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HFC 6 Henn VS. Griffin PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Baley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave O Connor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dave O Connor will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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182 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paul Baley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dave O Connor!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Connor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Baley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Baley keeps the fight on the outside.
O Connor tries to clinch but Baley is having none of it.
O Connor moves in looking to clinch but Baley pushes him off.
O Connor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
O Connor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Baley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dave O Connor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Connor throws a nice inside leg kick.
O Connor fails with an attempt to clinch.
O Connor tries to clinch there but Baley circles away.
O Connor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Baley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Baley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Baley looks to land a left hand but O Connor moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baley just misses with a punch to the body.
O Connor is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
It looks like Dave O Connor has been cut.
Baley thuds a left hand into O Connor's body.
O Connor scores with a leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Baley. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Baley.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Connor tries a head kick but it misses.
Baley has O Connor up against the cage in a clinch.
Baley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
O Connor closes the distance looking to clinch
and Baley counters with a nice uppercut.
Baley checks the leg kick nicely there.
O Connor defending well as Baley loads up on a big left hand.
O Connor moves away from the strike by Baley.
O Connor tries to clinch but Baley moves away
and Baley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
O Connor tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Baley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
O Connor is rocked!
That has opened up Dave O Connor's cut even more.
O Connor looks gassed!
Baley fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks O Connor square on the jaw! Damn, O Connor is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Paul Baley!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vitor Belforte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Traff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vitor Belforte has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vitor Belforte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tony Traff!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belforte bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Traff is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Belforte working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Belforte is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Traff has escaped the position, nice work there.
Belforte passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Traff!
Belforte with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Belforte throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Traff has his hands clasped together but Belforte breaks the hold and Traff is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Belforte!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vitor Belforte!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rudi Guns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and micheal smoker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying smoker's choice of entrance music: lil wayne mrs officer. 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 featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rudi Guns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, micheal smoker!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
smoker keeps Guns at a distance using the push kick.
smoker fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Guns misses with a takedown
and smoker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guns has his takedown stuffed
and smoker counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by smoker.
smoker is looking to work some ground and pound but Guns has wrist control.
smoker lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Guns has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but smoker can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
smoker trying to control but Guns is working from the bottom.
smoker thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Guns keeping full guard, as smoker tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guns seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
smoker connects with a couple of short punches.
Guns looking to control.
Guns wants to sweep here but smoker controlling him for the moment.
smoker is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Guns is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Guns looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Guns is breathing heavily.
smoker in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Guns isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. smoker stacks Guns on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by smoker!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guns is trying to improve his position.
smoker stands up.
smoker lands with an uppercut that bounces Guns off the cage and back into rage.
smoker closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Guns tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but smoker wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
smoker working the head and body with strikes.
Guns takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Guns is looking to reverse the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
smoker stands up.
smoker tries to clinch there but Guns circles away.
smoker fails with an attempt to clinch.
smoker closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Guns to the mat! Guns manages to get full guard.
Guns keeping moving, preventing smoker from controlling successfully.
Guns is trying to control the position from the bottom.
smoker trying to control the position from guard on top but Guns is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
smoker wants to stand but Guns is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
smoker in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Guns looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Guns keeping moving, preventing smoker from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Guns is on top in guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guns passes smoker's left leg - he's now in half guard.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
micheal smoker dominated that round.
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.
The fight stays on the outside here - smoker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Guns shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
smoker is trying to escape the mount.
Guns controlling from mount.
smoker has given up his back here. Will Guns look for the submission or keep pounding away?
smoker has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Guns trying to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
smoker is really stuck here.
smoker is breathing heavily.
Guns is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged smoker with him. smoker is trying to defend but Guns has an arm under the chin now! smoker grimaces and is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Rudi Guns!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fernando Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rashad Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rashad Evans told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fernando Torres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rashad Evans!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans tries to score with a low kick but Torres moves his leg out of the way.
Torres drops Evans with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Evans looks back up at him and smiles so Torres waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
It looks like Rashad Evans has been cut.
Evans looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Torres moves in looking to clinch but Evans pushes him off.
Evans misses with a double jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Torres.
Torres moves in looking to clinch but Evans pushes him off.
Torres doesn't manage to clinch there - Evans circles away.
Evans throws a nice looking combination but Torres bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Torres scores with a jab. Evans acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Torres lands with a right that hurts Evans. Evans looks to clinch but Torres throws a short knee that drops Evans. This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Fernando Torres!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between AJ Willis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Mcpeeny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). AJ Willis could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to James Mcpeeny's chin.
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, AJ Willis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Mcpeeny!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcpeeny takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mcpeeny avoids the head kick by Willis.
Willis with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Mcpeeny looks gassed!
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!
A lazy left from Willis finds it's target.
Willis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Willis slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Willis lands a big shot that drops Mcpeeny! Can he finish him?
Mcpeeny is rocked!
It looks like James Mcpeeny has been cut.
Willis tries to free his leg and advance position but Mcpeeny is retaining full guard.
Willis is looking to stand up but Mcpeeny won't let him.
Mcpeeny looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Willis has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Mcpeeny is proving hard to escape from.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcpeeny had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Willis is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Mcpeeny Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Willis's back instead.
Willis holding both Mcpeeny 's hands and preventing any damage.
Mcpeeny looking for the RNC.
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.
Willis is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Willis tries to break free.
Willis knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mcpeeny on the ground.
Willis is trying to get back to his feet but Mcpeeny has full control of the position and if anything, Willis has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Mcpeeny is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Willis knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Willis for a finish.
Willis trying to control the action but Mcpeeny just sinks the hooks in.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcpeeny keeps control of the position as Willis tries to break free.
Willis is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Mcpeeny gets his way!
Mcpeeny is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Willis is defending well though. Mcpeeny let's go of the attempt for now.
Willis fending off the submission attempt from Mcpeeny.
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.
Mcpeeny throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Mcpeeny throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Willis wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Willis preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Mcpeeny.
Willis defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Mcpeeny's arms.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
AJ Willis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Mcpeeny's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Willis scores with a nice right hand.
Willis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Willis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mcpeeny.
A clash of legs there as Willis blocks the low kick.
Willis is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Willis darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Willis walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mcpeeny checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Willis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mcpeeny.
Willis slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Mcpeeny is breathing heavily.
Willis throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Willis bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Mcpeeny! He dives into his guard looking to finish!
Mcpeeny is still in real trouble! Can Willis finish him?
Willis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mcpeeny can do to turn this around?
Mcpeeny has a closed guard, preventing Willis from standing up.
Mcpeeny seems to have recovered his senses.
Mcpeeny can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Willis controls the pace.
Willis has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Mcpeeny is proving hard to escape from.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mcpeeny is looking for a triangle but Willis pushes his legs off easily.
Willis won't allow Mcpeeny to get back to his feet.
Mcpeeny looking for a guillotine here but Willis defends easily.
Mcpeeny keeping full guard, as Willis tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Willis stalks Mcpeeny and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Mcpeeny's face. Mcpeeny staggers backwards, shaken.
Willis lands a nice hook to Mcpeeny's body. Mcpeeny takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Willis throws a series of punches but Mcpeeny moves out of range.
Mcpeeny needs to keep his hands up - Willis had a free shot at his head there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Willis pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Willis.
Willis scores with a body shot.
Willis scores with a body shot.
Willis scores with a one two! Mcpeeny had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Willis lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcpeeny avoids a punch combination nicely.
Willis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mcpeeny tries to clinch but Willis moves out of range.
Mcpeeny closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Willis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Willis finds it's way through Mcpeeny's defenses.
Mcpeeny tries to close the distance and clinch up but Willis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Willis fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mcpeeny on the side of the head.
Willis connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mcpeeny. Mcpeeny circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Willis tries a head kick but it misses.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
AJ Willis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on James Mcpeeny's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Willis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mcpeeny shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Willis pinned against the cage. Willis gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Willis scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Willis avoids the head kick by Mcpeeny.
Willis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mcpeeny doesn't seem bothered though.
Willis lands a nice looking body shot.
Willis throws a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Willis connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mcpeeny. Mcpeeny circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
AJ Willis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Willis throws a sloppy head kick and Mcpeeny moves out of range easily.
Willis fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Willis throws a sloppy head kick
and Mcpeeny counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Willis is lucky that one didn't land flush.
AJ Willis is winning the standup battle so far.
Willis cracks a nice hook into Mcpeeny's ribs.
Willis connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mcpeeny momentarily.
Willis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mcpeeny on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Willis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
AJ Willis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mcpeeny takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Willis throws a body punch but Mcpeeny moves out of range.
No joy there for Willis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mcpeeny tries a head kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willis tries a head kick but it misses.
Mcpeeny misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A head kick by Willis misses
and Mcpeeny counters with a head kick.
Willis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
James Mcpeeny has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mcpeeny fails with an attempt to clinch.
Willis lands a body shot.
Willis fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mcpeeny throws a head kick that misses.
Willis lands a with a good body shot.
Willis lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Willis lands with an uppercut that bounces Mcpeeny off the cage and back into rage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willis connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mcpeeny. Mcpeeny circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Willis lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Willis throws a head kick but Mcpeeny moves out of range.
Mcpeeny fails with a takedown attempt.
AJ Willis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Mcpeeny.
Willis throws a head kick but Mcpeeny moves out of range.
Willis scores with a nice strike.
Willis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mcpeeny sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Willis lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Mcpeeny pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Willis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A bone on bone clash there as Mcpeeny blocks the leg kick.
Willis throws a low kick, looking for Mcpeeny's leg but Mcpeeny calmly moves out of range.
Willis avoids the head kick by Mcpeeny.
Willis throws a sloppy head kick and Mcpeeny moves out of range easily.
Mcpeeny scores with a kick to the midsection.
A swing and a miss from Willis.
Willis takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Willis throws a head kick that misses
and Mcpeeny counters with a flying knee. Nice.
AJ Willis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Willis connects with a nice looking jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
AJ Willis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Willis, 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 Andi Peters scores the fight for AJ Willis!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for AJ Willis!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for AJ Willis!
AJ Willis wins by unanimous decision!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Roman Shevchenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walker Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Roman Shevchenko has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Roman Shevchenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Walker Davis!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis looks for a takedown but Shevchenko sprawls well.
A head kick misses from Shevchenko.
Walker Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shevchenko avoids the body shot from Davis.
A combination from Davis does no damage.
Davis fails with a takedown attempt.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Davis crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Shevchenko - the referee stops the clock and Davis gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Shevchenko. Davis manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Davis looks gassed!
Davis swats away the attempt to clinch by Shevchenko.
Shevchenko lands a high kick!
It looks like Walker Davis has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shevchenko wants to clinch.
Davis shoots for a double leg takedown but Shevchenko sprawls well. He's pushed Davis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Roman Shevchenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Walker Davis.
Shevchenko circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Davis drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Shevchenko follows Davis to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roman Shevchenko!
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FIGHT
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Main event
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between BJ Henn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and tyson griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, BJ Henn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, tyson griffin!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for griffin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Henn closes the distance and clinches up with griffin, looking for a takedown. Henn pushes griffin against the cage but griffin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Henn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from griffin.
griffin throws a series of punches but Henn avoids them all with ease.
Henn cracks griffin with a good jab.
griffin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
griffin scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Henn is looking for a sweep.
Henn trying to remain calm as griffin controls from the top position.
griffin in side control lands a decent elbow.
Henn struggling a bit here.
Henn is looking for a sweep.
griffin tries to move into full mount but can't pass Henn's legs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henn is looking for a sweep.
griffin scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Henn to see if he's OK.
Henn is working to avoid the ground and pound but griffin connects with a decent elbow.
griffin working away.
Henn is trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
griffin tries to advance to mount but Henn denies him.
Henn tries to bench press griffin off him but griffin keeps the position.
Henn is not content to let griffin control the position.
griffin tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no griffin has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
griffin moves into full mount!
Henn is trying to escape the mount.
griffin lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Henn hang on?
griffin with good strikes from the mount here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
griffin can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Henn is looking to escape.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
griffin working for a submission but Henn is keeping him at bay.
griffin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Henn is in all sorts of trouble here.
griffin dominating with strikes here.
griffin trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Henn can't escape the position.
Henn is in a horrible position here. griffin smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
griffin breaks from Henn's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henn is looking to get to half guard.
Henn is breathing heavily.
griffin pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
griffin lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
griffin lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Henn hang on?
Henn can't escape the position.
Henn is working hard here to advance position.
griffin lands a big elbow.
griffin landing shots from mount.
griffin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
griffin jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Henn manages to avoid the submission attempt.
griffin working the ground and pound from side control.
Henn is trying to improve his position.
griffin tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
griffin trying to control the position but Henn is working away.
Henn takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Henn prevents griffin from moving into mount.
Henn is looking for a sweep.
griffin working away.
griffin working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
griffin moves into full mount!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
griffin has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Henn's face.
griffin in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Henn is trying to stand up.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
tyson griffin dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
griffin scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
griffin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
griffin with a lazy takedown attempt
and Henn counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Henn.
Henn throwing strikes from guard but griffin blocks nicely.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
griffin manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
griffin prevents Henn from getting the reversal.
griffin tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Henn tries to lock up and control but griffin gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
griffin lands a nice shot to the head.
griffin landing punches.
Henn is squirming around, avoiding griffin's attempts to control the action.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
griffin fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's one minute gone in the round.
griffin looking to control but Henn is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Henn is in all sorts of trouble here.
griffin has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Henn is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). tyson griffin!
tyson griffin is the new lightweight champion!
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FIGHT
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