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APF 18.5 - Fight Night I PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Joe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrei Arloski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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245 lbs
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Counter striker
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Counter striker
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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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Big Joe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andrei Arloski!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Bruno Lombardi and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joe throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Arloski was covering up waiting for the punch and Joe finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Arloski doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Joe advances to half guard.
Arloski actively working from the bottom here.
Arloski manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Joe drives through with a takedown into guard.
Joe trying to control the position from guard on top but Arloski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Arloski is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Arloski throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Joe is pushing down on Arloski's leg trying to pass to half guard. Arloski is fighting to maintain full guard but Joe has managed to sneak the leg through.
Ground and pound from Joe.
Joe wants to pass the guard but Arloski is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arloski has one foot on Joe's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Arloski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Joe instigates a clinch.
Joe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Joe shoots in and bounces Arloski off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Arloski looks gassed!
Joe slips nicely into half guard.
Joe trying to control from half guard but Arloski is working away.
Joe is working for a submission of some sort.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Joe lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Joe.
Joe has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Arloski defend it? Joe steps over the head and cranks it - Arloski is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Joe!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Big Joe!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fish Judo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marc Wreaver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marc Wreaver 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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fish Judo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marc Wreaver!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, David Schapiro and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wreaver throws a right and a left that Judo avoids nicely.
Judo tries to clinch but Wreaver moves out of range.
Wreaver fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Judo.
A lazy left from Wreaver finds it's target.
It looks like Fish Judo has been cut.
Wreaver lands with a nice body punch.
Judo is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wreaver circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Judo drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Wreaver follows Judo 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 0:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marc Wreaver!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lukus Haas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bubbi Morthens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haas comes to the cage accompanied by Drowning Pool's Bodies. Bubbi Morthens has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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175 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lukus Haas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bubbi Morthens!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jonathan Paton and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haas instigates a clinch.
Haas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Haas has hold of one of Morthens's legs. Morthens is fighting the takedown attempt but Haas gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Morthens is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Haas is aware though and is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morthens tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Morthens isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Haas stacks Morthens on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Haas!
Haas has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Horrible takedown by Morthens or perhaps it was just good defense by Haas which made him look bad.
Morthens keeps the fight on the outside.
Morthens changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Haas tries to avoid it but Morthens manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Haas to the ground. Haas escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Haas moves into range and clinches up with Morthens.
Haas gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Morthens regains guard.
Haas trying to control the position from guard on top but Morthens is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morthens looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Morthens looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haas postures up.
Morthens is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Haas is aware though and is defending well.
Haas won't allow Morthens to sweep him here.
Haas 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. Haas seems to have locked his on tight now - Morthens screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Haas, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Lukus Haas!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duke Malfoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cory Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Duke Malfoy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cory Allen!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Kavanagh and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allen slips under a jab.
Allen scores with a takedown into Malfoy's guard.
Allen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Malfoy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Malfoy throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Malfoy keeping full guard, as Allen tries to pass.
Allen won't allow Malfoy to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Malfoy is trying to hold Allen in close to prevent damage but Allen has managed to pass into half guard.
Malfoy tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Malfoy misses with a wild body shot.
Malfoy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Allen manages to avoid it.
Allen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Malfoy.
Allen misses with a body shot
and Malfoy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice defenses there by Allen.
A head kick by Allen misses
and Malfoy counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malfoy stalks Allen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Allen's face. Allen staggers backwards, shaken.
Malfoy misses with an uppercut.
Allen throws a nice looking combination but Malfoy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Malfoy is looking to slow Allen down with leg kicks.
Malfoy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Malfoy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Allen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A jab from Malfoy misses.
Malfoy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Malfoy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Malfoy misses with an uppercut.
Malfoy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Allen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Duke Malfoy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Malfoy is breathing heavily.
Malfoy misses with a hook to the body
and Allen counters with a body kick.
Duke Malfoy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malfoy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Allen.
Allen moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Malfoy throws a combination that misses
and Allen counters with a stiff right hand.
Allen cracks Malfoy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malfoy avoids the head kick by Allen.
Malfoy blocks a head kick by Allen.
The fighters circle momentarily. Allen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Allen bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Allen tries for a kimura but Malfoy is defending well.
The referee asks Allen politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Allen prefers to stall for the moment though.
Malfoy sneaks back into half guard.
Malfoy is looking to improve his position.
Allen frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Allen landing strikes from the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malfoy wants to hold on but Allen pushes him away.
Allen tries to control but Malfoy wriggling away.
Allen lands a heavy elbow.
Malfoy really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Allen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Malfoy can't escape the position.
Malfoy tries to lock up and control but Allen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Allen postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Malfoy looks a forlorn figure.
Allen trying to control but Malfoy is having none of it.
Malfoy is looking to get to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen breaks from Malfoy's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Allen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Allen controlling from mount.
Malfoy bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Malfoy postures up in Allen's guard and throws a big left but Allen blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Malfoy accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Malfoy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Allen is keeping the position for now.
Malfoy throwing strikes from guard but Allen blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cory Allen dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Malfoy misses with a combination
and Allen counters with a stiff right hand.
Allen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Allen slips a straight right by Malfoy.
Allen closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Allen lands in his opponent's guard.
Malfoy throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Allen content to stall in guard here.
Malfoy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Malfoy misses with a head shot. Allen uses the momentum to regain guard.
Allen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Malfoy!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malfoy tries to lock up and control but Allen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Allen wants to control the pace but Malfoy is squirming around nicely.
Malfoy is in all sorts of trouble here.
Malfoy regains half guard.
Allen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Allen uses his free foot to push down on Malfoy's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Malfoy.
Malfoy gets back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malfoy wants to get back to full guard.
Cory Allen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Allen looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Allen is breathing heavily.
Malfoy looking for submissions off his back.
Allen is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Malfoy defends it well.
Malfoy moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Malfoy pushes Allen off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Malfoy looks to throw the jab but Allen is out of range.
Allen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Malfoy.
A big right from Malfoy misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen tries a head kick but it misses.
Allen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Malfoy misses with a straight left.
Malfoy misses with a body shot
and Allen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Allen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Allen ducks under a wild hook from Malfoy.
Allen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Allen is trying to get an arm triangle but Malfoy is defending well.
Allen creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Malfoy sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Malfoy sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Malfoy flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Allen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Malfoy does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malfoy regains full guard. Nicely done.
Malfoy tries to strike from the bottom.
Malfoy keeping full guard, as Allen tries to pass.
Allen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Malfoy has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Allen off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Malfoy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Malfoy just misses with a punch to the body.
Malfoy throws a hook but Allen blocks it.
Malfoy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Allen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Malfoy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Allen looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Malfoy throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cory Allen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Malfoy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Malfoy thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Allen if he has to take too many more of those.
Malfoy misses with a combination
and Allen counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Malfoy!
Malfoy is desperately trying to improve his position but Allen has a good base and remains in mount.
Allen goes for an armbar but Malfoy turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Malfoy.
Allen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Malfoy drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Malfoy jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Malfoy throws a strike but Allen rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Allen preventing the sweep.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Malfoy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Malfoy will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Allen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Malfoy.
Allen looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Malfoy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ground and pound from Malfoy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Malfoy lands strikes from half guard.
Allen is refusing to be controlled, as Malfoy sits in half guard.
Malfoy thows a huge punch but Allen dodges it nicely.
Allen is trying is best to control the position here.
Allen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Malfoy missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Allen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Malfoy misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen keeps the fight on the outside.
Malfoy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Allen counters with a one-two to the body.
Malfoy misses with a straight left.
Allen thows a body shot but no joy.
Allen drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Malfoy has his hands on Allen's head, controlling the position.
Malfoy throws his legs up looking for a submission but Allen uses it to pass to side control.
Allen wants to control but Malfoy is keeping him busy.
Malfoy tries to bench press Allen off him but Allen keeps the position.
Allen trying to control the position but Malfoy is working away.
Duke Malfoy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malfoy is trying to get back to half guard.
Allen controlling from side mount.
Malfoy misses with a strike from the bottom.
Malfoy tries to buck Allen off but Allen is having none of it.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Allen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Malfoy misses with a jab to the body
and Allen counters with a single leg into guard. Malfoy didn't expect that.
Allen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Malfoy's head.
Malfoy throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Cory Allen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Malfoy is looking for a triangle here but Allen uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malfoy is looking to regain half guard here but Allen keeps moving and retains side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cory Allen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Allen 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cory Allen!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Butter Fly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adin Wrenton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Butter Fly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adin Wrenton!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Franklyn Lucas and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wrenton sends Fly crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Wrenton is motioning to the referee to let Fly up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
It looks like Butter Fly has been cut.
Fly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wrenton.
Fly misses with an attempted mid kick.
A big left from Wrenton misses.
Fly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wrenton misses with a wild body shot.
Wrenton fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Fly out cold! Brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Adin Wrenton!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Crawford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joel Caputo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stephen Crawford had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.6lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Joel Caputo has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Stephen Crawford's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stephen Crawford!
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, Joel Caputo!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Alyssa Summers and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caputo looks for a takedown but Crawford sprawls well.
Caputo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Crawford but Crawford pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Caputo fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Crawford sprawls well initially but Caputo persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Caputo is looking for a kimura here.
Crawford is looking to escape.
Caputo is trying for a kimura here. Crawford looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Caputo wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Joel Caputo!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Fernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Swick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fernandez comes to the cage accompanied by Chapterhouse - Pearl. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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176 lbs
2 - 0 - 1 |
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170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut |
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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 - 1, fighting out of New York, Pedro Fernandez!
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, Mike Swick!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, David Schapiro and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fernandez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fernandez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fernandez lands the left hand.
It looks like Mike Swick has been cut.
Swick tries for a takedown but Fernandez sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Fernandez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Swick.
Fernandez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fernandez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fernandez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No luck for Swick with that takedown attempt.
Pedro Fernandez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Swick.
Fernandez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Swick was well out of range. Poor timing from Fernandez.
Fernandez swinging wilding here.
Fernandez throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Swick stumbling backwards into the cage! Swick bounces back off the cage towards Fernandez, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Fernandez lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Fernandez celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Pedro Fernandez!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dioxippus Nikolaidis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Tyler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nikolaidis comes into the arena with Animal Collective - My Girls blaring out of the sound system. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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211 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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216 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dioxippus Nikolaidis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Randy Tyler!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Roberts and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Tyler, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tyler throws a hook but Nikolaidis avoids it easily.
Nikolaidis swings for the body but Tyler moves out of range.
Tyler throws a series of punches but Nikolaidis avoids them all with ease.
Nikolaidis misses with a wild body shot.
Tyler misses with a series of wild punches.
Nikolaidis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Some wild striking there from Nikolaidis.
Tyler connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Nikolaidis! He's out on his feet! Tyler rushes in and drops Nikolaidis with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Randy Tyler!
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