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EUFC 117 Dangle vs.Gruffo 2 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pat White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Puppy Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White comes into the arena with Chiddy Bang - Truth blaring out of the sound system. Love has chosen Otherside by Mackemore X Ryan Lewis as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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205 lbs
6 - 7 - 0 |
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187 cm
23
217 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pat White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Puppy Love!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White misses with a right hand
and Love counters with a stiff right hand.
Love stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
White misses with a double jab
and Love makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
White misses with a left hand
and Love counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
White misses with a right hand
and Love counters with a straight right hand.
White takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
White drops Love with a beautiful combination! Love stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - White is looking for the KO!
Love is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Love looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Love scores with a jab. White acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
White misses with a double jab
and Love counters with a lovely shot to the body.
White swinging wildly here.
Love throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Love lands a jab to the nose.
Puppy Love seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Love fails with the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love misses with a hook to the body
and White counters with a lovely straight right hand!
White on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
White misses with a combination
and Love counters with a left to the body.
White throws an off balance right hand
and Love counters with a three punch combo that has White backing up. White nods at Love to acknowledge the strikes.
Love swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
White misses with a double jab
and Love connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
White takes one to the side of the head.
Love jabs at White's body.
Love lands a nice looking body shot.
White connects with a good right hand that stumbles Love. Love circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Love thuds a left hand into White's body.
White throws a combination that misses
and Love counters with a two punch combo.
Love connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between White's hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
White avoids a punch combination nicely.
Love lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Love connects with a body shot that sends White's belly button to the back.
White misses with a right hand
and Love counters with a left and a right that stings White.
It looks like Pat White has been cut.
White is breathing heavily.
Love dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
White gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Love.
White throws a right hand that misses
and Love counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Love lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
White misses with a hook
enabling Love to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab lands there for Love.
Good standup being displayed there by Love as he connects with a hook.
White with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Love to score with a decent uppercut.
Love shoots in but White avoids the takedown attempt easily.
White takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Love.
Nice body punch from Love.
Love scores with a nice right hand.
Love connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Love is working the combinations to good effect here.
White misses with a double jab
enabling Love to counter with a crisp jab.
Love throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.
Love tests White's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Love looks to land a combination. White sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
White slips a jab and a cross from Love.
Pat White is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A combination from Love does no damage.
White looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Love ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Love has his takedown stuffed
and White counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Pat White has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Puppy Love.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White throws a combination that misses
and Love counters with a straight right hand.
White rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Love counters with a left and a right that stings White.
Love tries to bum rush White with a series of wild strikes but White uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
White rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Love counters with a lovely straight right hand!
White misses with a double jab
and Love makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A lazy left from Love finds it's target.
Love shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with White but White pushes him off and we're back to square one.
White misses with a left hand
and Love counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps White thinking.
Love lands a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Love slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Love cracks White with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
White throws an ugly left hook that misses
and White takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Puppy Love dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pat White's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
White misses with a left hand
and Love counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Love scores with a nice head shot.
White throws an off balance right hand
letting Love counter with a right hand.
White misses with a lunging right hand
and Love counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
White rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Love makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Love throws a series of punches but White moves out of range.
Love scores with a body shot.
Love stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A cross from Love lands.
White misses with a left hand
and Love counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps White thinking.
Love fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Love fails with the takedown.
Love decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Love moves nicely into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White parries the strikes from Love easily there. Love is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable White to escape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Love throws an elbow but White slips to the side and avoids it well.
White is not content to let Love control the position.
Love remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
White takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Love decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Love scores with a decent looking hook.
Love scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
White misses with a right hand
enabling Love to counter with a crisp jab.
White is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
White takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
White misses with a combination
and Love counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pat White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Love misses with a wild combination.
White shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White throws a poor cross that misses
and Love counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps White thinking.
White throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and White takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
White swings widly with a right hand
enabling Love to counter with a crisp jab.
Love uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before White has time to react.
Love has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Love connects with a good right hand that stumbles White. White circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Love scores with a three punch combo!
Decent striking displayed by Love there.
Love lands a nice looking body shot.
Love with a nice cross.
White misses with a combination
and Love counters with a nice uppercut.
Love connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed White momentarily.
White moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
White gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Love.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love throws a one two combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Love scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Love connects with a good right hand that stumbles White. White circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
White takes a jab right on the kisser.
White swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Love counters with a stiff right hand.
Love falls off balance throwing a combination
and White counters with a straight right hand.
Love moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Love displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
White takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Love sizes up White with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
White misses with a left hand
letting Love counter with a right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
White is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Love.
Good shot there by Love.
Nice cross by Love.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Puppy Love showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Pat White'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!
Love lands a body shot.
White misses with a lunging right hand
and Love counters with a straight right hand.
White throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Love counters with a stiff right hand.
Love tries to bum rush White with a series of wild strikes but White uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Love jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
White misses with a hook
and Love counters with a right hand to the body.
White rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Love counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Love throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and White counters with a straight right hand.
Love swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Love swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
White throws a right hand that misses
and Love counters with a lovely straight right hand!
White throws an off balance right hand
and Love counters with a shoot takedown. White fights it but they end up in guard.
Love throws a strike but White rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
White won't allow Love to sweep him here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love managing to control the position.
Love has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes White off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Love throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Puppy Love seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A punch lands to the side of White 's head but he takes it in his stride.
White stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and White wants it to stay on the feet.
White throws an off balance right hand
and Love counters with a straight right hand.
White misses with a left hand
letting Love counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Love.
Love fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
Love throws a right hand that White ducks under and follows up with a left that White also avoids with ease.
White lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by White.
White needs to keep his hands up - Love had a free shot at his head there.
White rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Love counters with a straight right hand.
White walks into a straight right hand from Love.
Love scores with a body shot.
Nice sprawl there from White as Love shoots in.
Pat White has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Puppy Love.
White on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Love uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before White has time to react.
Love lands with a shot to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Love.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Love counters with a series of strikes. White will be more careful next time no doubt.
Love throws out a powerful jab.
White lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
White throws a right hand that misses
and Love counters with a one-two to the body.
Love looks to land a combination. White sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
White gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Love looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Love missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
White is in trouble now - Love has advanced to mount!
Pat White has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
White is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Love has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White blocking the ground and pound.
Love trying to control but White is having none of it.
Love lands a nice shot to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Love looking to ground and pound but White is blocking nicely.
Puppy Love is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice elbow there by Love.
Pat White's cut is getting worse.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Love thowing shots but they're missing.
Love looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
Puppy Love comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Love has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 26:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Puppy Love!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marion Cobretti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cobretti's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Robert Tepper - Angel of the City. This should be fireworks!
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270 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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280 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
KO power |
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Good low kicks
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marion Cobretti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damian Silva!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a head kick that misses
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Cobretti tries to clinch
and Silva counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cobretti thinking.
Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Cobretti closes the distance but Silva moves to the side
and Silva counters with a head kick. That will keep Cobretti thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cobretti wants to clinch
and Silva counters with a head kick. That will keep Cobretti thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Cobretti moves into the clinch.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva is trying to push Cobretti away but Cobretti has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Cobretti is controlling the position.
Knees to the body from Cobretti.
Cobretti digs a right hand into Silva's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Silva's gas tank.
Silva looks gassed!
Cobretti avoiding damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobretti using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cobretti landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cobretti lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Damian Silva has been cut.
Cobretti is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cobretti with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nice elbow from Cobretti.
Cobretti lands a knee to the head.
Cobretti crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Cobretti lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cobretti.
Nice elbow from Cobretti.
Cobretti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cobretti lands a knee to the body.
Cobretti lands a knee to the body.
Cobretti landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cobretti putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cobretti with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cobretti gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cobretti digs a right hand into Silva's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Silva's gas tank.
Silva wants to break free but Cobretti has control.
Knees to the body from Cobretti.
Cobretti lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cobretti lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Cobretti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobretti putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cobretti lands a damaging elbow.
Cobretti lands a body punch.
Cobretti unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from Cobretti.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cobretti.
Cobretti working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cobretti darts in trying to clinch
and Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Silva counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Cobretti is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Silva counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Cobretti is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A head kick by Silva misses
and Cobretti moves into the clinch.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cobretti has him pressed against the cage.
Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cobretti looks to clinch
and Silva counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cobretti tries to clinch
and Silva counters with a two punch combo.
Cobretti tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Silva counters with a nice leg kick.
Cobretti darts in trying to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cobretti counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Cobretti.
Cobretti is struggling to control the position.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Cobretti keeps him there for the moment.
Cobretti avoiding damage.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cobretti has him pressed against the cage.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Cobretti won't allow it.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Cobretti has him pressed against the cage.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Cobretti has double underhooks.
Cobretti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Cobretti working Silva over with knees 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!
Cobretti landing knees to the body.
Cobretti lands with a short shot to the head.
Cobretti landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marion Cobretti dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Damian Silva's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Cobretti goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A head kick by Silva misses
and Cobretti counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Cobretti.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Cobretti.
Marion Cobretti has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Cobretti is controlling the position.
Cobretti lands a nice shot to the body.
Cobretti lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Cobretti gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cobretti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cobretti tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Cobretti keeps him there for the moment.
Cobretti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cobretti landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva is trying to push Cobretti away but Cobretti has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cobretti lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Cobretti with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cobretti utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cobretti lands a knee 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!
Cobretti is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cobretti landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobretti lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Cobretti with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Cobretti is controlling the position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cobretti.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cobretti lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Silva is trying to push Cobretti away but Cobretti has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cobretti working Silva over with knees to the body.
Cobretti tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cobretti tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Damian Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cobretti closes the distance but Silva moves to the side
and Silva counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Cobretti looks to clinch
and Silva counters with a two punch combo.
Damian Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
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.
Silva digs a good body shot into Cobretti's ribs.
Cobretti tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cobretti tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cobretti counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Cobretti.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Cobretti has double underhooks.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cobretti creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cobretti is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Silva tries to circle away but Cobretti has him pinned against the cage.
Silva tries to break free but Cobretti pushes him back against the cage.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Cobretti.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Cobretti lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Cobretti with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Cobretti is controlling him.
Cobretti lands a knee to the head.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Cobretti is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Cobretti is controlling him.
Cobretti has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cobretti landing knees to the body.
Cobretti dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nice elbow from Cobretti.
Cobretti with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cobretti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cobretti scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Cobretti lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Silva is trying to break free.
Cobretti lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Cobretti keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cobretti putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cobretti lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva is trying to break free.
Cobretti is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Cobretti works on Silva's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cobretti.
Cobretti is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cobretti has his back to the cage.
Cobretti tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobretti misses with an elbow strike.
Cobretti is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Cobretti throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Cobretti is controlling the position.
Cobretti throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Cobretti keeps him there for the moment.
Cobretti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.
Nice elbow from Cobretti.
Cobretti tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries to break free but Cobretti pushes him back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cobretti obliges.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cobretti obliges.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cobretti lands a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cobretti just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Cobretti has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cobretti lands an elbow inside.
Silva tries to circle away but Cobretti has him pinned against the cage.
Cobretti connects with a knee to the head.
Cobretti lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cobretti looks for the body kick but Silva saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marion Cobretti dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Damian Silva's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A lazy body kick from Cobretti
and Silva counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Cobretti tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Silva counters with a slapping leg kick.
A lazy body kick from Cobretti
and Silva counters with a one-two to the body.
Cobretti tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Silva throws a head kick that misses
and Cobretti holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Cobretti won't allow it.
Cobretti using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobretti lands a nice knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cobretti.
Cobretti keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cobretti lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Cobretti.
Cobretti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cobretti gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cobretti lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cobretti is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A knee to the head by Cobretti.
Cobretti lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Cobretti is controlling the position.
Cobretti using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cobretti lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Cobretti.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Cobretti is controlling him.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva wants to break free but Cobretti has control.
Cobretti landing knees to the body.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cobretti scores a nice knee 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!
Cobretti lands an elbow inside.
Cobretti is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Cobretti throws an elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.
Cobretti tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cobretti tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cobretti moves to clinch but Silva breaks away
and Silva counters with a leg kick.
Cobretti tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva throws a combination. Cobretti tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Silva throws a lazy head kick
and Cobretti counters with an outside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to bum rush Cobretti with a series of wild strikes but Cobretti uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Cobretti moves to clinch but Silva breaks away
and Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Cobretti tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cobretti tries to clinch
and Silva counters with a head kick.
Silva throws a head kick that misses
and Cobretti counters with a nice kick to the body.
Cobretti instigates a clinch.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Cobretti has him pressed against the cage.
Cobretti keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cobretti working Silva over with knees to the body.
Cobretti lands a damaging elbow.
Cobretti crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobretti scores with a knee to the head.
Cobretti lands a nice elbow.
Cobretti has Silva pressed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Cobretti.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cobretti landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cobretti landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cobretti is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva wants to break free but Cobretti has control.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cobretti.
Cobretti throws an elbow but it misses.
Cobretti presses Silva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cobretti throws an elbow that misses.
Cobretti throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva breaks the clinch.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cobretti moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Damian Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A low kick from Silva is predictable there
and Cobretti counters by moving into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marion Cobretti showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cobretti, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marion Cobretti!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raian Baaden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amsterdam Vallon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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27
217 lbs
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204 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raian Baaden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Amsterdam Vallon!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vallon gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vallon looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vallon is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Baaden is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vallon working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Baaden.
Baaden postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Vallon working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Baaden.
Vallon really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Baaden. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Vallon looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vallon not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Baaden throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Baaden throws a big right hand that misses.
Baaden thows a big elbow that misses.
Baaden drops back looking for a leg! Vallon is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Vallon manages to kick Baaden off! Baaden jumps back into Vallon's guard.
Vallon working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baaden content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Baaden connects with a couple of short punches.
Baaden with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vallon trying to keep a closed guard but Baaden is proving a slippery customer.
Baaden stopping the sweep attempt from Vallon.
Vallon avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Baaden wants to control from the top but Vallon keeps moving.
Baaden works over Vallon with some ground and pound from guard.
Vallon is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Baaden looking to pass the guard.
Baaden has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baaden missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Baaden loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Baaden wants to control from the top but Vallon keeps moving.
Baaden pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vallon is keeping the position for now.
Vallon working a defensive guard here.
Baaden is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Baaden throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Baaden stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Vallon swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Vallon wants to sweep here but Baaden controlling him for the moment.
Baaden postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Baaden missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baaden lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Vallon wants to sweep here but Baaden controlling him for the moment.
Baaden trying to control the position from guard on top but Vallon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vallon looking to control.
Baaden stands up over Vallon, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Baaden won't allow Vallon to sweep him here.
Baaden trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Vallon can do anything to dispel that myth.
Baaden is stalling in the full guard.
Vallon wants to sweep here but Baaden controlling him for the moment.
Baaden cracks Vallon with a solid left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baaden connects with a couple of short punches.
Vallon keeping moving, preventing Baaden from controlling successfully.
Vallon looking to hit a scissor sweep but Baaden is one step ahead there.
Baaden in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Vallon trying to keep a closed guard but Baaden is proving a slippery customer.
Vallon avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Baaden postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Baaden is working Vallon over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Baaden drops back looking for a leg! Vallon is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Vallon manages to kick Baaden off! Baaden jumps back into Vallon's guard.
Vallon controlling Baaden's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raian Baaden dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Baaden throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Vallon's waist but Vallon gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Baaden off to one side.
Vallon takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Baaden closes the distance and clinches up with Vallon, looking for a takedown. Baaden pushes Vallon against the cage but Vallon circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Baaden blocks a head kick by Vallon.
Baaden takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
It looks like Raian Baaden has been cut.
Vallon misses with a leg kick.
Baaden shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Vallon but Vallon pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raian Baaden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vallon throws a low kick but Baaden moves out of range easily.
Baaden shoots for a double leg takedown but Vallon sprawls well. He's pushed Baaden's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vallon connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A slow jab from Baaden misses its intended target.
Baaden shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Vallon pinned against the cage. Vallon gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Vallon throws a body punch but Baaden moves out of range.
Baaden with a poor takedown
and Vallon counters with an inside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Baaden throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Vallon tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Baaden is in Vallon's guard.
Vallon wants to sweep but no luck.
Vallon is trying to control the position but Baaden postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Baaden accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Baaden won't allow Vallon to sweep him here.
Baaden lands a couple of elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baaden chips away with some ground and pound.
Vallon wants to control the position but Baaden says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Baaden working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Raian Baaden overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Vallon is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Vallon has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Baaden is working away from the top position though.
Vallon blocking the ground and pound attempt from Baaden.
Vallon has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Baaden is working away from the top position though.
Baaden not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Baaden seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Vallon does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Vallon keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Vallon avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Baaden.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vallon tries to get to full guard but Baaden has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baaden throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Baaden throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Baaden missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Baaden wants to take a breather but Vallon is having none of it.
Baaden is just content to waste time from the top position. Vallon takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Baaden with a flurry of punches that miss.
Baaden lands a couple of elbows.
Vallon wants to sweep but no luck.
Baaden is looking to work some ground and pound but Vallon has wrist control.
Baaden trying to control the position from guard on top but Vallon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Baaden makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Baaden trying to control the position from guard on top but Vallon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
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.
Vallon is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Baaden won't allow Vallon to sweep him here.
Baaden thows a big elbow that misses.
Vallon trying to keep a closed guard but Baaden is proving a slippery customer.
Baaden lands a couple of digs.
Baaden stopping the sweep attempt from Vallon.
Vallon trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Amsterdam Vallon will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Raian Baaden's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Vallon throws a leg kick that misses.
Baaden closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Vallon to the mat! Vallon manages to get full guard.
Baaden throwing strikes from guard but Vallon blocks nicely.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Vallon holds on and takes a little breather.
Baaden throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Baaden accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Baaden content to stall in guard here.
Vallon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Vallon trying to control the position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Baaden content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baaden throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Baaden trying to control the position from guard on top but Vallon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vallon tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Baaden makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Baaden in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Vallon avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Baaden keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Vallon's head.
Baaden working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Baaden postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Baaden working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Baaden with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vallon trying to control the position.
Vallon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Baaden postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Vallon tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baaden content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Baaden trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Baaden forces his way into half guard.
Vallon manages to get to full guard.
Baaden working some strikes from top position.
Baaden chips away with some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vallon avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Vallon lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Baaden!
Vallon controlling his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baaden sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Vallon passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Baaden!
Baaden is looking to improve his position but Vallon isn't that keen on the idea.
Vallon can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Baaden is looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baaden is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Vallon can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Baaden is looking to escape.
Baaden is working to get back to half guard.
Vallon can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Baaden is looking to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baaden is desperately trying to improve his position but Vallon has a good base and remains in mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raian Baaden showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Baaden has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raian Baaden!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Claude Bedemar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demon Beast (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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24
165 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
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163 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Claude Bedemar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Demon Beast!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bedemar tries to clinch but Beast moves out of range.
Beast cracks Bedemar with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bedemar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beast throws out the jab.
A jab from Beast does it's job there.
Bedemar tries to clinch
and Beast counters with an inside leg kick.
Bedemar closes the distance but Beast moves to the side
and Beast cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Beast misses with an uppercut
and Bedemar counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Beast is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Beast connects with a body shot.
Beast looks to land a right hand but Bedemar moved out of range.
Bedemar defending well as Beast loads up on a big left hand.
Beast misses with a looping right.
Bedemar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bedemar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Beast.
Bedemar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Beast paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bedemar tries to clinch up.
Beast drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bedemar wriggles free and stands up.
Bedemar wants to clinch
and Beast cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Beast circles away from the clinch attempt
and Beast counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beast misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bedemar counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bedemar.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bedemar.
Beast trying to control the position but instead, Bedemar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Beast into the cage.
Bedemar pushes off an throws an elbow but Beast leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bedemar lands an elbow inside that Beast shrugs off.
Beast takes an elbow to the temple.
Beast avoiding damage as Bedemar throws knees to the body.
Bedemar'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.
Beast is trying to maintain a safe position but Bedemar gets an underhook and turns Beast into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bedemar missing with knees to the body.
Bedemar leaning against his opponent.
Beast slowing the pace effectively.
Beast takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bedemar has Beast pressed against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bedemar throws an elbow but misses.
Bedemar unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bedemar misses with a knee to the head.
Bedemar misses with an elbow over the top.
Beast blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bedemar controlling the action here for a moment.
Beast trying to stall but Bedemar improves his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bedemar keeps control of Beast as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bedemar misses with an elbow over the top.
Bedemar lands a knee to the body.
Beast managing to block the knees to the body from Bedemar.
Bedemar with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bedemar with a knee to the head.
Beast takes an elbow to the temple.
Bedemar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bedemar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Beast blocks the elbow strike.
Bedemar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Beast is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bedemar putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Beast in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bedemar taking a breather.
Bedemar landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Beast taking a breather.
Bedemar dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Bedemar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Beast blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beast has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bedemar avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Bedemar will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Beast up against the cage.
Bedemar pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Claude Bedemar dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
No luck for Beast with that takedown attempt.
Demon Beast seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bedemar tries to clinch up but Beast circles away and keeps his distance.
Bedemar rushes Beast and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Beast blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bedemar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Beast is defending well for now.
Beast throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bedemar stalling the fight.
Beast managing to block the knees to the body from Bedemar.
Bedemar unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bedemar lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bedemar obliges.
Bedemar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bedemar misses with a punch on the inside.
Bedemar tries to land a knee to the head but Beast blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bedemar lands an elbow inside.
Bedemar working Beast over with knees to the body.
Beast is breathing heavily.
Bedemar is stalling here.
Bedemar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bedemar lands an elbow inside.
Beast dodges an elbow strike from Bedemar.
Bedemar holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bedemar missing with knees to the body.
Bedemar lands a knee to the body.
Beast blocks an elbow strike from Bedemar.
Bedemar stalling in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beast blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Beast takes an elbow to the temple.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bedemar.
Bedemar gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Bedemar looking to throw knees to the head but Beast is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Bedemar.
Bedemar looking to throw knees to the head but Beast is blocking nicely.
Bedemar has Beast pressed against the cage.
Bedemar looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Beast tries to stall but Bedemar uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bedemar lands a good knee to the midsection. Beast won't want to take too many of those.
Beast managing to block the knees to the body from Bedemar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beast is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A frustrated look appears on Beast's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Beast blocks an elbow strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Beast avoiding damage as Bedemar throws knees to the body.
Bedemar lands an elbow inside.
Bedemar landing knees to the head.
Beast blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bedemar is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bedemar working Beast over with knees to the body.
The referee calls for Bedemar to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bedemar tries to land a knee to the head but Beast blocks with his arms.
Beast blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bedemar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bedemar is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bedemar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Beast stalling in the clinch but Bedemar improves position.
Bedemar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Beast has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Beast stalling in the clinch.
The referee calls for Bedemar to work.
Bedemar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Beast avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Claude Bedemar dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Beast throws a front kick aimed at Bedemar's knee but Bedemar avoids it well.
Bedemar is looking to clinch.
Bedemar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Beast paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bedemar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beast swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bedemar wants to clinch
and Beast counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bedemar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bedemar blocks a jab.
Bedemar throws a head kick that misses
and Bedemar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bedemar moves out of range of the strikes.
Bedemar tries to clinch
and Beast counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bedemar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bedemar unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bedemar looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Beast is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bedemar tries a knee to the head but Beast blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bedemar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Beast lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bedemar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Beast is defending well for now.
Bedemar displaying some good clinch control by pressing Beast up against the cage.
Bedemar tries a knee to the head but Beast blocks it.
Bedemar lands a good knee to the midsection. Beast won't want to take too many of those.
Bedemar trying to land knees to the body.
Bedemar misses with a knee to the head.
Beast is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bedemar is keeping busy.
Beast blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Claude Bedemar has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Bedemar tries to land knees in the clinch but Beast avoids the damage to the body.
Bedemar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Beast managing to block the knees to the body from Bedemar.
Bedemar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beast blocks it with crossed arms.
Bedemar tries a knee to the head but Beast blocks it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bedemar looking to throw knees to the head but Beast is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bedemar trying to land knees to the body.
Bedemar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bedemar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Beast.
Bedemar misses with a knee to the head.
Bedemar tries to land knees in the clinch but Beast avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bedemar stalling in the clinch but Beast improves position.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bedemar misses with a knee to the head.
Bedemar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bedemar trying to land knees to the body.
Bedemar missing with knees to the body.
Beast trying to stall but Bedemar improves his position.
Stalling in the clinch from Bedemar.
Beast taking a breather.
Beast avoids the elbow strike from Bedemar, against the cage.
Bedemar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Beast being controlled against the cage.
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.
Bedemar unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bedemar trying to land knees to the body.
Beast displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bedemar up against the cage.
Claude Bedemar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bedemar tries to land a knee to the head but Beast blocks with his arms.
Beast on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bedemar lands a knee to the head.
Demon Beast has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bedemar lands a nice knee to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Claude Bedemar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bedemar, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Claude Bedemar!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Skyler Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blow Jimmy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Jimmy's choice of entrance music: Take a lick. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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26
280 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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22
285 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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Solid boxing
Very quick |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Skyler Green!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blow Jimmy!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jimmy moves into range and clinches up with Green.
Jimmy misses with some punches.
Jimmy breaks the clinch.
Jimmy shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Green counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Blow Jimmy has been cut.
Jimmy tries to land a leg kick but Green saw it coming and moves away.
Green stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jimmy.
Jimmy lets loose with a powerful body kick. Green will feel that in the morning.
Jimmy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jimmy works the jab nicely.
Green takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jimmy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jimmy connects with a single shot there.
It looks like Skyler Green has been cut.
Green lands a nice shot to the body.
Green moves out of range of the body kick from Jimmy.
Jimmy has his takedown stuffed
and Green counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Green's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jimmy connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Green scrambles back to his feet.
Green ducks under a wild hook from Jimmy.
Green closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jimmy counters with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jimmy scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jimmy looks for a takedown but Green sprawls well.
Skyler Green has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Blow Jimmy.
Jimmy with a nice cross.
A jab from Jimmy misses.
Jimmy looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Green!
Jimmy tries to control but Green wriggling away.
Jimmy pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jimmy avoids the attempt from Green to control.
Jimmy controlling the position easily from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jimmy misses with a head shot.
Green is looking to improve his position but Jimmy isn't that keen on the idea.
Jimmy thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jimmy throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Jimmy controlling from the full mount.
Jimmy in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jimmy avoids the attempt from Green to control.
Jimmy misses with a head shot.
Jimmy is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Green is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Blow Jimmy!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Julius Prime (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rami Stereo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Julius Prime has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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188 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julius Prime!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rami Stereo!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stereo scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Prime avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Stereo.
Prime is trying to improve his position.
Prime is working hard here to advance position.
Prime defending against the ground and pound.
Stereo is working Prime over with some ground and pound from side control.
You can see the frustration on Prime's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Prime knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Stereo on the ground.
Prime is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Stereo is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Prime tries to buck Stereo off but Stereo is having none of it.
Stereo is chipping away with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Prime struggling a bit here.
Stereo is putting a hurting on Prime here, landing some big shots from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prime can't do much from the bottom here.
Stereo wants to control but Prime is keeping him busy.
Stereo working away.
Prime is looking to reverse the position.
Prime dodges the ground and pound from Stereo.
Prime is trying to get back to half guard.
Prime is trying to control Stereo's posture but Stereo avoids it.
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.
Prime takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Prime tries to buck Stereo off but Stereo is having none of it.
Stereo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
You can see the frustration on Prime's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Stereo creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Prime sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Stereo working the head and body with strikes.
Stereo working away.
Stereo working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Stereo looks gassed!
Prime struggling a bit here.
A control attempt from Prime but he's now mounted!
Stereo working the ground and pound effectively.
Prime tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prime tries to lock up and control but Stereo gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Stereo scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Stereo lands a big shot there that rocks Prime but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Stereo controlling from mount.
Prime is squirming around, avoiding Stereo's attempts to control the action.
Prime is wriggling around trying to escape.
Stereo breaks from Prime's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Stereo throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Stereo throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Prime is squirming around, avoiding Stereo's attempts to control the action.
Prime is trying to escape the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stereo is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Prime can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Prime is in all sorts of trouble here.
Prime tries to hold on but Stereo postures up.
Prime tries to reverse the position but Stereo maintains control.
Prime is bucking up trying to escape but Stereo cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Stereo punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Prime tries to hold on but Stereo postures up.
Prime really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Prime wants to control but Stereo is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rami Stereo dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A head kick misses from Prime.
Prime falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stereo counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Prime controls Stereo momentarily but Stereo frees himself.
Stereo controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Prime is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Prime pulls Stereo in to control the position.
Prime on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Prime tries to get out of the position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Julius Prime has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Stereo drives through with a takedown into guard.
Stereo is breathing heavily.
Stereo preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stereo wants to control from the top but Prime keeps moving.
Prime manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Stereo can't escape the position.
Prime pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Stereo tries to hold on but Prime postures up.
Stereo is looking to improve his position but Prime isn't that keen on the idea.
Poor strikes thrown by Prime there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Prime lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Prime landing shots from mount.
Prime raining down shots from the mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prime is landing with some decent strikes but Stereo is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Prime with shots to the head and body - Stereo looks very uncomfortable down there.
Prime lands a nice shot to the head.
Prime landing strikes from the mount and Stereo is in trouble!
Stereo is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Prime working Stereo over with strikes here.
Stereo is still in real trouble! Can Prime finish him?
Prime landing strikes from the mount.
Prime connects with a bit shot that sees Stereo covering up! More strikes from Prime and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Prime is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julius Prime!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ken Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davi Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ken Kelly has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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28
215 lbs
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216 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ken Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Davi Silva!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly misses with an uppercut
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kelly shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kelly.
Silva lands a glancing blow to the side of Kelly's head.
Kelly throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Kelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelly throws a leg kick but Silva moved away.
Silva throws a body kick that misses.
Kelly digs a good body shot into Silva's ribs.
Silva misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kelly counters with a left to the body.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kelly manages to avoid it.
Silva throws a poor cross that misses
and Kelly makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Silva swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kelly.
Kelly fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silva.
Silva thuds a left hand into Kelly's body.
Davi Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good shot there by Kelly.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Kelly scores with a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kelly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kelly counters with a slapping leg kick.
Silva connects with a body shot.
Kelly swings widly with a right hand
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Kelly saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Kelly.
Silva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva misses with a hook
and Kelly counters with a good low kick that Silva was not able to check.
Kelly pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kelly has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kelly misses with a wild body shot.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kelly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kelly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Both fighters circling a little - Silva finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Silva misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Silva tries to bum rush Kelly with a series of wild strikes but Kelly uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kelly throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Silva on the side of the head.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick
and Kelly counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kelly wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silva takes a jab right on the kisser.
Silva's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kelly connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Silva scrambles back to his feet.
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!
Silva moves away from the strike by Kelly.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva looks to land a combination. Kelly sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kelly walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Silva checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That kick from Silva tenderised Kelly's leg. Kelly is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kelly connects with a body shot.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva throws a right hand that Kelly ducks under and follows up with a left that Kelly also avoids with ease.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Kelly's front leg but catches the back leg as Kelly tries to avoid it.
Davi Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kelly throws a poor cross that misses
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kelly jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva throws a lazy body kick
and Kelly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kelly misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ken Kelly dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Kelly changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kelly lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Silva lands a head kick!
A head kick misses from Kelly.
Kelly blocks a head kick by Silva.
Kelly takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kelly tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kelly. That's going to slow Silva down.
Silva misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Silva connects with a crisp jab.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Silva with a jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
Kelly throws a shot to the body.
Kelly lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ken Kelly is winning the standup battle so far.
Kelly lands a jab.
Kelly misses with a left hand
and Silva counters with a leg kick.
Silva swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kelly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A low kick from Kelly is predictable there
and Silva counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kelly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kelly cracks a nice hook into Silva's ribs.
Kelly throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Silva counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Silva takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kelly fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Silva throws a poor cross that misses
and Kelly counters with a thumping low kick.
Kelly tries to land a front kick but Silva steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Silva throws a low kick but Kelly moves out of range easily.
Kelly connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Silva misses with a kick to the body
so Kelly counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Kelly is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Kelly is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.
Kelly wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Kelly from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Kelly postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Silva is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Kelly, into his guard.
Kelly looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kelly can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Silva controls the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ken Kelly dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Silva connects with a body shot.
Silva takes a swing at Kelly's ribcage but misses.
Kelly throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with an inside leg kick.
A low kick from Silva is predictable there
and Kelly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kelly lands a slapping body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kelly.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kelly throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva throws a lazy head kick
and Kelly counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva scores with a nice body kick.
Kelly misses with a jab to the body
and Kelly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Kelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kelly counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Kelly prevents Silva from improving his position.
Silva wants to control but Kelly is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Kelly is working for a kimura but Silva is defending it quite comfortably.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kelly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly is trying to control the action in half guard but Silva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva gets full guard.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Kelly from controlling successfully.
Kelly in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silva wants to stand but Kelly is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Ken Kelly wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kelly. Kelly obviously looking to wear him down.
Kelly scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Kelly.
Davi Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a hook to the body
and Kelly counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A good leg kick by Kelly.
Silva misses with an uppercut
letting Kelly counter with a right hand.
Silva throws a leg kick
and Kelly counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kelly lands a body shot.
Ken Kelly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kelly counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kelly working Silva over with strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kelly sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ken Kelly showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kelly has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ken Kelly!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nisse Blockson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and big hardon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). hardon is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ameno. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nisse Blockson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, big hardon!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
hardon closes the distance and clinches up with Blockson, looking for a takedown. hardon pushes Blockson against the cage but Blockson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from hardon, right into the meat.
Blockson tries to clinch
and hardon counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Blockson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
It looks like big hardon has been cut.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by hardon!
Blockson stuns hardon with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
hardon misses with a hook. Blockson ducked under it nicely.
hardon shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
hardon controlling his opponent.
hardon trying to control but Blockson is having none of it.
BOOM! hardon connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
hardon manages to capitalize on a mistake by Blockson to take his back!
That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - hardon's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
hardon looking to break Blockson's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Blockson remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise hardon will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
hardon keeps control of the position as Blockson tries to break free.
Blockson defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of hardon's arms.
Blockson tries to escape the position.
Blockson manages to scramble and ends up in full guard, under a barage of strikes . Great composure from Blockson.
Blockson keeping full guard, as hardon tries to pass.
hardon with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
hardon throwing strikes from guard but Blockson blocks nicely.
hardon postures up and lands a big shot to Blockson's brow.
Blockson pushes hardon off and scrambles back to his feet.
hardon throws a lazy right hand but Blockson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
hardon scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It looks like Nisse Blockson has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blockson throws a body punch but hardon moves out of range.
Blockson misses with a right hand
and hardon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
hardon fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Blockson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
hardon lands a front kick.
Nisse Blockson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blockson is breathing heavily.
hardon stuns Blockson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Blockson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
hardon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
hardon lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Blockson at a distance.
hardon lands with a thumping leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Blockson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
hardon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
hardon tries to work over Blockson's front leg with a kick but Blockson checks it.
Blockson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
hardon tries to score a power double leg takedown but Blockson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten hardon somewhat.
hardon darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Blockson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
hardon thumps Blockson with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blockson throws an off balance right hand
and hardon counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
hardon scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Blockson tries to clinch but hardon moves away
enabling hardon to counter with a crisp jab.
hardon cracks Blockson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
hardon with a jab.
Blockson ducks straight into an uppercut from hardon and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Blockson manages to regain guard straight away.
Blockson is rocked!
hardon passes into half guard.
Oh Blockson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
hardon looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Blockson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Blockson seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
hardon wants to free his trapped foot but Blockson is holding on for dear life with his legs.
hardon seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
big hardon dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
hardon misses with an uppercut.
hardon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blockson.
hardon darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
hardon is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Blockson tries to get to full guard but hardon has control of the leg.
hardon has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
hardon is keen to just control but Blockson is a slippery customer.
hardon winds up and cracks Blockson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
hardon wants to lay and pray for a moment but Blockson keeps working.
hardon is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Blockson is just riding it out for now. hardon eventually gives up the hold.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blockson is trying to escape back to his feet but hardon uses the scramble to pass into side control.
You can see the frustration on Blockson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
hardon wants to control for a moment but Blockson uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Blockson punching from the bottom.
hardon is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Blockson gets full guard.
big hardon has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
hardon sitting in guard here, content to control.
Blockson is looking to sweep but instead, hardon has passed into half guard.
hardon lands with a punch from half guard.
hardon has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
hardon is looking to pass Blockson's guard but actually Blockson recovers to full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells hardon's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Blockson wants to stand up but hardon is controlling him.
hardon wants to control from the top but Blockson keeps moving.
hardon postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blockson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
hardon wants to control from the top but Blockson keeps moving.
Blockson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from hardon.
hardon pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Blockson is keeping the position for now.
hardon chips away with some ground and pound.
Blockson wants to get back to his feet but hardon is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Blockson keeping moving, preventing hardon from controlling successfully.
hardon stopping the sweep attempt from Blockson.
hardon wants to control from the top but Blockson keeps moving.
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.
Blockson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
hardon keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Blockson looking to control but hardon is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
hardon really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
big hardon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Blockson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blockson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
hardon throws a hook but Blockson avoids it easily.
hardon ducks under a wild hook from Blockson.
Nisse Blockson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
hardon throws a leg kick but Blockson moved away.
Nice cross by Blockson.
Blockson takes a swing at hardon's ribcage but misses.
hardon misses with a hook to the body
letting Blockson counter with a right hand.
hardon finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Blockson misses with a looping left.
Blockson slaps away a takedown attempt from hardon, before circling back to the center of the mat.
hardon lands a really nice looking cross but Blockson seems unphased.
big hardon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blockson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
hardon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Good exchange - Blockson coming out on top.
hardon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blockson clinches.
Blockson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blockson lands with a short shot to the head.
Blockson lands an elbow that stopped hardon in his tracks for a moment.
Blockson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That has opened up big hardon's cut even more.
Nice elbow from Blockson.
hardon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Blockson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through hardon's defenses.
The cut above big hardon's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Blockson scores with a shoulder strike.
big hardon's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at big hardon's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Nisse Blockson!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Knyto Gruffo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Dangle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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239 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Knyto Gruffo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jim Dangle!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gruffo throws a lazy uppercut
and Dangle counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dangle throws a right and a left that Gruffo avoids nicely.
Gruffo throws an off balance right hand
and Dangle counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Dangle.
Dangle won't allow Gruffo to sweep him here.
Dangle passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gruffo is trying to buck Dangle off.
Gruffo trying to remain calm as Dangle controls from the top position.
Gruffo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Gruffo regains half guard.
Dangle working the head and body with strikes.
Dangle is controlling the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruffo is looking for a sweep. Dangle is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dangle lands a nice short elbow.
Dangle not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dangle missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dangle has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dangle connects with a nice short shot to Gruffo's temple.
Gruffo is trying to get back to full guard.
Gruffo is looking to control Dangle's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gruffo avoid being mounted?
Gruffo keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Dangle prevents Gruffo from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gruffo is trying to control but can't.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Dangle thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gruffo's head.
Dangle slips a nice elbow through Gruffo's hands, connecting with Gruffo's forehead.
Gruffo tries to kick Dangle off but Dangle keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Dangle is trying to control. Gruffo wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gruffo is trying to control but Dangle manages to pass to mount!
Dangle with good strikes from the mount here!
Gruffo is trying desperately to improve position.
Gruffo is working hard here to advance position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gruffo is in a horrible position here. Dangle smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Dangle in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Dangle with a couple of short strikes.
Dangle landing shots from mount.
Dangle landing punches.
Gruffo really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Dangle in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
It looks like Knyto Gruffo has been cut.
Dangle connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dangle postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gruffo looks a forlorn figure.
Gruffo is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dangle unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Gruffo wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Dangle celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jim Dangle! Jim Dangle retains his heavyweight title!
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