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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Mcarthy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan Mcarthy has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count 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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Mcarthy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tim Miller!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcarthy drives through with a takedown into guard.
Mcarthy thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mcarthy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Miller works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mcarthy drops back looking for a leg! Miller is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Miller manages to kick Mcarthy off! Mcarthy jumps back into Miller's guard.
Mcarthy drops back looking for a leg! Miller is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Miller manages to kick Mcarthy off! Mcarthy jumps back into Miller's guard.
Mcarthy is in close to Miller's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Mcarthy throwing strikes from guard but Miller blocks nicely.
Mcarthy 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.
Mcarthy with a nice head shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller has momentary wrist control but Mcarthy slips an elbow through the middle.
Mcarthy 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.
Mcarthy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Miller is keeping the position for now.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mcarthy's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mcarthy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Miller works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Miller working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mcarthy.
Mcarthy connects with a couple of short punches.
Mcarthy is breathing heavily.
Mcarthy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mcarthy drops back looking for a leg! Miller is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Miller manages to kick Mcarthy off! Mcarthy jumps back into Miller's guard.
Mcarthy throwing strikes from guard but Miller blocks nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Miller doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Mcarthy counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Mcarthy could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Mcarthy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Miller swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mcarthy thows a big elbow that misses.
Mcarthy lands a couple of elbows.
Miller 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.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mcarthy accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mcarthy makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Miller has momentary wrist control but Mcarthy slips an elbow through the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Mcarthy shoots in and bounces Miller off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Mcarthy is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mcarthy is in close to Miller's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Mcarthy postures up.
Mcarthy 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.
Mcarthy drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Mcarthy jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Miller pulls Mcarthy in close to prevent any damage.
Miller tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcarthy works over Miller with some ground and pound from guard.
Mcarthy is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mcarthy with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mcarthy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mcarthy landing some decent shots from guard.
Mcarthy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mcarthy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mcarthy postures up in Miller's guard and throws a big left but Miller blocks it.
Mcarthy 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.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Miller gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Mcarthy counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ground and pound from Mcarthy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Mcarthy dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Mcarthy shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mcarthy lands a nice short elbow.
Mcarthy seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Miller is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mcarthy lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Mcarthy drops an elbow to the side of Miller's head.
Mcarthy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mcarthy 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.
Mcarthy is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Miller is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ryan Mcarthy!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and mack hues (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Johnson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to mack hues's chin.
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, mack hues!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
hues throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
Nice defenses there by hues.
hues fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A lazy left from Johnson finds it's target.
Johnson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
It looks like mack hues has been cut.
hues fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
hues will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
hues connects with a good right hand that stumbles Johnson. Johnson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
hues swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice shot by hues.
Johnson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and hues counters with a lovely straight right hand!
mack hues seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
hues avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Nice uppercut there from Johnson.
Johnson misses with the combination.
No joy there for hues, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but hues slips the punch.
Johnson digs a good hook to hues's body.
A punch combination from hues misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on hues's shoulder, as hues tries to avoid the shot.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from hues.
Johnson misses with a body punch
and hues counters with a three punch combo that has Johnson backing up. Johnson nods at hues to acknowledge the strikes.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
A combination from hues does no damage.
Johnson swings away with a body shot that misses
and hues counters with a left and a right that stings Johnson.
hues misses with a double jab
and Johnson counters with a left and a right that stings hues.
hues lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
hues misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johnson lands a glancing blow to the side of hues's head.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
hues on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Left hook, right uppercut from hues.
hues takes one on the button.
hues misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
hues walks into a straight right hand from Johnson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
hues throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
hues fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between hues's hands.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
hues misses with a combination
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
hues throws a left and a right that both miss
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
hues misses with a combination
and Johnson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
hues looks gassed!
hues throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
hues uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
hues throws a left and a right that both miss
and hues takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
hues misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from hues.
hues on the wrong end of a nice hook.
hues drops his hands momentarily and Johnson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on hues's shoulder, as hues tries to avoid the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
hues dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
hues throws a left and a right that both miss
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johnson lands a nice looking body shot.
hues misses with a double jab.
hues tests Johnson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Johnson moves forwards but hues connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Johnson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
hues falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from hues misses.
Johnson lunges at hues with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by hues's hand.
Johnson jabs at hues's body.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from hues.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on hues's shoulder, as hues tries to avoid the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
hues throws a left and a right that both miss
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Johnson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
hues throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
hues throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
hues fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
hues throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
hues swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A combination from Johnson does no damage.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. hues was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
hues misses with the combination.
hues throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from hues.
hues keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on mack hues's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
hues looks to land a combination but Johnson avoids it well.
hues darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
hues misses with a two punch combination.
hues throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
hues throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnson counters with a two punch combo.
hues blocks a jab.
hues avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson jabs at hues's body.
hues swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
hues moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
hues swinging wilding here.
hues throws a right and a left that Johnson avoids nicely.
Paul Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
hues looks to land a combination. Johnson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
hues misses with a series of wild punches.
Paul Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson scores with the left hand. hues knows he should have avoided that one.
hues is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
hues slips a jab from Johnson.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Johnson tries to bum rush hues with a series of wild strikes but hues uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
hues rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
hues uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
hues throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johnson cracks hues with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
hues displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnson throws out the jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Johnson as he connects with a hook.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but hues manages to avoid it.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
hues is rocked!
hues fails to land with a series of punches.
hues misses with a wild combination.
hues swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
hues throws a right and a left that Johnson avoids nicely.
Johnson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that hues can do to turn this around?
hues clobbers Johnson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Johnson misses with a body punch
enabling hues to counter with a crisp jab.
hues throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from hues misses.
A right-left combo lands from Johnson.
hues throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnson counters with a left to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Johnson misses the body punch
and hues counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
hues throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from hues.
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Some wild striking there from hues.
hues swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Johnson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
hues swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but hues might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Johnson has got the better of the exchanges.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
A jab from Johnson misses.
A left and a right from hues both land. Nice combination.
hues throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson cracks a nice hook into hues's ribs.
Johnson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
hues falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
hues throws a right and a left that both miss.
hues misses with a few strikes there.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
hues uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
hues rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
hues throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johnson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Johnson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from hues.
Johnson throws a series of punches but hues moves out of range.
hues avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson misses with the combination.
hues misses with a few strikes there.
hues throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
hues misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
hues throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
hues on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but hues manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Johnson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on mack hues's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
hues misses with a jab, cross combination.
hues throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from hues.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. hues was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
hues throws a combination. Johnson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Johnson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A jab lands there for Johnson.
hues throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from hues.
Some wild striking there from hues.
Johnson connects with the punch.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from hues.
hues fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson walks into a jab.
hues falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
hues takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
hues uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
Johnson lands a with a good body shot.
hues misses with a double jab
and Johnson counters with a nice body shot.
Johnson misses with a body punch
and hues counters with a right hand to the body.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from hues.
hues doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but hues bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
hues has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
hues throws a left and a right that both miss
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
hues throws a combination that misses
and hues takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
hues misses with a two punch combination.
Johnson lands with a shot to the body.
hues falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johnson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Johnson sizes up hues with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
hues lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but hues was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
hues swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Johnson counters with a left to the body.
A combination from hues does no damage.
hues misses with a double jab
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johnson cracks hues with a right hand to the side of the head.
Johnson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from hues.
hues takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
hues falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johnson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
hues displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnson throws out the jab.
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
hues slips under a jab.
hues throws a combination. Johnson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
hues misses with a wild combination.
hues falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
hues throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.
hues throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from hues.
hues scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
hues throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from hues.
hues misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jab, jab by Johnson - just one landing.
A punch lands to the side of hues 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Left hook, right uppercut from hues.
Johnson scores with a nice head shot.
hues displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
hues misses with a wild combination.
hues fails to land with a series of punches.
mack hues has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on hues's shoulder, as hues tries to avoid the shot.
hues is working the combinations to good effect here.
hues misses with a series of wild punches.
hues falls off balance throwing a combination
and hues takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Johnson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Some wild striking there from hues.
hues misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson throws a jab when hues was well out of range.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
hues fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Paul Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
hues throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Johnson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Johnson!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Benson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramon Rivas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyler Benson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ramon Rivas!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivas throws out a loose jab but Benson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Benson.
Rivas shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Benson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Rivas wants to lay and pray for a moment but Benson keeps working.
Benson is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Rivas decides to stand up, so the ref orders Benson to his feet.
Rivas gets a clinch.
Rivas jumps guard but Benson stands there with Rivas around his waist. Rivas gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rivas tries to pull guard but Benson won't allow it.
Rivas fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Tyler Benson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ramon Rivas.
Rivas has Benson pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Rivas pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Benson tumbling to the mat - Rivas dives into Benson's guard.
Rivas lying in Benson's guard like a wet fish here, stalling away. Benson decides he's had enough of all that nonsense - he escapes his hips and locks up an armbar! Wow, that was slick! Rivas taps! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tyler Benson!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Charles Luciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wendell Gomes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue 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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Luciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wendell Gomes!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luciano uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A combination from Luciano does no damage.
Luciano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Luciano misses with a series of wild punches.
Luciano lands a really nice looking cross but Gomes seems unphased.
Luciano lands an overhand right.
Luciano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Luciano connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gomes momentarily.
Gomes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Luciano circles away quickly and effectively.
Luciano throws a right and a left that Gomes avoids nicely.
Gomes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Luciano throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gomes counters with a shoot takedown. Luciano fights it but they end up in guard.
Gomes wants to control from the top but Luciano keeps moving.
Gomes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gomes tries to stand but Luciano is controlling from the bottom.
Gomes trying to control but Luciano is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Gomes trying to control the position from guard on top but Luciano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Luciano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Luciano connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gomes momentarily.
Gomes tries to clinch up.
Luciano throws a right hand that Gomes ducks under and follows up with a left that Gomes also avoids with ease.
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.
Luciano misses with a series of wild punches.
Luciano lands a slapping body shot.
Luciano moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
No luck for Gomes with that takedown attempt.
Gomes shoots for a double leg takedown but Luciano sprawls well. He's pushed Gomes's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Luciano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Luciano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gomes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Luciano throws a series of punches but Gomes moves out of range.
Luciano lands with an overhand left.
Luciano lands with a straight right. Gomes didn't see that one coming.
Luciano looks to land a combination but Gomes avoids it well.
Luciano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Luciano throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Luciano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gomes tries to clinch there but Luciano circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomes is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Luciano.
Luciano throws a right and a left that Gomes avoids nicely.
Gomes fails with a takedown attempt.
Charles Luciano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wendell Gomes.
Gomes looks gassed!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Luciano.
Gomes is looking for a sweep.
Luciano decides to stand back up.
Luciano lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gomes backs up against the cage.
Luciano is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Luciano tests Gomes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Luciano throws a right hand that Gomes ducks under and follows up with a left that Gomes also avoids with ease.
A punch combination from Luciano misses.
Luciano works over Gomes's head and body with a nice combination.
Luciano is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Luciano is defended easily by Gomes.
Luciano lands with a shot to the body.
Gomes takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Luciano.
Luciano is working the combinations to good effect here.
Luciano throws a combination that misses
and Gomes counters by moving into the clinch.
Gomes wants a takedown.
Luciano manages to break the clinch.
Luciano throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gomes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gomes checks the leg kick.
Luciano misses with a wild combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Luciano swinging wilding here.
Luciano misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Luciano dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Gomes ducks right into an uppercut from Luciano.
Gomes misses with a takedown attempt
and Luciano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Luciano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Luciano throws a right hand that Gomes ducks under and follows up with a left that Gomes also avoids with ease.
Gomes is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Luciano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Luciano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Luciano misses with the combination.
Gomes is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Luciano.
Luciano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Luciano lands with a hook. Gomes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Charles Luciano is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Luciano scores with a body shot.
Gomes is breathing heavily.
Luciano fails to land with a series of punches.
Gomes shoots in but no luck this time.
Luciano lands a jab-cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano looks to land a combination. Gomes sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Luciano misses with a series of wild punches.
Luciano slips a jab and a cross from Gomes.
Gomes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Luciano circles away quickly and effectively.
Gomes shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Luciano but Luciano pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Charles Luciano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wendell Gomes.
Luciano connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gomes's hands.
Luciano throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Charles Luciano is winning the standup battle so far.
Luciano throws a one two combo.
Luciano scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Gomes dodges the punch combination from Luciano.
Luciano throws a one two combo.
A right-left combo lands from Luciano.
Luciano scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gomes in his tracks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano dips to his left and cracks Gomes with an uppercut!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Luciano!
Charles Luciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luciano has closed the distance and engaged Gomes in a clinch.
Gomes has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Luciano wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gomes has him pressed against the cage.
Luciano has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Luciano tries to break the clinch but Gomes is controlling the position.
Luciano looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Luciano wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gomes fails to pull guard.
Luciano wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Luciano pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Luciano throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gomes clinches but Luciano breaks the clinch
and Luciano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gomes shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Luciano counters with a nice body shot.
Luciano throws a series of punches but Gomes avoids them all with ease.
Danga de danga de dang - Luciano scores with a four punch combination!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Luciano.
Gomes has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Gomes on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Luciano's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Luciano duly obliges.
Luciano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Luciano!
Luciano scores with a one two! Gomes had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Luciano misses with a series of wild punches.
Luciano scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Luciano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from Luciano misses.
A shot to de liver by Luciano. Beautiful body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Luciano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Luciano fails to land with a series of punches.
Luciano darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Luciano knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gomes on the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gomes is trying to get back to full guard.
Luciano sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Luciano decides to return to a standing position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Luciano lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Luciano dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Luciano scores with a nice head shot.
Luciano moves out of range as Gomes throws a body kick.
Luciano swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gomes counters with a takedown into side control.
Luciano on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Luciano tries to get out of the position.
Gomes misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Luciano throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Gomes has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Luciano throws a nice looking combination but Gomes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A punch combination from Luciano misses.
Luciano misses with a double jab.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Luciano!
Luciano swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gomes counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luciano is trying to stand back up but Gomes is controlling him
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Gomes in particular looking to stall.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano is not content to let Gomes control the position.
Luciano keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gomes prevents Luciano from standing back up.
Luciano keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gomes wants to control but Luciano is keeping him busy.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Luciano tries to bum rush Gomes with a series of wild strikes but Gomes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Luciano scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Luciano looks to land a combination. Gomes sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Luciano tries to score a power double leg takedown but Gomes sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Luciano somewhat.
Luciano is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gomes can do to turn this around?
Luciano throws a combination that misses
and Gomes counters by moving into the clinch.
Luciano holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Gomes tries to pull guard but Luciano won't allow it.
Luciano breaks the clinch.
Luciano misses with a two punch combination.
Luciano stalks Gomes and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gomes's face. Gomes staggers backwards, shaken.
No joy there for Luciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gomes.
Luciano throws a right and a left that Gomes avoids nicely.
Luciano cracks Gomes with a good jab.
Luciano scores with a jab.
Luciano moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Luciano finds it's way through Gomes's defenses.
Luciano throws a combination that misses
and Gomes counters with a single leg into guard. Luciano didn't expect that.
Gomes stopping the sweep attempt from Luciano.
Gomes trying to control but Luciano is working from the bottom.
Luciano wants to stand and escape but Gomes is having none of it.
Charles Luciano is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gomes pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Luciano is keeping the position for now.
Gomes working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gomes trying to control but Luciano is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano is pulling down on Gomes's head to control his posture.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Gomes shoots in looking for a takedown. Luciano tries to sprawl out of it but Gomes keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Luciano manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Charles Luciano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wendell Gomes.
Luciano closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luciano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gomes drops his hands momentarily and Luciano takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wendell Gomes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Luciano throws a series of strikes that have Gomes backpedaling.
Luciano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gomes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wendell Gomes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Luciano 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Luciano!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Risto Raivo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raivo kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Pocket full of shells. Risto Raivo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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192 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Risto Raivo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Silva!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raivo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Raivo closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Raivo scoring with punches and elbows.
Check out the look on Raivo's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Silva is rocked!
Silva takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Silva is still in real trouble! Can Raivo finish him?
Silva is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Raivo asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Raivo cracks Silva with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Raivo immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Silva is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Raivo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Risto Raivo!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitchell Clothier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Lewis 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mitchell Clothier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Lewis!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewis closes the distance and clinches up with Clothier, looking for a takedown. Lewis pushes Clothier against the cage but Clothier circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Clothier tries to clinch up.
Lewis blocks a head kick by Clothier.
Clothier moves in looking to clinch but Lewis pushes him off.
Mitchell Clothier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lewis decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Clothier tries to get to full guard but Lewis has control of the leg.
Lewis is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Lewis throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lewis prevents Clothier from improving his position.
Lewis has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lewis not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Clothier is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Lewis's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Lewis's back!
Clothier struggling to keep hold of the position.
Clothier missing with punches from the back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Clothier not allowing Lewis to control his hands.
Lewis is trying to escape under a series of strikes and manages to escape from Clothier 's hooks.
Clothier looking to control but Lewis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Lewis is working to get back to half guard.
Clothier wants to finish this one by submission but Lewis is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Clothier.
Lewis tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lewis wants to hold on but Clothier pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Lewis tries to control Clothier's body but Clothier pushes him off. Lewis squirms to his side and now Clothier has his back!
Clothier working for the choke.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lewis tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Clothier landing strikes, looking to finish!
Clothier avoids the attempt from Lewis to control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lewis is looking to improve his position but Clothier isn't that keen on the idea.
Clothier lands with some strikes.
Lewis swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Clothier avoids the attempt from Lewis to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clothier wants to control the pace but Lewis is squirming around nicely.
Lewis swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Lewis wants to control but Clothier is having none of it.
Lewis is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Clothier with good strikes from the mount here!
Lewis in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Lewis wants to control but Clothier is having none of it.
That's four 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.
Clothier blocks Lewis's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Lewis tries to hold on but Clothier pushes him away.
Clothier is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Lewis has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Lewis!
Lewis pushing down on Clothier's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Clothier is breathing heavily.
Lewis wants to pass to mount but Clothier is defending the position.
Lewis is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Clothier doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Lewis.
Lewis seems to be looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Lewis dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Clothier tries to clinch but Lewis moves out of range.
Lewis drives through with a takedown into guard.
Lewis lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lewis distracts Clothier with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Lewis stopping the sweep attempt from Clothier.
Lewis with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lewis stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Clothier swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Clothier is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Clothier is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis pushing down on Clothier's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Lewis is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Clothier sees it coming and defends easily.
Clothier knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lewis on the ground.
Lewis is breathing heavily.
Lewis trying to pass the guard but Clothier defending well.
Clothier trying to get back to full guard but Lewis takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Clothier working to try and regain half guard.
Clothier is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lewis lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clothier is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Lewis is landing with some decent strikes but Clothier is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lewis connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Clothier tries to hold on but Lewis postures up.
Clothier can't escape the position.
Clothier taking shots to the head.
Clothier is working to get back to half guard.
Lewis throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Clothier has his hands clasped together but Lewis breaks the hold and Clothier is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Lewis!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mike Lewis!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mercedes Benz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Angelo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mercedes Benz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mercedes Benz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Angelo!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Angelo closes the distance and clinches up with Benz, looking for a takedown. Angelo pushes Benz against the cage but Benz circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Angelo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Angelo dives in and grabs Benz's left leg, looking for a takedown. Benz pushes down on Angelo's head and hops out.
Angelo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A head kick misses from Angelo.
Benz looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Benz drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Benz seems to have locked his on tight now - Angelo screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Benz, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Mercedes Benz!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Riley Daniel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shannon Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daniel comes to the cage accompanied by Red Hot Chili Peppers - Don't Forget Me. The crowd seem to be enjoying Brown's choice of entrance music: skön lĺt. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Riley Daniel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shannon Brown!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good shot there by Daniel.
Daniel ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Daniel bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Daniel lands with a nice combination. Brown backs away looking to recover.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown shoots in for a double leg but Daniel sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Brown decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Daniel tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Brown wants to work for an arm triangle but Daniel is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Brown 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.
Brown looks gassed!
Daniel looks like he's trying to stand up.
Daniel is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown is working for a kimura but Daniel is defending it quite comfortably.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Daniel misses with a two punch combination.
Shannon Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Daniel finds it's way round the side to connect with Brown's head.
Brown looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Daniel is fending him off so far but Brown persists. Nope, Daniel circles away and we're back to standing.
Daniel lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Daniel lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Brown backs up against the cage.
Daniel throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Brown stumbling backwards into the cage! Brown bounces back off the cage towards Daniel, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Daniel lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Daniel celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Riley Daniel!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Cross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Chora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cross comes to the cage accompanied by Adrenaline. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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175 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Cross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pedro Chora!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cross scores with a one two! Chora had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Chora shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cross pinned against the cage. Cross gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Chora tries for a takedown but Cross sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Cross gets caught flat footed, as Chora shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Chora wants to stand but Cross has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Chora drops back, looking for a kneebar! Cross looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Cross looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Cross!
Cross tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Chora tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Cross wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Cross wants to stand but Chora is controlling his arm.
You can see the frustration on Chora's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cross wants to stand but Chora is controlling his arm.
Chora holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Cross goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Chora takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Chora feints and as Cross raises his hands in defense, Chora changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cross might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Cross is looking to stand up but Chora isn't so interested in that idea.
Cross keeping moving, preventing Chora from controlling successfully.
Chora prevents Cross from getting back to his feet.
Chora trying to control but Cross is working from the bottom.
Chora drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Chora as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Cross screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Chora! Nice submission victory there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Pedro Chora!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Arturo Gatti III (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ian Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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164 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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160 lbs
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Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arturo Gatti III!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ian Phillips!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips forces Gatti III back against the cage and clinches.
Gatti III lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Phillips.
Phillips drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gatti III gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Phillips misses with some punches.
Gatti III presses Phillips against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Phillips has a couple of punches blocked by Gatti III.
Phillips fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Phillips lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gatti III backwards.
Gatti III lands a hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Ian Phillips has been cut.
Gatti III lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gatti III misses with a punch to the body.
Phillips is trying to drag Gatti III to the mat but Gatti III just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Arturo Gatti III has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ian Phillips.
Gatti III working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gatti III stops a takedown attempt from Phillips.
Nice body punch from Gatti III - that landed with a thud.
A right handed body shot lands from Gatti III.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gatti III lands an uppercut.
Phillips lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Gatti III knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Phillips on the ground.
Gatti III is trying to get back to full guard.
Phillips wants to work for an arm triangle but Gatti III is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Phillips looks gassed!
Gatti III is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatti III is refusing to be controlled, as Phillips sits in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gatti III wants to improve his position but Phillips is controlling well.
Phillips works his way into full mount!
Gatti III really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Phillips sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Gatti III tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gatti III on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Gatti III tries to get out of the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gatti III is squirming around, avoiding Phillips's attempts to control the action.
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.
Phillips misses with a head shot.
Gatti III defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Phillips.
Phillips lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Gatti III is looking to improve his position but Phillips isn't that keen on the idea.
Phillips sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Phillips throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Phillips looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Phillips works his way to his opponent's back.
Phillips controlling from the back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips trying to control momentarily.
You can see the frustration on Gatti III's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Phillips is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Gatti III has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Gatti III covering up well and avoiding damage.
Phillips looking to finish the fight with a rear naked choke. Gatti III is controlling Phillips 's left arm and he spins nicely into guard.
Gatti III preventing the sweep.
Phillips bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gatti III's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips preventing the sweep.
Phillips thows a big elbow that misses.
Gatti III working a defensive guard here.
Gatti III lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Phillips!
Phillips gets back to half guard.
Phillips manages to get to full guard.
Gatti III looking to pass the guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Phillips working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gatti III doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gatti III manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Phillips controls Gatti III momentarily but Gatti III frees himself.
Phillips has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Phillips keeping moving, preventing Gatti III from controlling successfully.
Gatti III wants to pass the guard but Phillips is keeping the position.
Phillips throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Phillips wants to sweep here but Gatti III controlling him for the moment.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Phillips is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Phillips moves in looking to clinch but Gatti III pushes him off.
Phillips shoots in but Gatti III avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Phillips closes the distance and clinches up with Gatti III, looking for a takedown. Phillips pushes Gatti III against the cage but Gatti III circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gatti III swings for the body but Phillips moves out of range.
Gatti III swats away the attempt to clinch by Phillips.
Gatti III throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gatti III throws a jab but it's blocked by Phillips.
Phillips looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gatti III is fending him off so far but Phillips persists. Nope, Gatti III circles away and we're back to standing.
Phillips tries to clinch there but Gatti III circles away.
Gatti III throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Phillips on the side of the head.
Phillips tries to move into range but Gatti III moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Phillips misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Phillips shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gatti III sprawls well. Gatti III wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Phillips gets slowly back to his feet.
Gatti III throws a jab but it's blocked by Phillips.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gatti III throws a body punch but Phillips moves out of range.
Gatti III thows a body shot but no joy.
Arturo Gatti III is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gatti III displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Phillips.
Phillips tries to bum rush Gatti III with a series of wild strikes but Gatti III uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gatti III misses with a wild combination.
Decent striking displayed by Gatti III there.
Phillips misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Phillips fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Gatti III looks to score with a jab to the body but Phillips is just out of range.
Phillips ducks under a wild hook from Gatti III.
Phillips misses with a two punch combination.
Gatti III has managed to clinch.
Gatti III lands a hook that snaps the head of Phillips backwards.
Phillips jumps guard but Gatti III stands there with Phillips around his waist. Phillips gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Gatti III scores with a hook to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gatti III.
A short body shot lands from Gatti III as the two fighters clinch.
Gatti III working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gatti III works on Phillips's body with a couple of short punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gatti III digs a right hand into Phillips's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Phillips's gas tank.
Gatti III lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Phillips or not.
Gatti III stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gatti III pushes Phillips back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gatti III cracks Phillips with a nice body shot.
Gatti III stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gatti III lands with a light punch inside.
Good body shot from Gatti III.
Phillips working hard to break the clinch.
Gatti III lands a hook that snaps the head of Phillips backwards.
A short right from Gatti III.
Good body shot from Gatti III.
Gatti III cracks Phillips with a nice body shot.
Gatti III lands a body punch.
Gatti III softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Good body shot from Gatti III.
A hook to the body from Gatti III.
Phillips's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gatti III lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Phillips.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gatti III.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Gatti III.
Phillips can't get the takedown.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gatti III.
Gatti III lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Gatti III.
Gatti III lands a left hand that snaps the head of Phillips backwards.
Gatti III scores with a shot to the side of Phillips's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Phillips. Gatti III does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gatti III cracks Phillips with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gatti III throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Phillips takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gatti III is looking to clinch but Phillips is avoiding it.
Gatti III digs a good hook to Phillips's body.
Gatti III dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Phillips gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gatti III.
Gatti III leaves Phillips with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gatti III fails with an attempt to clinch.
Phillips shoots in but Gatti III avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Gatti III scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arturo Gatti III dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ian Phillips's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Gatti III gets a clinch.
Gatti III digs a right hand into Phillips's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Phillips's gas tank.
Phillips is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Gatti III throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Phillipss head.
Gatti III lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gatti III lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gatti III stops a takedown attempt from Phillips.
A right hand to the body from Gatti III.
Gatti III scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gatti III lands a body punch.
Gatti III lands a nice uppercut.
Gatti III lands a hook that snaps the head of Phillips backwards.
Phillips is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gatti III lands a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Phillips tries to circle away but Gatti III has him pinned against the cage.
A short left from Gatti III.
Gatti III cracks Phillips with a nice body shot.
Gatti III lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Gatti III.
Gatti III lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gatti III pushes Phillips back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gatti III lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gatti III lands with a light punch inside.
Gatti III lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gatti III is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatti III lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gatti III working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Phillips is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gatti III is keeping busy.
Gatti III lands a right hand.
Gatti III lands a nice shot to the body.
Gatti III lands a nice uppercut.
Gatti III working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Phillips is rocked!
Gatti III pushes Phillips back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Phillips is still on wobbly legs! Can Gatti III finish him?
Gatti III lands a hook that snaps the head of Phillips backwards.
Gatti III scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gatti III stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gatti III lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Phillips to his knees! Gatti III keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arturo Gatti III!
Arturo Gatti III retains his lightweight title!
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