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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Norm Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy The Bar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz comes into the arena with Cypress Hill - Hits From The Bong blaring out of the sound system. Norm Diaz is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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165 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Norm Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billy The Bar!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Bar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diaz.
The Bar dodges the punch combination from Diaz.
The Bar misses with a straight right.
Diaz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Bar scores with a shot to the body.
Diaz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diaz misses with a looping right.
The Bar misses with a jab, cross combination.
The Bar darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The Bar is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Diaz regains half guard.
Diaz flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Diaz wants to improve his position but The Bar is controlling well.
The Bar is looking to take a break and control but Diaz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Diaz looking for a kimura from the bottom but The Bar passes into side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Bar tries to score with some ground and pound. Diaz controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The Bar connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Diaz some visible discomfort.
The Bar working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The Bar creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
It looks like Norm Diaz has been cut.
The Bar tries to advance to mount but Diaz denies him.
The Bar working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The Bar is looking to take a break and control but Diaz 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.
Diaz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The Bar tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Diaz punching from the bottom.
The Bar landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The Bar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Diaz won't allow The Bar to pass to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaz throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The fighters are battling for position here. Diaz manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The Bar stopping the sweep attempt from Diaz.
The Bar trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The Bar preventing the sweep.
Diaz throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Diaz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diaz keeps the fight on the outside.
The Bar displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Norm Diaz's cut is getting worse.
The Bar thumps Diaz with a low kick.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Bar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diaz.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz looks to land a right hand but The Bar moved out of range.
Norm Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diaz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The Bar punishes Diaz's body with a nice straight punch.
Diaz takes a jab right on the kisser.
Diaz is rocked!
The Bar slips a jab from Diaz.
Oh Diaz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The Bar flashes Diaz a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Diaz's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Diaz crumples to the floor! He's out cold! The Bar punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Billy The Bar!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ben Jammin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jammin comes to the cage accompanied by Dance Monkey. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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147 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Jammin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, BJ Penn!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jammin tries to clinch there but Penn circles away.
Jammin is looking to clinch.
Penn closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Jammin moves into full guard.
Penn won't allow Jammin to get back to his feet.
Jammin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Penn wants to pass the guard but Jammin is keeping the position.
Jammin wants to stand up but Penn is controlling him.
Penn trying to control the position from guard on top but Jammin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn wants to stand but Jammin has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Penn tries to keep at a distance but Jammin has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jammin wants a takedown but no success here.
Penn tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jammin smiles and moves away.
Jammin is looking to slow Penn down with leg kicks.
Penn tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jammin counters with a takedown into side control.
Penn tries to bench press Jammin off him but Jammin keeps the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn struggling a bit here.
Jammin decides to stand up, so the ref orders Penn to his feet.
Jammin clinches with his opponent.
Jammin works on Penn's body with a couple of short punches.
Jammin breaks from the clinch.
Penn tries to clinch but fails miserably
so Jammin counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Penn looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Penn looking for a sweep. Not yet Penn, not yet.
Penn keeping moving, preventing Jammin from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jammin is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Jammin wants to stand but Penn has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jammin stopping the sweep attempt from Penn.
Jammin working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
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.
Penn working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Jammin has passed into half guard!
Jammin working over Penn with some ground and pound. Penn looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jammin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Penn has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jammin is working away from the top position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Jammin dominated that round.
That's time! Jammin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Jammin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jammin shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Penn looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Jammin stands and steps away. Penn gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Penn misses with a takedown attempt
and Jammin decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Penn's guard.
Ben Jammin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jammin gets to his feet - Penn follows without any prompting.
Penn looks to land a combination but Jammin avoids it well.
Penn shoots and misses
and Jammin counters with a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jammin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn tries for a takedown but Jammin circles away easily
and Jammin holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Ben Jammin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of BJ Penn.
Jammin wants the takedown. Penn is fighting it off but Jammin persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Penn's guard against the cage.
Penn preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jammin trying to control but Penn is working from the bottom.
Jammin with a nice head shot there.
Jammin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jammin looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn is trying to keep Jammin in close.
Jammin trying to control but Penn is working from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Penn doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Jammin counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Penn throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Jammin escapes and throws Penn's legs to the side, diving into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Jammin presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Penn working to try and regain half guard.
Jammin landing strikes, looking to finish!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jammin jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Penn is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Penn and Jammin has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Jammin working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
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.
Penn tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Penn is trying to control Jammin's posture but Jammin avoids it.
Jammin stands up.
BJ Penn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Penn has his takedown stuffed
and Jammin counters with a head kick. That will keep Penn thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Jammin dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Jammin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Penn, pushing him back against the cage.
Penn fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jammin is leaning against Penn and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jammin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Jammin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jammin turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Penn is trying to improve his position.
Jammin decides to stand up, so the ref orders Penn to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jammin closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Penn wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jammin trying to control the position but Penn is working away.
Penn gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Penn is trying to stand.
Penn tries to roll over but Jammin keeps him under control.
Penn is looking to control Jammin's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Penn avoid being mounted?
That's two 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.
Penn tries to get to full guard but Jammin has control of the leg.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jammin closes the distance and pushes Penn back into the cage.
Jammin turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Penn sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Penn is trying to control but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jammin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Penn does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Penn is trying to maintain the position but Jammin is very close to passing his half guard.
Jammin looks to land a strike but Penn avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Jammin lands a couple of digs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Penn working for submissions but it's allowed Jammin to get to half guard.
Jammin tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jammin is thwarting Penn's attempts to control the position.
Jammin is trying to control the action in half guard but Penn is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Penn trying to control but Jammin postures up.
Jammin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Jammin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jammin 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Jammin!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Darrell Rutledge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rice Boyd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rice Boyd looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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144 lbs
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142 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Darrell Rutledge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rice Boyd!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rutledge throws a head kick that half lands.
Rutledge fails in his attempt to clinch.
Boyd shoots for a double leg takedown but Rutledge sprawls well. He's pushed Boyd's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rutledge scores with a head kick.
Rutledge moves into the clinch.
Rutledge tries a body shot but Boyd blocks it.
Boyd misses with a punch on the inside.
Boyd working aggressively here.
Boyd working aggressively here.
Boyd scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rutledge throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Boyd is trying to drag Rutledge to the mat but Rutledge just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Boyd scores with a shot to the side of Rutledge's head.
Knees to the body from Rutledge.
Boyd misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rutledge lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rutledge blocking some punches.
Boyd can't get the takedown.
Darrell Rutledge has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rice Boyd.
Boyd looks gassed!
Rutledge lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyd softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Boyd jumps guard but Rutledge stands there with Boyd around his waist. Boyd gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rutledge.
Rutledge lands a nice knee to the body.
Rutledge's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rutledge moves in looking to clinch but Boyd pushes him off.
Rutledge displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Rutledge moves into range and clinches up with Boyd.
Rutledge works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rutledge stalling the fight.
A short right from Rutledge.
A head punch on the inside from Boyd fails to land.
Boyd goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rutledge connects with a nasty looking knee right to Boyd's face.
Boyd jumps guard.
Rutledge wants to stand but Boyd has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Rutledge has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutledge's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Boyd working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rutledge doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Rutledge manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Rutledge seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutledge avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Rutledge trying to control the position from guard on top but Boyd is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rutledge is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Boyd looking for subs off his back but Rutledge has passed one foot through into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Boyd is looking for a sweep. Rutledge is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rutledge is taking a breather. Boyd says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Boyd is staying active underneath Rutledge, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Boyd is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Rutledge pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darrell Rutledge dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Rutledge moves into range and clinches up with Boyd.
Rutledge tries to land a knee to the head but Boyd blocks with his arms.
Boyd doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rutledge pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rutledge tries to clinch up but Boyd circles away and keeps his distance.
Rutledge lands with a nice body punch.
Boyd goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Rutledge jabs Boyd right on the nose. Boyd blinks but takes it well.
Boyd takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rutledge lands with a slapping head kick.
Rutledge throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Boyd tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rutledge counters with a nice body kick.
Rutledge fails with an attempt to clinch.
Boyd is breathing heavily.
Rutledge gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutledge struggles to land a body shot inside as Boyd controls his hands.
Rutledge has had enough of the clinch but Boyd keeps him there for the moment.
Rutledge swings wildly with an uppercut but Boyd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boyd scores with a nice hook to the head.
Boyd has a couple of punches blocked by Rutledge.
Rutledge lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Boyd backwards.
Boyd tries a body shot but Rutledge blocks it.
Rutledge pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boyd fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Boyd will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Boyd takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rutledge lands with a slapping head kick.
Darrell Rutledge is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rutledge dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Boyd. That did some damage!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boyd blocks the body kick.
Rutledge has Boyd up against the cage in a clinch.
Rutledge connects with a nasty looking knee right to Boyd's face.
Good body shot from Rutledge.
Boyd lands a hook that snaps the head of Rutledge backwards.
Rutledge breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Rutledge.
Boyd takes one to the side of the head.
Rutledge has managed to clinch.
Boyd is trying to break the clinch but Rutledge has him pressed against the cage.
Rutledge's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rutledge throws a nice looking combination but Boyd bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rice Boyd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rutledge wants to clinch
and Boyd finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutledge clinches up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Boyd.
A right hook to the body lands for Rutledge.
Rutledge manages to break the clinch.
Boyd misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Boyd chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rutledge can pounce on him.
Rutledge gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Boyd tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rutledge tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rutledge is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Rutledge is trying to maintain a safe position but Boyd gets an underhook and turns Rutledge into the cage.
A short left from Boyd.
Rutledge breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyd walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rutledge.
Boyd looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rutledge is fending him off so far but Boyd persists. Nope, Rutledge circles away and we're back to standing.
Darrell Rutledge has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rice Boyd.
Rutledge throws a head kick that half lands.
Rutledge lands a nice looking kick to the body. Boyd takes a step back to recover.
Rutledge cracks Boyd with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rutledge listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Boyd chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rutledge can pounce on him.
Boyd shoots and misses
and Rutledge connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rutledge tries to clinch up but Boyd circles away and keeps his distance.
Rutledge has managed to clinch.
Rutledge leaning against his opponent.
Rutledge missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darrell Rutledge dominated that second round.
That's time! Rutledge's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Boyd takes one to the chin there.
Boyd throws a head kick that misses.
Rutledge clinches up against the cage.
Boyd misses with a hook to the ribs.
Boyd tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rutledge just stands there and leans against the cage.
Rutledge has Boyd pressed against the cage.
Boyd tries a knee to the head but Rutledge blocks it.
Rutledge will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Boyd up against the cage.
Boyd has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rutledge is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boyd fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Darrell Rutledge has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rice Boyd.
Rutledge stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rutledge breaks the clinch.
Boyd takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rutledge tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutledge wants to clinch.
Rutledge scores with a push kick.
Rutledge gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rutledge is trying to break free.
Boyd tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rutledge's elbow.
Rutledge prevents a body shot from Boyd.
Boyd tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rutledge makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rutledge's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rutledge.
Boyd gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rutledge fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Boyd, pushing him back against the cage.
Rice Boyd has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Boyd.
Rutledge is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Boyd is keeping busy.
Boyd working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rutledge scores with a knee to the head.
Boyd's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A bit of stalling here from Rutledge.
A nice left hand lands by Rutledge.
Rutledge's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rutledge misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Boyd.
Boyd wants a takedown but no success here.
Rutledge tries to land knees in the clinch but Boyd avoids the damage to the body.
Rutledge lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Boyd.
Rutledge using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Boyd has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Boyd tries to pull guard but Rutledge holds him up against the cage and eventually Boyd drops back down to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutledge breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Boyd walks into a straight right hand from Rutledge.
Rutledge slips a jab from Boyd.
Rutledge throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Boyd on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rutledge. Rutledge obviously looking to wear him down.
Rutledge clinches up with Boyd and pushes him back against the cage.
Boyd on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rutledge misses with an elbow over the top.
Rutledge throws a knee to the head but misses.
Boyd working aggressively here.
Rutledge lands a body shot.
Knees to the body from Rutledge.
Rutledge has Boyd pressed against the cage.
Boyd avoiding damage as Rutledge throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Boyd tries to work over Rutledge's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rutledge wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Boyd has him pressed against the cage.
Rutledge throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Boyds head.
Boyd fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rutledge lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rutledge breaks from the clinch.
Boyd circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rutledge takes the fight into the clinch.
Boyd throws a punch but it's blocked by Rutledge.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Boyd on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Boyd lands a takedown into guard.
Boyd drops back, looking for a kneebar! Rutledge looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Rutledge looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Rutledge!
And that's the end of the fight!
Darrell Rutledge showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rutledge, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Darrell Rutledge!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ale Vazquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romero Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ale Vazquez looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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172 lbs
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180 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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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 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ale Vazquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Romero Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Vazquez looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Gracie thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Vazquez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gracie takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gracie not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Vazquez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.
Gracie passes the guard and advances to mount!
Gracie lands a heavy elbow.
It looks like Ale Vazquez has been cut.
Gracie breaks from Vazquez's wrist control and lands an elbow.
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!
Gracie raining down shots from the mount!
Vazquez is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Vazquez bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Gracie and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Romero Gracie!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Eli Gabriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hendrix Erlanderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Erlanderson's choice of entrance music: Voodoo Chile. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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24
135 lbs
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141 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eli Gabriel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hendrix Erlanderson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Erlanderson wants to clinch up but Gabriel keeps it at a distance.
Gabriel looks to throw the jab but Erlanderson is out of range.
Gabriel misses with a straight left.
Gabriel swings for the body but Erlanderson moves out of range.
Erlanderson wants to clinch up but Gabriel keeps it at a distance.
Erlanderson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gabriel, pushing him back against the cage.
Erlanderson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gabriel pushes off an throws an elbow but Erlanderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Erlanderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Gabriel on the inside.
Gabriel tries for a takedown but Erlanderson manages to get underhooks.
Gabriel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gabriel being controlled against the cage.
Gabriel misses with a punch to the body.
Gabriel jumps guard but Erlanderson stands there with Gabriel around his waist. Gabriel gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Erlanderson.
Erlanderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Erlanderson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gabriel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Erlanderson tries to land a knee to the head but Gabriel blocks with his arms.
Erlanderson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A head punch on the inside from Erlanderson fails to land.
Gabriel looking to throw knees to the head but Erlanderson is blocking nicely.
Gabriel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gabriel pulls Erlanderson into guard.
Erlanderson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gabriel is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Gabriel is trying to keep Erlanderson in close.
Erlanderson trying to control the position from guard on top but Gabriel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Erlanderson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erlanderson trying to control but Gabriel is working from the bottom.
Gabriel has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Erlanderson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Gabriel looking to hit a scissor sweep but Erlanderson is one step ahead there.
Erlanderson tries to free his leg and advance position but Gabriel is retaining full guard.
Gabriel tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Erlanderson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gabriel. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Erlanderson throwing strikes from guard but Gabriel blocks nicely.
Erlanderson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Gabriel has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Erlanderson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Gabriel 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erlanderson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gabriel wants to sweep but no luck.
Gabriel working for a triangle but Erlanderson defends it easily.
Gabriel is breathing heavily.
Gabriel manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Erlanderson can't escape the position.
Erlanderson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Erlanderson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Gabriel throwing strikes here but Erlanderson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Erlanderson swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Erlanderson is looking to improve his position but Gabriel isn't that keen on the idea.
Gabriel can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Erlanderson is looking to escape.
Gabriel putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Gabriel looking to finish with strikes here!
Erlanderson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Erlanderson is trying to reverse the position but instead Gabriel has taken his back - oops!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gabriel is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Gabriel trying to control.
Gabriel is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eli Gabriel 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.
Gabriel wants to clinch
and Erlanderson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gabriel misses with an uppercut.
Gabriel wants to clinch but Erlanderson slips to the side
and Erlanderson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The is referee keeping an eye on Erlanderson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Gabriel tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Erlanderson smiles and moves away.
Erlanderson moves away from the strike by Gabriel.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gabriel wants to clinch up but Erlanderson keeps it at a distance.
Gabriel connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A combination from Gabriel does no damage.
Hendrix Erlanderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Erlanderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gabriel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gabriel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gabriel loads up on a big right hand but Erlanderson slips the punch.
Gabriel wants to clinch up but Erlanderson keeps it at a distance.
Gabriel looks to clinch
and Erlanderson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Erlanderson.
Erlanderson is looking to work some ground and pound but Gabriel has wrist control.
Gabriel throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Gabriel has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Erlanderson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Gabriel 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.
Erlanderson drops back looking for a leg! Gabriel is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Gabriel manages to kick Erlanderson off! Erlanderson jumps back into Gabriel's guard.
Gabriel manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Erlanderson is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erlanderson blocking the ground and pound.
Erlanderson is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Gabriel has taken his back.
Erlanderson tries to roll but Gabriel sticks to his back.
Erlanderson fending off the submission attempt from Gabriel.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gabriel throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Erlanderson is trying to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Erlanderson is defending well though. Gabriel let's go of the attempt for now.
Gabriel working for a choke but Erlanderson is defending well.
Gabriel misses with a punch to the head.
Gabriel doesn't have the hooks in and Erlanderson manages to turn into his guard.
Erlanderson 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.
Gabriel wants to sweep here but Erlanderson controlling him for the moment.
Gabriel is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Erlanderson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gabriel is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Erlanderson tries to stand but Gabriel is controlling from the bottom.
Gabriel looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Erlanderson trying to control but Gabriel is working from the bottom.
Gabriel had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Erlanderson is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Gabriel Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Erlanderson's back instead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gabriel is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Gabriel has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gabriel is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Erlanderson is defending well though. Gabriel let's go of the attempt for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eli Gabriel dominated that second 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. And we move into the final round!
Erlanderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gabriel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Erlanderson moves into the clinch.
Erlanderson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gabriel has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Erlanderson uses from the top position.
Gabriel not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gabriel looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Gabriel has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Erlanderson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Erlanderson 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.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gabriel looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gabriel working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Erlanderson.
Eli Gabriel overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gabriel is trying to control the position but Erlanderson postures up.
Gabriel looking for a sweep. Not yet Gabriel, not yet.
Erlanderson looking to pass the guard.
Gabriel not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Erlanderson slips a jab from Gabriel.
Gabriel tests Erlanderson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gabriel lands with a straight right. Erlanderson didn't see that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gabriel walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Erlanderson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Erlanderson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Erlanderson scores with a takedown into Gabriel's guard.
Gabriel looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Erlanderson advances position into side control!
Erlanderson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Gabriel is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Erlanderson off and has taken his back!
Erlanderson is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Erlanderson has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Gabriel.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erlanderson is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Erlanderson is in bad spot here.
Gabriel is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Erlanderson won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Gabriel off his unconscious opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Eli Gabriel!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wilson Grey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Choakaho Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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23
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wilson Grey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Choakaho Savage!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savage takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Grey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Savage walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Savage is rocked!
Grey scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Savage looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Savage tries to get into range but Grey steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Savage! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Grey scores the big KO victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Wilson Grey!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Briza DoUrden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bishop is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Drunkula - Lift The Whip. Briza DoUrden looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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24
135 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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24
142 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Briza DoUrden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billy Bishop!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DoUrden tries to clinch there but Bishop circles away.
DoUrden fails with the takedown.
Bishop misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from DoUrden.
DoUrden has a takedown stuffed.
DoUrden tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bishop swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Briza DoUrden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bishop loads up on a big right hand but DoUrden slips the punch.
Bishop misses with a wild combination.
DoUrden shoots in but no luck this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bishop.
DoUrden is breathing heavily.
Bishop throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Crunch! Bishop slams his shin into DoUrden's torso.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
DoUrden slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop throws a leg kick which misses DoUrden's front leg but catches the back leg as DoUrden tries to avoid it.
Bishop plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bishop lands a jab to the head.
Bishop lands a nice hook to DoUrden's body. DoUrden takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bishop misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bishop throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Bishop.
Bishop lands a head shot.
DoUrden is rocked!
Bishop lands with a right and another and another! DoUrden is in big trouble! Bishop lands again and this time it's lights out for DoUrden! A quality knockout there for Bishop.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Billy Bishop!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alan Bundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Padraig Keane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bundy comes to the cage accompanied by God Hates a Coward. Padraig Keane acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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177 lbs
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177 lbs
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alan Bundy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Padraig Keane!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keane throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bundy.
A combination from Bundy does no damage.
Bundy lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Padraig Keane has been cut.
Bundy cracks Keane with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bundy swinging wilding here.
Keane is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
No joy there for Keane, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bundy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bundy decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Keane avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bundy.
Bundy trying to pass the guard but Keane defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Keane is trying to stand back up but Bundy is controlling him
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bundy moves into full mount! Keane won't be happy about that!
A nice elbow there by Bundy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keane wants to try and get back to his feet.
Bundy controlling the position easily from mount.
Bundy trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bundy landing punches.
Keane is trying desperately to improve position.
Keane's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Bundy lands a big shot there that rocks Keane but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Keane is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Bundy looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bundy landing punches.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bundy lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Keane hang on?
Keane is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Bundy avoids the attempt from Keane to control.
Bundy trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Keane squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keane is desperately trying to improve his position but Bundy has a good base and remains in mount.
Bundy goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Keane is on top in guard.
Bundy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Keane avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bundy looking for a guillotine here but Keane defends easily.
Bundy is breathing heavily.
Bundy wants to sweep here but Keane controlling him for the moment.
Keane has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bundy is proving hard to escape from.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keane slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Bundy wants to sweep but no luck.
Keane has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bundy is proving hard to escape from.
Bundy wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bundy cracks Keane with a good jab.
Bundy has a takedown stuffed.
Bundy throws a leg kick
and Keane counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bundy is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Keane scores with a head kick.
Keane looks to land a body kick but Bundy moved away.
Bundy lands a two punch combo.
Bundy throws a left and a right that both miss
and Keane counters with a head kick.
Padraig Keane is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bundy fails to land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keane throws a right hand that Bundy ducks under and follows up with a left that Bundy also avoids with ease.
Bundy fails to land with a series of punches.
Keane throws a sloppy head kick
and Bundy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bundy throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bundy gets a takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keane is staying active underneath Bundy, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Keane tries to roll over but Bundy keeps him under control.
Bundy seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Keane flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Keane tries to kick Bundy off but Bundy keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Bundy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bundy missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bundy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Keane with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alan Bundy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Padraig Keane's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bundy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Keane falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bundy counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Bundy prevents Keane from standing back up.
Bundy is looking for a kimura but Keane is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bundy to get the leverage.
Bundy trying to mount his opponent but Keane defends it.
Bundy is thwarting Keane's attempts to control the position.
Keane is trying to stand back up but Bundy is controlling him
Bundy works his foot free and advances to mount.
Keane is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Keane is looking to improve his position but Bundy isn't that keen on the idea.
Keane is bucking up trying to escape but Bundy cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bundy lands a big shot there that rocks Keane but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Keane tries to reverse the position but Bundy maintains control.
Bundy with good strikes from the mount here!
Bundy is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Keane is surviving well by controlling Bundy's body position as best he can.
Bundy is landing with some decent strikes but Keane is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
A nice elbow there by Bundy.
Keane is wriggling around trying to escape.
Keane wants to control but Bundy is having none of it.
Keane trying desperately to get to his feet.
Bundy jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Keane manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Keane prevents Bundy from improving position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keane is trying to improve his position.
Bundy throwing strikes but Keane manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Keane stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Bundy goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Keane fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bundy!
Bundy lands a jab to Keane's midsection.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Keane throws a sloppy head kick and Bundy moves out of range easily.
Bundy avoids the head kick by Keane.
Bundy digs a good hook to Keane's body.
Bundy jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Keane.
Bundy 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.
Keane wants to stand up but Bundy is controlling him.
Bundy wants to control from the top but Keane keeps moving.
Bundy wants to pass the guard but Keane is keeping the position.
Keane wants to stand but Bundy is controlling the position.
Bundy trying to control the position from guard on top but Keane is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bundy stops Keane from standing up.
Bundy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bundy advances position into side control!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keane is trying to improve his position.
Keane is trying to buck Bundy off.
Keane is looking for a sweep.
Bundy thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The strikes coming from Bundy are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Keane is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Bundy asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Bundy thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alan Bundy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Padraig Keane's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Keane lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Bundy thows a body shot but no joy.
Keane misses with the combination.
Bundy misses with a two punch combination.
Bundy misses with a hook to the body
and Keane counters with a series of strikes. Bundy will be more careful next time no doubt.
Bundy feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Keane's calf.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bundy.
Bundy lunges at Keane with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Keane's hand.
Bundy lands a slapping body shot.
Bundy is looking to slow Keane down with leg kicks.
Bundy misses with a hook to the body
and Keane counters with a series of strikes. Bundy will be more careful next time no doubt.
Alan Bundy is winning the standup battle so far.
Keane takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Keane throws a series of punches but Bundy avoids them all with ease.
Bundy shoots in for a takedown but Keane shows good takedown defense.
Keane throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bundy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Keane.
Bundy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Keane counters with a low kick, right behind Bundy 's knee.
Some wild striking there from Bundy.
Bundy shoots for a double leg takedown but Keane sprawls well. He's pushed Bundy's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Keane scores with a nice right hand.
Bundy is looking to wear down Keane with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice body punch from Bundy.
Keane lands a high kick!
Bundy shoots in for a takedown but Keane shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alan Bundy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Keane with a nice cross.
Bundy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bundy 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 Keane has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Keane and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A nice combination there by Bundy.
A chopping leg kick lands by Keane.
Keane throws a right and a left that Bundy avoids nicely.
Bundy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keane lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Keane lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bundy scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Bundy is pressing down on Keane's thigh, looking to free his foot. Keane is holding on for now.
Bundy trying to control from half guard but Keane is working away.
Bundy missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Keane pushes Bundy off looking to stand but Bundy dives back in and keeps control.
Bundy scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bundy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bundy wants to pass the guard but Keane is defending well.
Keane is looking for a sweep. Bundy is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bundy looks to land a combination but Keane avoids it well.
Keane ducks under a wild hook from Bundy.
Keane lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Bundy thuds a left hand into Keane's body.
Bundy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Keane counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Keane with a nice cross.
Nice defenses there by Keane.
Bundy closes this distance looking for a takedown but Keane circles away.
Keane cracks the inside of Bundy's front leg.
Keane goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A left and a right from Bundy both land. Nice combination.
Keane moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Keane takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bundy closes this distance looking for a takedown but Keane circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keane throws a head kick that misses.
Bundy shoots in for a double leg but Keane sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Danga de danga de dang - Keane scores with a four punch combination!
Bundy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Alan Bundy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Keane scores with a hook.
Bundy lands with a hook. Keane tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bundy misses with a leg kick
and Keane counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bundy is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Keane misses the jab.
Keane thuds a left hand into Bundy's body.
Some wild striking there from Bundy.
Padraig Keane has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alan Bundy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bundy throws a right hand that Keane ducks under and follows up with a left that Keane also avoids with ease.
Alan Bundy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bundy misses with a leg kick.
Keane misses with a two punch combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Bundy scores with a four punch combination!
Bundy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bundy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Padraig Keane.
Well Bundy 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alan Bundy!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between James Howlett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chihiro Ogino (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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130 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Howlett!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chihiro Ogino!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ogino takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A slow jab from Howlett misses its intended target.
Ogino gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Howlett scores with a jab.
Howlett throws a looping overhand right but Ogino ducks down to avoid it.
Ogino bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Howlett defending against the ground and pound.
Howlett wants to control but Ogino postures up.
Howlett avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Ogino.
Ogino sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Howlett is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Howlett struggling a bit here.
Ogino wants to control but Howlett is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ogino in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Ogino misses with the ground and pound.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ogino shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Howlett pinned against the cage. Howlett gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Howlett lands with a shot to the body.
Howlett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Howlett looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ogino takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Howlett throws a right and a left that Ogino avoids nicely.
Ogino shoots in for a double leg but Howlett sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ogino walks into a jab.
Ogino is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Howlett.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howlett sizes up Ogino with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A jab lands there for Howlett.
Ogino moves away from the strike by Howlett.
Howlett misses with a few strikes there.
Ogino changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Howlett tries to avoid it but Ogino manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Howlett to the ground. Howlett escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
James Howlett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chihiro Ogino.
Howlett punishes Ogino's body with a nice straight punch.
Howlett scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ogino slips under a jab.
Howlett tests Ogino's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Howlett is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nice takedown defense from Howlett. No joy for Ogino on that attempt.
Ogino shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Howlett.
Howlett fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ogino on the side of the head.
Ogino looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ogino avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Howlett looks to land a right hand but Ogino moved out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Howlett.
Howlett swings for the body but Ogino moves out of range.
Ogino steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Howlett.
Howlett scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Howlett comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Howlett dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Howlett goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Howlett misses.
Ogino has a takedown stuffed.
Ogino steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Howlett.
Howlett throws a good cross that connects.
Howlett is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Howlett throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ogino.
Howlett scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Howlett changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Howlett throws a right hand that Ogino ducks under and follows up with a left that Ogino also avoids with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A lazy left from Howlett finds it's target.
James Howlett is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Howlett takes a swing at Ogino's ribcage but misses.
Ogino ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Howlett dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Howlett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Howlett misses with an uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Howlett.
Howlett throws a jab when Ogino was well out of range.
Howlett connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ogino. Ogino circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Howlett misses with a series of wild punches.
Howlett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ogino ducks under a wild hook from Howlett.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Howlett rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ogino moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Howlett cracks Ogino with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ogino takes one to the side of the head.
Ogino ducks right into an uppercut from Howlett.
Howlett tries to clinch there but Ogino circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from Howlett both land. Nice combination.
Ogino drives through with a takedown into guard.
Howlett utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Howlett manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Howlett tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ogino bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Ogino tries to free his leg and advance position but Howlett is retaining full guard.
Ogino throws and elbow that misses. Howlett uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ogino's guard. Nice move by Howlett!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howlett sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Howlett trying to control but Ogino is working from the bottom.
Ogino working for a triangle but Howlett defends it easily.
Ogino looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Howlett has picked Ogino up and slammed him! Ogino can't keep hold of the triangle and Howlett manages to pass to side control!
Ogino wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ogino manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Ogino thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ogino missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ogino prevents Howlett from improving his position.
Ogino seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Howlett has recovered full guard.
Howlett on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Howlett tries to get out of the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ogino accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ogino pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Howlett is keeping the position for now.
Howlett is pulling down on Ogino's head. It's preventing any offense from Ogino, at least for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Howlett avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ogino is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Howlett is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Howlett has escaped and now he's on top!
Ogino has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ogino being controlled here, momentarily.
Howlett trying to stand up but can't free himself from Ogino's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Howlett dominated that second round.
That's time! Howlett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Ogino has a takedown stuffed.
A big right from Howlett misses.
Howlett stalks Ogino and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ogino's face. Ogino staggers backwards, shaken.
Howlett is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Ogino clinches.
Ogino is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Howlett lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Howlett lands a shoulder strike.
Howlett digs a right hand underneath Ogino's ribcage. Ogino let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Howlett scores with a shoulder strike.
Howlett lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ogino gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ogino thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ogino missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Howlett is refusing to be controlled, as Ogino sits in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ogino throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ogino not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ogino throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ogino passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Howlett!
Ogino throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Howlett tries to reverse the position but Ogino maintains control.
Ogino looking for a guillotine from mount but Howlett is having none of it.
Ogino takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Howlett is desperately trying to improve his position but Ogino has a good base and remains in mount.
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.
Ogino misses with a head shot.
Ogino throwing strikes here but Howlett is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Ogino looking to land elbow strikes but Howlett uses the position to regain half guard.
Ogino looks to land a strike but Howlett avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Ogino is looking to work some ground and pound but Howlett has wrist control.
Ogino in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ogino trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Howlett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ogino moves away.
Howlett connects with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ogino uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Howlett.
A jab from Howlett misses.
Howlett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Some wild striking there from Howlett.
Howlett scores with a jab to the body.
Howlett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ogino was well out of range. Poor timing from Howlett.
Howlett stuffs the takedown attempt from Ogino. Ogino gets slowly back to his feet.
James Howlett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chihiro Ogino.
Ogino slips a jab and a cross from Howlett.
Ogino looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Howlett!
Ogino looking to finish with strikes here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Ogino.
Ogino working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ogino unloads with some shots from mount but Howlett bucks and avoids them well.
Ogino working Howlett over with strikes here.
Howlett manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Howlett, under a barage of strikes from Ogino.
Ogino looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Howlett with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ogino is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Howlett is just riding it out for now. Ogino eventually gives up the hold.
Ogino throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Chihiro Ogino just about did enough to take it.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Ogino uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Howlett.
Howlett misses with a straight right.
Howlett misses the jab.
Ogino gets the takedown into side control.
Ogino goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Howlett rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Ogino's guard! Nice work there by Howlett!
Howlett controlling from the top position.
Ogino throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ogino looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Howlett has picked Ogino up and slammed him! Ogino can't keep hold of the triangle and Howlett manages to pass to side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Howlett in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Ogino throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Howlett wants to control but Ogino is keeping him busy.
Ogino is trying to control Howlett's posture but Howlett avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Howlett trying to control the action but Ogino is working from the bottom.
Ogino wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Ogino throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Ogino is trying to improve his position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ogino on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Howlett cracks Ogino with a right hand to the side of the head.
Howlett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ogino sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ogino shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ogino clinches but Howlett breaks the clinch
and Howlett counters with a right hand to the body.
Howlett misses with a looping right.
Howlett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ogino sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ogino shoots and misses
and Howlett counters with a stiff right hand.
Howlett uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ogino ducks under a wild hook from Howlett.
Ogino shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ogino takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
James Howlett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chihiro Ogino.
Nice shot lands for Howlett.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howlett lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ogino circles away quickly and effectively.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Howlett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ogino manages to avoid it.
Howlett lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ogino circles away quickly and effectively.
Howlett drives through and clinches with Ogino against the cage.
Ogino blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Howlett lands a right hand.
Ogino looking for a takedown.
Howlett stops a takedown attempt from Ogino.
Howlett lands a shoulder strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Howlett lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ogino backwards.
Ogino has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Howlett lands a hook to the side of the head.
Howlett lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ogino backwards.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Howlett lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ogino has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Howlett avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Howlett.
Howlett throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Oginos head.
Howlett working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Howlett stops a takedown attempt from Ogino.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Howlett had his way with Chihiro Ogino in 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. This is the final round!
Howlett fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ogino looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ogino misses with a takedown
and Howlett counters with a right hand to the body.
Howlett scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Howlett scores with a hook.
Howlett throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ogino dodges the punch combination from Howlett.
Howlett gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
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.
Ogino is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Ogino has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Howlett is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
James Howlett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chihiro Ogino.
Ogino changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Howlett fights it off and pushes away nicely.
James Howlett is winning the standup battle so far.
Howlett throws a jab when Ogino was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Howlett throws a series of punches but Ogino avoids them all with ease.
Ogino slips a straight right by Howlett.
Howlett scores with a body shot.
James Howlett is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Howlett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ogino manages to avoid it.
Howlett throws a jab when Ogino was well out of range.
Howlett thows a body shot but no joy.
Ogino shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Howlett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Howlett lands a two punch combo.
A punch combination from Howlett misses.
Chihiro Ogino has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish 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.
Howlett throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ogino stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A slow jab from Howlett misses its intended target.
Ogino takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Howlett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ogino moves away.
Nice shot by Howlett.
Howlett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Howlett misses with an uppercut.
Howlett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ogino.
Ogino doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Howlett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ogino looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
James Howlett is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to de liver by Howlett. Beautiful body shot.
Nice takedown defense from Howlett. No joy for Ogino on that attempt.
Howlett scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ogino with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Howlett to score with a decent uppercut.
Howlett scores with a shot to the body.
Howlett looks to land a combination but Ogino avoids it well.
Howlett takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ogino drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Ogino goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Howlett has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Ogino but great work by Howlett.
Chihiro Ogino has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ogino manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ogino is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ogino not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Howlett avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ogino.
Ogino missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ogino is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ogino is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ogino throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ogino is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Howlett!
Howlett is looking to get to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Howlett showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Howlett has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 49:46
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 50:46
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Howlett!
James Howlett retains his bantamweight title!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dusty Bottoms (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Verelea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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 Los Angeles, Dusty Bottoms!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Juan Verelea!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verelea misses with a looping right.
Bottoms circles away from the clinch attempt.
Verelea throws a looping overhand right but Bottoms ducks down to avoid it.
Verelea tests Bottoms's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Verelea missing with a left hand there. Bottoms was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Verelea uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bottoms.
Bottoms takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Verelea fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bottoms manages to avoid it.
Bottoms blocks a jab.
Some wild striking there from Verelea.
Verelea misses with a body shot
and Bottoms counters with a nice body shot.
Bottoms tries to clinch there but Verelea circles away.
Verelea just misses with a punch to the body.
Verelea showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bottoms.
Bottoms moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bottoms takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bottoms closes the distance and clinches.
Verelea throws a head punch that misses.
Bottoms can't find room to land a body shot as Verelea controls the action.
Bottoms blocks an uppercut.
Verelea can't break the clinch.
Verelea misses with a punch on the inside.
Verelea prevents a body shot from Bottoms.
A short left from Verelea.
Verelea takes a shot to the head.
Bottoms lands a shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Bottoms.
Verelea prevents a body shot from Bottoms.
Bottoms scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bottoms scores with a shot to the side of Verelea's head.
A head punch on the inside from Verelea fails to land.
Verelea swings wildly with an uppercut but Bottoms uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bottoms swings wildly with an uppercut but Verelea uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bottoms lands with a short shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Bottoms.
Verelea can't break the clinch.
Bottoms pressing his opponent against the cage.
Verelea is trying to break the clinch but Bottoms has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verelea wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Verelea fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Verelea misses with some punches.
A short body shot lands from Bottoms as the two fighters clinch.
Verelea swings wildly with an uppercut but Bottoms uses good head movement to avoid it.
Verelea takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Verelea fails to land.
Verelea swings wildly with an uppercut but Bottoms uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bottoms.
Bottoms lands a takedown into guard.
Bottoms wants to pass the guard but Verelea is keeping the position.
Bottoms trying to move into half guard but instead Verelea has managed to sweep!
Verelea trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bottoms tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Verelea passes into side control.
Verelea wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bottoms keeps working.
Bottoms tries to bench press Verelea off him but Verelea keeps the position.
Bottoms sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bottoms throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Verelea controlling the action here.
Verelea throwing shots but Bottoms is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bottoms is pressing down on Verelea's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Verelea in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Verelea accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bottoms trying to strike off his back.
Bottoms looking for a sweep. Not yet Bottoms, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Verelea connects with a body shot.
Nice shot lands for Verelea.
Juan Verelea seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bottoms throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Verelea.
Verelea wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Verelea throws a body punch but Bottoms moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dusty Bottoms dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Verelea wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bottoms moves in looking to clinch but Verelea pushes him off.
Verelea misses the shot to the body.
Bottoms takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Verelea looks to land a right hand but Bottoms moved out of range.
Verelea throws a series of punches but Bottoms moves out of range.
Bottoms throws a left and a right that both miss
and Verelea connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Verelea waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Bottoms.
Nice uppercut there from Verelea.
Bottoms works over Verelea's head and body with a nice combination.
Verelea fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Verelea fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bottoms uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Verelea.
Bottoms misses with a straight left.
Verelea stuns Bottoms with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Verelea misses the jab.
Bottoms swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Verelea is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bottoms rather than just go for the knockout.
Bottoms tries to clinch up.
Verelea throws out a loose jab but Bottoms uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good shot there by Verelea.
Bottoms tries to clinch but Verelea moves out of range.
Bottoms misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Verelea counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Verelea throws out a loose jab but Bottoms uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bottoms uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Verelea.
Verelea throws a shot from downtown. Bottoms moves away and avoids it.
Verelea throws a one two combo.
Verelea comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bottoms doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bottoms tries to clinch up but Verelea circles away and keeps his distance.
Bottoms scores with a three punch combo!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verelea punishes Bottoms's body with a nice straight punch.
Verelea throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Verelea loads up on a big right hand but Bottoms slips the punch.
A swing and a miss from Verelea.
Verelea tries to clinch there but Bottoms circles away.
Bottoms clinches up with Verelea and pushes him back against the cage.
Bottoms gets through Verelea's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Verelea wants to get back to striking at distance but Bottoms won't allow it.
Bottoms is leaning against Verelea and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Verelea blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Verelea.
Verelea blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A hook to the body from Bottoms.
A hook to the body from Bottoms.
Bottoms will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Verelea up against the cage.
Verelea throws a punch but it's blocked by Bottoms.
Bottoms works on Verelea's body with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bottoms. Verelea does a little dance to reset his feet.
Verelea blocks a jab.
Verelea throws a body punch but Bottoms moves out of range.
Verelea thows a body shot but no joy.
Juan Verelea is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bottoms moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Verelea jabs Bottoms right on the nose. Bottoms blinks but takes it well.
Bottoms misses with the combination.
Verelea throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bottoms.
Verelea tests Bottoms's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A jab from Verelea misses.
Bottoms scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Verelea prevents Bottoms from moving into mount.
Verelea tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms tries to move into full mount but can't pass Verelea's legs.
Bottoms scoring with punches and elbows.
Bottoms thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Verelea is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Verelea is in trouble now - Bottoms has advanced to mount!
Bottoms sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bottoms in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bottoms breaks from Verelea's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dusty Bottoms dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The crowd cheers as Verelea lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bottoms doesn't seem phased though.
Bottoms lands a glancing blow to the side of Verelea's head.
A combination from Verelea does no damage.
Bottoms uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Verelea.
Verelea throws a looping overhand right but Bottoms ducks down to avoid it.
A slow jab from Verelea misses its intended target.
Verelea thows a body shot but no joy.
Bottoms fails with a takedown attempt.
Verelea throws a body punch but Bottoms moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Verelea just misses with a punch to the body.
Verelea fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bottoms on the side of the head.
Verelea throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bottoms slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Juan Verelea seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bottoms is looking to clinch.
Verelea staying out of range there.
Verelea works Bottoms's body with a nice hook.
Bottoms fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Verelea throws a lazy right hand but Bottoms sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Verelea cracks Bottoms with a good jab.
Bottoms fails to land with a series of punches.
Bottoms falls off balance throwing a combination
and Verelea counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Verelea misses with a combination
and Bottoms counters with a straight right hand.
Verelea throws a shot to the body.
A big left from Verelea misses.
Bottoms slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verelea slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Verelea misses with a shot to the body
and Bottoms counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bottoms misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bottoms swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bottoms looks to land a combination but Verelea avoids it well.
Verelea misses with an uppercut. Bottoms saw that one coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bottoms looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A big left from Verelea misses.
Verelea takes a swing at Bottoms's ribcage but misses.
Verelea fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bottoms manages to avoid it.
Bottoms fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A swing and a miss from Verelea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verelea ducks under a wild hook from Bottoms.
Verelea missing with a left hand there. Bottoms was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Decent striking displayed by Verelea there.
Verelea with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Verelea thuds a left hand into Bottoms's body.
Verelea misses with a wild combination.
Bottoms scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Verelea throws a hook to the side of Bottoms's head but Bottoms sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bottoms takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Verelea scores with a punch to the head.
Bottoms bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bottoms falls off balance throwing a combination
and Verelea counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Verelea.
Bottoms shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Bottoms looking to finish Verelea with some ground and pound. This is bad for Verelea!
Verelea tries to reverse the position but Bottoms maintains control.
Bottoms working for a submission but Verelea is keeping him at bay.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Verelea is bucking up trying to escape but Bottoms cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee warns Verelea that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Verelea is desperately trying to improve his position but Bottoms has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Juan Verelea just about did enough to take it.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Verelea tries to clinch but Bottoms moves away
and Bottoms counters with a nice uppercut.
Dusty Bottoms is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Verelea stuns Bottoms with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bottoms slips under a jab.
Bottoms uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Verelea.
Verelea fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Verelea lands a with a good body shot.
Bottoms takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bottoms lunges at Verelea with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Verelea's hand.
Verelea just misses with a punch to the body.
Bottoms uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Verelea.
Bottoms misses with the combination.
Bottoms keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Verelea paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Verelea scores with a jab. Bottoms acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Verelea swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bottoms counters with a three punch combo that has Verelea backing up. Verelea nods at Bottoms to acknowledge the strikes.
Bottoms smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bottoms misses with a double jab
and Verelea counters with a nice uppercut.
Verelea slips a jab and a cross from Bottoms.
Bottoms misses with a looping right.
Bottoms uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Verelea.
Verelea slips under a jab.
Verelea keeps the fight on the outside.
Verelea thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice body punch from Verelea.
A big left from Verelea misses.
Verelea with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Verelea scores with a four punch combination!
Bottoms is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Verelea gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bottoms.
Bottoms looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Verelea jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Verelea misses the target.
Verelea throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bottoms sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Verelea misses the jab.
Bottoms moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Verelea fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bottoms manages to avoid it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Verelea.
A slow jab from Bottoms misses its intended target.
Verelea throws a jab when Bottoms was well out of range.
Bottoms keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Verelea moves out of range as Bottoms strikes.
Bottoms closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms 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.
Bottoms is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Bottoms drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Verelea manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Bottoms has Verelea in his guard.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Bottoms looking for subs off his back but Verelea has passed one foot through into half guard.
Verelea lands strikes from half guard.
Verelea is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verelea is keen to just control but Bottoms is a slippery customer.
Verelea drops an elbow to the side of Bottoms's head.
Bottoms tries to get to full guard but Verelea has control of the leg.
Bottoms throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Bottoms is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bottoms gets back to full guard.
Verelea with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bottoms bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Verelea's guard.
Bottoms throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Verelea dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Bottoms jabs at Verelea's body.
Bottoms misses with a combination
and Bottoms takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Verelea tries to clinch but Bottoms is having none of it.
Verelea missing with a left hand there. Bottoms was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Verelea throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bottoms misses with an uppercut. Verelea saw that one coming.
Verelea throws a body punch but Bottoms moves out of range.
Verelea doesn't manage to clinch there - Bottoms circles away.
Bottoms keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Verelea.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bottoms shoots in and drives through. Verelea sprawls well.
Verelea lands a two punch combo.
Bottoms misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Verelea lands a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bottoms connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Verelea throws out a loose jab but Bottoms uses good head movement to avoid it.
Verelea throws a jab but it's blocked by Bottoms.
Bottoms slips under a jab from Verelea.
Verelea fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bottoms on the side of the head.
Good shot there by Verelea.
Verelea scores with a sloppy right hand. Bottoms should have avoided that one.
Some wild striking there from Bottoms.
Verelea missing with a left hand there. Bottoms was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bottoms scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Verelea lands with an uppercut that bounces Bottoms off the cage and back into rage.
Verelea misses with a body shot.
Verelea cracks Bottoms with an open hand slap.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verelea throws a sloppy body shot
and Bottoms counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Verelea can't break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bottoms.
Verelea is looking to break free of the clinch but Bottoms has double underhooks.
Nice body punch from Bottoms.
Verelea tries to break the clinch but Bottoms is controlling the position.
Verelea is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Bottoms is working Verelea over against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bottoms.
Verelea misses with the head strike.
Bottoms effectively controlling the action here.
Verelea blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Verelea wants to break free but Bottoms has control.
Bottoms has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Verelea regains guard immediately.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bottoms works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Bottoms lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Verelea is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms working the head and body with strikes.
Verelea is in trouble now - Bottoms has advanced to mount!
Verelea really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bottoms in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Verelea is in a horrible position here. Bottoms smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bottoms lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Bottoms wants to finish this one by submission but Verelea is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Bottoms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms goes for an armbar but Verelea turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Verelea.
Verelea chips away with some ground and pound.
Bottoms looking for a sweep. Not yet Bottoms, not yet.
Verelea trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Verelea preventing the sweep.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bottoms keeping full guard, as Verelea tries to pass.
Verelea works a leg free and moves into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dusty Bottoms showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bottoms has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 48:47
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 48:47
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dusty Bottoms!
Dusty Bottoms retains his welterweight title!
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