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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Harry Balsac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and shukugi medina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). medina is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: S.O.S. Harry Balsac had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Harry Balsac!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, shukugi medina!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balsac scoring well with a low kick there.
medina misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Balsac fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and medina has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
medina misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
medina takes one to the chin there.
Balsac chopping away at his opponent's legs.
medina takes one to the chin there.
Balsac moves into range and connects with a jab.
Balsac scores with a nice strike.
medina is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Balsac's half guard.
medina is trying to control. Balsac wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Balsac regains full guard. Nicely done.
medina is looking to advance position but Balsac has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Balsac works his way to his opponent's back.
medina holding both Balsac 's hands and preventing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balsac lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns medina.
Balsac is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. medina knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften medina for a finish.
Balsac just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
medina trying to control the hands but Balsac breaks the grip.
medina looks gassed!
Even with his hooks in, Balsac manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Balsac is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. medina is defending well though. Balsac let's go of the attempt for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balsac has his arm under medina's chin here. Game over son! Balsac squeezes tightly and medina is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Harry Balsac!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Keller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roque Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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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
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Keller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Roque Nogueira!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nogueira 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.
Nogueira wanted to stand there but Keller had control of the position.
Keller lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Nogueira!
Nogueira taking shots to the head.
Keller working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice elbow there by Keller.
Keller prevents Nogueira from getting the reversal.
Nogueira slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Keller is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Keller takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Still in half guard, Keller seems content to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keller lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Keller is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Nogueira!
Keller controlling from the full mount.
Keller in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Keller looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Nogueira covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Keller!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rene Dupree (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Sylvia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dupree's entrance music is No. A fine choice. Rene Dupree has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rene Dupree!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tim Sylvia!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sylvia moves in looking to clinch but Dupree pushes him off.
Dupree tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sylvia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dupree throws a series of punches but Sylvia avoids them all with ease.
Dupree closes the distance and clinches.
Dupree gets control of Sylvia's arms and successfully pulls guard. Dupree will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Sylvia trying to control the position from guard on top but Dupree is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dupree not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sylvia missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dupree is pulling down on Sylvia's head to control his posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dupree throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Dupree is trying to keep Sylvia in close.
Dupree on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dupree tries to get out of the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Rene Dupree just wasn't active enough.
Dupree has a takedown stuffed.
Dupree tries to clinch up.
Dupree shoots in looking for a takedown. Sylvia tries to sprawl out of it but Dupree keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sylvia manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sylvia scoring well with a low kick there.
Sylvia lands with a shot to the body.
Sylvia throws a leg kick but Dupree sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sylvia showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dupree.
Some wild striking there from Sylvia.
Dupree instigates a clinch.
Sylvia can't break the clinch.
Sylvia breaks the clinch.
Dupree swings away with a body shot that misses
and Sylvia counters with a three punch combo that has Dupree backing up. Dupree nods at Sylvia to acknowledge the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dupree dodges the punch combination from Sylvia.
Tim Sylvia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sylvia throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sylvia misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dupree closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sylvia counters with a left and a right that stings Dupree.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sylvia misses with a low kick.
Jab, jab by Sylvia - just one landing.
Dupree swats away the attempt to clinch by Sylvia.
Dupree with a poor takedown
and Sylvia counters with a left and a right that stings Dupree.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rene Dupree. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dupree is breathing heavily.
Sylvia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sylvia tries to clinch there but Dupree circles away.
Dupree fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sylvia swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dupree counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like Dupree is going to stand back up.
Sylvia makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Sylvia punishes Dupree's body with a nice straight punch.
Sylvia wants to clinch
and Dupree moves into the clinch.
Sylvia looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dupree tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sylvia just stands there and leans against the cage.
Sylvia tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dupree just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sylvia wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dupree tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sylvia smiles and moves away.
Sylvia throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dupree.
Dupree lands a leg kick that knocks Sylvia off balance momentarily.
Sylvia tries to bum rush Dupree with a series of wild strikes but Dupree uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sylvia fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sylvia swinging wildly here.
Sylvia shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Dupree tries to clinch but Sylvia is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dupree throws a combination that misses
and Sylvia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Some bone on bone action there as Dupree checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sylvia tries to clinch there but Dupree circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tim Sylvia 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.
Sylvia throws a solid leg kick but Dupree takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sylvia.
Sylvia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dupree has his takedown stuffed
and Sylvia counters with a two punch combo.
Dupree fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sylvia sprawls well initially but Dupree persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sylvia trying to control but Dupree postures up.
Dupree tries to stand but can't do so whilst Sylvia controls his leg.
Sylvia preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dupree is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Sylvia doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Dupree.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dupree takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Dupree is trying to control. Sylvia wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dupree is looking for a kimura here.
Dupree tries to pass to full mount but Sylvia defends it.
Dupree stalling away here and it's allowed Sylvia to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Sylvia keeping moving, preventing Dupree from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dupree stopping the sweep attempt from Sylvia.
Dupree trying to control the position from guard on top but Sylvia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Rene Dupree.
Dupree looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Tim Sylvia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sylvia tries to clinch but Dupree moves away
and Dupree counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Sylvia tries to kick Dupree off but Dupree keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Sylvia really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dupree. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dupree is trying to control the action in half guard but Sylvia is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sylvia wants to get back to full guard but Dupree has mounted him!
Sylvia is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sylvia is trying to stand up.
Dupree 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.
Rene Dupree dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Sylvia digs a good body shot into Dupree's ribs.
Dupree tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sylvia counters with a left and a right that stings Dupree.
Dupree circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dupree throws a body punch but Sylvia moves out of range.
Sylvia lands with a nice combination. Dupree backs away looking to recover.
Dupree shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Sylvia taking shots to the head.
Dupree looking to control but Sylvia is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sylvia is looking to get to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dupree tries to control but Sylvia wriggling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sylvia keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Dupree is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sylvia can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Dupree working for a submission but Sylvia is keeping him at bay.
Dupree looking to control but Sylvia is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sylvia is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Dupree putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Dupree sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Sylvia regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sylvia is refusing to be controlled, as Dupree sits in half guard.
Dupree is really struggling to control Sylvia but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Rene Dupree wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Good exchange - Sylvia coming out on top.
Dupree checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dupree tries to close the distance and clinch but Sylvia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sylvia is looking to clinch but Dupree is avoiding it.
Some wild striking there from Sylvia.
Dupree fails with the takedown
and Sylvia counters with a three punch combo that has Dupree backing up. Dupree nods at Sylvia to acknowledge the strikes.
Sylvia works Dupree's body with a nice hook.
Sylvia misses with the combination.
Rene Dupree is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sylvia wants to clinch.
A punch combination from Sylvia misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tim Sylvia.
I think Sylvia has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tim Sylvia!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Philly Glennon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Marquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Glennon comes to the cage accompanied by Your dead. Philly Glennon looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Philly Glennon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Junior Marquez!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marquez has a takedown stuffed.
Marquez is looking to clinch.
Marquez should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Marquez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Glennon drives through with a takedown into guard.
Marquez wants to stand up but Glennon is controlling him.
Glennon wants to control from the top but Marquez keeps moving.
Glennon wanted to stand there but Marquez had control of the position.
Glennon is breathing heavily.
Glennon stopping the sweep attempt from Marquez.
Marquez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marquez has his hands on Glennon's head, controlling the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Junior Marquez hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Marquez pushes Glennon up against the cage in a clinch.
Marquez manages to pull guard.
Glennon trying to control but Marquez is working from the bottom.
Glennon preventing the sweep.
Glennon has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Marquez is proving hard to escape from.
Glennon is stalling in the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marquez working for a triangle but Glennon defends it easily.
Glennon avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Glennon stops Marquez from standing up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marquez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Marquez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Glennon's guard.
Marquez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Glennon swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Marquez stopping the sweep attempt from Glennon.
Marquez gets to his feet - Glennon follows without any prompting.
Marquez keeps the fight on the outside.
Glennon looks to clinch
and Marquez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Glennon thinking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Marquez successfully pulls guard.
Marquez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Marquez throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Marquez manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Glennon reaches up to try and control the position but Marquez seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Glennon rolls and tries to escape and now Marquez has his back!
Glennon rolls, trying to escape but Marquez keeps control of the position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Marquez trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Glennon doesn't escape.
Marquez tries to keep control of the position but Glennon is staying busy.
Glennon rolls, trying to escape but Marquez keeps control of the position.
Glennon has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Marquez.
Marquez keeps control of the position easily here as Glennon tries to buck him off.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Marquez trying to control momentarily.
Glennon trying to control but not successfully.
Marquez lands a shot to the head.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Marquez is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Glennon has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Marquez has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Glennon taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Marquez doesn't care though - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Junior Marquez!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Oreily (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Logan Foster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Oreily!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Logan Foster!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Foster defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Oreily.
Oreily fails with a takedown attempt.
Foster tries to close the distance and clinch but Oreily swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Foster leaves Oreily with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Oreily. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Foster fails with an attempt to clinch.
Foster is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Foster moves in looking to clinch but Oreily pushes him off.
Oreily looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Foster!
Oreily is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Foster is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ryan Oreily!
Ryan Oreily retains his lightweight title!
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