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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Siegfried Keskimulkku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saint comes to the cage accompanied by Transplants - One Seventeen. 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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205 lbs
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202 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Saint!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Siegfried Keskimulkku!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint throws a right hand that Keskimulkku ducks under and follows up with a left that Keskimulkku also avoids with ease.
Keskimulkku looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Saint moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Saint throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Keskimulkku.
Keskimulkku dodges the punch combination from Saint.
Saint swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Saint is looking to clinch.
Keskimulkku keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Saint scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Keskimulkku throws a nice head kick!
Keskimulkku clinches with his opponent.
Keskimulkku throws an elbow but it misses.
Saint wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Keskimulkku has him pressed against the cage.
Keskimulkku with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Saint takes an elbow to the temple.
Keskimulkku with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Saint wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Keskimulkku lands a nice elbow.
Keskimulkku tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keskimulkku lands an elbow inside that Saint shrugs off.
Keskimulkku looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Saint is trying to break the clinch but Keskimulkku has him pressed against the cage.
Saint takes an elbow to the forehead.
Keskimulkku lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Saint.
Keskimulkku misses with a knee to the head.
Saint wants to break free but Keskimulkku has control.
Saint lands an elbow just above Keskimulkku 's eye.
Saint lands with a right to the head.
Keskimulkku lands a knee to the body.
Keskimulkku lands an elbow that stopped Saint in his tracks for a moment.
A knee to the head by Keskimulkku.
Saint tries to throw a body punch but Keskimulkku avoids it by throwing Saint back against the cage.
Keskimulkku lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Keskimulkku lands a nice elbow.
Keskimulkku comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Saint wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Keskimulkku lands a knee to the head.
Keskimulkku with a knee to the head.
Keskimulkku lands an elbow just above Saint 's eye.
Keskimulkku misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saint.
Keskimulkku tries a knee to the head but Saint blocks it.
Saint pushes off an throws an elbow but Keskimulkku leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Saint is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Keskimulkku unloads a knee to the mid-section. Saint lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Keskimulkku lands an elbow inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keskimulkku tries to land a knee to the head but Saint blocks with his arms.
Keskimulkku tries to land knees in the clinch but Saint avoids the damage to the body.
Saint wants to break the clinch but can't.
Keskimulkku throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Saint blocks it with crossed arms.
Saint wants to break the clinch but can't.
Keskimulkku using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Saint has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Saint breaks the clinch.
Saint wants to clinch
and Keskimulkku counters by clinching up.
Saint managing to block the knees to the body from Keskimulkku.
Keskimulkku misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saint.
Keskimulkku prevents Saint from breaking the clinch.
Keskimulkku tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Keskimulkku lands a nice elbow.
Saint is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Saint is trying to break the clinch but Keskimulkku has him pressed against the cage.
Keskimulkku throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Saint blocks it with crossed arms.
Saint takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saint on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Saint blocks an elbow strike.
Keskimulkku with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Keskimulkku prevents Saint from breaking the clinch.
Saint is looking to break free of the clinch but Keskimulkku has double underhooks.
Keskimulkku lands a knee to the body.
Saint wants to break free but Keskimulkku has control.
Keskimulkku lands a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint is trying to break the clinch but Keskimulkku has him pressed against the cage.
Saint is trying to maintain a safe position but Keskimulkku gets an underhook and turns Saint into the cage.
Keskimulkku tries to land a knee to the head but Saint blocks with his arms.
Keskimulkku trying to land knees to the body.
Saint is trying to break the clinch but Keskimulkku has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Saint fails to land.
Saint is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Saint tries to break the clinch but Keskimulkku is controlling the position.
Keskimulkku unloads a knee to the mid-section. Saint lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Keskimulkku lands a damaging elbow.
Keskimulkku prevents Saint from breaking the clinch.
Keskimulkku connects with a knee to the head.
Saint creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Keskimulkku landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Keskimulkku using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Saint has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Saint can't break the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Saint just misses with a elbow thrown towards Keskimulkku's brow.
Keskimulkku trying to land knees to the body.
Keskimulkku tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Saint is trying to break free.
Saint manages to break the clinch.
Saint wants to clinch but Keskimulkku slips to the side
and Keskimulkku holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Saint wants to get back to striking at distance but Keskimulkku won't allow it.
Keskimulkku with a knee to the head.
Keskimulkku lands an elbow that stopped Saint in his tracks for a moment.
Saint tries to break the clinch but Keskimulkku is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Saint has had enough of the clinch but Keskimulkku keeps him there for the moment.
Saint is trying to break the clinch but Keskimulkku has him pressed against the cage.
Saint can't break the clinch.
Saint is trying to break free.
A knee to the head by Keskimulkku.
Saint wants to break free but Keskimulkku has control.
Saint is looking to control Keskimulkku's arms but Keskimulkku gets an underhook and turns him. Now Saint has his back to the cage.
Saint avoids the elbow strike from Keskimulkku, against the cage.
Saint stalling in the clinch.
Saint has had enough of the clinch but Keskimulkku keeps him there for the moment.
Saint is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Saint is trying to break the clinch but Keskimulkku has him pressed against the cage.
Saint lands a right hand that snaps the head of Keskimulkku backwards.
Saint wants to break free but Keskimulkku has control.
Keskimulkku avoids the elbow strike from Saint, against the cage.
Saint tries to break the clinch but Keskimulkku is controlling the position.
Keskimulkku lands a knee to the body.
Keskimulkku connects with a nasty looking knee right to Saint's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Keskimulkku.
Keskimulkku scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saint has had enough of the clinch but Keskimulkku keeps him there for the moment.
Saint misses with a short punch on the inside.
Saint wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Saint manages to break the clinch.
Saint swinging wilding here.
Saint tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Keskimulkku counters with a flying knee. Nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Siegfried Keskimulkku dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Keskimulkku moves in looking to clinch but Saint pushes him off.
Saint lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Saint tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Keskimulkku holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Keskimulkku throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Keskimulkku misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Keskimulkku just misses with a elbow thrown towards Saint's brow.
Keskimulkku tries to land a knee to the head but Saint blocks with his arms.
Saint wants to break the clinch but can't.
Saint wants to break the clinch but can't.
Saint is trying to break free.
Keskimulkku lands a knee to the body.
Keskimulkku comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Saint is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Keskimulkku.
Saint takes an elbow to the forehead.
Keskimulkku is breathing heavily.
Keskimulkku lands a knee to the head.
Saint wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Saint wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Keskimulkku has him pressed against the cage.
Keskimulkku tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Saint wants to get back to striking at distance but Keskimulkku won't allow it.
Saint is trying to break free.
Siegfried Keskimulkku seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Saint wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint misses with the head strike.
Saint wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Keskimulkku has him pressed against the cage.
Saint is trying to break the clinch but Keskimulkku has him pressed against the cage.
Saint escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No joy there for Saint, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Saint clinches but Keskimulkku breaks the clinch
and Keskimulkku counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Saint is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Saint displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Saint looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Keskimulkku has Saint up against the cage in a clinch.
Keskimulkku unloads a knee to the mid-section. Saint lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Keskimulkku throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Saint on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Keskimulkku throws a knee to the head but misses.
Saint wants to break the clinch but can't.
Keskimulkku misses with an elbow over the top.
Saint misses with an elbow over the top.
Saint swings wildly with an uppercut but Keskimulkku uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saint escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Saint tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Keskimulkku counters by moving into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keskimulkku misses with a knee to the head.
Keskimulkku keeps control of Saint as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Keskimulkku unloads a knee to the mid-section. Saint lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Keskimulkku lands a nice elbow.
Keskimulkku lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Keskimulkku lands an elbow inside.
Keskimulkku prevents Saint from breaking the clinch.
Keskimulkku throws a knee to the head but misses.
Keskimulkku lands a knee to the body.
Saint breaks from the clinch.
Saint closes the distance looking to clinch
and Keskimulkku counters with a leg kick.
Saint lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Saint fails to land with a series of punches.
Keskimulkku swats away the attempt to clinch by Saint.
Saint tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Keskimulkku paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Saint looks to clinch
and Keskimulkku counters by clinching up.
Keskimulkku keeps control of Saint as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keskimulkku comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Saint takes a knee right on the jaw!
Keskimulkku lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Keskimulkku using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Keskimulkku lands an elbow inside.
Saint is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Saint is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Saint is trying to break the clinch but Keskimulkku has him pressed against the cage.
Saint has had enough of the clinch but Keskimulkku keeps him there for the moment.
Keskimulkku misses with an elbow over the top.
Keskimulkku looking to throw knees to the head but Saint is blocking nicely.
Saint tries to break the clinch but Keskimulkku is controlling the position.
Saint wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Keskimulkku prevents Saint from breaking the clinch.
Keskimulkku keeps control of Saint as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Keskimulkku scores a nice knee to the body.
Saint is trying to break free.
Keskimulkku gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Saint is looking to break free of the clinch but Keskimulkku has double underhooks.
Keskimulkku comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Keskimulkku connects with a knee to the head.
Keskimulkku throws a knee to the head but misses.
Saint blocks the elbow strike.
Keskimulkku throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Saint has had enough of the clinch but Keskimulkku keeps him there for the moment.
Saint wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Saint lands a nice elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint is trying to break free.
Saint wants to break free but Keskimulkku has control.
Keskimulkku misses with an elbow strike.
Keskimulkku tries a knee to the head but Saint blocks it.
Saint breaks the clinch.
Keskimulkku misses with a combination
and Saint counters with a series of strikes. Keskimulkku will be more careful next time no doubt.
Mark Saint is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Keskimulkku is looking to clinch but Saint is avoiding it.
Saint tries to clinch up
and Keskimulkku counters by moving into the clinch.
Saint wants to break free but Keskimulkku has control.
Keskimulkku looking to throw knees to the head but Saint is blocking nicely.
Saint is looking to break free of the clinch but Keskimulkku has double underhooks.
Keskimulkku with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Saint wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Saint has had enough of the clinch but Keskimulkku keeps him there for the moment.
Saint wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Saint tries to break the clinch but Keskimulkku is controlling the position.
Saint takes an elbow to the forehead.
Keskimulkku landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Keskimulkku using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Saint has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Keskimulkku prevents Saint from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Siegfried Keskimulkku showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Saint tries to clinch up
and Keskimulkku counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Keskimulkku lands a nice elbow.
Keskimulkku tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Keskimulkku avoiding damage as Saint throws knees to the body.
Saint is trying to break the clinch but Keskimulkku has him pressed against the cage.
Keskimulkku lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Keskimulkku lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Saint blocks the elbow strike.
Keskimulkku tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Saint manages to break the clinch.
Saint wants to clinch
and Keskimulkku counters with a three punch combo that has Saint backing up. Saint nods at Keskimulkku to acknowledge the strikes.
Mark Saint seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Keskimulkku drives through and clinches with Saint against the cage.
Keskimulkku connects with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Saint.
A right hook to the body lands for Saint.
Keskimulkku avoids the elbow strike from Saint, against the cage.
Keskimulkku lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Keskimulkku lands an elbow that stopped Saint in his tracks for a moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Saint wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nice elbow from Keskimulkku.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keskimulkku scores a nice knee to the body.
Keskimulkku lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Saint wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Keskimulkku has him pressed against the cage.
Keskimulkku tries to land knees in the clinch but Saint avoids the damage to the body.
Saint wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Keskimulkku using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Saint has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Saint lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Saint.
Saint wants to break the clinch but can't.
Keskimulkku misses with a knee strike.
Saint wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Saint tries to break the clinch but Keskimulkku is controlling the position.
Saint is trying to break the clinch but Keskimulkku has him pressed against the cage.
Saint tries to break the clinch but Keskimulkku is controlling the position.
Knees to the body from Keskimulkku.
Keskimulkku throws a knee to the head but misses.
Saint wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Keskimulkku lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Saint tries to break the clinch but Keskimulkku is controlling the position.
Saint takes an elbow to the temple.
Saint breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Keskimulkku circles away from the clinch attempt
and Keskimulkku counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Keskimulkku.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keskimulkku tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Saint throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Keskimulkkus head.
Saint takes an elbow to the temple.
Saint wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Keskimulkku tries a knee to the head but Saint blocks it.
Saint wants to break the clinch but can't.
Saint is looking to break free of the clinch but Keskimulkku has double underhooks.
Keskimulkku blocks an elbow strike from Saint.
Keskimulkku gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Saint wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Keskimulkku looking to throw knees to the head but Saint is blocking nicely.
Saint breaks the clinch.
Saint throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Keskimulkku gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Saint.
Keskimulkku fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Keskimulkku looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Saint closes the distance but Keskimulkku moves to the side
and Keskimulkku counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Keskimulkku.
Knees to the body from Keskimulkku.
A knee to the head by Keskimulkku.
Saint takes an elbow to the forehead.
Keskimulkku has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Saint has had enough of the clinch but Keskimulkku keeps him there for the moment.
Saint blocks an elbow strike from Keskimulkku.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint can't break the clinch.
Saint is looking to break free of the clinch but Keskimulkku has double underhooks.
Keskimulkku blocks an elbow strike from Saint.
Knees in the clinch landing for Keskimulkku.
Saint wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Keskimulkku tries to land a knee to the head but Saint blocks with his arms.
Saint is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Keskimulkku lands a damaging elbow.
Saint wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Keskimulkku has him pressed against the cage.
Keskimulkku lands a nice elbow.
Keskimulkku lands an elbow inside.
Keskimulkku lands an elbow inside that Saint shrugs off.
Keskimulkku lands an elbow inside that Saint shrugs off.
Keskimulkku crunches a lovely knee into Saint's ribcage.
Saint takes an elbow to the temple.
Saint lands an elbow that stopped Keskimulkku in his tracks for a moment.
Keskimulkku with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Saint is looking to break free of the clinch but Keskimulkku has double underhooks.
Saint is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Keskimulkku.
Saint is trying to break the clinch but Keskimulkku has him pressed against the cage.
Saint tries to break the clinch but Keskimulkku is controlling the position.
Keskimulkku creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Saint wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Keskimulkku.
Saint is looking to break free of the clinch but Keskimulkku has double underhooks.
Saint wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Keskimulkku has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keskimulkku lands an elbow just above Saint 's eye.
Keskimulkku lands an elbow inside that Saint shrugs off.
Saint takes an elbow to the forehead.
Keskimulkku lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Saint is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Keskimulkku lands a damaging elbow.
Oh Saint is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Saint wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Keskimulkku lands a knee to the head.
Keskimulkku tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Saint seems to have got his legs back now.
Saint breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Saint wants to clinch
and Keskimulkku counters with a head kick.
Saint tries to clinch but Keskimulkku moves away
and Keskimulkku counters with a nice leg kick.
Saint tries to clinch
and Keskimulkku counters with a nice low kick that buckles Saint's knee momentarily.
Keskimulkku lands a nice leg kick that just misses Saint's sensitive parts.
Saint throws a nice looking combination but Keskimulkku bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Saint circles away from the clinch attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A punch combination from Saint misses.
Saint is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Keskimulkku.
Mark Saint has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Saint throws a combination that misses
and Keskimulkku holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Siegfried Keskimulkku comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Keskimulkku winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Siegfried Keskimulkku!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Banks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and sekert saletti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). sekert saletti has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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130 lbs
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132 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyler Banks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, sekert saletti!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
saletti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Banks looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Banks misses with a jab, cross combination.
saletti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Banks throws a right and a left that saletti avoids nicely.
saletti scores with a hook.
saletti slow jab from Banks misses its intended target.
saletti closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Banks is working to avoid the ground and pound but saletti connects with a decent elbow.
Banks on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Banks could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
saletti advances nicely into full mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
saletti lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
saletti working the ground and pound effectively.
Banks wants to control but saletti is having none of it.
saletti in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Banks is rocked!
saletti scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Banks?
Oh Banks is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
saletti takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Banks seems to have got his legs back now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
saletti landing strikes from the mount and Banks is in trouble!
saletti unloading with bombs!
Banks is bucking up trying to escape but saletti cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
saletti unloading with bombs!
Banks tries to get back to half guard but can't.
saletti controlling his opponent.
saletti trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Banks is trying desperately to improve position.
saletti pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
saletti has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
saletti controlling the pace for now.
saletti lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Banks tries to lock up and control but saletti gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, saletti cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
saletti tries to control but Banks wriggling away.
saletti in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Banks is trying desperately to improve position.
saletti putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Banks takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
saletti working the ground and pound effectively.
saletti scoring with strikes but Banks is staying in there.
saletti controlling the pace for now.
Banks keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
saletti controlling the pace for now.
Banks is squirming around, avoiding saletti's attempts to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
saletti with shots to the head and body - Banks looks very uncomfortable down there.
saletti blocks Banks's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
saletti fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Banks regains half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
saletti is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
saletti wants to take a breather but Banks is having none of it.
saletti is thwarting Banks's attempts to control the position.
saletti working Banks over with strikes.
saletti working over Banks with some ground and pound. Banks looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
saletti works his way into full mount!
saletti scoring with strikes but Banks is staying in there.
saletti tries to control but Banks wriggling away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, saletti cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
saletti looking to finish Banks with some ground and pound. This is bad for Banks!
saletti breaks from Banks's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, saletti cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, saletti cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Banks is squirming around, avoiding saletti's attempts to control the action.
The referee warns Banks that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
saletti with good strikes from the mount here!
Banks working to try and regain half guard.
saletti in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
saletti dominating with strikes here.
saletti avoids the attempt from Banks to control.
saletti breaks from Banks's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
saletti scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Banks?
saletti tries to control but Banks wriggling away.
Banks is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
sekert saletti dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
saletti looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
saletti lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
saletti performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Banks is staying active underneath saletti, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
saletti lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
saletti content to control rather than advance.
saletti is keen to just control but Banks is a slippery customer.
saletti prevents Banks from improving his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
saletti looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Banks with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
saletti trying to control the action but Banks is working from the bottom.
saletti is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's one minute gone in the round.
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. saletti connects with a nice short shot to Banks's temple.
saletti is looking to take a break and control but Banks is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
saletti feints and as Banks raises his hands in defense, saletti changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
saletti slips nicely into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. saletti connects with a nice short shot to Banks's temple.
saletti moves nicely into side control.
saletti moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Check out the look on saletti's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Banks takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
sekert saletti has got the better of the ground game so far.
saletti passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Banks!
saletti landing strikes from the mount and Banks is in trouble!
saletti has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Banks's face.
saletti lands a heavy elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
saletti controlling from the full mount.
saletti has hold of Banks's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Banks manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
saletti is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Banks can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
saletti landing strikes from the mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
saletti lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
saletti is working for a guillotine from mount but Banks frees his head quite easily.
saletti unloading with bombs!
saletti landing punches.
saletti landing punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
saletti tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
saletti lands a heavy elbow.
Banks is squirming around, avoiding saletti's attempts to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! saletti connects with a massive shot to the dome!
saletti unloading with bombs!
saletti connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
A nice elbow there by saletti.
Banks manages to regain half guard. Good work.
saletti works his way into full mount!
saletti is landing with some decent strikes but Banks is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
saletti controlling the position easily from mount.
Banks's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
BOOM! saletti connects with a massive shot to the dome!
saletti cracks Banks with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Banks is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Banks in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
saletti trying to control but he's not successful this time.
saletti with the ground and pound from mount.
saletti punching from mount but Banks doing a good job of avoiding damage.
saletti thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Banks is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
saletti trying to control but he's not successful this time.
saletti tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
saletti breaks from Banks's wrist control and lands an elbow.
saletti looking to control and managing it successfully.
saletti putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Banks takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
saletti looking to control and managing it successfully.
Banks can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
sekert saletti showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
saletti drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
saletti wants to lay and pray for a moment but Banks keeps working.
saletti is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Banks knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The referee asks saletti politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. saletti prefers to stall for the moment though.
Banks is trying to get back to half guard.
saletti wants to lay and pray for a moment but Banks keeps working.
Banks taking punishment in the form of punches.
Banks takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Banks wants to get back to his feet.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
saletti swings for the body but Banks moves out of range.
A combination from Banks does no damage.
Tyler Banks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Banks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but saletti manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Banks avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
saletti throws a big shot that misses.
Banks gets cracked there but stands up to it.
saletti throws a shot from downtown. Banks moves away and avoids it.
Banks throws a right and a left that both miss.
saletti decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Banks on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Banks is trying to control but can't.
saletti drops an elbow to the side of Banks's head.
saletti drops an elbow to the side of Banks's head.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with saletti in particular looking to stall.
saletti thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
saletti has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
saletti not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Banks wants to improve his position but saletti is controlling well.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
saletti has a takedown stuffed.
Banks shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with saletti but saletti pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
saletti throws out a powerful jab.
saletti changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Banks looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Banks tries to buck saletti off but saletti is having none of it.
saletti lands some shots froms side control.
saletti wants to control but Banks is keeping him busy.
saletti lands a nice forearm strike.
Banks is working to avoid the ground and pound but saletti connects with a decent elbow.
saletti working the head with strikes.
saletti working the head with strikes.
saletti in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
saletti lands an elbow.
Banks is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked saletti off and has taken his back!
Banks doesn't have the hooks in and saletti manages to turn into his guard.
saletti connects with a couple of short punches.
saletti content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
saletti postures up.
saletti is working Banks over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
saletti postures up and lands a big shot to Banks's brow.
saletti looking to pass the guard.
saletti in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
saletti wants to pass the guard but Banks is keeping the position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Banks comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Banks scores with a hook.
saletti has his takedown stuffed
and Banks counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Banks stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. saletti swivels though and keeps the full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now saletti is on top in guard.
saletti landing some decent shots from guard.
saletti advances position into side control!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
saletti trying to control the position but Banks is working away.
saletti is chipping away with strikes.
Banks tries to improve position but can't.
Banks is working to avoid the ground and pound but saletti connects with a decent elbow.
saletti is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
saletti lands a few punches from side control.
Check out the look on saletti's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
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!
saletti working away.
saletti trying to control the position but Banks is working away.
saletti working the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Banks is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Tyler Banks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
saletti looks up at the clock and then as Banks takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, saletti smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
And that's the end of the fight!
sekert saletti comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well saletti 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 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... sekert saletti!
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