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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Felton Schupt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cody Kessinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Schupt's entrance music is The Ramones - I wanna be sedated. A fine choice. Kessinger has chosen Don't Push Me-50 Cent as his entrance music. Felton Schupt has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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135 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Felton Schupt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cody Kessinger!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Dean Styles and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schupt drops Kessinger with a beautiful combination! Kessinger stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Schupt is looking for the KO!
Kessinger is rocked!
It looks like Cody Kessinger has been cut.
Schupt throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kessinger is still on wobbly legs! Can Schupt finish him?
Nice takedown defense from Schupt. No joy for Kessinger on that attempt.
Kessinger shoots in but no luck this time.
Kessinger seems to have recovered his senses.
Schupt lands with a right and another and another! Kessinger is in big trouble! Schupt lands again and this time it's lights out for Kessinger! A quality knockout there for Schupt.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Felton Schupt!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arno Ungemach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Vassell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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181 lbs
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178 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Arno Ungemach!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyler Vassell!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jorge Garcia and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ungemach throws out a loose jab but Vassell uses good head movement to avoid it.
A punch lands to the side of Vassell 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Vassell tries to bum rush Ungemach with a series of wild strikes but Ungemach uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vassell tries to clinch but Ungemach moves out of range.
Vassell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vassell shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ungemach pinned against the cage. Ungemach gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Vassell misses with a double jab.
Vassell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ungemach sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ungemach scores with a jab to the jaw.
It looks like Tyler Vassell has been cut.
Ungemach throws out a powerful jab.
Vassell is rocked!
Vassell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ungemach.
Vassell is still on wobbly legs! Can Ungemach finish him?
Vassell walks straight into a right hand from Ungemach - that's dropped him! Ungemach jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Vassell from any more punishment! Vassell complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Arno Ungemach!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sheraton Paul II (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Marduk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marduk has chosen DMX - Intro as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Craig Marduk has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Sheraton Paul II's chin.
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200 lbs
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203 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Counter striker
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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 New York, Sheraton Paul II!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Craig Marduk!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Franklyn Lucas and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marduk shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Paul II looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Marduk postures up and lands a big shot to Paul II's brow.
Paul II is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Marduk pushes down on Paul II's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Marduk perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Marduk winds up and cracks Paul II with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Marduk with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Marduk working Paul II over with strikes.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Marduk in particular looking to stall.
Marduk lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marduk controlling the action here.
Marduk's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Paul II is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marduk winds up and cracks Paul II with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Marduk content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paul II is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Marduk is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Marduk is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Paul II is just riding it out for now. Marduk eventually gives up the hold.
Marduk has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Paul II is looking to escape.
Marduk is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Paul II!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paul II tries to hold on but Marduk pushes him away.
Marduk breaks from Paul II's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Marduk content just to control the position here.
Marduk postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Paul II looks a forlorn figure.
Marduk content just to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Despite being in the dominant position, Craig Marduk just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Marduk scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Marduk seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Paul II trying to hold on to Marduk's head to control him but Marduk postures up.
Marduk decides to stand and escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Craig Marduk dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Marduk shoots in and bounces Paul II off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Marduk showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Marduk with a nice head shot there.
Paul II tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Paul II being controlled here, momentarily.
Paul II wants to control the position but Marduk says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marduk winds up and cracks Paul II with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Marduk stands up and beckons Paul II to join him on the feet.
Marduk drives through with a takedown into guard.
Marduk stands up and waves to Paul II to follow him.
Marduk tries to close the distance and clinch but Paul II swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marduk gets a takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paul II is looking to improve his position.
Paul II wants to control but Marduk is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Paul II tries to get to full guard but Marduk has control of the leg.
Marduk takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Craig Marduk has got the better of the ground game so far.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Marduk in particular looking to stall.
Paul II is trying to maintain the position but Marduk is very close to passing his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marduk passes the guard and advances to mount!
Marduk controlling his opponent.
Paul II is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Marduk looking to finish Paul II with some ground and pound. This is bad for Paul II!
Marduk in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Marduk working Paul II over with strikes here.
Marduk controlling his opponent.
Paul II is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Craig Marduk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Marduk fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Paul II, pushing him back against the cage.
Paul II has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Marduk avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Marduk fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Marduk jumps into guard, dragging Paul II to the mat.
Paul II got a little sloppy there for a moment and Marduk has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Paul II has managed to get both his arms back between Marduk's legs - danger averted.
Marduk wants to sweep here but Paul II controlling him for the moment.
Paul II pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Marduk is keeping the position for now.
Paul II looking to sit in guard and control but Marduk gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Paul II looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marduk works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Paul II wants to get back to full guard.
Paul II trying to get back to full guard but Marduk takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Paul II is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Paul II defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Marduk.
Paul II is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Marduk prevents Paul II from getting the reversal.
Marduk controlling his opponent.
Paul II is bucking up trying to escape but Marduk cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Marduk controlling the pace for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paul II wants to hold on but Marduk pushes him away.
Paul II is trying to escape the mount.
Marduk scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Paul II?
Paul II is trying to escape the mount.
Paul II wants to control but Marduk is having none of it.
Marduk content just to control the position here.
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.
Marduk unloading with bombs!
Craig Marduk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Marduk has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Marduk lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Paul II hang on?
Marduk with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Marduk cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Marduk controlling the pace for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Craig Marduk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Marduk has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight for Craig Marduk!
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight for Craig Marduk!
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight for Craig Marduk!
Craig Marduk wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Lowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Slutskaya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lowe comes to the cage accompanied by The Ballad of Curtis Lowe- Lynyrd Skynyrd. Ivan Slutskaya will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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156 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Brawler
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Curtis Lowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ivan Slutskaya!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, David Schapiro and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slutskaya gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Lowe to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Lowe stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Slutskaya swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Slutskaya looking for a sweep. Not yet Slutskaya, not yet.
Lowe throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lowe postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Slutskaya looking to control.
Lowe wants to control from the top but Slutskaya keeps moving.
Slutskaya keeping full guard, as Lowe tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Slutskaya wants to sweep but no luck.
Slutskaya keeping moving, preventing Lowe from controlling successfully.
Lowe looking to pass the guard.
Lowe got a little sloppy there for a moment and Slutskaya has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Lowe has managed to get both his arms back between Slutskaya's legs - danger averted.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slutskaya has momentary wrist control but Lowe slips an elbow through the middle.
Lowe wants to control from the top but Slutskaya keeps moving.
Lowe wants to pass the guard but Slutskaya is keeping the position.
Lowe scoring with some ground and pound.
Lowe connects with a couple of short punches.
Lowe trying to control but Slutskaya is working from the bottom.
Lowe distracts Slutskaya with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Slutskaya working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lowe.
Slutskaya keeping full guard, as Lowe tries to pass.
Lowe wants to control from the top but Slutskaya keeps moving.
Lowe is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lowe has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slutskaya working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lowe doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lowe manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Lowe content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lowe postures up and lands a big shot to Slutskaya's brow.
Lowe loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lowe scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lowe connects with a couple of short punches.
Lowe lands a couple of digs.
Lowe is in close to Slutskaya's body, working some short punches and elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Slutskaya tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lowe pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Slutskaya is keeping the position for now.
Lowe lands a couple of digs.
Lowe landing with the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lowe thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Slutskaya trying to keep a closed guard but Lowe is proving a slippery customer.
Lowe scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lowe works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Lowe working over Slutskaya with some ground and pound. Slutskaya looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Slutskaya wants to improve his position but Lowe is controlling well.
Lowe works his foot free and advances to mount.
Slutskaya looks gassed!
Slutskaya is trying desperately to improve position.
A nice elbow there by Lowe.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slutskaya is bucking up trying to escape but Lowe cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Lowe working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The referee warns Slutskaya that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Slutskaya keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Lowe lands with some strikes.
Lowe avoids the attempt from Slutskaya to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lowe pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Slutskaya taking shots to the head.
Lowe controlling the pace for now.
Lowe is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Slutskaya can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Curtis Lowe dominated that round.
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.
Lowe lands a huge takedown. Slutskaya is out but the ref is slow to react and Lowe lands 3 more undefended punches before the fight is stopped. Brutal finish. Slutskaya lies on the canvas for a good minute before the doctors bring him round. Good to see he's OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Curtis Lowe!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Beaulac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frankie Oreskin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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215 lbs
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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
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jon Beaulac!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frankie Oreskin!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Joseph Jones and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oreskin misses with a double jab.
Oreskin lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Beaulac has closed the distance and engaged Oreskin in a clinch.
Oreskin has Beaulac pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Oreskin pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Beaulac tumbling to the mat - Oreskin dives into Beaulac's guard.
Beaulac is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Oreskin postures up in Beaulac's guard and throws a big left but Beaulac blocks it.
Oreskin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Beaulac is keeping the position for now.
Oreskin throws a big right hand that misses.
Beaulac is looking to stand up but Oreskin isn't so interested in that idea.
Oreskin trying to control but Beaulac is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beaulac looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Oreskin tries to free his leg and advance position but Beaulac is retaining full guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Oreskin with a nice cross.
Beaulac pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oreskin cracks Beaulac with a right hand to the side of the head.
Beaulac is looking to clinch but Oreskin is avoiding it.
Jon Beaulac is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Oreskin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Oreskin swats away the attempt to clinch by Beaulac.
Oreskin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Beaulac walks into a jab.
Beaulac tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Oreskin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Beaulac wants to clinch.
Beaulac lands with a kick to the temple. Oreskin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Oreskin swats away the attempt to clinch by Beaulac.
Beaulac tries to land a front kick but Oreskin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oreskin changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Beaulac looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Oreskin landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Oreskin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Oreskin throws an elbow but Beaulac slips to the side and avoids it well.
Oreskin throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Oreskin is working Beaulac over with some ground and pound from side control.
Oreskin decides to stand back up. Oreskin steps back and let's Beaulac get back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beaulac fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beaulac doesn't manage to clinch there - Oreskin circles away.
Oreskin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Beaulac tries to clinch but Oreskin is having none of it.
Beaulac tries to clinch up but Oreskin circles away and keeps his distance.
Beaulac tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oreskin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Oreskin throws out a powerful jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beaulac looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beaulac tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oreskin throws a right hand that Beaulac ducks under and follows up with a left that Beaulac also avoids with ease.
Beaulac is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jab, jab by Oreskin - just one landing.
Beaulac tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Oreskin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oreskin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Oreskin thuds a left hand into Beaulac's body.
Beaulac is looking to clinch but Oreskin is avoiding it.
Beaulac tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Oreskin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oreskin blocks a head kick by Beaulac.
Jon Beaulac seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oreskin swats away the attempt to clinch by Beaulac.
Beaulac looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Oreskin shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Beaulac sprawls well. Beaulac wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Oreskin gets slowly back to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beaulac looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oreskin avoids the head kick by Beaulac.
A telegraphed right hand from Oreskin misses the target.
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.
Oreskin swinging wilding here.
Beaulac is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oreskin throws a hook but Beaulac blocks it.
Oreskin takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Frankie Oreskin has been cut.
Oreskin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Beaulac tries a head kick but it misses.
Oreskin misses with a low kick.
Oreskin misses with a wild combination.
Beaulac slips a jab and a cross from Oreskin.
Beaulac has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Beaulac there as he acknowledges the shot.
Oreskin throws a right hand that Beaulac ducks under and follows up with a left that Beaulac also avoids with ease.
Beaulac tries to clinch but Oreskin moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beaulac has closed the distance and engaged Oreskin in a clinch.
Oreskin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Beaulac throws a knee to the head but misses.
Beaulac scores a nice knee to the body.
Beaulac is breathing heavily.
Beaulac keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Oreskin's efforts to push away.
Beaulac tries to land a knee to the head but Oreskin blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frankie Oreskin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frankie Oreskin's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Beaulac tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oreskin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Oreskin blocks a head kick by Beaulac.
Oreskin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Oreskin throws a series of punches but Beaulac moves out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Oreskin.
Beaulac moves in looking to clinch but Oreskin pushes him off.
Oreskin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Oreskin scores with a takedown into Beaulac's guard.
Oreskin thows a big elbow that misses.
Oreskin stops Beaulac from standing up.
Oreskin 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.
Oreskin is breathing heavily.
Beaulac is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Oreskin is controlling him.
Beaulac knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Oreskin on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beaulac not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Oreskin wants to control from the top but Beaulac keeps moving.
Oreskin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Oreskin lands a couple of elbows.
Oreskin pushes down on Beaulac's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Beaulac blocking the ground and pound attempt from Oreskin.
Oreskin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Beaulac does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Oreskin stops Beaulac from getting back to his feet.
Oreskin scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Oreskin is pressing down on Beaulac's thigh, looking to free his foot. Beaulac is holding on for now.
Oreskin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Oreskin trying to control the action but Beaulac is working from the bottom.
Oreskin is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beaulac is trying to stand back up but Oreskin is controlling him
Oreskin thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Beaulac moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Oreskin wants to control from the top but Beaulac keeps moving.
Oreskin landing some decent shots from guard.
Oreskin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Oreskin postures up in Beaulac's guard and throws a big left but Beaulac blocks it.
Oreskin wants to control from the top but Beaulac keeps moving.
Oreskin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Oreskin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Oreskin wants to control from the top but Beaulac keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Beaulac lands with a kick to the ribs.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Beaulac throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Beaulac scores with a one two! Oreskin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Oreskin avoids the head kick by Beaulac.
Beaulac tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Oreskin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jon Beaulac will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Frankie Oreskin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A punch combination from Beaulac misses.
Beaulac is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Beaulac tries to land a front kick but Oreskin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Beaulac tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oreskin waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Beaulac.
Beaulac moves in looking to clinch but Oreskin pushes him off.
Oreskin 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.
Oreskin fails to land with a series of punches.
Beaulac forces Oreskin back against the cage and clinches.
Beaulac lands a right hand.
Beaulac tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Beaulac slowing the pace effectively.
Beaulac is leaning against Oreskin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A knee to the head by Beaulac.
Oreskin is trying to break free.
Oreskin wants to get back to striking at distance but Beaulac won't allow it.
Beaulac prevents Oreskin from breaking the clinch.
Nice body punch from Beaulac.
Beaulac lands a body punch in the clinch.
Beaulac connects with a nasty looking knee right to Oreskin's face.
Beaulac lands a good knee to the midsection. Oreskin won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Beaulac scores with a shoulder strike.
Beaulac scores a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Beaulac.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Beaulac obliges.
Oreskin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Come on Beaulac - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Beaulac with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Beaulac tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Beaulac trying to stall but Oreskin improves his position.
Oreskin looking to slow down the pace here.
Oreskin has had enough of the clinch but Beaulac keeps him there for the moment.
Beaulac lands a damaging elbow.
Beaulac scores with a knee to the head.
Beaulac prevents a takedown attempt there.
Beaulac tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oreskin works on Beaulac's body with a couple of short punches.
Come on Beaulac - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A short body shot lands from Oreskin as the two fighters clinch.
Beaulac struggles to land a body shot inside as Oreskin controls his hands.
Oreskin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Beaulac gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Beaulac is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Oreskin tries to break the clinch but Beaulac is controlling the position.
Oreskin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Oreskin is trying to break the clinch but Beaulac is controlling him.
Beaulac scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Beaulac.
Beaulac misses with a knee to the head.
Beaulac throws a knee to the head but misses.
Beaulac tries to land a knee to the head but Oreskin blocks with his arms.
Oreskin tries a body shot but Beaulac blocks it.
Beaulac tries a knee to the head but Oreskin blocks it.
Oreskin lands a shot to the body.
Oreskin stalling in the clinch but Beaulac improves position.
Beaulac gets underhooks to prevent Oreskin's takedown attempt.
Jon Beaulac has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frankie Oreskin.
Beaulac lands a right hand that snaps the head of Oreskin backwards.
Oreskin can't break the clinch.
Oreskin tries for a takedown. No joy.
Beaulac keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Oreskin's efforts to push away.
Beaulac landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beaulac is struggling to control the position.
Beaulac missing with knees to the body.
Beaulac tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oreskin is trying to break free.
Beaulac connects with a knee to the head.
Beaulac trying to stall but Oreskin improves his position.
Oreskin wants the takedown. Beaulac is fighting it off but Oreskin persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Beaulac's guard against the cage.
Beaulac wants to stand but Oreskin is controlling the position.
Beaulac avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Oreskin with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Oreskin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oreskin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Beaulac on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Beaulac tries to get out of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beaulac is working an open guard so Oreskin takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Beaulac moves into the clinch successfully.
Beaulac using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oreskin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oreskin is trying to break the clinch but Beaulac has him pressed against the cage.
Oreskin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Beaulac is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Oreskin trying to control the position but instead, Beaulac has worked for underhooks and has pushed Oreskin into the cage.
Oreskin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Beaulac lands an elbow inside.
Beaulac digs a right hand underneath Oreskin's ribcage. Oreskin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Beaulac is trying to maintain a safe position but Oreskin gets an underhook and turns Beaulac into the cage.
Oreskin lands with a short shot to the head.
Oreskin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Oreskin lands a hook that snaps the head of Beaulac backwards.
Oreskin blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Oreskin scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Beaulac just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oreskin's brow.
Beaulac prevents Oreskin from breaking the clinch.
Oreskin is trying to break the clinch but Beaulac is controlling him.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Beaulac showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Beaulac 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight for Frankie Oreskin!
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight for Jon Beaulac!
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight for Jon Beaulac!
Jon Beaulac wins by split decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Silvio Fattuso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jae Darkwaters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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184 lbs
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184 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Silvio Fattuso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jae Darkwaters!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Bruno Lombardi and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darkwaters throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fattuso sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Darkwaters fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fattuso checks the leg kick nicely there.
Fattuso dodges the punch combination from Darkwaters.
Fattuso checks a leg kick nicely.
Fattuso tries to score a power double leg takedown but Darkwaters sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Fattuso somewhat.
Fattuso lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Darkwaters circles away quickly and effectively.
Darkwaters misses with a looping right.
Darkwaters moves out of range as Fattuso strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Fattuso.
Fattuso keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fattuso slips a jab from Darkwaters.
Darkwaters waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Fattuso.
Darkwaters throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Fattuso counters with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fattuso throws a series of punches but Darkwaters avoids them all with ease.
Darkwaters throws a hook but Fattuso avoids it easily.
Darkwaters throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fattuso sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jae Darkwaters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fattuso slips under a jab.
Darkwaters doesn't manage to clinch there - Fattuso circles away.
Darkwaters lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Darkwaters throws a push kick but Fattuso slaps the foot to one side.
Fattuso avoids the body shot from Darkwaters.
Darkwaters misses with a wild body shot.
Darkwaters connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Darkwaters fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fattuso manages to avoid it.
Darkwaters misses with a looping left.
Darkwaters with a nice cross.
Fattuso looks to land a combination but Darkwaters avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Darkwaters. Fattuso shrugs it off though.
Darkwaters slips a jab from Fattuso.
Darkwaters punishes Fattuso's body with a nice straight punch.
Darkwaters misses with a straight left.
Darkwaters throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fattuso misses the shot to the body.
Darkwaters pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fattuso uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Darkwaters.
Darkwaters ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fattuso moves away.
Darkwaters throws a jab when Fattuso was well out of range.
A swing and a miss from Darkwaters.
Fattuso slips a straight right by Darkwaters.
Fattuso slips under a jab from Darkwaters.
Darkwaters scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fattuso doesn't seem bothered though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fattuso avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A low kick from Darkwaters misses
so Fattuso counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Fattuso avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Fattuso trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Darkwaters looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Fattuso puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Fattuso is trying to control. Darkwaters wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Darkwaters tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Darkwaters gets back to full guard.
Fattuso is looking to work some ground and pound but Darkwaters has wrist control.
Fattuso throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Darkwaters is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fattuso stopping the sweep attempt from Darkwaters.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Darkwaters throws an overhand right that lands on Fattuso's shoulder, as Fattuso tries to avoid the shot.
Darkwaters looks to throw the jab but Fattuso is out of range.
Fattuso looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fighters circle momentarily. Darkwaters darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Darkwaters is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fattuso.
Nice shot by Darkwaters.
Fattuso uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Darkwaters.
Darkwaters slips a straight right by Fattuso.
Darkwaters lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jae Darkwaters dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Darkwaters throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fattuso.
Darkwaters bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Darkwaters steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fattuso.
Fattuso ducks under a wild hook from Darkwaters.
Darkwaters tries to close the distance and clinch but Fattuso swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Darkwaters lands a jab.
A slow jab from Darkwaters misses its intended target.
A combination from Fattuso does no damage.
Darkwaters throws out a loose jab but Fattuso uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darkwaters misses with a hook. Fattuso ducked under it nicely.
Fattuso steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Darkwaters.
Darkwaters throws a sloppy body shot
and Fattuso counters with an outside leg kick.
Darkwaters fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fattuso manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkwaters connects with a single shot there.
Darkwaters lands a nice hook to Fattuso's body. Fattuso takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fattuso dives in and grabs Darkwaters's left leg, looking for a takedown. Darkwaters pushes down on Fattuso's head and hops out.
Fattuso fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fattuso misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fattuso keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Darkwaters.
Darkwaters misses the body punch
and Fattuso counters with a straight right hand.
Darkwaters throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Darkwaters lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fattuso is rocked!
It looks like Silvio Fattuso has been cut.
Jab by Darkwaters.
Oh Fattuso is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Darkwaters swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Darkwaters lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fattuso uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Darkwaters.
Nice cross by Darkwaters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fattuso takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fattuso seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darkwaters throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Darkwaters throws the left hand but Fattuso avoids the punch easily.
Darkwaters pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slapping leg kick lands for Darkwaters.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Darkwaters throws a good cross that connects.
Darkwaters tries to clinch but Fattuso moves out of range.
Darkwaters thows a leg kick but Fattuso checks it
and Fattuso counters with a two punch combo.
Fattuso gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Darkwaters throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fattuso dodges the punch combination from Darkwaters.
Darkwaters misses with a body punch
and Fattuso counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darkwaters lands an upkick as Fattuso stands over him.
Darkwaters utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Darkwaters trying to control the position.
Fattuso won't allow Darkwaters to sweep him here.
Darkwaters preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Darkwaters wants to sweep here but Fattuso controlling him for the moment.
Darkwaters trying to keep a closed guard but Fattuso is proving a slippery customer.
Darkwaters looking for a sweep. Not yet Darkwaters, not yet.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Darkwaters throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Darkwaters misses with a two punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Darkwaters scores with a nice head shot.
Fattuso will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fattuso scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Darkwaters lands a two punch combo.
Darkwaters thuds his right hand into Fattuso's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Darkwaters lands a jab to the head.
Fattuso throws a jab when Darkwaters was well out of range.
Darkwaters with a lazy takedown attempt
and Fattuso counters with a thumping low kick.
Darkwaters throws a jab when Fattuso was well out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Darkwaters misses with a looping right.
Darkwaters misses with a straight right.
Darkwaters keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jae Darkwaters showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Silvio Fattuso's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Darkwaters swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Darkwaters smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Darkwaters shoots and misses
so Fattuso counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Fattuso throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Darkwaters works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Darkwaters 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.
Fattuso in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Darkwaters avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Fattuso throws a big right hand that misses.
Fattuso won't allow Darkwaters to sweep him here.
Fattuso is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Darkwaters manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee warns Fattuso that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Darkwaters sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Fattuso blocking the ground and pound.
Darkwaters working the ground and pound effectively.
Fattuso really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Darkwaters landing shots from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fattuso wants to hold on but Darkwaters pushes him away.
Fattuso really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Darkwaters working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Darkwaters putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Darkwaters looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Darkwaters scoring with strikes but Fattuso is staying in there.
Darkwaters cracks Fattuso with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice elbow there by Darkwaters.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Darkwaters cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Darkwaters postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Fattuso looks a forlorn figure.
Darkwaters throws some wild stikes that Fattuso manages to avoid easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darkwaters with the ground and pound from mount.
Darkwaters throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Darkwaters looking to finish with strikes here!
Darkwaters looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Silvio Fattuso has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fattuso manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Darkwaters trying to pass the guard but Fattuso defending well.
Darkwaters scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fattuso gets full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darkwaters loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Fattuso trying to control the position.
Darkwaters wanted to stand there but Fattuso had control of the position.
Darkwaters tries to free his leg and advance position but Fattuso is retaining full guard.
Fattuso wants to sweep here but Darkwaters controlling him for the moment.
Fattuso trying to control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darkwaters is looking to work some ground and pound but Fattuso has wrist control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jae Darkwaters comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Darkwaters has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight for Jae Darkwaters!
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight for Jae Darkwaters!
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight for Jae Darkwaters!
Jae Darkwaters wins by unanimous decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Terrell Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DeAngelo Dunlop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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188 lbs
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197 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Terrell Turner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, DeAngelo Dunlop!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Chad Campbell and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Dunlop.
Turner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Turner takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dunlop uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turner.
Dunlop misses with a double jab.
Turner takes one on the button.
The fight stays on the outside here - Turner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Turner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dunlop fails to land with a series of punches.
Turner takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Turner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dunlop.
Turner closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Turner blocks a jab.
Turner scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dunlop doesn't seem bothered though.
Turner throws a body punch but Dunlop moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dunlop counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dunlop looks to throw the jab but Turner is out of range.
Turner looks to score with a jab to the body but Dunlop is just out of range.
DeAngelo Dunlop is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fighters circling - Turner throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Turner connects with a looping right hand.
Dunlop stuffs the takedown attempt from Turner. Turner gets slowly back to his feet.
Turner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dunlop scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Dunlop lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Turner misses with a body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Dunlop. That snapped Turner's head back.
DeAngelo Dunlop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the body from Turner misses
and Dunlop counters with a stiff right hand.
Dunlop goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dunlop moves into range and connects with a jab.
Dunlop scores with a crisp jab that stopped Turner in his tracks.
Turner fails with a takedown attempt.
Dunlop lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Turner at a distance.
Dunlop moves out of range as Turner strikes.
Dunlop throws a right and a left that both miss.
Turner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dunlop.
Turner looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dunlop thuds a left hand into Turner's body.
Turner is breathing heavily.
Turner moves forwards but Dunlop connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Dunlop fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunlop lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Dunlop takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Dunlop misses with a straight right.
Nice sprawl there from Dunlop as Turner shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Terrell Turner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Turner throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Dunlop to counter with a crisp jab.
Turner swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dunlop cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dunlop scores with a jab. Turner acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dunlop changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Turner is looking to wear down Dunlop with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Turner checks a leg kick.
A big left from Dunlop misses.
Dunlop misses with a body shot
and Turner counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dunlop thinking.
Turner throws a sloppy body shot
and Dunlop counters with a right hand to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dunlop connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Turner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dunlop.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunlop throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turner misses with a body shot
and Dunlop counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Turner avoids the body shot from Dunlop.
Dunlop lands a body shot.
Turner takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dunlop clobbers Turner with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dunlop lands a slapping body shot.
Dunlop scores with a jab to the jaw.
A jab lands there for Dunlop.
Turner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dunlop.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dunlop lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dunlop lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
DeAngelo Dunlop dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Dunlop lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Turner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dunlop stuffs the takedown.
Turner is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dunlop goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Turner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dunlop.
Dunlop misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dunlop misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dunlop throws a series of punches but Turner moves out of range.
Dunlop throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Turner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dunlop throws a lazy head kick
and Turner counters with a nice body shot.
Turner shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dunlop.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunlop misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Turner counters with a right hand to the body.
Turner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dunlop moves away.
Dunlop has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Turner checks a leg kick.
Turner throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dunlop counters with a one-two to the body.
Dunlop lands with an overhand left.
Dunlop looks to land a left hand but Turner moved out of range nicely.
Dunlop misses with a straight right.
Turner takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dunlop throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dunlop slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dunlop lands a body shot.
Danga de danga de dang - Dunlop scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dunlop ducks under a wild hook from Turner.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunlop tries to bum rush Turner with a series of wild strikes but Turner uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Turner throws a body punch but Dunlop moves out of range.
Turner staying out of range there.
A head kick misses from Dunlop.
Dunlop throws a right hand that Turner ducks under and follows up with a left that Turner also avoids with ease.
Dunlop has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Dunlop throws the left hand but Turner avoids the punch easily.
Dunlop dips to his left and cracks Turner with an uppercut!
Dunlop slaps away a takedown attempt from Turner, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A jab from Dunlop misses.
Dunlop missing with a left hand there. Turner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Turner takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dunlop clobbers Turner with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Dunlop throws a head kick that misses.
Dunlop throws a shot to the body.
Dunlop throws a right hand that Turner ducks under and follows up with a left that Turner also avoids with ease.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Turner might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Turner throws a combination. Dunlop tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Dunlop misses with a series of wild punches.
Turner takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Dunlop jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Turner misses the body punch
and Dunlop cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dunlop misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Turner counters with a head kick.
Turner throws a right hand that Dunlop ducks under and follows up with a left that Dunlop also avoids with ease.
Dunlop falls off balance throwing a combination
and Turner counters with a crisp one two that drops Dunlop! Turner thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Dunlop to his feet! Dunlop is in big trouble!
Dunlop is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Turner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dunlop misses with a looping right.
DeAngelo Dunlop seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Turner swings for the body but Dunlop moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Turner.
Turner thows a body shot but no joy.
Dunlop connects with a single shot there.
Turner moves out of range of the strikes.
DeAngelo Dunlop is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dunlop uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turner.
Turner shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dunlop as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Terrell Turner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dunlop pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
DeAngelo Dunlop showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Turner shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Dunlop counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Turner fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Turner swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dunlop cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dunlop connects with a looping right hand.
Dunlop scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Turner doesn't seem bothered though.
Jab from Dunlop.
Dunlop swats away the attempt to clinch by Turner.
Dunlop scores with a hook to the body. Turner takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dunlop throws a series of punches but Turner avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice cross by Dunlop.
Turner walks into a straight right hand from Dunlop.
Turner is rocked!
Dunlop misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunlop Rushes Turner and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Turner is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Dunlop Piles on the pressure and Turner crumples to the floor! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). DeAngelo Dunlop!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Riessig Slade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Corbett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slade comes to the cage accompanied by Conan The Destroyer. Corbett has chosen fue a por trabajo y le comieron lo de abajo as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Riessig Slade has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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209 lbs
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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
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Riessig Slade!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nathan Corbett!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, David Schapiro and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corbett misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Slade scores with a sloppy right hand. Corbett should have avoided that one.
Corbett is looking to clinch.
Corbett ducks under a wild hook from Slade.
Corbett throws an overhand right that lands on Slade's shoulder, as Slade tries to avoid the shot.
Corbett lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Slade circles away quickly and effectively.
Slade looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Corbett shoots in looking for a takedown. Slade tries to sprawl out of it but Corbett keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Slade manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Slade bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Corbett tries to score with a low kick but Slade moves his leg out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corbett on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Corbett is looking to slow Slade down with leg kicks.
Slade lands with a nice body punch.
Slade throws a leg kick which misses Corbett's front leg but catches the back leg as Corbett tries to avoid it.
Corbett looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Slade lands a left and a right that send Corbett crashing to the mat, dazed. Slade thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Corbett is rocked!
It looks like Nathan Corbett has been cut.
Slade swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Slade misses.
Corbett throws a leg kick that is checked
and Corbett takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nathan Corbett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Corbett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Corbett misses
and Slade counters with a right hand to the body.
Slade lands a slapping body shot.
Slade fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Corbett.
Slade throws a nice outside leg kick.
Slade connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Slade digs a good hook to Corbett's body.
Slade motions for Corbett to come forward. Slade throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Slade fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fighters circle momentarily. Slade darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slade takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Slade tries to bum rush Corbett with a series of wild strikes but Corbett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A low kick from Corbett misses
and Slade counters with a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Slade, right into the meat.
Slade dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Corbett. That did some damage!
Corbett uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Slade.
Slade just misses with a punch to the body.
Slade swings for the body but Corbett moves out of range.
Slade pivots, looking for a leg kick but Corbett is out of range and Slade settles back down.
Slade is looking to wear down Corbett with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corbett shoots and misses
and Slade counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Corbett misses with a low kick.
Slade cracks a nice hook into Corbett's ribs.
Slade connects with a solid leg kick.
Corbett moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Slade, as that shot connected.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Slade misses with a combination
and Corbett counters with a big head kick but Slade shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Riessig Slade dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nathan Corbett'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.
Corbett needs to keep his hands up - Slade had a free shot at his head there.
Slade lands a big uppercut and Corbett crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Corbett looks OK. Slade waves Corbett back to his feet!
Corbett is still on wobbly legs! Can Slade finish him?
Slade scores with a hook to the body. Corbett takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Slade lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Corbett is looking to close the distance but Slade sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Corbett crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Corbett is OK because that was naaaaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Riessig Slade!
Riessig Slade retains his light heavyweight title!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Clint Lomax (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Skelter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Skelter's choice of entrance music: The Beatles - "Helter Skelter". Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Jimmy Skelter has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clint Lomax!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jimmy Skelter!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, David Schapiro and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lomax moves in looking to clinch but Skelter pushes him off.
Skelter avoids the head kick by Lomax.
Lomax takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Skelter, as that shot connected.
Skelter displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Skelter jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Skelter lands a head shot.
Lomax throws a half hearted mid kick.
Skelter tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lomax is able to avoid easily.
Lomax on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Skelter throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Clint Lomax seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lomax throws a hook but Skelter avoids it easily.
Lomax takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Skelter moves out of range as Lomax throws a body kick.
Skelter avoids the head kick by Lomax.
Skelter looks to score with a jab to the body but Lomax is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lomax.
Lomax avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lomax circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Skelter drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Lomax follows Skelter to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clint Lomax!
Clint Lomax retains his bantamweight title!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nanak Singh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nanak Singh!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricardo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Kavanagh and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Singh avoids it really well and circles away.
Horrible takedown by Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by Singh which made him look bad.
Silva throws a series of punches but Singh avoids them all with ease.
Singh stuffs the takedown.
Nanak Singh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Silva.
Singh ducks right into an uppercut from Silva.
Some bone on bone action there as Silva checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Silva scores with a takedown into Singh's guard.
Silva throws a strike but Singh rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Singh trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Singh has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Silva is proving hard to escape from.
Silva tries to strike from the bottom.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Singh from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Singh moves away from the strike by Silva.
Silva throws a right and a left that Singh avoids nicely.
Silva takes a swing at Singh's ribcage but misses.
Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Silva checks the leg kick nicely there.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Singh throws a head kick that misses.
Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Singh sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Singh moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva looks gassed!
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Singh shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Singh tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Singh displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Silva misses with the combination.
Silva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Singh avoids it really well and circles away.
Singh lands a big head kick that sends Silva tumbling to the mat! Singh takes a step backwards and waves Silva back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Silva is rocked!
It looks like Ricardo Silva has been cut.
Singh delivers a nice body kick.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Singh finish him?
Singh lets loose with a powerful body kick. Silva will feel that in the morning.
Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Singh cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ricardo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Singh throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Singh lands a brutal head kick. Silva looks out on his feet and Singh throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Nanak Singh!
Nanak Singh retains his middleweight title!
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