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BFE 77: Grigoriev vs Freud PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikey Crocop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremiah Hancock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crocop comes into the arena with Wild Boys blaring out of the sound system. Jeremiah Hancock is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mikey Crocop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremiah Hancock!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crocop forces Hancock back against the cage and clinches.
Hancock has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Crocop avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Crocop breaks from the clinch.
Crocop throws a wild body kick that Hancock sees coming a mile off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crocop. Hancock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hancock connects with a body shot.
Hancock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crocop tries to clinch there but Hancock circles away.
Hancock slips a straight right by Crocop.
Crocop misses with a double jab.
Crocop misses the jab.
Hancock scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crocop wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Hancock is working Crocop over with some ground and pound from side control.
Hancock tries to move to mount but Crocop blocks the move with his legs.
Crocop is not content to let Hancock control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hancock tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Hancock tries to advance to mount but Crocop denies him.
Hancock is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crocop manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hancock tries to pass the half guard into mount. Crocop knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Crocop tries to kick Hancock off but Hancock keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Hancock scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hancock prevents Crocop from standing back up.
Crocop keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hancock thows a huge punch but Crocop dodges it nicely.
Crocop blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hancock.
Hancock throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Crocop pushes Hancock off looking to stand but Hancock dives back in and keeps control.
Hancock tries to pass the half guard into mount. Crocop knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hancock prevents Crocop from improving his position.
Crocop won't allow Hancock to pass to mount.
Hancock throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hancock trying to control from half guard but Crocop is working away.
Crocop holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Hancock is keen to just control but Crocop is a slippery customer.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hancock thuds a left hand into Crocop's body.
Hancock shoots in looking for a takedown but Crocop manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hancock's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Crocop misses with a few strikes there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Crocop uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hancock.
Crocop misses with a jab, cross combination.
Crocop looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Crocop throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crocop is breathing heavily.
Crocop throws a leg kick that misses.
Hancock fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Crocop looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Crocop gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hancock ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A combination from Crocop does no damage.
A shot to the liver by Hancock. Beautiful body shot.
Hancock scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hancock trying to control the position but Crocop is working away.
Crocop gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Hancock lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeremiah Hancock dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hancock shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
It looks like Mikey Crocop has been cut.
Hancock is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Hancock thows a big elbow that misses.
Crocop is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Crocop kicks Hancock off and gets to his feet.
Hancock lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Crocop loads up on a big right hand but Hancock slips the punch.
A cross from Hancock lands.
A cross from Hancock lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crocop has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hancock finds it's way round the side to connect with Crocop's head.
Crocop throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hancock throws out a loose jab but Crocop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hancock thuds his right hand into Crocop's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Crocop gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hancock changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Crocop tries to avoid it but Hancock manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Crocop to the ground. Crocop escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hancock slips a jab and a cross from Crocop.
Crocop throws a series of punches but Hancock moves out of range.
Crocop takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crocop takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hancock with a hook.
Crocop misses with a leg kick.
Crocop looks to land a left hand but Hancock moved out of range nicely.
Nice body punch from Hancock.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Crocop takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hancock decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hancock throwing shots but Crocop is blocking nicely.
Hancock wants to lay and pray for a moment but Crocop keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hancock content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Crocop has hold of Hancock's hands but Hancock slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Crocop won't allow Hancock to pass to mount.
Hancock not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hancock in particular looking to stall.
Hancock trying to control the action but Crocop is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crocop wants to get back to his feet.
Crocop is refusing to be controlled, as Hancock sits in half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Crocop is trying to stand back up but Hancock is controlling him
Hancock moves into full mount! Crocop won't be happy about that!
Hancock tries to control but Crocop wriggling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Hancock throws some wild stikes that Crocop manages to avoid easily.
Jeremiah Hancock has got the better of the ground game so far.
Crocop squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Crocop tries to lock up and control but Hancock gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hancock takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hancock lands a big shot there that rocks Crocop but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Mikey Crocop's cut is getting worse.
Hancock with shots to the head and body - Crocop looks very uncomfortable down there.
Mikey Crocop's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Hancock has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crocop taking shots to the head.
Jeez, Mikey Crocop's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mikey Crocop's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jeremiah Hancock!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between James Brewer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Jylha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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154 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Brewer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Jylha!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jylha swats away the attempt to clinch by Brewer.
Brewer misses with a head kick.
Brewer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jylha paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brewer tries to clinch up but Jylha circles away and keeps his distance.
Jylha throws a good cross that connects.
Brewer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jylha looks to land a combination but Brewer avoids it well.
Brewer throws a combination that misses
and Jylha counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Brewer swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jylha counters with a nice body shot.
Brewer looks to clinch
and Jylha counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jylha thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brewer closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jylha counters with a left and a right that stings Brewer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brewer on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Brewer tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jylha counters with a nice leg kick.
Brewer looks to clinch
and Jylha counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jylha tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jylha connects with a right hand. Brewer shakes it off.
Brewer tries to clinch but Jylha moves away
and Jylha counters with a nice uppercut.
Brewer tries to clinch
enabling Jylha to counter with a crisp jab.
Jylha bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jylha throws a jab when Brewer was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jylha scores with a shot to the body.
James Brewer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brewer closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jylha cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brewer tries to clinch
and Jylha counters with a straight right hand.
Brewer looks to clinch
and Jylha counters with a straight right hand.
Jylha lands with a nice body punch.
Brewer stuffs the takedown attempt from Jylha. Jylha gets slowly back to his feet.
Brewer darts in trying to clinch
and Jylha counters with a one-two to the body.
Jylha throws a hook to the side of Brewer's head but Brewer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jylha moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Brewer tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Jylha counter with a right hand.
Brewer tries to clinch up
and Jylha counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A punch combination from Jylha misses.
Brewer blocks a jab.
Jylha tries to bum rush Brewer with a series of wild strikes but Brewer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brewer darts in trying to clinch
and Jylha connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brewer tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jylha counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brewer clinches but Jylha breaks the clinch
letting Jylha counter with a right hand.
Jylha is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Brewer had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Jylha lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Brewer tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jylha counters with a nice uppercut.
Brewer darts in trying to clinch
and Jylha counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
It looks like James Brewer has been cut.
Brewer wants to clinch
and Jylha counters with a nice low kick that buckles Brewer's knee momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jylha lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Brewer backs up against the cage.
Jylha is working the combinations to good effect here.
Jylha fails with a takedown attempt.
Jylha looks to throw the jab but Brewer is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Jylha dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Brewer's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Brewer tries to clinch but Jylha moves away
and Jylha counters with a left and a right that stings Brewer.
Brewer moves into the clinch.
Brewer taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jylha is trying to break free.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Brewer takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Brewer gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Jylha tries to pull guard but Brewer won't allow it.
Jylha being controlled against the cage.
Jylha can't break the clinch.
Brewer avoiding damage.
Jylha working hard to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jylha looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A hook to the body from Brewer.
Jylha has had enough of the clinch but Brewer keeps him there for the moment.
Stalling in the clinch from Brewer.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by James Brewer.
Brewer wants to clinch
and Jylha cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brewer checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Brewer looks to clinch
and Jylha counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
James Brewer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jylha fails with a takedown attempt.
Brewer wants to clinch
and Jylha counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brewer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jylha.
Jylha has taken the fight to the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Brewer tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Brewer's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Brewer as Jylha tries to tie him up.
Brewer just leaning against Jylha, taking a breather.
Brewer keeps control of Jylha as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brewer effectively controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brewer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jylha is defending well for now.
Jylha has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jylha stalling the fight.
Jylha is looking to break free of the clinch but Brewer has double underhooks.
Brewer content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Brewer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brewer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jylha with a jab.
Jylha misses with a low kick.
Jylha misses with a double jab.
Brewer tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jylha counters with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brewer tries to clinch up
and Jylha counters with a left and a right that stings Brewer.
Jylha swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jylha swinging wildly here.
Jylha throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jylha tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Brewer holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jylha is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brewer stalling the fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Jylha showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on James Brewer's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Brewer tries to clinch but Jylha moves away
and Jylha counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jylha shoots in and bounces Brewer off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Jylha trying to control the position from guard on top but Brewer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jylha stops Brewer from standing up.
Jylha controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brewer is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Matt Jylha was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Brewer walks into a straight right hand from Jylha.
Jylha connects with the punch.
Jylha connects with a good right hand that stumbles Brewer. Brewer circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jylha throws out a loose jab but Brewer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jylha throws a series of punches but Brewer avoids them all with ease.
Matt Jylha seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jylha throws a hook to the side of Brewer's head but Brewer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jylha lands a jab to the head.
Jylha will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jylha scores with a nice strike.
Brewer slips under a jab from Jylha.
Brewer tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jylha counters with a nice uppercut.
Brewer tries to clinch but Jylha moves away
and Jylha connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jylha circles away from the clinch attempt
and Jylha counters with a nice uppercut.
Brewer wants to clinch
and Jylha counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brewer darts in trying to clinch
and Jylha counters with a two punch combo.
Brewer tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jylha counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jylha misses with a straight right.
Brewer tries to clinch up
and Jylha counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jylha lands a right hook to the body.
Brewer tries to clinch
and Jylha counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jylha digs a good body shot into Brewer's ribs.
A cross from Jylha lands.
Brewer tries to clinch
enabling Jylha to counter with a crisp jab.
Jylha tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brewer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Matt Jylha is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Brewer tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jylha counters with a stiff right hand.
Jylha fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
James Brewer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jylha tried to score with a low kick but Brewer checks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Jylha comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jylha 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 26:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Jylha!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jonathon Brighton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thabang Sosibo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thabang Sosibo has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jonathon Brighton's chin.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jonathon Brighton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thabang Sosibo!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sosibo misses with a looping right.
Brighton misses with an uppercut.
Sosibo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Brighton is looking to clinch but Sosibo is avoiding it.
Brighton shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Brighton takes a swing at Sosibo's ribcage but misses.
Brighton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sosibo.
Sloppy strikes from Sosibo. Those never looked like landing.
Brighton wants to clinch up but Sosibo keeps it at a distance.
Brighton takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brighton thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice defenses there by Brighton.
Nice jab there from Sosibo.
Brighton scores with a sloppy right hand. Sosibo should have avoided that one.
Brighton works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Brighton swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Sosibo counter with a right hand.
A slow jab from Sosibo misses its intended target.
Brighton lands with an overhand left.
Thabang Sosibo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brighton moves out of range of the strikes.
Brighton bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brighton tries to close the distance and clinch but Sosibo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sosibo avoids the body shot from Brighton.
Brighton keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sosibo.
Sosibo 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.
Brighton lands with a nice body punch.
Brighton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sosibo.
Brighton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brighton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sosibo.
Nice defenses there by Sosibo.
Brighton moves out of range as Sosibo strikes.
Brighton fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sosibo avoids it really well and circles away.
Brighton ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brighton slips a jab from Sosibo.
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.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brighton. Sosibo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sosibo looks to land a left hand but Brighton moved out of range nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brighton. Sosibo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brighton walks into a left hand.
Brighton scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Brighton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sosibo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sosibo tries to keep at a distance but Brighton has taken the fight into the clinch.
Brighton tries to pull guard but Sosibo won't allow it.
Brighton tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sosibo smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonathon Brighton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sosibo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brighton.
Brighton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sosibo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brighton throws a looping overhand right but Sosibo ducks down to avoid it.
Brighton slips a jab from Sosibo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brighton's corner calls for a 1-2. Brighton obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sosibo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brighton scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Brighton doesn't manage to clinch there - Sosibo circles away.
Brighton takes a swing at Sosibo's ribcage but misses.
Sosibo misses the jab.
Sosibo missing with a left hand there. Brighton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brighton looks to clinch
and Sosibo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brighton looks to land a left hand but Sosibo moved out of range nicely.
Sosibo lands a slapping body shot.
Sosibo throws out a loose jab but Brighton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brighton tests Sosibo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Brighton lands with a shot to the body.
Brighton clinches but Sosibo breaks the clinch
and Sosibo counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brighton takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brighton moves into the clinch.
Brighton ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Brighton no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Brighton working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sosibo doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sosibo manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Sosibo tries to free his leg and advance position but Brighton is retaining full guard.
Brighton looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sosibo is one step ahead there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brighton has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sosibo can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thabang Sosibo 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.
Sosibo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Brighton counter with a right hand.
Sosibo misses with an uppercut.
Brighton tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Sosibo counter with a right hand.
Brighton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sosibo was well out of range. Poor timing from Brighton.
Brighton tries to close the distance and clinch but Sosibo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sosibo looks to land a right hand but Brighton moved out of range.
Brighton looks to score with a jab to the body but Sosibo is just out of range.
Brighton scores with a jab to the body.
Brighton shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sosibo pinned against the cage. Sosibo gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
The crowd cheers as Brighton lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sosibo doesn't seem phased though.
Thabang Sosibo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brighton tries to clinch up but Sosibo circles away and keeps his distance.
Sosibo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Brighton slips under a jab.
Sosibo takes one to the chin there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brighton misses with an uppercut.
Brighton scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Brighton just misses with a punch to the body.
Brighton staying out of range there.
Brighton looks to clinch
enabling Sosibo to counter with a crisp jab.
Brighton misses with a looping right.
Sosibo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A shot to the liver by Brighton. Beautiful body shot.
Sosibo throws a jab when Brighton was well out of range.
Brighton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sosibo.
Brighton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sosibo moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brighton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brighton shoots in but no luck this time.
Brighton digs a good hook to Sosibo's body.
Brighton tries to clinch there but Sosibo circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosibo slips under a jab.
Sosibo throws out a powerful jab.
Brighton throws a shot to the body.
No luck for Brighton with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonathon Brighton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brighton works the jab nicely.
Sosibo misses with a straight right.
Brighton takes one to the side of the head.
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!
Sosibo misses with an uppercut.
Brighton lands a nice shot to the body.
Sosibo misses with a straight left.
Brighton tries to clinch up.
Brighton misses the body punch
and Sosibo counters with a stiff right hand.
Brighton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brighton defending well as Sosibo loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brighton wants to clinch
and Sosibo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sosibo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sosibo misses the body punch
and Brighton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brighton cracks Sosibo with an open hand slap.
No joy there for Sosibo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A big left from Sosibo misses.
Brighton lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Brighton ducks under a wild hook from Sosibo.
Brighton tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sosibo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fighters circling - Sosibo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brighton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sosibo.
Sosibo throws a big shot that misses.
Brighton lands with an uppercut that bounces Sosibo off the cage and back into rage.
Brighton tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sosibo counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brighton just misses with a punch to the body.
Brighton dips to his left and cracks Sosibo with an uppercut!
Brighton fails with an attempt to clinch.
A slow jab from Brighton misses its intended target.
A jab from Sosibo misses.
Brighton keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sosibo.
Brighton lands a jab to Sosibo's midsection.
Sosibo is breathing heavily.
Brighton lands a really nice looking cross but Sosibo seems unphased.
Brighton slips a jab from Sosibo.
Brighton ducks under a wild hook from Sosibo.
Brighton defending well as Sosibo loads up on a big left hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brighton misses with a straight right.
Sosibo missing with a left hand there. Brighton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brighton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sosibo manages to avoid it.
Brighton throws out a powerful jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jonathon Brighton will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Brighton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sosibo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brighton.
Sosibo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sosibo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brighton manages to avoid it.
Brighton looks to land a right hand but Sosibo moved out of range.
Sosibo throws a looping overhand right but Brighton ducks down to avoid it.
Brighton closes the distance and pushes Sosibo back into the cage.
Brighton jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sosibo walks away with a smile on his face. Brighton gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sosibo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brighton clinches up with Sosibo and pushes him back against the cage.
Brighton tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sosibo just stands there and leans against the cage.
Brighton tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sosibo just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonathon Brighton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brighton pulls guard successfully.
Brighton is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Brighton is looking for a triangle but Sosibo pushes his legs off easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosibo wants to control from the top but Brighton keeps moving.
Brighton is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Sosibo rolls with it to try and escape but Brighton cranks on the arm and Sosibo is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jonathon Brighton!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tatsuyo Hayate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vic Mackey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mackey comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Shield kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Vic Mackey will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tatsuyo Hayate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vic Mackey!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mackey throws a series of punches but Hayate avoids them all with ease.
No luck for Hayate with that takedown attempt.
Hayate decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hayate looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mackey with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hayate sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mackey defending well though.
Hayate thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hayate thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hayate thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hayate thows a huge punch but Mackey dodges it nicely.
Hayate 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.
Hayate is pressing down on Mackey's thigh, looking to free his foot. Mackey is holding on for now.
Hayate not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayate missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hayate 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.
Hayate landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hayate missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hayate misses with a head shot. Mackey uses the momentum to regain guard.
Mackey is looking to stand up but Hayate isn't so interested in that idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hayate loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hayate makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hayate accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hayate has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hayate throws a strike but Mackey rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hayate throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayate working for a triangle but Mackey defends it easily.
Hayate working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Mackey has passed into half guard!
Hayate actively working from the bottom here.
Hayate might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
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.
Hayate looking for submissions off his back.
Hayate looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hayate slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tatsuyo Hayate 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.
Mackey drops Hayate with a right and a left! Mackey comes rushing in but Hayate regains his composure and manages to keep Mackey in guard.
Hayate is looking to sinch up a triangle. Mackey throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Hayate's body to avoid the submission. Hayate has instead reached around Mackey's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Hayate arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Tatsuyo Hayate!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between The Champ (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabino Gonzales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, The Champ!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gabino Gonzales!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Champ slips a jab and a cross from Gonzales.
Gonzales throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Champ throws a shot from downtown. Gonzales moves away and avoids it.
Gonzales misses with an uppercut.
Gonzales lands a nice hook to Champ's body. Champ takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gonzales cracks Champ with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gonzales throws a series of strikes that have Champ backpedaling.
Danga de danga de dang - Gonzales scores with a four punch combination!
Champ needs to keep his hands up - Gonzales had a free shot at his head there.
Gabino Gonzales seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gonzales lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
No joy there for Gonzales, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Champ throws out a leg kick but Gonzales moves out of range and Champ only half commits.
Champ misses with a looping right.
A telegraphed right hand from Gonzales misses the target.
Gonzales fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Champ manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales throws a shot from downtown. Champ moves away and avoids it.
Gonzales with a jab.
Gonzales throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Champ stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gonzales scores with a jab to the head.
Champ takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Champ misses with a looping left.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gonzales darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Champ throws the left hand but Gonzales avoids the punch easily.
Gonzales lunges at Champ with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Champ's hand.
Gonzales will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A jab from Gonzales does it's job there.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gonzales!
Champ doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gonzales. Champ does a little dance to reset his feet.
Champ throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Champ on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A punch lands to the side of Champ 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gonzales connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gonzales lands a jab-cross combination.
Champ needs to keep his hands up - Gonzales had a free shot at his head there.
Gonzales slips a straight right by Champ.
Gonzales scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gonzales scores with a body shot.
Gonzales lands an overhand right.
Gonzales tests Champ's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gonzales fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gonzales.
Gonzales fails to land with a series of punches.
Gonzales jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Champ has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Champ there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gonzales misses with a double jab.
Champ falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gonzales counters with a straight right hand.
Champ swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gonzales swinging wildly here.
Champ takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gonzales throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Champ takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Champ misses with a looping left.
Gonzales lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gonzales works the jab nicely.
Gonzales lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gonzales lands a really nice looking cross but Champ seems unphased.
Gonzales takes a swing at Champ's ribcage but misses.
Gonzales is working the combinations to good effect here.
Champ gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gonzales.
Gonzales fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Some wild striking there from Gonzales.
Gonzales just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabino Gonzales dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A jab from Gonzales does it's job there.
Gonzales ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Gonzales.
Gonzales thuds a left hand into Champ's body.
Champ throws a hook but Gonzales blocks it.
Gabino Gonzales seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gonzales lands with a nice body punch.
Champ takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gonzales lands a lovely overhand right.
Gonzales scores with a nice right hand.
Champ on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gonzales misses with a straight left.
Gonzales scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Gonzales throws a nice looking combination but Champ bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Champ jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gonzales.
Gonzales misses with a few strikes there.
Champ swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gonzales tests Champ's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gabino Gonzales is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gonzales lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gonzales.
Jab from Gonzales.
Gonzales misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gonzales lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gonzales misses with the combination.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gonzales.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales works the jab nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gonzales darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gonzales lands with a cross.
Gonzales moves out of range of the strikes.
Champ takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nice jab there from Gonzales.
Champ has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gonzales finds it's way round the side to connect with Champ's head.
Gonzales throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gonzales lands with an uppercut that bounces Champ off the cage and back into rage.
Jab, jab by Gonzales - just one landing.
Gonzales lands with a cross.
Gonzales throws a series of strikes that have Champ backpedaling.
Gonzales changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Champ looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Champ avoids the body shot from Gonzales.
Gonzales with a nice cross.
Champ takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Champ walks into a straight right hand from Gonzales.
Gonzales connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gonzales ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Donk. Gonzales catches Champ right on the button with a cross.
Champ misses with an uppercut.
Champ throws a jab but it's blocked by Gonzales.
Gonzales connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Champ drops his hands momentarily and Gonzales takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gonzales connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Champ's hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Champ throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gonzales misses with a few strikes there.
Gonzales ducks under a wild hook from Champ.
Gonzales throws a series of strikes that have Champ backpedaling.
Gonzales moves into range and connects with a jab.
Champ lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Champ misses with a hook. Gonzales ducked under it nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gonzales uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Champ has time to react.
Gonzales connects with a nice looking jab.
Champ drops his hands momentarily and Gonzales takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab lands there for Gonzales.
Champ drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gonzales goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabino Gonzales showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Gonzales scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Champ is rocked!
Gonzales lands an overhand right.
Oh Champ is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gonzales misses with a series of wild punches.
Gonzales lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gonzales rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Champ moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Champ seems to have got his legs back now.
Gonzales lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gonzales lands a glancing blow to the side of Champ's head.
Champ throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gonzales sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gonzales missing with a left hand there. Champ was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gonzales swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Champ cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gonzales lands a nice shot to the body.
Gonzales slips under a jab from Champ.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Champ moves away.
Gonzales uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Champ.
Champ walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gonzales connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Champ throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gonzales lands with an overhand left.
Gonzales throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Champ on the side of the head.
Gonzales lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nice defenses there by Gonzales.
Champ walks into a left hand.
Gonzales scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gonzales has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gonzales closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Champ is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Gonzales with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Champ walks into a jab.
Champ gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gonzales looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gonzales throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Champ swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gonzales scores with a jab. Champ acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Champ takes one on the button.
Champ takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Champ dodges the punch combination from Gonzales.
Gonzales throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gonzales scores with a hook to the body. Champ takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gonzales ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Champ takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gabino Gonzales is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Champ takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A left lands for Gonzales.
Gonzales changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gonzales cracks Champ with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Champ takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gonzales misses with a few strikes there.
Gonzales lands with an uppercut that bounces Champ off the cage and back into rage.
Gonzales bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Champ's head backwards.
Gonzales scores with a decent looking hook.
Champ takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nice jab there from Gonzales.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales defending well as Champ loads up on a big left hand.
Gonzales with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gonzales will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gonzales lands the left hand.
Champ walks into a stiff left hand from Gonzales.
Gonzales scores with a body shot.
Gonzales throws a right hand that Champ ducks under and follows up with a left that Champ also avoids with ease.
Gonzales stuns Champ with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gonzales lands with a hook. Champ tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gonzales uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The Champ has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gonzales jabs Champ to the body, keeping him at a distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gabino Gonzales comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gonzales 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 26:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabino Gonzales!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Machuchin Dillon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elias Virtanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Machuchin Dillon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Elias Virtanen!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Virtanen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Virtanen looks to land a body kick but Dillon moved away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Virtanen.
Virtanen moves into the clinch.
Virtanen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dillon blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice left hand lands by Virtanen.
Virtanen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dillon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Virtanen with a knee to the head.
Virtanen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dillon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Virtanen tries a knee to the head but Dillon blocks it.
Virtanen looking to throw knees to the head but Dillon is blocking nicely.
Dillon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Virtanen backwards.
Dillon working aggressively here.
Dillon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Virtanen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dillon pushes Virtanen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dillon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Virtanen tries to land knees in the clinch but Dillon avoids the damage to the body.
Virtanen trying to land knees to the body.
Virtanen misses with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Virtanen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Virtanen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dillon lands with a light punch inside.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Virtanen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Virtanen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Virtanen looks gassed!
Virtanen tries to land knees in the clinch but Dillon avoids the damage to the body.
Dillon lands with a light punch inside.
Dillon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Virtanen backwards.
Dillon lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Virtanen landing knees to the head.
Dillon swings wildly with an uppercut but Virtanen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dillon misses with the head strike.
A short right from Dillon on the inside.
Virtanen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dillon.
Virtanen misses with a knee strike.
Dillon has a couple of punches blocked by Virtanen.
Virtanen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dillon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen missing with knees to the body.
Virtanen tries to land knees in the clinch but Dillon avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dillon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Virtanen looking to throw knees to the head but Dillon is blocking nicely.
Dillon landing knees to the head.
Virtanen has a couple of punches blocked by Dillon.
Virtanen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dillon.
Dillon pushes Virtanen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dillon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dillon avoiding damage as Virtanen throws knees to the body.
Virtanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dillon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dillon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Virtanen looking to throw knees to the head but Dillon is blocking nicely.
Virtanen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dillon.
Virtanen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dillon is defending well for now.
Dillon working aggressively here.
Virtanen lands a nice knee to the body.
Virtanen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dillon blocks it with crossed arms.
Virtanen can't find room to land a body shot as Dillon controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dillon.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dillon pushes Virtanen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Virtanen blocking some punches.
Dillon prevents a body shot from Virtanen.
Virtanen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dillon pushes Virtanen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Virtanen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dillon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Virtanen.
Dillon throws a punch but it's blocked by Virtanen.
Virtanen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dillon is defending well for now.
Virtanen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dillon.
Virtanen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dillon blocking some punches.
Dillon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Virtanen tries a knee to the head but Dillon blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Virtanen.
Virtanen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dillon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Virtanen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
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.
Dillon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dillon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Virtanen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Virtanen tries a knee to the head but Dillon blocks it.
Virtanen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dillon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Virtanen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Virtanen scores with a knee to the head.
Dillon lands a left hand.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dillon has a couple of punches blocked by Virtanen.
Dillon lands a left hand.
Dillon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Virtanens head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dillon.
Virtanen swings wildly with an uppercut but Dillon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dillon misses with a knee to the head.
Virtanen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dillon blocks it with crossed arms.
Dillon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Machuchin Dillon dominated that 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.
Virtanen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Dillon tries to clinch but Virtanen moves away
and Virtanen counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Dillon wants to clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Virtanen.
Dillon tries to clinch up but Virtanen circles away and keeps his distance.
Dillon tries to clinch there but Virtanen circles away.
A slapping body kick lands there for Virtanen.
Virtanen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dillon blocks a low kick nicely.
Virtanen tries to clinch but Dillon is having none of it.
A head kick misses from Virtanen.
Dillon darts in trying to clinch
and Virtanen counters with a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillon tries to clinch up but Virtanen circles away and keeps his distance.
Elias Virtanen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Virtanen lands with a good body shot.
Dillon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dillon wants to clinch.
Virtanen throws a leg kick but Dillon moved away.
Virtanen closes the distance and pushes Dillon back into the cage.
Virtanen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dillon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Virtanen crunches a lovely knee into Dillon's ribcage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Virtanen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dillon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Virtanen swings wildly with an uppercut but Dillon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Virtanen landing knees to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dillon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Virtanen's elbow.
Virtanen landing knees to the head.
Virtanen misses with a knee to the head.
Dillon throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Virtanen misses with a knee to the head.
Virtanen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Virtanen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dillon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Virtanen looking to throw knees to the head but Dillon is blocking nicely.
Elias Virtanen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Virtanen trying to land knees to the body.
Virtanen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dillon.
Dillon managing to block the knees to the body from Virtanen.
Virtanen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dillon is defending well for now.
Dillon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Virtanen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Virtanen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dillon blocks it with crossed arms.
Dillon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Virtanen backwards.
Virtanen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dillon is defending well for now.
A shot in the inside from Dillon.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dillon.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Virtanen misses with some punches.
Dillon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Virtanen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dillon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dillon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dillon working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Virtanen fails to land.
Virtanen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dillon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
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.
A right hook to the body lands for Dillon.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dillon.
Virtanen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Virtanen looking to throw knees to the head but Dillon is blocking nicely.
Dillon blocks a body shot from Virtanen.
Virtanen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dillon avoids it.
Dillon lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dillon.
Virtanen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dillon.
Dillon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Virtanen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dillon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dillon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dillon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Virtanen tries to land knees in the clinch but Dillon avoids the damage to the body.
Virtanen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dillon lands a shoulder strike.
Virtanen tries to land a knee to the head but Dillon blocks with his arms.
Dillon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elias Virtanen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Dillon wants to clinch.
Dillon tries to close the distance and clinch but Virtanen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Virtanen swats away the attempt to clinch by Dillon.
Virtanen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dillon clinches but Virtanen breaks the clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dillon moves into the clinch.
Virtanen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dillon avoids it.
Virtanen tries to land a knee to the head but Dillon blocks with his arms.
Dillon lands a left hand.
Dillon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Virtanen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Virtanen has a couple of punches blocked by Dillon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dillon.
Virtanen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Virtanen scores with a knee to the head.
Dillon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Virtanen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dillon avoids it.
Virtanen tries a knee to the head but Dillon blocks it.
Virtanen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Virtanen connects with a knee to the head.
Dillon managing to block the knees to the body from Virtanen.
Virtanen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dillon managing to block the knees to the body from Virtanen.
Dillon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dillon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Virtanen misses with a knee to the head.
Dillon lands a shoulder strike.
Virtanen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dillon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Virtanen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dillon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Virtanen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dillon swings wildly with an uppercut but Virtanen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Virtanen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dillon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Virtanen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dillon throws a punch but it's blocked by Virtanen.
Virtanen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dillon is defending well for now.
Virtanen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dillon blocks it with crossed arms.
Dillon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Virtanen misses with a knee to the head.
Dillon connects with a knee to the head.
Virtanen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dillon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dillon misses with some punches.
Virtanen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dillon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dillon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Virtanen backwards.
Virtanen trying to land knees to the body.
Dillon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Virtanen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Virtanen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Dillon.
Virtanen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dillon blocks it with crossed arms.
Dillon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Virtanens head.
Dillon lands a hook to the side of the head.
Virtanen is rocked!
Virtanen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Virtanen is still on wobbly legs! Can Dillon finish him?
Virtanen misses with a knee strike.
Virtanen seems to have recovered his senses.
Dillon lands a hook that snaps the head of Virtanen backwards.
Dillon blocks an uppercut.
Virtanen tries a knee to the head but Dillon blocks it.
Dillon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dillon scores with a nice hook to the head.
Virtanen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
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.
Dillon throws a punch but it's blocked by Virtanen.
Virtanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dillon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dillon lands a left hand.
Virtanen scores with a knee to the head.
Dillon lands with a right to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Dillon fails to land.
Dillon tries to land a knee to the head but Virtanen blocks with his arms.
Virtanen trying to land knees to the body.
Dillon lands a nice uppercut.
Dillon misses with a knee to the head.
Virtanen misses with a punch on the inside.
Dillon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Virtanen backwards.
Virtanen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Virtanen looking to throw knees to the head but Dillon is blocking nicely.
Dillon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dillon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dillon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Virtanens head.
A short uppercut from Dillon.
And that's the end of the fight!
Elias Virtanen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Virtanen 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elias Virtanen!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pay Attention (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nils Svensson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pay Attention!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nils Svensson!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Attention ducks under a wild hook from Svensson.
Attention throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Svensson lands a jab to the nose.
It looks like Pay Attention has been cut.
Attention lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Svensson throws the left hand but Attention avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Svensson misses.
Attention showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Svensson.
Svensson misses with a straight left.
Svensson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Attention.
Attention misses with a jab to the body
and Svensson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Svensson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Svensson misses with a two punch combination.
Svensson digs a good body shot into Attention's ribs.
Attention looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Attention misses with a wild body shot.
Attention throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Svensson throws an overhand right that lands on Attention's shoulder, as Attention tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Svensson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Attention counters with a stiff right hand.
Attention catches Svensson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Attention misses with a body punch
and Svensson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Attention gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Svensson misses with a straight right.
Svensson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Attention.
Svensson moves out of range as Attention strikes.
Attention looks to throw the jab but Svensson is out of range.
Attention dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Svensson looks gassed!
A big right from Attention misses.
Attention ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nils Svensson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Svensson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Attention.
Attention jabs Svensson right on the nose. Svensson blinks but takes it well.
Attention is looking to wear down Svensson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Attention misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Attention misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Attention displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Svensson throws out the jab.
Svensson misses with a looping right.
Attention takes a swing at Svensson's ribcage but misses.
Svensson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Attention throws out the jab.
Svensson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Svensson throws a combination that misses
and Attention counters with a two punch combo.
Attention throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Svensson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Attention.
A slow jab from Svensson misses its intended target.
Attention staying out of range there.
Svensson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Attention swings for the body but Svensson moves out of range.
Attention uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Svensson.
Svensson misses with a jab to the body
and Attention counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Attention lands a right hook to the body.
Attention looks to score with a jab to the body but Svensson is just out of range.
Attention misses the shot to the body.
Svensson loads up on a big right hand but Attention slips the punch.
Svensson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Attention swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Attention throws a body punch but Svensson moves out of range.
Svensson throws a lazy right hand but Attention sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Attention comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Attention lands a jab to Svensson's midsection.
Svensson avoids the body shot from Attention.
Attention tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Svensson was well out of range. Poor timing from Attention.
Svensson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Attention.
Svensson misses with a straight right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Attention tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Svensson was well out of range. Poor timing from Attention.
Svensson takes a swing at Attention's ribcage but misses.
Attention misses with a wild body shot.
Attention swinging wildly here.
Svensson throws a lazy right hand but Attention sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Attention tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Svensson was well out of range. Poor timing from Attention.
Svensson moves away from the strike by Attention.
Attention misses with a body shot
and Svensson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Svensson misses the target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Attention slips a straight right by Svensson.
A left lands for Attention.
Attention misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Svensson.
Svensson missing with a left hand there. Attention was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pay Attention dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pay Attention's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Attention misses the shot to the body.
Svensson loads up on a big right hand but Attention slips the punch.
Attention lands the left hand.
Attention lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Svensson at a distance.
Svensson throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Attention to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Attention misses with a body shot.
Svensson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Attention manages to avoid it.
Attention comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Pay Attention is winning the standup battle so far.
Attention throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Attention lands with a nice body punch.
Attention throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Attention lands with an overhand left.
Attention thows a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Attention. Svensson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Attention swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Svensson is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Svensson slips a straight right by Attention.
Attention looks to score with a jab to the body but Svensson is just out of range.
The fighters circling - Svensson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Attention misses with a looping right.
Svensson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Attention!
It looks like Nils Svensson has been cut.
Attention lands with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Attention lands a nice hook to Svensson's body. Svensson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Attention lands with a nice body punch.
Attention scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Attention lands an overhand right.
Svensson avoids the body shot from Attention.
Attention looks to score with a jab to the body but Svensson is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Attention blocks a jab.
Attention scores with a jab to the head.
Svensson looks to throw the jab but Attention is out of range.
Attention works Svensson's body with a nice hook.
Attention misses with a wild body shot.
Attention lands an overhand right.
Attention thows a body shot but no joy.
Attention throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - Svensson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Attention throws a right hand that Svensson ducks under and follows up with a left that Svensson also avoids with ease.
Svensson misses with a straight left.
Svensson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Attention uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Svensson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Attention scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A slow jab from Svensson misses its intended target.
Svensson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Attention is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Svensson can do to turn this around?
Attention swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Attention fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Svensson manages to avoid it.
Attention lands a body shot.
Attention will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Attention misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Svensson.
Svensson throws a jab when Attention was well out of range.
A nice combination there by Attention.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Attention fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Svensson manages to avoid it.
Svensson misses with a hook to the body
and Attention counters with a stiff right hand.
Svensson blocks a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svensson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Attention counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Attention lands with a nice body punch.
Svensson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Attention stuns Svensson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Attention misses with a wild body shot.
Attention fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Svensson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Attention moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Attention jabs Svensson right on the nose. Svensson blinks but takes it well.
Attention lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Attention misses the shot to the body.
Attention connects with a right hand. Svensson shakes it off.
Attention scores with a hook to the body. Svensson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pay Attention dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!
Attention lands a body shot.
Svensson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Attention.
Attention steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Svensson.
Svensson loads up on a big right hand but Attention slips the punch.
Attention misses with a shot to the body
and Svensson counters with a stiff right hand.
Attention has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Attention scores with the left hand. Svensson knows he should have avoided that one.
Attention swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Svensson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Attention sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Svensson misses with a looping left.
Svensson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Svensson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Attention uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Svensson.
A punch combination from Svensson misses.
Attention throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Attention connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Attention just misses with a punch to the body.
Attention tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Svensson was well out of range. Poor timing from Attention.
Svensson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Svensson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Svensson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Attention misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Svensson.
Svensson 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.
Attention lands a nice shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Attention lands a left and a right that send Svensson crashing to the mat, dazed. Attention thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Svensson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Attention lands a nice hook to Svensson's body. Svensson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Attention throws a big shot that misses.
A jab from Svensson misses.
Attention connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Svensson's hands.
Attention displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Attention jabs Svensson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Attention misses the shot to the body.
Attention tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Svensson was well out of range. Poor timing from Attention.
Svensson misses with a hook. Attention ducked under it nicely.
Svensson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Attention fails to land with a series of punches.
Svensson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Svensson throws an overhand right that lands on Attention's shoulder, as Attention tries to avoid the shot.
Attention throws a predictable looking body shot
and Svensson counters with a straight right hand.
Svensson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Attention momentarily.
A shot to the liver by Attention. Beautiful body shot.
Attention connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Attention swinging wildly here.
Svensson misses with a hook.
Pay Attention is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Attention comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Svensson misses with a body punch
and Attention counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Attention wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Attention with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Attention lands with a good body shot.
Attention lands with a good body shot.
Svensson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Attention.
Svensson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Attention lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Svensson at a distance.
Attention lands with a straight right. Svensson didn't see that one coming.
Attention dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Attention fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Attention bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Svensson's head backwards.
Attention swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Attention slips under a jab from Svensson.
Attention ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Attention lands a nice hook to Svensson's body. Svensson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Attention throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Attention lands a head shot.
Attention getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Svensson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Attention to score with a decent uppercut.
Svensson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Attention.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Attention. Svensson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Attention lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Svensson backs up against the cage.
Svensson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Attention counters with a straight right hand.
Nils Svensson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Attention works over Svensson's head and body with a nice combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pay Attention showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Attention 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pay Attention!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Conner Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andreas Olsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Olsson has chosen Kenta - Just idag är jag stark as his entrance music. Andreas Olsson has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Conner Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andreas Olsson!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Olsson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cruz shoots in looking for a takedown but Olsson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cruz's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Cruz tries to clinch up but Olsson circles away and keeps his distance.
Olsson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Olsson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cruz.
Olsson fails to land with a series of punches.
Olsson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Cruz to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Cruz trying to control but Olsson is working from the bottom.
Olsson wants to sweep but no luck.
Cruz trying to control but Olsson is working from the bottom.
Cruz tries to free his leg and advance position but Olsson is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cruz thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Olsson wants to sweep but no luck.
Cruz trying to control but Olsson is working from the bottom.
Cruz is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Olsson is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Cruz is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Olsson is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Olsson has escaped and now he's on top!
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.
Cruz working for a triangle but Olsson defends it easily.
Olsson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olsson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cruz wants to hit a switch here but Olsson passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Cruz there!
Olsson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Olsson lands a nice shot to the head.
Cruz wants to hold on but Olsson pushes him away.
Cruz is desperately trying to improve his position but Olsson has a good base and remains in mount.
Olsson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Olsson avoids the attempt from Cruz to control.
Olsson working Cruz over with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Cruz that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Olsson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cruz is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cruz regains half guard.
Cruz trying to hold on to Olsson's head to control him but Olsson postures up.
Cruz is looking to escape.
Cruz on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cruz has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Olsson is working away from the top position though.
Olsson is nestled in close to Cruz, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andreas Olsson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Olsson misses the jab.
Cruz feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Cruz wants to control from the top but Olsson keeps moving.
Olsson keeping full guard, as Cruz tries to pass.
Olsson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cruz's guard.
Cruz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cruz working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Olsson has passed into half guard!
Cruz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olsson winds up and cracks Cruz with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Olsson prevents Cruz from standing back up.
Cruz wants to get back to full guard.
Cruz trying to control from the bottom.
Cruz pushes Olsson off looking to stand but Olsson dives back in and keeps control.
Olsson controlling the action here.
Cruz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
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.
Olsson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Cruz's head.
Olsson 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.
Cruz controlling the position for now.
Cruz regains full guard. Nicely done.
Cruz has momentary wrist control but Olsson slips an elbow through the middle.
Olsson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Cruz keeping moving, preventing Olsson from controlling successfully.
Cruz looking for a sweep. Not yet Cruz, not yet.
Olsson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cruz is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Olsson has his hands clasped together but Cruz extends an breaks Olsson's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Cruz.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Conner Cruz!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lyoto Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pounding Ground (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Goldberg Theme. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lyoto Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pounding Ground!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ground paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ground jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Silva is looking to clinch but Ground is avoiding it.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ground paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A slow jab from Ground misses its intended target.
Ground misses with a hook.
Ground connects with a good right hand that stumbles Silva. Silva circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
It looks like Lyoto Silva has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva throws a front kick aimed at Ground's knee but Ground avoids it well.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva tries to clinch but Ground is having none of it.
Silva defending well as Ground loads up on a big left hand.
Silva tries to clinch but Ground moves out of range.
Ground misses with a hook.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Ground saw that one coming.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Silva gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ground.
Ground has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Ground is blocking nicely.
Silva gets underhooks to prevent Ground's takedown attempt.
Lyoto Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pounding Ground.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ground tries to score a body lock takedown but Silva shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ground's face.
Ground is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
Silva landing knees to the head.
It looks like Pounding Ground has been cut.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ground up against the cage.
Good body shot from Silva.
Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Ground drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ground looks gassed!
Ground drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silva gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Silva is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ground drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
Ground lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Ground circles away.
Ground misses with a wild body shot.
Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ground goes for a takedown in the clinch but Silva prevents it.
Ground is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Silva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ground's face.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva is pressed up against the cage. Ground has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Silva down to the mat. Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ground circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ground takes one to the chin there.
Silva pushes Ground up against the cage in a clinch.
Ground wants a takedown but no success here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva is struggling to control the position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Grounds head.
Ground drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silva gets the underhooks and prevents it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ground letting Silva take a breather here.
Ground tries to score a body lock takedown but Silva shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva stalling the fight.
Silva seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ground.
Silva throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ground takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva stalling against the cage.
Ground is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ground's face.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Silva.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva prevents the takedown attempt.
Ground takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ground backwards.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ground's face.
Silva lands a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lyoto Silva dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Silva closes the distance and pushes Ground back into the cage.
Ground takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ground goes for a takedown in the clinch but Silva prevents it.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Ground goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Silva blocks a jab.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva has closed the distance and engaged Ground in a clinch.
Ground is breathing heavily.
Silva just leaning against Ground, taking a breather.
Ground has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Silva avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Lyoto Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pounding Ground.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ground's face.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Ground is blocking nicely.
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva controlling the action here for a moment.
Ground looking for a takedown.
Silva gets underhooks to prevent Ground's takedown attempt.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ground's face.
Silva is pressed up against the cage. Ground has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Silva down to the mat. Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ground, pushing him back against the cage.
Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
Ground tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Silva leaning against his opponent.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ground wants a takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ground takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva stalling in the clinch.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ground backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Silva takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ground backwards.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ground has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ground drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
Pounding Ground seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ground paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ground misses with a straight right.
Silva blocks a jab.
Silva tries to clinch up.
A slow jab from Ground misses its intended target.
Silva tries to clinch there but Ground circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ground just misses with a punch to the body.
Ground lands with a right hand.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Ground connects with the punch.
Silva tries a low kick but Ground avoids it.
Ground thows a body shot but no joy.
Ground throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Ground missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva tries to clinch but Ground is having none of it.
Ground misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground digs a good body shot into Silva's ribs.
Ground misses with an uppercut.
Ground throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ground.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ground checks a leg kick.
Ground looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Silva looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ground fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Ground looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Ground swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ground throws out the jab.
Silva finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Silva tries to clinch but Ground is having none of it.
A telegraphed right hand from Ground misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pounding Ground showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Silva throws a body punch but Ground moves out of range.
Ground lands with a right hand.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ground misses with a straight right.
Ground jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ground swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Silva counters by clinching up.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Ground is blocking nicely.
Silva gets underhooks to prevent Ground's takedown attempt.
Ground goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Silva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Ground swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva clinches up against the cage.
Silva stops a takedown attempt from Ground.
Lyoto Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pounding Ground.
Ground drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Ground misses the target.
Silva forces Ground back against the cage and clinches.
Silva gets underhooks to prevent Ground's takedown attempt.
Ground takes a shot to the head.
Ground has Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Silva avoiding damage.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A knee to the head by Silva.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ground backwards.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ground's face.
Silva working Ground over with knees to the body.
Silva pressing his opponent against the cage.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Lyoto Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silva gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ground.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Silva.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Silva takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ground wants a takedown.
Ground drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silva gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
Silva dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ground has Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Silva gets underhooks to prevent Ground's takedown attempt.
Silva landing knees to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva slowing the pace effectively.
Ground has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Ground's head.
Silva stalling in the clinch.
Ground tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
Silva gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ground.
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
Silva dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Ground's ribcage.
Silva is pushing Ground up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ground has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ground has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Silva avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Ground won't want to take too many of those.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground can't get the takedown.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ground has Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ground wants a takedown but no success here.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ground's face.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Silva works on Ground's body with a couple of short punches.
Silva slowing the pace effectively.
Ground is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ground's face.
Ground is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
Silva has Ground pressed against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ground changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lyoto Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Silva 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lyoto Silva!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolay Grigoriev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sigmund Freud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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210 lbs
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World class boxer
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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
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nikolay Grigoriev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sigmund Freud!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grigoriev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grigoriev lands a leg kick that knocks Freud off balance momentarily.
Freud blocks a head kick by Grigoriev.
Freud looks for a takedown but Grigoriev sprawls well.
Grigoriev throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Freud on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Grigoriev connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Grigoriev with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Freud avoids a kick to the body.
Freud blocks a leg kick.
Grigoriev fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Freud checks it well.
Grigoriev tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grigoriev swats away the attempt to clinch by Freud.
A big right from Grigoriev misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigoriev tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grigoriev throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Grigoriev takes a swing at Freud's ribcage but misses.
Freud takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Freud shoots in and bounces Grigoriev off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Freud wants to control from the top but Grigoriev keeps moving.
Freud stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Grigoriev swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grigoriev looking for a sweep. Not yet Grigoriev, not yet.
Grigoriev lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Freud!
Freud can't escape the position.
Grigoriev pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Grigoriev controlling the position easily from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grigoriev lands a heavy elbow.
BOOM! Grigoriev connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Freud is trying desperately to improve position.
Grigoriev goes for an armbar but Freud turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Freud.
Grigoriev 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.
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.
Grigoriev throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Grigoriev tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Grigoriev not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Grigoriev manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Freud manages to get himself to full guard.
Grigoriev trying to control but Freud is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Freud looking for a guillotine here but Grigoriev defends easily.
Freud keeping moving, preventing Grigoriev from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolay Grigoriev dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Grigoriev is looking to land body kicks.
Freud steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grigoriev.
Grigoriev takes a swing at Freud's ribcage but misses.
Grigoriev blocks a jab.
Grigoriev getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Grigoriev misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Grigoriev throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Freud has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Grigoriev finds it's way round the side to connect with Freud's head.
Freud just misses with a punch to the body.
Grigoriev drives through and clinches with Freud against the cage.
Freud doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grigoriev gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Sigmund Freud has been cut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Grigoriev throws an elbow but misses.
Freud dodges an elbow strike from Grigoriev.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigoriev lands an elbow inside that Freud shrugs off.
Grigoriev looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Grigoriev lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Freud is rocked!
Grigoriev misses with an elbow over the top.
Freud blocks an elbow strike.
Grigoriev throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Freud is working Grigoriev over against the cage.
Grigoriev swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Freud blocks the elbow strike.
Freud blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grigoriev lands an elbow inside.
Freud is still on wobbly legs! Can Grigoriev finish him?
Grigoriev looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Freud scores with a shot to the side of Grigoriev's head.
Freud seems to have recovered his senses.
Freud misses with some punches.
Good body shot from Freud.
Freud blocks an elbow strike.
Grigoriev misses with an elbow over the top.
Grigoriev lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That has opened up Sigmund Freud's cut even more.
Freud doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grigoriev lands an uppercut.
Freud dodges an elbow strike from Grigoriev.
Freud lands a shot to the body.
Grigoriev comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Grigoriev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Freud is looking to control Grigoriev's arms but Grigoriev gets an underhook and turns him. Now Freud has his back to the cage.
Freud pulls guard.
Freud is looking for a triangle here but Grigoriev uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Freud is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grigoriev cracks Freud with a big right hand but Freud just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Grigoriev working the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Freud can't do much from the bottom here.
Grigoriev wants to control but Freud is keeping him busy.
Freud manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Grigoriev passes the guard and advances to mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Freud wants to hold on but Grigoriev pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grigoriev lands a heavy elbow.
Freud tries to hold on but Grigoriev pushes him away.
Grigoriev can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Freud is looking to escape.
Freud can't escape the position.
Grigoriev with good strikes from the mount here!
Grigoriev working for a guillotine from mount but Freud is in no mood to give up.
Freud is squirming around, avoiding Grigoriev's attempts to control the action.
Freud is desperately trying to improve his position but Grigoriev has a good base and remains in mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grigoriev landing strikes, looking to finish!
Freud tries to reverse the position but Grigoriev maintains control.
Grigoriev controlling from the full mount.
A big strike lands for Grigoriev! That's really hurt Freud and he's turned his back - Grigoriev keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Grigoriev jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nikolay Grigoriev!
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