit misses the target.
Bunker scores with a jab to the jaw.
holyshit gets caught flat footed, as Bunker shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Bunker stops holyshit from standing up.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunker trying to control but holyshit is working from the bottom.
holyshit has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Bunker working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bunker stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. holyshit swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bunker distracts holyshit with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bunker trying to control but holyshit is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunker wants to pass the guard but holyshit is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bunker trying to control but holyshit is working from the bottom.
Bunker is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Bunker wants to pass the guard but holyshit is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bunker trying to control the position from guard on top but holyshit is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Randy Bunker was stalling too much, according to the referee.
holyshit slips a jab from Bunker.
holyshit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bunker moves away.
Bunker wants to clinch
and Bunker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bunker tries to clinch up
and holyshit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bunker throws a body punch but holyshit moves out of range.
Bunker just misses with a punch to the body.
Bunker throws a predictable looking body shot
and holyshit counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bunker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but holyshit was well out of range. Poor timing from Bunker.
holyshit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bunker.
Bunker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bunker closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling holyshit to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
evander holyshit had his way with Randy Bunker in that round.
The cut man is working on Randy Bunker's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
holyshit misses with a jab to the body
and Bunker counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bunker.
holyshit lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bunker.
Bunker lands a body punch in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Bunker.
holyshit scores with a hook to the body.
holyshit is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
holyshit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from holyshit - that landed with a thud.
Bunker misses with some punches.
holyshit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
holyshit lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bunker fails to pull guard.
holyshit tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bunker's elbow.
Bunker throws an elbow that misses.
Bunker lands an uppercut.
holyshit lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bunker is struggling to control the position.
holyshit wants to stall.
Bunker misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunker jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as holyshit walks away with a smile on his face. Bunker gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
holyshit lands with an uppercut that bounces Bunker off the cage and back into rage.
Bunker misses with a straight right.
Bunker takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bunker throws an overhand right that lands on holyshit's shoulder, as holyshit tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from holyshit misses.
holyshit throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bunker falls off balance throwing a combination
and holyshit counters with a three punch combo that has Bunker backing up. Bunker nods at holyshit to acknowledge the strikes.
holyshit dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bunker is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Bunker on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bunker looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? holyshit is fending him off so far but Bunker persists. Nope, holyshit circles away and we're back to standing.
evander holyshit has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Bunker.
Bunker shoots for a takedown but holyshit saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
holyshit lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
holyshit looks to throw the jab but Bunker is out of range.
Bunker moves out of range as holyshit strikes.
holyshit swings for the body but Bunker moves out of range.
holyshit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bunker.
A jab from holyshit misses.
Bunker misses the body punch
and holyshit counters with a right hand to the body.
Horrible takedown by Bunker or perhaps it was just good defense by holyshit which made him look bad.
holyshit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
holyshit jabs at Bunker's body.
holyshit lands with a nice body kick.
Bunker avoids the head kick by holyshit.
evander holyshit is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bunker takes one on the chin but seems OK.
holyshit throws a combination. Bunker tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Bunker takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Randy Bunker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
holyshit lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bunker is looking to clinch but holyshit is avoiding it.
Bunker takes a body punch but keeps moving.
holyshit showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bunker.
holyshit misses with a two punch combination.
Bunker shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and holyshit counters with an inside leg kick.
holyshit works the jab nicely.
A low kick from Bunker misses
and holyshit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
holyshit jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bunker shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and holyshit cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bunker takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
holyshit lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
holyshit lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for holyshit.
holyshit connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bunker misses with a straight right.
Bunker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bunker misses with a shot to the body
and holyshit counters with a nice body kick.
holyshit will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bunker takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bunker has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from holyshit.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
holyshit digs a good hook to Bunker's body.
Bunker closes the distance but holyshit moves to the side
and holyshit counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
holyshit scores with a nice head shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
evander holyshit showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for holyshit, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 50:43
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 50:43
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 50:43
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... evander holyshit!
evander holyshit retains his heavyweight title!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bill Dance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Lebowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lebowski is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Europe - The Final Countdown. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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179 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bill Dance!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jeff Lebowski!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dance blocks a jab.
Lebowski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lebowski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dance fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Lebowski sprawls well initially but Dance persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dance with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Dance wants to pass the guard but Lebowski is defending well.
Lebowski avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dance.
Dance wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lebowski keeps working.
Dance trying to control from Lebowski's half guard. Lebowski has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Lebowski is looking to stand up but Dance isn't so interested in that idea.
That's two 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.
Dance pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lebowski is keeping the position for now.
Dance throws a strike but Lebowski rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dance keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Dance looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lebowski controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dance looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lebowski is one step ahead there.
Lebowski controls from within his opponent's guard.
Lebowski slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Dance.
Lebowski is taking a breather. Dance says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Dance wants to get back to full guard but Lebowski has mounted him!
Lebowski controlling his opponent.
Dance regains half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lebowski is looking for a kimura but Dance is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Lebowski to get the leverage.
Lebowski not doing much here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Dance manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Lebowski trying to control but Dance is working from the bottom.
Dance looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dance seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Lebowski trying to control but Dance is working from the bottom.
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 Bill Dance will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Lebowski dips to his left and cracks Dance with an uppercut!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lebowski misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lebowski throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dance counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lebowski falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dance counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Dance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dance looking to sit in guard and control but Lebowski gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Dance throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Dance 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.
Lebowski wants to stand but Dance has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lebowski preventing the sweep.
Dance keeping moving, preventing Lebowski from controlling successfully.
Dance looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lebowski is one step ahead there.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Dance lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Lebowski!
Lebowski is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Dance putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dance throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Dance misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Dance wants to control but Lebowski has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Dance thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dance wants to pass the guard but Lebowski is defending well.
Dance missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bill Dance dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Dance takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dance throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jeff Lebowski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lebowski misses with a combination
and Dance counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dance lands a jab to Lebowski's midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Lebowski throws a right hand that Dance ducks under and follows up with a left that Dance also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Dance fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dance looks to score with a jab to the body but Lebowski is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lebowski takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Dance is looking to wear down Lebowski with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lebowski lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Lebowski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lebowski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jeff Lebowski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dance takes a swing at Lebowski's ribcage but misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lebowski moves out of range as Dance strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bill Dance showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dance has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bill Dance!
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