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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between David Reid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and buzz cola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, David Reid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, buzz cola!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
cola chopping away at his opponent's legs.
cola fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reid stuffs the takedown attempt from cola. cola gets slowly back to his feet.
Reid tries for a takedown but cola circles away easily
and cola counters with a leg kick.
cola clinches up against the cage.
Reid prevents cola from breaking the clinch.
Reid tries to score a body lock takedown but cola shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Reid has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. cola avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Reid. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reid throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but cola blocks it with crossed arms.
Reid is trying to break the clinch but cola is controlling him.
Reid wants to stall.
cola breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
cola throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Reid.
cola misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
cola doesn't succeed with the takedown
so Reid counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
cola has his foot on Reid's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Reid works his way back into a safe position though.
cola looking for a guillotine here but Reid defends easily.
cola 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.
Reid has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
cola looks gassed!
Reid pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. cola is keeping the position for now.
Reid with a flurry of punches that miss.
Reid trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reid is working hard here to advance position.
cola has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Reid tries to free his leg and advance position but cola is retaining full guard.
cola wants to stand but Reid is controlling the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Reid with a poor takedown
and cola counters by moving into the clinch.
Reid changes levels and goes for a takedown here. cola fights it off and pushes away nicely.
cola rushes Reid and presses him up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reid changes levels and goes for a takedown here. cola fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Reid has his takedown stuffed
and cola counters with a nice double leg into guard.
cola 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.
cola advances to half guard.
cola wants to control but Reid is keeping him busy.
Reid wants to control but cola is keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
cola moves nicely into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
cola lands a few punches from side control.
cola is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Reid is trying to get back to his feet.
cola trying to control the position but Reid is working away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
cola stands up and beckons Reid to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
buzz cola dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
cola closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - cola lands in his opponent's guard.
cola looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
cola trying to control the position from guard on top but Reid is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. cola defends it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reid 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.
cola looking to pass the guard.
Reid has a closed guard, preventing cola from standing up.
That's two 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.
cola sitting in guard here, content to control.
cola won't allow Reid to sweep him here.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Reid misses with a takedown attempt
and cola counters with a single leg into guard. Reid didn't expect that.
cola is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
cola wanted to stand there but Reid had control of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
cola wants to control from the top but Reid keeps moving.
Reid seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
cola would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reid bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in cola's guard.
Reid trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
cola utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Reid trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
cola looking to hit a scissor sweep but Reid is one step ahead there.
Reid stands and steps away. cola gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
cola fails with the takedown
and Reid counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
cola avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Reid.
cola slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Reid trying to move into half guard but instead cola has managed to sweep!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but buzz cola will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!
cola with a poor takedown
and Reid counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Reid.
Reid pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. cola is keeping the position for now.
cola wants to stand up but Reid is controlling him.
cola throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
cola working a defensive guard here.
David Reid overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Reid wants to control from the top but cola keeps moving.
cola preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. cola is keeping the position for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Reid fails with the takedown
so cola counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Reid keeping moving, preventing cola from controlling successfully.
Reid is trying to control the position but cola postures up.
cola trying to control but Reid is working from the bottom.
Reid looking for a sweep. Not yet Reid, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
cola with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as cola accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
cola wanted to stand there but Reid had control of the position.
cola trying to control the position from guard on top but Reid is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Reid with a lazy takedown attempt
and cola counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
cola throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Reid looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
cola works a leg free and moves into half guard.
cola is trying to control. Reid wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Reid wants to improve his position but cola is controlling well.
cola is keen to just control but Reid is a slippery customer.
cola throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
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.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Reid circles away from the clinch attempt
and Reid counters with a single leg into guard. cola didn't expect that.
cola has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Reid can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
cola trying to keep a closed guard but Reid is proving a slippery customer.
Reid tries to free his leg and advance position but cola is retaining full guard.
David Reid 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.
Reid stops cola from standing up.
buzz cola is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Reid content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to David Reid.
Well cola 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... buzz cola!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shaun Swagger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Stockdale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Swagger comes to the cage accompanied by Amazing. Bob Stockdale 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
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Shaun Swagger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bob Stockdale!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Richard Clark and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swagger throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stockdale looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Stockdale shoots in and bounces Swagger off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Stockdale preventing the sweep.
Swagger is working hard here to advance position.
Swagger working for a triangle but Stockdale defends it easily.
Swagger wants to sweep but no luck.
Swagger is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Stockdale trying to control but Swagger is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stockdale stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Swagger throws up his legs and catches Stockdale in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Stockdale tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Swagger! That came out of nowhere!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Shaun Swagger!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rolfe Leiberwitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Streak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sam Streak will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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 London, Rolfe Leiberwitz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sam Streak!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Streak tries to close the distance and clinch up but Leiberwitz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sam Streak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leiberwitz closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Leiberwitz is trying to ground and pound but Streak uses the momentary lack of control by Leiberwitz to regain half guard.
Leiberwitz throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Leiberwitz tries to pass the half guard into mount. Streak knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Leiberwitz wants to control but Streak is keeping him busy.
Nice strikes from Leiberwitz there.
Leiberwitz perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Streak avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Leiberwitz.
Leiberwitz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Streak is refusing to be controlled, as Leiberwitz sits in half guard.
Leiberwitz throwing shots but Streak is blocking nicely.
Streak wants to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leiberwitz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Streak taking some punishment here, with Leiberwitz in his half guard.
Leiberwitz with the ground and pound but Streak uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Leiberwitz wants to pass the guard but Streak is keeping the position.
Leiberwitz wants to control from the top but Streak keeps moving.
Leiberwitz throws and elbow that misses. Streak uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Leiberwitz's guard. Nice move by Streak!
Leiberwitz scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Streak fails in his attempt to clinch.
Leiberwitz shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Leiberwitz raining down shots from the mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Streak is in a horrible position here. Leiberwitz smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Streak working to try and regain half guard.
Leiberwitz scores with a couple of good head shots there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leiberwitz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Leiberwitz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Streak is looking to escape.
Leiberwitz lands a big elbow.
Leiberwitz looking to finish Streak with some ground and pound. This is bad for Streak!
Leiberwitz is landing with some decent strikes but Streak is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Streak looks gassed!
Leiberwitz is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Streak can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leiberwitz postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Streak looks a forlorn figure.
Streak is rocked!
Leiberwitz dominating with strikes here.
Streak is still in real trouble! Can Leiberwitz finish him?
Oooooh, big shot lands for Leiberwitz! Streak is hurt baaadly! Leiberwitz is firing away with more strikes - Streak is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Rolfe Leiberwitz!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alun McGann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Dyzer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Alun McGann!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Stephen Dyzer!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGann gets caught flat footed, as Dyzer shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Dyzeris looking to pass into half guard but McGann pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now McGann is in guard.
Dyzer escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. McGann gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Dyzer has his feet on McGann's thighs here. He's pushed McGann off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! McGann screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Stephen Dyzer!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Cummins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Persius Masters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mark Cummins 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Cummins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Persius Masters!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Masters circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cummins has Masters up against the cage in a clinch.
Cummins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cummins throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Masters circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cummins throws a nice head kick!
Masters looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Masters wants to control from the top but Cummins keeps moving.
Cummins is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Masters is controlling him.
Cummins keeping full guard, as Masters tries to pass.
Masters stops Cummins from standing up.
Masters working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masters chips away with some ground and pound.
Masters works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Masters prevents Cummins from standing back up.
Masters is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Masters thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cummins wants to get back to his feet.
Cummins is breathing heavily.
Cummins is staying active underneath Masters, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Cummins pushes Masters off looking to stand but Masters dives back in and keeps control.
Cummins avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Masters.
Cummins wants to get back to his feet.
Masters not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cummins avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Masters.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Cummins tries to clinch but Masters moves out of range.
Masters chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cummins can pounce on him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masters gets the takedown into side control.
Cummins on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cummins tries to get out of the position.
Masters trying to control the action but Cummins is working from the bottom.
Masters misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Cummins takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Masters looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Masters has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Masters tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Cummins is pushing Masters's head away, looking to escape. Masters manages to hold on to the position though.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Masters misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cummins, right into the meat.
Cummins wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cummins looks to land a combination. Masters sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Masters keeps the fight on the outside.
Masters takes a kick to the side of the head.
Cummins tries to clinch up.
Masters shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cummins wants to clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Cummins scores with a four punch combination!
Masters doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Masters tries to clinch but Cummins moves away
and Cummins counters with a straight right hand.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cummins breaks from the clinch.
Cummins is looking to clinch but Masters is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cummins goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Cummins closes the distance and clinches.
Cummins wants to break free but Masters has control.
Cummins lands a damaging elbow.
Masters has Cummins pressed against the cage, preventing Cummins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cummins lands an elbow inside that Masters shrugs off.
Cummins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Masters's defenses.
Cummins is trying to break free.
Cummins is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cummins is trying to break free.
Cummins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cummins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Masters paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cummins scores with a three punch combo!
Cummins misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Masters fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cummins throws a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Persius Masters will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Masters swats away the attempt to clinch by Cummins.
Masters keeps the fight on the outside.
Cummins has closed the distance and engaged Masters in a clinch.
Cummins throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Masters changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Cummins fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Cummins has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cummins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cummins lands a right hook to the body.
Masters doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Masters drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cummins preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cummins kicks Masters off and gets to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cummins has Masters up against the cage in a clinch.
Cummins lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Cummins.
Masters lands with a left to the head.
Cummins lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Masters keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cummins's efforts to push away.
Cummins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Masters's defenses.
Cummins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Masters walks into a jab.
Mark Cummins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cummins.
Cummins throws a one two combo.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cummins lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Masters shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cummins sprawls well. Cummins wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Masters gets slowly back to his feet.
Cummins tries to clinch but Masters is having none of it.
Cummins scores with a one two! Masters had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cummins moves into the clinch.
Cummins lands an elbow inside that Masters shrugs off.
Masters blocks an elbow strike.
Cummins wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cummins lands an elbow just above Masters 's eye.
Masters keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cummins's efforts to push away.
Masters blocks an uppercut.
Cummins gets through Masters's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cummins lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cummins lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cummins lands a damaging elbow.
Cummins breaks the clinch.
Cummins is looking to clinch but Masters is avoiding it.
Cummins fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Masters, pushing him back against the cage.
Cummins tries to break the clinch but Masters is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cummins wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cummins.
Cummins looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Masters is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Cummins pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Mark Cummins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Persius Masters.
Cummins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cummins instigates a clinch.
Cummins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Masters's defenses.
Cummins scores with a shot to the side of Masters's head.
Cummins lands a hook that snaps the head of Masters backwards.
Cummins tries to circle away but Masters has him pinned against the cage.
Cummins is trying to break the clinch but Masters has him pressed against the cage.
Cummins is trying to force a seperation but Masters has the dominant position.
Cummins is fighting off a takedown attempt but Masters is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Cummins to the mat. Cummins regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Masters wants to stand but Cummins is controlling his posture from full guard.
Masters throws a big right hand that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cummins wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Masters manages to pass to side control.
Cummins pushes Masters off looking to stand but Masters dives back in and keeps control.
Masters working the head and body with strikes.
Masters missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cummins is trying to stand back up but Masters is controlling him
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Masters looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cummins throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Mark Cummins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Masters has his takedown stuffed
and Cummins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Cummins dominated that second round.
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!
Cummins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Masters swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cummins feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Masters's calf.
Cummins tries to close the distance and clinch but Masters swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cummins lands with a thumping leg kick.
Masters shoots in but Cummins avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cummins clinches but Masters breaks the clinch
and Masters counters with a single leg into guard. Cummins didn't expect that.
Cummins preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Masters prevents Cummins from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Masters with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Masters loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Masters won't allow Cummins to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Masters takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cummins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cummins throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cummins lands with a nice combination. Masters backs away looking to recover.
Masters gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cummins lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Masters wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cummins has him pressed against the cage.
Cummins working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Masters keeps control of Cummins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cummins manages to break the clinch.
Cummins tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Masters counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Cummins!
Masters tries to control but Cummins wriggling away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Masters cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masters throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Masters throws a strike there. Cummins manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
Cummins is looking to escape.
Masters is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Cummins is just riding it out for now. Masters eventually gives up the hold.
Masters prevents Cummins from standing back up.
Masters lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Cummins lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cummins.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cummins lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A left and a right from Cummins both land. Nice combination.
Masters walks into a stiff left hand from Cummins.
Cummins keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cummins lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cummins scoring well with a low kick there.
Cummins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cummins!
Cummins moves into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Cummins.
Cummins lands an elbow that stopped Masters in his tracks for a moment.
Cummins can't break the clinch.
Cummins is looking to break free of the clinch but Masters has double underhooks.
Cummins gets through Masters's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masters prevents Cummins from breaking the clinch.
Cummins working hard to break the clinch.
Cummins lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cummins gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cummins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Masters backwards.
Cummins working hard to break the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Cummins.
Cummins breaks from the clinch.
Cummins throws a combination. Masters tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A shot to de liver by Cummins. Beautiful body shot.
Cummins throws a one two combo.
Cummins scores with a one two! Masters had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Cummins forces Masters back against the cage and clinches.
Cummins stops a takedown attempt from Masters.
Mark Cummins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Persius Masters.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cummins.
Cummins is trying to force a seperation but Masters has the dominant position.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Persius Masters.
I think Masters 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Persius Masters!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richard Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Higgins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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198 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Richard Rogers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, John Higgins!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Daniel Bishop and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rogers throws a right hand that Higgins ducks under and follows up with a left that Higgins also avoids with ease.
Higgins throws a right hand that Rogers ducks under and follows up with a left that Rogers also avoids with ease.
Rogers throws a series of punches but Higgins moves out of range.
Higgins takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Higgins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Higgins shoots in and drives through. Rogers sprawls well.
Rogers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Higgins.
Higgins throws a right and a left that Rogers avoids nicely.
Rogers avoids a punch combination nicely.
Higgins listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A punch combination from Higgins misses.
Higgins looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
No joy there for Higgins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rogers misses with the combination.
Rogers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Higgins circles away quickly and effectively.
Rogers lands a two punch combo.
It looks like John Higgins has been cut.
Rogers misses with a jab, cross combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Rogers scores with a four punch combination!
Rogers scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rogers lands with a big left! Higgins is wobbled badly! Rogers comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Higgins to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Richard Rogers!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gray Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hunter might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bon Jovi - Blaze of Glory. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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207 lbs
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Gray Hunter!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, David Price!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Donald Grub and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Price is keen to just control but Hunter is a slippery customer.
Price wants to free his trapped foot but Hunter is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Hunter wants to control but Price is keeping busy.
Hunter tries to get to full guard but Price has control of the leg.
Price wants to control but Hunter is keeping him busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Price takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Price trying to control the action but Hunter is working from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hunter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Price paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Price.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Price looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hunter tries to clinch but Price is having none of it.
Price checks a leg kick.
Price shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Hunter's guard.
Price tries to free his leg and advance position but Hunter is retaining full guard.
Price content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Hunter has locked up a guillotine! Hunter's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Price is holding on here and Hunter must be using up a lot of energy. Price has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Hunter gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Gray Hunter!
Gray Hunter retains his light heavyweight title!
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