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PFC 3: Tropic Thunder PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Project Cyborg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barry Beatdown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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260 lbs
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240 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Project Cyborg !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Barry Beatdown!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice combination there by Beatdown.
It looks like Project Cyborg has been cut.
Beatdown slaps away a takedown attempt from Cyborg , before circling back to the center of the mat.
Barry Beatdown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cyborg takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Beatdown looks to land a combination but Cyborg avoids it well.
Beatdown drops Cyborg with a beautiful combination! Cyborg stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Beatdown is looking for the KO!
Cyborg is rocked!
Beatdown lands with a hook. Cyborg tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Beatdown lands a big uppercut and Cyborg crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Cyborg looks OK. Beatdown waves Cyborg back to his feet!
Oh Cyborg is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Beatdown misses with a wild combination.
Cyborg seems to have got his legs back now.
Beatdown throws a monster overhand right that drops Cyborg ! Beatdown follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Barry Beatdown!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Muhammad Ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jim crower (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). jim crower looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Muhammad Ali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, jim crower!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
crower misses with a series of wild punches.
crower showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ali.
Ali throws a combination but it was largely blocked by crower.
Ali throws a combination but it was largely blocked by crower.
Nice body punch from Ali.
Ali takes a swing at crower's ribcage but misses.
Ali takes a swing at crower's ribcage but misses.
crower keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ali thuds a left hand into crower's body.
crower looks gassed!
Ali lands a head shot.
crower is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ali scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ali wants to clinch up but crower keeps it at a distance.
Ali throws a combination but it was largely blocked by crower.
crower swats away the attempt to clinch by Ali.
crower doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Muhammad Ali is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali misses with a two punch combination.
Ali misses with the combination.
Ali lands with a straight right. crower didn't see that one coming.
Ali moves in looking to clinch but crower pushes him off.
crower walks into a jab.
It looks like jim crower has been cut.
Ali connects with a single shot there.
Ali swings for the body but crower moves out of range.
Ali lands a nice hook to crower's body. crower takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ali fakes high and swings low for a body shot but crower manages to avoid it.
Ali looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ali thuds a left hand into crower's body.
crower takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ali lands a jab to crower's midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali lands a slapping body shot.
Ali punishes crower's body with a nice straight punch.
Ali misses with a combination
and crower counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Ali tries to clinch but crower moves out of range.
crower circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ali lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A shot to de liver by Ali. Beautiful body shot.
Ali throws a shot to the body.
Ali throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ali throws a series of strikes that have crower backpedaling.
Ali connects with a body shot.
Ali could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Ali swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ali tries to clinch there but crower circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ali looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No joy there for Ali, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
crower avoids the body shot from Ali.
Ali connects with a body shot.
Ali throws a right and a left that crower avoids nicely.
Muhammad Ali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ali looks to score with a jab to the body but crower is just out of range.
Ali misses with a two punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ali looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ali lands with an uppercut that bounces crower off the cage and back into rage.
Ali cracks crower with an open hand slap.
Ali is looking to clinch but crower is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ali is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ali lands a jab to crower's midsection.
Ali looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ali is looking to clinch.
Ali tries to clinch there but crower circles away.
Ali misses the shot to the body.
Ali throws a series of punches but crower moves out of range.
Ali scores with a body shot.
Ali throws a right and a left that crower avoids nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
crower lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ali circles away quickly and effectively.
Ali doesn't manage to clinch there - crower circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ali.
Ali misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Muhammad Ali dominated that round.
The cut man is working on jim crower's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ali swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ali tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but crower paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ali looks to score with a jab to the body but crower is just out of range.
Ali is looking to wear down crower with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
crower avoids the body shot from Ali.
Ali lands a straight punch to the body, keeping crower at a distance.
Ali throws a series of punches but crower avoids them all with ease.
Ali scores with a three punch combo!
Ali bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps crower's head backwards.
Ali lands a jab to crower's midsection.
Ali misses the shot to the body.
crower slips a jab and a cross from Ali.
Ali throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
crower circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ali scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. crower doesn't seem bothered though.
Muhammad Ali is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali lands a nice shot to the body.
Ali tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but crower paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ali stuns crower with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ali looks to score with a jab to the body but crower is just out of range.
Ali dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ali scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ali just misses with a punch to the body.
Ali throws a combination but it was largely blocked by crower.
crower circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ali moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ali throws a series of strikes that have crower backpedaling.
Ali lands a jab to crower's midsection.
Ali thows a body shot but no joy.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but crower might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Ali has got the better of the exchanges.
Ali fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. crower looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ali is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that crower can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali just misses with a punch to the body.
Ali fails in his attempt to clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ali.
Ali tries to clinch there but crower circles away.
crower drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ali fakes high and swings low for a body shot but crower manages to avoid it.
Ali ducks down and throws a hook to the body but crower moves away.
Ali swings and misses with a hook to the body.
crower uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ali.
crower takes one to the chin there.
Ali throws a combination but it was largely blocked by crower.
Ali looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
crower showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ali.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
crower keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ali looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Muhammad Ali is winning the standup battle so far.
Ali looks to score with a jab to the body but crower is just out of range.
crower circles away from the clinch attempt.
crower swats away the attempt to clinch by Ali.
crower showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ali.
Ali looks to score with a jab to the body but crower is just out of range.
Ali lands a with a good body shot.
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.
Ali ducks down and throws a hook to the body but crower moves away.
Ali wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ali throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A combination from Ali does no damage.
A jab from Ali does it's job there.
Ali tries to clinch there but crower circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ali.
Ali ducks down and throws a hook to the body but crower moves away.
Ali tries to clinch up but crower circles away and keeps his distance.
Ali uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before crower has time to react.
Ali gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ali wants to break the clinch but can't.
crower prevents Ali from breaking the clinch.
Ali is trying to force a seperation but crower has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Muhammad Ali dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on jim crower's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Ali digs a good hook to crower's body.
Ali scores with a one two! crower had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ali listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ali lands a jab-cross combination.
Ali looks to land a combination but crower avoids it well.
crower dodges the punch combination from Ali.
Ali lands a lovely overhand right.
Ali thuds a left hand into crower's body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ali.
Ali misses the shot to the body.
Ali thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice jab there from Ali.
Ali ducks down and throws a hook to the body but crower moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
crower walks into a stiff left hand from Ali.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ali ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ali closes the distance but crower moves to the side
and crower moves into the clinch.
Ali tries to break free but crower pushes him back against the cage.
Ali wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ali wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ali is trying to break free.
crower pulls guard.
Ali wants to stand but crower has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Ali has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for crower on the ground.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ali thows a body shot but no joy.
Ali keeps the fight on the outside.
Ali tries to clinch but crower moves away
and crower counters with a three punch combo that has Ali backing up. Ali nods at crower to acknowledge the strikes.
crower takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ali lands a straight punch to the body, keeping crower at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali misses with a wild body shot.
Ali misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from crower.
Ali misses with a body shot.
Ali scores with a body shot.
Ali scores with a shot to the body.
Ali moves in looking to clinch but crower pushes him off.
Ali throws the left hand but crower avoids the punch easily.
Ali wants to clinch
and crower counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ali wants to break free but crower has control.
Ali wants to break the clinch but can't.
crower fails to pull guard.
crower prevents Ali from breaking the clinch.
Ali is looking to break free of the clinch but crower has double underhooks.
Ali breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ali scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. crower doesn't seem bothered though.
Muhammad Ali is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ali tries to clinch up but crower circles away and keeps his distance.
Ali scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
crower on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ali lands a jab to the head.
Some wild striking there from Ali.
Ali thows a body shot but no joy.
Ali swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ali throws a right hand that crower ducks under and follows up with a left that crower also avoids with ease.
Ali throws a series of punches but crower avoids them all with ease.
Ali tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ali throws a body punch but crower moves out of range.
jim crower has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
crower takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Muhammad Ali showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ali, 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Muhammad Ali!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonah Akahi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Akahi's choice of entrance music: Thuggish Ruggish Bone. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Inexperienced |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jonah Akahi!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akahi closes the distance and clinches up with Jones, looking for a takedown. Akahi pushes Jones against the cage but Jones circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Akahi doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Jones thows a body shot but no joy.
Akahi is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Akahi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.
Jones misses with a body shot.
Akahi tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horrible takedown by Akahi or perhaps it was just good defense by Jones which made him look bad.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Akahi moves away.
Akahi should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Akahi circles away.
Jones cracks Akahi with an open hand slap.
Jones scores with the left hand. Akahi knows he should have avoided that one.
Akahi shoots in for a double leg but Jones sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jon Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonah Akahi.
Akahi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jones bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Akahi's head backwards.
Akahi shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jones sprawls well. Jones wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Akahi gets slowly back to his feet.
Akahi tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Akahi avoids the body shot from Jones.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones is looking to wear down Akahi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Akahi is just out of range.
Jones clobbers Akahi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Akahi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones thows a body shot but no joy.
Jones misses with a shot to the body
and Akahi counters with an inside leg kick.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Jones stuffs the takedown attempt from Akahi. Akahi gets slowly back to his feet.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
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.
Akahi shoots in for a double leg but Jones sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jones uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Akahi.
Jones swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Akahi counters with a one-two to the body.
Jones misses the body punch
and Akahi counters with a thumping low kick.
Jones lands a two punch combo.
Jones defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Akahi.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Akahi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonah Akahi dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Akahi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Akahi pushes him off.
Jones misses with a jab to the body
and Akahi counters with a left to the body.
Akahi will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Akahi wants to clinch.
Akahi avoids the body shot from Jones.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Akahi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Akahi shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense.
Jon Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonah Akahi.
A shot to the body from Jones misses
and Akahi counters with a left and a right that stings Jones.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones jabs at Akahi's body.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
Akahi shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jones as he avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akahi throws a leg kick which misses Jones's front leg but catches the back leg as Jones tries to avoid it.
Akahi fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jones avoids it really well and circles away.
Akahi is breathing heavily.
Akahi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jones counters with a nice uppercut.
Akahi tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Akahi moves away.
Akahi looks to clinch
and Jones counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akahi is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Jones throws a body punch but Akahi moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Akahi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones scores with a hook to the body. Akahi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice takedown defense from Jones. No joy for Akahi on that attempt.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Akahi.
Akahi misses with a takedown attempt - Jones sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
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.
Jones lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Akahi shoots in but Jones avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jones throws a body punch but Akahi moves out of range.
Jonah Akahi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jones scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones stuffs the takedown.
Jones takes a swing at Akahi's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonah Akahi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Akahi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jones counters with a three punch combo that has Akahi backing up. Akahi nods at Jones to acknowledge the strikes.
Nice takedown defense from Jones. No joy for Akahi on that attempt.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Akahi.
Jones instigates a clinch.
Akahi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jones's efforts to push away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Akahi working hard to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Akahi has him pressed against the cage.
Akahi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Joness head.
Akahi tries to score a body lock takedown but Jones shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Akahi has Jones pressed against the cage, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones wants to break free but Akahi has control.
Jones tries to break free but Akahi pushes him back against the cage.
Jones is trying to force a seperation but Akahi has the dominant position.
Akahi prevents Jones from breaking the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jones is trying to break free.
Jones has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Akahi jumps guard.
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.
Jones trying to stand up but can't free himself from Akahi's guard.
Akahi looking to control.
Jonah Akahi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Akahi looking for a sweep. Not yet Akahi, not yet.
Jones wants to stand but Akahi has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Jon Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Akahi is trying to control the position but Jones postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Akahi doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Jones moves into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Akahi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonah Akahi!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Macho Steiner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Jones (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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Macho Steiner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jack Jones!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steiner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones misses the jab.
Jones scores with a shot to the body.
Jones misses with a hook.
Steiner gets cracked there but stands up to it.
It looks like Macho Steiner has been cut.
Steiner avoids the body shot from Jones.
Jones swings for the body but Steiner moves out of range.
Steiner avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Steiner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Steiner moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jones looks to land a combination but Steiner avoids it well.
Jones looks to throw the jab but Steiner is out of range.
A slow jab from Jones misses its intended target.
Steiner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steiner throws a front kick that sends Jones stumbling back into the cage.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Steiner bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jones looks gassed!
Jones displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Steiner throws out the jab.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Steiner sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Steiner lands a nice shot to the body.
Steiner lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jones's sensitive parts.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Steiner throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
Steiner scores with a hook.
Jones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Steiner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Steiner throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Steiner shoots in but Jones avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steiner shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Jones tries to reverse the position but Steiner maintains control.
Steiner working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Jones turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Steiner off and cradles Jones's limp body as Steiner celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Macho Steiner!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shane Mosley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Rousseau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rousseau comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Whatever kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jack Rousseau 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Shane Mosley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jack Rousseau!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rousseau fails with a takedown attempt.
A big right from Rousseau misses.
No joy there for Rousseau, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rousseau fails to land the takedown.
Rousseau scores with a jab. Mosley acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mosley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jack Rousseau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rousseau lands a jab to the nose.
Mosley clinches up with Rousseau and pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mosley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rousseau fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Shane Mosley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Rousseau.
Rousseau lands with a nice combination. Mosley backs away looking to recover.
Rousseau throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rousseau looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mosley is fending him off so far but Rousseau persists. Nope, Mosley circles away and we're back to standing.
Mosley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rousseau swats away the attempt to clinch by Mosley.
Rousseau clinches but Mosley breaks the clinch
and Mosley counters by moving into the clinch.
Mosley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mosley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rousseau paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rousseau tries to clinch but Mosley moves away
and Mosley counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mosley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mosley wants to clinch.
Mosley fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rousseau works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nice takedown defense from Mosley. No joy for Rousseau on that attempt.
Rousseau changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mosley tries to avoid it but Rousseau manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mosley to the ground. Mosley escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Rousseau closes the distance looking to clinch
and Mosley counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mosley.
Mosley breaks the clinch.
Mosley is looking to clinch.
Mosley tries to clinch up.
Mosley tries to clinch but Rousseau is having none of it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Rousseau.
Mosley wants to clinch up but Rousseau keeps it at a distance.
Rousseau fails to land the takedown.
Rousseau looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rousseau darts in trying to clinch
and Mosley holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Mosley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rousseau misses with a double jab
and Mosley holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Mosley breaks the clinch.
Rousseau scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Mosley takes the fight into the clinch.
Mosley breaks from the clinch.
Rousseau swats away the attempt to clinch by Mosley.
Mosley moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mosley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rousseau looks to land a combination but Mosley avoids it well.
Rousseau shoots in for a takedown but Mosley shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Mosley is looking to clinch but Rousseau is avoiding it.
Mosley takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mosley tries to close the distance and clinch but Rousseau swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mosley gets a clinch.
Mosley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mosley clinches with his opponent.
Mosley breaks from the clinch.
Mosley clinches up against the cage.
Mosley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rousseau looks to clinch
and Mosley counters by moving into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Mosley 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.
Rousseau circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rousseau connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mosley tries to clinch there but Rousseau circles away.
Rousseau tries to clinch up
and Mosley holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Mosley manages to break the clinch.
Rousseau tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mosley moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mosley manages to break the clinch.
Rousseau scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Rousseau swats away the attempt to clinch by Mosley.
Rousseau looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mosley is fending him off so far but Rousseau persists. Nope, Mosley circles away and we're back to standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mosley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mosley closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mosley breaks from the clinch.
Rousseau shoots in and drives through. Mosley sprawls well.
Mosley is looking to clinch but Rousseau is avoiding it.
Rousseau tries to keep at a distance but Mosley has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mosley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rousseau throws a lazy right hand but Mosley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rousseau shoots for a takedown but Mosley saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Shane Mosley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Rousseau.
Rousseau is breathing heavily.
Mosley is looking to clinch.
Mosley rushes Rousseau and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mosley breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mosley tries to clinch but Rousseau is having none of it.
Mosley takes the fight into the clinch.
Mosley breaks from the clinch.
Rousseau tries to clinch
and Mosley moves into the clinch.
Mosley manages to break the clinch.
Rousseau tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mosley counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mosley.
Mosley breaks the clinch.
Mosley is looking to clinch.
Mosley circles away from the clinch attempt
and Mosley moves into the clinch.
Mosley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rousseau avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rousseau closes the distance but Mosley moves to the side
and Mosley counters by clinching up.
Rousseau is trying to break the clinch but Mosley has him pressed against the cage.
Mosley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mosley tries to clinch up.
Rousseau tries to clinch but Mosley moves away
and Mosley counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mosley.
Mosley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mosley tries to close the distance and clinch but Rousseau swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mosley stuffs the takedown attempt from Rousseau. Rousseau gets slowly back to his feet.
Rousseau keeps the fight on the outside.
Rousseau clinches but Mosley breaks the clinch
and Mosley counters by moving into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mosley breaks from the clinch.
Rousseau keeps the fight on the outside.
No luck for Rousseau with that takedown attempt.
Mosley is looking to clinch but Rousseau is avoiding it.
Rousseau keeps the fight on the outside.
Mosley wants to clinch.
Mosley has Rousseau up against the cage in a clinch.
Mosley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Mosley dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Mosley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mosley has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mosley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rousseau throws a series of punches but Mosley avoids them all with ease.
Rousseau fails to land with a series of punches.
Mosley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mosley wants to clinch.
Rousseau looks to score with a jab to the body but Mosley is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mosley gets a clinch.
Mosley manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rousseau shoots in for a takedown but Mosley shows good takedown defense.
Mosley rushes Rousseau and presses him up against the cage.
Mosley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rousseau tries to clinch
and Mosley moves into the clinch.
Mosley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mosley wants to clinch up but Rousseau keeps it at a distance.
Mosley tries to close the distance and clinch but Rousseau swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mosley doesn't manage to clinch there - Rousseau circles away.
Mosley wants to clinch.
Rousseau lands a slapping body shot.
Mosley closes the distance and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mosley breaks from the clinch.
Mosley clinches with his opponent.
Mosley manages to break the clinch.
Rousseau fails to land the takedown.
Rousseau keeps the fight on the outside.
Rousseau tries for a takedown but Mosley sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Shane Mosley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Rousseau.
Rousseau takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mosley is looking to clinch but Rousseau is avoiding it.
Jack Rousseau is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rousseau shoots in but no luck this time.
Rousseau tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mosley holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Mosley breaks the clinch.
Mosley doesn't manage to clinch there - Rousseau circles away.
Rousseau misses with a hook. Mosley ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mosley tries to clinch but Rousseau is having none of it.
Mosley rushes Rousseau and presses him up against the cage.
Mosley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rousseau swats away the attempt to clinch by Mosley.
Mosley tries to clinch up but Rousseau circles away and keeps his distance.
Jack Rousseau has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mosley slips under a jab.
Mosley gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mosley breaks the clinch.
Rousseau keeps the fight on the outside.
Rousseau shoots for a double leg takedown but Mosley sprawls well. He's pushed Rousseau's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mosley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shane Mosley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Rousseau just misses with a punch to the body.
Rousseau closes the distance looking to clinch
and Mosley counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mosley manages to break the clinch.
Rousseau tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Mosley counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mosley.
Mosley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mosley is looking to clinch.
Rousseau avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mosley is looking to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shane Mosley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mosley 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Mosley!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Maury Richard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Crane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richard comes to the cage accompanied by Good Old Hockey Game. Crane comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Fall of Troy - F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X. kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Stephen Crane told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Maury Richard !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Stephen Crane!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richard shoots in looking for a takedown. Crane tries to sprawl out of it but Richard keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Crane manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Crane fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crane has managed to clinch.
Crane tries a knee to the head but Richard blocks it.
Richard is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Crane pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Crane misses with a knee strike.
Crane misses with a knee strike.
Richard has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Crane is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maury Richard . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crane tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crane throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Richard blocks it with crossed arms.
Crane putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Richard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Crane tries to land knees in the clinch but Richard avoids the damage to the body.
Crane lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Maury Richard has been cut.
Richard managing to block the knees to the body from Crane.
Crane tries to land a knee to the head but Richard blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crane with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Crane landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Crane working Richard over with knees to the body.
Crane throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Richard blocks it with crossed arms.
Richard is working for takedown but Crane is calmly controlling the position for now.
Crane scores with a knee to the head.
Crane utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Richard managing to block the knees to the body from Crane.
Richard pulls guard.
Crane throws a strike but Richard rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Crane has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Richard can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richard stays in close to Crane's body and controls the position.
Crane has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Richard advances position into side control!
Richard tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Richard has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Richard is breathing heavily.
Crane is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Richard has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Crane manages to get back to half guard.
Richard is looking to stall here but Crane recovers full guard.
Crane wants to stand but Richard is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richard wants to control from the top but Crane keeps moving.
Crane is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Richard is controlling him.
Richard forces his way into half guard.
Crane looking for submissions off his back.
Richard prevents Crane from standing back up.
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.
Richard is trying to control. Crane wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Crane tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crane has taken the fight to the clinch.
Richard drops down looking for an ankle pick but Crane pulls his leg out and moves away.
Richard keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Richard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Crane fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stephen Crane dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maury Richard 's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Crane tries to clinch up.
Crane tries to clinch up but Richard circles away and keeps his distance.
Crane doesn't manage to clinch there - Richard circles away.
Crane wants to clinch up but Richard keeps it at a distance.
Richard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Richard fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crane leaves Richard with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Crane instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crane tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Richard avoids it.
Crane misses with a knee to the head.
Crane crunches a lovely knee into Richard 's ribcage.
Richard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crane with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Richard is working for takedown but Crane is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maury Richard . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crane misses with a knee to the head.
Crane is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Crane misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Richard .
Crane managing to block the knees to the body from Richard .
Crane connects with a knee to the head.
Crane putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Richard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Crane connects with a knee to the head.
Richard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Crane throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Richard blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crane throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Richard blocks it with crossed arms.
Crane tries a knee to the head but Richard blocks it.
Crane throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Richard blocks it with crossed arms.
Richard is trying to drag Crane to the mat but Crane just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Crane tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Crane lands an elbow just above Richard 's eye.
Crane landing knees to the head.
Crane lands a damaging elbow.
Crane lands a damaging elbow.
Crane using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Richard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Richard takes a knee to the side of the body.
Crane throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Richard blocks it with crossed arms.
Crane with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crane tries to land a knee to the head but Richard blocks with his arms.
Richard tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Crane smiles and moves away.
Crane wants to clinch up but Richard keeps it at a distance.
Crane tries to clinch there but Richard circles away.
Crane wants to clinch up but Richard keeps it at a distance.
Maury Richard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crane wants to clinch up but Richard keeps it at a distance.
Crane doesn't manage to clinch there - Richard circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Richard shoots in and drives through. Crane sprawls well.
Crane keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Crane fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch but Richard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crane tries to clinch up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Crane tries to clinch but Richard moves out of range.
Crane clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stephen Crane showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Maury Richard 's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Crane is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crane tries to clinch up but Richard circles away and keeps his distance.
Crane is looking to clinch but Richard is avoiding it.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch up but Richard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Richard swats away the attempt to clinch by Crane.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crane fails in his attempt to clinch.
Richard fails with the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crane defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Richard .
Richard keeps the fight on the outside.
Crane tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Richard shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Crane as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maury Richard . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crane wants to clinch.
Crane drives through and clinches with Richard against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Crane unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Crane is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Richard is defending well for now.
Crane throws a knee to the head but misses.
Crane tries to land knees in the clinch but Richard avoids the damage to the body.
Crane landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Crane landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Crane throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Richard blocks it with crossed arms.
Stephen Crane seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Richard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Crane trying to land knees to the body.
Crane tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Richard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crane with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Crane landing knees to the body.
Crane throws a knee to the head but misses.
Richard is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Crane lands a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crane tries a knee to the head but Richard blocks it.
Crane tries to land a knee to the head but Richard blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Crane.
Knees to the body from Crane.
Crane is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Crane lands a knee to the body.
Crane looking to throw knees to the head but Richard is blocking nicely.
Crane landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Crane tries a knee to the head but Richard blocks it.
Richard has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Crane avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Richard tries for a takedown but Crane manages to get underhooks.
Crane throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Richard blocks it with crossed arms.
Crane tries to land knees in the clinch but Richard avoids the damage to the body.
Crane throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richard fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Richard fails to pull guard.
Richard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Richard is working for takedown but Crane is calmly controlling the position for now.
Stephen Crane is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Crane with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Crane obliges.
Richard has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Crane avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Maury Richard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Crane unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Crane misses with a knee to the head.
Crane with a knee to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Crane using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Richard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Crane tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Richard lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Richard avoiding damage as Crane throws knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stephen Crane comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Crane winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stephen Crane!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Blyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kai Ho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blyer comes to the cage accompanied by Eye Of The Tiger. Kai Ho has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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213 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rocky Blyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kai Ho!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Ho with that takedown attempt.
Blyer slaps away a takedown attempt from Ho, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ho shoots in for a takedown but Blyer shows good takedown defense.
Rocky Blyer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kai Ho.
Blyer decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Blyer lands a nice short elbow.
Ho is looking to escape.
Blyer not doing much here.
Ho tries to get to full guard but Blyer has control of the leg.
Blyer keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho is trying to stand up here but Blyer is controlling him well.
Blyer wants to pass the guard but Ho is defending well.
Ho is trying to maintain the position but Blyer is very close to passing his half guard.
Blyer perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Ho has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Blyer is working away from the top position though.
Blyer working Ho over with strikes.
Blyer tries to stand and escape but Ho is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Blyer prevents Ho from improving his position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ho tries to close the distance and clinch but Blyer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ho swinging wilding here.
Blyer cracks Ho with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Ho looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Blyer finish him?
It looks like Kai Ho has been cut.
Ho looks gassed!
Blyer shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Blyer was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blyer controlling his opponent.
Blyer seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Ho for as long as he can get away with.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho tries to hold on but Blyer postures up.
Blyer controlling from the full mount.
Blyer'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.
Blyer knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ho on the ground.
Ho is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ho wants to hold on but Blyer pushes him away.
Blyer sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Blyer avoids the attempt from Ho to control.
Blyer controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rocky Blyer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kai Ho's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Blyer misses with a few strikes there.
Ho fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Blyer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blyer takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ho takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Blyer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blyer lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Ho is looking to close the distance but Blyer sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Ho crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Ho is OK because that was naaaaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Rocky Blyer!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Subryan Bangaru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tadashi Yamashita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tadashi Yamashita will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 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 Hilo, Subryan Bangaru!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tadashi Yamashita!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bangaru moves forwards but Yamashita connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Yamashita cracks Bangaru with a good jab.
Jab from Yamashita.
Yamashita connects with a looping right hand.
Yamashita getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bangaru is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bangaru looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bangaru uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yamashita.
Bangaru uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yamashita.
Bangaru throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Yamashita's waist but Yamashita gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bangaru off to one side.
Yamashita lands with an uppercut that bounces Bangaru off the cage and back into rage.
Yamashita waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Bangaru.
A shot to de liver by Yamashita. Beautiful body shot.
Bangaru has a takedown stuffed.
Bangaru walks into a straight right hand from Yamashita.
A jab from Yamashita does it's job there.
Yamashita is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Bangaru had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Yamashita scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sloppy strikes there by Yamashita.
Bangaru wants to control but Yamashita postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bangaru is trying to improve his position.
Yamashita throwing strikes but Bangaru manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Bangaru is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamashita is looking to regain half guard here but Bangaru keeps moving and retains side control.
Bangaru prevents Yamashita from escaping the position.
Yamashita tries to improve position but can't.
Yamashita sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Yamashita looks like he's trying to stand up.
Yamashita looking for submissions off his back.
Yamashita trying to hold on to Bangaru's head to control him but Bangaru postures up.
Bangaru prevents Yamashita from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Yamashita thuds his right hand into Bangaru's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Yamashita scores with a nice right hand.
Yamashita keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Yamashita scores with a jab to the head.
Bangaru takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Oh Bangaru is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yamashita shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Yamashita lands a big elbow.
Yamashita is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bangaru can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Yamashita with a couple of short strikes.
Yamashita is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Yamashita is landing with some decent strikes but Bangaru is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Yamashita landing strikes, looking to finish!
Yamashita postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Bangaru bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Yamashita and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tadashi Yamashita!
Tadashi Yamashita is the new welterweight champion!
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