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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dakota Wolfe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wolfe comes into the arena with Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi blaring out of the sound system. Dakota Wolfe has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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194 lbs
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191 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dakota Wolfe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Daniel Daniels!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, John Kavanagh and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daniels is looking to clinch.
Wolfe throws a series of punches but Daniels moves out of range.
Wolfe throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wolfe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wolfe ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Daniels uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wolfe.
Daniels fails with an attempt to clinch.
Daniels is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wolfe scores with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wolfe throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Daniels fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wolfe misses with an uppercut.
Wolfe swinging wilding here.
Daniels throws a sloppy head kick and Wolfe moves out of range easily.
Daniels ducks right into an uppercut from Wolfe.
Daniels fails in his attempt to clinch.
Daniels is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wolfe comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Daniels looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolfe moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Daniels goes down! Can Wolfe finish him!?
Daniels is rocked!
Wolfe working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Daniels is still in real trouble! Can Wolfe finish him?
Wolfe trying to control the position from guard on top but Daniels is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Daniels seems to have recovered his senses.
Wolfe scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Daniels has his foot on Wolfe's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Wolfe works his way back into a safe position though.
Wolfe scoring with some ground and pound.
Wolfe pushing down on Daniels's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Daniels on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Wolfe trying to pass the guard but Daniels defending well.
Wolfe is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wolfe has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Daniels defend it? Wolfe steps over the head and cranks it - Daniels is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Wolfe!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dakota Wolfe!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Danny Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cat McHatt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McHatt has chosen MAINEIAC as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
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179 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Danny Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cat McHatt!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Russell Pearce and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McHatt scores with a one two! Li had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Li moves out of range as McHatt throws a body kick.
Li fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A head kick misses from McHatt.
Li shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
McHatt lands a slapping body shot.
McHatt closes the distance and lands a one-two.
McHatt scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
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!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by McHatt! Li is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cat McHatt!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin Wentworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leviathan Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wentworth comes to the cage accompanied by Extreme Ways - Moby. Jones comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Blood and Thunder - Mastodon kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Benjamin Wentworth has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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250 lbs
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225 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite 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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Benjamin Wentworth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leviathan Jones!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Roberts and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones stuffs the takedown.
Wentworth walks into a jab.
Wentworth looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jones stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benjamin Wentworth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wentworth looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jones throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
It looks like Benjamin Wentworth has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oooh a lovely combination from Jones sends Wentworth down but not out. Jones dives into side control looking to finish.
Jones wants to control but Wentworth is keeping him busy.
Wentworth is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Wentworth is breathing heavily.
The referee asks Jones politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Jones prefers to stall for the moment though.
Wentworth tries to bench press Jones off him but Jones keeps the position.
Jones trying to control the action but Wentworth is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wentworth prevents Jones from improving position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wentworth shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jones pinned against the cage. Jones gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jones lands a left and a right that sends Wentworth crashing to the canvas! Jones dives into mount looking to finish!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones controlling from the full mount.
Jones get's back to his feet.
Jones misses with a double jab.
Jones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jones misses with a double jab.
Wentworth looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jones is fending him off so far but Wentworth persists. Nope, Jones circles away and we're back to standing.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wentworth tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jones connects with a solid leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Jones.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Jones.
Wentworth takes one on the button.
Wentworth takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.
Wentworth on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jones misses with the combination.
Jones lets loose with a powerful body kick. Wentworth will feel that in the morning.
Jones throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Benjamin Wentworth's cut is getting worse.
Jones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wentworth dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Wentworth tries to move into range but Jones moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wentworth slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Wentworth shoots in but Jones avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Wentworth bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jones moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jones bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wentworth tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jones swivels and escapes.
Jones works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jones.
Jones shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jones stuffs the takedown attempt from Wentworth. Wentworth gets slowly back to his feet.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Some wild striking there from Jones.
Horrible takedown by Wentworth or perhaps it was just good defense by Jones which made him look bad.
Jones scores with a push kick.
Wentworth uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
Wentworth tries for a takedown but Jones sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Leviathan Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A right-left combo lands from Jones.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Wentworth.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wentworth is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Jones is trying to escape and Wentworth transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Jones is forced to tap! Nice work there by Wentworth! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Benjamin Wentworth!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bunson Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bunson Turner!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Joseph Jones and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turner misses with a low kick.
Turner throws a jab when Thomas was well out of range.
Thomas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Good exchange - Turner coming out on top.
Turner throws a lazy right hand but Thomas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Turner takes a kick to the side of the head.
Turner throws a jab but it's blocked by Thomas.
Nice defenses there by Turner.
Turner throws a hook but Thomas avoids it easily.
Thomas throws a hook but Turner blocks it.
Turner is looking to score with low kicks.
Thomas just misses with a punch to the body.
Turner doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Turner misses with the combination.
Good shot there by Turner.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Turner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Thomas scores with a nice head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner scores with a body shot.
Turner with a hook.
Turner tests Thomas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
It looks like John Thomas has been cut.
Thomas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turner.
Turner fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Thomas checks it well.
Turner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thomas.
Turner throws the left hand but Thomas avoids the punch easily.
Thomas lands a glancing blow to the side of Turner's head.
Thomas throws a hook but Turner blocks it.
No joy there for Turner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Turner is looking to score with low kicks.
Turner lands a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turner slips a straight right by Thomas.
A jab from Turner misses.
Turner throws out a loose jab but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Turner throws a lazy right hand but Thomas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Turner looks to land a body kick but Thomas moved away.
Thomas moves into range and connects with a jab.
Turner scores with a crisp jab that stopped Thomas in his tracks.
Turner lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Thomas is rocked!
Turner misses with a two punch combination.
Oh Thomas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Turner looks gassed!
Thomas misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Thomas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thomas seems to have got his legs back now.
Turner loads up on a big right hand but Thomas slips the punch.
Thomas throws a jab when Turner was well out of range.
Thomas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Turner takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Turner lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Turner throws a hook to the side of Thomas's head but Thomas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas missing with a left hand there. Turner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Turner looks to land a left hand but Thomas moved out of range nicely.
Turner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thomas moves away.
Thomas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice cross by Thomas.
A head kick misses from Thomas.
Turner throws a head kick that misses.
Thomas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turner.
Bunson Turner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab lands there for Turner.
John Thomas's cut is getting worse.
Thomas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thomas throws a head kick but Turner moves out of range.
Turner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turner throws a big shot that misses.
Decent striking displayed by Thomas there.
Thomas checks a low kick from Turner.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas blocks a jab.
Turner lands a with a good body shot.
Thomas slips a jab from Turner.
Thomas checks a low kick from Turner.
Thomas throws a big shot that misses.
Thomas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Good exchange - Turner coming out on top.
Thomas misses with a looping left.
Turner closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turner throws an overhand right that lands on Thomas's shoulder, as Thomas tries to avoid the shot.
Turner drops Thomas with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Thomas! Turner dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bunson Turner!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between gegard mousasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Base (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). mousasi's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hi-Gate- Pitchin. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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212 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, gegard mousasi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rob Base!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Eddie Farnsworth and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Base throws a nice looking combination but mousasi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
mousasi throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Base's head.
Base is looking to score with low kicks.
Base throws a sloppy head kick
and mousasi counters with a nice body kick.
mousasi misses with a takedown attempt - Base sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
mousasi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
mousasi lands a nice looking body shot.
mousasi blocks a head kick by Base.
mousasi drives through with a takedown into guard.
Base is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
mousasi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Base swivels though and keeps the full guard.
mousasi thows a big elbow that misses.
Base can't keep his opponent in guard - mousasi advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Base actively working from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. mousasi lands a nice short elbow.
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. mousasi connects with a nice short shot to Base's temple.
mousasi trying to control from half guard but Base is working away.
mousasi tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
mousasi lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Base wants to get back to full guard.
Base looks gassed!
mousasi tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Base.
mousasi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
mousasi uses his free foot to push down on Base's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Base.
mousasi wants to control the pace but Base is squirming around nicely.
mousasi jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Base manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Base tries to get back to half guard but can't.
mousasi lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Base down.
mousasi misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Base taking punishment in the form of punches.
Base is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Base is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
mousasi is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Base knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Base is looking to reverse the position.
Base is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked mousasi off and has taken his back!
Base is trying to stick to mousasi's back but mousasi is turning into Base. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Base's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by mousasi.
mousasi trying to control but Base is working from the bottom.
Base looking for a guillotine here but mousasi defends easily.
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.
Base keeping moving, preventing mousasi from controlling successfully.
mousasi is working Base over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Base is working an open guard so mousasi takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from mousasi.
mousasi misses with the combination.
Some wild striking there from Base.
mousasi shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
gegard mousasi dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
mousasi misses with a series of wild punches.
mousasi dodges the punch combination from Base.
Base throws a head kick but mousasi moves out of range.
Base pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice combination there by mousasi.
Base misses with a few strikes there.
mousasi looks for a takedown but Base sprawls well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Base thows a left - swing and a miss!
Base stuffs the takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Base shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
mousasi throws a series of punches but Base moves out of range.
mousasi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
mousasi shoots in for a takedown but Base shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for gegard mousasi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Base looks to land a combination. mousasi sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Base ducks down and throws a hook to the body but mousasi moves away.
mousasi jabs Base right on the nose. Base blinks but takes it well.
A combination from Base does no damage.
mousasi throws a one two combo.
Base should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
A punch combination from mousasi misses.
mousasi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
mousasi looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
mousasi tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Base is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but mousasi pulls his head out easily.
Base looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Base is looking for a sweep. mousasi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Base looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Base looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Base is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but mousasi pulls his head out easily.
Base is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but mousasi pulls his head out easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
mousasi bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Base tries to buck mousasi off but mousasi is having none of it.
mousasi scores with a couple of short elbows.
Base is looking for a sweep.
mousasi grinds an elbow into Base's temple.
mousasi working the ground and pound.
Base manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Base prevents mousasi from standing back up.
mousasi actively working from the bottom here.
Base seems to be looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Base seems to be looking for submissions.
mousasi kicks Base off and gets back to his feet.
mousasi fails with the takedown.
A head kick by Base misses
and mousasi counters with a one-two to the body.
Base dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
mousasi darts in and clinches Base up against the cage.
Base tries a knee to the head but mousasi blocks it.
Base has had enough of the clinch but mousasi keeps him there for the moment.
mousasi letting Base take a breather here.
mousasi jumps guard but Base stands there with mousasi around his waist. mousasi gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
mousasi changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Base fights it off and pushes away nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
gegard mousasi dominated that second round.
That's time! mousasi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A right-left combo lands from Base.
Base goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Base misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
mousasi misses with a wild combination.
mousasi fails with a takedown attempt.
Base throws a series of punches but mousasi moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Base rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but mousasi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
mousasi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
mousasi misses with a takedown attempt - Base sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Base lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
mousasi looks for a takedown but Base sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for gegard mousasi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Base.
Base stalks mousasi and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into mousasi's face. mousasi staggers backwards, shaken.
mousasi throws a series of punches but Base moves out of range.
mousasi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Base throws a leg kick
and mousasi counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
mousasi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
mousasi wants to work for an arm triangle but Base is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Base is not content to let mousasi control the position.
mousasi decides to stand and escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
mousasi drops his hands momentarily and Base takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Base misses with a body shot.
Base pivots, looking for a leg kick but mousasi is out of range and Base settles back down.
Base lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but mousasi circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice takedown defense from Base. No joy for mousasi on that attempt.
Base misses with a two punch combination.
Base misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A slow jab from Base misses its intended target.
mousasi throws a body kick that misses.
mousasi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Base misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Base misses with an attempted mid kick.
Base tries to bum rush mousasi with a series of wild strikes but mousasi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
mousasi avoids the head kick by Base.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
mousasi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rob Base is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
mousasi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Base was well out of range. Poor timing from mousasi.
Base swinging wilding here.
Base throws a sloppy head kick and mousasi moves out of range easily.
gegard mousasi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
mousasi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Base circles away from the clinch attempt.
Base lands a lovely overhand right.
Base misses with a wild combination.
mousasi scores with a takedown into Base's guard.
mousasi tries to stand but Base is controlling from the bottom.
Base looking to hit a scissor sweep but mousasi is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells mousasi's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
gegard mousasi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Base keeping moving, preventing mousasi from controlling successfully.
Base throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
gegard mousasi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Base throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
mousasi trying to control but Base is working from the bottom.
Rob Base has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Base has a closed guard, preventing mousasi from standing up.
And that's the end of the fight!
gegard mousasi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well mousasi 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... gegard mousasi!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Fantastico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riley is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Get Up. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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174 lbs
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179 lbs
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Counter striker
Good chin |
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roberto Fantastico!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Riley!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Jonathan Paton and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Riley keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Riley wants to clinch.
Riley paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
It looks like Roberto Fantastico has been cut.
Riley is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Riley swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fantastico.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fantastico swats away the attempt to clinch by Riley.
Fantastico drops his hands momentarily and Riley takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Roberto Fantastico's cut is getting worse.
Riley is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Riley has his takedown stuffed
and Fantastico counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Riley wants to control but Fantastico is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Riley is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Fantastico is staying active.
Fantastico stops Riley from getting back to his feet.
Fantastico trying to advance position but Riley counters by regaining guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley looking for subs off his back but Fantastico has passed one foot through into half guard.
Riley is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Fantastico is thwarting Riley's attempts to control the position.
Riley flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Riley looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastico is keen to just control but Riley is a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riley tries to kick Fantastico off but Fantastico keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Riley tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Fantastico counters with a nice double leg into side control. Riley won't be happy with that.
Riley pushes Fantastico away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Fantastico gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Riley looks gassed!
Fantastico is trying to get an arm triangle but Riley is defending well.
Fantastico looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Fantastico is looking to take a break and control but Riley is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastico wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Riley, who protects the arm well.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Riley wants to control but Fantastico postures up.
Riley is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Fantastico off and has taken his back!
Riley trying to control momentarily.
Can Fantastico hold on?! Riley is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Riley connects with a big shot to the side of Fantastico's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Riley is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Fantastico defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Fantastico might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Riley is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Fantastico. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Riley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roberto Fantastico's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Riley smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Riley has his takedown stuffed
and Fantastico decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Riley's guard.
Riley is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Riley wants to stand up but Fantastico has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Riley looking for a submission but Fantastico manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
Fantastico has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Riley is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Fantastico.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fantastico keeps working.
Fantastico dodges the ground and pound from Riley.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Riley tries to move to mount but Fantastico blocks the move with his legs.
Riley lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Riley tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Riley has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Riley is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Fantastico has escaped the position, nice work there.
Fantastico struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Riley is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Fantastico knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Fantastico is looking for a sweep.
Riley stands up.
Riley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fantastico takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Riley throws a nice outside leg kick.
Riley darts in trying to clinch
and Fantastico counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley trying to keep a closed guard but Fantastico is proving a slippery customer.
Riley working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fantastico doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Fantastico manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Riley is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Riley bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Fantastico's guard.
Riley drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Riley jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Riley thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Riley trying to control but Fantastico is working from the bottom.
Fantastico 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but John Riley will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Roberto Fantastico'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. This is the final round!
Riley tries to clinch but Fantastico moves out of range.
Riley tries to clinch but Fantastico moves out of range.
Riley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fantastico dodges the punch combination from Riley.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A decent looking cross lands there for Riley.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Riley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fantastico is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Riley.
Riley moves in looking to clinch but Fantastico pushes him off.
Fantastico dodges the punch combination from Riley.
Riley looks to clinch
and Fantastico counters with a single leg into guard. Riley didn't expect that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Fantastico gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Riley working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fantastico doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Fantastico manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Fantastico slips nicely into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Riley manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Riley not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Fantastico sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Riley's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fantastico trying to mount his opponent but Riley defends it.
Riley is trying to control but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riley kicks Fantastico off and gets back to his feet.
Riley tries to clinch but Fantastico moves out of range.
Fantastico looks for a takedown but Riley sprawls well.
Riley wants to clinch but Fantastico slips to the side
so Fantastico counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Riley is on top in guard.
Riley trying to control but Fantastico is working from the bottom.
Riley sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley trying to control but Fantastico is working from the bottom.
Roberto Fantastico has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
John Riley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fantastico managing to control the position.
Riley chips away with some ground and pound.
Riley stands up from Fantastico's guard - Riley perhaps looking for a knockout.
John Riley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Riley tries to clinch but Fantastico moves away
and Fantastico counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Riley's guard now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Riley is looking for a triangle but Fantastico pushes his legs off easily.
Riley has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Fantastico can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roberto Fantastico showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Riley has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Riley!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alkan Jemil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve McGinness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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205 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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Good kicks
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alkan Jemil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steve McGinness!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Chad Campbell and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGinness circles away from the clinch attempt.
McGinness swats away the attempt to clinch by Jemil.
Jemil is looking to clinch but McGinness is avoiding it.
Jemil throws a sloppy head kick and McGinness moves out of range easily.
Jemil fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jemil tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jemil tries to clinch but McGinness moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGinness circles away from the clinch attempt.
A head kick by McGinness misses
and Jemil counters with a head kick.
Jemil tries to close the distance and clinch up but McGinness swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McGinness keeps the fight on the outside.
Jemil shoots in for a double leg but McGinness sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A head kick by McGinness misses
and Jemil counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. McGinness is lucky that one didn't land flush.
McGinness throws a lazy head kick
and Jemil counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. McGinness is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
McGinness circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jemil tries to clinch up.
McGinness throws a head kick that misses
and Jemil counters with a one-two to the body.
Jemil misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
McGinness looks to land a combination. Jemil sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jemil tries to clinch there but McGinness circles away.
Jemil wants to clinch up but McGinness keeps it at a distance.
Jemil tries to close the distance and clinch but McGinness swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McGinness scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jemil fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jemil is looking to clinch.
Jemil throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around McGinness's waist but McGinness gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jemil off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alkan Jemil. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jemil tries to clinch but McGinness moves out of range.
Jemil takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Jemil is breathing heavily.
McGinness throws a sloppy head kick
and Jemil counters with a head kick. That will keep McGinness thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Jemil wants to clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
McGinness connects with a solid leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve McGinness dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jemil is looking to clinch but McGinness is avoiding it.
McGinness swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jemil slips a jab and a cross from McGinness.
Jemil could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Jemil tries to clinch up.
Jemil throws a head kick that misses
and McGinness counters with a one-two to the body.
Jemil wants to clinch but McGinness slips to the side
and McGinness counters with a two punch combo.
Jemil wants to clinch but McGinness slips to the side
and McGinness counters with a head kick. That will keep Jemil thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGinness throws a sloppy head kick and Jemil moves out of range easily.
Jemil wants to clinch but McGinness slips to the side
and McGinness counters with a slapping leg kick.
McGinness turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
McGinness circles away from the clinch attempt
and McGinness counters with a series of strikes. Jemil will be more careful next time no doubt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jemil looks to clinch
and McGinness counters with a leg kick.
Jemil tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and McGinness counters with a series of strikes. Jemil will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jemil clinches but McGinness breaks the clinch
and McGinness counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jemil darts in trying to clinch
and McGinness counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Jemil is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Alkan Jemil seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jemil tries to clinch up
and McGinness counters with a one-two to the body.
Jemil wants to clinch but McGinness slips to the side
and McGinness makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jemil tries to clinch up
and McGinness counters with a series of strikes. Jemil will be more careful next time no doubt.
It looks like Alkan Jemil has been cut.
McGinness goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Jemil tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and McGinness counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Jemil is lucky that one didn't land flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve McGinness showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alkan Jemil'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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Jemil tries a head kick but it misses.
Jemil tries to clinch
and McGinness counters with a body kick that stops Jemil in his tracks momentarily.
Jemil closes the distance looking to clinch
and McGinness counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Jemil is lucky that one didn't land flush.
McGinness throws a sloppy head kick
and Jemil counters with a shoot takedown. McGinness fights it but they end up in guard.
Jemil missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGinness keeping moving, preventing Jemil from controlling successfully.
Jemil stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. McGinness swivels though and keeps the full guard.
McGinness uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Jemil wants to clinch
and McGinness counters with a head kick. That will keep Jemil thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Jemil tries to clinch up
and McGinness counters with a big head kick but Jemil shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jemil shoots and misses
and McGinness counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Jemil is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Steve McGinness seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jemil darts in trying to clinch
and McGinness counters with a left and a right that stings Jemil.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGinness throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
McGinness misses with a double jab.
Jemil closes the distance looking to clinch
and McGinness counters with a head kick. That will keep Jemil thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
McGinness swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jemil counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. McGinness is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGinness lands a high kick!
McGinness with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jemil throws a lazy head kick
and McGinness counters with a head kick.
Jemil closes the distance looking to clinch
and McGinness counters with a flying knee. Nice.
And that's the end of the fight!
Steve McGinness comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got McGinness 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 26:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 26:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve McGinness!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kung Lao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bancroft Rothschild (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lao comes to the cage accompanied by Mortal Kombat. Bancroft Rothschild has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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203 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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201 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kung Lao!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bancroft Rothschild!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Alyssa Summers and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lao keeps Rothschild at a distance using the push kick.
Lao showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rothschild.
Kung Lao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lao lets loose with a powerful body kick. Rothschild will feel that in the morning.
Lao throws a hook but Rothschild blocks it.
Rothschild throws the kick towards the body but Lao avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Lao.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lao.
Lao throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rothschild on the side of the head.
Lao waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Rothschild.
Rothschild closes the distance and clinches.
Lao looking to stall.
Lao lands a shoulder strike.
Lao misses with a punch on the inside.
Lao wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lao tries to land knees in the clinch but Rothschild avoids the damage to the body.
Rothschild looking to stall.
Rothschild pressing his opponent against the cage.
Rothschild missing with knees to the body.
Lao tries to stall but Rothschild uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lao misses with a knee strike.
Lao tries to break the clinch but Rothschild is controlling the position.
Rothschild using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rothschild working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lao trying to stall but Rothschild improves his position.
A short body shot lands from Rothschild as the two fighters clinch.
Lao missing with knees to the body.
Rothschild connects with a knee to the head.
Rothschild looking to stall.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lao.
Rothschild is pushing Lao up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A head punch on the inside from Rothschild fails to land.
Lao is trying to break the clinch but Rothschild has him pressed against the cage.
Rothschild controlling the action here for a moment.
Lao wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lao pushes off an throws an elbow but Rothschild leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lao misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rothschild.
Lao digs a right hand into Rothschild's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rothschild's gas tank.
Lao lands an elbow that stopped Rothschild in his tracks for a moment.
Still in the clinch, Rothschild scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lao wants to break free but Rothschild has control.
Lao blocking some punches.
Lao is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rothschild is keeping busy.
Lao has a couple of punches blocked by Rothschild.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lao wants to get back to striking at distance but Rothschild won't allow it.
Rothschild using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lao lands a nice shot to the body.
Rothschild blocks an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lao.
Rothschild using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lao misses with an elbow strike.
Rothschild on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rothschild misses with a knee strike.
Rothschild avoiding damage as Lao throws knees to the body.
Lao is breathing heavily.
Lao pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rothschild has closed the distance and engaged Lao in a clinch.
Lao tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lao takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lao is trying to maintain a safe position but Rothschild gets an underhook and turns Lao into the cage.
Rothschild makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rothschild lands with a short shot to the head.
Lao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rothschild avoiding damage as Lao throws knees to the body.
Rothschild lands a knee to the body.
A short right from Rothschild on the inside.
Rothschild unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lao lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rothschild lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lao is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rothschild is keeping busy.
Rothschild scores with a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rothschild scores with a shoulder strike.
Lao tries a knee to the head but Rothschild blocks it.
Rothschild working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rothschild gets through Lao's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rothschild scores a nice knee to the body.
Rothschild lands a knee to the body.
Rothschild lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lao tries a knee to the head but Rothschild blocks it.
Rothschild with a knee to the head.
Rothschild misses with a knee strike.
Rothschild lands a shoulder strike.
Rothschild using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rothschild lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lao backwards.
Rothschild lands a body punch in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rothschild.
Knees to the body from Rothschild.
Lao avoids a wild elbow strike from Rothschild.
Rothschild landing knees to the head.
Rothschild throws a knee to the head but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rothschild.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rothschild lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rothschild with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lao missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild pushes Lao back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rothschild has him pressed against the cage.
Rothschild pushes Lao back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lao has had enough of the clinch but Rothschild keeps him there for the moment.
Rothschild misses with a knee strike.
Rothschild unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lao lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lao tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rothschild is struggling to control the position.
Lao using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rothschild has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rothschild lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lao or not.
Rothschild with a knee to the head.
Rothschild lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lao backwards.
Rothschild takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rothschild lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lao backwards.
Lao wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rothschild avoiding damage as Lao throws knees to the body.
Lao letting Rothschild take a breather here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lao throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rothschild blocks it with crossed arms.
Rothschild using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lao tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Still in the clinch, Rothschild scores with a nice short uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Rothschild.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bancroft Rothschild dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Rothschild lands with a straight right. Lao didn't see that one coming.
Lao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rothschild throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rothschild throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A solid body kick from Lao.
Lao lands with a slapping head kick.
Rothschild tries to clinch up.
Rothschild throws a right and a left that Lao avoids nicely.
Lao lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rothschild scores with a jab.
Bancroft Rothschild is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rothschild blocks the body kick.
Lao scoring well with a low kick there.
A head kick misses from Lao.
Rothschild looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lao checks a leg kick.
Lao throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Rothschild just misses with a punch to the body.
Lao plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rothschild keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Rothschild does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild walks forward, straight into a front kick from Lao.
Lao throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Lao.
Lao looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rothschild takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rothschild takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lao throws a sloppy head kick and Rothschild moves out of range easily.
Lao lands a head kick!
Rothschild takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rothschild on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Lao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rothschild.
Rothschild takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Lao throws a sloppy head kick and Rothschild moves out of range easily.
Rothschild takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lao lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rothschild moves into range and clinches up with Lao.
Rothschild prevents Lao from breaking the clinch.
Lao wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild stalling in the clinch.
Rothschild looking to slow down the pace here.
Bancroft Rothschild seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rothschild unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lao lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lao lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lao breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rothschild tries to clinch there but Lao circles away.
Rothschild scores with a jab.
Lao pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lao throws a head kick but Rothschild moves out of range.
A good leg kick by Lao.
Lao throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lao throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rothschild fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lao looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rothschild checks a leg kick.
Lao thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Rothschild if he has to take too many more of those.
Rothschild takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A thudding body kick lands there by Lao!
Lao misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lao misses with the body kick
and Rothschild counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lao tries a head kick but it misses.
Rothschild forces Lao back against the cage and clinches.
Rothschild avoiding damage as Lao throws knees to the body.
Rothschild lands an elbow that stopped Lao in his tracks for a moment.
Lao misses with a knee strike.
Rothschild connects with a knee to the head.
Rothschild lands a left hand.
Lao is trying to break the clinch but Rothschild has him pressed against the cage.
Lao avoiding damage as Rothschild throws knees to the body.
Rothschild displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lao up against the cage.
Lao working aggressively here.
Rothschild missing with knees to the body.
Rothschild working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rothschild has him pressed against the cage.
Rothschild on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lao is looking to break free of the clinch but Rothschild has double underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Rothschild scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rothschild throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rothschild with a knee to the head.
Rothschild using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rothschild's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rothschild lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lao backwards.
Rothschild looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rothschild avoiding damage as Lao throws knees to the body.
Lao misses with a punch to the body.
Rothschild displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lao up against the cage.
Rothschild cracks Lao with a nice body shot.
Rothschild just leaning against Lao, taking a breather.
Rothschild wants to stall.
Rothschild prevents Lao from breaking the clinch.
Lao wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rothschild.
Rothschild on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rothschild lands a knee to the body.
Rothschild scores a nice knee to the body.
Rothschild has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Lao.
Lao takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rothschild prevents Lao from breaking the clinch.
Rothschild using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rothschild managing to block the knees to the body from Lao.
Rothschild lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rothschild lands with a right to the head.
Lao's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kung Lao dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Lao throws a head kick that misses.
Rothschild tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lao was well out of range. Poor timing from Rothschild.
Kung Lao is winning the standup battle so far.
Rothschild takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Lao looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lao misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rothschild takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rothschild rushes Lao and presses him up against the cage.
Rothschild on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lao's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rothschild has him pressed against the cage.
Rothschild lands a left hand.
A short right from Rothschild.
Rothschild lands with a right to the head.
Lao's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rothschild throws a shot from downtown. Lao moves away and avoids it.
Rothschild has managed to clinch.
Lao with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stalling in the clinch from Rothschild.
Lao missing with knees to the body.
Rothschild landing knees to the body.
Rothschild works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Good body shot from Rothschild.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A knee to the head by Rothschild.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rothschild creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rothschild holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Rothschild using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lao wants to get back to striking at distance but Rothschild won't allow it.
Lao looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lao tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rothschild creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rothschild crunches a lovely knee into Lao's ribcage.
Come on Rothschild - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lao is trying to break free.
Stalling in the clinch from Rothschild.
Lao is trying to maintain a safe position but Rothschild gets an underhook and turns Lao into the cage.
Rothschild avoiding damage.
Rothschild blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rothschild taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lao throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lao on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lao throws an elbow but misses.
Rothschild throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lao blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rothschild dodges an elbow strike from Lao.
Lao tries to land knees in the clinch but Rothschild avoids the damage to the body.
Lao misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rothschild lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rothschild with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lao dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Lao takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lao is leaning against Rothschild and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lao just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rothschild's brow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rothschild creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lao's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lao swats away the attempt to clinch by Rothschild.
Rothschild closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rothschild throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lao blocks it with crossed arms.
Lao takes a shot to the head.
Rothschild is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rothschild on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lao throws an elbow but misses.
Lao misses with a body punch.
Lao breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lao misses with a head kick.
Rothschild gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rothschild pushes Lao back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rothschild misses with a knee strike.
Lao scores with a hook to the body.
Rothschild tries to land a knee to the head but Lao blocks with his arms.
Rothschild avoids the elbow strike from Lao, against the cage.
Rothschild blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lao misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rothschild slowing the pace effectively.
Lao on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rothschild using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rothschild crunches a lovely knee into Lao's ribcage.
Lao looking to stall.
Rothschild's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A left hand lands to the body for Rothschild.
Rothschild avoiding damage as Lao throws knees to the body.
Rothschild lands a hook that snaps the head of Lao backwards.
Rothschild throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lao blocks it with crossed arms.
Rothschild working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rothschild misses with a knee strike.
Rothschild tries a knee to the head but Lao blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Lao wants to get back to striking at distance but Rothschild won't allow it.
Lao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rothschild lands an uppercut.
A short left from Rothschild.
A short left from Rothschild.
Lao blocks the elbow strike.
Rothschild stalling in the clinch but Lao improves position.
Rothschild misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lao manages to break the clinch.
Rothschild throws the left hand but Lao avoids the punch easily.
Lao connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Rothschild takes a kick to the side of the head.
Lao ducks under a wild hook from Rothschild.
Lao scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lao is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Rothschild crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lao - the referee stops the clock and Rothschild gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lao. Rothschild manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Rothschild throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lao misses with a kick to the body.
Lao keeps the fight on the outside.
Lao tries a head kick but it misses.
Lao throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rothschild's head.
Rothschild avoids the head kick by Lao.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bancroft Rothschild really 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.
Rothschild gets a clinch.
Rothschild effectively controlling the action here.
Rothschild misses with a knee to the head.
Lao misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lao throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rothschild lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rothschild is looking to control Lao's arms but Lao gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rothschild has his back to the cage.
Lao manages to break the clinch.
Lao fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rothschild.
Rothschild stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lao.
Rothschild jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lao connects with a nice looking jab.
A head kick misses from Lao.
Rothschild looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lao throws a sloppy head kick and Rothschild moves out of range easily.
Lao throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rothschild.
Lao goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Rothschild throws a head kick but Lao moves out of range.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
A punch combination from Rothschild misses.
A head kick misses from Rothschild.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lao throws a front kick that sends Rothschild stumbling back into the cage.
Lao throws a sloppy head kick
and Rothschild moves into the clinch.
Rothschild on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Rothschild.
Rothschild keeps control of Lao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rothschild tries a knee to the head but Lao blocks it.
Lao stalling in the clinch but Rothschild improves position.
Lao is trying to break free.
Rothschild stalls.
Rothschild with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lao tries to break the clinch but Rothschild is controlling the position.
Lao working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rothschild throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rothschild has a couple of punches blocked by Lao.
Lao throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rothschild tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lao's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rothschild misses with the combination.
Rothschild on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
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.
Rothschild takes a swing at Lao's ribcage but misses.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Lao.
Rothschild clinches up against the cage.
Rothschild throws an elbow but it misses.
Rothschild blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rothschild lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rothschild slows down the pace here.
Lao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rothschild with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lao is looking to break free of the clinch but Rothschild has double underhooks.
Lao pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lao loads up on a big right hand but Rothschild slips the punch.
Rothschild throws a head kick but Lao moves out of range.
Rothschild fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lao throws a push kick but Rothschild slaps the foot to one side.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lao.
Lao misses with a kick to the body.
Rothschild looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lao. That's going to slow Rothschild down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lao throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Lao avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lao misses with a head kick.
Lao circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lao throws the kick towards the body but Rothschild avoids it.
Rothschild pushes Lao up against the cage in a clinch.
Lao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lao avoiding damage as Rothschild throws knees to the body.
Lao takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rothschild creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lao is looking to break free of the clinch but Rothschild has double underhooks.
Rothschild misses with a knee strike.
Lao is trying to break the clinch but Rothschild has him pressed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Rothschild.
Lao is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rothschild is keeping busy.
Rothschild tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lao manages to break the clinch.
Lao missing with a left hand there. Rothschild was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lao connects with a high kick.
Rothschild thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rothschild misses the jab.
Rothschild throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lao digs a good body shot into Rothschild's ribs.
Rothschild instigates a clinch.
Lao looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rothschild managing to block the knees to the body from Lao.
Rothschild tries to land a knee to the head but Lao blocks with his arms.
Rothschild is trying to stall.
Rothschild prevents a body shot from Lao.
Lao is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lao breaks the clinch.
Lao tries a head kick but it misses.
Rothschild pushes Lao up against the cage in a clinch.
Rothschild lands a nice shot to the body.
Rothschild managing to block the knees to the body from Lao.
Rothschild missing with knees to the body.
Rothschild lands a right hand.
Lao taking a breather.
Rothschild lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rothschild unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lao lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Kung Lao will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Rothschild tries to close the distance and clinch but Lao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lao takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lao looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lao misses with a kick to the body.
Rothschild looks to score with a jab to the body but Lao is just out of range.
Rothschild moves into range and clinches up with Lao.
Lao misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rothschild.
Lao is looking to break free of the clinch but Rothschild has double underhooks.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rothschild.
Lao misses with a knee to the head.
Rothschild tries a knee to the head but Lao blocks it.
The referee calls for Rothschild to work.
Rothschild lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rothschild blocks an elbow strike.
Rothschild avoiding damage as Lao throws knees to the body.
Rothschild scores with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Rothschild.
Rothschild with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rothschild with a knee to the head.
Lao swings wildly with an uppercut but Rothschild uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rothschild fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild keeps control of Lao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lao escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rothschild throws a right hand that Lao ducks under and follows up with a left that Lao also avoids with ease.
Lao on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lao lands a right hook to the body.
Rothschild misses with a wild combination.
Lao dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lao pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lao uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rothschild slips a jab from Lao.
Lao bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Lao misses with a head kick.
Rothschild moves into the clinch.
Rothschild lands a knee to the head.
Lao misses with an elbow over the top.
Rothschild stalling in the clinch but Lao improves position.
Rothschild tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rothschild has him pressed against the cage.
Lao wants to get back to striking at distance but Rothschild won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Lao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lao is looking to break free of the clinch but Rothschild has double underhooks.
Lao takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lao working aggressively here.
Rothschild lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lao.
Nice body punch from Rothschild.
Lao wants to break free but Rothschild has control.
Rothschild is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rothschild lands a nice uppercut.
Rothschild blocks a body shot from Lao.
Rothschild landing knees to the head.
Lao lands a knee to the body.
Rothschild landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rothschild avoids the elbow strike from Lao, against the cage.
Rothschild keeps control of Lao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rothschild with a knee to the head.
Rothschild lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rothschild is looking to control Lao's arms but Lao gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rothschild has his back to the cage.
Lao tries to land knees in the clinch but Rothschild avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lao.
Rothschild misses with a knee to the head.
Lao pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Lao.
Nice shot lands for Rothschild.
Rothschild throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lao.
Lao throws a head kick but Rothschild moves out of range.
Rothschild forces Lao back against the cage and clinches.
Rothschild misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rothschild lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lao.
Rothschild throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Laos head.
Rothschild keeps control of Lao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lao missing with knees to the body.
Rothschild stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rothschild on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lao wants to get back to striking at distance but Rothschild won't allow it.
Rothschild cracks Lao with a nice body shot.
Lao can't break the clinch.
Lao takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rothschild with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lao struggles to land a body shot inside as Rothschild controls his hands.
Rothschild with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rothschild fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lao manages to break the clinch.
Rothschild avoids the head kick by Lao.
Rothschild gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lao has had enough of the clinch but Rothschild keeps him there for the moment.
Lao tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rothschild landing knees to the head.
Rothschild leaning against his opponent.
Rothschild managing to block the knees to the body from Lao.
Rothschild on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rothschild lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rothschild throws an elbow that misses.
Rothschild is struggling to control the position.
Lao wants to break free but Rothschild has control.
Lao lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rothschild avoiding damage as Lao throws knees to the body.
Rothschild on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lao is trying to break free.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rothschild crunches a lovely knee into Lao's ribcage.
Rothschild lands a nice uppercut.
Rothschild scores a nice knee to the body.
Lao is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rothschild is keeping busy.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rothschild.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bancroft Rothschild comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rothschild has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 47:48
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 47:49
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bancroft Rothschild!
Bancroft Rothschild is the new middleweight champion!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Oil Slick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Rider (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slick comes to the cage accompanied by Careful With That Axe Eugene. Ryan Rider has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Oil Slick!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Rider!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Columbo Gatti and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slick's corner calls for a 1-2. Slick obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Slick throws a series of punches but Rider avoids them all with ease.
Rider misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rider misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rider tries a head kick but it misses.
Slick blocks a jab.
Slick lands with a slapping head kick.
Rider takes a kick to the side of the head.
Slick lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rider backs up against the cage.
Rider throws a head kick but Slick moves out of range.
Slick gets the takedown into side control.
Slick wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Rider, who protects the arm well.
Slick blocks the strikes from Rider.
Rider tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Slick has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Rider!
Slick wants to finish this one by submission but Rider is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Slick.
Rider bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Rider tries to free his leg and advance position but Slick is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slick is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Rider throwing strikes but missing.
Slick has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rider can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Rider is in close to Slick's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rider content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Slick working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rider doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Rider manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Rider postures up in Slick's guard and throws a big left but Slick blocks it.
Rider makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rider avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Slick is breathing heavily.
Rider is in close to Slick's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rider's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rider loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rider really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Slick. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Slick working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rider doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Rider manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Rider landing some decent shots from guard.
Rider must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Rider avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Rider works over Slick with some ground and pound from guard.
Rider content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Slick escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Rider gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Rider trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slick throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Slick throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Rider is in close to Slick's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rider's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rider content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Rider is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rider landing with the ground and pound.
Rider keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Slick's head.
Slick working for a triangle but Rider defends it easily.
Rider wants to pass the guard but Slick is keeping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rider sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Slick's guard.
Rider 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.
Rider is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rider thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Slick's head.
Rider not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Slick actively working from the bottom here.
Rider working Slick over with strikes.
Slick looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Slick looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Slick tries to get to full guard but Rider has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Oil Slick will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Rider pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rider misses with a head kick.
Rider throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Rider walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rider avoids a kick to the body.
Slick takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Slick drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Rider wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Rider misses with an elbow from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rider can do anything to dispel that myth.
Rider gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Rider slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Rider tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rider throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Rider wants to sweep here but Slick controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rider escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Slick gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Rider trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Rider throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Rider tries a head kick but it misses.
Slick throws a head kick that Rider semi-blocks.
Slick looks for a takedown but Rider sprawls well.
Rider misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice body kick there by Slick.
Nice body punch from Slick.
Slick throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rider.
Rider tries to keep at a distance but Slick has taken the fight into the clinch.
Slick's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rider feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Slick has his foot on Rider's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rider works his way back into a safe position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rider postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rider working some strikes from top position.
Slick has his foot on Rider's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rider works his way back into a safe position though.
Slick had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Rider is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Slick Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Rider's back instead.
Slick is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Slick is trying to stick to Rider's back but Rider is turning into Slick. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Slick's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Rider.
Rider postures up and lands a big shot to Slick's brow.
Slick has his foot on Rider's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rider works his way back into a safe position though.
Rider scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Slick has momentary wrist control but Rider slips an elbow through the middle.
Rider working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Slick's head.
Rider drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Rider jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rider with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Rider loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Slick looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Rider keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Slick's head.
Rider postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rider working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Slick is looking for a triangle but Rider pushes his legs off easily.
Rider scoring with some ground and pound.
Slick working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rider doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Rider manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Rider scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slick is looking for a triangle but Rider pushes his legs off easily.
Oil Slick overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rider wants to pass the guard but Slick is keeping the position.
Slick has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rider can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Rider scoring with punches to the head and body.
Slick is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rider throws a wild body kick that Slick sees coming a mile off.
Slick avoids a kick to the body.
Rider shoots for a double leg takedown but Slick sprawls well. He's pushed Rider's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rider fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Slick sprawls well initially but Rider persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Slick is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rider scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rider working the head and body with strikes.
Slick actively working from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Oil Slick will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Slick drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Slick thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Rider regains half guard.
Rider lands with a few short shots to the body.
Rider is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Slick's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Slick's back!
Slick breaks Rider's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Rider bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Slick's guard.
Rider with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Rider chips away with some ground and pound.
Rider avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rider lands a couple of elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slick is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Slick is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Rider keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Slick's head.
Rider with a nice head shot there.
Slick is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Rider lands a couple of elbows.
Slick is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Rider stands up over Slick, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rider with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rider's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rider lands a couple of elbows.
Slick is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rider's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Slick looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Slick had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Rider is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Slick Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Rider's back instead.
Rider tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Slick jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Rider manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Slick is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Rider has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rider tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Rider throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rider closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Nice strikes from Rider there.
Rider lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Rider scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Rider working Slick over with strikes.
Slick gets back to full guard.
Slick looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rider postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Slick has his foot on Rider's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rider works his way back into a safe position though.
Rider connects with a couple of short punches.
Rider postures up in Slick's guard and throws a big left but Slick blocks it.
Rider is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Slick looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Rider lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Rider scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rider avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Slick wants to get back to his feet but Rider is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Rider really dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Rider scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
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. Rider connects with a nice short shot to Slick's temple.
Rider throws a strike but Slick avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Slick looking for a sweep. Not yet Slick, not yet.
Rider with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Slick escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Rider gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Rider postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Slick looking for a guillotine here but Rider defends easily.
Slick looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Slick is looking for a triangle here but Rider uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slick takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Rider is putting a hurting on Slick here, landing some big shots from side control.
Rider lands some shots froms side control.
Slick is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Slick manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Slick is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Rider pulls his head out easily.
Slick is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Rider pulls his head out easily.
Slick looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rider winds up and cracks Slick with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rider lands a nice short elbow.
Rider lands with a punch from half guard.
Slick looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Slick is in trouble now - Rider has advanced to mount!
Rider landing strikes, looking to finish!
Slick is looking to get to half guard.
Slick is working hard here to advance position.
Rider fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Rider is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Slick can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rider unloading with bombs!
Rider is landing with some decent strikes but Slick is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Slick is working to get back to half guard.
Rider landing shots from mount.
Rider pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Slick is working to get back to half guard.
Rider working Slick over with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rider lands a heavy elbow.
Rider scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Slick?
Rider with shots to the head and body - Slick looks very uncomfortable down there.
Slick keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Rider scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Rider landing strikes from the mount and Slick is in trouble!
A nice elbow there by Rider.
Rider lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Slick hang on?
Rider working the ground and pound effectively.
Slick gets back to half guard.
Slick slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Slick throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Rider dominated that fourth 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!
Slick lands a head kick!
Slick throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rider tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rider pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rider tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Slick closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Rider to the mat! Rider manages to get full guard.
Rider wants to sweep here but Slick controlling him for the moment.
Slick is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Slick is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Rider looking to hit a scissor sweep but Slick is one step ahead there.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rider is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Slick looking to pass the guard.
Slick stands up out of Rider's guard for a moment - Rider manages to land a nice upkick.
Slick is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Rider looks for the body kick but Slick saw that one coming.
Oil Slick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rider shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Rider working some strikes from top position.
Rider distracts Slick with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rider is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Slick is looking for a triangle but Rider pushes his legs off easily.
Rider scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slick looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Rider lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rider postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Slick is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Rider working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Slick's head.
Slick looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Slick is looking for a triangle but Rider pushes his legs off easily.
Rider working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Slick's head.
Rider passes into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slick looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Rider working Slick over with strikes.
Slick is looking for a sweep. Rider is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Slick looking for submissions off his back.
Slick actively working from the bottom here.
Slick has hold of Rider's hands but Rider slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Slick actively working from the bottom here.
Rider is nestled in close to Slick, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
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.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rider bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Slick tries to buck Rider off but Rider is having none of it.
Slick is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Rider landing strikes.
Slick takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Slick taking a bit of punishment here - Rider scoring with strikes.
Rider works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Slick avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Rider.
Slick sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Slick actively working from the bottom here.
Rider lands with a punch from half guard.
Slick has hold of Rider's hands but Rider slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Rider comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rider has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 46:49
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 47:48
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Rider!
Ryan Rider is the new welterweight champion!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lyoto Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darren Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell comes to the cage accompanied by Go Ninja- Vanilla Ice. Smith has chosen ''More Human Than Human'' by White Zombie as his entrance music. 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 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lyoto Liddell!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darren Smith!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Roberts and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liddell swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Liddell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Liddell lands with a nice combination. Smith backs away looking to recover.
Liddell pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Smith closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Smith working the ground and pound from side control.
It looks like Lyoto Liddell has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liddell managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Smith.
Liddell takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Smith is chipping away with strikes.
Smith thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Smith working the ground and pound but Liddell is defending the strikes.
Liddell is looking for a sweep.
Smith wants to control but Liddell is keeping him busy.
Smith throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Smith controls the position.
Smith's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Liddell is not content to let Smith control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Smith working over Liddell with some ground and pound. Liddell looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Smith wants to lay and pray for a moment but Liddell keeps working.
Liddell is trying to get back to full guard.
Smith wants to free his trapped foot but Liddell is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Liddell has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Smith is working away from the top position though.
Smith prevents Liddell from improving his position.
Smith throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Liddell wants to get back to full guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Smith slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Smith is looking to slow Liddell down with leg kicks.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Smith scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Smith missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Smith wants to free his trapped foot but Liddell is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Liddell knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Smith on the ground.
Smith throwing shots but Liddell is blocking nicely.
Smith misses with a head shot. Liddell uses the momentum to regain guard.
Liddell on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Liddell tries to get out of the position.
Smith throwing strikes from guard but Liddell blocks nicely.
Liddell controls Smith momentarily but Smith frees himself.
Smith throwing strikes from guard but Liddell blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Liddell keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Liddell thows a leg kick but Smith checks it
and Smith counters with a leg kick.
Liddell tries a head kick but it misses.
Smith explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Liddell is breathing heavily.
Liddell motions for Smith to come forward. Liddell throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Liddell throws a head kick but Smith moves out of range.
Smith dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Liddell. That did some damage!
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Liddell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A head kick misses from Smith.
Liddell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smith sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A right-left combo lands from Liddell.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liddell takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Liddell throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Smith throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A punch combination from Liddell misses.
Lyoto Liddell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liddell throws a big shot that misses.
Liddell tries to land a front kick but Smith steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a low kick but it's checked well by Liddell.
Liddell throws a sloppy head kick
and Smith counters with a nice leg kick.
Smith looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Liddell takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Smith lands with a nice body kick.
Smith fakes the leg kick and cracks Liddell in the body.
Smith connects with a solid leg kick.
Smith cracks the inside of Liddell's front leg.
Smith tries a head kick but it misses.
A nice combination there by Smith.
A solid leg kick lands there for Smith.
Liddell is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Smith throws a series of punches but Liddell avoids them all with ease.
Smith fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Liddell.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick and Liddell moves out of range easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Liddell throws a lazy head kick
and Smith counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lyoto Liddell's cut is getting worse.
Liddell throws a lazy head kick
and Smith counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Liddell's guard now.
Smith working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Smith slips nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darren Smith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lyoto Liddell's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Smith throws a nice inside leg kick.
Liddell throws a lazy head kick
and Smith counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big left from Liddell misses.
A good leg kick by Smith.
Liddell throws a low kick but Smith avoids it.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
Liddell moves out of range of the body kick from Smith.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick and Liddell moves out of range easily.
Smith slips a straight right by Liddell.
Liddell misses with the body kick
and Smith counters with a head kick. That will keep Liddell thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Darren Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Smith throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Liddell blocks a low kick nicely.
Liddell throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
Smith throws a hook but Liddell blocks it.
Good standup being displayed there by Liddell as he connects with a hook.
Smith looks for the body kick but Liddell saw that one coming.
A low kick from Liddell is predictable there
and Smith finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Liddell misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell throws a hook but Smith blocks it.
Liddell thows a body shot but no joy.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses.
Smith feints and then cracks Liddell's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Liddell down.
Smith throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Liddell.
Smith pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Liddell lands a glancing blow to the side of Smith's head.
Liddell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Liddell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Smith feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Liddell's calf.
Liddell throws the kick towards the body but Smith avoids it.
Smith throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Liddell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Smith misses with the combination.
Liddell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Smith throws a half hearted mid kick.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Liddell is out of range.
Liddell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Liddell misses with an uppercut.
No joy there for Liddell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Liddell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from Smith misses.
Lyoto Liddell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smith scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Smith trying to control the action but Liddell is working from the bottom.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Liddell is trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell seems a little lost for a moment, as Smith dominates the positioning.
Smith in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Darren Smith has got the better of the ground game so far.
Smith is working Liddell over with some ground and pound from side control.
Smith has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Liddell is being controlled here.
Smith tries to score with some ground and pound. Liddell controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Smith is looking to take a break and control but Liddell is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Liddell manages to get back to half guard.
Liddell is refusing to be controlled, as Smith sits in half guard.
Liddell on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Liddell trying to control from the bottom.
Smith is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Liddell is squirming around, avoiding Smith's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith punishing his opponent with strikes.
Liddell is desperately trying to improve his position but Smith has a good base and remains in mount.
Smith avoids the attempt from Liddell to control.
Smith is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Liddell can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Smith lands a big elbow.
Smith with the ground and pound from mount.
Smith prevents Liddell from getting the reversal.
Liddell 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.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Liddell defending well though.
Liddell tries to roll over but Smith keeps him under control.
Smith is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darren Smith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Lyoto Liddell's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Smith throws a shot from downtown. Liddell moves away and avoids it.
Liddell throws out a loose jab but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice uppercut lands for Liddell. That snapped Smith's head back.
A telegraphed right hand from Liddell misses the target.
Liddell misses with a double jab
and Smith counters with a big head kick but Liddell shrugs it off.
Liddell fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Smith checks it well.
Liddell throws a head kick but Smith moves out of range.
Liddell connects with a body shot.
Liddell misses with a hook.
Smith looks for the body kick but Liddell saw that one coming.
A chopping leg kick lands by Smith.
Smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Smith throws a head kick but Liddell moves out of range.
Liddell tries a head kick but it misses.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liddell.
An inside leg kick lands from Liddell.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Smith tests Liddell's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Liddell throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Smith.
Liddell waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Smith.
Smith misses with a head kick.
Liddell takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Liddell lands with a two punch combination before moving 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!
Liddell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Liddell throws out a leg kick but Smith moves out of range and Liddell only half commits.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses
and Smith counters with a single leg into guard. Liddell didn't expect that.
Smith scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Smith is pushing down on Liddell's leg trying to pass to half guard. Liddell is fighting to maintain full guard but Smith has managed to sneak the leg through.
Liddell wants to improve his position but Smith is controlling well.
Smith is trying to control the action in half guard but Liddell is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Smith lands strikes from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell wants to get back to full guard.
Smith seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Smith is looking to advance position but Liddell won't allow it.
Liddell misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Smith trying to control from half guard but Liddell is working away.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Liddell throws a head kick but Smith moves out of range.
Smith takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A solid leg kick lands there for Liddell.
Liddell lands a head kick. Smith smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Liddell avoids the head kick by Smith.
A nice leg kick lands there from Liddell.
Smith throws a head kick that misses.
Liddell buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Liddell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith blocks a head kick by Liddell.
Liddell lands a right hook to the body.
Smith throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Liddell throws a head kick that Smith semi-blocks.
Smith keeps Liddell at a distance using the push kick.
Liddell avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smith looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Liddell is fending him off so far but Smith persists. Nope, Liddell circles away and we're back to standing.
Smith drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Liddell tries a head kick but it misses.
Liddell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith looks to land a combination but Liddell avoids it well.
A good leg kick by Smith.
Smith pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Liddell cracks Smith with a good jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Smith lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Liddell has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Liddell and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A head kick by Liddell misses
and Smith counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Liddell is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to land a leg kick but Liddell saw it coming and moves away.
Liddell rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Liddell takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Liddell will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Liddell misses with a leg kick
and Smith decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Liddell's guard.
Smith stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Liddell swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Liddell avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Smith has gone for a leg lock! Liddell slips out almost immediately though and dives into Smith's guard.
Liddell trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liddell won't allow Smith to sweep him here.
Smith trying to strike off his back.
Liddell trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Liddell would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lyoto Liddell clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Lyoto Liddell's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Liddell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
No joy there for Liddell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses.
Smith slips under a jab from Liddell.
Smith throws a leg kick which misses Liddell's front leg but catches the back leg as Liddell tries to avoid it.
Smith lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Smith shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Smith showed some decent athleticism there.
Smith is nestled in close to Liddell, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Smith seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Liddell is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Darren Smith!
Darren Smith is the new light heavyweight champion!
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