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YFC 6 David v Walimorda PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shaun Swagger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Raymonds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Swagger might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Amazing. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
9 - 11 - 0 |
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185 lbs
6 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Shaun Swagger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Raymonds!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swagger tries to clinch up but Raymonds circles away and keeps his distance.
Swagger is looking to clinch but Raymonds is avoiding it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Raymonds. That's going to slow Swagger down.
Raymonds looks for the body kick but Swagger saw that one coming.
Swagger misses with the combination.
Shaun Swagger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Swagger dives in and grabs Raymonds's left leg, looking for a takedown. Raymonds pushes down on Swagger's head and hops out.
Swagger shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Raymonds sprawls well. Raymonds wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Swagger gets slowly back to his feet.
Swagger takes one on the button.
Raymonds swats away the attempt to clinch by Swagger.
Raymonds throws a series of punches but Swagger moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swagger moves in looking to clinch but Raymonds pushes him off.
Swagger tries to clinch but Raymonds moves out of range.
Swagger tries to clinch but Raymonds moves out of range.
Swagger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Raymonds paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Raymonds throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Raymonds throws a head kick that misses.
Swagger takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Swagger is breathing heavily.
Swagger throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Raymonds counters with a nice body kick.
Swagger takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A thudding body kick lands there by Raymonds!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Raymonds clinches with his opponent.
Swagger takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Shaun Swagger has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raymonds looking to throw knees to the head but Swagger is blocking nicely.
Raymonds scores with a knee to the head.
Swagger takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters up against the cage, Raymonds throws an elbow but misses.
Raymonds connects with a nasty looking knee right to Swagger's face.
Raymonds breaks the clinch.
Raymonds clinches with his opponent.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Raymonds takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Raymonds looking to throw knees to the head but Swagger is blocking nicely.
Raymonds with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Raymonds scores with a knee to the head.
Swagger dodges an elbow strike from Raymonds.
Raymonds looking to throw knees to the head but Swagger is blocking nicely.
Raymonds using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Swagger has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Raymonds tries to land a knee to the head but Swagger blocks with his arms.
Swagger stops a takedown attempt from Raymonds.
Swagger is trying to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raymonds throws a knee to the head but misses.
Raymonds misses with a knee strike.
Raymonds stalls.
Swagger working hard to break the clinch.
Swagger takes an elbow to the temple.
Raymonds misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Raymonds throws an elbow but misses.
Raymonds using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Swagger has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Raymonds escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Swagger wants to clinch but Raymonds slips to the side
and Raymonds counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Swagger misses with a combination
and Raymonds makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Swagger really felt that one!
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.
Swagger wants to clinch.
Raymonds throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Daniel Raymonds is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Raymonds scores with a head kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Raymonds.
Swagger takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Raymonds throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Raymonds avoids the body shot from Swagger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Raymonds dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shaun Swagger's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A nice combination there by Raymonds.
Swagger takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A thudding body kick lands there by Raymonds!
Raymonds plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Swagger wants to clinch
and Raymonds counters with a head kick.
Swagger takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Swagger has his takedown stuffed
and Raymonds counters with a solid body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Raymonds throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Swagger's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raymonds cracks a nice hook into Swagger's ribs.
Raymonds chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Raymonds throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Swagger's head.
Raymonds lands a head kick!
Daniel Raymonds seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Raymonds lands a head kick!
Swagger will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Raymonds swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Raymonds pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Raymonds comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raymonds gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Swagger avoids a wild elbow strike from Raymonds.
Raymonds lands an uppercut.
Raymonds lands a left hand that snaps the head of Swagger backwards.
Raymonds fails to pull guard.
Raymonds lands an elbow that stopped Swagger in his tracks for a moment.
Raymonds lands an elbow just above Swagger 's eye.
Raymonds landing knees to the head.
Swagger blocks the elbow strike.
Raymonds stalling against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Raymonds just misses with a elbow thrown towards Swagger's brow.
Raymonds's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Swagger throws a combination that misses
and Raymonds counters with a nice body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raymonds connects with a body shot.
Nice body kick from Raymonds.
A right-left combo lands from Raymonds.
Raymonds thuds his shin into the meat of Swagger's side.
Swagger tries to clinch
and Raymonds counters with an inside leg kick.
Swagger misses with a shot to the body
and Raymonds counters with a body kick that stops Swagger in his tracks momentarily.
Raymonds fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Swagger.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Raymonds!
Swagger takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raymonds delivers a nice body kick.
Swagger throws a left and a right that both miss
and Raymonds counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Raymonds moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Raymonds scoring well with a low kick there.
Raymonds scores with a three punch combo!
Swagger darts in trying to clinch
and Raymonds counters with a solid body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Swagger tries to clinch but Raymonds moves away
and Raymonds counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Raymonds throws a right and a left that Swagger avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Raymonds showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Shaun Swagger'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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Raymonds pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Swagger misses with a double jab
and Raymonds counters with a head kick.
Swagger throws a head kick that misses
and Raymonds counters with a body kick.
Swagger falls off balance throwing a combination
and Raymonds counters with a body kick.
A head kick by Raymonds misses
and Swagger counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Raymonds has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Swagger stalling away here and it's allowed Raymonds to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raymonds seems keen to control Swagger's posture.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Raymonds kicks Swagger off and gets to his feet.
Shaun Swagger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two 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.
Raymonds throws a leg kick which misses Swagger's front leg but catches the back leg as Swagger tries to avoid it.
Raymonds throws a nice inside leg kick.
Raymonds throws a head kick that half lands.
Both fighters circling a little - Raymonds finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Raymonds throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Swagger's head.
Raymonds chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Raymonds looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Raymonds scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Raymonds cracks the inside of Swagger's front leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swagger has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Raymonds.
Raymonds misses with a few strikes there.
Raymonds throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Raymonds throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Raymonds throws a series of strikes that have Swagger backpedaling.
Swagger is trying hard to land a takedown here. Raymonds sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Raymonds bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Raymonds throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Raymonds scores with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swagger sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Raymonds misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick from Raymonds lands but Swagger takes it in his stride.
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!
Raymonds throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Swagger tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Raymonds counters with an inside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Swagger tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Raymonds swivels and escapes.
Shaun Swagger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Raymonds throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Daniel Raymonds is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Raymonds plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Raymonds comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Raymonds 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 James Glass scores the fight 25:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 25:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Raymonds!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Franz Mueller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and frederico vernaco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franz Mueller has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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2 - 12 - 0 |
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200 lbs
1 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
2 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Franz Mueller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, frederico vernaco!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
vernaco tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mueller manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mueller scores with a takedown into vernaco's guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if vernaco can do anything to dispel that myth.
Mueller working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mueller trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mueller wants to pass the guard but vernaco is keeping the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mueller's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mueller makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Mueller connects with a couple of short punches.
Mueller with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mueller is in close to vernaco's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Mueller landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mueller throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
vernaco preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
vernaco is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Mueller lands a couple of elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mueller stopping the sweep attempt from vernaco.
Mueller connects with a couple of short punches.
Mueller makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
It looks like frederico vernaco has been cut.
Mueller makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Mueller lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mueller scoring with some ground and pound.
vernaco looks gassed!
Mueller missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mueller is in close to vernaco's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Mueller landing some decent shots from guard.
Mueller chips away with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mueller working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mueller advances to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Mueller working vernaco over with strikes.
Mueller is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mueller working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Mueller working the head and body with strikes.
Mueller scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mueller takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mueller moves into full mount! vernaco won't be happy about that!
Mueller pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Mueller connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Mueller lands with some strikes.
That has opened up frederico vernaco's cut even more.
Mueller with good strikes from the mount here!
The cut above frederico vernaco's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mueller scoring with strikes but vernaco is staying in there.
Mueller lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
frederico vernaco's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at frederico vernaco's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Franz Mueller!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Justice Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauricio Ricardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricardo has chosen Here Comes as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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178 lbs
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178 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
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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
8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Justice Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mauricio Ricardo!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ricardo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Evans moves into the clinch.
Ricardo can't get the takedown.
Evans escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Horrible takedown by Ricardo or perhaps it was just good defense by Evans which made him look bad.
Justice Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mauricio Ricardo.
Evans gets the takedown into side control.
Evans is trying to get an arm triangle but Ricardo is defending well.
Evans working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Ricardo is looking to regain half guard here but Evans keeps moving and retains side control.
Evans tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Evans has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Ricardo is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Evans's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricardo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ricardo looks gassed!
Evans is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Evans is looking for a kimura here.
Evans looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Evans is looking for a kimura but Ricardo is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Evans to get the leverage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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.
Evans is looking for a kimura but Ricardo is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Evans to get the leverage.
Ricardo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Evans is trying to work for a kimura but Ricardo is defending well.
Ricardo actively working from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ricardo gets full guard.
Ricardo is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Evans has his hands clasped together but Ricardo extends an breaks Evans's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Ricardo.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mauricio Ricardo!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Gers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mariusz Twarowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gers comes to the cage accompanied by Iron Maiden - The Trooper. Dave Gers could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mariusz Twarowski's chin.
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205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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213 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Counter striker
Determined |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Gers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mariusz Twarowski!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gers throws a right and a left that Twarowski avoids nicely.
No joy there for Gers, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gers lands with a hook. Twarowski tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice takedown defense from Gers. No joy for Twarowski on that attempt.
A punch combination from Gers misses.
Gers drops Twarowski with a beautiful combination! Twarowski stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Gers is looking for the KO!
Twarowski is rocked!
It looks like Mariusz Twarowski has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Twarowski slips a jab and a cross from Gers.
Twarowski is still on wobbly legs! Can Gers finish him?
Gers misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gers, right into the meat.
Twarowski is looking to clinch but Gers is avoiding it.
Twarowski seems to have recovered his senses.
Gers misses with a two punch combination.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gers.
Twarowski looks gassed!
Gers keeps Twarowski at a distance using the push kick.
Gers throws a right hand that Twarowski ducks under and follows up with a left that Twarowski also avoids with ease.
Twarowski takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gers throws the kick towards the body but Twarowski avoids it.
Gers looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gers throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gers rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Twarowski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gers Rushes Twarowski and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Twarowski is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Gers Piles on the pressure and Twarowski crumples to the floor! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dave Gers!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kilfaro Bacon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and the finisher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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260 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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250 lbs
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kilfaro Bacon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, the finisher!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
finisher misses with a takedown attempt - Bacon sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
finisher fails with a takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from finisher.
Kilfaro Bacon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of the finisher.
finisher scores with a takedown into Bacon's guard.
finisher throws a big right hand that misses.
Bacon wants to stand but finisher is controlling the position.
finisher throwing strikes from guard but Bacon blocks nicely.
finisher throws and elbow that misses. Bacon uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in finisher's guard. Nice move by Bacon!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bacon decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Bacon displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from finisher.
Bacon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. finisher manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bacon misses the shot to the body.
finisher slips a straight right by Bacon.
finisher swats away the attempt to clinch by Bacon.
A swing and a miss from Bacon.
Kilfaro Bacon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
finisher walks into a jab.
finisher is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bacon sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bacon scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bacon misses with a series of wild punches.
Bacon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bacon leaves finisher with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
finisher shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bacon pinned against the cage. Bacon gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
finisher looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bacon is fending him off so far but finisher persists. Nope, Bacon circles away and we're back to standing.
finisher looks gassed!
Bacon takes a swing at finisher's ribcage but misses.
Bacon stuffs the takedown.
Bacon throws the left hand but finisher avoids the punch easily.
Bacon throws a nice looking combination but finisher bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bacon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but finisher moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bacon tries to bum rush finisher with a series of wild strikes but finisher uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A jab from Bacon misses.
Bacon jabs finisher to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bacon moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like the finisher has been cut.
finisher slips under a jab from Bacon.
finisher displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bacon throws out the jab.
Bacon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bacon defends well against a solid takedown attempt from finisher.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kilfaro Bacon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on the finisher's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bacon throws a series of punches but finisher moves out of range.
finisher shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bacon sprawls well. Bacon wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. finisher gets slowly back to his feet.
Bacon scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bacon misses with a body shot.
Bacon throws a lazy right hand but finisher sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bacon works finisher's body with a nice hook.
finisher tries for a takedown but Bacon sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
finisher is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
finisher looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Kilfaro Bacon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of the finisher.
A punch combination from Bacon misses.
Bacon displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from finisher.
Bacon scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Bacon connects with a good right hand that stumbles finisher. finisher circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bacon displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from finisher.
Kilfaro Bacon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bacon lands a two punch combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Bacon misses.
Bacon throws an overhand right that lands on finisher's shoulder, as finisher tries to avoid the shot.
finisher dodges the punch combination from Bacon.
finisher will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bacon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but finisher moves away.
finisher walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
finisher fails to land the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bacon swings for the body but finisher moves out of range.
Bacon lands with a nice body punch.
finisher keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
finisher throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bacon's waist but Bacon gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing finisher off to one side.
Bacon throws a nice looking combination but finisher bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bacon swings for the body but finisher moves out of range.
Bacon misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
finisher fails with a takedown attempt.
Bacon lands with a shot to the body.
Bacon throws a shot to the body.
Bacon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
finisher bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bacon displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Bacon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kilfaro Bacon dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on the finisher's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
finisher takes one on the button.
A jab from Bacon does it's job there.
Bacon throws a series of punches but finisher avoids them all with ease.
Bacon misses with a looping right.
finisher uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bacon.
Kilfaro Bacon is winning the standup battle so far.
finisher shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bacon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
finisher shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bacon as he avoids it easily.
A jab from Bacon misses.
finisher takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from finisher.
Kilfaro Bacon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of the finisher.
Bacon throws a right hand that finisher ducks under and follows up with a left that finisher also avoids with ease.
finisher walks into a stiff left hand from Bacon.
Bacon connects with a nice looking jab.
finisher looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
finisher thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bacon's head.
Bacon regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from finisher.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bacon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bacon pulls finisher in to control the position.
Bacon wants to stand up but finisher is controlling him.
finisher content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
finisher working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
finisher throwing strikes but missing.
Bacon wants to stand but finisher is controlling the position.
finisher trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bacon trying to keep a closed guard but finisher is proving a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as finisher accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
finisher is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
finisher working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
finisher with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
finisher missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
finisher postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
finisher keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bacon's head.
finisher stands up over Bacon, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
finisher scoring with some ground and pound.
finisher throws a big right hand that misses.
Bacon is trying to control the position from the bottom.
finisher postures up and lands a big shot to Bacon's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
finisher working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
finisher trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
finisher in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
finisher working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
finisher lands a couple of elbows.
finisher lands a couple of digs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
finisher postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
finisher throwing strikes but missing.
Kilfaro Bacon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
the finisher has got the better of the ground game so far.
finisher is looking to work some ground and pound but Bacon has wrist control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells finisher's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
the finisher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bacon is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bacon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
the finisher comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bacon has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kilfaro Bacon!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julio Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Hawthorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez comes to the cage accompanied by Gladiator Main Theme. Hawthorn has chosen Sam & Dave - Soul Man as his entrance music. 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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18
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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19
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good in bed |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Powerful |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Julio Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcus Hawthorn!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Hawthorn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hawthorn throws out a leg kick but Sanchez moves out of range and Hawthorn only half commits.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sanchez checks a leg kick.
Sanchez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hawthorn throws a right hand that Sanchez ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanchez also avoids with ease.
A left and a right from Hawthorn both land. Nice combination.
Hawthorn throws a series of punches but Sanchez avoids them all with ease.
Hawthorn throws a right and a left that Sanchez avoids nicely.
A combination from Hawthorn does no damage.
Hawthorn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hawthorn connects with a nice looking jab.
Sanchez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hawthorn looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawthorn fails to land with a series of punches.
Hawthorn stalks Sanchez and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sanchez's face. Sanchez staggers backwards, shaken.
Hawthorn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hawthorn attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hawthorn throws a series of punches but Sanchez moves out of range.
Hawthorn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sanchez dodges the punch combination from Hawthorn.
Hawthorn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hawthorn throws a right and a left that Sanchez avoids nicely.
Marcus Hawthorn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hawthorn misses with a two punch combination.
Hawthorn misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sanchez checks a leg kick nicely.
Sanchez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hawthorn throws out the jab.
Hawthorn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sanchez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hawthorn tries to bum rush Sanchez with a series of wild strikes but Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hawthorn misses with a few strikes there.
Hawthorn throws a right and a left that Sanchez avoids nicely.
Sanchez slips a jab and a cross from Hawthorn.
Marcus Hawthorn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Some wild striking there from Hawthorn.
Hawthorn misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez needs to keep his hands up - Hawthorn had a free shot at his head there.
Hawthorn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sanchez avoids the head kick by Hawthorn.
Sanchez moves away from the strike by Hawthorn.
Hawthorn misses with a two punch combination.
Hawthorn misses with the combination.
Hawthorn throws a right hand that Sanchez ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanchez also avoids with ease.
A combination from Hawthorn does no damage.
Sanchez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sanchez has a takedown stuffed.
That's four 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.
Hawthorn moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sanchez dodges the punch combination from Hawthorn.
Sanchez slips a jab and a cross from Hawthorn.
Sanchez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julio Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hawthorn fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sanchez checks it well.
No joy there for Hawthorn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Hawthorn dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hawthorn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sanchez dodges the punch combination from Hawthorn.
Sanchez shoots in but Hawthorn avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hawthorn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hawthorn connects with a looping right hand.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but Hawthorn shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawthorn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hawthorn lands a jab-cross combination.
Hawthorn throws a series of punches but Sanchez moves out of range.
Hawthorn throws a right and a left that Sanchez avoids nicely.
Marcus Hawthorn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Hawthorn. No joy for Sanchez on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julio Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hawthorn misses with a head kick.
Hawthorn misses with a series of wild punches.
Hawthorn throws a series of punches but Sanchez avoids them all with ease.
Sanchez blocks a leg kick.
Hawthorn displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A big right from Hawthorn misses.
Hawthorn works over Sanchez's head and body with a nice combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorn throws a series of strikes that have Sanchez backpedaling.
Hawthorn lands a left and a right that send Sanchez crashing to the mat, dazed. Hawthorn thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Sanchez is rocked!
Hawthorn ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Oh Sanchez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hawthorn throws a series of punches but Sanchez moves out of range.
Hawthorn misses with a two punch combination.
Sanchez seems to have got his legs back now.
Hawthorn throws a nice looking combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hawthorn misses with a wild combination.
Hawthorn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hawthorn cracks a nice hook into Sanchez's ribs.
Hawthorn throws out a loose jab but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Hawthorn is looking to escape.
Hawthorn really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sanchez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hawthorn is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hawthorn's head.
Hawthorn makes his way to full guard, as Sanchez worked for a kimura.
Sanchez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hawthorn manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Marcus Hawthorn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sloppy strikes from Hawthorn. Those never looked like landing.
Hawthorn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hawthorn lunges at Sanchez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sanchez's hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Hawthorn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Sanchez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sanchez is defended easily by Hawthorn.
Hawthorn fails to land with a series of punches.
Hawthorn's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Hawthorn duly obliges.
Sanchez slips a jab and a cross from Hawthorn.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hawthorn.
Hawthorn lands with a good body shot.
Hawthorn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sanchez circles away quickly and effectively.
A combination from Hawthorn does no damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawthorn lands with a cross.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hawthorn misses with a hook. Sanchez ducked under it nicely.
Hawthorn throws a right and a left that Sanchez avoids nicely.
Hawthorn swinging wildly here.
Hawthorn tries to bum rush Sanchez with a series of wild strikes but Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hawthorn throws a right hand that Sanchez ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanchez also avoids with ease.
Hawthorn pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sanchez avoids the head kick by Hawthorn.
Hawthorn keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hawthorn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hawthorn tries a head kick but it misses.
Hawthorn tries to bum rush Sanchez with a series of wild strikes but Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sanchez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hawthorn.
Hawthorn lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
It looks like Julio Sanchez has been cut.
Hawthorn tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sanchez is able to avoid easily.
Hawthorn scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sanchez in his tracks.
Hawthorn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hawthorn throws a right and a left that Sanchez avoids nicely.
No joy there for Hawthorn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorn throws a series of strikes that have Sanchez backpedaling.
Hawthorn throws a series of punches but Sanchez moves out of range.
Hawthorn lands a leg kick that knocks Sanchez off balance momentarily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sanchez.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julio Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hawthorn misses with a two punch combination.
A combination from Hawthorn does no damage.
Hawthorn throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hawthorn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sanchez avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorn throws a nice outside leg kick.
Oooooh!!! Hawthorn has knocked Sanchez down with a huge combo! Hawthorn steps away and waves a wobbly Sanchez back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Hawthorn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sanchez.
Hawthorn is working the combinations to good effect here.
Hawthorn scores with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A punch combination from Hawthorn misses.
Hawthorn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sanchez circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hawthorn will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sanchez takes a jab right on the kisser.
Julio Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sanchez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hawthorn rushes Sanchez with punches - Sanchez moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Sanchez goes down! Hawthorn follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Hawthorn!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between King Cobra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Teddy Sean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cobra comes to the cage accompanied by Rooster. King Cobra looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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200 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
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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
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, King Cobra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Teddy Sean!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sean misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cobra looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Cobra tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sean sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Cobra somewhat.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sean, as that shot connected.
Some bone on bone action there as Cobra checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sean moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sean avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sean dips to his left and cracks Cobra with an uppercut!
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!
Sean lands a big uppercut and this one is all over! His foe lies motionless on the canvas - a massive one punch knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Teddy Sean!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cross David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slawomir Walimorda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walimorda has chosen "Poor, lonesome cowboy" as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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265 lbs
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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
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Cross David!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Slawomir Walimorda!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
David slaps away a takedown attempt from Walimorda, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Walimorda dives in and grabs David's left leg, looking for a takedown. David pushes down on Walimorda's head and hops out.
Walimorda fails with the takedown.
Cross David has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Slawomir Walimorda.
Walimorda swats away the attempt to clinch by David.
Walimorda slips a straight right by David.
David shoots in and gets a takedown into Walimorda's guard.
David looking to pass the guard.
David drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and David jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
David trying to control the position from guard on top but Walimorda is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
David thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
David pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Walimorda is keeping the position for now.
David won't allow Walimorda to sweep him here.
David pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Walimorda is keeping the position for now.
David content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
It looks like Slawomir Walimorda has been cut.
David is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
David with a nice head shot there.
David postures up in Walimorda's guard and throws a big left but Walimorda blocks it.
David sitting in guard, not really doing much.
David preventing the sweep.
David looking to sit in guard and control but Walimorda gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Walimorda trying to control but David is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
David pulls Walimorda in close to prevent any damage.
Walimorda with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
David is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
David throwing shots but Walimorda is blocking nicely.
David looks to land a strike but Walimorda avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
David throwing strikes but missing.
David with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
David passes easily into side control. Nice work.
David trying to control the position but Walimorda is working away.
Walimorda on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
David in side control lands a decent elbow.
That has opened up Slawomir Walimorda's cut even more.
David landing a few strikes.
The cut above Slawomir Walimorda's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Slawomir Walimorda's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Cross David!
Cross David retains his heavyweight title!
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pop
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mgr
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