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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Isheet mipantz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Wolf (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 bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Isheet mipantz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tyler Wolf!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from mipantz as Wolf shoots in.
mipantz misses with the combination.
Wolf misses with a wild combination.
mipantz fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Wolf instigates a clinch.
mipantz goes for a takedown in the clinch but Wolf prevents it.
Wolf is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
mipantz has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Wolf avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Isheet mipantz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
mipantz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wolf's efforts to push away.
Wolf throws an elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wolf breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
mipantz misses with a takedown attempt - Wolf sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Wolf fails with the takedown
and mipantz counters with a good low kick that Wolf was not able to check.
Wolf looks gassed!
mipantz looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wolf is fending him off so far but mipantz persists. Nope, Wolf circles away and we're back to standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolf swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and mipantz counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Wolf has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but mipantz can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
mipantz sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Wolf's guard.
mipantz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wolf with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
mipantz is trying to control the action in half guard but Wolf is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Wolf is looking to improve his position.
mipantz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
mipantz works his way into full mount!
Wolf taking shots to the head.
Wolf is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wolf tries to improve his position but mipantz has taken his back! mipantz has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Wolf tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! mipantz pushes Wolf away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Isheet mipantz!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iran Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harris's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, click me. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, John Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Iran Nogueira!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris walks into a jab.
Nogueira connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nogueira throws a solid leg kick but Harris takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nogueira.
Oooh a lovely combination from Nogueira sends Harris down but not out. Nogueira dives into side control looking to finish.
Harris is rocked!
It looks like John Harris has been cut.
Harris being controlled for a moment.
Oh Harris is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nogueira looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Harris seems to have got his legs back now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris tries to bench press Nogueira off him but Nogueira keeps the position.
Nogueira is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Harris is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris is trying to control Nogueira's posture but Nogueira avoids it.
Check out the look on Nogueira's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Nogueira is staying tight to Harris's torso, preventing him from escaping.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nogueira scores with punches from side control.
Harris is working to avoid the ground and pound but Nogueira connects with a decent elbow.
Harris trying to remain calm as Nogueira controls from the top position.
Despite being in the dominant position, Iran Nogueira just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Harris tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nogueira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nogueira connects with a body shot.
Nogueira stalks Harris and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Harris's face. Harris staggers backwards, shaken.
Nogueira lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harris at a distance.
Nogueira thuds his right hand into Harris's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nogueira lands a two punch combo.
Nogueira fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Harris looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses
and Harris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice uppercut lands for Nogueira. That snapped Harris's head back.
Nogueira digs a good body shot into Harris's ribs.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Nogueira!
Nogueira closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nogueira dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nogueira throws a series of strikes that have Harris backpedaling.
Harris lands a head kick. Nogueira smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Harris misses with a low kick.
Harris takes one to the side of the head.
Jab, jab by Nogueira - just one landing.
Nogueira misses with a combination
and Harris counters with a head kick. That will keep Nogueira thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Harris thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Nogueira if he has to take too many more of those.
Nogueira throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
Nogueira cracks Harris with a good jab.
Nogueira dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nogueira connects with a single shot there.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nogueira keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nogueira dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harris lands with a nice body kick.
Nogueira stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Harris tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nogueira is able to avoid easily.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick and Nogueira moves out of range easily.
Nogueira scores with a body shot.
Harris throws a head kick that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nogueira scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Harris doesn't seem bothered though.
A right-left combo lands from Nogueira.
Harris throws a head kick but Nogueira moves out of range.
Nogueira blocks a low kick nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Iran Nogueira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Harris's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nice uppercut lands for Nogueira. That snapped Harris's head back.
Harris thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nogueira connects with a single shot there.
Harris takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Harris scores with a spinning back kick!
Nogueira listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nogueira rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harris moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nogueira connects with a nice looking jab.
Harris throws a wild body kick that Nogueira sees coming a mile off.
Nogueira goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Harris avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nogueira lands a nice shot to the body.
Nogueira scores with a jab to the body.
Nogueira lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nogueira tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harris was well out of range. Poor timing from Nogueira.
Nogueira lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nogueira swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harris misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nogueira connects with a looping right hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Harris checks a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Harris.
Harris throws a head kick but Nogueira moves out of range.
Nogueira connects with a looping right hand.
Nogueira swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harris counters with a low kick, right behind Nogueira 's knee.
A good leg kick by Harris.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick and Nogueira moves out of range easily.
Nogueira takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nogueira swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nogueira throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Nogueira lands a jab to Harris's midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nogueira moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Harris throws a series of punches but Nogueira avoids them all with ease.
Nogueira lands a right hook to the body.
Harris tries a head kick but it misses.
Harris pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nogueira throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Harris counters with a head kick. That will keep Nogueira thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A combination from Nogueira does no damage.
Harris throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Nogueira's head.
Nogueira throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Nogueira looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nogueira throws a combination that misses
and Harris counters with a head kick. That will keep Nogueira thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Nogueira is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Harris rather than just go for the knockout.
Nogueira dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nogueira looks to land a left hand but Harris moved out of range nicely.
Harris blocks the body kick.
Harris takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nogueira throws a sloppy head kick and Harris moves out of range easily.
Iran Nogueira seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nogueira misses with a few strikes there.
A punch combination from Nogueira misses.
Nogueira misses with a double jab.
Nogueira avoids the head kick by Harris.
Harris looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nogueira connects with a jab.
A left lands for Nogueira.
Harris takes one to the chin there.
Nogueira jabs at Harris's body.
Harris misses with a head kick.
Nogueira avoids the head kick by Harris.
Nogueira ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Harris goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nogueira works Harris's body with a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Harris tries a head kick but it misses.
John Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nogueira misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Nogueira scores with a four punch combination!
Harris looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Harris has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Harris throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nogueira lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Harris misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harris throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nogueira.
Nogueira lands a jab-cross combination.
Nogueira misses with an uppercut.
Harris misses with a few strikes there.
Nogueira takes a kick to the side of the head.
Nogueira stuns Harris with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nogueira misses with a wild combination.
Nogueira throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Iran Nogueira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Harris's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Nogueira chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harris can pounce on him.
Harris checks a low kick from Nogueira.
Nogueira scores with a nice head shot.
Nogueira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nogueira avoids the head kick by Harris.
Nogueira ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nogueira punishes Harris's body with a nice straight punch.
Nogueira lands a glancing blow to the side of Harris's head.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nogueira throws a right and a left that Harris avoids nicely.
Harris cracks Nogueira with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nogueira throws a nice looking combination but Harris bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harris throws a series of punches but Nogueira moves out of range.
Nogueira cracks Harris with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nogueira misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harris looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A good leg kick by Harris.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira throws a shot to the body.
Harris throws a nice head kick!
Nogueira swings for the body but Harris moves out of range.
Harris looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Harris misses with a wild combination.
Nogueira catches Harris with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nogueira throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harris tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harris slips a jab and a cross from Nogueira.
Nogueira comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Harris takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Harris throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nogueira.
Nogueira stalks Harris and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Harris's face. Harris staggers backwards, shaken.
Nogueira scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Harris doesn't seem bothered though.
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.
Harris buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nogueira with a hook.
Harris throws a head kick but Nogueira moves out of range.
Nogueira lands a nice shot to the body.
Harris walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nogueira checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nogueira moves out of range as Harris strikes.
Nogueira throws a right hand that Harris ducks under and follows up with a left that Harris also avoids with ease.
Harris fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Nogueira is out of range.
Nogueira misses with a few strikes there.
Nogueira blocks a head kick by Harris.
Harris takes one to the chin there.
A right-left combo lands from Nogueira.
Nogueira stalks Harris and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Harris's face. Harris staggers backwards, shaken.
Harris tries a head kick but it misses.
Nogueira scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Harris tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nogueira tests Harris's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Harris throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nogueira chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harris can pounce on him.
Harris drops his hands momentarily and Nogueira takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick
and Nogueira makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Harris takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nogueira throws a right hand that Harris ducks under and follows up with a left that Harris also avoids with ease.
Harris pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nogueira throws a combination that misses
and Harris counters with a good low kick that Nogueira was not able to check.
Nogueira lands a really nice looking cross but Harris seems unphased.
Harris misses with a head kick.
Harris takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nogueira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nogueira fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Harris on the side of the head.
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.
Nogueira misses with a head kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Nogueira crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Harris - the referee stops the clock and Nogueira gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Harris. Nogueira manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Nogueira misses the shot to the body.
Nogueira lands a with a good body shot.
Nogueira digs a good body shot into Harris's ribs.
Iran Nogueira is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A bone on bone clash there as Harris blocks the leg kick.
Nogueira connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nogueira works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nogueira scores with a shot to the body.
Nogueira lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Nogueira.
Harris doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Harris looks to land a combination but Nogueira avoids it well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nogueira lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A head kick by Harris misses
and Nogueira counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Harris thinking.
Harris misses with a kick to the body.
John Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nogueira cracks Harris with a good jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Iran Nogueira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nogueira 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 James Atkins scores the fight 26:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 26:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Iran Nogueira!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Hand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Citrus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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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
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Hand!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Citrus!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hand is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hand gets a clinch.
Citrus's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hand lands a nice shot to the body.
Hand breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Citrus shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hand but Hand pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hand stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hand wants it to stay on the feet.
A left lands for Hand.
Hand misses with a few strikes there.
Citrus tries to score a power double leg takedown but Hand sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Citrus somewhat.
Dan Hand has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Citrus.
Citrus looks for a takedown but Hand sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hand has managed to clinch.
Hand jumps into guard, dragging Citrus to the mat.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Hand wants to get back to his feet but Citrus is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Citrus trying to control the position from guard on top but Hand is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hand has his feet on Citrus's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Some wild striking there from Hand.
Citrus takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hand gets a clinch.
Hand's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hand moves into the clinch successfully.
Hand presses Citrus against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Citrus looks gassed!
Citrus fails to pull guard.
Hand works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hand's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dan Hand is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A punch combination from Hand misses.
Hand moves into the clinch successfully.
Hand escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hand pushes Citrus up against the cage in a clinch.
A hook to the body from Hand.
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!
Hand manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hand lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Citrus circles away quickly and effectively.
Hand clinches up against the cage.
Hand has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Citrus regains guard immediately.
Hand content to stall in guard here.
Citrus throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hand's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Citrus trying to keep a closed guard but Hand is proving a slippery customer.
Hand content to stall in guard here.
Hand's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Dan Hand just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Citrus throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hand holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hand breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Hand 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.
Hand lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Paul Citrus has been cut.
Hand moves into range and clinches up with Citrus.
Hand manages to break the clinch.
Citrus closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hand counters with a two punch combo.
Dan Hand is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice body punch from Hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hand has managed to clinch.
Hand pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Citrus tries to keep at a distance but Hand has taken the fight into the clinch.
Citrus is breathing heavily.
Hand tightens his grip and picks Citrus up, before dumping him to the ground. Citrus manages to land in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Citrus is looking for a triangle but Hand pushes his legs off easily.
Hand seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Citrus is working an open guard so Hand takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Hand wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hand moves into the clinch.
Hand lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Citrus or not.
Hand scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hand scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hand drags the fight down to the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hand pushes Citrus off and scrambles back to his feet.
Hand closes the distance and pushes Citrus back into the cage.
Hand breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hand moves into the clinch successfully.
Citrus tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hand just stands there and leans against the cage.
Citrus tries to pull guard but Hand holds him up against the cage and eventually Citrus drops back down to his feet.
Hand drags the fight down to the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Citrus throws a strike but Hand rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hand controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Citrus is working an open guard so Hand takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hand closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hand drives through and clinches with Citrus against the cage.
Hand throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hand gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Hand is stalling in the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Citrus can't keep his opponent in guard - Hand advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Hand controlling the action here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Citrus looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Well, if Hand is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Hand decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hand lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Hand dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Paul Citrus's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Citrus gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Hand counters with a nice uppercut.
Hand pushes Citrus up against the cage in a clinch.
Hand lands a body shot.
Hand turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Hand manages to end up in side control.
Citrus being controlled for a moment.
Citrus is looking to regain half guard here but Hand keeps moving and retains side control.
Citrus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Citrus being controlled for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hand stands up and beckons Citrus to his feet.
Dan Hand is winning the standup battle so far.
Hand's corner calls for a 1-2. Hand obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hand moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hand throws a series of strikes that have Citrus backpedaling.
Hand instigates a clinch.
A short body shot lands from Hand as the two fighters clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hand breaks the clinch.
Hand is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Citrus can do to turn this around?
Hand rushes Citrus and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hand pulls guard successfully.
Hand is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Citrus is controlling him.
Citrus drops back looking for a leg! Hand is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Hand manages to kick Citrus off! Citrus jumps back into Hand's guard.
Hand is looking to stand up but Citrus isn't so interested in that idea.
Hand pushes Citrus off and gets back to his feet.
Hand is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Hand lands with a nice combination. Citrus backs away looking to recover.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hand moves into the clinch.
Hand ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Hand no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Hand is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Citrus is controlling him.
Hand on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hand tries to get out of the position.
Hand kicks Citrus off and gets to his feet.
Hand has Citrus up against the cage in a clinch.
Hand presses Citrus against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hand.
Citrus jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hand walks away with a smile on his face. Citrus gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hand closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hand gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Hand controlling the pace.
Dan Hand is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Citrus is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hand pulls his head out easily.
Hand is thwarting Citrus's attempts to control the position.
Dan Hand overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Paul Citrus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Citrus looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Still in half guard, Hand seems content to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Hand showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hand has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:24
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:24
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Hand!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oscar Matias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Shride (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shride has chosen Can't Tell Me Nothin' from Kanye West as his entrance music. Oscar Matias had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Oscar Matias!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Derek Shride!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shride avoids a punch combination nicely.
Matias misses with a body shot.
Shride forces Matias back against the cage and clinches.
Shride lands a hook that snaps the head of Matias backwards.
Shride keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Matias's efforts to push away.
Shride lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Shride has eaten all the pies!
Matias tries to break the clinch but Shride is controlling the position.
Shride lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Shride working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Shride swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Shride.
It looks like Oscar Matias has been cut.
Shride has a couple of punches blocked by Matias.
Shride pushes Matias back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Matias working hard to break the clinch.
Shride has Matias pressed against the cage, preventing Matias from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Shride breaks the clinch.
Matias misses with the combination.
Shride missing with a left hand there. Matias was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Shride uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Matias.
Shride misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Matias looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Shride tries to clinch but Matias is having none of it.
Shride tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Matias misses with a double jab.
Matias fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shride fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Matias, pushing him back against the cage.
Shride breaks from the clinch.
Matias throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shride misses with a wild combination.
Matias ducks under a wild hook from Shride.
Shride takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Shride looks gassed!
Matias lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Matias misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Matias lands a nice looking body shot.
No joy there for Matias, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Shride is looking to clinch.
Matias closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Shride has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Derek Shride has been cut.
Oscar Matias seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Matias lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Matias lands a left and a right that send Shride crashing to the mat, dazed. Matias thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Shride is rocked!
Shride looks up at the clock. Bad move! Matias lands a right hand from hell, dropping Shride. Matias pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oscar Matias!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Guerra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Craddock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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175 lbs
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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 London, Paulo Guerra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Frank Craddock!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Paul Tew and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guerra drops Craddock with a nice combination! Guerra dives into Craddock's guard, looking to finish!
Craddock is rocked!
It looks like Frank Craddock has been cut.
Craddock looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Craddock is still in real trouble! Can Guerra finish him?
Craddock keeping full guard, as Guerra tries to pass.
Guerra slips nicely into half guard.
Craddock seems to have recovered his senses.
Craddock looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Guerra prevents Craddock from improving his position.
Guerra tries to pass the half guard into mount. Craddock knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Guerra is trying for a kimura here. Craddock looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Guerra wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Paulo Guerra!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between R Dekkers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Romero (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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, R Dekkers!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Frank Romero!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dekkers throws a head kick but Romero moves out of range.
Whack! Dekkers lands a heavy head kick that drops Romero. The ref tackles Dekkers to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Romero was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). R Dekkers!
R Dekkers is the new bantamweight champion!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between marcus jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Bagshaw (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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, marcus jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Bagshaw!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bagshaw circles away from the clinch attempt.
jones forces Bagshaw back against the cage and clinches.
jones throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bagshaws head.
Bagshaw blocking some punches.
Bagshaw blocking some punches.
Bagshaw wants to stall.
Bagshaw has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. jones is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
jones prevents the takedown attempt.
jones gets underhooks to prevent Bagshaw's takedown attempt.
marcus jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Bagshaw.
jones misses with some punches.
jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from jones fails to land.
jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Bagshaw tries to pull guard but jones holds him up against the cage and eventually Bagshaw drops back down to his feet.
jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Bagshaw.
A head punch on the inside from jones fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by jones.
Bagshaw pulls jones into guard.
Bagshaw working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from jones.
jones throws a big right hand that misses.
Bagshaw trying to strike off his back.
Bagshaw working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from jones.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bagshaw not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
jones is looking to work some ground and pound but Bagshaw has wrist control.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bagshaw wants to clinch
so jones counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
jones throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as jones accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
jones working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
jones with a nice head shot there.
jones content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
jones is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
jones is breathing heavily.
Bagshaw is trying to control the position but jones postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as jones accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
jones postures up.
Bagshaw working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. jones doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. jones manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
jones loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
jones works over Bagshaw with some ground and pound from guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as jones accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bagshaw wants to sweep here but jones controlling him for the moment.
Bagshaw utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
jones trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bagshaw trying to control the position.
jones with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Bagshaw with a poor takedown
and jones holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bagshaw jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as jones walks away with a smile on his face. Bagshaw gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bagshaw throws a right and a left that jones avoids nicely.
Bagshaw tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bagshaw drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
jones looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bagshaw wants to stand but jones is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
jones keeping moving, preventing Bagshaw from controlling successfully.
Bagshaw throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as jones works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
marcus jones dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bagshaw tries to clinch there but jones circles away.
Bagshaw's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Bagshaw duly obliges.
Bagshaw tries for a takedown but jones sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Dan Bagshaw seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
jones keeps the fight on the outside.
jones stuffs the takedown.
Bagshaw tries to close the distance and clinch but jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bagshaw shoots in and drives through. jones sprawls well.
marcus jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Bagshaw.
Bagshaw is breathing heavily.
Bagshaw avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bagshaw moves in looking to clinch but jones pushes him off.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
jones misses with some punches.
jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
jones misses with some punches.
jones misses with a punch on the inside.
jones lands a hook that snaps the head of Bagshaw backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from jones.
Bagshaw looking for a takedown.
jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
jones misses with the head strike.
jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Bagshaw.
Bagshaw breaks from the clinch.
Bagshaw wants to clinch but jones slips to the side
so jones counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Bagshaw has momentary wrist control but jones slips an elbow through the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bagshaw pulls jones in close to his closed guard and prevents jones from doing any damage or advancing position.
jones postures up in Bagshaw's guard and throws a big left but Bagshaw blocks it.
jones postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bagshaw is on top in guard.
jones keeping moving, preventing Bagshaw from controlling successfully.
Bagshaw pushing down on jones's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bagshaw wants to control but jones is keeping him busy.
Bagshaw is figuring out what he wants to do next.
jones is looking to improve his position.
Bagshaw is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
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.
Bagshaw not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bagshaw looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
marcus jones dominated that second 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. And we move into the final round!
Bagshaw misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bagshaw with a lazy takedown attempt
and jones counters with a takedown into side control.
Bagshaw can't do much from the bottom here.
Bagshaw holding on.
Bagshaw is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
jones lands a nice forearm strike.
Bagshaw wants to control but jones postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bagshaw is looking to regain half guard here but jones keeps moving and retains side control.
jones lands a decent elbow from side control.
You can see the frustration on Bagshaw's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bagshaw taking punishment in the form of punches.
jones throws a strike aimed at the side of Bagshaw's head but Bagshaw avoids it well.
jones throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
jones lands a nice forearm strike.
jones lands a few punches from side control.
Bagshaw manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
jones is not content to let Bagshaw control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
jones is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bagshaw's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bagshaw's back!
jones throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Bagshaw covering up well under a series of strikes from jones.
jones missing with strikes from the back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bagshaw avoids the strikes from jones.
Bagshaw covering up well under a barage of strikes.
marcus jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bagshaw tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Bagshaw blocking the ground and pound.
jones unloads with some shots from mount but Bagshaw bucks and avoids them well.
jones has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bagshaw's face.
jones punching from mount but Bagshaw doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Bagshaw wants to control but jones is having none of it.
jones thowing shots but they're missing.
Bagshaw working to try and regain half guard.
Bagshaw wants to hold on but jones pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
jones unloading with bombs!
jones connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Bagshaw holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as jones tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
jones throws some wild stikes that Bagshaw manages to avoid easily.
Bagshaw blocking the ground and pound.
jones throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
jones unloads with some shots from mount but Bagshaw bucks and avoids them well.
jones throwing strikes here but Bagshaw is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
jones lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Bagshaw is desperately trying to improve his position but jones has a good base and remains in mount.
Dan Bagshaw has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bagshaw throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
marcus jones showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for jones, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... marcus jones!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Liddle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
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170 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Jones!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Liddle!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Atkins and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liddle closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Jones did well to prevent Liddle getting side control.
Liddle seems to be working for a kimura but Jones defends the submission attempt.
Liddle is trying to work for a kimura but Jones is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones looking for submissions off his back.
Jones is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Liddle pulls his head out easily.
Jones gets full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is trying to control the position but Liddle postures up.
Liddle trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.
Liddle would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Jones working a defensive guard but Liddle manages to pass into side control anyway.
Jones is being controlled here.
Liddle stands up.
Jones displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Liddle.
Liddle looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddle stands and steps away. Jones gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.
Jones misses with a body kick.
Chris Liddle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt
and Liddle counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Jones is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liddle wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Jones throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Liddle from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddle thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Jones 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.
Jones has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Liddle has passed into side control.
Liddle stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Liddle throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Liddle forces Jones back against the cage and clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddle leaning against his opponent.
A short uppercut from Liddle.
Jones looking to stall.
Liddle breaks from the clinch.
Liddle misses with a takedown attempt
and Jones counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Liddle wants to get back to full guard.
Jones is thwarting Liddle's attempts to control the position.
Jones trying to control the action but Liddle is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liddle is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jones's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jones's back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Liddle dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Jones checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jones slips a jab and a cross from Liddle.
Liddle is looking to clinch.
Liddle fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Liddle has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jones tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jones drops down looking for an ankle pick but Liddle pulls his leg out and moves away.
Jones shoots in but Liddle avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Liddle throws a body kick that misses.
Liddle shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Liddle with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
A nice elbow there by Liddle.
Liddle really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jones. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throws a strike from the bottom but Liddle uses the opportunity to take his back.
Liddle working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Jones is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Liddle has the hooks in. Jones is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
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.
Liddle has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Jones has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Liddle is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Jones trying to control but not successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddle trying to control momentarily.
Jones wants to control his opponent's hands but Liddle gets his hands free.
Liddle looking to break Jones's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Jones remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Liddle will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Jones is trying to stand back up.
Liddle patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve 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.
Liddle has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Liddle doesn't have the hooks in and Jones manages to turn into his guard.
Jones trying to control but Liddle is working from the bottom.
Chris Liddle has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jones wants to get up but he can't break Liddle's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Liddle controls Jones momentarily but Jones frees himself.
Liddle wants to sweep here but Jones controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Liddle showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Liddle drives through and clinches with Jones against the cage.
Liddle lands a left hand.
Liddle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Liddle moves into the clinch successfully.
Liddle drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jones gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Liddle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Liddle closes the distance but Jones moves to the side
so Jones counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Liddle pushes Jones off and scrambles back to his feet.
Liddle fails with the takedown.
Liddle gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Jones decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Liddle's guard.
Jack Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Liddle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones is stalling in the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones got a little sloppy there for a moment and Liddle has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jones has managed to get both his arms back between Liddle's legs - danger averted.
Jones pushing down on Liddle's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Jones passes the guard and advances to mount!
Liddle keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jones trying to control but Liddle is having none of it.
Jones is really struggling to control Liddle but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Liddle tries to hold on but Jones pushes him away.
Jones goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Liddle turns into him and now he's in Jones's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddle trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Liddle throwing strikes from guard but Jones blocks nicely.
Jones looking for a guillotine here but Liddle defends easily.
Chris Liddle is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Liddle decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Liddle drives through and clinches with Jones against the cage.
Liddle lands a left hand.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jones is fighting off a takedown attempt but Liddle is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Jones to the mat. Jones regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Liddle wanted to stand there but Jones had control of the position.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Liddle from controlling successfully.
Jack Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jones is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Liddle defends well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Liddle 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Liddle!
Chris Liddle is the new welterweight champion!
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FIGHT
RATING
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