UPG 16: Demolition PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Willis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kevin Rogers has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Willis
vs
Rogers

189 cm
25
270 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
21
245 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Willis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kevin Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Dean Styles and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willis tries to clinch but Rogers moves out of range.
Rogers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Willis is looking to clinch but Rogers is avoiding it.
Willis tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Rogers manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Willis is trying hard to land a takedown here. Rogers sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Willis fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rogers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Willis slaps away a takedown attempt from Rogers, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Rogers swats away the attempt to clinch by Willis.
Rogers 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.
Willis doesn't manage to clinch there - Rogers circles away.
Rogers changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Willis tries to avoid it but Rogers manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Willis to the ground. Willis escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Willis wants to clinch up but Rogers keeps it at a distance.
Willis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Willis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rogers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Willis moves in looking to clinch but Rogers pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willis tries to clinch up but Rogers circles away and keeps his distance.

Rogers drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Willis managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Rogers.
Willis takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Rogers tries to score with some ground and pound. Willis controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Willis dodges the ground and pound from Rogers.
Rogers wants to control but Willis is keeping him busy.
Rogers misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Rogers has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rogers tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Willis defending against the ground and pound.
Willis taking a bit of punishment here - Rogers scoring with strikes.
Willis takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Rogers misses with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers throws an elbow but Willis slips to the side and avoids it well.
Willis pushes Rogers away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Rogers gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Willis dodges the ground and pound from Rogers.
Willis on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Willis tries to get out of the position.
An elbow from Rogers crashes against the mat.
Willis pushes Rogers away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Rogers gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Willis takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
The ground and pound from Rogers seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Rogers in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Willis is breathing heavily.
Rogers with the ground and pound but Willis regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Willis knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rogers on the ground.
Rogers wants to pass to mount but Willis is defending the position.

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.
Rogers 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.
Willis blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rogers.
Rogers missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Rogers passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Willis!
Rogers throwing strikes here but Willis is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Rogers unloads with some shots from mount but Willis bucks and avoids them well.
Willis tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rogers throws some wild stikes that Willis manages to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Rogers dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Willis tries to clinch up.
Willis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Willis tries to clinch up.
Willis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rogers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
John Willis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rogers is trying hard to land a takedown here. Willis sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice sprawl there from Willis as Rogers shoots in.
Rogers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rogers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Willis fails in his attempt to clinch.

Willis moves into the clinch.
Willis misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Willis.
Rogers is breathing heavily.

Willis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Willis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Willis tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willis tries to clinch but Rogers is having none of it.
Willis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Willis moves in looking to clinch but Rogers pushes him off.
Willis moves in looking to clinch but Rogers pushes him off.
Willis looks for a takedown but Rogers sprawls well.
Willis is looking to clinch.
Rogers swats away the attempt to clinch by Willis.
Willis tries to close the distance and clinch but Rogers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Willis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Rogers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rogers closes this distance looking for a takedown but Willis circles away.
John Willis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Rogers.
Willis tries to clinch but Rogers is having none of it.

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.
Willis tries to clinch up but Rogers circles away and keeps his distance.
Rogers keeps the fight on the outside.

Willis clinches with his opponent.
Rogers blocking some punches.
Rogers blocks an uppercut.
Willis lands a body shot.
Willis throws a punch but it's blocked by Rogers.
Willis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Willis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rogers backwards.
Willis throws a head punch that misses.

Willis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Willis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Willis wants to clinch.
Willis tries to clinch up but Rogers circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Willis lands a big uppercut and Rogers crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Rogers looks OK. Willis waves Rogers back to his feet!

It looks like Kevin Rogers has been cut.
Willis tries to clinch up.

Willis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Willis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Willis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Willis.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Willis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Willis lands with a light punch inside.
Willis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Willis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Willis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Willis scores with a hook to the body.
Rogers blocking some punches.
Willis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Willis misses with the head strike.
Willis swings wildly with an uppercut but Rogers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Willis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Willis scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right handed body shot lands from Willis.
Willis swings wildly with an uppercut but Rogers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Willis has a couple of punches blocked by Rogers.
Willis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Willis lands a hook that snaps the head of Rogers backwards.
Rogers blocks an uppercut.
Rogers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rogers has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Willis is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Willis has a couple of punches blocked by Rogers.
Rogers blocking some punches.
Willis misses with some punches.
A short right from Willis.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Willis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Willis.
Willis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rogers backwards.
Willis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Willis swings wildly with an uppercut but Rogers uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Willis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Rogers's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Willis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Willis tries to clinch but Rogers moves out of range.
Rogers shoots in but no luck this time.
Willis doesn't manage to clinch there - Rogers circles away.
Willis tries to clinch but Rogers moves out of range.
Rogers tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Willis swivels and escapes.
Willis tries to clinch but Rogers moves out of range.

Willis has closed the distance and engaged Rogers in a clinch.
Rogers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rogers blocks an uppercut.
Willis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Willis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Willis scores with a hook to the body.
Willis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Willis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Willis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rogers backwards.
Willis misses with some punches.
Willis gets through Rogers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Willis.
Willis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short uppercut from Willis.
Willis presses Rogers against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right from Willis.
Willis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Willis.
Willis scores with a shot to the side of Rogers's head.
Willis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Willis breaks the clinch.
Willis wants to clinch up but Rogers keeps it at a distance.
Willis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Willis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rogers circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Willis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rogers keeps the fight on the outside.
Rogers moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Willis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Willis misses with a takedown attempt

and Rogers counters with a single leg into guard. Willis didn't expect that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Willis is trying to control the position but Rogers postures up.
Rogers throwing strikes but missing.
Rogers landing some decent shots from guard.
Rogers is looking to work some ground and pound but Willis has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rogers throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Willis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rogers with a flurry of punches that miss.

Rogers drops back looking for a leg! Willis is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Willis manages to kick Rogers off! Rogers jumps back into Willis's guard.

Rogers drops back looking for a leg! Willis is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Willis manages to kick Rogers off! Rogers jumps back into Willis's guard.
Rogers is looking to work some ground and pound but Willis has wrist control.

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.
Rogers missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rogers is looking to work some ground and pound but Willis has wrist control.
Willis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rogers working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rogers wants to pass the guard but Willis is keeping the position.
Rogers throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Willis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Willis showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Willis 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Willis!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
67%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Josh Evens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Dylan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Evens comes to the ring accompanied by lil wayne-6'7. On his way into the ring it seems that Josh Evens has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Josh Evens seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Evens
vs
Dylan

162 cm
25
155 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

175 cm
19
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Josh Evens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniel Dylan!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Columbo Gatti and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evens swinging wildly here.
Evens tries to clinch up but Dylan circles away and keeps his distance.
Evens throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Dylan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Evens.
Daniel Dylan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dylan shoots in for a takedown but Evens shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Dylan avoids the body shot from Evens.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dylan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Evens has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Evens and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dylan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Evens misses with the combination.

Dylan shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Dylan showed some decent athleticism there.
Dylan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Evens blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dylan.
Dylan prevents Evens from improving his position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Dylan is just content to waste time from the top position. Evens takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Dylan is looking to work some ground and pound but Evens has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Evens has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dylan can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Dylan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Evens is looking to stand up but Dylan isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Dylan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dylan throwing strikes but missing.

Evens is looking for a triangle but Dylan pushes his legs off easily.
Dylan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Evens's head.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Dylan wants to control from the top but Evens keeps moving.
Dylan thows a big elbow that misses.
Evens has momentary wrist control but Dylan slips an elbow through the middle.
Dylan looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evens throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Evens might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dylan wants to control from the top but Evens keeps moving.
Dylan is working Evens over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dylan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dylan scoring with punches to the head and body.
Dylan is in close to Evens's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dylan trying to control but Evens is working from the bottom.
Dylan's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dylan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dylan trying to control but Evens is working from the bottom.
Dylan pushing down on Evens's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Dylan trying to control from half guard but Evens is working away.
Dylan not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evens looks like he's trying to stand up.
Dylan is trying to control the action in half guard but Evens is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Evens trying to control from the bottom.
Dylan landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Dylan prevents Evens from improving his position.
Dylan looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Dylan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Evens wants to control but Dylan is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Dylan thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Evens to regain full guard.
Dylan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dylan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dylan postures up in Evens's guard and throws a big left but Evens blocks it.
Evens utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dylan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Dylan lands a couple of digs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dylan looking to pass the guard.
Dylan trying to control but Evens is working from the bottom.
Dylan throws a big right hand that misses.
Evens preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Evens is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dylan wants to control from the top but Evens keeps moving.
Dylan scoring with some ground and pound.
Dylan throws a big right hand that misses.
Evens looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dylan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dylan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dylan throwing strikes but missing.
Evens wants to get back to his feet but Dylan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Dylan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dylan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dylan.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dylan is defended easily by Evens.

Dylan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Evens is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dylan lands a couple of digs.
Dylan trying to control but Evens is working from the bottom.
Dylan chips away with some ground and pound.
Evens is trying to control the position but Dylan postures up.
Evens is looking to stand up but Dylan isn't so interested in that idea.
Evens lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dylan!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dylan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Dylan doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Evens is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dylan can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Evens wants to control the action but instead Dylan gets a body lock and reverses into Evens's guard! Nice work!
Evens keeping moving, preventing Dylan from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evens trying to control the position.
Daniel Dylan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dylan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dylan is pushing down on Evens's leg trying to pass to half guard. Evens is fighting to maintain full guard but Dylan has managed to sneak the leg through.
Dylan is nestled in close to Evens, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Dylan works his foot free and advances to mount.
Dylan working the ground and pound effectively.
Evens is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dylan is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dylan landing punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Evens is desperately trying to improve his position but Dylan has a good base and remains in mount.
Evens tries to hold on but Dylan postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dylan lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Evens squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dylan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dylan landing shots from mount.
Dylan looking to finish Evens with some ground and pound. This is bad for Evens!
Dylan landing strikes from the mount and Evens is in trouble!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dylan landing strikes, looking to finish!

Evens is rocked!
Dylan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Oh Evens is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dylan breaks from Evens's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Evens wants to control but Dylan is having none of it.
Evens seems to have got his legs back now.
Dylan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Evens tries to lock up and control but Dylan gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Dylan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Evens?
Dylan wants to control the pace but Evens is squirming around nicely.

Dylan has control of Evens's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Evens regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dylan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Dylan landing strikes, looking to finish!
Dylan with a couple of short strikes.
A nice elbow there by Dylan.
Dylan working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Dylan is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Evens to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Evens shrugs it off.
Evens is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dylan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Dylan is landing with some decent strikes but Evens is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Evens is trying to stand up.
Dylan looking to control but Evens is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Dylan 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Evens lands a head kick!
Dylan misses with a low kick as Evens jumps back.
Nice takedown defense from Evens. No joy for Dylan on that attempt.
Dylan is trying hard to land a takedown here. Evens sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
An inside leg kick from Dylan misses.
Evens throws a series of punches but Dylan avoids them all with ease.
Dylan tries to score with a low kick but Evens moves his leg out of the way.

Dylan shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Evens manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Dylan looking to pass the guard.
Evens doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Evens lands a decent shot there.
Evens manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Evens looking to control but Dylan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evens breaks from Dylan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Evens dominating with strikes here.
Evens trying to control but Dylan is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dylan wants to hold on but Evens pushes him away.
Dylan is squirming around, avoiding Evens's attempts to control the action.
Dylan has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Evens's lack of action.
Evens is stalling here. Dylan is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Evens seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Dylan has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dylan connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Evens some visible discomfort.
Evens is not content to let Dylan control the position.
Evens is looking for a sweep.
Evens is trying to get back to his feet.
Dylan trying to control the position but Evens is working away.
Dylan lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Dylan working away.
Evens tries to improve position but can't.
Evens is trying to control Dylan's posture but Dylan avoids it.
Dylan creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Dylan working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evens taking a bit of punishment here - Dylan scoring with strikes.
Dylan throws an elbow but Evens slips to the side and avoids it well.
Evens misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Dylan cracks Evens with a big right hand but Evens just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Dylan working the ground and pound.
Evens trying to remain calm as Dylan controls from the top position.
Dylan works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Dylan trying to control the action but Evens is working from the bottom.
Dylan working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dylan in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Josh Evens has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dylan lands a decent elbow from side control.
Evens is pushing Dylan's head away, looking to escape. Dylan manages to hold on to the position though.

Dylan tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Evens takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Dylan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dylan 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 26:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 26:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Dylan!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dom Trills (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Trills
vs
Anderson

173 cm
25
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
169 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dom Trills!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aaron Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Russell Pearce and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Trills shoots in for a takedown but Anderson shows good takedown defense.
Trills throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Anderson misses with a takedown attempt

and Trills counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Anderson is pressing down on Trills's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Anderson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Trills looking to sit in guard and control but Anderson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Trills controls Anderson momentarily but Anderson frees himself.

Anderson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Trills has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Anderson has managed to get both his arms back between Trills's legs - danger averted.
Trills keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Anderson being controlled here momentarily.
Anderson throwing strikes but missing.
Trills controls Anderson momentarily but Anderson frees himself.
Anderson trying to control but Trills is working from the bottom.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Trills tries to clinch there but Anderson circles away.

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.
Trills tries for a takedown but Anderson circles away easily

and Anderson counters with a shoot takedown. Trills fights it but they end up in guard.
Anderson stopping the sweep attempt from Trills.
Anderson won't allow Trills to get back to his feet.
Anderson working some strikes from top position.

Trills is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Anderson drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Trills manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Anderson has Trills in his guard.
Trills is breathing heavily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Trills from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Anderson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Trills avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Trills tries to free his leg and advance position but Anderson is retaining full guard.

Trills gets to his feet. Anderson looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Dom Trills seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Trills shoots in and gets a takedown into Anderson's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trills trying to control but Anderson is working from the bottom.
Trills wants to stand but Anderson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Trills gets to his feet. Anderson looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Trills shoots and misses
and Anderson counters with a series of strikes. Trills will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dom Trills. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Trills tries to clinch up but Anderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Anderson tries to bum rush Trills with a series of wild strikes but Trills uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Trills drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Anderson regains half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trills tries to stand but can't do so whilst Anderson controls his leg.
Trills trying to control from half guard but Anderson is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Dom Trills will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Anderson gets caught flat footed, as Trills shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Trills scoring with punches to the head and body.

Trills drops back, looking for a kneebar! Anderson looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Anderson looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Anderson!
Trills wants to control but Anderson postures up.
Trills tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Trills wants to get back to his feet but Anderson drags him back down.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Anderson looks up at the clock and then as Trills takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Anderson smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anderson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Trills is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Trills tries to buck Anderson off but Anderson is having none of it.

Anderson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Trills is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Trills is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Anderson off and has taken his back!
Anderson looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Can Anderson hold on?! Trills is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Anderson showing good submission defense here.

Trills is looking for the choke from the back position but Anderson is controlling his hands well.
Anderson rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Trills lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Trills is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Anderson doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Trills.

Trills stands up and beckons Anderson to join him on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson with a poor takedown

and Trills counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Anderson is not content to let Trills control the position.

Anderson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Trills pulls his head out easily.
Trills lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Trills lands strikes from half guard.

Trills is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Anderson has managed to free his arm - good work.

Trills seems to be looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Anderson has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Trills escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Trills!
Trills scoring with punches and elbows.
Anderson tries to buck Trills off but Trills is having none of it.
Anderson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trills works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Anderson tries to buck Trills off but Trills is having none of it.

Trills looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dom Trills dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - 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.

Trills shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Anderson but Anderson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Trills shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Anderson pinned against the cage. Anderson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Anderson has a takedown stuffed.
Trills throws a head kick that misses.
Anderson with a poor takedown

and Trills counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Trills is pressing down on Anderson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Anderson is holding on for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Trills in particular looking to stall.

Trills decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Trills closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Trills is trying to work for a kimura but Anderson is defending well.

Trills seems to be looking for submissions.
Anderson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Trills moves into full mount! Anderson won't be happy about that!

Trills looking for a guillotine from mount but Anderson is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trills scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Trills cracks Anderson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Trills lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Trills has hold of Anderson's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Anderson manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Trills looking to control but Anderson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Trills swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Anderson is now in Trills's guard. A big mistake from Trills there, giving up the dominant position!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson trying to control but Trills is working from the bottom.

Anderson postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Trills is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Anderson, into his guard.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Trills from controlling successfully.

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.
Anderson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Trills controls the pace.
Anderson wants to stand but Trills is controlling the position.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Trills from controlling successfully.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Anderson looking for subs off his back but Trills has passed one foot through into half guard.
Still in half guard, Trills seems content to control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dom Trills showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Trills, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dom Trills!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
65%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan Roman Riquelme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Roman Riquelme
vs
Silva

193 cm
22
225 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

185 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Juan Roman Riquelme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Silva!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Joseph Jones and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jab from Silva.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Riquelme pushes him off.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Riquelme paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Riquelme chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Riquelme manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva tries to bum rush Riquelme with a series of wild strikes but Riquelme uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Riquelme.
Riquelme misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Riquelme's hands.
Silva tries to clinch but Riquelme is having none of it.
A slow jab from Riquelme misses its intended target.
Silva blocks a head kick by Riquelme.
A combination from Riquelme does no damage.
Riquelme throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
A low kick from Silva is predictable there
and Riquelme counters with a thumping low kick.
Silva clinches but Riquelme breaks the clinch
and Riquelme cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Riquelme misses with a low kick.
Silva wants to clinch but Riquelme slips to the side

and Riquelme counters by clinching up.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riquelme looks for the body kick but Silva saw that one coming.
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Riquelme counters with a two punch combo.
Silva looks to land a combination. Riquelme sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A right-left combo lands from Riquelme.
Silva tries to clinch but Riquelme moves away
and Riquelme counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Riquelme throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva darts in trying to clinch

and Riquelme counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Riquelme.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Riquelme is controlling him.
Silva working aggressively here.
Silva prevents Riquelme from breaking the clinch.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Riquelme rushes Silva and presses him up against the ropes.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva tries to break free but Riquelme pushes him back against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Riquelme.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva closes the distance but Riquelme moves to the side
and Riquelme counters with a three punch combo that has Silva backing up. Silva nods at Riquelme to acknowledge the strikes.
Silva throws a right hand that Riquelme ducks under and follows up with a left that Riquelme also avoids with ease.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Riquelme counters with a good, hard body kick but Silva shrugs it off.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva wants to clinch
and Riquelme counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Riquelme counters with a nice leg kick.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Riquelme counters by clinching up.
Riquelme is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to clinch but Riquelme slips to the side
and Riquelme counters with a leg kick.
Riquelme fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva wants to clinch

and Riquelme moves into the clinch.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Riquelme uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Some wild striking there from Riquelme.
Riquelme checks a leg kick.
Riquelme uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
A slapping leg kick lands for Riquelme.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Riquelme steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Roman Riquelme dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Silva throws a combination that misses

and Riquelme moves into the clinch.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.

Riquelme breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva looks to land a combination but Riquelme avoids it well.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Riquelme counters with a slapping leg kick.
Riquelme misses with a double jab.
Riquelme throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Riquelme throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Riquelme throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Silva tries to clinch

and Riquelme counters by clinching up.
Riquelme keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riquelme cracks Silva with a right hand to the side of the head.
Silva misses with the combination.
Silva looks to land a combination but Riquelme avoids it well.
Silva wants to clinch

and Riquelme counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Riquelme keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Riquelme 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.
Silva tries to bum rush Riquelme with a series of wild strikes but Riquelme uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Riquelme counters with a leg kick.
Juan Roman Riquelme is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva tries to clinch up
and Riquelme counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Riquelme's head but Riquelme sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Riquelme tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to bum rush Riquelme with a series of wild strikes but Riquelme uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Riquelme moves into the clinch.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Riquelme counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Silva wants to clinch but Riquelme slips to the side

and Riquelme counters by clinching up.

Riquelme manages to break the clinch.
Silva scores with a three punch combo!
Silva darts in trying to clinch

and Riquelme counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Riquelme.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva darts in trying to clinch

and Riquelme counters by moving into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Riquelme breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva looks to clinch
and Riquelme counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Riquelme counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Riquelme counters with a body kick that stops Silva in his tracks momentarily.
Silva is breathing heavily.
A punch combination from Riquelme misses.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Riquelme moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Silva stalks Riquelme and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Riquelme's face. Riquelme staggers backwards, shaken.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
letting Riquelme counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Silva shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Silva is looking to chop away at Riquelme's legs.
Silva tries to clinch up

and Riquelme holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Riquelme pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva is trying to break free.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Riquelme tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the ropes.
Riquelme is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Roman Riquelme dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Riquelme throws a head kick that misses.
Riquelme misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva tries to clinch up
and Riquelme counters with an inside leg kick.
Riquelme fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silva checks it well.

Riquelme instigates a clinch.

Riquelme's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva tries to clinch
and Riquelme counters with a nice leg kick.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Riquelme counters with a head kick.
Silva misses with a combination
and Riquelme counters with a low kick, right behind Silva 's knee.
Silva clinches but Riquelme breaks the clinch
and Riquelme counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to clinch but Riquelme slips to the side
and Riquelme counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Riquelme counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva tries to clinch

and Riquelme counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Riquelme has Silva pressed against the ropes, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva tries to break free but Riquelme pushes him back against the ropes.

Riquelme breaks the clinch.
Silva tries to clinch but Riquelme moves away
and Riquelme makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Silva really felt that one!
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Riquelme counters by moving into the clinch.
Riquelme blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Riquelme looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Shane Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to clinch but Riquelme slips to the side

and Riquelme counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Riquelme.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Juan Roman Riquelme is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva walks into a jab.
Riquelme throws a low kick but Silva moves out of range easily.
Shane Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva clinches but Riquelme breaks the clinch

and Riquelme holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Riquelme breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Riquelme misses with a straight left.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Riquelme pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silva is out of range and Riquelme settles back down.
Silva wants to clinch
and Riquelme connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.

Silva breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riquelme misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Riquelme counters with a one-two to the body.
Riquelme circles away from the clinch attempt

and Riquelme counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Silva lands a right hand.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Riquelme misses with a wild combination.
Silva wants to clinch
and Riquelme counters with a leg kick.
Juan Roman Riquelme is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Riquelme tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva tries to clinch up

and Riquelme counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Riquelme blocks an uppercut.
Riquelme working hard to break the clinch.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Riquelme is controlling the position.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Riquelme misses with a jab, cross combination.
Riquelme scores with a three punch combo!

Riquelme has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Riquelme's elbow.

Riquelme pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Riquelme looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Riquelme throws out a leg kick but Silva moves out of range and Riquelme only half commits.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Roman Riquelme showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Riquelme 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Roman Riquelme!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
55%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Segunda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clayton Harding (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clayton Harding will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Segunda
vs
Harding

192 cm
25
250 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

185 cm
21
230 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rocky Segunda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clayton Harding!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, David Schapiro and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harding has closed the distance and engaged Segunda in a clinch.
Harding scores with a knee to the head.
Harding lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Rocky Segunda has been cut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harding.
Harding connects with a nasty looking knee right to Segunda's face.
Harding stalling.
Harding creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Segunda's defenses.
Harding lands a knee to the body.
Segunda is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Segunda takes an elbow to the temple.
Harding working Segunda over with knees to the body.
Harding unloads a knee to the mid-section. Segunda lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Harding connects with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harding.
Harding utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harding obliges.
Harding lands an elbow that stopped Segunda in his tracks for a moment.
Harding lands a knee to the body.
Segunda takes a knee to the side of the body.
Harding landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harding'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.
Harding scores with a knee to the head.

Rocky Segunda's cut is getting worse.
Harding working Segunda over with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Segunda being controlled against the ropes.
Harding lands a nice knee to the body.
Harding scores with a knee to the head.
Harding crunches a lovely knee into Segunda's ribcage.
Harding stalling in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Harding.
Harding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harding comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harding comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harding scores a nice knee to the body.
Harding landing knees to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Harding.
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harding scores with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harding lands a damaging elbow.
Harding taking a breather.
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Harding.
Harding has Segunda pushed against the ropes.
Harding lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Segunda tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Harding landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harding connects with a knee to the head.
Harding connects with a nasty looking knee right to Segunda's face.
Harding lands a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Harding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Segunda takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harding looking to slow down the pace here.
Harding landing knees to the head.
Segunda is trying to force a seperation but Harding has the dominant position.
Harding working Segunda over with knees to the body.
Harding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harding unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Segunda wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harding keeps control of Segunda as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harding lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harding landing knees to the body.
Harding crunches a lovely knee into Segunda's ribcage.
Harding displaying some good clinch control by pressing Segunda up against the ropes.
Harding putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Segunda in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Segunda tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Harding lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Harding.
Segunda stalling in the clinch but Harding improves position.
Harding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harding managing to block the knees to the body from Segunda.
Harding scores with a knee to the head.
Harding working Segunda over with knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Harding lands an elbow just above Segunda 's eye.
Harding lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Harding scores a nice knee to the body.
Harding lands an elbow just above Segunda 's eye.
Harding unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Harding connects with a nasty looking knee right to Segunda's face.
Segunda takes an elbow to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Segunda tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rocky Segunda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harding scores with a knee to the head.
Harding connects with a knee to the head.
Harding connects with a nasty looking knee right to Segunda's face.
Harding lands a knee to the body.
Harding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harding unloads a knee to the mid-section. Segunda lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Harding stops a takedown attempt from Segunda.
Knees to the body from Harding.
Segunda fails to pull guard.
Harding taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Harding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Segunda drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Harding gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Harding prevents a takedown attempt there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A knee to the head by Harding.
Harding landing knees to the head.
Harding using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Harding landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clayton Harding dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rocky Segunda's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Harding tries to clinch there but Segunda circles away.
Harding wants to clinch up but Segunda keeps it at a distance.

Harding rushes Segunda and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Segunda is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Harding gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Harding connects with a nasty looking knee right to Segunda's face.
Harding has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harding unloads a knee to the mid-section. Segunda lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harding lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harding.
Harding slowing the pace effectively.
Harding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harding connects with a nasty looking knee right to Segunda's face.
Harding landing knees to the head.
Segunda is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Segunda takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harding landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harding with a knee to the head.
Segunda wants to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maybe Segunda would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Segunda looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rocky Segunda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Segunda is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Harding gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Harding unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Harding lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harding comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harding crunches a lovely knee into Segunda's ribcage.
Harding connects with a knee to the head.
Harding lands a knee to the head.
Harding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Segunda jumps guard but Harding stands there with Segunda around his waist. Segunda gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Harding connects with a nasty looking knee right to Segunda's face.
Segunda takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harding landing knees to the head.
Harding unloads a knee to the mid-section. Segunda lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Harding looking to stall.
Harding lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Segunda drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Harding scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harding.
Harding unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Segunda can't break the clinch.
Harding landing knees to the body.
Harding is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Segunda takes a knee right on the jaw!
Segunda tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Harding with a knee to the head.
Harding connects with a knee to the head.
Harding scores with a knee to the head.
Segunda can't get the takedown.
Harding lands a good knee to the midsection. Segunda won't want to take too many of those.
Harding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harding comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harding gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harding.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harding connects with a nasty looking knee right to Segunda's face.
Harding scores with a knee to the head.
Harding lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Segunda wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harding landing knees to the body.
Harding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harding utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Harding lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harding taking a breather.
Segunda tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Harding just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Harding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harding connects with a nasty looking knee right to Segunda's face.
Harding lands an elbow just above Segunda 's eye.
Segunda tries to pull guard but Harding holds him up against the ropes and eventually Segunda drops back down to his feet.
Harding landing knees to the head.
Harding comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harding lands a nice knee to the body.
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Segunda wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

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.
Segunda goes for a takedown attempt but Harding pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Harding tries to close the distance and clinch but Segunda swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Segunda fails to land the takedown.
Harding fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harding fails with an attempt to clinch.

Harding pushes Segunda up against the ropes in a clinch.
Segunda takes a knee right on the jaw!
Clayton Harding seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Harding lands a knee to the head.
Harding landing knees to the head.
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Segunda looking to stall.
Harding with a knee to the head.
Harding lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clayton Harding showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rocky Segunda's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Harding has closed the distance and engaged Segunda in a clinch.
Segunda can't get the takedown.
Harding landing knees to the head.
Harding landing knees to the head.
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harding with a knee to the head.
Harding gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Segunda has Harding pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Harding manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Harding working Segunda over with knees to the body.
Harding creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Segunda's defenses.
Segunda tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rocky Segunda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Segunda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harding lands a knee to the head.
Harding scores a nice knee to the body.
Harding with a knee to the head.
Harding lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harding creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Segunda's defenses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harding lands a damaging elbow.
Harding stalling in the clinch.
Segunda jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Harding walks away with a smile on his face. Segunda gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Segunda tries to clinch but Harding is having none of it.
Harding tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Segunda paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Harding moves into the clinch successfully.
Harding landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harding connects with a nasty looking knee right to Segunda's face.
Harding lands a nice knee to the body.
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harding with a knee to the head.
Segunda takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harding blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harding lands a knee to the head.
Harding creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Segunda's defenses.
Harding scores with a knee to the head.
Segunda tries to break the clinch but Harding is controlling the position.
Segunda jumps guard but Harding stands there with Segunda around his waist. Segunda gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Harding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harding with a knee to the head.
Harding connects with a nasty looking knee right to Segunda's face.
Harding landing knees to the head.
Segunda takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harding lands a good knee to the midsection. Segunda won't want to take too many of those.
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Segunda is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Harding unloads a knee to the mid-section. Segunda lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Harding with a knee to the head.
Segunda takes an elbow to the forehead.
Harding landing knees to the head.
Harding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harding displaying some good clinch control by pressing Segunda up against the ropes.
Harding lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Segunda tries to pull guard but Harding won't allow it.
Harding landing knees to the head.
Harding scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Harding.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harding with a knee to the head.
Harding lands an elbow just above Segunda 's eye.
Segunda is trying to break the clinch but Harding is controlling him.
Harding using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Segunda wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harding landing knees to the head.
Segunda jumps guard but Harding stands there with Segunda around his waist. Segunda gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Segunda tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Harding smiles and moves away.

Harding closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Harding displaying some good clinch control by pressing Segunda up against the ropes.
Segunda takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harding connects with a nasty looking knee right to Segunda's face.
Harding connects with a knee to the head.
Segunda tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harding crunches a lovely knee into Segunda's ribcage.
Harding wants to stall.
Harding putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Segunda in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Harding with a knee to the head.
Segunda goes for a takedown in the clinch but Harding prevents it.
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harding scores with a knee to the head.
Segunda tries to pull guard but Harding won't allow it.
Harding with a knee to the head.
Harding is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rocky Segunda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harding lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Segunda fails to pull guard.
Segunda drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Harding gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Harding taking a breather.
Clayton Harding is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Segunda jumps guard but Harding stands there with Segunda around his waist. Segunda gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Clayton Harding comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Harding 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 26:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 26:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clayton Harding!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jezze vaughn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and One Turd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Jezze vaughn has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

vaughn
vs
Turd

170 cm
25
159 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

175 cm
24
163 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jezze vaughn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, One Turd!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Anthony Taglia and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Turd shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. vaughn manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Turd works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Turd thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed vaughn's head.
vaughn trying to control but Turd postures up.
Turd is nestled in close to vaughn, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

vaughn is rocked!
Turd working vaughn over with strikes.
Turd throwing shots but vaughn is blocking nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turd missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Turd scoring with strikes to the body and head.
vaughn keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
vaughn has hold of Turd's hands but Turd slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Oh vaughn is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Turd is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so vaughn is just riding it out for now. Turd eventually gives up the hold.
vaughn seems to have got his legs back now.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Turd connects with a nice short shot to vaughn's temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turd throwing shots but vaughn is blocking nicely.
Turd thows a huge punch but vaughn dodges it nicely.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
vaughn is breathing heavily.
Turd not landing any meaningful shots this time.
vaughn knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Turd on the ground.
Turd is nestled in close to vaughn, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Turd not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Turd winds up and cracks vaughn with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Turd is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, vaughn is hurt! He's hurt bad - Turd fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save vaughn from any more punishment! Congratulations to Turd! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). One Turd!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silvizzle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Urlacker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Silvizzle
vs
Urlacker

200 cm
22
280 lbs
5 - 3 - 1

213 cm
20
300 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Anderson Silvizzle!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rick Urlacker!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Columbo Gatti and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silvizzle throws a sloppy head kick and Urlacker moves out of range easily.
Silvizzle tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Urlacker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Urlacker misses with a few strikes there.
Urlacker tries to clinch there but Silvizzle circles away.
Urlacker throws a looping overhand right but Silvizzle ducks down to avoid it.
Silvizzle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from Urlacker. Those never looked like landing.
Silvizzle throws a head kick but Urlacker moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Urlacker. Silvizzle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Urlacker tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Silvizzle counters with a head kick.
Urlacker lands a jab-cross combination.
Silvizzle slaps away a takedown attempt from Urlacker, before circling back to the center of the mat.
No joy there for Urlacker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Urlacker throws a hook to the side of Silvizzle's head but Silvizzle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Urlacker blocks a head kick by Silvizzle.
Urlacker cracks Silvizzle with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.

Urlacker moves into the clinch successfully.
Urlacker wants to break the clinch but can't.
Urlacker can't break the clinch.

Silvizzle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silvizzle slips under a jab from Urlacker.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urlacker goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Urlacker throws a shot from downtown. Silvizzle moves away and avoids it.
Silvizzle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silvizzle tries to clinch up
and Urlacker counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Silvizzle stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Silvizzle wants it to stay on the feet.
Urlacker throws an overhand right that lands on Silvizzle's shoulder, as Silvizzle tries to avoid the shot.
Urlacker jabs Silvizzle right on the nose. Silvizzle blinks but takes it well.
Silvizzle moves away from the strike by Urlacker.
Silvizzle is looking to clinch but Urlacker is avoiding it.
Rick Urlacker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Urlacker waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silvizzle.
Silvizzle shoots in but no luck this time.
Urlacker misses with a two punch combination.
Silvizzle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silvizzle throws a lazy head kick
and Urlacker counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Urlacker clobbers Silvizzle with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Urlacker throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urlacker looks to clinch
and Silvizzle counters with a low kick, right behind Urlacker 's knee.
Silvizzle throws a half hearted mid kick.
Urlacker misses with a two punch combination.

Urlacker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silvizzle, pushing him back against the ropes.
Urlacker tries to circle away but Silvizzle has him pinned against the ropes.

Silvizzle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silvizzle slips under a jab from Urlacker.

Urlacker clinches up against the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silvizzle wants to stall.
Urlacker wants to get back to striking at distance but Silvizzle won't allow it.
Silvizzle fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Urlacker tries to break free but Silvizzle pushes him back against the ropes.
Urlacker can't break the clinch.

Silvizzle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Urlacker misses with a double jab.
Silvizzle takes a jab right on the kisser.
Silvizzle shoots for a double leg takedown but Urlacker sprawls well. He's pushed Silvizzle's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Silvizzle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silvizzle looks to land a body kick but Urlacker moved away.

Silvizzle drives through and clinches with Urlacker against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvizzle is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Urlacker is defending well for now.

Urlacker manages to break the clinch.
Urlacker just misses with a punch to the body.
Silvizzle looks for a takedown but Urlacker sprawls well.
Silvizzle misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Urlacker tries to clinch

and Silvizzle counters by moving into the clinch.

Silvizzle breaks the clinch.
Silvizzle avoids a punch combination nicely.
No joy there for Urlacker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silvizzle ducks under a wild hook from Urlacker.
Silvizzle lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Urlacker looks gassed!

Silvizzle closes the distance and clinches.
Urlacker is trying to break free.

Silvizzle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silvizzle showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Urlacker.

Silvizzle lands a big head kick that sends Urlacker tumbling to the mat! Silvizzle takes a step backwards and waves Urlacker back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Urlacker is rocked!

It looks like Rick Urlacker has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Urlacker is still on wobbly legs! Can Silvizzle finish him?
Urlacker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Urlacker seems to have recovered his senses.
Silvizzle looking to throw knees to the head but Urlacker is blocking nicely.
Silvizzle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Urlacker's efforts to push away.
Urlacker jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silvizzle walks away with a smile on his face. Urlacker gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Urlacker misses the jab.
Silvizzle shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Urlacker pinned against the cage. Urlacker gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Silvizzle clinches.
Urlacker has had enough of the clinch but Silvizzle keeps him there for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Urlacker is pressed up against the ropes. Silvizzle has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Urlacker down to the mat. Urlacker avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Urlacker stuffs the takedown attempt from Silvizzle. Silvizzle gets slowly back to his feet.

Silvizzle forces Urlacker back against the ropes and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Silvizzle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rick Urlacker's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Urlacker is looking to clinch.
Urlacker throws a hook but Silvizzle avoids it easily.
Urlacker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Urlacker moves into the clinch.
Silvizzle with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Urlacker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Urlacker. Those never looked like landing.
Silvizzle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Urlacker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Urlacker scores with a one two! Silvizzle had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Urlacker moves into range and clinches up with Silvizzle.
Urlacker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silvizzle tries for a takedown but Urlacker manages to get underhooks.
Urlacker is looking to break free of the clinch but Silvizzle has double underhooks.
Urlacker gets underhooks to prevent Silvizzle's takedown attempt.
Silvizzle keeps control of Urlacker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Silvizzle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silvizzle dives in and grabs Urlacker's left leg, looking for a takedown. Urlacker pushes down on Silvizzle's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Silvizzle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Urlacker works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Urlacker 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.
Silvizzle throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Urlacker's waist but Urlacker gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silvizzle off to one side.
Urlacker is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvizzle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silvizzle ducks under a wild hook from Urlacker.
Urlacker throws a jab when Silvizzle was well out of range.
Urlacker throws a nice looking combination but Silvizzle bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Urlacker throws a right and a left that Silvizzle avoids nicely.
Silvizzle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Urlacker misses with a two punch combination.
Urlacker fails to land with a series of punches.
Urlacker shoots for a double leg takedown but Silvizzle sprawls well. He's pushed Urlacker's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Urlacker loads up on a big right hand but Silvizzle slips the punch.
Silvizzle shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Urlacker as he jumps to the side.
Anderson Silvizzle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Urlacker looks to land a left hand but Silvizzle moved out of range nicely.
Urlacker misses with a looping right.
Urlacker throws a right and a left that Silvizzle avoids nicely.
Urlacker fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silvizzle avoids it really well and circles away.

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.
Silvizzle slips a jab and a cross from Urlacker.
Silvizzle shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Urlacker defends it nicely.
Silvizzle shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Urlacker defends it nicely.
Urlacker takes a swing at Silvizzle's ribcage but misses.
Urlacker lands with a nice combination. Silvizzle backs away looking to recover.
Silvizzle uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Urlacker.
Silvizzle slips a jab and a cross from Urlacker.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
The fighters circle momentarily. Urlacker darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Silvizzle fails with a takedown attempt.
Urlacker misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silvizzle has Urlacker up against the ropes in a clinch.
Silvizzle has Urlacker pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Urlacker manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Urlacker tries to break the clinch but Silvizzle is controlling the position.

Silvizzle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silvizzle tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Urlacker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Urlacker lands with a good body shot.
Urlacker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice combination there by Urlacker.

Silvizzle has taken the fight to the clinch.

Silvizzle manages to pull guard.
Silvizzle is trying to keep Urlacker in close.
Silvizzle wants to stand up but Urlacker is controlling him.
Urlacker scoring with punches to the head and body.
Silvizzle 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.
Urlacker throws a big right hand that misses.

Urlacker drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Silvizzle manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Urlacker has Silvizzle in his guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Urlacker trying to control the position.
Silvizzle wanted to stand there but Urlacker had control of the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Urlacker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rick Urlacker's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Urlacker moves in looking to clinch but Silvizzle pushes him off.
Silvizzle dives in and grabs Urlacker's left leg, looking for a takedown. Urlacker pushes down on Silvizzle's head and hops out.
A big right from Urlacker misses.
Urlacker moves in looking to clinch but Silvizzle pushes him off.
Urlacker jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Urlacker closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Urlacker misses with a two punch combination.
Urlacker avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silvizzle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Urlacker. That snapped Silvizzle's head back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Urlacker misses with the combination.
Silvizzle throws a series of punches but Urlacker avoids them all with ease.
Urlacker misses the shot to the body.
Silvizzle gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urlacker doesn't manage to clinch there - Silvizzle circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Urlacker.
Urlacker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Urlacker just misses with a punch to the body.
Urlacker throws a jab when Silvizzle was well out of range.
Silvizzle swinging wildly here.
Urlacker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Urlacker looks to throw the jab but Silvizzle is out of range.
Silvizzle throws a push kick but Urlacker slaps the foot to one side.
Silvizzle shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Urlacker defends it nicely.

Silvizzle darts in and clinches Urlacker up against the ropes.
Urlacker has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Urlacker has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two 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.

Silvizzle successfully pulls guard.
Urlacker scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Silvizzle utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Urlacker lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Urlacker gets to his feet. Silvizzle looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Urlacker takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Urlacker throws the left hand but Silvizzle avoids the punch easily.
Urlacker swats away the attempt to clinch by Silvizzle.
Urlacker waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silvizzle.
Silvizzle uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Urlacker.
Silvizzle wants to clinch.
Silvizzle is looking to clinch but Urlacker is avoiding it.
Urlacker shoots in for a takedown but Silvizzle shows good takedown defense.
A combination from Urlacker does no damage.
Both fighters circling a little - Silvizzle finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvizzle goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Urlacker fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Silvizzle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silvizzle seems to be stalking Urlacker here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastatic head kick! Urlacker drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Anderson Silvizzle!
Anderson Silvizzle is the new super heavyweight champion!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Redding (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Redding
vs
Jones

195 cm
24
290 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

221 cm
25
300 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Dangerous GnP
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tom Redding!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jake Jones!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Alyssa Summers and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redding connects with a superb combination that knocks Jones out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Redding before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Jones!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Tom Redding!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
13%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between jeff duynham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Earl Bennet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Earl Bennet will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

duynham
vs
Bennet

170 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

191 cm
23
215 lbs
5 - 4 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, jeff duynham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Earl Bennet!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Lou da Vinci and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennet swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
duynham looks to land a right hand but Bennet moved out of range.
duynham misses with a looping right.
Bennet lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by duynham.
duynham defending well as Bennet loads up on a big left hand.
Bennet looks to land a right hand but duynham moved out of range.
Bennet will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
duynham slips a jab and a cross from Bennet.
Bennet doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bennet misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Bennet, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bennet staying out of range there.
Bennet moves out of range as duynham strikes.

duynham gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bennet to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Bennet throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bennet postures up in duynham's guard and throws a big left but duynham blocks it.
Bennet throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as duynham works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bennet postures up in duynham's guard and throws a big left but duynham blocks it.
Bennet postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bennet working some strikes from top position.
Bennet throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as duynham works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
duynham knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bennet on the ground.
Bennet advances to half guard.
Bennet is nestled in close to duynham, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Bennet scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennet missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
duynham is breathing heavily.
Bennet thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed duynham's head.
Bennet scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bennet sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. duynham defending well though.
duynham on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if duynham tries to get out of the position.
Bennet thows a huge punch but duynham dodges it nicely.
Bennet throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bennet 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.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bennet lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bennet is nestled in close to duynham, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bennet takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
duynham keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed duynham's head.
duynham is refusing to be controlled, as Bennet sits in half guard.
Bennet throwing shots but duynham is blocking nicely.
Ground and pound from Bennet.
Bennet lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

duynham is rocked!
Bennet lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked duynham! More strikes land and this one is all over! Bennet jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Earl Bennet!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
61%

Main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gerry Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Waldo Whip (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kelly comes to the ring accompanied by Pink Floyd with Van Morrison - Comfortably Numb. Whip has chosen BLUNT- as his entrance music. Waldo Whip has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kelly
vs
Whip

182 cm
20
230 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

203 cm
26
276 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI
SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

Australian Xtreme - 159 Energy + Stamina!

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gerry Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Waldo Whip!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Anthony Taglia and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whip wants to clinch.
Whip shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kelly defends it nicely.
Kelly blocks a low kick nicely.
Waldo Whip seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Whip gets caught flat footed, as Kelly shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Kelly slips nicely into half guard.
Kelly is looking to take a break and control but Whip is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kelly throwing shots but Whip is blocking nicely.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Whip taking some punishment here, with Kelly in his half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kelly connects with a nice short shot to Whip's temple.
Kelly working Whip over with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whip is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kelly not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kelly sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Whip defending well though.
Kelly thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Whip is staying active underneath Kelly, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Whip is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kelly scores with a couple of nice shots.
Kelly missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kelly takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Kelly throwing shots but Whip is blocking nicely.
Whip gets full guard.

Whip has his foot on Kelly's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kelly works his way back into a safe position though.
Kelly passes Whip's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Kelly throws a strike but Whip avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Kelly lands a couple of elbows.
Kelly scoring with punches to the head and body.
Whip wants to sweep here but Kelly controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly postures up.
Kelly throws a big right hand that misses.

Whip is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Whip lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kelly!
Kelly tries to hold on but Whip postures up.
Kelly slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kelly is refusing to be controlled, as Whip sits in half guard.
Kelly is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Whip wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Kelly.
Kelly looking to hit a scissor sweep but Whip is one step ahead there.
Whip postures up.
Whip would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Kelly can't keep his opponent in guard - Whip advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Kelly gets back to full guard.
Whip has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Kelly is proving hard to escape from.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly looking to hit a scissor sweep but Whip is one step ahead there.
Kelly is working hard here to advance position.
Kelly is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kelly has a closed guard, preventing Whip from standing up.
Whip trying to control the position from guard on top but Kelly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kelly wants to sweep here but Whip controlling him for the moment.
Kelly might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Kelly keeping full guard, as Whip tries to pass.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Waldo Whip hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Kelly shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Whip counters with a single leg into guard. Kelly didn't expect that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerry Kelly dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Whip moves in looking to clinch but Kelly pushes him off.
Whip fails in his attempt to clinch.

Kelly shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Kelly missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Kelly here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Whip makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Whip.
Kelly postures up.
Kellyis looking to pass into half guard but Whip pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Whip is in guard.

Kelly throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Whip is looking to stand up but Kelly won't let him.
Whip won't allow Kelly to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly keeping moving, preventing Whip from controlling successfully.
Whip is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Kelly is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Whip is looking to stand up but Kelly won't let him.
Gerry Kelly overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Waldo Whip.
Whip throws a head kick that misses.

Kelly closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Whip to the mat! Whip manages to get full guard.
Kelly won't allow Whip to get back to his feet.
Kelly landing some decent shots from guard.
Whip looking for a sweep. Not yet Whip, not yet.
Kelly lands a couple of elbows.
Kelly loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whip looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Whip keeping full guard, as Kelly tries to pass.
Whip wants to get back to his feet but Kelly is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kelly in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kelly throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kelly working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Whip's head.
Kelly postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kelly passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Whip manages to work his way to half guard, despite Kelly's best efforts.
Whip has hold of Kelly's hands but Kelly slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kelly is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Whip has hold of Kelly's hands but Kelly slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whip is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kelly's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kelly's back!
Kelly trying to control the action but Whip just sinks the hooks in.
Whip wants to control but Kelly is keeping busy.
Kelly just trying to survive but Whip is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Kelly tries to roll but Whip sticks to his back.
Whip is trying to stick to Kelly's back but Kelly is turning into Whip. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Whip's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Kelly.
Whip is looking to stand up but Kelly isn't so interested in that idea.
Kelly with a nice head shot there.
Kelly throwing strikes from guard but Whip blocks nicely.
Whip thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Kelly drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Whip dives on top into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whip wanted to stand there but Kelly had control of the position.
Whip in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kelly looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Kelly is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Whip is controlling him.
Whip trying to control but Kelly is working from the bottom.
Kelly manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Whip manages to get himself to full guard.
Kelly trying to control the position from guard on top but Whip is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Whip not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kelly is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerry Kelly dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Kelly tries for a takedown but Whip circles away easily

and Whip counters with a shoot takedown. Kelly fights it but they end up in guard.
Kelly is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Kelly lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Whip keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kelly throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Whip controlling the position well.
Whip is trying to stand up here but Kelly is controlling him well.
Whip is looking to control Kelly's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Whip avoid being mounted?
Kelly sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Whip defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whip gets full guard.
Kelly postures up and lands a big shot to Whip's brow.
Whip not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kelly forces his way into half guard.
Whip makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Whip.
Kelly throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Whip works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kelly is in close to Whip's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kelly is pushing down on Whip's leg trying to pass to half guard. Whip is fighting to maintain full guard but Kelly has managed to sneak the leg through.
Whip is trying to stand up here but Kelly is controlling him well.
Whip takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kelly landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Whip looks like he's trying to stand up.
Ground and pound from Kelly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whip is trying to get back to full guard.
Kelly slips a nice elbow through Whip's hands, connecting with Whip's forehead.
Kelly lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Kelly winds up and cracks Whip with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Whip is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kelly's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kelly's back!
Kelly turns into Whip and is now in his guard.
Whip working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kelly.
Kelly postures up in Whip's guard and throws a big left but Whip blocks it.
Whip looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kelly is one step ahead there.
Whip wants to stand but Kelly is controlling the position.
Kelly working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Whip's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly forces his way into half guard.
Kelly lands with a punch from half guard.
Waldo Whip has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Whip makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Whip.
Whip throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Gerry Kelly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kelly landing some decent shots from guard.
Kelly pushes down on Whip's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Kelly trying to pass the guard but Whip defending well.
Kelly thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Whip to regain full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kelly is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Kelly postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Whip avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Whip thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Kelly trying to control the position from guard on top but Whip is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whip utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kelly working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Whip's head.
Whip wants to sweep here but Kelly controlling him for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gerry Kelly showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kelly 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gerry Kelly!

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A

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

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