Dynasty 25: Outlaws PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raymond Squire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Tressor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruno Tressor has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Raymond Squire's chin.

Squire
vs
Tressor

195 cm
25
280 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

190 cm
26
255 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raymond Squire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruno Tressor!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tressor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Squire cracks Tressor with an open hand slap.

Squire gets a clinch.
Squire tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Squire effectively controlling the action here.
Squire softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Tressor tries to circle away but Squire has him pinned against the ropes.
Tressor managing to block the knees to the body from Squire.
Squire lands an elbow just above Tressor 's eye.
Squire scores a nice knee to the body.
Squire lands an elbow just above Tressor 's eye.
Squire lands a damaging elbow.
Tressor just leaning against Squire, taking a breather.
Squire stalls.
Squire landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A short right from Squire.
Squire creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tressor's defenses.
Tressor is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Squire.
Squire with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tressor being controlled against the ropes.
Tressor takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Squire.
Tressor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Squire lands an elbow inside that Tressor shrugs off.
Squire taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tressor is looking to break free of the clinch but Squire has double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Squire.
Tressor looks gassed!
Tressor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Squire has him pressed against the ropes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Squire tries a knee to the head but Tressor blocks it.
Tressor is trying to break the clinch but Squire has him pressed against the ropes.
Squire slows down the pace here.
Squire unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tressor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squire creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tressor's defenses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice elbow from Squire.
Squire unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Squire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Squire putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tressor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Squire.
Squire working Tressor over with knees to the body.
Squire lands a damaging elbow.
Squire lands a body punch.
Squire unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Squire lands a damaging elbow.
Tressor takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Bruno Tressor has been cut.
Squire working Tressor over with knees to the body.
Squire landing knees to the head.
Squire using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Squire is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Squire lands a good knee to the midsection. Tressor won't want to take too many of those.
Squire putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tressor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Squire obliges.
Squire has Tressor pushed against the ropes.
Squire lands a nice knee to the body.
Tressor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Squire.
Squire utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Squire comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Squire keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tressor's efforts to push away.
Squire displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tressor up against the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Squire.
Squire comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Squire is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Squire with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Squire putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tressor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Squire just leaning against Tressor, taking a breather.
Squire landing knees to the body.
Tressor takes an elbow to the temple.
Squire displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tressor up against the ropes.
Squire utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Squire lands a damaging elbow.
Squire is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Squire lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tressor looking to stall.
Squire landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Squire leaning against his opponent.
Tressor tries to break the clinch but Squire is controlling the position.
Tressor has had enough of the clinch but Squire keeps him there for the moment.
Squire landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Squire content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tressor trying to control the position but instead, Squire has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tressor into the ropes.
Squire unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Squire dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Squire landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Squire stalling the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Raymond Squire.
Squire digs a good hook to Tressor's body.
Tressor looks to land a combination but Squire avoids it well.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Squire has managed to clinch.
Tressor is trying to stall.
Squire prevents Tressor from breaking the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Squire.
Tressor takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Squire.
Squire lands a knee to the body.
Tressor takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tressor wants to get back to striking at distance but Squire won't allow it.
Squire crunches a lovely knee into Tressor's ribcage.
Squire managing to block the knees to the body from Tressor.
Squire putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tressor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Squire has Tressor pressed against the ropes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tressor takes an elbow to the temple.
Squire leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Squire lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Tressor working hard to break the clinch.
Squire landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Squire with a knee to the head.
Tressor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Squire keeps control of Tressor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Squire takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tressor tries to break free but Squire pushes him back against the ropes.
Tressor crunches a lovely knee into Squire's ribcage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Squire as Tressor tries to tie him up.
Squire throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tressors head.
Tressor throws a punch but it's blocked by Squire.
Squire is working Tressor over against the ropes.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Squire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Squire stalling the fight.
Squire lands a knee to the body.
Squire has Tressor pushed against the ropes.
Squire comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Squire scores a nice knee to the body.
Squire creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tressor's defenses.
Squire keeps control of Tressor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Squire.
Squire gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Squire has Tressor pressed against the ropes.
Tressor tries to break the clinch but Squire is controlling the position.
Squire connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tressor's face.
Squire lands an elbow that stopped Tressor in his tracks for a moment.
Tressor can't break the clinch.
Squire lands an elbow just above Tressor 's eye.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Squire avoids the elbow strike from Tressor, against the ropes.
Squire creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tressor's defenses.
Squire throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tressor blocks it with crossed arms.
Squire is struggling to control the position.
Squire using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tressor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Squire lands a damaging elbow.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Squire.
Squire on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Squire - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tressor is looking to control Squire's arms but Squire gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tressor has his back to the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A frustrated look appears on Tressor's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Come on Squire - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Squire tries to land knees in the clinch but Tressor avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raymond Squire dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruno Tressor's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Tressor throws a series of punches but Squire moves out of range.

Squire closes the distance and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Tressor's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tressor is trying to stall.
Squire stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Squire working Tressor over with knees to the body.
Squire just leaning against Tressor, taking a breather.
Tressor is looking to control Squire's arms but Squire gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tressor has his back to the ropes.
Tressor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Squire creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tressor's defenses.
Squire misses with a knee strike.
Squire lands an elbow just above Tressor 's eye.
Squire unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Squire displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tressor up against the ropes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tressor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Squire managing to block the knees to the body from Tressor.
Knees in the clinch landing for Squire.
Squire landing knees to the body.
Tressor being controlled against the ropes.
Squire working Tressor over with knees to the body.
Squire landing knees to the body.
Squire lands a knee to the body.
Squire stalling against the ropes.
Squire lands an elbow inside.
Squire is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tressor can do to turn this around?
Squire landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squire lands a nice elbow.
Raymond Squire has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees to the body from Squire.
Nice body punch from Squire - that landed with a thud.
Squire lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Squire lands a knee to the body.
Squire scores with a knee to the head.
Tressor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Squire is defending well for now.
Squire scores a nice knee to the body.
Squire slows down the pace here.
Tressor misses with a body punch.
Squire lands a good knee to the midsection. Tressor won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Squire.
Squire has Tressor pushed against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Squire for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Squire avoiding damage as Tressor throws knees to the body.
Tressor is trying to push Squire away but Squire has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Come on Squire - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Raymond Squire.
Tressor wants to clinch but Squire slips to the side
and Squire counters with a low kick, right behind Tressor 's knee.
Tressor falls off balance throwing a combination

and Squire holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Squire creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Squire trying to control the position but instead, Tressor has worked for underhooks and has pushed Squire into the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Squire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Tressor pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Squire pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Squire keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tressor's efforts to push away.
Squire with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Squire lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Squire takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Squire gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Squire landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Squire misses with an elbow over the top.
Tressor is looking to break free of the clinch but Squire has double underhooks.
Squire prevents Tressor from breaking the clinch.
Nice elbow from Tressor.
Knees in the clinch landing for Squire.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Squire.
Tressor takes a knee to the side of the body.
Squire crunches a lovely knee into Tressor's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Squire obliges.
Squire gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tressor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Squire creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tressor's defenses.
Squire stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Squire scores a nice knee to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Tressor managing to block the knees to the body from Squire.
Squire putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tressor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tressor trying to land knees to the body.
Squire is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Squire lands a nice elbow.
Squire working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Tressor fails to land.
Tressor with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Squire lands a body punch.
Squire stalling.
Squire lands an elbow just above Tressor 's eye.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Squire has Tressor pressed against the ropes, preventing Tressor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tressor is trying to push Squire away but Squire has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Tressor looking to slow down the pace here.
Squire scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Squire is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Squire - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tressor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tressor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Squire lands a damaging elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Squire.
Squire avoiding damage.
Squire lands an elbow just above Tressor 's eye.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Squire landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Squire is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Squire lands an elbow inside.
Tressor takes an elbow to the temple.
Tressor avoiding damage as Squire throws knees to the body.
Squire comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Squire content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Squire.
Squire landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tressor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Squire lands an elbow that stopped Tressor in his tracks for a moment.
Squire lands a nice elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Squire.
Tressor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Squire scores a nice knee to the body.
Squire lands an elbow that stopped Tressor in his tracks for a moment.
Squire landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Squire will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tressor up against the ropes.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Squire unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Squire just leaning against Tressor, taking a breather.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Squire obliges.
Squire lands a knee to the body.
Tressor working hard to break the clinch.
Squire utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Squire taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Squire utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Squire leaning his opponent against the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Squire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Squire landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Squire.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raymond Squire dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bruno Tressor's cut.
That's time! Squire's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Tressor wants to clinch
and Squire counters with a stiff right hand.
Raymond Squire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tressor wants to clinch
and Squire counters with a nice leg kick.
Squire lands the left hand.
Tressor throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Squire counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tressor is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Squire showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tressor.
Bruno Tressor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tressor tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Squire closes the distance and pushes Tressor back into the ropes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Tressor takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Squire taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Squire.
Nice elbow from Squire.
Squire lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Squire lands a knee to the body.
Squire lands a nice elbow.
Squire lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Squire landing knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Squire.
Squire lands an elbow just above Tressor 's eye.
Tressor being controlled against the ropes.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Squire obliges.
Squire comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Squire is struggling to control the position.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Squire scores a nice knee to the body.
Squire landing knees to the body.
Tressor throws a punch but it's blocked by Squire.
Squire is leaning against Tressor and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Squire is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squire lands a damaging elbow.
Squire is stalling here.
Squire lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Squire is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Squire controlling the action here for a moment.
Squire lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Squire.
Squire is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Squire lands a nice knee to the body.
Squire scores with a shoulder strike.
Squire scores a nice knee to the body.
Squire slows down the pace here.
Squire lands an elbow that stopped Tressor in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Squire just leaning against Tressor, taking a breather.
Squire scores with a knee to the head.
Tressor is trying to force a seperation but Squire has the dominant position.
Squire lands an elbow inside that Tressor shrugs off.
Squire is working Tressor over against the ropes.
Tressor trying to control the position but instead, Squire has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tressor into the ropes.
Squire on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tressor is trying to break the clinch but Squire has him pressed against the ropes.
Squire tries to land knees in the clinch but Tressor avoids the damage to the body.
Tressor tries to circle away but Squire has him pinned against the ropes.
Squire gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Squire is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Tressor managing to block the knees to the body from Squire.
Tressor is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Squire is struggling to control the position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Squire.
The referee calls for Squire to work.
Tressor misses with a punch to the body.
Squire unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Squire creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tressor's defenses.
Squire has Tressor pressed against the ropes, preventing Tressor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Squire lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Squire has Tressor pushed against the ropes.
Squire lands an elbow inside that Tressor shrugs off.
Tressor avoiding damage as Squire throws knees to the body.
Squire is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Squire putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tressor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tressor takes an elbow to the temple.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Squire lands a knee to the head.
Squire is stalling here.
Squire lands a damaging elbow.
Squire blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Squire tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Squire stalling.
Squire works on Tressor's body with a couple of short punches.
Squire with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Knees to the body from Squire.
Squire stalling.
Squire putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tressor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Squire leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Tressor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Tressor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Squire blocking some punches.
Nice elbow from Squire.
Squire content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tressor avoiding damage as Squire throws knees to the body.
Squire lands a left hand.
Tressor misses with a body punch.
Squire lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Squire trying to land knees to the body.
Squire landing knees to the body.
Tressor tries to break the clinch but Squire is controlling the position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Squire landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Squire has Tressor pressed against the ropes, preventing Tressor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tressor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tressor can't find room to land a body shot as Squire controls the action.
Squire looking to stall.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Squire takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tressor can't break the clinch.
Tressor tries to stall but Squire uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Squire misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tressor.
Squire tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tressor avoids it.
Squire keeps control of Tressor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Squire scores a nice knee to the body.
Squire'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.
Tressor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Squire stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Squire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Squire utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Squire lands a damaging elbow.
Tressor tries to circle away but Squire has him pinned against the ropes.
Squire misses with an elbow strike.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Squire connects with a knee to the head.
Squire wants to stall.
Tressor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Squire cracks Tressor with a nice body shot.
Squire pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Tressor tries to break the clinch but Squire is controlling the position.
Squire lands a knee to the body.
A short right from Squire.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Squire slowing the pace effectively.
Squire blocks an elbow strike.
Squire tries to land a knee to the head but Tressor blocks with his arms.
Squire is struggling to control the position.
Tressor can't break the clinch.
Squire avoiding damage as Tressor throws knees to the body.
Tressor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Squire'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.
Nice body punch from Squire.
Squire digs a right hand underneath Tressor's ribcage. Tressor let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Squire using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Squire takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Raymond Squire.
Squire throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raymond Squire clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Bruno Tressor's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Squire tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Tressor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tressor tries to clinch up.
Squire moves out of range of the body kick from Tressor.

Squire has managed to clinch.
Squire has Tressor pushed against the ropes.
Tressor looking to stall.
The referee is keeping an eye on Squire - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Squire utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Squire.
Squire will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tressor up against the ropes.
Tressor tries to break free but Squire pushes him back against the ropes.
Tressor is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Squire putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tressor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tressor is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Squire lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Squire unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Squire unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Squire landing knees to the body.
Squire effectively controlling the action here.
Squire landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Squire is struggling to control the position.
Knees to the body from Squire.
Squire lands an elbow inside that Tressor shrugs off.
Squire connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tressor's face.
Squire is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squire using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Squire lands an elbow just above Tressor 's eye.
Squire displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tressor up against the ropes.
A short right from Squire on the inside.
Squire slowing the pace effectively.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Raymond Squire.
Squire tries to clinch up.
Tressor throws a lazy body kick
and Squire counters with a low kick, right behind Tressor 's knee.
Squire circles away from the clinch attempt
and Squire counters with a low kick, right behind Tressor 's knee.
Squire thows a left - swing and a miss!
Squire fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tressor has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Squire moves into range and clinches up with Tressor.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Squire.
Squire working Tressor over with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Squire.
Squire creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tressor's defenses.
Squire displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tressor up against the ropes.
Nice elbow from Squire.
Tressor is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Squire has Tressor pushed against the ropes.
Tressor working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tressor misses with an elbow over the top.
Tressor tries to break free but Squire pushes him back against the ropes.
Squire manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Squire lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Squire scores with a hook to the body.
Come on Squire - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Squire gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tressor stalling in the clinch but Squire improves position.
Squire lands a good knee to the midsection. Tressor won't want to take too many of those.
Squire scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Squire utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Squire unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Squire slowing the pace effectively.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Squire blocks a body shot from Tressor.
Squire lands an elbow that stopped Tressor in his tracks for a moment.
Squire'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.
Squire utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tressor takes an elbow to the forehead.
A shot in the inside from Tressor.
Tressor working hard to break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Squire.
Tressor misses with a punch on the inside.
Squire utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Squire lands a hook that snaps the head of Tressor backwards.
Tressor takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tressor letting Squire take a breather here.
Tressor tries to circle away but Squire has him pinned against the ropes.
Squire lands an elbow just above Tressor 's eye.
Tressor wants to break free but Squire has control.
The referee is keeping an eye on Squire - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Squire lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Squire creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tressor's defenses.
Tressor takes a knee to the side of the body.
Squire is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Squire.
The referee calls for Squire to work.
Squire creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tressor's defenses.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Tressor pushes Squire back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Squire has Tressor pressed against the ropes.
Squire lands a knee to the head.
Squire landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Squire keeps control of Tressor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nice elbow from Squire.
Tressor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Squire has him pressed against the ropes.
Tressor is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Squire comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tressor is trying to force a seperation but Squire has the dominant position.
Squire scores with a shoulder strike.
Squire lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tressor or not.
Tressor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Squire.
Tressor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tressor misses with a punch on the inside.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Tressor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Tressor letting Squire take a breather here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Squire.
Knees to the body from Squire.
Knees to the body from Squire.
Squire controlling the action here for a moment.
Tressor is trying to break the clinch but Squire is controlling him.
Squire putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tressor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Squire'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.
Squire utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Squire lands a nice elbow.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Squire manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Squire lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tressor.
Squire lands a nice knee to the body.
Squire lands a nice elbow.
The referee is keeping an eye on Squire - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tressor is trying to push Squire away but Squire has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Tressor takes a knee right on the jaw!
Squire scores a nice knee to the body.
Squire unloads a knee to the mid-section.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Squire lands a left hand.
Squire slowing the pace effectively.
Squire comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Squire controlling the action here for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raymond Squire had his way with Bruno Tressor in that round.
The cut man is working on Bruno Tressor's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Tressor looks to clinch
and Squire makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Squire lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Squire connects with a body shot.

Squire gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Knees to the body from Squire.
Squire tries to land a knee to the head but Tressor blocks with his arms.
Squire has Tressor pressed against the ropes.
Squire lands an elbow that stopped Tressor in his tracks for a moment.
Tressor looking to stall.
Tressor being controlled against the ropes.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Raymond Squire.

Squire drives through and clinches with Tressor against the ropes.
Squire misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Squire.
Tressor stalling in the clinch but Squire improves position.
Tressor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tressor takes an elbow to the temple.
Tressor takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tressor blocks an elbow strike.
Tressor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tressor takes an elbow to the temple.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Squire takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Squire scores with a hook to the body.
Tressor taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squire lands an elbow just above Tressor 's eye.
Squire is leaning against Tressor and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Squire stalling.
Tressor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tressor is trying to force a seperation but Squire has the dominant position.
Squire is stalling here.
Squire landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Squire - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tressor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tressor takes an elbow to the forehead.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Squire takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Squire lands a knee to the head.
Squire landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Squire lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Squire.
Squire scores with a knee to the head.
Come on Squire - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tressor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Squire has Tressor pressed against the ropes.
Squire lands an elbow inside that Tressor shrugs off.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Squire working Tressor over with knees to the body.
Squire working Tressor over with knees to the body.
Squire pressing his opponent against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Raymond Squire.
Tressor lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Tressor moves to clinch but Squire breaks away
and Squire counters with a straight right hand.
Tressor tries to clinch but Squire moves away

and Squire holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Squire is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tressor is defending well for now.
Tressor is trying to break the clinch but Squire has him pressed against the ropes.
Squire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Squire scores a nice knee to the body.
Squire landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Squire lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Squire is pushing Tressor up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Squire lands with a short shot to the head.
Squire using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Squire lands an elbow just above Tressor 's eye.
Squire unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tressor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Squire has Tressor pushed against the ropes.
Squire lands a knee to the head.
Tressor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Tressor tries to break free but Squire pushes him back against the ropes.
Squire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Squire landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Squire missing with knees to the body.
Squire dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Squire lands an elbow that stopped Tressor in his tracks for a moment.
Come on Squire - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Raymond Squire.
Squire is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tressor.
Good shot there by Squire.
Tressor tries to clinch up
and Squire counters with a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Squire, right into the meat.
Squire throws a head kick that misses
and Tressor counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Squire thinking.

Squire moves into the clinch.
Squire prevents Tressor from breaking the clinch.
Squire scores with a shoulder strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Squire - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Tressor is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Tressor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Tressor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A bit of stalling here from Squire.
Tressor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Squire has him pressed against the ropes.
Squire using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tressor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tressor tries to stall but Squire uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tressor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tressor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Squire utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Squire lands a nice elbow.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Squire landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Tressor is looking to control Squire's arms but Squire gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tressor has his back to the ropes.
Squire creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tressor's defenses.
A bit of stalling here from Squire.
Squire lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Squire.
Squire lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tressor backwards.
Squire lands with a short shot to the head.
Squire landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Squire.
Stalling in the clinch from Squire.
Squire landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Squire comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Squire.
Squire dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tressor wants to stall.
Tressor is trying to break the clinch but Squire is controlling him.
Raymond Squire is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Squire.
Squire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Squire lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Squire.
Squire crunches a lovely knee into Tressor's ribcage.
Squire lands a knee to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Squire.
Tressor takes a knee right on the jaw!
Squire lands a good knee to the midsection. Tressor won't want to take too many of those.
Squire with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Squire unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tressor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Squire lands an elbow inside.
Tressor avoiding damage as Squire throws knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tressor stalling.
Squire works on Tressor's body with a couple of short punches.
Squire misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tressor.
Bruno Tressor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Squire stalling the fight.

And that's the end of the fight!
Raymond Squire showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Squire 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Raymond Squire!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Raymond Squire!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Raymond Squire!

Raymond Squire wins by unanimous decision!

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
84%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Aurelio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kim Olu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Aurelio
vs
Olu

190 cm
24
265 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

200 cm
23
285 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marcos Aurelio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kim Olu!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olu misses with a series of wild punches.
Aurelio tries to clinch up.
Aurelio wants to clinch up but Olu keeps it at a distance.

Olu clinches up with Aurelio and pushes him back against the ropes.
Olu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aurelio blocking some punches.
Olu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aurelio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Olu's efforts to push away.
Aurelio is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Olu as Aurelio tries to tie him up.
Aurelio throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Olu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Aurelio backwards.

It looks like Marcos Aurelio has been cut.
Olu stalling in the clinch.
Olu throws an elbow but it misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Aurelio.
Olu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aurelio blocks it with crossed arms.
Olu trying to control the position but instead, Aurelio has worked for underhooks and has pushed Olu into the ropes.
Aurelio is trying to maintain a safe position but Olu gets an underhook and turns Aurelio into the ropes.
Aurelio pushes off an throws an elbow but Olu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Olu tries to break the clinch but Aurelio is controlling the position.
Olu avoids a wild elbow strike from Aurelio.

Aurelio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Aurelio swats away the attempt to clinch by Olu.
Aurelio rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Olu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Olu darts in and clinches Aurelio up against the ropes.
Aurelio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aurelio blocks a body shot from Olu.
Nice elbow from Aurelio.
Aurelio lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Olu backwards.
Aurelio blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Olu throws an elbow but misses.

Aurelio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Olu has closed the distance and engaged Aurelio in a clinch.
Aurelio is looking to control Olu's arms but Olu gets an underhook and turns him. Now Aurelio has his back to the ropes.
A short uppercut from Aurelio.
Aurelio crunches a lovely knee into Olu's ribcage.
Olu looks gassed!
Aurelio lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aurelio lands a hook that snaps the head of Olu backwards.
Aurelio is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Olu is keeping busy.
Aurelio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aurelio misses with the head strike.
Olu swings wildly with an uppercut but Aurelio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aurelio wants to get back to striking at distance but Olu won't allow it.
Olu trying to control the position but instead, Aurelio has worked for underhooks and has pushed Olu into the ropes.
Aurelio lands an uppercut.

Olu is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aurelio lands a big right hand that drops Olu! The killer instinct kicks in and Aurelio finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Aurelio!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcos Aurelio!

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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alirovo Benjum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benjum comes to the ring accompanied by Boxing my life!. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Benjum
vs
Drago

177 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
24
188 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alirovo Benjum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pete Drago!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benjum tries to clinch there but Drago circles away.
Benjum lands a slapping body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Drago.
Benjum misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Drago.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Drago misses with a series of wild punches.
Benjum is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Benjum tries to clinch up but Drago circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice shot by Drago.

It looks like Alirovo Benjum has been cut.

Benjum closes the distance and clinches.
Benjum scores a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benjum tries a knee to the head but Drago blocks it.
Benjum landing knees to the head.
Drago wants to break free but Benjum has control.
Drago wants to get back to striking at distance but Benjum won't allow it.
Benjum misses with an elbow over the top.
Benjum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Benjum looking to throw knees to the head but Drago is blocking nicely.
Benjum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drago has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Benjum's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Drago circles away from the clinch attempt.
Drago stuns Benjum with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Benjum is breathing heavily.
Benjum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benjum moves in looking to clinch but Drago pushes him off.
Alirovo Benjum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Drago throws a series of punches but Benjum moves out of range.
Benjum tries to clinch up but Drago circles away and keeps his distance.
Drago swats away the attempt to clinch by Benjum.
A combination from Drago does no damage.
Benjum rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Drago moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Drago misses with a few strikes there.
Drago connects with a body shot that sends Benjum's belly button to the back.
Drago ducks under a wild hook from Benjum.
Good standup being displayed there by Drago as he connects with a hook.
Drago lands a nice looking body shot.
Drago fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Drago throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Drago throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Benjum dodges the punch combination from Drago.
Drago throws a right hand that Benjum ducks under and follows up with a left that Benjum also avoids with ease.
Drago misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Drago swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Drago does no damage.
Benjum tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Benjum looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Benjum tries to clinch there but Drago circles away.
Benjum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benjum is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Drago throws a nice looking combination but Benjum bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Drago swats away the attempt to clinch by Benjum.
Drago takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Benjum tries to clinch but Drago moves out of range.
Drago fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Benjum tries to clinch up.
Benjum tries a head kick but it misses.
Benjum tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Drago manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Benjum wants to clinch.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Drago paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benjum slips a jab and a cross from Drago.
Drago throws a right and a left that Benjum avoids nicely.
Drago misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drago swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Drago paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benjum fails with an attempt to clinch.
Benjum chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Benjum tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Benjum tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Benjum avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Benjum misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Benjum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drago has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drago wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Benjum has him pressed against the ropes.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benjum tries a knee to the head but Drago blocks it.
Benjum working hard to break the clinch.
Drago wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Drago is trying to break the clinch but Benjum has him pressed against the ropes.
Benjum misses with a knee strike.
Benjum unloads a knee to the mid-section. Drago lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Benjum keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Drago's efforts to push away.
A shot in the inside from Benjum.
Drago wants to break free but Benjum has control.
Benjum connects with a knee to the head.
Benjum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Drago's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Benjum's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Drago keeps the fight on the outside.
Drago fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Drago throws a right and a left that both miss.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drago swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Benjum fails to land with a series of punches.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drago swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Drago misses with a jab, cross combination.
Drago is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Benjum looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Benjum fails with an attempt to clinch.
Drago circles away from the clinch attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Benjum tries a knee to the head but Drago blocks it.
Drago takes a knee right on the jaw!
Benjum looking to throw knees to the head but Drago is blocking nicely.
Benjum trying to control the position but instead, Drago has worked for underhooks and has pushed Benjum into the ropes.
Benjum looking to throw knees to the head but Drago is blocking nicely.
Drago wants to break the clinch but can't.
Drago looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Drago is trying to push Benjum away but Benjum has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Benjum keeps control of Drago as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Benjum with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Benjum misses with a knee strike.

That's six 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.
Drago tries to circle away but Benjum has him pinned against the ropes.
Benjum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drago has had enough of the clinch but Benjum keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Drago's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Drago's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Benjum pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Drago lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Drago.
Benjum lands with a slapping head kick.
Drago misses with a few strikes there.
Drago lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benjum circles away quickly and effectively.
Benjum tries to clinch but Drago moves out of range.
Drago misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Drago keeps the fight on the outside.
Benjum wants to clinch.
Benjum misses with a body punch
and Drago counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Drago moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Drago throws a right hand that Benjum ducks under and follows up with a left that Benjum also avoids with ease.
A combination from Drago does no damage.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Benjum tries to clinch up but Drago circles away and keeps his distance.
Benjum throws a head kick that misses.
Drago works over Benjum's head and body with a nice combination.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch but Drago swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benjum throws a head kick that misses.
Benjum moves in looking to clinch but Drago pushes him off.
Drago looks to land a combination. Benjum sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Drago misses with a two punch combination.
Benjum doesn't manage to clinch there - Drago circles away.
Drago fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Drago avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Drago swats away the attempt to clinch by Benjum.
Benjum tests Drago's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A swing and a miss from Benjum.
Benjum tries to clinch there but Drago circles away.
Benjum misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's eight 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.
Benjum showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drago.
Benjum tries to clinch up.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Drago paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A punch combination from Drago misses.
The crowd cheers as Benjum lands an impressive looking overhand right. Drago doesn't seem phased though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Benjum looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Benjum throws a head kick that Drago semi-blocks.

Benjum rushes Drago and presses him up against the ropes.
Drago wants to break free but Benjum has control.
Benjum connects with a nasty looking knee right to Drago's face.
Benjum lands an elbow inside that Drago shrugs off.
Benjum misses with a knee strike.
Benjum working hard to break the clinch.
Drago tries to break the clinch but Benjum is controlling the position.
Drago wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Drago wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Benjum has him pressed against the ropes.
Benjum scores with a knee to the head.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Drago can't break the clinch.
Benjum misses with a knee to the head.
Benjum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drago has had enough of the clinch but Benjum keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Drago's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Benjum is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Drago is keeping busy.
Drago is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Benjum tries to land a knee to the head but Drago blocks with his arms.
Benjum tries to land a knee to the head but Drago blocks with his arms.
Benjum prevents Drago from breaking the clinch.
Drago wants to break free but Benjum has control.
Benjum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drago blocks it with crossed arms.
Benjum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Benjum tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Benjum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drago has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drago tries to break the clinch but Benjum is controlling the position.
Benjum misses with a knee to the head.
Drago has had enough of the clinch but Benjum keeps him there for the moment.
Benjum keeps control of Drago as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Pete Drago will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alirovo Benjum's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Drago scores with a hook.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch but Drago swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Drago throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Benjum counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Benjum creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Drago wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Benjum tries to land a knee to the head but Drago blocks with his arms.
Drago blocks an elbow strike.
Benjum misses with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Drago is trying to break the clinch but Benjum is controlling him.

Benjum breaks the clinch.
Drago throws a series of punches but Benjum avoids them all with ease.
Drago fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Drago throws a right hand that Benjum ducks under and follows up with a left that Benjum also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Drago paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Drago misses with a series of wild punches.
Pete Drago seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Benjum goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Benjum dodges the punch combination from Drago.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Benjum tries to clinch but Drago moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benjum tries to clinch but Drago moves out of range.
Benjum shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Drago eats them both and turns towards Benjum to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Drago misses with a combination
and Benjum counters with a three punch combo that has Drago backing up. Drago nods at Benjum to acknowledge the strikes.
Benjum avoids a punch combination nicely.

Benjum drives through and clinches with Drago against the ropes.
Benjum tries to land a knee to the head but Drago blocks with his arms.
Benjum keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Drago's efforts to push away.
Benjum utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Benjum lands a hook that snaps the head of Drago backwards.
Benjum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Benjum looking to throw knees to the head but Drago is blocking nicely.
Drago is trying to break free.
Benjum tries a knee to the head but Drago blocks it.
Benjum scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benjum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drago blocks it with crossed arms.
Benjum trying to control the position but instead, Drago has worked for underhooks and has pushed Benjum into the ropes.
Drago is trying to break the clinch but Benjum has him pressed against the ropes.
Benjum has Drago pressed against the ropes, preventing Drago from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Benjum tries to circle away but Drago has him pinned against the ropes.

Benjum escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Drago circles away from the clinch attempt.
Drago blocks a head kick by Benjum.
Drago throws a right hand that Benjum ducks under and follows up with a left that Benjum also avoids with ease.
Drago throws a right and a left that Benjum avoids nicely.

Benjum moves into range and clinches up with Drago.
Benjum misses with a knee to the head.
Drago looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Benjum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drago has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Benjum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Benjum prevents Drago from breaking the clinch.
Benjum tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benjum keeps control of Drago as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Benjum prevents Drago from breaking the clinch.
Benjum connects with a knee to the head.
Benjum with a knee to the head.
Benjum keeps control of Drago as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Benjum connects with a nasty looking knee right to Drago's face.
Benjum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drago has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drago wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Drago blocks an elbow strike.
Benjum with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Benjum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drago wants to break free but Benjum has control.
Drago has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Benjum is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Benjum with a knee to the head.
Drago is trying to push Benjum away but Benjum has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Drago is trying to break the clinch but Benjum is controlling him.
The referee is keeping an eye on Benjum - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Benjum with a knee to the head.

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.
Benjum is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A knee to the head by Benjum.
Benjum wants to stall.
Drago tries to break free but Benjum pushes him back against the ropes.
Drago wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Benjum has him pressed against the ropes.
Drago wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Benjum has him pressed against the ropes.
Benjum scores with a knee to the head.
Benjum has had enough of the clinch but Drago keeps him there for the moment.
Drago has had enough of the clinch but Benjum keeps him there for the moment.
Benjum is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Benjum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drago has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drago is trying to break the clinch but Benjum has him pressed against the ropes.
Benjum misses with a knee strike.
Drago wants to break the clinch but can't.
Benjum misses with a knee to the head.
Drago is trying to force a seperation but Benjum has the dominant position.
Benjum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drago has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Benjum is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Drago working hard to break the clinch.
Benjum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Benjum tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Benjum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drago tries to circle away but Benjum has him pinned against the ropes.
Benjum misses with a knee to the head.
Drago wants to break the clinch but can't.
Benjum keeps control of Drago as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Benjum breaks the clinch.
Benjum takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Benjum scores with a kick to the midsection.
Drago throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Benjum.
Benjum doesn't manage to clinch there - Drago circles away.
Benjum tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Benjum wants to clinch up but Drago keeps it at a distance.
Drago lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Alirovo Benjum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Drago misses with a few strikes there.
Benjum fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's six 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.
Drago avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Benjum avoids the body shot from Drago.
Benjum is looking to clinch.
Benjum bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Drago's head.
Benjum wants to clinch up but Drago keeps it at a distance.
Benjum tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Benjum showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drago.
Benjum wants to clinch up but Drago keeps it at a distance.
Drago throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Benjum counters with a two punch combo.
Some wild striking there from Benjum.
Drago swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Benjum tries to clinch but Drago moves out of range.
Benjum tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Benjum looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Drago throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Benjum on the side of the head.
Benjum moves in looking to clinch but Drago pushes him off.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Drago throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Benjum tries to clinch there but Drago circles away.
Benjum tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Benjum doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Benjum misses with a double jab.
Benjum tries to clinch but Drago moves away
letting Drago counter with a right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Benjum looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Benjum throws a sloppy head kick and Drago moves out of range easily.
Drago has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Benjum avoids a punch combination nicely.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch but Drago swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benjum is looking to clinch.
Drago circles away from the clinch attempt
and Drago counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A combination from Drago does no damage.
Benjum doesn't manage to clinch there - Drago circles away.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Benjum doesn't manage to clinch there - Drago circles away.

Benjum closes the distance and clinches.
Benjum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drago is trying to break the clinch but Benjum is controlling him.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Drago as Benjum tries to tie him up.
Benjum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drago has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Benjum has Drago pressed against the ropes, preventing Drago from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Benjum prevents Drago from breaking the clinch.
Benjum connects with a nasty looking knee right to Drago's face.

Benjum escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Drago misses with a two punch combination.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drago swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drago keeps the fight on the outside.
Drago throws a left and a right that both miss
and Benjum counters with a head kick. That will keep Drago thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Drago is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Benjum rather than just go for the knockout.
Benjum misses with a jab to the body
and Drago counters with a left and a right that stings Benjum.
Benjum tries to clinch up.
Jab, jab by Drago - just one landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Benjum looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Benjum wants to clinch up but Drago keeps it at a distance.
Benjum slips a jab and a cross from Drago.
Benjum with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Drago is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Benjum.
Benjum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Drago tests Benjum's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Drago rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benjum moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Benjum with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Drago misses with a series of wild punches.
Benjum is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Benjum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benjum throws a combination that misses
and Drago counters with a left to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Benjum looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A looping hook to the body misses from Drago. Benjum does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drago fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Benjum moves in looking to clinch but Drago pushes him off.
Benjum dodges the punch combination from Drago.
Benjum lands with a nice combination. Drago backs away looking to recover.
Benjum throws a head kick that Drago semi-blocks.
Benjum wants to clinch up but Drago keeps it at a distance.
Benjum fails with an attempt to clinch.
Drago ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Drago displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benjum throws out the jab.
Benjum fails to land with a series of punches.
Benjum tries to clinch up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Drago bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Drago misses with a jab, cross combination.
Benjum scores with a jab.
Benjum is looking to clinch but Drago is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benjum fails with an attempt to clinch.
Benjum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Drago misses with a jab, cross combination.
Benjum displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Benjum is looking to clinch.
Drago fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Drago throws a series of punches but Benjum moves out of range.
Benjum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benjum lands a head kick. Drago smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Benjum misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Drago.
Drago jabs at Benjum's body.
Drago rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benjum moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Drago swats away the attempt to clinch by Benjum.
Benjum tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Drago manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Drago swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Benjum counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Left hook, right uppercut from Benjum.
Benjum tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Drago lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Benjum backs up against the ropes.
Benjum fails with an attempt to clinch.
A combination from Benjum does no damage.
Benjum misses with a head kick.
Drago scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
No joy there for Drago, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Benjum throws a head kick that half lands.
Drago scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Benjum doesn't manage to clinch there - Drago circles away.
Drago walks forward, straight into a front kick from Benjum.
Benjum is looking to clinch but Drago is avoiding it.
Benjum throws a sloppy head kick and Drago moves out of range easily.
Benjum has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Benjum swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Drago.
Benjum moves in looking to clinch but Drago pushes him off.
Drago swats away the attempt to clinch by Benjum.
Drago connects with a body shot that sends Benjum's belly button to the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Drago paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benjum is looking to clinch.
Benjum is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Benjum dodges the punch combination from Drago.
Drago thows a body shot but no joy.
Benjum fails with an attempt to clinch.
Drago swats away the attempt to clinch by Benjum.
The fight stays on the outside here - Benjum looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Benjum tries to clinch there but Drago circles away.
Benjum throws a right and a left that Drago avoids nicely.

Benjum closes the distance and clinches.
Benjum connects with a knee to the head.
Drago is trying to force a seperation but Benjum has the dominant position.
Drago wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Benjum breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Benjum tries to clinch but Drago moves out of range.
Drago avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Drago misses with a double jab
and Benjum counters with a slapping leg kick.
Benjum throws a series of strikes that have Drago backpedaling.
Drago throws a right hand that Benjum ducks under and follows up with a left that Benjum also avoids with ease.
Benjum moves in looking to clinch but Drago pushes him off.
Benjum is looking to clinch but Drago is avoiding it.
Drago scores with a sloppy right hand. Benjum should have avoided that one.
Benjum doesn't manage to clinch there - Drago circles away.
Drago circles away from the clinch attempt.
Drago avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Drago misses with a wild combination.
Benjum wants to clinch up but Drago keeps it at a distance.
Benjum tries to clinch but Drago is having none of it.
Drago throws a looping overhand right but Benjum ducks down to avoid it.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Drago fails to land with a series of punches.
Benjum tries to clinch there but Drago circles away.
Benjum throws a head kick that misses.
Drago bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Benjum is looking to clinch.
Drago looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Benjum has Drago up against the ropes in a clinch.
Benjum tries to land a knee to the head but Drago blocks with his arms.
Benjum is trying to stall.
Benjum misses with a knee strike.
Drago tries to circle away but Benjum has him pinned against the ropes.
Drago is trying to force a seperation but Benjum has the dominant position.
Benjum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Benjum looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A frustrated look appears on Drago's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Benjum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drago blocks it with crossed arms.
Benjum tries to land a knee to the head but Drago blocks with his arms.
Benjum throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's six 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.
Benjum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drago blocks it with crossed arms.
Benjum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Benjum misses with a knee strike.
Drago wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Benjum has him pressed against the ropes.
Benjum lands a good knee to the midsection. Drago won't want to take too many of those.
Drago wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Drago looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Drago wants to break free but Benjum has control.
Benjum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drago blocks it with crossed arms.
Drago wants to break free but Benjum has control.
Benjum lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Benjum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Benjum tries to land a knee to the head but Drago blocks with his arms.
Benjum working hard to break the clinch.
Drago avoids the elbow strike from Benjum, against the ropes.
Drago wants to get back to striking at distance but Benjum won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Drago's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Benjum with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Drago is trying to break the clinch but Benjum is controlling him.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Benjum just misses with a elbow thrown towards Drago's brow.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Benjum pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Drago wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Benjum has him pressed against the ropes.
Benjum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drago has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drago keeps control of Benjum as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Benjum has Drago pressed against the ropes, preventing Drago from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Drago is trying to push Benjum away but Benjum has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Drago wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Benjum has him pressed against the ropes.
Drago takes a knee right on the jaw!
Benjum misses with a knee to the head.
Benjum prevents Drago from breaking the clinch.
Benjum tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Benjum scores a nice knee to the body.
Benjum working aggressively here.
Benjum keeps control of Drago as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Benjum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drago tries to break free but Benjum pushes him back against the ropes.
Benjum with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Drago wants to break the clinch but can't.
Drago is trying to force a seperation but Benjum has the dominant position.
Drago tries to circle away but Benjum has him pinned against the ropes.

That's eight 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.
Drago wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Benjum lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A frustrated look appears on Drago's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Benjum misses with a knee strike.
Benjum misses with a knee strike.
Drago takes a knee right on the jaw!
Drago is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Drago is trying to break the clinch but Benjum has him pressed against the ropes.
Benjum with a knee to the head.
Benjum working Drago over with knees to the body.
Benjum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drago blocks it with crossed arms.
Benjum has Drago pressed against the ropes, preventing Drago from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Drago has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Benjum with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Benjum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Benjum looking to throw knees to the head but Drago is blocking nicely.
Drago wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Benjum misses with a knee to the head.

Benjum escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Drago scores with a jab to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Drago keeps the fight on the outside.
Drago getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Benjum goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Benjum throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Benjum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benjum takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Benjum fails with an attempt to clinch.
Benjum showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drago.
Benjum throws a head kick that Drago semi-blocks.
Benjum doesn't manage to clinch there - Drago circles away.
Drago circles away from the clinch attempt.
Some wild striking there from Drago.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Benjum doesn't manage to clinch there - Drago circles away.
Benjum doesn't manage to clinch there - Drago circles away.
A combination from Benjum does no damage.
Drago misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alirovo Benjum clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Alirovo Benjum's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Benjum doesn't manage to clinch there - Drago circles away.
Benjum keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benjum showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drago.
Drago circles away from the clinch attempt.
Drago misses with a jab, cross combination.
Benjum throws a combination that misses
and Drago counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Drago avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Benjum throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Drago.
Drago feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Benjums jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
No joy there for Drago, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Drago paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Benjum moves into the clinch.
Benjum misses with a knee to the head.
Drago wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Drago takes a knee right on the jaw!
Benjum keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Drago's efforts to push away.
Benjum with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago wants to break free but Benjum has control.

Benjum manages to break the clinch.
Benjum doesn't manage to clinch there - Drago circles away.
Drago swats away the attempt to clinch by Benjum.
Benjum misses with a body shot.
Benjum is looking to clinch.
Drago feints a jab promting Benjum to slip. Drago then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Benjum slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Benjum tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Drago manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Benjum tries to clinch but Drago moves out of range.
Benjum scores with a three punch combo!
Benjum throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Drago scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Benjum is looking to clinch.
Benjum throws a nice head kick!
Drago will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Drago throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Benjum wants to clinch.
Benjum is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Drago swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Benjum misses.
Benjum wants to clinch up but Drago keeps it at a distance.
Drago throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch but Drago swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benjum throws a series of punches but Drago avoids them all with ease.
Benjum tries to clinch there but Drago circles away.
Drago scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Benjum doesn't manage to clinch there - Drago circles away.
Drago throws a left and a right that both miss

and Benjum counters by moving into the clinch.
Benjum scores with a knee to the head.
Benjum misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benjum tries a knee to the head but Drago blocks it.
Benjum is trying to break the clinch but Drago is controlling him.
Drago is looking to break free of the clinch but Benjum has double underhooks.
Drago can't break the clinch.
Benjum with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Benjum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drago takes a knee right on the jaw!
Benjum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drago wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Benjum wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Drago can't break the clinch.
Drago takes a knee right on the jaw!
Drago is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Benjum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drago looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Drago tries to circle away but Benjum has him pinned against the ropes.
Benjum has Drago pressed against the ropes, preventing Drago from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Benjum lands a knee to the head.
Benjum is looking to break free of the clinch but Drago has double underhooks.
Drago working hard to break the clinch.

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.
Benjum connects with a nasty looking knee right to Drago's face.
Drago blocks the elbow strike.
Benjum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drago has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Benjum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drago blocks it with crossed arms.
Benjum is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Drago is keeping busy.
A frustrated look appears on Drago's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Benjum misses with a knee strike.
Drago is trying to push Benjum away but Benjum has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Drago is trying to break free.
Drago wants to get back to striking at distance but Benjum won't allow it.
Benjum with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Drago is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Drago wants to break free but Benjum has control.
Drago is looking to break free of the clinch but Benjum has double underhooks.
Benjum lands a knee to the head.
Benjum misses with a knee to the head.
Benjum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drago is looking to break free of the clinch but Benjum has double underhooks.
Benjum looking to throw knees to the head but Drago is blocking nicely.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Benjum tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drago is trying to break free.
Benjum lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Benjum misses with a knee to the head.
Drago tries to circle away but Benjum has him pinned against the ropes.
Drago wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Benjum scores with a knee to the head.
Drago is trying to break the clinch but Benjum has him pressed against the ropes.
Benjum with a knee to the head.

Benjum's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Drago!
Benjum doesn't manage to clinch there - Drago circles away.
Drago swats away the attempt to clinch by Benjum.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Drago paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Drago looks to land a combination but Benjum avoids it well.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch but Drago swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benjum tries to clinch up but Drago circles away and keeps his distance.
Benjum lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Drago scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Benjum is looking to clinch.
Drago falls off balance throwing a combination
and Benjum counters with a three punch combo that has Drago backing up. Drago nods at Benjum to acknowledge the strikes.
A punch combination from Benjum misses.
A left and a right from Drago both land. Nice combination.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drago swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drago throws a series of punches but Benjum avoids them all with ease.
Benjum throws a nice looking combination but Drago bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Drago lands a jab to the nose.
Benjum tries to clinch there but Drago circles away.
Benjum tries to clinch but Drago is having none of it.
Benjum is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A combination from Drago does no damage.
Benjum is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Benjum tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Drago. Those never looked like landing.
Drago takes a swing at Benjum's ribcage but misses.
Benjum wants to clinch up but Drago keeps it at a distance.

Benjum fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Drago, pushing him back against the ropes.
Benjum connects with a knee to the head.
Drago has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Benjum takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Drago is trying to break the clinch but Benjum has him pressed against the ropes.
Benjum misses with a knee to the head.

Benjum manages to break the clinch.
Benjum takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Benjum is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Benjum is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Drago.
Drago showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Benjum.
Drago will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Benjum lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Benjum tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Drago throws a combination that misses
and Benjum counters with a nice uppercut.
Benjum tries to clinch there but Drago circles away.
Benjum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benjum throws a head kick that misses.
Drago lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Benjum backs up against the ropes.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch but Drago swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benjum throws an overhand right that lands on Drago's shoulder, as Drago tries to avoid the shot.
Drago cracks Benjum with a right hand to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Benjum looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Drago throws a right hand that Benjum ducks under and follows up with a left that Benjum also avoids with ease.
Benjum moves in looking to clinch but Drago pushes him off.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Drago crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Benjum - the referee stops the clock and Drago gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Benjum. Drago manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Benjum moves out of range as Drago strikes.
Benjum lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Drago will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Benjum closes the distance and clinches.
Benjum tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drago has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Drago can't break the clinch.
Benjum tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Benjum tries to land a knee to the head but Drago blocks with his arms.
Drago has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Benjum lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Benjum tries a knee to the head but Drago blocks it.
Benjum tries to land a knee to the head but Drago blocks with his arms.
Benjum throws an elbow that misses.
Benjum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Benjum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Benjum looking to throw knees to the head but Drago is blocking nicely.
Drago is trying to break the clinch but Benjum has him pressed against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Drago's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Drago looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alirovo Benjum had his way with Pete Drago in that round.
The cut man is working on Alirovo Benjum's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Benjum falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Drago to counter with a crisp jab.
Drago listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Benjum is looking to clinch but Drago is avoiding it.
Drago swinging wildly here.
Benjum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Drago paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A slow jab from Benjum misses its intended target.
Benjum wants to clinch.
Benjum takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drago avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Benjum wants to clinch up but Drago keeps it at a distance.
Drago throws a nice looking combination but Benjum bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Drago misses with a series of wild punches.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Drago throws a combination that misses
and Benjum connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Drago swats away the attempt to clinch by Benjum.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Benjum as he connects with a hook.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drago swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Benjum swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Drago counters with a left and a right that stings Benjum.

Benjum instigates a clinch.
Benjum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drago blocks it with crossed arms.
Drago wants to get back to striking at distance but Benjum won't allow it.
Drago is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A knee to the head by Benjum.
Benjum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drago blocks it with crossed arms.
Benjum looking to throw knees to the head but Drago is blocking nicely.
Drago wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Benjum obliges.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Drago wants to get back to striking at distance but Benjum won't allow it.
Benjum misses with a knee strike.
Benjum misses with a knee strike.
Drago has had enough of the clinch but Benjum keeps him there for the moment.
Benjum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drago blocks it with crossed arms.

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.
Benjum tries to land a knee to the head but Drago blocks with his arms.
Benjum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Benjum keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Drago's efforts to push away.
Drago wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Benjum crunches a lovely knee into Drago's ribcage.
Benjum tries to land a knee to the head but Drago blocks with his arms.
Drago tries to break the clinch but Benjum is controlling the position.

Benjum breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Drago moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Benjum is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Drago fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Benjum doesn't manage to clinch there - Drago circles away.
Benjum lands a leg kick that knocks Drago off balance momentarily.
Benjum fails with an attempt to clinch.
Drago swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Benjum counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Benjum.
Benjum connects with a knee to the head.
Benjum tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Drago avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago wants to get back to striking at distance but Benjum won't allow it.
Benjum tries to land a knee to the head but Drago blocks with his arms.
Benjum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Benjum tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Benjum tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drago wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Benjum looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Drago working hard to break the clinch.
Benjum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drago blocks it with crossed arms.
Benjum tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drago tries to circle away but Benjum has him pinned against the ropes.
Drago tries to break the clinch but Benjum is controlling the position.
Benjum misses with a knee to the head.
Benjum with a knee to the head.
Benjum tries a knee to the head but Drago blocks it.

Drago breaks the clinch.
Drago avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Drago misses with a combination
and Benjum counters with a stiff right hand.
Benjum goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's four 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.
Drago throws a nice looking combination but Benjum bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Benjum tries to clinch but Drago moves out of range.
Benjum tries to clinch but Drago is having none of it.
Benjum tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Benjum tries to clinch up but Drago circles away and keeps his distance.
Drago throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Benjum.
Benjum tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Drago manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Benjum throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Drago's head.
Drago misses with a combination
and Benjum counters with a three punch combo that has Drago backing up. Drago nods at Benjum to acknowledge the strikes.
Drago fails to land with a series of punches.
Drago circles away from the clinch attempt.

Benjum clinches.
Benjum is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Benjum lands a knee to the head.
Benjum with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Drago tries to break the clinch but Benjum is controlling the position.
Drago is trying to break the clinch but Benjum has him pressed against the ropes.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Benjum stalling in the clinch but Drago improves position.
Benjum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drago has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knees to the body from Benjum.
Benjum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Benjum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drago is looking to break free of the clinch but Benjum has double underhooks.
Benjum misses with a knee strike.
Benjum tries to land a knee to the head but Drago blocks with his arms.
Drago working hard to break the clinch.
Benjum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Benjum keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Drago's efforts to push away.
Drago looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Benjum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drago wants to break the clinch but can't.
Benjum is trying to stall.
Benjum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drago has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Benjum with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's six 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.
Drago is trying to break free.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Drago is looking to break free of the clinch but Benjum has double underhooks.
Drago is trying to break free.
Drago takes a knee right on the jaw!
Drago has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Drago is trying to break free.
A short right from Benjum on the inside.
Benjum tries a knee to the head but Drago blocks it.
Benjum lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Benjum keeps control of Drago as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Drago's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Benjum keeps control of Drago as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Benjum scores with a knee to the head.
Drago is trying to force a seperation but Benjum has the dominant position.
Benjum with a knee to the head.
Benjum tries to land a knee to the head but Drago blocks with his arms.
Benjum looking to throw knees to the head but Drago is blocking nicely.
Drago takes a knee right on the jaw!
Benjum misses with a knee strike.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Benjum with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Benjum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Benjum prevents Drago from breaking the clinch.
Benjum scores with a knee to the head.
Benjum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Benjum throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Benjum prevents Drago from breaking the clinch.

Benjum breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Benjum pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Drago misses with a double jab.
Drago with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Benjum throws a combination that misses
and Drago counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Benjum looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Drago changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Drago keeps the fight on the outside.
Benjum slips a jab and a cross from Drago.
Benjum doesn't manage to clinch there - Drago circles away.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch but Drago swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Benjum fails with an attempt to clinch.
Drago takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Drago misses with the combination.
Benjum misses with a two punch combination.
Drago misses with the combination.
Drago tries to bum rush Benjum with a series of wild strikes but Benjum uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Benjum tries to clinch but Drago is having none of it.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drago swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Benjum tries to clinch but Drago is having none of it.
Benjum has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Benjum tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drago swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Benjum falls off balance throwing a combination
and Drago counters with a series of strikes. Benjum will be more careful next time no doubt.
Drago is working the combinations to good effect here.
Benjum feints a jab promting Drago to slip. Benjum then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Drago slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Benjum tries a head kick but it misses.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Drago avoids the head kick by Benjum.
Benjum showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drago.
Benjum tries to clinch but Drago is having none of it.
Drago swinging wildly here.
Drago circles away from the clinch attempt.
Benjum tries to clinch there but Drago circles away.
Benjum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benjum tries to clinch there but Drago circles away.
Drago swats away the attempt to clinch by Benjum.
Benjum tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Drago manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Benjum tries to clinch but Drago is having none of it.
Benjum tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Drago manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Drago lands a jab to the head.
Drago lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benjum circles away quickly and effectively.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Alirovo Benjum.
I think Benjum 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Alirovo Benjum!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Alirovo Benjum!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Alirovo Benjum!

Alirovo Benjum wins by unanimous decision!

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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
38%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ian Ashbee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lang Langston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Ashbee
vs
Langston

180 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ian Ashbee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lang Langston!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Langston throws out a powerful jab.
Ashbee tries to clinch up.

Ashbee closes the distance and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Langston's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Ashbee scores with a nice short uppercut.
Langston tries to circle away but Ashbee has him pinned against the ropes.
Ashbee working Langston over with knees to the body.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ashbee lands a nice knee to the body.
Langston is looking to break free of the clinch but Ashbee has double underhooks.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ashbee connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Lang Langston has been cut.
Langston takes a knee to the side of the body.

Langston escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Langston misses with a few strikes there.
Ashbee tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Langston manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Langston misses.
Ashbee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Langston throws a right hand that Ashbee ducks under and follows up with a left that Ashbee also avoids with ease.
Langston misses with an uppercut.
Langston scores with a jab to the jaw.
Langston misses with a hook. Ashbee ducked under it nicely.
Langston rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ashbee moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Langston. Those never looked like landing.

Ashbee closes the distance and pushes Langston back into the ropes.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ashbee landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Langston can't break the clinch.
Ashbee landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Langston looks gassed!
Ashbee digs a right hand into Langston's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Langston's gas tank.
Ashbee stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Langston takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ashbee landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ashbee leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Ashbee prevents Langston from breaking the clinch.
Ashbee lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Langston or not.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ashbee crunches a lovely knee into Langston's ribcage.
A right hook to the body lands for Ashbee.
Knees to the body from Ashbee.
Ashbee utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Langston can't break the clinch.
Ashbee lands a good knee to the midsection. Langston won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Langston takes a knee right on the jaw!

Ashbee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ashbee slips a straight right by Langston.

Langston gets tackled into the ropes by Ashbee. Ashbee maintains the clinch.
Langston is looking to break free of the clinch but Ashbee has double underhooks.
Ashbee with a knee to the head.
Ashbee landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The referee calls for Ashbee to work.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Langston is looking to break free of the clinch but Ashbee has double underhooks.
Langston tries to circle away but Ashbee has him pinned against the ropes.
Langston avoiding damage as Ashbee throws knees to the body.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.
Langston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.
Ashbee keeps control of Langston as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Langston is looking to break free of the clinch but Ashbee has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Langston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Ashbee.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Langston is trying to force a seperation but Ashbee has the dominant position.
Ashbee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Langston has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Langston can't break the clinch.
Ashbee has a couple of punches blocked by Langston.
A knee to the head by Ashbee.
Langston is looking to break free of the clinch but Ashbee has double underhooks.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ashbee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Langston is defending well for now.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
Ashbee has Langston pressed against the ropes, preventing Langston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling him.
Ashbee misses with a knee strike.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Langston's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Langston is trying to force a seperation but Ashbee has the dominant position.
Ashbee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Langston's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ashbee wants to stall.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ashbee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Langston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Langston managing to block the knees to the body from Ashbee.
Ashbee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
Langston is trying to break free.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling him.
Ashbee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ashbee.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ashbee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Langston.
Langston is trying to force a seperation but Ashbee has the dominant position.
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Ashbee is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ashbee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Langston's efforts to push away.
Langston is trying to force a seperation but Ashbee has the dominant position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Langston wants to break free but Ashbee has control.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.
Langston is trying to break free.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.
Langston takes a knee right on the jaw!
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ashbee tries a body shot but Langston blocks it.
Ashbee is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Langston is trying to force a seperation but Ashbee has the dominant position.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Langston can't break the clinch.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ashbee lands an elbow that stopped Langston in his tracks for a moment.
Ashbee lands an uppercut.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ashbee is trying to maintain a safe position but Langston gets an underhook and turns Ashbee into the ropes.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling him.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.
Langston wants to break free but Ashbee has control.
Langston avoiding damage as Ashbee throws knees to the body.
Ashbee has Langston pressed against the ropes, preventing Langston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ashbee prevents Langston from breaking the clinch.
Langston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Langston managing to block the knees to the body from Ashbee.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Langston tries to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling the position.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Ashbee has Langston pressed against the ropes, preventing Langston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ashbee missing with knees to the body.
Langston tries to circle away but Ashbee has him pinned against the ropes.
Ashbee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Langston's efforts to push away.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ashbee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Langston avoids it.
Langston wants to break free but Ashbee has control.
Langston is trying to force a seperation but Ashbee has the dominant position.
Langston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Langston can't break the clinch.
Ashbee pushes Langston back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Ashbee landing knees to the body.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Ashbee scores with a hook to the body.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ashbee keeps control of Langston as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Ashbee working Langston over with knees to the body.
Langston can't break the clinch.
Ashbee with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Langston tries to circle away but Ashbee has him pinned against the ropes.
Langston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Langston can't break the clinch.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ashbee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Langston pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ashbee takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Some wild striking there from Langston.
Nice jab there from Ashbee.
Langston fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ashbee tries to close the distance and clinch but Langston swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ashbee wants to clinch up but Langston keeps it at a distance.
Langston swinging wildly here.
Ashbee showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Langston.
Ashbee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Langston rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ashbee moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ashbee tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Langston manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ashbee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Langston paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Langston will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ashbee slips a jab and a cross from Langston.

Ashbee closes the distance and clinches.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Ashbee is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ashbee is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Langston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Langston being controlled against the ropes.
Ashbee stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ashbee looking to slow down the pace here.
Ashbee scores a nice knee to the body.
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ian Ashbee dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lang Langston's cut.
That's time! Ashbee's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ashbee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from Langston misses.
Langston with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Langston misses with a few strikes there.
Langston loads up on a big right hand but Ashbee slips the punch.
Langston swings for the body but Ashbee moves out of range.

Ashbee clinches up with Langston and pushes him back against the ropes.
Ashbee keeps control of Langston as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Langston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ashbee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
Langston tries to circle away but Ashbee has him pinned against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hand to the body from Ashbee.
Langston is trying to break free.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ashbee is trying to stall.
Ashbee scores with a knee to the head.
Langston tries to circle away but Ashbee has him pinned against the ropes.
Ashbee utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ashbee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ashbee lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Langston or not.
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Ashbee has Langston pressed against the ropes, preventing Langston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling him.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ashbee connects with a nasty looking knee right to Langston's face.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Langston as Ashbee tries to tie him up.
Langston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Langston's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling him.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Ashbee landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
A knee to the head by Ashbee.
Langston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

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.
Ashbee tries to land knees in the clinch but Langston avoids the damage to the body.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ian Ashbee has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ashbee has Langston pressed against the ropes, preventing Langston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ashbee scores a nice knee to the body.
Ashbee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Langston is defending well for now.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Ashbee throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Langston tries to circle away but Ashbee has him pinned against the ropes.
Langston is looking to break free of the clinch but Ashbee has double underhooks.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.

Ashbee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Langston does no damage.

Ashbee has closed the distance and engaged Langston in a clinch.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Ashbee putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Langston in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ashbee lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Ashbee working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ashbee.
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ashbee putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Langston in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ashbee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ashbee has Langston pressed against the ropes, preventing Langston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Ashbee putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Langston in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ashbee utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ashbee prevents Langston from breaking the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Ashbee fails to land.
Ashbee with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ashbee throws a knee to the head but misses.
Langston is trying to break free.
Langston wants to break free but Ashbee has control.
Langston is trying to break free.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Langston can't break the clinch.
Ashbee lands a good knee to the midsection. Langston won't want to take too many of those.

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.
Langston tries to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling the position.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.
Langston wants to break free but Ashbee has control.
Ashbee is leaning against Langston and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Langston tries to circle away but Ashbee has him pinned against the ropes.
Ashbee unloads a knee to the mid-section. Langston lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ashbee obliges.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Langston tries to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling the position.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ashbee.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.
A knee to the head by Ashbee.
Ashbee landing knees to the body.
Ashbee scores a nice knee to the body.
Ashbee tries to land knees in the clinch but Langston avoids the damage to the body.
Langston is looking to break free of the clinch but Ashbee has double underhooks.
Ashbee missing with knees to the body.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ashbee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ashbee tries a knee to the head but Langston blocks it.
Langston wants to break free but Ashbee has control.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Langston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Langston tries to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling the position.
Ashbee has Langston pressed against the ropes, preventing Langston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ashbee scores a nice knee to the body.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Langston takes a knee right on the jaw!
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling him.
Ashbee prevents Langston from breaking the clinch.
Nice body punch from Ashbee.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Ashbee scores a nice knee to the body.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ashbee is leaning against Langston and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ashbee unloads a knee to the mid-section. Langston lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.

That's six 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.
Langston is trying to force a seperation but Ashbee has the dominant position.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Langston can't break the clinch.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ashbee working Langston over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Ashbee.
Langston tries to circle away but Ashbee has him pinned against the ropes.
Langston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ashbee keeps control of Langston as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Langston tries to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling the position.
Ashbee putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Langston in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Langston's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Ashbee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Langston's efforts to push away.
Langston wants to break free but Ashbee has control.
Ashbee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ashbee lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Ashbee lands a knee to the head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ashbee trying to stall but Langston improves his position.
A frustrated look appears on Langston's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ashbee missing with knees to the body.
Ashbee has Langston pressed against the ropes, preventing Langston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Ashbee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Langston throws a hook to the side of Ashbee's head but Ashbee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Langston looks to throw the jab but Ashbee is out of range.
Langston throws a hook to the side of Ashbee's head but Ashbee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Langston tries to bum rush Ashbee with a series of wild strikes but Ashbee uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ashbee tries to close the distance and clinch but Langston swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Langston lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ashbee circles away quickly and effectively.
Ashbee doesn't manage to clinch there - Langston circles away.
No joy there for Langston, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ashbee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Langston paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Langston throws a one two combo.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ashbee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Langston misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ashbee wants to clinch up but Langston keeps it at a distance.
Langston jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lang Langston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ashbee is looking to clinch.
Ashbee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Langston.
Lang Langston is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Langston moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Langston 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.

Ashbee takes the fight into the clinch.
Ashbee with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Langston wants to break free but Ashbee has control.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.
Ashbee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Langston's efforts to push away.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Ashbee putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Langston in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ashbee prevents Langston from breaking the clinch.
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ashbee digs a right hand into Langston's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Langston's gas tank.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ashbee.

Ashbee manages to break the clinch.
Ashbee tries to clinch but Langston moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ashbee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Langston on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ashbee. Ashbee obviously looking to wear him down.
Ashbee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Langston jabs at Ashbee's body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Good exchange - Langston coming out on top.
Langston swings for the body but Ashbee moves out of range.
Langston scores with a three punch combo!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ian Ashbee dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lang Langston's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Langston throws a shot from downtown. Ashbee moves away and avoids it.
Langston throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Langston misses with a series of wild punches.
Sloppy strikes from Langston. Those never looked like landing.
Langston misses with a series of wild punches.
Ashbee throws a quick inside leg kick.
Langston keeps the fight on the outside.
A combination from Langston does no damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Langston throws a series of punches but Ashbee avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Langston throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Ashbee rushes Langston and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ashbee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ashbee lands a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ashbee tries to stall but Langston uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ashbee landing knees to the body.

Ashbee breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ashbee fails with an attempt to clinch.

Ashbee clinches with his opponent.
A frustrated look appears on Langston's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ashbee is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ashbee throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ashbee unloads a knee to the mid-section. Langston lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ashbee is looking to control Langston's arms but Langston gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ashbee has his back to the ropes.
Ashbee struggles to land a body shot inside as Langston controls his hands.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Langston is looking to break free of the clinch but Ashbee has double underhooks.
Langston tries to circle away but Ashbee has him pinned against the ropes.
Ashbee connects with a nasty looking knee right to Langston's face.
Langston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Langston is looking to break free of the clinch but Ashbee has double underhooks.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Ashbee scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Ashbee is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Langston tries to circle away but Ashbee has him pinned against the ropes.
Langston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Langston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ashbee has Langston pressed against the ropes, preventing Langston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Langston takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ashbee is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Ashbee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ashbee is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ashbee scores with a knee to the head.
Langston is trying to break free.
Ashbee has Langston pressed against the ropes, preventing Langston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Langston managing to block the knees to the body from Ashbee.
Ashbee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Langston's efforts to push away.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Langston is trying to force a seperation but Ashbee has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ashbee lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ashbee lands a nice elbow.
Ashbee has Langston pressed against the ropes, preventing Langston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ashbee is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Langston wants to break free but Ashbee has control.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Ashbee tries a body shot but Langston blocks it.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling him.
Ashbee digs a right hand into Langston's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Langston's gas tank.
Ashbee trying to land knees to the body.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ashbee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Langston's efforts to push away.
Ashbee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Langston's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Ashbee.
Langston is trying to break free.
A frustrated look appears on Langston's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ashbee scores a nice knee to the body.
Langston is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Langston wants to break free but Ashbee has control.
Ashbee working Langston over with knees to the body.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling him.
Ashbee presses Langston against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ashbee misses with a knee to the head.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Langston breaks the clinch.
Langston throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Langston gets tackled into the ropes by Ashbee. Ashbee maintains the clinch.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ashbee lands a nice knee to the body.
Ashbee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ashbee taking a breather.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Ashbee landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ashbee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Langston is defending well for now.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Langston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
Ashbee taking a breather.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Langston is looking to break free of the clinch but Ashbee has double underhooks.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Ashbee lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Langston or not.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling him.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ashbee landing knees to the body.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ashbee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Langston's efforts to push away.
Langston tries to circle away but Ashbee has him pinned against the ropes.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ashbee keeps control of Langston as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ashbee lands an elbow inside.
Ashbee utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees to the body from Ashbee.
Ashbee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Langston is defending well for now.
Ashbee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Langston avoids it.
Ashbee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Langston's efforts to push away.
A frustrated look appears on Langston's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's six 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.
Ashbee tries to land knees in the clinch but Langston avoids the damage to the body.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
Ashbee tries to land knees in the clinch but Langston avoids the damage to the body.
Ashbee looking to stall.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Ashbee prevents Langston from breaking the clinch.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Ashbee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Langston.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Langston tries to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling the position.
Langston wants to break free but Ashbee has control.
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Langston is trying to force a seperation but Ashbee has the dominant position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ashbee.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Langston is trying to force a seperation but Ashbee has the dominant position.
Ashbee landing knees to the body.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
Langston can't break the clinch.
Ashbee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Langston can't break the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ashbee.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Langston is looking to break free of the clinch but Ashbee has double underhooks.
Ashbee landing knees to the head.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Ashbee breaks the clinch.
A left and a right from Langston both land. Nice combination.
A punch combination from Langston misses.
Ashbee ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Langston misses with a jab, cross combination.

Ashbee drives through and clinches with Langston against the ropes.
Ashbee crunches a lovely knee into Langston's ribcage.
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Ashbee works on Langston's body with a couple of short punches.
Ashbee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ashbee.
Ashbee prevents Langston from breaking the clinch.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ashbee obliges.
Langston is trying to force a seperation but Ashbee has the dominant position.
Langston wants to break free but Ashbee has control.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ashbee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Langston's efforts to push away.
Langston takes an elbow to the temple.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling him.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling him.
Ashbee connects with a nasty looking knee right to Langston's face.
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Langston is looking to break free of the clinch but Ashbee has double underhooks.
Ashbee unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Ashbee lands a good knee to the midsection. Langston won't want to take too many of those.
Langston tries to circle away but Ashbee has him pinned against the ropes.
Ashbee lands a nice knee to the body.
Ashbee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Langston is looking to break free of the clinch but Ashbee has double underhooks.
Ashbee keeps control of Langston as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Ashbee breaks the clinch.
Langston fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Langston takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Langston throws a lazy right hand but Ashbee sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ashbee tries to clinch up but Langston circles away and keeps his distance.
Ashbee tries to close the distance and clinch but Langston swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Langston throws a series of punches but Ashbee moves out of range.
Langston throws the left hand but Ashbee avoids the punch easily.
Langston rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ashbee moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Langston swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ashbee counters with a leg kick.

Ashbee has taken the fight to the clinch.
Langston takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ashbee prevents Langston from breaking the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ashbee looking to stall.
Ashbee keeps control of Langston as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ashbee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Langston.

Langston breaks the clinch.
Langston throws a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ian Ashbee clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Lang Langston's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ashbee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Langston.

Ashbee closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Ashbee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ashbee unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ashbee throws an elbow that misses.
Ashbee trying to land knees to the body.
Ashbee putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Langston in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ashbee tries to land knees in the clinch but Langston avoids the damage to the body.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Ashbee keeps control of Langston as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ashbee with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Langston tries to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling the position.
Langston can't break the clinch.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
Langston tries to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling the position.

Ashbee breaks from the clinch.
Langston misses with a combination

and Ashbee holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Langston wants to break free but Ashbee has control.
Ashbee misses with a punch on the inside.
Langston is trying to force a seperation but Ashbee has the dominant position.
Ashbee working Langston over with knees to the body.
Langston tries to circle away but Ashbee has him pinned against the ropes.
Ashbee utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ashbee prevents Langston from breaking the clinch.
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.

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

Ashbee clinches with his opponent.
Ashbee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Langston's efforts to push away.
Langston wants to break free but Ashbee has control.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling him.
Ashbee crunches a lovely knee into Langston's ribcage.
Ashbee unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ashbee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Langston's efforts to push away.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Langston is trying to break free.

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.
Ashbee lands a nice knee to the body.
Langston blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Langston can't break the clinch.
Ashbee digs a right hand underneath Langston's ribcage. Langston let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ashbee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Langston's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Langston tries to circle away but Ashbee has him pinned against the ropes.
Ashbee is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ashbee landing knees to the body.
Ashbee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Langston is trying to break free.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Stalling in the clinch from Ashbee.
A frustrated look appears on Langston's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Langston's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ashbee connects with a nasty looking knee right to Langston's face.
Ashbee stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ashbee.
Ashbee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Langston can do to turn this around?
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling him.
Langston tries to circle away but Ashbee has him pinned against the ropes.
Ashbee lands a body shot.
Nice body punch from Ashbee.
Ashbee has Langston pressed against the ropes, preventing Langston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ashbee prevents Langston from breaking the clinch.
Ashbee lands a good knee to the midsection. Langston won't want to take too many of those.
Ashbee looking to stall.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Langston is trying to force a seperation but Ashbee has the dominant position.
Ashbee has Langston pressed against the ropes, preventing Langston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ashbee utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Langston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling him.
Ashbee working Langston over with knees to the body.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ashbee lands a nice knee to the body.
Ashbee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Langston.
Langston is trying to force a seperation but Ashbee has the dominant position.
Ashbee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ashbee misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Langston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ashbee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Langston avoids it.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Ashbee keeps control of Langston as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Ashbee.
Langston is looking to break free of the clinch but Ashbee has double underhooks.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Ashbee manages to break the clinch.
Langston throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Langston throws a body punch but Ashbee moves out of range.
Langston will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Ashbee has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ashbee unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ashbee unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Langston is trying to break free.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ashbee keeps control of Langston as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Langston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ashbee prevents Langston from breaking the clinch.
Ashbee lands a body punch.
Ashbee has Langston pressed against the ropes, preventing Langston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ashbee lands a body shot in the clinch.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Langston wants to break free but Ashbee has control.
Langston tries to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling the position.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Ashbee unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ashbee wants to stall.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ashbee is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.

That's six 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.
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Ashbee unloads a knee to the mid-section. Langston lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Ashbee utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Ashbee is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Langston is looking to break free of the clinch but Ashbee has double underhooks.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
Langston is looking to break free of the clinch but Ashbee has double underhooks.
Langston is trying to break free.
Ashbee is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Langston can't break the clinch.
Ashbee pushes Langston back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Langston is trying to break free.
Langston can't break the clinch.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Ashbee.
Ashbee lands an elbow inside that Langston shrugs off.
Langston can't break the clinch.
Langston takes an elbow to the temple.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ashbee putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Langston in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ashbee tries to throw a body punch but Langston avoids it by throwing Ashbee back against the cage.
Langston can't break the clinch.
Langston tries to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling the position.
Ashbee missing with knees to the body.
Langston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
A body shot lands from Ashbee.

Ashbee breaks the clinch.
Langston misses with a few strikes there.
Langston misses with a straight right.
Langston will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Ashbee clinches up against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ashbee.
Ashbee utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ashbee looking to stall.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Langston tries to circle away but Ashbee has him pinned against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Langston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Langston's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Langston blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ashbee has Langston pressed against the ropes, preventing Langston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Langston is trying to break free.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Ashbee lands an elbow just above Langston 's eye.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ashbee putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Langston in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Langston wants to break free but Ashbee has control.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
Knees to the body from Ashbee.
Langston prevents a body shot from Ashbee.
A frustrated look appears on Langston's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Langston is looking to break free of the clinch but Ashbee has double underhooks.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Ashbee tries to stall but Langston uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees to the body from Ashbee.
Langston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Langston is trying to force a seperation but Ashbee has the dominant position.
Ashbee is trying to maintain a safe position but Langston gets an underhook and turns Ashbee into the ropes.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Ashbee prevents Langston from breaking the clinch.
Ashbee prevents Langston from breaking the clinch.
Langston is looking to break free of the clinch but Ashbee has double underhooks.
Ashbee connects with a nasty looking knee right to Langston's face.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ashbee lands a knee to the head.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Langston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ian Ashbee had his way with Lang Langston in that round.
The cut man is working on Lang Langston's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Langston misses with a combination
and Ashbee counters with a good low kick that Langston was not able to check.
Ashbee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Langston swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Langston misses with a series of wild punches.
Ashbee wants to clinch up but Langston keeps it at a distance.
Langston misses with a few strikes there.
Langston misses with an uppercut.
Langston throws a hook but Ashbee blocks it.
Langston throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ashbee counters with a three punch combo that has Langston backing up. Langston nods at Ashbee to acknowledge the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Langston loads up on a big right hand but Ashbee slips the punch.

Ashbee closes the distance and clinches.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
Langston tries to circle away but Ashbee has him pinned against the ropes.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ashbee scores a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Langston takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ashbee pushes Langston back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Ashbee lands a good knee to the midsection. Langston won't want to take too many of those.
Ashbee connects with a knee to the head.
Ashbee looking to slow down the pace here.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
Ashbee keeps control of Langston as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Langston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Langston takes a knee to the side of the body.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Langston takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ashbee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Langston avoids it.
Ashbee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Langston's efforts to push away.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling him.
A knee to the head by Ashbee.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Langston is looking to break free of the clinch but Ashbee has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Langston can't break the clinch.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ashbee working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hand to the body from Ashbee.
Ashbee lands a knee to the body.
Ashbee lands a knee to the body.
Langston is trying to force a seperation but Ashbee has the dominant position.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling him.
Ashbee trying to land knees to the body.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ashbee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ashbee prevents Langston from breaking the clinch.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ashbee lands a nice elbow.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling him.
Ashbee unloads a knee to the mid-section. Langston lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Ashbee softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A knee to the head by Ashbee.
Langston wants to break free but Ashbee has control.
Ashbee misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Langston is looking to break free of the clinch but Ashbee has double underhooks.
Langston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Ashbee keeps control of Langston as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ashbee misses with a knee strike.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.
Langston blocks a body shot from Ashbee.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.
Langston can't break the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ashbee obliges.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling him.
Ashbee has Langston pressed against the ropes, preventing Langston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Langston takes a knee to the side of the body.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Langston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Ashbee is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Langston is keeping busy.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Ashbee scores with a hook to the body.
Langston is trying to force a seperation but Ashbee has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Langston tries to circle away but Ashbee has him pinned against the ropes.
Langston managing to block the knees to the body from Ashbee.
Ashbee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Langston is defending well for now.
Langston tries to break free but Ashbee pushes him back against the ropes.
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling him.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short body shot lands from Ashbee as the two fighters clinch.
Ashbee is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ashbee manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ashbee misses with a body punch.
Langston tries to circle away but Ashbee has him pinned against the ropes.
Ashbee misses with the head strike.
Ashbee digs a right hand underneath Langston's ribcage. Langston let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Langston working hard to break the clinch.
Langston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Langston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ashbee lands a nice knee to the body.
Ashbee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Langston.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Langston is trying to break free.
Ashbee tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ashbee missing with knees to the body.
Langston tries to circle away but Ashbee has him pinned against the ropes.
Langston tries to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling the position.
Ashbee prevents Langston from breaking the clinch.
Ashbee lands with a right to the head.
Langston managing to block the knees to the body from Ashbee.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.
Ashbee slowing the pace effectively.
Langston is trying to break free.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling him.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Langston tries to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling the position.
Ashbee lands a good knee to the midsection. Langston won't want to take too many of those.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Ashbee lands an elbow inside.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A frustrated look appears on Langston's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ashbee lands a good knee to the midsection. Langston won't want to take too many of those.
Ashbee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Langston's efforts to push away.
Langston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A left hand lands to the body for Ashbee.
Langston wants to break free but Ashbee has control.
Nice elbow from Ashbee.
Ashbee utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Langston is trying to break free.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ashbee.
Langston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Langston is trying to force a seperation but Ashbee has the dominant position.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees to the body from Ashbee.
Langston takes a knee to the side of the body.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ashbee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ashbee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ashbee missing with knees to the body.
Langston is trying to push Ashbee away but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Langston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ashbee landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ashbee obliges.
Ashbee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Langston.
Langston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Langston is trying to force a seperation but Ashbee has the dominant position.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ashbee has Langston pressed against the ropes, preventing Langston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees to the body from Ashbee.
Langston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Ashbee lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ashbee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Langston is trying to force a seperation but Ashbee has the dominant position.
Langston has had enough of the clinch but Ashbee keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Langston's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ashbee obliges.
Langston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ashbee has Langston pressed against the ropes, preventing Langston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ashbee putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Langston in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ian Ashbee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Langston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Langston is trying to break free.
Langston tries to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling the position.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee has him pressed against the ropes.
Ashbee lands a shot to the body.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Langston is looking to break free of the clinch but Ashbee has double underhooks.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Langston can't break the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Ashbee.
Ashbee lands a knee to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Langston tries to circle away but Ashbee has him pinned against the ropes.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ashbee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Langston's efforts to push away.
Ashbee connects with a knee to the head.
Ashbee prevents Langston from breaking the clinch.
Langston is trying to break free.
Langston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Langston wants to break free but Ashbee has control.
Lang Langston has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ashbee lands a knee to the head.
Ashbee landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Langston tries to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling the position.
Ashbee lands a shoulder strike.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ashbee is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Langston tries to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling the position.
Langston is trying to break the clinch but Ashbee is controlling him.
Langston wants to get back to striking at distance but Ashbee won't allow it.
Langston wants to break the clinch but can't.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Ian Ashbee!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Ian Ashbee!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Ian Ashbee!

Ian Ashbee wins by unanimous decision!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
24%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Synyster Gates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lidel Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gates might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Nightmare. The crowd seem to be enjoying Castro's choice of entrance music: one blood - the game. Synyster Gates has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Gates
vs
Castro

170 cm
25
154 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

165 cm
23
155 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Rivers Edge Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Synyster Gates!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lidel Castro!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Castro misses.
Castro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Castro scores with a jab to the head.
A swing and a miss from Gates.
Castro throws a series of punches but Gates moves out of range.
Gates defending well as Castro loads up on a big left hand.
Gates ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Castro throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gates throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Castro misses with a combination
and Gates counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jab by Castro.
Castro throws a series of strikes that have Gates backpedaling.
A combination from Gates does no damage.
Castro takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Castro throws a jab when Gates was well out of range.
Castro misses with a combination
enabling Gates to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro needs to keep his hands up - Gates had a free shot at his head there.
No joy there for Castro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Castro walks into a straight right hand from Gates.
Castro throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gates counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Castro thinking.
Castro looks gassed!
Castro misses with a combination
and Gates counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Lidel Castro has been cut.
Gates lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gates connects with a right that clearly hurt Castro. He's backed up against the ropes with nowhere to go as Gates proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Castro collapses and taps out under the pressure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Synyster Gates!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
82%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Muta Baruka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dumitru Schiopu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baruka comes to the ring accompanied by Don't Stay In A Whiteman Country Too Long. Schiopu has chosen Cypress Hill - K1 Super star (Dumitru Schiopu remix) as his entrance music. Muta Baruka could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dumitru Schiopu's chin.

Baruka
vs
Schiopu

194 cm
25
160 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

169 cm
21
165 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Phoenix Nutrition - 158 recovery $99

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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Muta Baruka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dumitru Schiopu!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baruka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A big left from Schiopu misses.
Schiopu throws a hook but Baruka blocks it.
Schiopu connects with a solid leg kick.
Baruka shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Baruka clinches with his opponent.
Schiopu taking a breather.
Schiopu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baruka.
Schiopu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baruka keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Schiopu's efforts to push away.
Schiopu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baruka scores with a knee to the head.
Baruka with a knee to the head.
Baruka is trying to maintain a safe position but Schiopu gets an underhook and turns Baruka into the ropes.
Baruka displaying some good clinch control by pressing Schiopu up against the ropes.
Schiopu misses with some punches.
Schiopu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Schiopu misses with a punch on the inside.
Baruka connects with a knee to the head.
Baruka with a knee to the head.
Baruka blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baruka is stalling here.
Schiopu looking to slow down the pace here.
Baruka trying to land knees to the body.
Baruka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schiopu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Baruka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schiopu.
Schiopu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Baruka breaks from the clinch.

Schiopu takes the fight into the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Schiopu - that landed with a thud.
Baruka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schiopu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Schiopu tries to land knees in the clinch but Baruka avoids the damage to the body.
Schiopu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baruka leaning against his opponent.
Schiopu throws a punch but it's blocked by Baruka.
Schiopu tries to break the clinch but Baruka is controlling the position.
Baruka missing with knees to the body.
Baruka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schiopu is defending well for now.
Baruka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schiopu blocks it with crossed arms.
A bit of stalling here from Baruka.
Baruka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schiopu is defending well for now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Baruka landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baruka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Baruka is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Schiopu.
Baruka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Schiopu avoids it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Schiopu as Baruka tries to tie him up.
Baruka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schiopu is defending well for now.
Schiopu can't break the clinch.
Baruka looking to slow down the pace here.
Baruka slowing the pace effectively.
Schiopu taking a breather.
Baruka landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Baruka tries to land knees in the clinch but Schiopu avoids the damage to the body.
Schiopu has a couple of punches blocked by Baruka.
Baruka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schiopu is defending well for now.
Baruka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schiopu is defending well for now.
Schiopu managing to block the knees to the body from Baruka.
Schiopu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Schiopu pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Baruka blocks an uppercut.
Baruka misses with a knee to the head.
Schiopu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Schiopu has a couple of punches blocked by Baruka.
Schiopu looking to stall.
Baruka scores with a knee to the head.
Baruka blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Baruka.
Schiopu is leaning against Baruka and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Baruka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schiopu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Baruka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Baruka is breathing heavily.
Baruka unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Baruka.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schiopu.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Baruka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schiopu working hard to break the clinch.
A short left from Schiopu.
Baruka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Baruka with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Baruka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schiopu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Baruka's elbow.
Baruka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Baruka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schiopu blocks it with crossed arms.
Baruka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Baruka prevents a body shot from Schiopu.
Baruka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schiopu lands a left hand.
Schiopu lands an uppercut.

Baruka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Schiopu wants to clinch but Baruka slips to the side
and Baruka counters with a nice kick to the body.
An inside leg kick from Schiopu misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baruka throws a leg kick that is checked
and Baruka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baruka defending well as Schiopu loads up on a big left hand.
Baruka goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Schiopu is rocked!
Baruka throws a lazy right hand but Schiopu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Schiopu is still on wobbly legs! Can Baruka finish him?
Baruka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Schiopu.
Baruka throws a jab when Schiopu was well out of range.
Schiopu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Baruka throws out the jab.
Schiopu avoids the head kick by Baruka.
Baruka throws out a loose jab but Schiopu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baruka throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Baruka throws a sloppy head kick and Schiopu moves out of range easily.
Schiopu seems to have recovered his senses.
Schiopu lands a nice shot to the body.
Schiopu scores with a kick to the midsection.
A swing and a miss from Schiopu.
Schiopu swats away the attempt to clinch by Baruka.
Baruka really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Baruka throws a low kick but Schiopu moves out of range easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Schiopu misses the target.
Baruka circles away from the clinch attempt

and Baruka counters by clinching up.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Schiopu avoiding damage as Baruka throws knees to the body.
Baruka crunches a lovely knee into Schiopu's ribcage.
Baruka tries a knee to the head but Schiopu blocks it.
Baruka is trying to stall.
Baruka with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Baruka breaks from the clinch.
Schiopu loads up on a big right hand but Baruka slips the punch.
Baruka looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Schiopu.
Schiopu clobbers Baruka with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Baruka lands with an overhand left.
A low kick from Schiopu misses
and Baruka counters with a thumping low kick.
Baruka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Schiopu.
Schiopu jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Schiopu tries to clinch but Baruka moves out of range.
Schiopu misses with a low kick as Baruka jumps back.
Schiopu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baruka moves away.
Baruka throws a lazy head kick
and Schiopu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Schiopu takes a swing at Baruka's ribcage but misses.
Schiopu throws a shot from downtown. Baruka moves away and avoids it.
Baruka takes a swing at Schiopu's ribcage but misses.
Schiopu scores with a body shot.
Baruka moves in looking to clinch but Schiopu pushes him off.
Baruka throws a leg kick
and Schiopu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Baruka keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Baruka circles away from the clinch attempt
and Baruka counters with a huge left! Schiopu is in big trouble! He's backing up but Baruka isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Schiopu from any more damage. A dominating finish by Baruka!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Muta Baruka!

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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Abimael Rebuelta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samak Tiyapairat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tiyapairat has chosen Ram Muay as his entrance music. Abimael Rebuelta could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Samak Tiyapairat's chin.

Rebuelta
vs
Tiyapairat

225 cm
20
155 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

174 cm
21
153 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Powerful

Core Tokyo

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Abimael Rebuelta!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Samak Tiyapairat!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rebuelta is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rebuelta dips to his left and cracks Tiyapairat with an uppercut!

Tiyapairat gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tiyapairat is struggling to control the position.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rebuelta really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Tiyapairat tries to land knees in the clinch but Rebuelta avoids the damage to the body.
Rebuelta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rebuelta is looking to break free of the clinch but Tiyapairat has double underhooks.
Rebuelta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tiyapairat with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A frustrated look appears on Rebuelta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tiyapairat is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rebuelta takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tiyapairat landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tiyapairat with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees to the body from Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Abimael Rebuelta has been cut.
Tiyapairat throws an elbow that misses.
Tiyapairat lands an elbow just above Rebuelta 's eye.
Tiyapairat stalling the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiyapairat receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Rebuelta can't break the clinch.
Tiyapairat effectively controlling the action here.
Rebuelta tries to break free but Tiyapairat pushes him back against the ropes.
Tiyapairat stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rebuelta avoiding damage as Tiyapairat throws knees to the body.
Tiyapairat pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Rebuelta avoiding damage as Tiyapairat throws knees to the body.
Tiyapairat misses with a knee strike.
Tiyapairat lands a nice knee to the body.
Rebuelta is trying to break free.
Rebuelta wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tiyapairat looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rebuelta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tiyapairat throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tiyapairat with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rebuelta is looking to break free of the clinch but Tiyapairat has double underhooks.
Tiyapairat working Rebuelta over with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiyapairat keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rebuelta's efforts to push away.
Tiyapairat lands a good knee to the midsection. Rebuelta won't want to take too many of those.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Rebuelta avoiding damage as Tiyapairat throws knees to the body.
Tiyapairat keeps control of Rebuelta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rebuelta is defending well for now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tiyapairat obliges.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Nice elbow from Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat prevents Rebuelta from breaking the clinch.
Tiyapairat keeps control of Rebuelta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tiyapairat stalling in the clinch but Rebuelta improves position.
Tiyapairat effectively controlling the action here.
Rebuelta tries to break free but Tiyapairat pushes him back against the ropes.
Knees to the body from Tiyapairat.
Rebuelta tries to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling the position.
Tiyapairat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rebuelta.
Tiyapairat misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rebuelta wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rebuelta wants to break free but Tiyapairat has control.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rebuelta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rebuelta is trying to break free.
Knees to the body from Tiyapairat.
Rebuelta avoiding damage as Tiyapairat throws knees to the body.
Tiyapairat landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the head but Rebuelta blocks with his arms.
Tiyapairat scores a nice knee to the body.
Tiyapairat putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rebuelta in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tiyapairat has Rebuelta pressed against the ropes, preventing Rebuelta from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling him.
Tiyapairat missing with knees to the body.
Tiyapairat landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rebuelta is trying to push Tiyapairat away but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Tiyapairat slows down the pace here.
Tiyapairat keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rebuelta's efforts to push away.
Tiyapairat is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rebuelta is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rebuelta tries to break free but Tiyapairat pushes him back against the ropes.
Tiyapairat using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rebuelta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tiyapairat using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rebuelta is trying to break free.
Rebuelta is trying to push Tiyapairat away but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Rebuelta is looking to break free of the clinch but Tiyapairat has double underhooks.
Rebuelta tries to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling the position.
Rebuelta is trying to break free.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tiyapairat has Rebuelta pressed against the ropes, preventing Rebuelta from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rebuelta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Rebuelta is trying to push Tiyapairat away but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Tiyapairat tries to land knees in the clinch but Rebuelta avoids the damage to the body.
Rebuelta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rebuelta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Rebuelta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Tiyapairat prevents Rebuelta from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Rebuelta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tiyapairat has Rebuelta pushed against the ropes.
Tiyapairat keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rebuelta's efforts to push away.
Rebuelta avoiding damage as Tiyapairat throws knees to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Rebuelta takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rebuelta wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tiyapairat tries to land knees in the clinch but Rebuelta avoids the damage to the body.
Tiyapairat displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rebuelta up against the ropes.
Tiyapairat unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rebuelta lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch but Tiyapairat keeps him there for the moment.
Rebuelta managing to block the knees to the body from Tiyapairat.
Rebuelta is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Rebuelta wants to get back to striking at distance but Tiyapairat won't allow it.
Rebuelta tries to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling the position.
Rebuelta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Rebuelta is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Rebuelta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tiyapairat stalling in the clinch.
Rebuelta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rebuelta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tiyapairat tries a knee to the head but Rebuelta blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Rebuelta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tiyapairat - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tiyapairat lands an elbow that stopped Rebuelta in his tracks for a moment.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rebuelta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tiyapairat missing with knees to the body.
Rebuelta wants to get back to striking at distance but Tiyapairat won't allow it.
Rebuelta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tiyapairat just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rebuelta's brow.
Tiyapairat comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rebuelta tries to circle away but Tiyapairat has him pinned against the ropes.
Rebuelta managing to block the knees to the body from Tiyapairat.
Rebuelta can't break the clinch.
Rebuelta wants to get back to striking at distance but Tiyapairat won't allow it.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tiyapairat pushes off an throws an elbow but Rebuelta leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Rebuelta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tiyapairat unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rebuelta lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tiyapairat putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rebuelta in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rebuelta is trying to push Tiyapairat away but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Rebuelta avoiding damage as Tiyapairat throws knees to the body.
Tiyapairat with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rebuelta is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.
Tiyapairat'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.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch but Tiyapairat keeps him there for the moment.
Rebuelta working hard to break the clinch.
Tiyapairat avoiding damage.
Tiyapairat keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rebuelta's efforts to push away.
Tiyapairat lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rebuelta avoiding damage as Tiyapairat throws knees to the body.
Rebuelta can't break the clinch.
Tiyapairat is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch but Tiyapairat keeps him there for the moment.
Rebuelta wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rebuelta wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tiyapairat keeps control of Rebuelta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tiyapairat obliges.

That's eight 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.
Rebuelta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rebuelta wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tiyapairat missing with knees to the body.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Rebuelta is looking to break free of the clinch but Tiyapairat has double underhooks.
Tiyapairat looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rebuelta is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.
Rebuelta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tiyapairat landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tiyapairat lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rebuelta backwards.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling him.
Rebuelta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rebuelta is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Rebuelta is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.
Rebuelta is breathing heavily.
Tiyapairat with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Tiyapairat throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Tiyapairat has Rebuelta pressed against the ropes.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch but Tiyapairat keeps him there for the moment.
Tiyapairat lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tiyapairat just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rebuelta's brow.
Tiyapairat misses with a knee to the head.
Tiyapairat with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tiyapairat keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rebuelta's efforts to push away.
Tiyapairat lands a nice knee to the body.
Tiyapairat unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rebuelta lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tiyapairat stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Tiyapairat is trying to maintain a safe position but Rebuelta gets an underhook and turns Tiyapairat into the ropes.
Tiyapairat prevents Rebuelta from breaking the clinch.
Rebuelta tries to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling the position.
Tiyapairat lands an elbow inside that Rebuelta shrugs off.
Tiyapairat tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tiyapairat is pushing Rebuelta up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Rebuelta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samak Tiyapairat dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Abimael Rebuelta's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A punch combination from Rebuelta misses.
Rebuelta lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tiyapairat circles away quickly and effectively.
Rebuelta missing with a left hand there. Tiyapairat was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rebuelta lunges at Tiyapairat with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tiyapairat's hand.
Tiyapairat defending well as Rebuelta loads up on a big left hand.

Tiyapairat takes the fight into the clinch.
Tiyapairat lands an elbow inside that Rebuelta shrugs off.
Rebuelta is looking to break free of the clinch but Tiyapairat has double underhooks.
Tiyapairat leaning against his opponent.
Tiyapairat is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rebuelta is defending well for now.
Tiyapairat stalling the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A frustrated look appears on Rebuelta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rebuelta tries to break free but Tiyapairat pushes him back against the ropes.
Rebuelta is looking to break free of the clinch but Tiyapairat has double underhooks.
Rebuelta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Tiyapairat unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rebuelta lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rebuelta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tiyapairat'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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rebuelta is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Rebuelta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tiyapairat stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Tiyapairat utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rebuelta can't break the clinch.
Rebuelta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rebuelta is looking to break free of the clinch but Tiyapairat has double underhooks.
Rebuelta is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
The referee calls for Tiyapairat to work.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rebuelta tries to break free but Tiyapairat pushes him back against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rebuelta can't break the clinch.
Rebuelta is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rebuelta avoids it.
Tiyapairat putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rebuelta in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rebuelta avoids the elbow strike from Tiyapairat, against the ropes.

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.
Tiyapairat throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rebuelta blocks it with crossed arms.
Tiyapairat is breathing heavily.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Tiyapairat with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rebuelta wants to get back to striking at distance but Tiyapairat won't allow it.
Tiyapairat keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rebuelta's efforts to push away.
Tiyapairat misses with a knee to the head.
Rebuelta wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rebuelta tries to circle away but Tiyapairat has him pinned against the ropes.
Rebuelta wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tiyapairat unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rebuelta lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tiyapairat - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Tiyapairat throws an elbow but misses.
Tiyapairat landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tiyapairat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rebuelta.
Tiyapairat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rebuelta.
Rebuelta tries to circle away but Tiyapairat has him pinned against the ropes.
Rebuelta wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tiyapairat is pushing Rebuelta up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rebuelta is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.
Rebuelta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tiyapairat keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rebuelta's efforts to push away.
Tiyapairat slowing the pace effectively.
Tiyapairat keeps control of Rebuelta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Tiyapairat prevents Rebuelta from breaking the clinch.
Rebuelta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tiyapairat landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rebuelta tries to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling the position.
Tiyapairat working Rebuelta over with knees to the body.
Rebuelta is looking to break free of the clinch but Tiyapairat has double underhooks.
Tiyapairat misses with a knee strike.
Samak Tiyapairat seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tiyapairat keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rebuelta's efforts to push away.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tiyapairat.
Rebuelta tries to break free but Tiyapairat pushes him back against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tiyapairat - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rebuelta is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.
Tiyapairat will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rebuelta up against the ropes.
Tiyapairat unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rebuelta lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tiyapairat using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rebuelta is trying to push Tiyapairat away but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Rebuelta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Rebuelta takes an elbow to the temple.
Rebuelta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rebuelta can't break the clinch.
Tiyapairat scores a nice knee to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tiyapairat - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling him.
Rebuelta is trying to push Tiyapairat away but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Tiyapairat trying to land knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tiyapairat takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Tiyapairat landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rebuelta is trying to break free.
Tiyapairat tries to land knees in the clinch but Rebuelta avoids the damage to the body.
Tiyapairat pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Tiyapairat just leaning against Rebuelta, taking a breather.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rebuelta avoids it.
Rebuelta is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Rebuelta wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tiyapairat controlling the action here for a moment.
Tiyapairat throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rebuelta working hard to break the clinch.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Rebuelta is trying to push Tiyapairat away but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Tiyapairat gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Tiyapairat looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rebuelta blocks an elbow strike.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rebuelta is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.
Rebuelta is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.
Rebuelta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tiyapairat with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tiyapairat lands a nice uppercut.
Rebuelta can't break the clinch.
Tiyapairat holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Rebuelta tries to break free but Tiyapairat pushes him back against the ropes.
Tiyapairat lands an elbow inside.
Rebuelta is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Rebuelta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rebuelta is trying to push Tiyapairat away but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Tiyapairat misses with a knee strike.
Rebuelta managing to block the knees to the body from Tiyapairat.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rebuelta is trying to break free.
A frustrated look appears on Rebuelta's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Tiyapairat prevents Rebuelta from breaking the clinch.
Tiyapairat stalling.
Rebuelta wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tiyapairat avoiding damage.
Rebuelta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tiyapairat taking a breather.
Rebuelta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tiyapairat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rebuelta.
Rebuelta wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rebuelta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Tiyapairat scores a nice knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Rebuelta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rebuelta is trying to break free.
Rebuelta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rebuelta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tiyapairat keeps control of Rebuelta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's eight 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.
Tiyapairat lands a nice elbow.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rebuelta avoids it.
Rebuelta wants to get back to striking at distance but Tiyapairat won't allow it.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rebuelta avoids it.
Tiyapairat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rebuelta.
Tiyapairat throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch but Tiyapairat keeps him there for the moment.
Rebuelta is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.
Tiyapairat is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rebuelta tries to circle away but Tiyapairat has him pinned against the ropes.
Tiyapairat landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the head but Rebuelta blocks with his arms.
Rebuelta is trying to push Tiyapairat away but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Rebuelta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Rebuelta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rebuelta is looking to break free of the clinch but Tiyapairat has double underhooks.
Tiyapairat lands a knee to the head.
Rebuelta wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Tiyapairat gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tiyapairat prevents Rebuelta from breaking the clinch.
Tiyapairat pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rebuelta tries to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling the position.
Rebuelta managing to block the knees to the body from Tiyapairat.
Rebuelta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees to the body from Tiyapairat.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tiyapairat pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samak Tiyapairat showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Abimael Rebuelta's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Rebuelta scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rebuelta lands a nice shot that snaps Tiyapairat's head back.
Rebuelta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rebuelta lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Some wild striking there from Rebuelta.
Rebuelta connects with a jab.
Tiyapairat tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Rebuelta manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tiyapairat tries to close the distance and clinch but Rebuelta swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Abimael Rebuelta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tiyapairat lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rebuelta swings for the body but Tiyapairat moves out of range.
Tiyapairat misses with a combination
and Rebuelta counters with a stiff right hand.
Rebuelta lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rebuelta punishes Tiyapairat's body with a nice straight punch.
Rebuelta lands with a nice body punch.
Tiyapairat takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jab by Rebuelta.
Nice uppercut there from Rebuelta.
A shot to the liver by Rebuelta. Beautiful body shot.
Rebuelta throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Tiyapairat tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tiyapairat on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rebuelta's corner calls for a 1-2. Rebuelta obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Abimael Rebuelta is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tiyapairat showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rebuelta.
Rebuelta digs a good hook to Tiyapairat's body.
Tiyapairat swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rebuelta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rebuelta is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rebuelta gets tackled into the ropes by Tiyapairat. Tiyapairat maintains the clinch.
Tiyapairat dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Tiyapairat crunches a lovely knee into Rebuelta's ribcage.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the head but Rebuelta blocks with his arms.
Rebuelta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch but Tiyapairat keeps him there for the moment.
Rebuelta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The referee calls for Tiyapairat to work.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rebuelta wants to break free but Tiyapairat has control.
Tiyapairat has Rebuelta pressed against the ropes, preventing Rebuelta from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tiyapairat throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rebuelta blocks it with crossed arms.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling him.
Rebuelta avoiding damage as Tiyapairat throws knees to the body.
Rebuelta tries to circle away but Tiyapairat has him pinned against the ropes.
Rebuelta working hard to break the clinch.
Rebuelta working hard to break the clinch.
Tiyapairat lands an elbow inside that Rebuelta shrugs off.
Rebuelta tries to circle away but Tiyapairat has him pinned against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rebuelta tries to break free but Tiyapairat pushes him back against the ropes.
Rebuelta wants to break free but Tiyapairat has control.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling him.
Tiyapairat keeps control of Rebuelta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rebuelta working hard to break the clinch.
Rebuelta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Rebuelta can't break the clinch.
Tiyapairat is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rebuelta is defending well for now.
Tiyapairat keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rebuelta's efforts to push away.
The referee calls for Tiyapairat to work.
Rebuelta is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tiyapairat obliges.
A frustrated look appears on Rebuelta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tiyapairat lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tiyapairat tries a knee to the head but Rebuelta blocks it.
Rebuelta wants to break free but Tiyapairat has control.
Tiyapairat keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rebuelta's efforts to push away.
Tiyapairat scores with a knee to the head.
Tiyapairat missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tiyapairat tries to land knees in the clinch but Rebuelta avoids the damage to the body.
Rebuelta working hard to break the clinch.
Rebuelta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tiyapairat misses with an elbow strike.
Rebuelta is looking to break free of the clinch but Tiyapairat has double underhooks.
Tiyapairat looking to throw knees to the head but Rebuelta is blocking nicely.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Rebuelta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rebuelta managing to block the knees to the body from Tiyapairat.
Rebuelta wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tiyapairat tries to land knees in the clinch but Rebuelta avoids the damage to the body.
Rebuelta blocks an elbow strike.
Tiyapairat lands an elbow just above Rebuelta 's eye.
Rebuelta tries to circle away but Tiyapairat has him pinned against the ropes.
Tiyapairat trying to land knees to the body.
Tiyapairat is looking to control Rebuelta's arms but Rebuelta gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tiyapairat has his back to the ropes.
Rebuelta tries to break free but Tiyapairat pushes him back against the ropes.
Tiyapairat crunches a lovely knee into Rebuelta's ribcage.
Tiyapairat looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tiyapairat working Rebuelta over with knees to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Rebuelta is looking to break free of the clinch but Tiyapairat has double underhooks.
Rebuelta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rebuelta working hard to break the clinch.
Tiyapairat prevents Rebuelta from breaking the clinch.
Rebuelta takes an elbow to the temple.
Tiyapairat keeps control of Rebuelta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rebuelta blocks the elbow strike.
Tiyapairat prevents Rebuelta from breaking the clinch.
Tiyapairat lands an elbow that stopped Rebuelta in his tracks for a moment.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling him.
Tiyapairat missing with knees to the body.
Tiyapairat wants to stall.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rebuelta is trying to push Tiyapairat away but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Rebuelta tries to break free but Tiyapairat pushes him back against the ropes.
Tiyapairat lands a damaging elbow.
Rebuelta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tiyapairat with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tiyapairat lands a nice knee to the body.
Tiyapairat tries a knee to the head but Rebuelta blocks it.

That's six 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.
Rebuelta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rebuelta wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tiyapairat missing with knees to the body.
Rebuelta is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.
Rebuelta is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling him.
Rebuelta wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rebuelta wants to get back to striking at distance but Tiyapairat won't allow it.
Rebuelta is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.
Rebuelta is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.
Rebuelta is trying to break free.
Tiyapairat pushes off an throws an elbow but Rebuelta leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Tiyapairat tries to land knees in the clinch but Rebuelta avoids the damage to the body.
Tiyapairat with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rebuelta working hard to break the clinch.
Tiyapairat throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the head but Rebuelta blocks with his arms.
Rebuelta can't break the clinch.
Rebuelta tries to circle away but Tiyapairat has him pinned against the ropes.
Rebuelta is trying to break free.
Tiyapairat keeps control of Rebuelta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Rebuelta tries to break free but Tiyapairat pushes him back against the ropes.
Tiyapairat tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tiyapairat tries a knee to the head but Rebuelta blocks it.
Tiyapairat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rebuelta.
Rebuelta tries to circle away but Tiyapairat has him pinned against the ropes.
Tiyapairat throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rebuelta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Tiyapairat keeps control of Rebuelta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rebuelta tries to break free but Tiyapairat pushes him back against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Rebuelta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tiyapairat gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tiyapairat with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rebuelta is looking to break free of the clinch but Tiyapairat has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Rebuelta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rebuelta is trying to push Tiyapairat away but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Tiyapairat taking a breather.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Rebuelta can't break the clinch.
Tiyapairat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rebuelta.
Rebuelta tries to break free but Tiyapairat pushes him back against the ropes.
Rebuelta wants to break free but Tiyapairat has control.
Tiyapairat has Rebuelta pressed against the ropes, preventing Rebuelta from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rebuelta is looking to break free of the clinch but Tiyapairat has double underhooks.
Tiyapairat holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Tiyapairat keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rebuelta's efforts to push away.
Tiyapairat lands a nice knee to the body.
Tiyapairat is struggling to control the position.
A frustrated look appears on Rebuelta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat trying to land knees to the body.
Rebuelta managing to block the knees to the body from Tiyapairat.
Rebuelta letting Tiyapairat take a breather here.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Tiyapairat tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tiyapairat - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rebuelta wants to break free but Tiyapairat has control.
Tiyapairat stalling.
Rebuelta tries to break free but Tiyapairat pushes him back against the ropes.
Tiyapairat misses with a knee strike.
Tiyapairat with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rebuelta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch but Tiyapairat keeps him there for the moment.
Tiyapairat has Rebuelta pressed against the ropes, preventing Rebuelta from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rebuelta can't break the clinch.
Tiyapairat prevents Rebuelta from breaking the clinch.
Tiyapairat has Rebuelta pressed against the ropes, preventing Rebuelta from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rebuelta is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.
Rebuelta wants to break free but Tiyapairat has control.
Tiyapairat misses with an elbow strike.
Tiyapairat is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Tiyapairat stalling in the clinch but Rebuelta improves position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Abimael Rebuelta did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Abimael Rebuelta's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Rebuelta lands a jab to Tiyapairat's midsection.
The fighters circling - Rebuelta throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tiyapairat tries to clinch up.
Jab from Rebuelta.
Tiyapairat doesn't manage to clinch there - Rebuelta circles away.
Rebuelta looks to land a combination. Tiyapairat sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Tiyapairat throws a sloppy head kick and Rebuelta moves out of range easily.
Rebuelta cracks Tiyapairat with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tiyapairat walks into a left hand.
Rebuelta misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tiyapairat fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tiyapairat tries to clinch but Rebuelta is having none of it.
Some wild striking there from Rebuelta.
Rebuelta lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiyapairat throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tiyapairat throws a jab but it's blocked by Rebuelta.
Tiyapairat takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Rebuelta slips under a jab.
Rebuelta ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rebuelta uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tiyapairat has time to react.
A combination from Rebuelta does no damage.
Rebuelta looks to land a combination. Tiyapairat sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rebuelta listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tiyapairat walks into a stiff left hand from Rebuelta.
Tiyapairat throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tiyapairat throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rebuelta counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tiyapairat is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rebuelta scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rebuelta takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rebuelta cracks Tiyapairat with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A cross from Rebuelta lands.
Rebuelta scores with a hook to the body. Tiyapairat takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tiyapairat has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rebuelta finds it's way round the side to connect with Tiyapairat's head.
Rebuelta digs a good body shot into Tiyapairat's ribs.
Rebuelta throws a shot to the body.
Tiyapairat takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rebuelta scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tiyapairat has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Tiyapairat throws a right and a left that both miss.
A low kick from Rebuelta is predictable there

and Tiyapairat holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Rebuelta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tiyapairat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rebuelta.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rebuelta tries to break free but Tiyapairat pushes him back against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Rebuelta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tiyapairat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rebuelta.
Rebuelta tries to break free but Tiyapairat pushes him back against the ropes.
Tiyapairat throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Tiyapairat.
Rebuelta is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.
Tiyapairat taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tiyapairat lands a good knee to the midsection. Rebuelta won't want to take too many of those.
Tiyapairat tries a knee to the head but Rebuelta blocks it.
Rebuelta avoids the elbow strike from Tiyapairat, against the ropes.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tiyapairat keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rebuelta's efforts to push away.
Rebuelta takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rebuelta is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.
Tiyapairat stalling in the clinch but Rebuelta improves position.
Rebuelta tries to break free but Tiyapairat pushes him back against the ropes.
Tiyapairat is trying to maintain a safe position but Rebuelta gets an underhook and turns Tiyapairat into the ropes.
Rebuelta is trying to push Tiyapairat away but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Rebuelta is trying to push Tiyapairat away but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Tiyapairat keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rebuelta's efforts to push away.

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.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tiyapairat throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rebuelta takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tiyapairat misses with a knee to the head.
Tiyapairat tries to land knees in the clinch but Rebuelta avoids the damage to the body.
Rebuelta can't break the clinch.
Tiyapairat looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch but Tiyapairat keeps him there for the moment.
Rebuelta dodges an elbow strike from Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat lands a knee to the body.
Rebuelta avoiding damage as Tiyapairat throws knees to the body.
Tiyapairat stalling in the clinch but Rebuelta improves position.
Tiyapairat prevents Rebuelta from breaking the clinch.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling him.
Tiyapairat trying to land knees to the body.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling him.
Rebuelta can't break the clinch.
Tiyapairat with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rebuelta wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Rebuelta avoids a wild elbow strike from Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rebuelta.
Tiyapairat is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Rebuelta wants to get back to striking at distance but Tiyapairat won't allow it.
Rebuelta wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tiyapairat landing knees to the body.
Rebuelta working hard to break the clinch.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Tiyapairat tries a knee to the head but Rebuelta blocks it.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Tiyapairat throws an elbow but misses.
Tiyapairat keeps control of Rebuelta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rebuelta tries to break free but Tiyapairat pushes him back against the ropes.
Tiyapairat is looking to control Rebuelta's arms but Rebuelta gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tiyapairat has his back to the ropes.
Rebuelta working hard to break the clinch.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling him.
Tiyapairat misses with an elbow strike.
Rebuelta is trying to break free.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tiyapairat pushes off an throws an elbow but Rebuelta leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Rebuelta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tiyapairat has Rebuelta pressed against the ropes, preventing Rebuelta from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rebuelta managing to block the knees to the body from Tiyapairat.
Rebuelta dodges an elbow strike from Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat stalling in the clinch but Rebuelta improves position.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tiyapairat prevents Rebuelta from breaking the clinch.
Rebuelta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rebuelta is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Tiyapairat is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tiyapairat landing knees to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Rebuelta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rebuelta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tiyapairat with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rebuelta tries to break free but Tiyapairat pushes him back against the ropes.
Rebuelta wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rebuelta wants to get back to striking at distance but Tiyapairat won't allow it.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Tiyapairat creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rebuelta's defenses.
Rebuelta can't break the clinch.
Rebuelta is trying to break free.
Tiyapairat using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tiyapairat is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Tiyapairat tries to land knees in the clinch but Rebuelta avoids the damage to the body.
Tiyapairat utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rebuelta is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Rebuelta wants to break free but Tiyapairat has control.
Tiyapairat has Rebuelta pushed against the ropes.
Rebuelta is looking to break free of the clinch but Tiyapairat has double underhooks.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling him.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Tiyapairat trying to land knees to the body.
Tiyapairat wants to stall.
Tiyapairat lands an elbow inside.

That's eight 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.
Rebuelta wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rebuelta is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.
Rebuelta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Tiyapairat tries to stall but Rebuelta uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tiyapairat misses with an elbow strike.
Rebuelta tries to break free but Tiyapairat pushes him back against the ropes.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling him.
Tiyapairat stalling in the clinch but Rebuelta improves position.
Rebuelta is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.
Rebuelta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rebuelta is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Rebuelta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch but Tiyapairat keeps him there for the moment.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch but Tiyapairat keeps him there for the moment.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling him.
Rebuelta is trying to break free.
Rebuelta can't break the clinch.
Tiyapairat tries to land knees in the clinch but Rebuelta avoids the damage to the body.
Tiyapairat has Rebuelta pressed against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Rebuelta's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling him.
Tiyapairat lands a knee to the body.
Tiyapairat with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tiyapairat prevents Rebuelta from breaking the clinch.
Rebuelta is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rebuelta avoids it.
Tiyapairat keeps control of Rebuelta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tiyapairat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rebuelta.
Tiyapairat is pushing Rebuelta up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tiyapairat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rebuelta.
Tiyapairat prevents Rebuelta from breaking the clinch.
Tiyapairat has Rebuelta pressed against the ropes, preventing Rebuelta from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tiyapairat landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abimael Rebuelta had his way with Samak Tiyapairat in that round.
The cut man is working on Abimael Rebuelta's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Rebuelta lands the left hand.
Rebuelta sizes up Tiyapairat with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rebuelta fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Abimael Rebuelta is winning the standup battle so far.
Rebuelta throws a right and a left that Tiyapairat avoids nicely.

Tiyapairat moves into the clinch.
Rebuelta managing to block the knees to the body from Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rebuelta can't break the clinch.
Tiyapairat content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tiyapairat stalling in the clinch but Rebuelta improves position.
Rebuelta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tiyapairat trying to control the position but instead, Rebuelta has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tiyapairat into the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tiyapairat is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
A frustrated look appears on Rebuelta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rebuelta wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Rebuelta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tiyapairat is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Samak Tiyapairat.
Rebuelta cracks Tiyapairat with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rebuelta on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rebuelta scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rebuelta jabs at Tiyapairat's body.
Rebuelta misses with a shot to the body

and Tiyapairat holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Tiyapairat has Rebuelta pressed against the ropes, preventing Rebuelta from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rebuelta is looking to break free of the clinch but Tiyapairat has double underhooks.
Tiyapairat with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tiyapairat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rebuelta.
Rebuelta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Tiyapairat with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tiyapairat has Rebuelta pressed against the ropes, preventing Rebuelta from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rebuelta wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rebuelta managing to block the knees to the body from Tiyapairat.
Rebuelta is trying to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiyapairat landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rebuelta can't break the clinch.
Rebuelta tries to circle away but Tiyapairat has him pinned against the ropes.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch but Tiyapairat keeps him there for the moment.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tiyapairat tries to stall but Rebuelta uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tiyapairat lands an elbow just above Rebuelta 's eye.
Rebuelta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Rebuelta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rebuelta feints and then cracks Tiyapairat's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tiyapairat down.
Rebuelta connects with a nice looking jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rebuelta. Tiyapairat does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tiyapairat misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rebuelta scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tiyapairat tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Rebuelta. That snapped Tiyapairat's head back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiyapairat is looking to clinch but Rebuelta is avoiding it.
Rebuelta jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rebuelta connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rebuelta throws the left hand but Tiyapairat avoids the punch easily.
Rebuelta throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tiyapairat tries to clinch up.
Rebuelta connects with a body shot that sends Tiyapairat's belly button to the back.
Rebuelta with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sloppy strikes from Rebuelta. Those never looked like landing.
Rebuelta misses with a few strikes there.
Tiyapairat slips a straight right by Rebuelta.
Rebuelta takes a swing at Tiyapairat's ribcage but misses.
Rebuelta stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rebuelta feints a jab promting Tiyapairat to slip. Rebuelta then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Tiyapairat slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Rebuelta scores with a jab to the body.
Tiyapairat showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rebuelta.
Tiyapairat staying out of range there.
Tiyapairat throws a head kick that misses.
Tiyapairat throws a sloppy head kick and Rebuelta moves out of range easily.
Tiyapairat throws a combination that misses
and Rebuelta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rebuelta wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rebuelta fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tiyapairat looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tiyapairat lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rebuelta's sensitive parts.
Rebuelta jabs at Tiyapairat's body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Rebuelta throws a body punch but Tiyapairat moves out of range.
Tiyapairat takes one on the button.
Tiyapairat takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tiyapairat takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rebuelta getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tiyapairat takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A head kick misses from Tiyapairat.
Rebuelta looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rebuelta throws a one two combo.
Rebuelta sizes up Tiyapairat with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tiyapairat throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Rebuelta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rebuelta lands a body shot.
Rebuelta connects with a body shot.
Rebuelta misses with a double jab

and Tiyapairat counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tiyapairat.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Tiyapairat trying to control the position but instead, Rebuelta has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tiyapairat into the ropes.
Rebuelta is looking to break free of the clinch but Tiyapairat has double underhooks.
Rebuelta is looking to break free of the clinch but Tiyapairat has double underhooks.
Rebuelta is looking to break free of the clinch but Tiyapairat has double underhooks.
Tiyapairat prevents Rebuelta from breaking the clinch.
Tiyapairat misses with an elbow strike.
Tiyapairat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rebuelta.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rebuelta avoids it.
Rebuelta wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Rebuelta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rebuelta wants to get back to striking at distance but Tiyapairat won't allow it.
Tiyapairat taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Rebuelta tries to circle away but Tiyapairat has him pinned against the ropes.
Rebuelta tries to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling the position.
Rebuelta tries to circle away but Tiyapairat has him pinned against the ropes.
Tiyapairat leaning against his opponent.
Rebuelta is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Tiyapairat tries to land knees in the clinch but Rebuelta avoids the damage to the body.
Rebuelta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rebuelta wants to get back to striking at distance but Tiyapairat won't allow it.
Rebuelta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tiyapairat has him pressed against the ropes.
Tiyapairat tries to land a knee to the head but Rebuelta blocks with his arms.
Rebuelta is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.

Rebuelta manages to break the clinch.
Tiyapairat swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rebuelta throws a predictable looking body shot

and Tiyapairat moves into the clinch.
Tiyapairat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rebuelta.
Rebuelta is looking to break free of the clinch but Tiyapairat has double underhooks.
Tiyapairat is looking to control Rebuelta's arms but Rebuelta gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tiyapairat has his back to the ropes.
Tiyapairat has Rebuelta pressed against the ropes, preventing Rebuelta from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tiyapairat tries to land knees in the clinch but Rebuelta avoids the damage to the body.
Tiyapairat leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch but Tiyapairat keeps him there for the moment.
Tiyapairat trying to land knees to the body.
Rebuelta tries to break free but Tiyapairat pushes him back against the ropes.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rebuelta working hard to break the clinch.
Rebuelta tries to break free but Tiyapairat pushes him back against the ropes.
Rebuelta wants to get back to striking at distance but Tiyapairat won't allow it.
Tiyapairat slows down the pace here.
Rebuelta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Come on Tiyapairat - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tiyapairat keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rebuelta's efforts to push away.
Tiyapairat landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rebuelta wants to break free but Tiyapairat has control.
Rebuelta is trying to force a seperation but Tiyapairat has the dominant position.
Tiyapairat looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tiyapairat taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tiyapairat is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rebuelta is defending well for now.
Rebuelta tries to break the clinch but Tiyapairat is controlling the position.
Tiyapairat taking a breather.
Rebuelta wants to break free but Tiyapairat has control.
Tiyapairat with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Tiyapairat trying to control the position but instead, Rebuelta has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tiyapairat into the ropes.
Tiyapairat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rebuelta.
Tiyapairat utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rebuelta managing to block the knees to the body from Tiyapairat.
Tiyapairat lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rebuelta as Tiyapairat tries to tie him up.
Rebuelta working hard to break the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tiyapairat missing with knees to the body.
Rebuelta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rebuelta wants to get back to striking at distance but Tiyapairat won't allow it.
Rebuelta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rebuelta tries to circle away but Tiyapairat has him pinned against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Rebuelta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rebuelta tries to circle away but Tiyapairat has him pinned against the ropes.
Tiyapairat keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rebuelta's efforts to push away.
Rebuelta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Abimael Rebuelta showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rebuelta 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Samak Tiyapairat!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Samak Tiyapairat!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Samak Tiyapairat!

Samak Tiyapairat wins by unanimous decision!
Samak Tiyapairat is the new featherweight champion!

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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
41%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ruben Wiki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felix Barr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wiki comes to the ring accompanied by laws against love. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wiki
vs
Barr

173 cm
22
145 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

182 cm
21
164 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Firebird Designs
Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ruben Wiki!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Felix Barr!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barr misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barr scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wiki walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Barr checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A low kick from Wiki misses
and Barr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wiki throws a chopping leg kick but Barr manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Wiki misses with a low kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Barr. Wiki shrugs it off though.
Barr throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Barr lands a nice looking kick to the body. Wiki takes a step back to recover.
Wiki misses with a hook.
Wiki lands a leg kick that knocks Barr off balance momentarily.
Wiki scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barr doesn't seem bothered though.
Barr lands with a straight right. Wiki didn't see that one coming.
Barr is looking to land body kicks.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Barr.
Wiki connects with a body shot that sends Barr's belly button to the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wiki.
Barr looks for the body kick but Wiki saw that one coming.
Barr misses with a hook to the body
and Wiki counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wiki does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Wiki connects with a looping right hand.
Barr blocks a leg kick.
Wiki with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wiki lands a right hook to the body.
Wiki throws a series of punches but Barr moves out of range.
Wiki throws a leg kick which misses Barr's front leg but catches the back leg as Barr tries to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barr throws a front kick aimed at Wiki's knee but Wiki avoids it well.
Ruben Wiki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wiki jabs Barr right on the nose. Barr blinks but takes it well.
Wiki throws the left hand but Barr avoids the punch easily.
Wiki throws a hook but Barr blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Wiki. Beautiful body shot.
Wiki scores with a jab to the head.
Wiki throws a low kick, looking for Barr's leg but Barr calmly moves out of range.
Barr thuds a left hand into Wiki's body.
Wiki throws a leg kick which misses Barr's front leg but catches the back leg as Barr tries to avoid it.
Barr ducks right into an uppercut from Wiki.
Barr checks the leg kick.
Wiki takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Barr throws a leg kick that is checked
and Wiki counters with a low kick, right behind Barr 's knee.
Wiki throws a leg kick but Barr sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Wiki throws a jab when Barr was well out of range.
Wiki wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Barr misses with the combination.
Wiki thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiki walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Barr checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Wiki throws a hook to the side of Barr's head but Barr sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barr checks a leg kick nicely.
Barr bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Wiki throws a front kick aimed at Barr's knee but Barr avoids it well.
Wiki misses with an uppercut. Barr saw that one coming.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Barr.
Wiki takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Barr is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Wiki.
Barr scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wiki scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Decent striking displayed by Wiki there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barr keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Barr lands a jab to Wiki's midsection.
Barr doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wiki.
Barr slips a straight right by Wiki.
Wiki wants to slow Barr down by chopping away at his legs.
Wiki looks to throw the jab but Barr is out of range.
Barr walks into a left hand.
Wiki tries a low kick but Barr avoids it.
Jab from Barr.
Barr lands a nice looking body kick.
Wiki takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Barr scores with a one two! Wiki had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wiki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wiki throws a leg kick but Barr moved away.
Barr checks a leg kick.
Wiki connects with the punch.
Barr checks the leg kick nicely there.
Barr misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barr uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wiki.
Barr checks a leg kick nicely.
Wiki misses with a hook.
Wiki takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wiki throws a leg kick but Barr moved away.
Barr throws a right and a left that Wiki avoids nicely.
Wiki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wiki throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wiki throws a leg kick that misses.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Barr.
Barr slips a straight right by Wiki.
Barr blocks a leg kick.
Barr throws a lazy right hand but Wiki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wiki is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Wiki paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wiki scoring well with a low kick there.
Wiki thows a body shot but no joy.
Wiki throws an overhand right that lands on Barr's shoulder, as Barr tries to avoid the shot.
Barr throws the kick towards the body but Wiki avoids it.
Wiki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barr was well out of range. Poor timing from Wiki.
Wiki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wiki checks a leg kick.
Barr lands a nice looking kick to the body. Wiki takes a step back to recover.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Barr checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Wiki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Barr gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Wiki.
Barr tries to bum rush Wiki with a series of wild strikes but Wiki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barr's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wiki digs a good hook to Barr's body.
Wiki throws a leg kick
and Wiki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wiki attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Barr throws a wild body kick that Wiki sees coming a mile off.
Barr takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Barr throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Wiki.

Barr instigates a clinch.
Barr has Wiki pressed against the ropes, preventing Wiki from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barr struggles to land a body shot inside as Wiki controls his hands.
Wiki wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Barr misses with some punches.
Wiki can't find room to land a body shot as Barr controls the action.
Barr lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Barr.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wiki.
Barr misses with a punch to the body.
Barr tries to work over Wiki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wiki tries to stall but Barr uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Wiki throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wiki blocks an uppercut.
Barr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wiki is trying to break the clinch but Barr has him pressed against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wiki scores with a hook to the body.
Barr misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wiki.
Wiki lands a left hand.
Wiki wants to break free but Barr has control.
Barr pushes Wiki back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Barr struggles to land a body shot inside as Wiki controls his hands.
Wiki looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barr blocks an uppercut.
Wiki lands with a short shot to the head.
Wiki can't break the clinch.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Barr lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wiki will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Barr swings wildly with an uppercut but Wiki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wiki leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Barr swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Barr as Wiki tries to tie him up.
Barr takes a shot to the head.
Barr prevents a body shot from Wiki.
Wiki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Barr misses with the head strike.
Barr digs a right hand underneath Wiki's ribcage. Wiki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wiki.
Wiki is looking to control Barr's arms but Barr gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wiki has his back to the ropes.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Wiki works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wiki misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barr.
Barr misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wiki is trying to stall.

Wiki manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Wiki misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wiki throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barr counters with a nice leg kick.
Barr thows a leg kick but Wiki checks it
and Wiki counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Barr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Barr staying out of range there.
Wiki blocks a head kick by Barr.
Barr scores with a jab. Wiki acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ruben Wiki is winning the standup battle so far.
Barr lands with a nice combination. Wiki backs away looking to recover.
Wiki lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Barr backs up against the ropes.
Barr is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Wiki rather than just go for the knockout.
Barr bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Barr lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Barr in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Good leg kick by Barr there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Barr.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Wiki here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Wiki throws a hook but Barr blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiki throws a lazy right hand but Barr sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wiki misses with a leg kick
and Barr counters with a good, hard body kick but Wiki shrugs it off.
Barr has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Wiki looks to land a right hand but Barr moved out of range.
Wiki tries to work over Barr's front leg with a kick but Barr checks it.
Wiki swings for the body but Barr moves out of range.
Wiki throws a body punch but Barr moves out of range.
Barr jabs at Wiki's body.
Barr connects with an inside leg kick.
Barr works Wiki's body with a nice hook.
A big left from Barr misses.
Barr misses with a wild body shot.
Wiki thows a leg kick but Barr checks it
and Barr counters with a series of strikes. Wiki will be more careful next time no doubt.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Barr.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiki takes one to the side of the head.
Wiki swings away with a body shot that misses
and Barr connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Barr explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barr slips under a jab.
Barr throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wiki on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barr throws a push kick but Wiki slaps the foot to one side.
Wiki just misses with a punch to the body.
Wiki misses with a low kick.
A low kick from Wiki is predictable there
and Barr counters with an inside leg kick.
Wiki is looking to score with low kicks.
Felix Barr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barr comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wiki shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barr plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Barr throws a wild body kick that Wiki sees coming a mile off.

Barr has closed the distance and engaged Wiki in a clinch.
Barr lands with a right to the head.
Wiki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barr digs a right hand into Wiki's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wiki's gas tank.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wiki.
Wiki tries to break the clinch but Barr is controlling the position.
Barr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Wiki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Barr is looking to clinch.
Wiki throws a low kick but Barr avoids it.
Barr misses with a kick to the body.
Barr scores with a jab to the head.
Wiki connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wiki. Barr does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiki wants to land a leg kick but Barr is out of range.
Wiki tries to work over Barr's front leg with a kick but Barr checks it.
Barr keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Wiki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wiki misses with the combination.
Wiki misses with a looping right.
Wiki tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Barr has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Barr there as he acknowledges the shot.
Wiki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wiki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wiki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Barr tries to clinch there but Wiki circles away.
Barr scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Barr, right into the meat.
Barr throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Barr lands a head kick!
Wiki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wiki avoids the head kick by Barr.
Wiki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barr was well out of range. Poor timing from Wiki.
Wiki works Barr's body with a nice hook.
Barr checks a low kick from Wiki.
Wiki misses with a leg kick.
Wiki blocks a head kick by Barr.
Wiki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barr.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Barr blocks a jab.
Barr scores with a spinning back kick!
A nice inside leg kick there by Wiki. That's going to slow Barr down.
A shot to the liver by Wiki. Beautiful body shot.
Wiki lands with a thumping leg kick.
Barr takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wiki darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Barr throws a hook but Wiki blocks it.
Wiki connects with a body shot.
Wiki takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Wiki lands with a nice combination. Barr backs away looking to recover.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wiki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barr slips a straight right by Wiki.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Wiki 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 Barr has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Barr and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wiki. Barr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barr tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Barr dodges the punch combination from Wiki.
Wiki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wiki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Barr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wiki checks the leg kick.
Barr comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wiki misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Wiki misses.
Barr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Some bone on bone action there as Barr checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Wiki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wiki lands a leg kick that knocks Barr off balance momentarily.
Barr moves out of range of the strikes.
Wiki throws a solid leg kick but Barr takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Wiki.
Wiki misses with a leg kick
and Barr counters with a thumping low kick.
Barr lunges at Wiki with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Wiki's hand.
Wiki looks to score with a jab to the body but Barr is just out of range.
Barr looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wiki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wiki shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Barr throws a jab when Wiki was well out of range.
Barr pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wiki throws a hook but Barr avoids it easily.
Barr looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A low kick from Wiki misses
and Barr counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wiki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wiki takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wiki tries to work over Barr's front leg with a kick but Barr checks it.
Barr lands a jab to Wiki's midsection.
Wiki misses with a leg kick
and Barr counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Barr slips under a jab from Wiki.
Barr staying out of range there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wiki scores with a leg kick.
Wiki moves out of range as Barr throws a body kick.
Wiki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Barr.
Wiki loads up on a big right hand but Barr slips the punch.
Wiki throws a leg kick but Barr moved away.
Wiki swings for the body but Barr moves out of range.
Wiki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wiki pivots, looking for a leg kick but Barr is out of range and Wiki settles back down.
Wiki throws a leg kick
enabling Barr to counter with a crisp jab.
Wiki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wiki throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barr takes a swing at Wiki's ribcage but misses.
Barr closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Barr misses with a looping right.
A low kick from Wiki is predictable there
and Barr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barr avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Barr takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A jab from Wiki misses.
Barr throws a low kick, looking for Wiki's leg but Wiki calmly moves out of range.
Wiki lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Barr takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wiki throws a front kick aimed at Barr's knee but Barr avoids it well.
Wiki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Barr moves out of range of the strikes.
Barr wants to clinch up but Wiki keeps it at a distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wiki.
Wiki connects with a leg kick. Barr looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wiki scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wiki avoids the head kick by Barr.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Wiki.
Wiki tried to score with a low kick but Barr checks it.
Barr just misses with a punch to the body.
Wiki tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Barr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wiki.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wiki.
Wiki misses with a low kick.
A jab from Wiki does it's job there.
Wiki fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wiki connects with the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barr. Wiki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wiki throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barr takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Wiki misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Barr blocks the leg kick.
Barr moves away from the strike by Wiki.
Barr goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Barr defending well as Wiki loads up on a big left hand.
Wiki misses with a low kick.
Wiki lands a leg kick that knocks Barr off balance momentarily.
Wiki waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barr.
Barr does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Barr misses with a few strikes there.
Wiki tries to work over Barr's front leg with a kick but Barr checks it.
Wiki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barr moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barr throws a series of punches but Wiki moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Good work by Barr as he checks the leg kick.
Wiki throws a predictable looking body shot
and Barr counters with a left and a right that stings Wiki.
Wiki misses with a looping right.
Barr throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wiki fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Barr looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Barr moves out of range as Wiki strikes.
Wiki getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wiki shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Barr slips a jab and a cross from Wiki.
Wiki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Barr. That did some damage!
Sloppy strikes from Wiki. Those never looked like landing.
Barr doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Barr misses with an attempted mid kick.
Wiki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barr sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wiki throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wiki connects with a solid leg kick.
Barr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wiki.

Barr moves into range and clinches up with Wiki.
Wiki tries to work over Barr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barr lands a nice uppercut.
Barr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wiki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barr struggles to land a body shot inside as Wiki controls his hands.
Wiki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Wiki.
Barr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Wiki on the inside.
A short uppercut from Barr.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wiki lands a nice uppercut.

Wiki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wiki lands a leg kick that knocks Barr off balance momentarily.
Barr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wiki.
Good work by Barr as he checks the leg kick.
Barr on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wiki. Wiki obviously looking to wear him down.
Wiki scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wiki throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wiki misses the shot to the body.
Barr thows a left - swing and a miss!
Barr throws a hook to the side of Wiki's head but Wiki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wiki misses with a low kick.
Barr misses with a straight right.
Wiki attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Wiki. That snapped Barr's head back.
Wiki connects with a jab.
Wiki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wiki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wiki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barr tries to clinch up but Wiki circles away and keeps his distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wiki.
Wiki ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wiki misses with an uppercut. Barr saw that one coming.
Wiki is looking to slow Barr down with leg kicks.
Wiki throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Wiki waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barr.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Barr uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wiki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barr sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barr blocks a leg kick.
Barr moves away from the strike by Wiki.
Barr misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice uppercut there from Wiki.
Barr moves out of range of the strikes.
Wiki fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Barr is out of range.
Barr throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wiki chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Barr showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wiki.
Wiki lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wiki throws a low kick but Barr moves out of range easily.
Wiki connects with an inside leg kick.
Wiki connects with a solid leg kick.
Barr takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Barr takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Barr on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wiki misses with a looping left.
Wiki throws a hook to the side of Barr's head but Barr sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barr avoids the body shot from Wiki.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wiki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Wiki.
Wiki with a nice cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruben Wiki clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Wiki throws a leg kick but Barr sees it coming and moves out of range.
Barr lets loose with a powerful body kick. Wiki will feel that in the morning.
Wiki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wiki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barr moves away.
Wiki misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Barr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice defenses there by Barr.
Wiki is looking to slow Barr down with leg kicks.

Barr pushes Wiki up against the ropes in a clinch.
Barr lands a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Barr.
Wiki prevents a body shot from Barr.
Barr lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wiki blocks an uppercut.
Barr tries to work over Wiki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barr has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Barr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wiki misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiki swings wildly with an uppercut but Barr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barr throws a head punch that misses.
Barr keeps control of Wiki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Barr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barr lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wiki backwards.
Wiki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wiki lands a nice shot to the body.
Barr is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Barr keeps control of Wiki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Barr lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wiki lands a nice uppercut.
Barr lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Wiki.
A short right from Barr.
Barr misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barr throws a head punch that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barr.
Wiki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wiki blocks an uppercut.
Wiki blocks an uppercut.
Good body shot from Wiki.
Wiki misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barr is trying to break free.
Wiki trying to control the position but instead, Barr has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wiki into the ropes.
Barr keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wiki's efforts to push away.
Barr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barr blocks an uppercut.
Barr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wiki stalls.
Wiki has had enough of the clinch but Barr keeps him there for the moment.
Wiki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barr throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short body shot lands from Barr as the two fighters clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wiki.
Wiki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Felix Barr seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Wiki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wiki tries to score with a low kick but Barr moves his leg out of the way.
That kick from Barr tenderised Wiki's leg. Wiki is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Wiki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barr misses with a kick to the body.
Wiki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barr.
Wiki walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Barr checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Wiki throws the left hand but Barr avoids the punch easily.
Wiki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barr was well out of range. Poor timing from Wiki.
Barr connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wiki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wiki moves out of range of the leg kick from Barr.
Barr looks to land a combination but Wiki avoids it well.
Wiki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wiki throws a leg kick
and Wiki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barr wants to clinch up but Wiki keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Wiki throws a body punch but Barr moves out of range.
Barr throws the kick towards the body but Wiki avoids it.
Barr motions for Wiki to come forward. Barr throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Wiki throws out a loose jab but Barr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barr looks to land a right hand but Wiki moved out of range.
Wiki misses with an uppercut.
Barr throws a sloppy head kick and Wiki moves out of range easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Barr, right into the meat.
Barr slips under a jab.
Barr keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Wiki connects with a solid leg kick.
Wiki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wiki shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Barr ducks under a wild hook from Wiki.
Wiki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wiki throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Barr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wiki.
Barr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wiki.
Barr pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Barr displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wiki throws out the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Wiki misses the target.
Wiki throws a nice looking combination but Barr bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barr throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Wiki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wiki throws a low kick but Barr moves out of range easily.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Barr feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wikis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Wiki thumps Barr with a low kick.
Wiki just misses with a punch to the body.
Barr bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Barr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barr drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wiki misses with an uppercut. Barr saw that one coming.
Barr throws a right and a left that Wiki avoids nicely.
Wiki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barr looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Barr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wiki thows a leg kick but Barr checks it
and Barr counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Wiki with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Barr tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wiki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barr.
A clash of legs there as Barr blocks the low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wiki, right into the meat.
Wiki has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Barr.
Barr misses with a low kick as Wiki jumps back.
Wiki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barr was well out of range. Poor timing from Wiki.
Wiki is looking to chop away at Barr's legs.

Barr has Wiki up against the ropes in a clinch.
Barr lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Good body shot from Barr.
Barr pushes Wiki back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Barr misses with a punch on the inside.
Barr scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Barr lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wiki or not.
Barr has a couple of punches blocked by Wiki.
Barr lands a shot to the body.
Barr lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wiki or not.
Barr lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barr digs a right hand into Wiki's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wiki's gas tank.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barr lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Barr working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Barr stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short left from Barr.

Wiki is rocked!
Barr lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Oh Wiki is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Barr lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wiki backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barr.
Barr works on Wiki's body with a couple of short punches.
Barr scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Barr.
Barr creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Wiki's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Wiki drops to his knees and Barr pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:04 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Felix Barr! Felix Barr retains his lightweight title!

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
100%

Main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Dixon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Stark
vs
Dixon

191 cm
22
220 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

193 cm
21
280 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Firebird Designs
Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Stark!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Dixon!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dixon cracks Stark with a good jab.
Stark misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thomas Stark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dixon lands an overhand right.
Dixon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stark moves away.
Dixon scoring well with a low kick there.
Dixon tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Stark is able to avoid easily.
Dixon is looking to chop away at Stark's legs.
Dixon fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dixon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stark sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Stark keeps Dixon at a distance using the push kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dixon scores with a shot to the body.
Stark blocks a head kick by Dixon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stark stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dixon thows a body shot but no joy.
Stark tried to score with a low kick but Dixon checks it.
Dixon throws a lazy body kick
and Stark counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Dixon is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Stark ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dixon moves away.
A clash of legs there as Dixon blocks the low kick.
Stark walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Stark has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Stark there as he acknowledges the shot.
Stark moves out of range as Dixon strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark throws a shot from downtown. Dixon moves away and avoids it.
An inside leg kick lands from Dixon.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Stark lands with a kick to the ribs.
Stark thuds his shin into the meat of Dixon's side.
Dixon looks gassed!
Stark lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dixon circles away quickly and effectively.
Stark throws a sloppy head kick and Dixon moves out of range easily.
Stark throws a lazy head kick
and Dixon counters with a body kick.
Stark lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dixon backs up against the ropes.

It looks like Ryan Dixon has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dixon counters with a good low kick that Stark was not able to check.
Dixon looks to land a left hand but Stark moved out of range nicely.
Stark throws a quick inside leg kick.
Stark thuds a left hand into Dixon's body.
Dixon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stark manages to avoid it.
Dixon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stark.
Dixon throws a chopping leg kick but Stark manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dixon throws a leg kick but Stark checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dixon misses with a leg kick
and Stark counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dixon ducks under a wild hook from Stark.
Stark misses with a leg kick
and Dixon counters with a nice leg kick.
Dixon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dixon throws a leg kick
and Stark counters with a head kick. That will keep Dixon thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Stark just misses with a punch to the body.
Stark misses with a low kick.
Stark misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dixon throws a lazy head kick
and Stark counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Stark lands with a kick to the temple. Dixon shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Stark misses with a leg kick
and Dixon counters with an outside leg kick.
Dixon throws a head kick that misses
and Stark counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dixon blocks the body kick.
Dixon moves out of range of the body kick.
Dixon takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Stark lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stark scores with a push kick.
Stark is looking to wear down Dixon with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Stark tries a low kick but Dixon avoids it.
Dixon misses with a leg kick
and Stark counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dixon's knee momentarily.
Stark swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dixon moves out of range as Stark throws a body kick.
A head kick misses from Stark.
Stark connects with a nice looking jab.
Stark throws a nice inside leg kick.
Stark throws a body kick that misses.
Stark checks a leg kick.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Stark throws a head kick that Dixon semi-blocks.
Dixon throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Stark throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dixon takes one to the side of the head.

That has opened up Ryan Dixon's cut even more.
Stark uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Stark lands a nice looking kick to the body. Dixon takes a step back to recover.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Stark.
Dixon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stark. Dixon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stark throws a head kick but Dixon moves out of range.
Dixon thuds a left hand into Stark's body.
Stark fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Stark is looking to slow Dixon down with leg kicks.
Stark connects with a right hand. Dixon shakes it off.
Dixon moves out of range of the body kick from Stark.
Dixon takes a swing at Stark's ribcage but misses.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Stark misses with a wild body shot.
Stark throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dixon on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Stark. Stark obviously looking to wear him down.
Dixon misses with a leg kick
and Stark counters with a left and a right that stings Dixon.
Dixon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Stark, right into the meat.
Dixon has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Stark.
Stark misses with a hook. Dixon ducked under it nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stark blocks a head kick by Dixon.
Dixon throws a lazy body kick
and Stark counters with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Stark dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Dixon's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Stark's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dixon under the eye.
Stark misses with a body kick.
Stark misses the shot to the body.
Dixon throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Stark is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dixon can do to turn this around?
Stark misses with a head kick.
Dixon throws a head kick that misses
and Stark makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Dixon really felt that one!
Stark scores with a shot to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Dixon might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Stark has got the better of the exchanges.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Stark.
Dixon is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dixon steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Stark. That one must have hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Stark lands a head kick. Dixon smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Stark lands a leg kick that knocks Dixon off balance momentarily.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Stark here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Stark.
Dixon sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stark stuns Dixon with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Stark thows a leg kick but Dixon checks it
and Dixon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Stark tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dixon was well out of range. Poor timing from Stark.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark tries a head kick but it misses.
Stark throws the kick towards the body but Dixon avoids it.
Stark avoids the head kick by Dixon.
Nice body kick there by Stark.
Stark throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dixon throws a body kick the misses
and Stark counters with a slapping leg kick.
Stark goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

The cut above Ryan Dixon's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Dixon moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Stark cracks Dixon with a right hand to the side of the head.
Stark throws a head kick that misses.
Stark misses the shot to the body.
Thomas Stark is winning the standup battle so far.
A slow jab from Stark misses its intended target.
Dixon throws a leg kick that is checked
and Stark counters with an inside leg kick.
Stark lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Stark tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stark fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark wants to clinch up but Dixon keeps it at a distance.
Stark throws a body punch but Dixon moves out of range.
Stark throws a lazy right hand but Dixon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dixon misses with a straight right.
A clash of legs there as Stark blocks the low kick.
Stark connects with a solid leg kick.
Dixon dodges the punch combination from Stark.
Stark misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dixon throws a sloppy head kick and Stark moves out of range easily.
Stark slips under a jab from Dixon.
Dixon throws a head kick that misses
and Stark counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dixon throws a body kick that misses.
Dixon throws a sloppy body shot
and Stark counters with a nice uppercut.
Stark throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dixon counters with a nice body shot.
Stark plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Ryan Dixon's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dixon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dixon throws a leg kick but Stark moved away.
Dixon throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Stark's head.
Stark blocks the body kick.
Dixon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stark.
Stark connects with a single shot there.
Stark keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stark tries to clinch there but Dixon circles away.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Stark takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dixon misses with a body kick.
Stark pushes Dixon away with a front kick.
Dixon blocks the body kick.
Dixon throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dixon moves out of range of the strikes.
Dixon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dixon gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Stark wants to clinch up but Dixon keeps it at a distance.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Stark scores with a head kick.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ryan Dixon's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Thomas Stark!
Thomas Stark is the new heavyweight champion!

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