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NFC 3: Contenders PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stafford Alois (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabor Nemeth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stafford Alois has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Stafford Alois!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Gabor Nemeth!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nemeth misses with a two punch combination.
Alois has taken the fight to the clinch.
Nemeth softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alois.
Nemeth has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Alois is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Nemeth lands a hook that snaps the head of Alois backwards.
It looks like Stafford Alois has been cut.
Nemeth misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alois wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Alois is trying to break the clinch but Nemeth has him pressed against the cage.
Nemeth wants to get back to striking at distance but Alois won't allow it.
Still in the clinch, Nemeth scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nemeth lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Alois or not.
Alois is breathing heavily.
Nemeth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alois tries to clinch but Nemeth is having none of it.
Nemeth will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Alois moves in looking to clinch but Nemeth pushes him off.
Nemeth tries to clinch up but Alois circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from Alois.
Nemeth instigates a clinch.
Nemeth tries to break the clinch but Alois is controlling the position.
Still in the clinch, Nemeth scores with a nice short uppercut.
Alois is trying to break the clinch but Nemeth has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Nemeth.
Nemeth is trying to break the clinch but Alois has him pressed against the cage.
Nemeth lands a nice elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nemeth creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nemeth stalling the fight.
Nemeth wants to stall.
Nemeth digs a right hand underneath Alois's ribcage. Alois let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nemeth tries to stall but Alois uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nemeth lands a hook that snaps the head of Alois backwards.
Stafford Alois's cut is getting worse.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nemeth lands a left hand that snaps the head of Alois backwards.
Nemeth lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nemeth lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Alois's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Alois prevents Nemeth from breaking the clinch.
Nemeth lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Alois.
A short right from Nemeth on the inside.
Stafford Alois's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nemeth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nemeth forces Alois back against the cage and clinches.
Nemeth decides to pull guard.
Alois won't allow Nemeth to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nemeth controlling the position.
Nemeth controls Alois momentarily but Alois frees himself.
Nemeth trying to control the position here.
Nemeth keeping moving, preventing Alois from controlling successfully.
Alois trying to stand up but can't free himself from Nemeth's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nemeth wants to stand up but Alois is controlling him.
Nemeth looking to hit a scissor sweep but Alois is one step ahead there.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Nemeth changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Alois tries to avoid it but Nemeth manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Alois to the ground. Alois escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nemeth throws a series of punches but Alois moves out of range.
Gabor Nemeth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nemeth is looking to clinch.
Nemeth tries to clinch up but Alois circles away and keeps his distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Alois swats away the attempt to clinch by Nemeth.
Alois throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Nemeth's head.
Nemeth is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nemeth is looking to clinch.
Alois wants to clinch.
Nemeth tries to clinch but Alois moves away
and Alois counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Alois.
Alois wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Alois wants to break the clinch but can't.
Alois is looking to break free of the clinch but Nemeth has double underhooks.
Nemeth is trying to break free.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alois throws a punch but it's blocked by Nemeth.
Alois can't break the clinch.
Nemeth cracks Alois with a nice body shot.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nemeth working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alois.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabor Nemeth dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stafford Alois's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Alois wants to clinch up but Nemeth keeps it at a distance.
Nemeth dips to his left and cracks Alois with an uppercut!
Nemeth fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alois manages to avoid it.
Alois tries to clinch
and Nemeth counters by clinching up.
Nemeth lands a body shot.
Nemeth working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Nemeth fails to land.
Alois wants to break free but Nemeth has control.
Alois lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right from Nemeth on the inside.
Alois is looking to break free of the clinch but Nemeth has double underhooks.
Alois wants to get back to striking at distance but Nemeth won't allow it.
Alois wants to break free but Nemeth has control.
Alois wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nemeth lands a left hand.
Nemeth has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Alois is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Alois gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Nemeth.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nemeth digs a right hand underneath Alois's ribcage. Alois let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nemeth working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alois wants to break free but Nemeth has control.
Alois wants to break free but Nemeth has control.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nemeth creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nemeth lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nemeth lands a hook that snaps the head of Alois backwards.
Nemeth is trying to break the clinch but Alois has him pressed against the cage.
Nemeth working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Still in the clinch, Nemeth scores with a nice short uppercut.
Good body shot from Nemeth.
Nemeth lands with a short shot to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nemeth takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nemeth lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short uppercut from Nemeth.
Nemeth lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nemeth tries to break the clinch but Alois is controlling the position.
Nemeth tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Alois smiles and moves away.
Stafford Alois has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gabor Nemeth.
Alois fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alois is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nemeth.
Jeez, Stafford Alois's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Alois keeps the fight on the outside.
Stafford Alois is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nemeth clinches up against the cage.
Nemeth keeps control of Alois as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nemeth throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nemeth looking to stall.
Alois breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nemeth doesn't manage to clinch there - Alois circles away.
Alois avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nemeth clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alois is trying to break the clinch but Nemeth has him pressed against the cage.
Alois is looking to break free of the clinch but Nemeth has double underhooks.
Nemeth lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Alois.
Nemeth scores with a shot to the side of Alois's head.
Nemeth prevents Alois from breaking the clinch.
Nemeth swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nemeth working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Alois has had enough of the clinch but Nemeth keeps him there for the moment.
Alois wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nemeth has him pressed against the cage.
Nemeth tries to land knees in the clinch but Alois avoids the damage to the body.
Nemeth lands a nice uppercut.
Nemeth scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nemeth has a couple of punches blocked by Alois.
Nemeth can't break the clinch.
Nemeth fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nemeth misses with a punch on the inside.
Alois escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alois takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Stafford Alois's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Gabor Nemeth!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jose Fortes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Meaney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fortes comes to the cage accompanied by Primitive Reason - Kindian. This should be fireworks!
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jose Fortes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Liam Meaney!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fortes is looking to clinch but Meaney is avoiding it.
Meaney swats away the attempt to clinch by Fortes.
Meaney gets caught flat footed, as Fortes shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Fortes knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Meaney on the ground.
Meaney isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Fortes stacks Meaney on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Fortes!
Fortes decides to stand up, so the ref orders Meaney to his feet.
A combination from Meaney does no damage.
Meaney keeps the fight on the outside.
Fortes moves in looking to clinch but Meaney pushes him off.
Fortes is looking to clinch but Meaney is avoiding it.
Jose Fortes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fortes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Meaney avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meaney looks to land a combination but Fortes avoids it well.
Meaney scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Fortes tries to clinch there but Meaney circles away.
Fortes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Meaney paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fortes fails to land the takedown.
Fortes tries to clinch but Meaney is having none of it.
Fortes fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Meaney checks it well.
Meaney swats away the attempt to clinch by Fortes.
Fortes tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Fortes tries to close the distance and clinch but Meaney swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Meaney bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fortes's head.
Fortes is looking to clinch but Meaney is avoiding it.
Meaney lands a jab.
Fortes tries to clinch but Meaney moves out of range.
Fortes lands a high kick to the side of Meaney's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Fortes dives into guard, looking to finish.
Meaney is rocked!
It looks like Liam Meaney has been cut.
Meaney is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Meaney is still in real trouble! Can Fortes finish him?
Fortes tries to stand but Meaney is controlling from the bottom.
Meaney working for a triangle but Fortes defends it easily.
Meaney seems to have recovered his senses.
Fortes stands and steps away. Meaney gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Meaney both land. Nice combination.
Fortes wants to clinch.
Fortes slips a jab and a cross from Meaney.
Fortes throws and low kick but Meaney moves out of range easily.
Fortes misses with a double jab
and Meaney counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fortes lands a head kick!
Fortes is breathing heavily.
Fortes throws a head kick but Meaney moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meaney circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fortes tries to clinch but Meaney moves out of range.
Meaney throws a nice looking combination but Fortes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Meaney cracks Fortes with an open hand slap.
Fortes tries to clinch up.
Fortes tries to clinch there but Meaney circles away.
Fortes is looking to clinch but Meaney is avoiding it.
Fortes misses with a combination
and Meaney counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meaney lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Nice jab there from Meaney.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Fortes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Liam Meaney's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Fortes throws a sloppy head kick and Meaney moves out of range easily.
Fortes tries to clinch but Meaney moves out of range.
Fortes wants to clinch up but Meaney keeps it at a distance.
Meaney lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fortes throws a combination that misses
and Meaney connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fortes moves in looking to clinch but Meaney pushes him off.
Fortes throws a leg kick but Meaney checks it.
Meaney cracks Fortes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fortes tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Meaney is able to avoid easily.
Meaney blocks a head kick by Fortes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fortes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fortes has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fortes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fortes on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Meaney misses with the combination.
Fortes tries to clinch but Meaney is having none of it.
Meaney moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Fortes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Meaney connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fortes. Fortes circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jose Fortes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fortes moves in looking to clinch but Meaney pushes him off.
Meaney's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Meaney duly obliges.
Meaney stalks Fortes and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Fortes's face. Fortes staggers backwards, shaken.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Meaney avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fortes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fortes tries to clinch there but Meaney circles away.
The crowd cheers as Meaney lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fortes doesn't seem phased though.
Meaney lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Meaney moves out of range as Fortes throws a body kick.
Fortes tries to clinch up but Meaney circles away and keeps his distance.
Fortes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Meaney swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Meaney cracks Fortes with a good jab.
Meaney lands a two punch combo.
Fortes misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fortes gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Fortes moves in looking to clinch but Meaney pushes him off.
Fortes throws a head kick that misses.
Fortes tries to close the distance and clinch but Meaney swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Liam Meaney is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fortes tries to close the distance and clinch but Meaney swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fortes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Meaney counters with a two punch combo.
Fortes misses with a combination
enabling Meaney to counter with a crisp jab.
Fortes moves in looking to clinch but Meaney pushes him off.
Fortes is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Meaney misses with a few strikes there.
Meaney cracks Fortes with an open hand slap.
Fortes is looking to clinch.
Meaney throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fortes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fortes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Meaney catches Fortes with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Meaney throws a good cross that connects.
Meaney lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A good leg kick by Fortes.
Fortes tries to close the distance and clinch but Meaney swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fortes misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Liam Meaney showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Liam Meaney's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Fortes moves in looking to clinch but Meaney pushes him off.
Fortes throws a combination that misses
and Meaney connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fortes throws a leg kick but Meaney sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fortes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Meaney counters with a stiff right hand.
Meaney bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fortes's head.
Meaney keeps the fight on the outside.
Fortes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fortes tries to clinch but Meaney moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meaney lands with an uppercut that bounces Fortes off the cage and back into rage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fortes tries to clinch up but Meaney circles away and keeps his distance.
Fortes wants to clinch up but Meaney keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fortes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheers as Meaney lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fortes doesn't seem phased though.
Fortes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fortes tries to clinch but Meaney moves out of range.
Fortes throws a head kick that misses.
Meaney goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Meaney misses with a double jab.
A left lands for Meaney.
Meaney might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Meaney lands with a cross.
A punch lands to the side of Fortes 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Liam Meaney seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meaney scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fortes is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Meaney.
Fortes plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Fortes looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fortes is looking to clinch but Meaney is avoiding it.
Fortes needs to keep his hands up - Meaney had a free shot at his head there.
Fortes has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fortes there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fortes doesn't manage to clinch there - Meaney circles away.
Fortes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fortes is looking to clinch.
A combination from Meaney does no damage.
The crowd cheers as Meaney lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fortes doesn't seem phased though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meaney listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Meaney lands a lovely overhand right.
Fortes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fortes tries to clinch up
enabling Meaney to counter with a crisp jab.
Fortes tries a head kick but it misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fortes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fortes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Meaney lands a jab-cross combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Meaney lands with a nice combination. Fortes backs away looking to recover.
Fortes tries to clinch there but Meaney circles away.
Fortes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fortes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fortes wants to clinch.
Meaney listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice uppercut lands for Meaney. That snapped Fortes's head back.
Fortes tries to clinch up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Liam Meaney comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Meaney has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liam Meaney!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steve Standell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Simon Shaw is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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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, Steve Standell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Simon Shaw!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shaw decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Shaw is working for a kimura but Standell is defending it quite comfortably.
Shaw is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Standell has managed to free his arm - good work.
Shaw seems to be working for a kimura but Standell defends the submission attempt.
Shaw is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Shaw is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Standell is just riding it out for now. Shaw eventually gives up the hold.
Standell is defending against the submission attempts here by Shaw.
Shaw looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Standell wants to control but Shaw is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Shaw works his way into side control.
Shaw wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Standell, who protects the arm well.
Standell on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Standell tries to get out of the position.
Shaw tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Shaw has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Standell struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Standell is looking for a sweep.
Standell wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Shaw looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Shaw is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Standell has escaped the position, nice work there.
Shaw is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Standell knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Shaw is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Standell is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Standell sneaks back into half guard.
Shaw looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
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.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Standell looks like he's trying to stand up.
Shaw seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Standell is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Simon Shaw!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and LenDale Cleaver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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166 lbs
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18
164 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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Counter striker
Solid 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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kyle Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, LenDale Cleaver!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith thuds a left hand into Cleaver's body.
Smith scores with a punch to the head.
It looks like LenDale Cleaver has been cut.
Smith dips to his left and cracks Cleaver with an uppercut!
Smith looks to land a combination but Cleaver avoids it well.
Smith throws a series of punches but Cleaver avoids them all with ease.
Smith scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Smith lands a two punch combo.
Cleaver misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nice sprawl there from Smith as Cleaver shoots in.
Nice cross by Smith.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith throws a shot to the body.
Smith tries to bum rush Cleaver with a series of wild strikes but Cleaver uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cleaver showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smith.
Smith ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cleaver looks gassed!
Smith lands with a right that hurts Cleaver. Cleaver looks to clinch but Smith throws a short knee that drops Cleaver. This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Kyle Smith!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zygor Bane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Turner's choice of entrance music: Cracking the Whip. Andrew Turner has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Zygor Bane!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Andrew Turner!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Bane with that takedown attempt.
Turner gets a takedown into half guard.
Bane is positioning himself well to prevent Turner advancing to mount.
Bane is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Turner's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Turner's back!
I would not like to be Turner right now.
Turner is really stuck here.
Turner is looking to stand back up. He's having to work hard to escape but eventually he manages it.
Bane throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bane tries to clinch up.
Turner lands with a right that hurts Bane. Bane looks to clinch but Turner throws a short knee that drops Bane. This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Andrew Turner!
Andrew Turner is the new light heavyweight champion!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brayan Stabile (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Flintoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Brayan Stabile!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Andrew Flintoff!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stabile misses with a wild combination.
Stabile will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Stabile takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Flintoff tries to bum rush Stabile with a series of wild strikes but Stabile uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stabile wants to clinch.
Stabile shoots for a double leg takedown but Flintoff sprawls well. He's pushed Stabile's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Flintoff uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Stabile tries to clinch there but Flintoff circles away.
Flintoff thows a left - swing and a miss!
No joy there for Stabile, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Flintoff throws a wild body kick that Stabile sees coming a mile off.
Stabile throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stabile is breathing heavily.
Flintoff throws a hook but Stabile blocks it.
Flintoff misses with a body shot.
Flintoff stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brayan Stabile. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stabile looks for the body kick but Flintoff saw that one coming.
Stabile tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brayan Stabile seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Flintoff lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Stabile falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Andrew Flintoff!
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