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EEC 54 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Riley Cote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Rio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Riley Cote!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Rio!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Lou da Vinci and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cote closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Cote lands in his opponent's guard.
Rio working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Cote has passed into half guard!
Rio looking for submissions off his back.
Cote prevents Rio from improving his position.
Rio won't allow Cote to pass to mount.
Rio wants to improve his position but Cote is controlling well.
Cote is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Rio defends it well.
Rio wants to get back to full guard.
Rio works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rio throws his legs up looking for a submission but Cote uses it to pass to side control.
Cote working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Rio is trying to buck Cote off.
Rio is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Rio taking a bit of punishment here - Cote scoring with strikes.
Cote wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Rio, who protects the arm well.
Rio manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cote working over Rio with some ground and pound. Rio looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rio blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cote.
Rio works his way to full guard. Good work.
Rio working for a triangle but Cote defends it easily.
Rio looks gassed!
Rio looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Rio can't keep his opponent in guard - Cote advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Cote is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Rio sees it coming and defends easily.
Cote is looking for a kimura here.
Rio wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cote seems to be looking for submissions.
Cote wants to free his trapped foot but Rio is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The fighters are battling for position here. Rio manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Rio looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cote stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rio swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rio is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Rio escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Cote gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Cote thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rio looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Cote trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rio working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Cote doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Cote manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Rio looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Cote puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Rio makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Rio.
Cote makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Cote preventing the sweep.
Rio working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Cote doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Cote manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Matt Rio will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Rio is looking to clinch.
Cote listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rio fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rio stuffs the takedown.
Rio gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Cote counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Rio!
Rio takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Rio tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cote looking to secure an arm triangle but Rio defends it well.
Cote takes Rio's back.
Cote is looking for the choke from the back position but Rio is controlling his hands well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cote doesn't have the hooks in and Rio manages to turn into his guard.
Cote looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Rio 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.
Cote is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Rio passes into half guard.
Cote looking for submissions off his back.
Rio passes to full mount!
Cote tries to reverse the position but Rio maintains control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rio looking for a guillotine from mount but Cote is having none of it.
Cote is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Rio is looking to stand but Rio has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
Cote is controlling an arm, preventing Rio from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Cote is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rio thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Rio thowing shots but they're missing.
Cote is trying desperately to improve position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rio has control of Cote's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Cote regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Cote keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Rio working for a guillotine from mount but Cote is in no mood to give up.
Rio looking for a guillotine from mount but Cote is having none of it.
Rio jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Cote manages to avoid the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rio tries for a kimura but Cote is defending well.
Cote manages to get back to half guard.
Rio stops Cote from getting back to his feet.
Cote is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Rio pulls his head out easily.
Cote flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Rio is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Cote has managed to free his arm - good work.
Rio is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Cote!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Riley Cote will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Rio doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Cote moves into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cote as Rio tries to tie him up.
Cote is trying to drag Rio to the mat but Rio just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Cote managing to block the knees to the body from Rio.
Cote lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cote lands a body shot.
Cote has picked Rio up - he's going for a ride! Cote dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Cote is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Rio sees it coming and defends easily.
Rio is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Cote pulls his head out easily.
Cote is looking for a kimura here.
Rio works his way to full guard. Good work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cote wants to get up but he can't break Rio's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Rio working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Cote doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Cote manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Cote wanted to stand there but Rio had control of the position.
Cote pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rio is keeping the position for now.
Cote wants to stand and escape but instead Rio has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Cote is looking for a triangle but Rio pushes his legs off easily.
Cote wants to sweep but no luck.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cote looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Cote is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rio shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Cote counters with a left and a right that stings Rio.
Rio fails with the takedown.
Riley Cote has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Rio.
Cote has closed the distance and engaged Rio in a clinch.
Rio lands a nice knee to the body.
Cote wants the takedown. Rio is fighting it off but Cote persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Rio's guard against the cage.
Cote with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cote throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cote postures up in Rio's guard and throws a big left but Rio blocks it.
Cote drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cote jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Cote tries to free his leg and advance position but Rio is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cote postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Rio is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Cote, into his guard.
Rio passes Cote's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Cote tries to kick Rio off but Rio keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Rio tries to pass the half guard into mount. Cote knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Rio is looking for a kimura here.
Rio seems to be looking for submissions.
Rio is looking to take a break and control but Cote is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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.
Rio trying to mount his opponent but Cote defends it.
Rio is working for a submission of some sort.
Rio seems to be working for a kimura but Cote defends the submission attempt.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Cote changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Rio looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Cote has hold of Rio's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Rio tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Cote cranks the arm and Rio screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Rio, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Riley Cote!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Murata Shougo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chicken Breast (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Breast's choice of entrance music: Immortal. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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162 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Murata Shougo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chicken Breast!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Kavanagh and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shougo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Breast looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Breast misses with a double jab.
Shougo sends Breast crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Shougo is motioning to the referee to let Breast up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Breast is rocked!
It looks like Chicken Breast has been cut.
Shougo misses with a hook.
Breast is still on wobbly legs! Can Shougo finish him?
Breast misses with a jab, cross combination.
Shougo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Breast.
Breast seems to have recovered his senses.
Shougo slips a jab and a cross from Breast.
Shougo misses with a straight right.
Shougo looks to throw the jab but Breast is out of range.
Breast takes a jab right on the kisser.
Breast keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shougo.
Shougo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shougo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shougo looks to land a right hand but Breast moved out of range.
Breast misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Shougo engages and cracks Breast with a massive lead left hook - Breast tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Shougo is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Murata Shougo!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rob Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ralph Drysdale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ralph Drysdale is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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208 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rob Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ralph Drysdale!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, John Kavanagh and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drysdale misses with a takedown attempt - Hughes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hughes looks to throw the jab but Drysdale is out of range.
Drysdale just misses with a punch to the body.
Drysdale tries to clinch up but Hughes circles away and keeps his distance.
Drysdale will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Drysdale ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hughes moves away.
Drysdale shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hughes wants to sweep here but Drysdale controlling him for the moment.
Hughes is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drysdale tries to free his leg and advance position but Hughes is retaining full guard.
Drysdale won't allow Hughes to sweep him here.
Hughes is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Drysdale stopping the sweep attempt from Hughes.
Hughes on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hughes tries to get out of the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drysdale trying to control the position from guard on top but Hughes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hughes wants to get back to his feet but Drysdale passes into half guard.
Drysdale seems to be working for a kimura but Hughes defends the submission attempt.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Drysdale throws a head kick that misses.
Hughes keeps the fight on the outside.
Drysdale lands a head kick!
It looks like Rob Hughes has been cut.
Hughes misses with an uppercut. Drysdale saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes with a jab.
Hughes stuffs the takedown attempt from Drysdale. Drysdale gets slowly back to his feet.
Rob Hughes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ralph Drysdale.
Donk. Hughes catches Drysdale right on the button with a cross.
Drysdale misses with a head kick.
Drysdale takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hughes misses with a looping left.
Drysdale fails with an attempt to clinch.
Drysdale tries a head kick but it misses.
Hughes looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hughes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Drysdale works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hughes slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Hughes creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drysdale wants to control but Hughes postures up.
Drysdale looks gassed!
Drysdale is looking to regain half guard here but Hughes keeps moving and retains side control.
Hughes throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Drysdale works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Drysdale wants to improve his position but Hughes is controlling well.
Drysdale has hold of Hughes's hands but Hughes slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hughes landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hughes trying to control from half guard but Drysdale is working away.
Hughes missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drysdale is looking to improve his position.
Drysdale is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Drysdale looking for submissions off his back.
Ground and pound from Hughes.
Hughes thows a huge punch but Drysdale dodges it nicely.
Hughes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Drysdale defending well though.
Hughes 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.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hughes passes the guard and advances to mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rob Hughes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rob Hughes's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Drysdale tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Drysdale tries to clinch there but Hughes circles away.
A leg kick checked by Hughes.
Hughes gets a takedown into half guard.
Hughes is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hughes throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hughes thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Drysdale's head.
Drysdale is trying to get back to full guard.
Nice strikes from Hughes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hughes lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hughes is keen to just control but Drysdale is a slippery customer.
Hughes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hughes lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hughes is looking to advance position but Drysdale won't allow it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Drysdale trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Hughes lands a big elbow.
Hughes landing shots from mount.
Rob Hughes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Drysdale tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes working Drysdale over with strikes here.
Hughes landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hughes landing punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hughes landing strikes from the mount.
Hughes postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Drysdale looks a forlorn figure.
Hughes lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Hughes with a couple of short strikes.
Drysdale is in a horrible position here. Hughes smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hughes lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Drysdale is bucking up trying to escape but Hughes cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hughes working the ground and pound effectively.
Hughes breaks from Drysdale's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Drysdale sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hughes connects with a nice short shot to Drysdale's temple.
Drysdale works his way to full guard. Good work.
Drysdale keeping full guard, as Hughes tries to pass.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hughes accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hughes trying to control the position from guard on top but Drysdale is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes throws and elbow that misses. Drysdale uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hughes's guard. Nice move by Drysdale!
Drysdale passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Hughes is looking to regain half guard here but Drysdale keeps moving and retains side control.
Drysdale has hold of Hughes's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Hughes tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Drysdale cranks the arm and Hughes screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Hughes, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Ralph Drysdale!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duke Nukem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Reuger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Nukem might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Head Crusher by Megadeth. Duke Nukem could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bill Reuger's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Duke Nukem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bill Reuger!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Russell Pearce and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nukem moves in looking to clinch but Reuger pushes him off.
Reuger displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A jab from Nukem misses.
Nukem will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nukem misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nukem looks for the body kick but Reuger saw that one coming.
Nukem moves into the clinch successfully.
Nukem with a knee to the head.
Nukem lands a knee to the body.
Nukem looking to stall.
Reuger wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Reuger is trying to break the clinch but Nukem has him pressed against the cage.
Nukem is trying to stall.
Nukem looking to throw knees to the head but Reuger is blocking nicely.
Reuger has had enough of the clinch but Nukem keeps him there for the moment.
Reuger is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reuger wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nukem has him pressed against the cage.
Nukem lands a knee to the head.
Reuger wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nukem scores a nice knee to the body.
Reuger looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reuger is trying to break the clinch but Nukem has him pressed against the cage.
Nukem prevents Reuger from breaking the clinch.
Nukem lands a knee to the head.
Nukem tries to land knees in the clinch but Reuger avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nukem trying to stall but Reuger improves his position.
Nukem stalling in the clinch.
Reuger wants to break the clinch but can't.
Reuger wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nukem has him pressed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Nukem.
Nukem connects with a knee to the head.
Nukem landing knees to the body.
Nukem breaks from the clinch.
Nukem tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nukem throws a series of strikes that have Reuger backpedaling.
Nukem fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nukem throws a combination that misses
and Reuger counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Nukem throws a body kick the misses
and Reuger makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nukem looks to clinch
and Reuger connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nukem misses with a head kick.
Reuger misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nukem 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 Reuger has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Reuger and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nukem looks to land a body kick but Reuger moved away.
Reuger throws a head kick that half lands.
A right-left combo lands from Reuger.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reuger fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Reuger connects with a crisp jab.
Nukem throws a sloppy head kick and Reuger moves out of range easily.
Nukem tries to clinch up
and Reuger connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nukem closes the distance looking to clinch
and Reuger counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Duke Nukem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reuger lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nukem at a distance.
Nukem tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reuger lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
It looks like Duke Nukem has been cut.
Reuger slips a jab from Nukem.
Nukem looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Reuger lands the left hand.
Decent striking displayed by Reuger there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nukem showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reuger.
Reuger will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nukem has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nukem walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nukem throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Reuger goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Reuger is working the combinations to good effect here.
Nukem fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reuger works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Reuger falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nukem counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Reuger is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Reuger has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nukem on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reuger scores with a shot to the body.
Nukem takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nukem takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bill Reuger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Duke Nukem's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Reuger scores with a nice head shot.
Nukem lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Reuger misses with a body punch
and Nukem counters with an inside leg kick.
Reuger swinging wilding here.
Nukem tries to clinch but Reuger moves away
and Reuger counters with a one-two to the body.
Reuger misses with a wild combination.
A lazy left from Reuger finds it's target.
Nukem misses with a double jab
and Reuger cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice uppercut lands for Reuger. That snapped Nukem's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reuger throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nukem cracks Reuger with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nukem tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reuger swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nukem cracks the inside of Reuger's front leg.
A jab from Reuger does it's job there.
Duke Nukem is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reuger dodges the punch combination from Nukem.
Nukem tries a head kick but it misses.
Nukem closes the distance looking to clinch
and Reuger counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Reuger in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Reuger scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nukem looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nukem throws a leg kick but Reuger checks it.
Nukem tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nukem misses with a head kick.
Nukem wants to clinch
letting Reuger counter with a right hand.
Nukem fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Reuger looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Good standup being displayed there by Reuger as he connects with a hook.
Reuger throws a head kick but Nukem moves out of range.
Reuger connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Reuger lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reuger throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nukem stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bill Reuger seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reuger takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Reuger circles away from the clinch attempt
and Reuger counters with a series of strikes. Nukem will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reuger connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Reuger. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Reuger connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nukem. Nukem circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nukem misses with the combination.
Reuger moves into range and connects with a jab.
Reuger misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nukem throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice jab there from Reuger.
Nukem closes the distance but Reuger moves to the side
and Reuger counters with a straight right hand.
Reuger scores with a three punch combo!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nukem avoids the head kick by Reuger.
Reuger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nukem wants to clinch
and Reuger counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reuger uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Reuger lands a head kick!
Reuger throws a combination that misses
and Nukem counters with a nice body kick.
Reuger lands a really nice looking cross but Nukem seems unphased.
Reuger lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Reuger.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A slow jab from Nukem misses its intended target.
Nukem tries to clinch up
and Reuger counters with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bill Reuger showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Duke Nukem's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Reuger lands a body shot.
Nukem throws a jab but it's blocked by Reuger.
Nukem throws a head kick that misses
and Nukem takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Reuger takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nukem throws a sloppy head kick
and Reuger counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice shot by Reuger.
Some wild striking there from Reuger.
Nukem tries to clinch but Reuger moves away
and Reuger connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nukem closes the distance looking to clinch
and Reuger connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reuger scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nukem throws a sloppy head kick
and Reuger counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Nukem is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nukem throws a leg kick
and Reuger counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Reuger lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice straight punches there by Reuger. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Reuger.
Reuger misses with a jab, cross combination.
A head kick from Reuger lands but Nukem takes it in his stride.
Nukem looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Duke Nukem's cut is getting worse.
Reuger lands a nice shot that snaps Nukem's head back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nukem walks into a straight right hand from Reuger.
Reuger jabs Nukem right on the nose. Nukem blinks but takes it well.
Reuger lands a lovely overhand right.
Nukem misses with a kick to the body.
Reuger scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reuger lands a right hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Reuger.
Reuger tests Nukem's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Duke Nukem's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nukem takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nukem dodges the punch combination from Reuger.
Nukem tries to clinch but Reuger moves away
and Reuger counters with a two punch combo.
A nice combination there by Reuger.
Nice jab there from Reuger.
Jeez, Duke Nukem's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Reuger moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Reuger lands with an uppercut that bounces Nukem off the cage and back into rage.
Nukem is rocked!
Reuger lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nukem circles away quickly and effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reuger scores with a nice strike.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Duke Nukem's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bill Reuger!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lord Humungus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Llipton Teabag (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Humungus's entrance music is My Speech. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lord Humungus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Llipton Teabag!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Lou da Vinci and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Teabag shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Teabag was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Humungus bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Humungus 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.
Teabag has his foot on Humungus's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Humungus works his way back into a safe position though.
Teabag looks gassed!
Teabag escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Humungus gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Humungus works over Teabag with some ground and pound from guard.
Humungus stands up over Teabag, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Teabag wants to hit a switch here but Humungus passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Teabag there!
Humungus working the ground and pound effectively.
Humungus 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.
Humungus putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Humungus tries to control but Teabag wriggling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Humungus pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Humungus lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Teabag hang on?
Humungus scoring with strikes but Teabag is staying in there.
Humungus with the ground and pound from mount.
Humungus scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Teabag?
Humungus landing strikes, looking to finish!
Humungus cracks Teabag with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Humungus lands a big elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Teabag is squirming around, avoiding Humungus's attempts to control the action.
Teabag is bucking up trying to escape but Humungus cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Teabag is rocked!
Humungus cracks Teabag with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Humungus lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
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.
Teabag is bucking up trying to escape but Humungus cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Teabag is still in real trouble! Can Humungus finish him?
Humungus working Teabag over with strikes here.
Teabag is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Teabag seems to have recovered his senses.
BOOM! Humungus connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Humungus dominating with strikes here.
Humungus postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Teabag looks a forlorn figure.
A nice elbow there by Humungus.
Teabag takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
A nice elbow there by Humungus.
Teabag working to try and regain half guard.
Humungus postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Teabag looks a forlorn figure.
Humungus with the ground and pound from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Humungus.
Humungus is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Teabag has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Humungus landing shots from mount.
Teabag is bucking up trying to escape but Humungus cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Humungus working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Humungus looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Teabag tries to lock up and control but Humungus gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Humungus throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Teabag has his hands clasped together but Humungus breaks the hold and Teabag is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Humungus!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lord Humungus!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jack Ripper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ed Sterns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Ripper could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ed Sterns's chin.
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jack Ripper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ed Sterns!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Russell Pearce and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ripper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sterns.
Ripper misses with a hook. Sterns ducked under it nicely.
Sterns will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ripper throws a right hand that Sterns ducks under and follows up with a left that Sterns also avoids with ease.
Sterns will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sterns moves away from the strike by Ripper.
Ripper throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sterns fails with the takedown.
Jack Ripper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ed Sterns.
Ripper throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Sterns.
Sterns swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ripper looks to throw the jab but Sterns is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sterns showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ripper.
Ripper scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sterns doesn't seem bothered though.
Ripper swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sterns takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jack Ripper is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ripper missing with a left hand there. Sterns was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ripper misses with a looping right.
Sterns slips a jab from Ripper.
Sterns swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sterns sizes up Ripper with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sterns uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ripper.
Ripper falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sterns counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sterns thows a big elbow that misses.
Sterns wants to control from the top but Ripper keeps moving.
Sterns stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ripper swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sterns works over Ripper with some ground and pound from guard.
Ripper controls Sterns momentarily but Sterns frees himself.
Sterns with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sterns has gone for a leg lock! Ripper slips out almost immediately though and dives into Sterns's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ripper throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sterns works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ripper stopping the sweep attempt from Sterns.
Ripper trying to control the position from guard on top but Sterns is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sterns trying to keep a closed guard but Ripper is proving a slippery customer.
Sterns looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sterns trying to keep a closed guard but Ripper is proving a slippery customer.
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.
Ripper sitting in guard here, content to control.
Ripper postures up in Sterns's guard and throws a big left but Sterns blocks it.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ripper blocks a jab.
Ripper swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sterns ducks under a wild hook from Ripper.
Ripper gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Sterns drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Ripper dives on top into guard.
Ripper looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Sterns looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jack Ripper will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ripper swings away with a body shot that misses
and Sterns counters with a straight right hand.
Sterns bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A shot to the body from Ripper misses
and Sterns makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sterns lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Ripper takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sterns fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ripper manages to avoid it.
Sterns ducks straight into an uppercut from Ripper and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Sterns maanges to regain guard straight away.
Sterns is rocked!
Sterns tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sterns is still in real trouble! Can Ripper finish him?
Sterns is looking for a triangle here but Ripper uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Ripper is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Sterns knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ripper is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Sterns's shoulder. That is not cool.
Sterns seems to have recovered his senses.
Sterns tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sterns is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ripper tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's two 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.
Sterns tries to get back to half guard but can't.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ripper looks to land a right hand but Sterns moved out of range.
The crowd cheers as Ripper lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sterns doesn't seem phased though.
Ripper throws an overhand right that lands on Sterns's shoulder, as Sterns tries to avoid the shot.
Ripper misses with a hook. Sterns ducked under it nicely.
Sterns switches off momentarily and Ripper cracks him with a monster right hand! Sterns topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Ripper dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Ripper!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jack Ripper!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nuckin Futz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hayato Gokudera (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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156 lbs
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145 lbs
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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
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nuckin Futz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hayato Gokudera!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Alyssa Summers and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gokudera swats away the attempt to clinch by Futz.
A bone on bone clash there as Gokudera blocks the leg kick.
Nuckin Futz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Futz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gokudera.
Futz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gokudera looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Futz doesn't manage to clinch there - Gokudera circles away.
Futz has Gokudera up against the cage in a clinch.
Futz swings wildly with an uppercut but Gokudera uses good head movement to avoid it.
Futz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Futz struggles to land a body shot inside as Gokudera controls his hands.
Futz lands a shoulder strike.
Futz'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.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Futz.
A knee to the head by Futz.
It looks like Hayato Gokudera has been cut.
Futz working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gokudera goes for a takedown attempt but Futz pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Futz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gokudera.
Futz stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Futz throws a jab but it's blocked by Gokudera.
Futz throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gokudera on the side of the head.
Futz wants to clinch.
Futz scores with a body shot.
A big left from Gokudera misses.
Futz lands a big head kick that sends Gokudera to the canvas! Futz follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nuckin Futz!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Peter Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rolando Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Parker's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Lucky You. Garcia has chosen Sound And Fury - I've Got Rabies as his entrance music. 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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153 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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24
153 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Brawler
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Peter Parker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rolando Garcia!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, John Kavanagh and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garcia sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Peter Parker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Parker stuffs the takedown.
Garcia scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Garcia is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Parker holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Garcia thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Parker's head.
Parker wants to control but Garcia is keeping busy.
Parker keeping control of the position.
Garcia sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Parker defending well though.
Garcia wants to pass to mount but Parker is defending the position.
Garcia trying to work for an americana but Parker has managed to regain full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Garcia with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Parker is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Garcia gets back to full guard.
Garcia looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Parker passes into side control.
Garcia is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Parker's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia wants to improve his position but Parker is controlling well.
Parker seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Garcia does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Garcia is looking for a sweep. Parker is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Garcia has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Garcia regains full guard. Nicely done.
Garcia bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Parker's guard.
Parker tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throws a strike but Parker rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Garcia keeping moving, preventing Parker from controlling successfully.
Garcia working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Parker doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Parker manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Parker preventing the sweep.
Parker trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom.
Garcia wants to sweep here but Parker controlling him 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.
Parker is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Garcia is on top in guard.
Parker keeping full guard, as Garcia tries to pass.
Parker wants to hit a switch here but Garcia passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Parker there!
Parker can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rolando Garcia dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Parker lands a head kick!
Garcia tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Garcia checks the leg kick nicely there.
Parker throws a quick inside leg kick.
Garcia fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Parker moves into range and clinches up with Garcia.
Garcia is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Parker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Parker scores with a hook to the body.
Garcia lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Parker or not.
Nice body punch from Parker.
Parker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Parker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Parker misses with a punch on the inside.
Parker working aggressively here.
Garcia's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Garcia blocking some punches.
Parker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Parker has a couple of punches blocked by Garcia.
Garcia tries to stall but Parker uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A nice left hand lands by Parker.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Parker working aggressively here.
Parker misses with a punch on the inside.
Parker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Parker pushes Garcia back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Parker lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Parker scores with a shot to the side of Garcia's head.
Garcia can't find room to land a body shot as Parker controls the action.
Garcia working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Parker fails to land.
Parker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Garcia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Parker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Parker has a couple of punches blocked by Garcia.
Parker lands a right hand.
Parker pushes Garcia back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Garcia swings wildly with an uppercut but Parker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garcia lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A left hand lands to the body for Garcia.
A head punch on the inside from Parker fails to land.
Garcia is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Parker can't fight it off and eventually Garcia manages to take the fight to the floor. Parker looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Parker preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia tries to free his leg and advance position but Parker is retaining full guard.
Parker looking to hit a scissor sweep but Garcia is one step ahead there.
Garcia throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Garcia postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Parker is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Garcia, into his guard.
Garcia wants to sweep here but Parker controlling him for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker tries to free his leg and advance position but Garcia is retaining full guard.
Garcia wants to sweep but no luck.
Parker wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving.
Parker avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Garcia manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Parker is bucking up trying to escape but Garcia cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Parker tries to hold on but Garcia pushes him away.
Garcia landing shots from mount.
Garcia goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Parker turns into him and now he's in Garcia's guard.
Parker decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Peter Parker will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Garcia looks for a takedown but Parker sprawls well.
Peter Parker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Parker scores with a head kick.
Garcia checks a low kick from Parker.
Parker throws a low kick, looking for Garcia's leg but Garcia calmly moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Parker.
Garcia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Parker was well out of range. Poor timing from Garcia.
A bone on bone clash there as Garcia blocks the leg kick.
Parker looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Parker misses with a wild body shot.
Good exchange - Garcia coming out on top.
Parker tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Garcia is able to avoid easily.
Garcia scores with the left hand. Parker knows he should have avoided that one.
Parker dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Garcia. That did some damage!
Parker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garcia was well out of range. Poor timing from Parker.
A big left from Garcia misses.
Garcia misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Parker.
Parker throws a head kick that misses.
Garcia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garcia checks a leg kick.
Garcia keeps the fight on the outside.
Garcia looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Peter Parker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rolando Garcia.
Garcia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Garcia takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Parker tries to work over Garcia's front leg with a kick but Garcia checks it.
Garcia throws a hook but Parker blocks it.
Parker feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Garcia's calf.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Parker moves away.
Parker buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Garcia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Parker is looking to clinch.
Parker moves out of range as Garcia strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Parker.
Parker is looking to slow Garcia down with leg kicks.
Garcia darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Parker trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Garcia manages to pass to mount!
Garcia is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Parker has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Parker!
Parker wants to stand but Garcia has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker is pushing down on Garcia's leg trying to pass to half guard. Garcia is fighting to maintain full guard but Parker has managed to sneak the leg through.
Parker is keen to just control but Garcia is a slippery customer.
Parker blocks the strikes from Garcia.
Parker working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Garcia's thigh. Garcia counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Garcia striking off his back but it's not causing Parker any problems.
Garcia is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Garcia takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Garcia throwing shots but Parker is blocking nicely.
Parker controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Garcia 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.
Garcia tries to pass the half guard into mount. Parker knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Parker makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Parker.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Peter Parker.
I think Parker has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Roberts scores the fight for Rolando Garcia!
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight for Rolando Garcia!
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight as a draw!
Rolando Garcia wins by majority decision!
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