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SCC 43: Nothing Comes Easy PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bill Baldwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pertti Hurskainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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240 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bill Baldwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pertti Hurskainen!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Jorge Garcia and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hurskainen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Baldwin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hurskainen misses with a two punch combination.
Hurskainen shoots and misses
and Baldwin counters with a crisp right that sends Hurskainen to the canvas! Baldwin follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bill Baldwin!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Demoss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eugene Kalivas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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180 lbs
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Solid boxing
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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
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Demoss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Eugene Kalivas!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Bruno Lombardi and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Demoss wants to clinch.
Demoss scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kalivas throws a leg kick but Demoss checks it.
A punch combination from Demoss misses.
Demoss is looking to clinch.
Kalivas is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Demoss.
Demoss doesn't manage to clinch there - Kalivas circles away.
Demoss moves into range and clinches up with Kalivas.
Demoss throws a punch but it's blocked by Kalivas.
Demoss goes for a takedown attempt but Kalivas pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Kalivas shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Demoss as he avoids it easily.
Kalivas throws a leg kick
and Demoss counters with a nice body kick.
Decent striking displayed by Demoss there.
Demoss tries to clinch but Kalivas moves away
so Kalivas counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Kalivas decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Demoss, up you get!
Demoss wants to clinch but Kalivas slips to the side
and Kalivas counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Demoss's guard now.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kalivas postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kalivas throws a big right hand that misses.
Demoss on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Demoss tries to get out of the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalivas working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Demoss is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Kalivas is controlling him.
Kalivas loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Demoss is looking to stand up but Kalivas isn't so interested in that idea.
Demoss has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Kalivas off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Kalivas throws a jab but it's blocked by Demoss.
Demoss tries to clinch but Kalivas moves away
and Kalivas counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Demoss!
Kalivas looking for a guillotine from mount but Demoss is having none of it.
Kalivas lands a heavy elbow.
Demoss tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalivas has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Demoss's face.
It looks like Mike Demoss has been cut.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Demoss is trying to escape the mount.
Demoss is breathing heavily.
Kalivas pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kalivas postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Demoss badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Kalivas around the waist but Kalivas pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Kalivas is the winner by TKO! Kalivas jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eugene Kalivas!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matt Clooten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hasimir Fenring (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clooten comes to the cage accompanied by Hot Ride by The Prodigy. Fenring comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Opeth - The Grand Conjuration kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Hasimir Fenring will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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184 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Clooten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hasimir Fenring!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Steve Montenegro and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fenring connects with a nice looking jab.
Clooten looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Fenring rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Clooten counters with a straight right hand.
Clooten tries to clinch there but Fenring circles away.
Fenring misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Clooten lands a jab to the nose.
Fenring ducks under a wild hook from Clooten.
Clooten stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Clooten wants it to stay on the feet.
Fenring misses with the combination.
Fenring keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clooten.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clooten looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice straight punches there by Fenring. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fenring.
Fenring takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fenring walks into a left hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Fenring misses the target.
Clooten throws a jab but it's blocked by Fenring.
Clooten lands with a nice combination. Fenring backs away looking to recover.
A jab from Clooten misses.
Clooten throws a combination that misses
and Fenring counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Clooten throws a shot from downtown. Fenring moves away and avoids it.
Clooten gets a clinch.
Clooten has hold of one of Fenring's legs. Fenring is fighting the takedown attempt but Clooten gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fenring is trying to keep Clooten in close.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fenring looking for a guillotine here but Clooten defends easily.
Fenring is looking to sweep but instead, Clooten has passed into half guard.
Clooten seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Clooten postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Fenring to stand up.
Clooten throws a hook to the side of Fenring's head but Fenring sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Matt Clooten is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Clooten tries to clinch but Fenring is having none of it.
Clooten shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fenring takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Clooten tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Clooten both land. Nice combination.
Jab from Clooten.
Fenring cracks Clooten with an open hand slap.
Fenring avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Clooten has Fenring up against the cage in a clinch.
Clooten lands an elbow that stopped Fenring in his tracks for a moment.
Fenring pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fenring fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Clooten manages to avoid it.
Fenring gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fenring throws an overhand right that lands on Clooten's shoulder, as Clooten tries to avoid the shot.
Clooten is looking to clinch.
Clooten wants to clinch up but Fenring keeps it at a distance.
Fenring throws an off balance right hand
and Clooten counters with a two punch combo.
Fenring throws a lazy right hand but Clooten sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Clooten moves into the clinch.
Clooten prevents the takedown attempt.
A short right from Clooten.
Clooten pulls guard effortlessly.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fenring accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fenring trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fenring would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Fenring trying to move into half guard but instead Clooten has managed to sweep!
Clooten preventing the sweep.
Fenring pulls Clooten in close to prevent any damage.
Clooten postures up.
Clooten gets to his feet. Fenring looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
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.
Clooten tries to clinch up.
Clooten tries to clinch up.
Clooten lands with a cross.
Clooten is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Fenring is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Clooten takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Clooten misses with a lunging right hand
and Fenring counters with a series of strikes. Clooten will be more careful next time no doubt.
Clooten misses with an uppercut.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Clooten connects with a single shot there.
Clooten tries to clinch up but Fenring circles away and keeps his distance.
Clooten thuds his shin into the meat of Fenring's side.
Clooten scores with a nice head shot.
Clooten ducks under a wild hook from Fenring.
Clooten tries to clinch up.
Fenring misses with a body shot.
Fenring steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Clooten. That one must have hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clooten lands with a cross.
Clooten tries to clinch there but Fenring circles away.
A punch combination from Fenring misses.
Clooten works over Fenring's head and body with a nice combination.
Fenring throws out a loose jab but Clooten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fenring throws a series of punches but Clooten avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Clooten dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
The fighters circling - Clooten throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fenring jabs Clooten to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Clooten tries to clinch up but Fenring circles away and keeps his distance.
Fenring throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fenring swats away the attempt to clinch by Clooten.
Nice cross by Fenring.
Clooten moves into the clinch.
Clooten tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Fenring works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Clooten might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fenring trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Clooten avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Clooten wants to stand but Fenring is controlling the position.
Fenring is looking to work some ground and pound but Clooten has wrist control.
Fenring throws and elbow that misses. Clooten uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Fenring's guard. Nice move by Clooten!
Fenring is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fenring controls Clooten momentarily but Clooten frees himself.
Clooten trying to control but Fenring is working from the bottom.
Fenring is looking for a triangle here but Clooten uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Fenring can't do much from the bottom here.
Fenring prevents Clooten from moving into mount.
Clooten controls the position from side control.
That's two 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.
Fenring tries to bench press Clooten off him but Clooten keeps the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fenring isn't going anywhere.
Clooten wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fenring keeps working.
Fenring is trying to get back to half guard.
Clooten stands up and we're back to a striking position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clooten wants to clinch.
Clooten connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fenring momentarily.
Clooten doesn't manage to clinch there - Fenring circles away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Fenring, as that shot connected.
Fenring connects with a right hand. Clooten shakes it off.
Fenring misses with an uppercut
and Clooten counters with a nice body shot.
Clooten misses with a straight right.
Good shot there by Clooten.
A slow jab from Fenring misses its intended target.
Clooten lands a nice hook to Fenring's body. Fenring takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Clooten tries to close the distance and clinch but Fenring swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hasimir Fenring seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fenring has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Clooten is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A shot in the inside from Clooten.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clooten pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A lazy left from Clooten finds it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Clooten misses the target.
A slow jab from Fenring misses its intended target.
Fenring tries to move into range but Clooten moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Clooten is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Clooten wants to clinch up but Fenring keeps it at a distance.
A jab from Fenring misses.
Clooten's corner calls for a 1-2. Clooten obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fenring staying out of range there.
Fenring swings for the body but Clooten moves out of range.
Fenring wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fenring misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Fenring is breathing heavily.
Fenring displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Clooten misses with an uppercut.
Fenring misses with a straight right.
Clooten drives through and clinches with Fenring against the cage.
Clooten with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Clooten lands a body punch.
Clooten is leaning against Fenring and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Clooten dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from Fenring. Clooten does a little dance to reset his feet.
Clooten tests Fenring's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fenring moves forwards but Clooten connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Clooten lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Clooten's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fenring under the eye.
Clooten throws a jab but it's blocked by Fenring.
Fenring scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Clooten doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice body punch from Fenring.
Fenring avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fenring has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Fenring takes one on the button.
The fighters circling - Clooten throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fenring has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Clooten finds it's way round the side to connect with Fenring's head.
Clooten lands with an uppercut that bounces Fenring off the cage and back into rage.
Nice cross by Clooten.
Fenring thuds his right hand into Clooten's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Clooten throws a right hand that Fenring ducks under and follows up with a left that Fenring also avoids with ease.
Clooten throws a right hand that misses
enabling Fenring to counter with a crisp jab.
Fenring misses with a hook. Clooten ducked under it nicely.
Fenring fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fenring takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fenring scores with a jab to the head.
Fenring takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Clooten moves out of range of the strikes.
Fenring is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Clooten has Fenring up against the cage in a clinch.
Clooten has had enough of the clinch but Fenring keeps him there for the moment.
Clooten misses with a punch on the inside.
Clooten scores with a shoulder strike.
Fenring looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Clooten throws a head punch that misses.
Clooten breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Clooten with a hook.
Fenring circles away from the clinch attempt.
Clooten keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
No joy there for Fenring, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Clooten moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fenring looks to score with a jab to the body but Clooten is just out of range.
Clooten bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Clooten fails with an attempt to clinch.
Clooten lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hasimir Fenring has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fenring moves away from the strike by Clooten.
Clooten misses with a hook.
Fenring keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clooten.
Clooten takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fenring scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Clooten tries to clinch but Fenring moves out of range.
Clooten wants to clinch.
Fenring fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Clooten manages to avoid it.
Fenring misses with a jab to the body
enabling Clooten to counter with a crisp jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Clooten, as that shot connected.
Clooten is looking to clinch but Fenring is avoiding it.
Fenring shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Clooten eats them both and turns towards Fenring to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Fenring keeps the fight on the outside.
Fenring throws a poor cross that misses
and Clooten counters with a nice uppercut.
Clooten tries to clinch but Fenring moves out of range.
Clooten blocks a jab.
Clooten ducks under a wild hook from Fenring.
Fenring takes one to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fenring takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Clooten throws a lazy right hand but Fenring sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fenring will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Clooten throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Clooten jabs Fenring right on the nose. Fenring blinks but takes it well.
Clooten has Fenring up against the cage in a clinch.
Clooten scores with a knee to the head.
Clooten working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Clooten.
Clooten has a couple of punches blocked by Fenring.
Clooten lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clooten misses with an elbow over the top.
Fenring looking for a takedown.
Matt Clooten has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hasimir Fenring.
Fenring pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Clooten's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Clooten duly obliges.
Clooten lands a nice looking body shot.
Clooten connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fenring misses the body punch
enabling Clooten to counter with a crisp jab.
Clooten looks to throw the jab but Fenring is out of range.
Clooten works over Fenring's head and body with a nice combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fenring drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fenring throws a right and a left that Clooten avoids nicely.
Fenring moves forwards but Clooten connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fenring throws a poor cross that misses
and Clooten connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fenring blocks a jab.
Fenring on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Clooten clinches up against the cage.
Clooten lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Clooten successfully pulls guard.
Clooten wants to stand and escape but Fenring is having none of it.
Clooten pushes Fenring off and scrambles back to his feet.
Fenring misses with a double jab
and Fenring takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fenring looks to land a combination but Clooten avoids it well.
Clooten scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Clooten throws a head kick that misses.
Matt Clooten is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Clooten looks to clinch
and Fenring counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fenring takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Clooten showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Clooten 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Clooten!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adin Wrenton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raul Ewing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ewing has chosen B.o.B. - Created A Monster as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adin Wrenton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raul Ewing!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Russell Pearce and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ewing throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wrenton misses the shot to the body.
Ewing is looking to clinch but Wrenton is avoiding it.
Wrenton lands with a right hand.
It looks like Raul Ewing has been cut.
Wrenton throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ewing on the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ewing lands a leg kick that knocks Wrenton off balance momentarily.
Ewing tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Wrenton counter with a right hand.
Wrenton blocks a head kick by Ewing.
Wrenton misses with a left hand
and Ewing holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Ewing tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wrenton avoids it.
Ewing landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wrenton is leaning against Ewing and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ewing trying to stall but Wrenton improves his position.
Wrenton scores with a shot to the side of Ewing's head.
A shot in the inside from Wrenton.
Wrenton gets through Ewing's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ewing tries to pull guard but Wrenton won't allow it.
Wrenton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wrenton avoiding damage.
A shot in the inside from Wrenton.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wrenton lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ewing's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wrenton throws a head punch that misses.
Wrenton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wrenton is leaning against Ewing and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wrenton.
Wrenton lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ewing looks gassed!
A short left from Wrenton.
Wrenton lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ewing backwards.
Wrenton has Ewing pushed against the cage.
Wrenton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wrenton misses the jab.
Ewing uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wrenton.
Wrenton misses with a straight right.
Wrenton misses with an uppercut
and Ewing counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wrenton's knee momentarily.
Ewing ducks under a wild hook from Wrenton.
Wrenton misses with a right hand
and Ewing makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Wrenton really felt that one!
Ewing scores with a push kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ewing moves into range and clinches up with Wrenton.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ewing drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Wrenton gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ewing takes a shot to the head.
Wrenton blocks a body shot from Ewing.
Wrenton lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wrenton.
Wrenton lands a shoulder strike.
Ewing throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Wrenton.
Wrenton scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wrenton lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ewing backwards.
Wrenton lands with a short shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Wrenton.
Wrenton manages to break the clinch.
Wrenton jabs Ewing right on the nose. Ewing blinks but takes it well.
A decent looking cross lands there for Wrenton.
Wrenton is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ewing is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ewing loses concentration momentarily and Wrenton pounces with a three punch combo! Right, left, right! Ewing crashes face first to the mat, out cold! Wrenton finishes this one with a fantastically precise combo! Great stuff.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Adin Wrenton!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Bad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Robertson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bad kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bad to the bone. Robertson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by State of the union by Rise Against. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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183 lbs
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198 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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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
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Bad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Josh Robertson!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Franklyn Lucas and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bad tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Robertson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bad darts in trying to clinch
and Robertson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Robertson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Robertson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bad digs a right hand into Robertson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Robertson's gas tank.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bad.
Robertson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bad misses with a punch on the inside.
Bad lands with a short shot to the head.
Bad lands with a short shot to the head.
Bad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bad misses with some punches.
Robertson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bad in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bad doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Robertson looking to throw knees to the head but Bad is blocking nicely.
Bad misses with a punch on the inside.
Robertson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Robertson thows a leg kick but Bad checks it
and Bad holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Robertson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A head punch on the inside from Bad fails to land.
Robertson is trying to push Bad away but Bad has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bad lands a hook to the side of the head.
Robertson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Robertson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robertson misses with a leg kick
and Bad makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bad tries to clinch but Robertson is having none of it.
Bad tries to clinch but Robertson is having none of it.
Robertson gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Bad holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Robertson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bad fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bad.
Bad lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Robertson or not.
Bad takes an elbow to the forehead.
Still in the clinch, Bad scores with a nice short uppercut.
Robertson tries to stall but Bad uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Robertson takes a shot to the head.
Robertson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Bad lands with a short shot to the head.
A short body shot lands from Bad as the two fighters clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bad throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Robertsons head.
Bad pushes Robertson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bad comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bad lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Robertson is trying to stall.
Robertson looks gassed!
A short uppercut from Bad.
Bad scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bad lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Josh Robertson has been cut.
Bad lands a left hand.
A short right from Bad.
Bad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bad pressing his opponent against the cage.
Bad throws a punch but it's blocked by Robertson.
Bad lands with a left to the head.
Robertson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Robertson receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
A short right from Bad.
Robertson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bad works on Robertson's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bad softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bad doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Robertson is trying to force a seperation but Bad has the dominant position.
A head punch on the inside from Bad fails to land.
Bad lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bad is working Robertson over against the cage.
Robertson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Robertson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Bad.
Bad taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Robertson tries to break the clinch but Bad is controlling the position.
Bad misses with some punches.
Bad lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bad misses with a hook from the clinch.
Robertson misses with an elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bad.
Bad tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bad lands with a short shot to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Robertson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A head punch on the inside from Bad fails to land.
Bad lands with a light punch inside.
Bad has Robertson pressed against the cage, preventing Robertson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bad throws a head punch that misses.
Bad lands with a right to the head.
Bad throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Robertson blocks it with crossed arms.
Bad lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Robertson backwards.
Bad makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bad throws a head punch that misses.
Robertson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bad tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bad.
A short right from Bad on the inside.
Bad lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bad looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short left from Bad.
Robertson is trying to maintain a safe position but Bad gets an underhook and turns Robertson into the cage.
Bad stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice left hand lands by Bad.
Still in the clinch, Bad scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bad taking a breather.
Bad lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Bad dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Josh Robertson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Robertson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bad works Robertson's body with a nice hook.
Robertson instigates a clinch.
Robertson manages to break the clinch.
Robertson throws a sloppy head kick and Bad moves out of range easily.
Bad is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bad lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Robertson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bad keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Josh Robertson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bad tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Robertson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bad displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Robertson throws out the jab.
Robertson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Bad wants to clinch up but Robertson keeps it at a distance.
Robertson throws a sloppy head kick and Bad moves out of range easily.
Robertson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bad checks it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bad gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Robertson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Robertson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bad lands a hook that snaps the head of Robertson backwards.
Robertson lands an elbow that stopped Bad in his tracks for a moment.
A short uppercut from Bad.
Bad lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Robertson is rocked!
Robertson tries to land a knee to the head but Bad blocks with his arms.
Robertson is still on wobbly legs! Can Bad finish him?
Robertson is breathing heavily.
Bad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Robertson seems to have recovered his senses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Bad fails to land.
Bad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bad lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Robertson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bad's brow.
Bad tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bad scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Robertson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bad misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bad lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Robertson backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bad.
Bad lands a shoulder strike.
Robertson is trying to break the clinch but Bad is controlling him.
Bad lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bad landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bad has a couple of punches blocked by Robertson.
Robertson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bad's defenses.
Bad tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bad pushes Robertson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bad lands a shoulder strike.
Bad lands a shoulder strike.
Bad lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Robertson backwards.
Bad lands with a light punch inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bad.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bad lands a right hand.
Bad gets through Robertson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bad creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bad lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bad lands with a short shot to the head.
Bad lands an uppercut.
Johnny Bad has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bad lands with a light punch inside.
Bad lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bad scores with a shoulder strike.
Robertson stalling in the clinch but Bad improves position.
Bad lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Robertson backwards.
Bad lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Robertson.
Bad throws a head punch that misses.
Bad lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Robertson backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bad lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Robertson backwards.
Bad lands a hook that snaps the head of Robertson backwards.
Bad gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bad lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Robertson.
Bad throws a punch but it's blocked by Robertson.
Bad scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bad lands a shoulder strike.
Bad lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Robertson backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bad.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bad.
Bad scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bad lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bad digs a right hand into Robertson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Robertson's gas tank.
A short uppercut from Bad.
Bad lands an uppercut.
Bad lands a right hand.
Robertson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short left from Bad.
Bad lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bad lands a nice uppercut.
Bad lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bad.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Bad.
Bad working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bad throws a punch but it's blocked by Robertson.
Robertson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bad lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short left from Bad.
Bad gets through Robertson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bad lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bad lands a right hand.
Bad lands with a light punch inside.
Bad lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Robertson throws an elbow but misses.
Bad lands a big right hand that sends Robertson to the canvas! This could be the beginning of the end for Robertson!
Bad scores with a big shot! Robertson's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Robertson! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Bad!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chris Santi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Spartan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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24
178 lbs
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26
178 lbs
9 - 8 - 0 |
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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
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Santi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Spartan!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, David Schapiro and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santi tries for a takedown but Spartan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Spartan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Spartan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santi was well out of range. Poor timing from Spartan.
Santi shoots in for a takedown but Spartan shows good takedown defense.
Santi tries to clinch up
and Spartan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Spartan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Santi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Spartan stops a takedown attempt from Santi.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Santi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Spartan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Spartan misses with a double jab.
Spartan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Santis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Spartan lands with a straight right. Santi didn't see that one coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santi checks the leg kick.
Santi slips under a jab from Spartan.
Santi misses with a takedown
and Spartan counters with a nice body shot.
Santi is breathing heavily.
Spartan lands with a cross.
Spartan takes a swing at Santi's ribcage but misses.
Spartan throws a right hand that misses
and Santi counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Spartan's guard now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Spartan is on top in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Spartan connects with a couple of short punches.
Spartan trying to control the position from guard on top but Santi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Spartan.
Spartan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Spartan throws and elbow that misses. Santi uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Spartan's guard. Nice move by Santi!
Santi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Spartan is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
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.
Spartan lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Santi!
Santi is squirming around, avoiding Spartan's attempts to control the action.
Spartan looking to finish Santi with some ground and pound. This is bad for Santi!
Spartan throwing strikes here but Santi is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Santi can't escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Spartan thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
BOOM! Spartan connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Santi is trying to escape the mount.
Spartan throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Spartan throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Spartan working the ground and pound effectively.
Santi wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Spartan.
Spartan unloads with some shots from mount but Santi bucks and avoids them well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Spartan throwing strikes here but Santi is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Santi is wriggling around trying to escape.
Spartan sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Santi manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Santi keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spartan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Spartan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Spartan dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Santi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Spartan as he jumps to the side.
Spartan lands with an overhand left.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Santi is defended easily by Spartan.
Spartan's corner calls for a 1-2. Spartan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Santi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Spartan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Santi changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Spartan tries to avoid it but Santi manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Spartan to the ground. Spartan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Santi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Spartan throws a looping overhand right but Santi ducks down to avoid it.
Spartan throws a shot to the body.
Matt Spartan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice cross by Spartan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Santi is rocked!
Spartan cracks Santi with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Santi tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Spartan pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Santi is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Spartan!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jon Bohnam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kolt Kannon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bohnam's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Right Above it. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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150 lbs
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155 lbs
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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
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jon Bohnam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kolt Kannon!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Columbo Gatti and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bohnam closes the distance and clinches.
Kannon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kannon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bohnam lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bohnam lands with a right to the head.
Bohnam lands an elbow just above Kannon 's eye.
Kannon wants to break free but Bohnam has control.
Bohnam lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bohnam lands with a right to the head.
Kannon misses with a punch on the inside.
Kannon can't break the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Kannon.
Kannon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bohnam lands a nice uppercut.
Kannon wants to get back to striking at distance but Bohnam won't allow it.
Bohnam keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kannon's efforts to push away.
Kannon is looking to break free of the clinch but Bohnam has double underhooks.
Bohnam lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kannon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slow jab from Kannon misses its intended target.
Kannon throws a head kick that misses
and Bohnam counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kannon wants to get back to striking at distance but Bohnam won't allow it.
Kannon is trying to break free.
Kannon takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Kolt Kannon has been cut.
Bohnam lands a nice elbow.
A short uppercut from Bohnam.
Kannon can't break the clinch.
Bohnam stalls.
Bohnam lands a damaging elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bohnam lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
Kannon has had enough of the clinch but Bohnam keeps him there for the moment.
Bohnam lands an elbow just above Kannon 's eye.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kannon.
Bohnam lands with a left to the head.
Bohnam softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bohnam pushes Kannon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Bohnam scores with a nice short uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bohnam takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bohnam lands an elbow inside that Kannon shrugs off.
Kannon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kannon throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kannon wants to break free but Bohnam has control.
Bohnam lands an elbow inside that Kannon shrugs off.
Bohnam lands a nice elbow.
Bohnam lands an elbow inside that Kannon shrugs off.
Bohnam lands an uppercut.
Bohnam lands a damaging elbow.
Bohnam lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
Bohnam lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bohnam lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
A hook to the body from Bohnam.
Kannon tries a body shot but Bohnam blocks it.
Bohnam lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bohnam scores with a shot to the side of Kannon's head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bohnam.
Bohnam prevents Kannon from breaking the clinch.
Kannon looks gassed!
A short left from Bohnam.
Kannon is trying to break the clinch but Bohnam has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bohnam lands a hook that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bohnam.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bohnam.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bohnam creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kannon misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Bohnam on the inside.
Bohnam lands an elbow that stopped Kannon in his tracks for a moment.
A nice left hand lands by Bohnam.
Kannon tries to land a knee to the head but Bohnam blocks with his arms.
Kannon swings wildly with an uppercut but Bohnam uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bohnam working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bohnam keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kannon's efforts to push away.
Kannon looking to slow down the pace here.
Bohnam creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kannon's defenses.
Kannon is trying to break the clinch but Bohnam has him pressed against the cage.
Bohnam lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
Kannon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bohnam lands a damaging elbow.
Bohnam slowing the pace effectively.
Kannon wants to break free but Bohnam has control.
Bohnam gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bohnam pushes Kannon back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bohnam.
Bohnam lands a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Bohnam.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bohnam.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bohnam creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bohnam lands a right hand.
Bohnam pushes Kannon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bohnam creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kannon's defenses.
Kannon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nice elbow from Bohnam.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bohnam.
Bohnam lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kannon working hard to break the clinch.
Bohnam lands a nice uppercut.
Bohnam lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bohnam lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Bohnam.
Kannon is trying to break the clinch but Bohnam is controlling him.
Kannon misses with a body punch.
Bohnam lands a shoulder strike.
Bohnam lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bohnam lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
Kannon is trying to break the clinch but Bohnam is controlling him.
Bohnam lands a left hand.
Bohnam scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kannon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bohnam is keeping busy.
Bohnam has Kannon pressed against the cage, preventing Kannon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short uppercut from Bohnam.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bohnam lands a damaging elbow.
Bohnam lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kannon takes an elbow to the temple.
Bohnam lands an elbow that stopped Kannon in his tracks for a moment.
Bohnam gets through Kannon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kannon is looking to break free of the clinch but Bohnam has double underhooks.
Bohnam lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kannon tries to throw a body punch but Bohnam avoids it by throwing Kannon back against the cage.
Bohnam scores with a shot to the side of Kannon's head.
Bohnam scores with a shoulder strike.
Bohnam lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short body shot lands from Bohnam as the two fighters clinch.
Kannon has had enough of the clinch but Bohnam keeps him there for the moment.
Kannon stalling in the clinch but Bohnam improves position.
Bohnam lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bohnam using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kannon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Still in the clinch, Bohnam scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kannon is trying to force a seperation but Bohnam has the dominant position.
Bohnam lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kannon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bohnam keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kannon's efforts to push away.
Bohnam working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bohnam lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
Bohnam lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bohnam scores with a shot to the side of Kannon's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Bohnam dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kolt Kannon's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bohnam tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kannon counters with an inside leg kick.
Kannon wants to slow Bohnam down by chopping away at his legs.
Kannon tries to land a body kick
and Bohnam counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bohnam lands with a short shot to the head.
Kannon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bohnam has him pressed against the cage.
Kannon takes an elbow to the temple.
A short uppercut from Bohnam.
Kannon wants to break free but Bohnam has control.
Kannon looking to stall.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bohnam - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kannon blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bohnam.
Bohnam lands an elbow that stopped Kannon in his tracks for a moment.
Bohnam working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kannon dodges an elbow strike from Bohnam.
Kannon taking a breather.
Bohnam misses with a punch on the inside.
Kannon managing to block the knees to the body from Bohnam.
Kannon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kannon wants to break free but Bohnam has control.
Jon Bohnam has scored more points in the clinch so far.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bohnam creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kannon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bohnam closes the distance and clinches.
Kannon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kannon misses with a low kick.
Jon Bohnam seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kannon lands a leg kick that knocks Bohnam off balance momentarily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bohnam looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bohnam tries to clinch there but Kannon circles away.
Kannon pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kannon swings widly with a right hand
and Bohnam counters by moving into the clinch.
Bohnam working aggressively here.
Kannon tries to break free but Bohnam pushes him back against the cage.
Bohnam lands a damaging elbow.
Bohnam lands an elbow just above Kannon 's eye.
Kannon has had enough of the clinch but Bohnam keeps him there for the moment.
Bohnam lands a shoulder strike.
Bohnam scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kannon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short left from Bohnam.
Bohnam lands an elbow inside that Kannon shrugs off.
Kannon is breathing heavily.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kannon takes a shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bohnam scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bohnam scores with a nice hook to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bohnam as Kannon tries to tie him up.
A short left from Bohnam.
Kannon is trying to maintain a safe position but Bohnam gets an underhook and turns Kannon into the cage.
Bohnam gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bohnam.
Bohnam has Kannon pressed against the cage, preventing Kannon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short uppercut from Bohnam.
Kannon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bohnam has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kannon.
A short right from Bohnam on the inside.
Bohnam lands an elbow inside that Kannon shrugs off.
Kannon misses with a punch on the inside.
Kannon trying to land knees to the body.
Kannon takes a shot to the head.
Bohnam comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bohnam throws an elbow that misses.
Kannon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Kannon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kannon is trying to force a seperation but Bohnam has the dominant position.
Kannon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kannon wants to get back to striking at distance but Bohnam won't allow it.
Bohnam comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bohnam lands a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bohnam displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kannon up against the cage.
Kannon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kannon looks to land a body kick but Bohnam moved away.
Bohnam blocks a low kick nicely.
Kannon looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kannon misses with a leg kick
and Bohnam counters by moving into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bohnam creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Bohnam scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bohnam lands with a short shot to the head.
Kannon can't break the clinch.
Kannon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bohnam lands a nice uppercut.
Kannon working aggressively here.
Bohnam lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kannon throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Bohnam scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bohnam lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bohnam lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bohnam lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
Bohnam lands a hook that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
Bohnam blocks an uppercut.
Bohnam prevents Kannon from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bohnam lands with a light punch inside.
Bohnam lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kannon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bohnam has him pressed against the cage.
Kannon working aggressively here.
Kannon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kannon is looking to break free of the clinch but Bohnam has double underhooks.
Bohnam throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kannons head.
Bohnam will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kannon up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Bohnam.
Kannon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bohnam has him pressed against the cage.
Bohnam throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kannons head.
Bohnam lands an elbow inside that Kannon shrugs off.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bohnam creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bohnam lands a body shot.
Bohnam lands a left hand.
Kannon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kannon takes an elbow to the temple.
Kannon tries to break the clinch but Bohnam is controlling the position.
Bohnam makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kannon wants to get back to striking at distance but Bohnam won't allow it.
Kannon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bohnam lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
Kannon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Bohnam.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Bohnam dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kolt Kannon's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Bohnam tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kannon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bohnam wants to clinch but Kannon slips to the side
and Kannon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bohnam moves into the clinch.
Kannon is trying to break free.
Bohnam lands with a short shot to the head.
Kannon wants to stall.
Bohnam tries to land knees in the clinch but Kannon avoids the damage to the body.
Bohnam throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kannons head.
Bohnam has a couple of punches blocked by Kannon.
Bohnam blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kannon misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bohnam fails to land.
Bohnam lands an elbow just above Kannon 's eye.
Kannon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kannon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bohnam lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bohnam looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kannon slowing the pace effectively.
Bohnam pushes Kannon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Bohnam.
Bohnam scores with a shot to the side of Kannon's head.
Bohnam prevents a body shot from Kannon.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kannon wants to break free but Bohnam has control.
Kannon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bohnam is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bohnam lands a right hand.
Kannon avoiding damage as Bohnam throws knees to the body.
Bohnam has Kannon pushed against the cage.
Bohnam tries to land knees in the clinch but Kannon avoids the damage to the body.
Bohnam throws a punch but it's blocked by Kannon.
Kannon throws a punch but it's blocked by Bohnam.
Kannon avoids the elbow strike from Bohnam, against the cage.
Bohnam keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kannon's efforts to push away.
Bohnam scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bohnam lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bohnam lands an elbow inside that Kannon shrugs off.
Bohnam has a couple of punches blocked by Kannon.
Kannon tries to break free but Bohnam pushes him back against the cage.
Kannon blocks an elbow strike.
Kannon struggles to land a body shot inside as Bohnam controls his hands.
Kannon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kannon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bohnam throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bohnam works on Kannon's body with a couple of short punches.
Bohnam lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Bohnam.
Bohnam trying to stall but Kannon improves his position.
Bohnam lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
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.
Kannon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kannon taking a breather.
Kannon tries to work over Bohnam's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bohnam.
A frustrated look appears on Kannon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kannon is trying to break free.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bohnam.
Nice elbow from Bohnam.
Kannon is looking to break free of the clinch but Bohnam has double underhooks.
Kannon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kannon wants to break free but Bohnam has control.
Bohnam lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bohnam working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kannon blocks an uppercut.
Kannon takes an elbow to the temple.
Kannon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bohnam's elbow.
Bohnam lands with a light punch inside.
Bohnam pushes Kannon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bohnam misses with the head strike.
Bohnam scores with a shoulder strike.
Bohnam is working Kannon over against the cage.
Bohnam keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kannon's efforts to push away.
Kannon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Bohnam.
Kannon trying to control the position but instead, Bohnam has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kannon into the cage.
Kannon is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Bohnam blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bohnam lands a body punch.
Bohnam lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kannon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kannon throws a low kick but Bohnam moves out of range easily.
Kannon throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A bone on bone clash there as Bohnam blocks the leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bohnam using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kannon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bohnam lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
Kannon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bohnam.
A short uppercut from Bohnam.
Kannon is trying to push Bohnam away but Bohnam has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bohnam prevents Kannon from breaking the clinch.
Kannon is trying to force a seperation but Bohnam has the dominant position.
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.
A frustrated look appears on Kannon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bohnam lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bohnam lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kannon is trying to break the clinch but Bohnam is controlling him.
Kannon is trying to force a seperation but Bohnam has the dominant position.
Bohnam gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kannon is trying to break free.
Kannon has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bohnam lands an elbow just above Kannon 's eye.
Kannon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bohnam is keeping busy.
A short right from Bohnam on the inside.
Good body shot from Bohnam.
Bohnam lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bohnam working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bohnam lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
Bohnam prevents a body shot from Kannon.
Bohnam lands a hook that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bohnam.
Bohnam is leaning against Kannon and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kannon misses with some punches.
Kolt Kannon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bohnam.
Kannon tries to break free but Bohnam pushes him back against the cage.
Jon Bohnam is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kannon trying to control the position but instead, Bohnam has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kannon into the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bohnam.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Bohnam showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bohnam, 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:26
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Bohnam!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rob Tate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaiser Soze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kaiser Soze has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rob Tate!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kaiser Soze!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Kavanagh and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tate shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Soze napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Tate landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Soze struggling a bit here.
The ground and pound from Tate seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Soze avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Tate.
Tate lands a few punches from side control.
Soze is looking to regain half guard here but Tate keeps moving and retains side control.
Tate creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Soze is looking to regain half guard here but Tate keeps moving and retains side control.
Tate taking a break here but Soze is having none of it and regains half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate throws a strike but Soze avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Soze working a defensive guard here.
Tate wants to control from the top but Soze keeps moving.
Soze manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tate manages to get himself to full guard.
Tate pulls Soze in close to prevent any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Soze accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Soze is looking to work some ground and pound but Tate has wrist control.
Soze throwing strikes from guard but Tate blocks nicely.
Soze throwing strikes from guard but Tate blocks nicely.
Soze throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Soze drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Tate dives on top into guard.
Tate tries to free his leg and advance position but Soze is retaining full guard.
Tate stopping the sweep attempt from Soze.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Soze has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Soze not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Soze holds on and takes a little breather.
Soze bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tate's guard.
Soze keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tate's head.
Soze with a flurry of punches that miss.
Soze lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Soze throws a strike but Tate rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tate stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Soze swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tate missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Soze 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.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tate's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Tate throws a big right hand that misses.
Tate working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Tate postures up in Soze's guard and throws a big left but Soze blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rob Tate dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Soze feints a jab promting Tate to slip. Soze then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Tate slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
It looks like Rob Tate has been cut.
Soze tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tate swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Soze cracks Tate with an uppercut from hell and Tate crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Soze's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!
Tate is rocked!
Tate utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Oh Tate is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Soze postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Tate is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Soze, into his guard.
Soze has his hands on Tate's head, controlling the position.
Tate seems to have got his legs back now.
Tate with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate trying to control the position from guard on top but Soze is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Soze is pulling down on Tate's head to control his posture.
Tate postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tate tries to free his leg and advance position but Soze is retaining full guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Tate scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tate with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tate won't allow Soze to sweep him here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Soze is on top in guard.
Soze trying to control but Tate is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soze looking to pass the guard.
Soze throws a strike but Tate rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Tate wants to control from the top but Soze keeps moving.
Tate forces his way into half guard.
Tate throws a strike but Soze avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Soze works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tate thows a big elbow that misses.
Tate postures up in Soze's guard and throws a big left but Soze blocks it.
Tate throws a strike but Soze rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Soze is looking to work some ground and pound but Tate has wrist control.
Soze is looking to work some ground and pound but Tate has wrist control.
Soze pushing down on Tate's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Soze thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tate's head.
Soze is looking to pass Tate's guard but actually Tate recovers to full guard.
Soze throws and elbow that misses. Tate uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Soze's guard. Nice move by Tate!
Tate throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tate in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tate working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tate throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Soze works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaiser Soze showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rob Tate's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Soze drives through and clinches with Tate against the cage.
Soze can't get the takedown.
Soze lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Soze is looking for a kimura here.
Soze wants to take a breather but Tate is having none of it.
Tate trying to control but Soze postures up.
Tate is refusing to be controlled, as Soze sits in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soze stalling away here and it's allowed Tate to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Soze has gone for a leg lock! Tate slips out almost immediately though and dives into Soze's guard.
Soze has Tate pulled in close to control his posture.
Tate wants to control from the top but Soze keeps moving.
Tate postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tate loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tate stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Soze swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tate is working Soze over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Soze wants to stand but Tate is controlling the position.
Soze manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tate manages to get himself to full guard.
Soze looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soze throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tate works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tate keeping moving, preventing Soze from controlling successfully.
Tate lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Soze!
Soze really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Tate thowing shots but they're missing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tate looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tate lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Soze is wriggling around trying to escape.
Tate misses with a head shot.
Soze sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Tate not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Soze pushes Tate off looking to stand but Tate dives back in and keeps control.
Tate throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tate not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Soze is controlling Tate's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Soze takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Soze is refusing to be controlled, as Tate sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rob Tate clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Rob Tate's cut.
That's time! Tate's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Tate displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Soze throws out the jab.
Soze misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tate on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A shot to the body from Soze misses
and Tate counters with a single leg into guard. Soze didn't expect that.
Soze keeping moving, preventing Tate from controlling successfully.
Soze working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tate.
Tate trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Soze preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tate stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Soze swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Soze working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate is in close to Soze's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Soze is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tate keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Soze's head.
Soze wants to hit a switch here but Tate passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Soze there!
Tate pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Tate sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Tate looking to finish with strikes here!
Tate throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Soze because Tate loaded up on that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate looking to control but Soze is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tate raining down shots from the mount!
Soze taking shots to the head.
Soze somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tate leaves Soze with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Soze is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Tate closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Soze to the mat! Soze manages to get full guard.
Tate working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tate working some strikes from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate is working Soze over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Soze keeping full guard, as Tate tries to pass.
Rob Tate overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tate is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Soze utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tate looking to pass the guard.
Tate wants to control from the top but Soze keeps moving.
Soze keeping full guard, as Tate tries to pass.
Tate has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Tate postures up in Soze's guard and throws a big left but Soze blocks it.
Tate throwing strikes but missing.
Soze wants to sweep but no luck.
Tate throwing strikes but missing.
Tate is looking to work some ground and pound but Soze has wrist control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tate trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Soze controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rob Tate had his way with Kaiser Soze in that round.
The cut man is working on Rob Tate's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Soze throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tate counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Soze moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Tate makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Tate throws and elbow that misses. Soze uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Tate's guard. Nice move by Soze!
Soze wants to control from the top but Tate keeps moving.
Tate 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.
Soze working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soze trying to move into half guard but instead Tate has managed to sweep!
Soze trying to control the position.
Soze wants to stand and escape but Tate is having none of it.
Soze is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Tate trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tate pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Soze is keeping the position for now.
Soze keeping moving, preventing Tate from controlling successfully.
Tate throws a strike but Soze rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Kaiser Soze has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Soze trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tate keeping moving, preventing Soze from controlling successfully.
Tate keeping full guard, as Soze tries to pass.
Soze wants to control from the top but Tate keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soze trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Soze throws and elbow that misses. Tate uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Soze's guard. Nice move by Tate!
Soze keeping moving, preventing Tate from controlling successfully.
Soze utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tate cracks Soze with a solid left hand.
Soze is controlling Tate's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soze trying to keep a closed guard but Tate is proving a slippery customer.
Tate is working Soze over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Tate won't allow Soze to sweep him here.
Tate looking to sit in guard and control but Soze gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Tate can't keep his opponent in guard - Soze advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Soze thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tate's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rob Tate showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tate has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 49:46
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 49:46
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rob Tate!
Rob Tate retains his middleweight title!
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