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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Conor Gillpatrick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steve Jones has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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240 lbs
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250 lbs
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Brawler
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Conor Gillpatrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Steve Jones!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Gillpatrick.
Gillpatrick is trying to get an arm triangle but Jones is defending well.
Gillpatrick cracks Jones with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Gillpatrick wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
Jones is looking to reverse the position.
The strikes coming from Gillpatrick are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Gillpatrick wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jones stuns Gillpatrick with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gillpatrick is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones lands a brutal uppercut that launches Gillpatrick off his feet! Gillpatrick tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Steve Jones!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between BJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Pexton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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173 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, BJ Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Lucas Pexton!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pexton tries to clinch but Penn moves out of range.
Penn throws a leg kick but Pexton checks it.
BJ Penn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pexton doesn't manage to clinch there - Penn circles away.
Jab, jab by Penn - just one landing.
Penn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pexton drives through and clinches with Penn against the ropes.
Pexton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Penn scores with a one two! Pexton had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Lucas Pexton has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pexton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Penn fails to land with a series of punches.
Pexton pushes Penn up against the ropes in a clinch.
Penn cracks Pexton with a nice body shot.
Pexton is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Penn pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Pexton is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pexton pulls guard successfully.
Pexton is edging up against the ropes. He's using the ropes to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Pexton creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Penn breaks the clinch.
Penn shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pexton pinned against the cage. Pexton gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pexton counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Pexton is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Penn gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Penn is trying to maintain a safe position but Pexton gets an underhook and turns Penn into the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Penn.
Pexton decides to pull guard.
Penn wanted to stand there but Pexton had control of the position.
Penn decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Pexton, up you get!
Penn is breathing heavily.
A punch combination from Pexton misses.
Pexton moves into the clinch.
Penn breaks the clinch.
Pexton tries to clinch
and Penn counters with a one-two to the body.
Pexton misses with a head kick.
Penn closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pexton counters with a good, hard body kick but Penn shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pexton slips a jab and a cross from Penn.
Pexton closes the distance and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Penn tries to score a body lock takedown but Pexton shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pexton.
Penn tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for BJ Penn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pexton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Penn with a poor takedown
and Pexton counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pexton.
Pexton gets control of Penn's arms and successfully pulls guard. Pexton will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Pexton bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Penn's guard.
Penn might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Pexton trying to control but Penn is working from the bottom.
Pexton thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pexton trying to control the position from guard on top but Penn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Penn avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pexton wants to control from the top but Penn keeps moving.
Penn utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pexton thows a big elbow that misses.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Penn has his takedown stuffed
and Pexton counters with a right hand to the body.
Pexton gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pexton jumps guard but Penn stands there with Pexton around his waist. Pexton gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Penn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Pexton prevents Penn from breaking the clinch.
Penn is looking to break free of the clinch but Pexton has double underhooks.
Penn tries for a takedown. No joy.
Penn wants to get back to striking at distance but Pexton won't allow it.
Penn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pexton has Penn pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Penn manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Pexton breaks the clinch.
Penn closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pexton circles away.
Penn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Penn manages to break the clinch.
Penn shoots in looking for a takedown. Pexton tries to sprawl out of it but Penn keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Pexton manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
BJ Penn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lucas Pexton's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Pexton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Penn throws a nice looking combination but Pexton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Penn misses with a wild body shot.
Penn moves into the clinch.
Penn has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Pexton avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Pexton is pressed up against the ropes. Penn has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Pexton down to the mat. Pexton avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Pexton darts in and clinches Penn up against the ropes.
Pexton manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Pexton looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Pexton is trying to control the position but Penn postures up.
Penn trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Penn postures up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pexton is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Penn has his hands clasped together but Pexton extends an breaks Penn's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Pexton.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lucas Pexton!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rob McCaig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and MIke Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). MIke Jones will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rob McCaig!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, MIke Jones!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
McCaig pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones is looking to clinch.
McCaig uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
Jones is looking to land body kicks.
Jones steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McCaig.
Jones tries to clinch but McCaig moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Jones.
Jones misses with a head kick.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but McCaig swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCaig misses with a straight right.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Jones tries to clinch but McCaig is having none of it.
McCaig pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jones throws the kick towards the body but McCaig avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones tries to clinch up but McCaig circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones misses with a hook.
Jones slips a jab from McCaig.
McCaig swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
MIke Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones wants to clinch.
Jones tries a head kick but it misses.
McCaig is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jones throws a hook but McCaig blocks it.
McCaig closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Jones to the mat! Jones manages to get full guard.
McCaig distracts Jones with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCaig pushing down on Jones's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Jones looks gassed!
Ground and pound from McCaig.
McCaig looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
McCaig is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jones is looking to escape.
Jones blocking the ground and pound attempt from McCaig.
McCaig is keen to just control but Jones is a slippery customer.
Ground and pound from McCaig.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCaig is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
McCaig lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jones hang on?
McCaig postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jones looks a forlorn figure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCaig is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jones can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
McCaig has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Jones is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rob McCaig!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roger Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Briston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roger Gracie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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270 lbs
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Roger Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bryan Briston!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown. Briston tries to sprawl out of it but Gracie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Briston manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bryan Briston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Briston has his takedown stuffed
and Gracie counters with a single leg into guard. Briston didn't expect that.
Gracie could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Briston working for submissions but it's allowed Gracie to get to half guard.
Briston connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Briston holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Briston gets full guard.
Gracie passes Briston's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Briston tries to get to full guard but Gracie has control of the leg.
Gracie seems to be looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Briston wants to improve his position but Gracie is controlling well.
Gracie is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Briston defends it well.
Gracie is trying to work for a kimura but Briston is defending well.
Briston wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gracie seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Briston is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Roger Gracie!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andre Payette (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and paul manson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Andre Payette!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, paul manson!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
manson thows a body shot but no joy.
manson tries for a takedown but Payette sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
manson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Payette's waist but Payette gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing manson off to one side.
manson wants to clinch up but Payette keeps it at a distance.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by manson!
manson tests Payette's chin there with a solid looking shot.
manson shoots in but Payette avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Andre Payette has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of paul manson.
Payette misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from manson.
Payette throws a series of punches but manson moves out of range.
Payette slips a jab from manson.
Payette misses with a straight right.
paul manson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
manson stalks Payette and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Payette's face. Payette staggers backwards, shaken.
manson tries for a takedown but Payette sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
manson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
manson throws the kick towards the body but Payette avoids it.
manson misses with a two punch combination.
manson 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.
Payette working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from manson.
manson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Payette tries to strike from the bottom.
manson wants to stand but Payette is controlling his posture from full guard.
Payette might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Payette throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Payette pulls manson in close to prevent any damage.
manson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Payette throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Payette 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.
manson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
manson jabs Payette right on the nose. Payette blinks but takes it well.
manson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from manson 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 Payette has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Payette and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
manson wants to clinch up but Payette keeps it at a distance.
manson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Payette uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by manson.
manson shoots in for a double leg but Payette sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
manson misses with a two punch combination.
manson looks gassed!
manson tries a head kick but it misses.
manson digs a good hook to Payette's body.
Payette decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
manson misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Payette lands with a punch from 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. Payette connects with a nice short shot to manson's temple.
Payette takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Payette is nestled in close to manson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Payette not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Payette with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
manson is refusing to be controlled, as Payette sits in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Payette is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
manson tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Payette looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Payette missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Payette lands a nice short elbow.
Payette missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Payette is trying to control the action in half guard but manson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
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.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Payette seems to be working for a kimura but manson defends the submission attempt.
Payette lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
manson looking for subs from the bottom but Payette mounts him!
manson is working to get back to half guard.
Payette controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Payette putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
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 Andre Payette will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
manson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Payette looks to land a combination but manson avoids it well.
manson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Payette counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
manson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Payette has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Payette trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
manson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Payette wants to control from the top but manson keeps moving.
Payette is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because manson is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Payette working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of manson's head.
manson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
manson is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Payette postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
manson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Payette manages to get himself to full guard.
Payette manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
manson throwing hammer fists to the chest of Payette. What's that going to do exactly?
Payette looking to finish manson with some ground and pound. This is bad for manson!
Payette punishing his opponent with strikes.
Payette lands a nice shot to the head.
Payette controlling the position easily from mount.
Payette drops a big elbow. That's hurt manson! More shots from Payette and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andre Payette!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Amir Khalidov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimi Patrick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Patrick has chosen Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up to Boston as his entrance music. Jimi Patrick has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Amir Khalidov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jimi Patrick!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khalidov looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Khalidov - that will leave a mark!
Patrick swinging wilding here.
Khalidov lands a nice looking body kick.
Khalidov throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Patrick's head.
Some wild striking there from Patrick.
Khalidov lands a head kick!
Khalidov lands a head kick. Patrick smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Khalidov throws a right hand that Patrick ducks under and follows up with a left that Patrick also avoids with ease.
Some wild striking there from Khalidov.
Patrick steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Khalidov. That one must have hurt.
Khalidov fails to land the takedown.
Khalidov scores with a takedown into Patrick's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalidov has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Patrick is proving hard to escape from.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Patrick wants to stand up but Khalidov is controlling him.
Khalidov drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Patrick dives on top into guard.
Khalidov is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
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.
Patrick gets to his feet - Khalidov follows without any prompting.
Khalidov scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Khalidov is breathing heavily.
Khalidov is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Patrick tries to kick Khalidov off but Khalidov keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Khalidov seems to be working for a kimura but Patrick defends the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalidov is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Patrick doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Khalidov.
Khalidov prevents Patrick from standing back up.
Patrick pushes Khalidov off and gets back to his feet.
Khalidov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Patrick lands a jab to the head.
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.
Patrick avoids the head kick by Khalidov.
Khalidov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Patrick fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Patrick cracks a nice hook into Khalidov's ribs.
Khalidov shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Patrick is looking to clinch but Khalidov is avoiding it.
Khalidov tries to keep at a distance but Patrick has taken the fight into the clinch.
Patrick pushes Khalidov back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khalidov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Patrick is trying to break free.
Patrick working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Khalidov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Patrick.
Khalidov keeps control of Patrick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Patrick lands a body shot in the clinch.
Patrick escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Patrick gets a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jimi Patrick will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Patrick lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Patrick circles away from the clinch attempt.
Khalidov looks to land a combination but Patrick avoids it well.
No joy there for Patrick, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Khalidov tries for a takedown but Patrick sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Khalidov tries a head kick but it misses.
Khalidov dodges the punch combination from Patrick.
Patrick misses with a wild body shot.
Patrick lands with a nice body punch.
Patrick has managed to clinch.
Patrick manages to break the clinch.
Patrick fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Khalidov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Patrick throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Patrick scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like Amir Khalidov has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patrick with a jab.
Khalidov checks the leg kick.
Patrick paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Khalidov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Patrick.
Patrick has taken the fight to the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Patrick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Patrick wants to break free but Khalidov has control.
Khalidov wants to get back to striking at distance but Patrick won't allow it.
Patrick pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jimi Patrick seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khalidov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Patrick.
Patrick's corner calls for a 1-2. Patrick obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Khalidov throws a head kick that misses.
Khalidov misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patrick is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Patrick takes a swing at Khalidov's ribcage but misses.
Patrick is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Khalidov rather than just go for the knockout.
Khalidov misses with a double jab
and Patrick counters with a one-two to the body.
Khalidov dodges the punch combination from Patrick.
Patrick scores with a crisp jab that stopped Khalidov in his tracks.
Khalidov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Patrick instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patrick lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khalidov backwards.
Khalidov takes a shot to the head.
Patrick lands a nice uppercut.
Khalidov has had enough of the clinch but Patrick keeps him there for the moment.
Patrick lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Patrick scores with a shot to the side of Khalidov's head.
Patrick lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khalidov backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patrick lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khalidov backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Patrick.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Patrick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Khalidov keeps control of Patrick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Patrick escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Patrick clinches with his opponent.
A nice left hand lands by Patrick.
Khalidov fails to pull guard.
Khalidov tries to break the clinch but Patrick is controlling the position.
Patrick wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Khalidov has him pressed against the ropes.
Khalidov is trying to break the clinch but Patrick has him pressed against the ropes.
Patrick lands a body shot in the clinch.
Patrick wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Khalidov wants to get back to striking at distance but Patrick won't allow it.
Khalidov is trying to break free.
Khalidov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Patrick manages to break the clinch.
Khalidov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Patrick swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A left and a right from Patrick both land. Nice combination.
Jimi Patrick is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A combination from Patrick does no damage.
Patrick throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Patrick misses with a series of wild punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patrick throws an overhand right that lands on Khalidov's shoulder, as Khalidov tries to avoid the shot.
Khalidov will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Amir Khalidov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Patrick fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Patrick throws out a loose jab but Khalidov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patrick swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Khalidov throws a head kick that Patrick semi-blocks.
Khalidov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Khalidov is looking to land body kicks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Patrick with a jab.
Khalidov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Khalidov takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimi Patrick showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Amir Khalidov's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Khalidov goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Khalidov looks to land a body kick but Patrick moved away.
Khalidov looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Patrick is fending him off so far but Khalidov persists. Nope, Patrick circles away and we're back to standing.
Patrick fails in his attempt to clinch.
Patrick works the jab nicely.
Khalidov lets loose with a powerful body kick. Patrick will feel that in the morning.
Patrick swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Khalidov shoots in but no luck this time.
Patrick takes the fight into the clinch.
Patrick lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Patrick breaks from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Patrick misses with a few strikes there.
Khalidov tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Patrick counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Amir Khalidov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Patrick throws a sloppy head kick
and Khalidov counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalidov on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Khalidov wants to clinch up but Patrick keeps it at a distance.
Nice defenses there by Khalidov.
The fight stays on the outside here - Khalidov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Patrick comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Khalidov will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Amir Khalidov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Khalidov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Khalidov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Patrick scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Patrick swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Patrick tries to bum rush Khalidov with a series of wild strikes but Khalidov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Khalidov tries for a takedown but Patrick sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Patrick.
Patrick misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Patrick throws a combination that misses
and Khalidov counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Khalidov throws a head kick that misses.
Khalidov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Patrick.
A jab from Khalidov misses.
Khalidov has a takedown stuffed.
Khalidov moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Patrick fails in his attempt to clinch.
Patrick lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patrick throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Khalidov throws the kick towards the body but Patrick avoids it.
Patrick closes the distance and clinches.
Khalidov tries to break the clinch but Patrick is controlling the position.
Khalidov can't break the clinch.
Khalidov is looking to break free of the clinch but Patrick has double underhooks.
Patrick lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Patrick wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Patrick pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Patrick pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Patrick fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Khalidov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Khalidov throws a head kick but Patrick moves out of range.
Patrick lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Khalidov backs up against the ropes.
Khalidov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khalidov tries to clinch up but Patrick circles away and keeps his distance.
Khalidov falls off balance throwing a combination
and Patrick counters with a three punch combo that has Khalidov backing up. Khalidov nods at Patrick to acknowledge the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patrick lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Patrick.
Khalidov misses with a combination
and Khalidov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Khalidov doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Patrick counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Patrick works Khalidov's body with a nice hook.
Khalidov tries a head kick but it misses.
Jimi Patrick is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Khalidov takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Patrick swats away the attempt to clinch by Khalidov.
Khalidov thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that's the end of the fight!
Jimi Patrick comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Patrick winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 26:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimi Patrick!
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RATING
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