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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mayhem Mahn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver Sill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oliver Sill is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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150 lbs
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159 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mayhem Mahn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Oliver Sill!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Steve Erwin and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sill bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sill is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Mahn looks calm but he's in trouble here. Sill gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Mahn is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Sill lets go of the hold and Mahn can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Oliver Sill!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Pusher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roland McGregor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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205 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Thomas Pusher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roland McGregor!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Steve Erwin and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pusher tries to clinch
and McGregor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McGregor misses with a lunging right hand
and Pusher counters with a lovely shot to the body.
McGregor throws a right hand that misses
and Pusher counters with a two punch combo.
Pusher throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McGregor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McGregor throws a sloppy body shot
and Pusher counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
McGregor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pusher throws a predictable looking body shot
and McGregor counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Pusher throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Thomas Pusher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGregor falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pusher counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Pusher wants to land a leg kick but McGregor is out of range.
McGregor 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGregor closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - McGregor lands in his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGregor throws a big right hand that misses.
McGregor trying to control the position from guard on top but Pusher is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McGregor working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
McGregoris looking to pass into half guard but Pusher pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Pusher is in guard.
McGregor has his hands on Pusher's head, controlling the position.
McGregor is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Pusher is aware though and is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
McGregor working a defensive guard here.
Pusher wants to get up but he can't break McGregor's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Pusher knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for McGregor on the ground.
Pusher trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
McGregor wants to sweep but no luck.
McGregor pulls Pusher in close to his closed guard and prevents Pusher from doing any damage or advancing position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pusher preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pusher scores with a nice head shot.
Thomas Pusher is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pusher misses with a leg kick.
Pusher ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McGregor moves away.
McGregor shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Pusher counters with a straight right hand.
Pusher will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McGregor misses with an uppercut
and Pusher counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McGregor fails with the takedown.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pusher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pusher throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
McGregor misses the body punch
and Pusher counters with a nice body shot.
McGregor shoots in and bounces Pusher off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
McGregor postures up in Pusher's guard and throws a big left but Pusher blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McGregor postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Pusher keeping moving, preventing McGregor from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Roland McGregor will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A looping hook to the body misses from McGregor. Pusher does a little dance to reset his feet.
McGregor decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Pusher avoiding damage under a succession of punches from McGregor.
McGregor throws a strike but Pusher avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
McGregor looking to pass the guard.
Pusher utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGregor is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Pusher is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Pusher has escaped and now he's on top!
Pusher won't allow McGregor to sweep him here.
McGregor has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
McGregor is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pusher wants to stand but McGregor is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
McGregor working a defensive guard here.
McGregor is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Pusher has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Roland McGregor wasn't active enough on the ground.
McGregor misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGregor takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
McGregor misses with a hook. Pusher ducked under it nicely.
That kick from Pusher tenderised McGregor's leg. McGregor is trying to keep his angry face on.
Pusher scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McGregor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pusher.
Pusher attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
McGregor bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pusher throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
McGregor shoots in looking for a takedown. Pusher tries to sprawl out of it but McGregor keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pusher manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pusher, right into the meat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGregor tries for a takedown but Pusher circles away easily
and Pusher counters with a straight right hand.
Thomas Pusher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roland McGregor.
McGregor tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pusher is looking to wear down McGregor with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Pusher swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by McGregor.
A jab from Pusher finds it's way through McGregor's defenses.
McGregor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McGregor misses with a body shot
and Pusher counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McGregor thinking.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGregor takes a body punch but keeps moving.
McGregor is breathing heavily.
McGregor shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Pusher but Pusher pushes him off and we're back to square one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Pusher dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Pusher misses with a head kick.
Pusher is looking to clinch.
Pusher throws a lazy right hand but McGregor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pusher throws a sloppy body shot
and McGregor counters with a takedown into side control.
Pusher defending against the ground and pound.
McGregor looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
McGregor cracks Pusher with a big elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGregor trying to control the action but Pusher is working from the bottom.
McGregor wants to control for a moment but Pusher uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Pusher keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
McGregor thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pusher's head.
McGregor thows a huge punch but Pusher dodges it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
McGregor seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Pusher does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
McGregor works his way into full mount!
McGregor lands with some strikes.
McGregor throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Pusher because McGregor loaded up on that one.
McGregor punching from mount but Pusher doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Pusher blocking the ground and pound.
McGregor controlling his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGregor throwing strikes here but Pusher is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
McGregor has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pusher's face.
McGregor moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Pusher has worked his arm free - good work by Pusher!
Pusher is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pusher is not content to let McGregor control the position.
McGregor throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
McGregor scores with a couple of short elbows.
McGregor swings around for an armbar but Pusher sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into McGregor's guard.
McGregor throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Pusher postures up.
McGregor looking for a sweep. Not yet McGregor, not yet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roland McGregor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think McGregor has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roland McGregor!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Marcos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Casper Orion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcos's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Psyko - Konnan w/ Mad One. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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217 lbs
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215 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ricardo Marcos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Casper Orion!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Steve Erwin and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marcos closes the distance but Orion moves to the side
and Orion counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marcos throws a looping overhand right but Orion ducks down to avoid it.
Orion misses with a double jab
and Marcos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Orion throws a left and a right that both miss
and Marcos counters with a body kick.
Orion scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Marcos avoids the body shot from Orion.
Marcos moves into range and clinches up with Orion.
A right hook to the body lands for Marcos.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marcos gets through Orion's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Marcos trying to stall but Orion improves his position.
Orion fails to pull guard.
Marcos lands with a left to the head.
Orion tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Marcos just stands there and leans against the cage.
Marcos works on Orion's body with a couple of short punches.
Orion is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Marcos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short left from Marcos.
A left hand lands to the body for Marcos.
Orion looks gassed!
Marcos stalling.
Orion with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A hook to the body from Marcos.
Marcos controlling the action here for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Orion backwards.
Marcos has Orion pressed against the cage.
Marcos digs a right hand underneath Orion's ribcage. Orion let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Marcos works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Marcos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Marcos lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Marcos lands with a left to the head.
Marcos lands with a right to the head.
Marcos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Marcos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Marcos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Marcos lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Marcos lands a body shot.
Marcos lands a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marcos leaning against his opponent.
Marcos lands an elbow just above Orion 's eye.
Marcos lands a body punch in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Marcos.
A short right from Marcos.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Marcos.
A right hand to the body from Marcos.
A body shot lands from Marcos.
Orion looking to stall.
A short body shot lands from Marcos as the two fighters clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Marcos lands an uppercut.
Marcos digs a right hand underneath Orion's ribcage. Orion let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Marcos scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice body punch from Marcos.
A short left from Marcos.
Marcos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Orion backwards.
Marcos stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Marcos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marcos lands with a right to the head.
Marcos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Orion has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marcos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Orion backwards.
Still in the clinch, Marcos scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Marcos as the two fighters clinch.
Marcos is working Orion over against the cage.
Marcos works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Marcos has Orion pressed against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Marcos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Marcos lands with a left to the head.
Marcos cracks Orion with a nice body shot.
Orion looking for a takedown.
Ricardo Marcos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Casper Orion.
Nice elbow from Marcos.
Marcos lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Marcos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Marcos.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marcos.
Marcos lands with a short shot to the head.
Orion tries to pull guard but Marcos holds him up against the cage and eventually Orion drops back down to his feet.
Marcos scores with a nice hook to the head.
Marcos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Orions head.
Orion fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Marcos lands an elbow that stopped Orion in his tracks for a moment.
Marcos is working Orion over against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Marcos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Marcos throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Marcos working Orion over with knees to the body.
Marcos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Orion tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Marcos smiles and moves away.
Marcos lands a nice shot to the body.
Marcos shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Orion trying to control but Marcos postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcos drops an elbow to the side of Orion's head.
Orion looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Marcos working Orion over with strikes.
Marcos landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Orion tries to get to full guard but Marcos has control of the leg.
Marcos lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Marcos is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Orion avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Marcos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Marcos dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Orion scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A lazy left from Marcos finds it's target.
Orion throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Marcos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Orion swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marcos shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Orion looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Orion is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Marcos pulls his head out easily.
Marcos wants to pass to mount but Orion is defending the position.
Marcos trying to control the action but Orion is working from the bottom.
Orion is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orion kicks off Marcos and gets to his feet.
Orion tries for a takedown but Marcos circles away easily
letting Marcos counter with a right hand.
Casper Orion is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Orion drops his hands momentarily and Marcos takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Orion dives in and grabs Marcos's left leg, looking for a takedown. Marcos pushes down on Orion's head and hops out.
Casper Orion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Orion takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Orion gets tackled into the cage by Marcos. Marcos maintains the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Marcos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Marcos as the two fighters clinch.
Marcos crunches a lovely knee into Orion's ribcage.
A right handed body shot lands from Marcos.
Ricardo Marcos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right hand to the body from Marcos.
Marcos scores with a nice hook to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marcos lands a shot to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Marcos.
Marcos stalling.
Orion takes a knee to the side of the body.
Marcos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Marcos lands a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Orion backwards.
Orion's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Orion's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Marcos on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Marcos.
Orion tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Marcos just stands there and leans against the cage.
Ricardo Marcos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Casper Orion.
A body shot lands from Marcos.
Marcos lands a shot to the body.
Marcos lands a right hand.
Marcos lands a body shot in the clinch.
Orion looking to slow down the pace here.
Marcos pushes Orion back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Come on Marcos - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Orion tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Marcos smiles and moves away.
Orion misses with a takedown attempt
and Marcos counters with a right hand to the body.
Orion walks into a straight right hand from Marcos.
Marcos darts in and clinches Orion up against the cage.
Orion tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Marcos smiles and moves away.
Orion stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Marcos.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Marcos.
Orion misses with a combination
and Marcos counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Marcos.
Orion fails to pull guard.
Marcos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Orion backwards.
Marcos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Orion backwards.
Marcos gets through Orion's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Marcos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Marcos.
A short body shot lands from Marcos as the two fighters clinch.
Marcos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Orion backwards.
Marcos digs a right hand underneath Orion's ribcage. Orion let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Marcos digs a right hand underneath Orion's ribcage. Orion let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short body shot lands from Marcos as the two fighters clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marcos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Orions head.
Marcos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Marcos lands a body punch in the clinch.
Marcos is leaning against Orion and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short left from Marcos.
A body shot lands from Marcos.
A right hook to the body lands for Marcos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Marcos scores with a nice short uppercut.
Orion tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Marcos just stands there and leans against the cage.
Marcos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Marcos lands a shot to the body.
Marcos lands a right hand.
Orion's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right handed body shot lands from Marcos.
Orion wants a takedown.
Orion being controlled against the cage.
Marcos lands with a light punch inside.
Marcos lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marcos digs a right hand underneath Orion's ribcage. Orion let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Marcos.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Marcos.
Nice body punch from Marcos.
Marcos lands a body shot in the clinch.
Marcos scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marcos pushes Orion back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Marcos digs a right hand into Orion's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Orion's gas tank.
Marcos lands an uppercut.
Orion is trying to break the clinch but Marcos has him pressed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Marcos.
Good body shot from Marcos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Marcos dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Orion shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Marcos counters with a nice body kick.
Orion walks into a left hand.
Orion rushes Marcos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Marcos prevents a takedown attempt there.
Marcos lands an uppercut.
Orion jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Marcos walks away with a smile on his face. Orion gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ricardo Marcos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Casper Orion.
Marcos lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Marcos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Orion gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Orion stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Marcos.
Orion has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Marcos.
Orion takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Marcos fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Orion looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Orion takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Marcos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcos throws a one two combo.
Marcos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marcos instigates a clinch.
Marcos scores with a shot to the side of Orion's head.
Marcos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short body shot lands from Marcos as the two fighters clinch.
Marcos works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Marcos pushes Orion back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Marcos lands a body shot in the clinch.
Marcos lands a nice uppercut.
Marcos connects with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marcos lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Marcos.
Marcos pushes Orion back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marcos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Marcos lands a shot to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Marcos.
Marcos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Marcos lands a shoulder strike.
Marcos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Orion can do to turn this around?
Marcos scores with a shoulder strike.
Marcos lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Orion.
Marcos is stalling here.
Marcos lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Marcos works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Marcos lands a body punch in the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Marcos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Marcos controlling the action here for a moment.
Casper Orion has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marcos keeps control of Orion as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Orion can't get the takedown.
Orion tries for a takedown. No joy.
Come on Marcos - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Marcos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marcos scores with a shoulder strike.
Marcos lands a body punch in the clinch.
Marcos stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Marcos lands a right hand.
Marcos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Marcos scores with a hook to the body.
Marcos is working Orion over against the cage.
A short right from Marcos on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcos lands a body punch in the clinch.
Marcos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Marcos holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Marcos misses with a knee strike.
Orion tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Marcos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marcos misses with the head strike.
Marcos presses Orion against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Orion tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Marcos smiles and moves away.
Orion misses with a takedown attempt - Marcos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Orion tries for a takedown but Marcos circles away easily
and Marcos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Marcos moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Orion throws a sloppy head kick
and Marcos makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Marcos connects with a leg kick. Orion looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Marcos lands a nice shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcos lands with an overhand left.
Marcos scores with a body shot.
Marcos clinches.
Orion takes a knee right on the jaw!
A hook to the body from Marcos.
Marcos pushes Orion back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marcos scores with a shoulder strike.
Ricardo Marcos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Marcos lands with a right to the head.
Orion tries to stall but Marcos uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Marcos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Marcos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Orions head.
Marcos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Orion in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Marcos lands a shot to the body.
Marcos pressing his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marcos digs a right hand into Orion's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Orion's gas tank.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marcos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Orion backwards.
Marcos lands a nice uppercut.
Marcos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo Marcos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Marcos 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:25
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:25
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Marcos!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Armstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Forrest Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Armstrong comes to the cage accompanied by "Bullet Soul" Switchfoot. Griffin has chosen Killing In The Name as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Xavier Armstrong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Forrest Griffin!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Summer Carpenter and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Some wild striking there from Armstrong.
Griffin misses with a combination
and Armstrong counters with a nice low kick that buckles Griffin's knee momentarily.
Griffin closes the distance and clinches.
Armstrong misses with a short punch on the inside.
Griffin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Griffin.
Armstrong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Armstrong trying to land knees to the body.
Armstrong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Armstrong misses with the head strike.
Griffin lands a hook that snaps the head of Armstrong backwards.
Armstrong misses with the head strike.
Griffin scores with a hook to the body.
Armstrong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Griffin lands with a short shot to the head.
Griffin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Armstrong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Armstrong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Griffin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Griffin lands an elbow just above Armstrong 's eye.
Armstrong has a couple of punches blocked by Griffin.
Griffin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Griffin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Armstrong is breathing heavily.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong tries to land knees in the clinch but Griffin avoids the damage to the body.
Armstrong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Armstrong can't find room to land a body shot as Griffin controls the action.
Armstrong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Griffin's elbow.
Armstrong misses with the head strike.
Griffin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Griffin slowing the pace effectively.
Griffin pushes Armstrong back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Griffin looking to throw knees to the head but Armstrong is blocking nicely.
Armstrong misses with a hook to the ribs.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Griffin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Griffin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Griffin lands a body punch.
Griffin lands a hook that snaps the head of Armstrong backwards.
Nice elbow from Griffin.
Griffin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Griffin has Armstrong pressed against the cage.
Griffin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Griffin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Griffin stalls.
The crowd are getting on Griffin's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
A short right from Griffin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Griffin.
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice body punch from Griffin.
Armstrong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Griffin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Armstrong letting Griffin take a breather here.
Griffin throws a knee to the head but misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Armstrong.
Griffin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Griffin throws an elbow that misses.
Griffin blocks a body shot from Armstrong.
Armstrong tries to land knees in the clinch but Griffin avoids the damage to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Griffin.
Griffin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Armstrong blocks it with crossed arms.
Armstrong trying to land knees to the body.
Griffin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Armstrong blocks it with crossed arms.
Griffin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Armstrong.
Knees in the clinch landing for Griffin.
Griffin has Armstrong pushed against the cage.
Griffin misses with a knee strike.
Griffin lands a shoulder strike.
Griffin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Armstrong in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Griffin.
Griffin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Griffin lands a good knee to the midsection. Armstrong won't want to take too many of those.
Armstrong swings wildly with an uppercut but Griffin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Griffin effectively controlling the action here.
Armstrong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Armstrong throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Griffins head.
Griffin stalling in the clinch but Armstrong improves position.
Armstrong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Griffin is defending well for now.
Armstrong can't find room to land a body shot as Griffin controls the action.
Griffin taking a breather.
Armstrong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Griffin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Griffin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Griffin scores with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Griffin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Armstrong takes a knee right on the jaw!
Griffin connects with a knee to the head.
Griffin landing knees to the head.
Armstrong is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Oh Armstrong is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
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!
Griffin receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Griffin blocks an uppercut.
Armstrong seems to have got his legs back now.
Armstrong tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Griffin avoids it.
Griffin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Griffin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Armstrong misses with a short punch on the inside.
Griffin scores with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Griffin.
Griffin prevents a body shot from Armstrong.
Griffin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Armstrong tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Griffin avoids it.
Armstrong struggles to land a body shot inside as Griffin controls his hands.
Knees to the body from Griffin.
Griffin throws an elbow that misses.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but Armstrong blocks with his arms.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Griffin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Armstrong struggles to land a body shot inside as Griffin controls his hands.
Griffin just leaning against Armstrong, taking a breather.
Griffin lands a nice uppercut.
Armstrong blocks an elbow strike.
Griffin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Forrest Griffin dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Griffin scores with a nice head shot.
Armstrong lands with a thumping leg kick.
Armstrong missing with a left hand there. Griffin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Griffin throws a low kick but Armstrong moves out of range easily.
Griffin blocks a head kick by Armstrong.
Armstrong gets a clinch.
Griffin digs a right hand into Armstrong's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Armstrong's gas tank.
Armstrong tries to throw a body punch but Griffin avoids it by throwing Armstrong back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Armstrong.
Armstrong tries to land knees in the clinch but Griffin avoids the damage to the body.
Griffin has Armstrong pushed against the cage.
Griffin working Armstrong over with knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Armstrong as Griffin tries to tie him up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Griffin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Griffin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Armstrong or not.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong takes an elbow to the temple.
Griffin lands a left hand.
A hook to the body from Griffin.
Griffin stalling against the cage.
Griffin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Armstrongs head.
Griffin digs a right hand into Armstrong's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Armstrong's gas tank.
Griffin digs a right hand underneath Armstrong's ribcage. Armstrong let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Griffin misses with a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Griffin.
Griffin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Armstrong.
Armstrong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Griffin effectively controlling the action here.
Griffin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Griffin scores a nice knee to the body.
A short uppercut from Griffin.
Griffin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Griffin lands an elbow inside.
Griffin landing knees to the head.
Griffin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Armstrong tries a body shot but Griffin blocks it.
Griffin trying to stall but Armstrong improves his position.
Griffin lands with a right to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Good body shot from Armstrong.
Griffin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Armstrong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Griffin scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Armstrong is trying to stall.
Griffin lands an elbow inside.
Griffin lands a knee to the head.
Armstrong takes an elbow to the temple.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Griffin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Griffin leaning his opponent against the cage.
Griffin lands an elbow inside.
Griffin just leaning against Armstrong, taking a breather.
Armstrong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Griffin's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Good body shot from Griffin.
Armstrong takes an elbow to the forehead.
Armstrong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Griffin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Griffin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Griffin connects with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Griffin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Griffin slowing the pace effectively.
Griffin lands with a left to the head.
Griffin tries to land knees in the clinch but Armstrong avoids the damage to the body.
Griffin wants to stall.
Griffin lands with a short shot to the head.
Armstrong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Griffin's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Griffin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Armstrong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Armstrong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Griffin's face.
Armstrong working aggressively here.
Griffin displaying some good clinch control by pressing Armstrong up against the cage.
Griffin works on Armstrong's body with a couple of short punches.
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice body punch from Griffin.
Armstrong pushes Griffin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Griffin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Armstrong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin slows down the pace here.
Armstrong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Griffin.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Armstrong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Griffin lands an elbow just above Armstrong 's eye.
Griffin trying to land knees to the body.
Armstrong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Griffin.
Griffin lands an elbow inside.
Griffin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Griffin takes a shot to the head.
Nice elbow from Griffin.
Griffin lands a damaging elbow.
A right hook to the body lands for Griffin.
Griffin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Griffin is trying to stall.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Armstrong.
Armstrong lands a body shot in the clinch.
Griffin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A nice left hand lands by Griffin.
Armstrong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Griffin's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Forrest Griffin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Griffin moves into the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Armstrong as the two fighters clinch.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Griffin managing to block the knees to the body from Armstrong.
A short left from Armstrong.
Griffin blocks a body shot from Armstrong.
Griffin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Armstrong tries to throw a body punch but Griffin avoids it by throwing Armstrong back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Griffin.
Griffin with a knee to the head.
Griffin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Griffin leaning his opponent against the cage.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Armstrong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Griffin is trying to maintain a safe position but Armstrong gets an underhook and turns Griffin into the cage.
Griffin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but Armstrong blocks with his arms.
A shot in the inside from Armstrong.
Griffin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Forrest Griffin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Armstrong is working Griffin over against the cage.
A short right from Armstrong on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong crunches a lovely knee into Griffin's ribcage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Armstrong landing knees to the head.
Griffin pushes Armstrong back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Griffin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Armstrong is keeping busy.
Armstrong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Griffin lands a body punch.
Griffin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Griffin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Armstrong misses with a knee strike.
Griffin lands a good knee to the midsection. Armstrong won't want to take too many of those.
Griffin is looking to control Armstrong's arms but Armstrong gets an underhook and turns him. Now Griffin has his back to the cage.
Armstrong misses with a punch on the inside.
Griffin connects with a knee to the head.
Griffin blocks an uppercut.
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Armstrong stalling in the clinch.
Griffin landing knees to the body.
Armstrong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Armstrong.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin connects with a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Griffin.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but Armstrong blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Armstrong.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Griffin blocking some punches.
Armstrong takes a shot to the head.
Armstrong tries a body shot but Griffin blocks it.
Griffin misses with a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Griffin.
Armstrong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Armstrong is working for takedown but Griffin is calmly controlling the position for now.
Armstrong takes an elbow to the forehead.
Griffin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Armstrong misses with a punch on the inside.
Armstrong takes an elbow to the temple.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Griffin has Armstrong pressed against the cage.
Armstrong lands an uppercut.
Xavier Armstrong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Griffin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Armstrong lands a good knee to the midsection. Griffin won't want to take too many of those.
Griffin lands with a short shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Armstrong takes a shot to the head.
Griffin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Armstrong swings wildly with an uppercut but Griffin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Griffin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Griffin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Griffin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Armstrong missing with knees to the body.
Armstrong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Griffin wants to stall.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but Armstrong blocks it.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but Armstrong blocks it.
Armstrong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short left from Griffin.
Griffin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Armstrong is defending well for now.
Griffin misses with some punches.
Griffin missing with knees to the body.
Armstrong wants to stall.
Armstrong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Griffin looking to throw knees to the head but Armstrong is blocking nicely.
Forrest Griffin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
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.
Armstrong lands a body punch.
Griffin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Armstrong.
Armstrong is leaning against Griffin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Armstrong lands a nice shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Armstrong creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Griffin throws an elbow but misses.
Armstrong scores a nice knee to the body.
Armstrong lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Armstrong misses with some punches.
Griffin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Armstrong.
Armstrong is struggling to control the position.
Griffin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Armstrong tries to stall but Griffin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Armstrong's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Griffin stalling in the clinch but Armstrong improves position.
Armstrong misses with a body punch.
Armstrong tries to land knees in the clinch but Griffin avoids the damage to the body.
Griffin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Armstrong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Griffin misses with a knee strike.
Griffin slowing the pace effectively.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Xavier Armstrong.
I think Griffin has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Forrest Griffin!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tony Jaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Casey Silk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaa's entrance music is Search and Destroy. A fine choice. Casey Silk has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Tony Jaa's chin.
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tony Jaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Casey Silk!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Summer Carpenter and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jaa works the jab nicely.
Silk moves out of range of the body kick.
Silk throws a lazy uppercut
and Jaa counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Silk is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Jaa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Silk throws a combination that misses
and Jaa counters with a nice low kick that buckles Silk's knee momentarily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Jaa - that will leave a mark!
Silk swings widly with a right hand
and Jaa counters with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jaa moves into the clinch.
Jaa landing knees to the body.
Silk looks gassed!
Jaa lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Casey Silk has been cut.
Jaa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silk's face.
Jaa crunches a lovely knee into Silk's ribcage.
Jaa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jaa connects with a knee to the head.
Jaa connects with a knee to the head.
Jaa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jaa breaks the clinch.
Jaa clinches up with Silk and pushes him back against the cage.
Good body shot from Jaa.
Jaa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jaa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jaa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silk misses with a left hand
and Jaa counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silk shoots in looking for a takedown but Jaa manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Silk's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Jaa tries a head kick but it misses.
Jaa fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jaa moves into the clinch.
Silk takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jaa lands a good knee to the midsection. Silk won't want to take too many of those.
Jaa connects with a knee to the head.
Jaa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silk's face.
Jaa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jaa working Silk over with knees to the body.
Jaa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silk drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jaa pulls his leg out and moves away.
Jaa lands with a kick to the ribs.
Jaa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jaa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jaa.
Silk tries to break free but Jaa pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silk throws a head kick but Jaa moves out of range.
Jaa scores with a nice body kick.
Jaa lands a lovely overhand right.
Silk throws an overhand right that lands on Jaa's shoulder, as Jaa tries to avoid the shot.
Silk misses with a combination
and Jaa moves into the clinch.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silk avoids it.
Jaa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silk has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jaa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silk.
Jaa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silk blocks it with crossed arms.
Silk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silk rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jaa counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jaa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jaa stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jaa wants it to stay on the feet.
Tony Jaa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Casey Silk.
Jaa lands with a nice combination. Silk backs away looking to recover.
Jaa lands with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silk chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jaa can pounce on him.
Good shot there by Jaa.
Silk shoots in but Jaa avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jaa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jaa cracks a nice hook into Silk's ribs.
Jaa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silk's sensitive parts.
Jaa throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Casey Silk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jaa scores with a jab to the body.
Silk takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Jaa throws a leg kick which misses Silk's front leg but catches the back leg as Silk tries to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Jaa. Silk shrugs it off though.
Jaa digs a good hook to Silk's body.
Jaa is looking to wear down Silk with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jaa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jaa connects with a knee to the head.
Jaa lands a good knee to the midsection. Silk won't want to take too many of those.
Jaa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silk's face.
Jaa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jaa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jaa scores a nice knee to the body.
Jaa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silk.
Jaa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silk.
Silk manages to pull guard.
Jaa throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jaa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silk is keeping the position for now.
Silk wants to sweep but no luck.
Jaa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silk is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Jaa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Casey Silk's cut.
That's time! Jaa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Silk looks to score with a jab to the body but Jaa is just out of range.
Jaa throws a sloppy head kick and Silk moves out of range easily.
Jaa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silk.
Silk throws an off balance right hand
and Jaa counters with a nice leg kick.
A head kick misses from Jaa.
Silk misses with a double jab
and Jaa counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tony Jaa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jaa looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Silk has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jaa.
Silk with a lazy takedown attempt
and Jaa counters with a body kick that stops Silk in his tracks momentarily.
Jaa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silk.
Jaa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jaa moves into range and clinches up with Silk.
Silk tries to break free but Jaa pushes him back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jaa.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Jaa.
Jaa scores a nice knee to the body.
Jaa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silk in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jaa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jaa landing knees to the body.
Silk lands a shot to the body.
Jaa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jaa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silk can do to turn this around?
Jaa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silk managing to block the knees to the body from Jaa.
Silk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jaa looking to throw knees to the head but Silk is blocking nicely.
Silk breaks the clinch.
Silk misses with a double jab
and Jaa counters with a body kick.
Jaa blocks a jab.
Silk avoids the head kick by Jaa.
Tony Jaa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silk stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jaa.
Jaa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jaa connects with a solid leg kick.
Silk's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaa lands with a kick to the temple. Silk shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Tony Jaa is winning the standup battle so far.
Silk has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Jaa.
Jaa moves out of range of the strikes.
Jaa jabs Silk right on the nose. Silk blinks but takes it well.
Silk throws a series of punches but Jaa avoids them all with ease.
Jaa defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Silk.
Jaa scores with a kick to the midsection.
Jaa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Jaa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jaa clinches up with Silk and pushes him back against the cage.
Jaa crunches a lovely knee into Silk's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jaa obliges.
Jaa presses Silk against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jaa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jaa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silk in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
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!
Jaa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silk is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silk has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jaa is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Tony Jaa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Casey Silk.
Jaa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silk tries to stall but Jaa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jaa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silk is trying to break the clinch but Jaa has him pressed against the cage.
Silk is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Jaa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silk fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jaa crunches a lovely knee into Silk's ribcage.
Jaa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silk is defending well for now.
Jaa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silk avoids it.
Jaa stops a takedown attempt from Silk.
Silk tries to pull guard but Jaa won't allow it.
Jaa scores with a knee to the head.
Jaa lands a good knee to the midsection. Silk won't want to take too many of those.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silk wants to break free but Jaa has control.
Jaa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jaa lands with a nice body kick.
Jaa lands a high kick!
Silk shoots in but Jaa avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Jaa - that will leave a mark!
Some wild striking there from Silk.
Jaa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jaa.
Jaa pushes Silk away with a front kick.
Jaa lands a head kick!
Jaa thuds his shin into the meat of Silk's side.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jaa.
Silk showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jaa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Jaa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Casey Silk's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Jaa darts in and clinches Silk up against the cage.
Jaa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silk is defending well for now.
Jaa missing with knees to the body.
Silk wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jaa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jaa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jaa.
Knees to the body from Jaa.
Jaa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silk takes a knee to the side of the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jaa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jaa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jaa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silk avoiding damage as Jaa throws knees to the body.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jaa prevents Silk from breaking the clinch.
Jaa has Silk pressed against the cage, preventing Silk from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jaa.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jaa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silk is defending well for now.
Silk tries a body shot but Jaa blocks it.
Jaa scores with a knee to the head.
Silk wants a takedown but no success here.
Silk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jaa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaa has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Silk goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Silk on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jaa. Jaa obviously looking to wear him down.
Silk takes a kick to the side of the head.
Jaa takes one to the side of the head.
Silk swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jaa counters with a good low kick that Silk was not able to check.
Silk on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Jaa scores with a head kick.
Jaa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silk. That did some damage!
Jaa lands a glancing blow to the side of Silk's head.
Jaa misses with a wild body shot.
Jaa feints and then cracks Silk's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silk down.
Jaa misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaa swinging wildly here.
Jaa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silk.
Jaa explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A solid body kick from Jaa.
Jaa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jaa breaks the clinch.
Jaa misses with a body kick.
Jaa tries to sprawl but Silk drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Silk is thwarting Jaa's attempts to control the position.
Jaa moves into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaa keeping moving, preventing Silk from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jaa working a defensive guard here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jaa is on top in guard.
Casey Silk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jaa is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Silk escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jaa gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Jaa is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Tony Jaa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jaa working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Silk's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jaa trying to control the position from guard on top but Silk is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jaa is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Silk had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jaa defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jaa is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Jaa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jaa, 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 Mangel scores the fight 30:25
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:25
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Jaa!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benny Tronk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Irwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Tronk might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to "Go Getta" - Young Jeezy. Irwin has chosen Dark Angel - The Burning Of Sodom as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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25
205 lbs
11 - 9 - 0 |
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22
205 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong |
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World class boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Benny Tronk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Paul Irwin!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Eliza Hachem and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy body kick from Tronk
and Irwin counters with a leg kick.
Tronk looks to clinch
and Irwin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tronk misses with a kick to the body
and Irwin counters with a head kick. That will keep Tronk thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A low kick from Tronk is predictable there
and Irwin counters with a straight right hand.
Tronk looks to clinch
and Irwin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tronk's knee momentarily.
Irwin dips to his left and cracks Tronk with an uppercut!
It looks like Benny Tronk has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tronk tries to clinch but Irwin moves away
and Irwin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tronk lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Irwin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tronk walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Irwin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Irwin moves out of range of the leg kick from Tronk.
Tronk looks to throw a body kick
and Irwin counters with a stiff right hand.
Tronk looks to clinch
and Tronk takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Irwin lands a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tronk tries to clinch up
letting Irwin counter with a right hand.
Irwin wants to slow Tronk down by chopping away at his legs.
Tronk wants to clinch but Irwin slips to the side
and Irwin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tronk looks to clinch
and Irwin counters with a straight right hand.
Tronk darts in trying to clinch
and Irwin counters with a stiff right hand.
Tronk tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Irwin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A head kick by Tronk misses
and Irwin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Irwin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Tronk had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Tronk looks to clinch
and Irwin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Irwin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Irwin counters with a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tronk tries to clinch
and Irwin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tronk looks to clinch
and Tronk takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Irwin lands with a cross.
Tronk tries to clinch up
and Irwin counters with a stiff right hand.
Irwin loads up on a big right hand but Tronk slips the punch.
Tronk throws a sloppy head kick
and Irwin counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tronk gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Irwin counters with a stiff right hand.
A big left from Irwin misses.
Tronk closes the distance looking to clinch
and Irwin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tronk wants to clinch
and Irwin counters with a low kick, right behind Tronk 's knee.
Irwin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Benny Tronk's cut is getting worse.
The fighters circling - Irwin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tronk wants to clinch
and Irwin counters with a leg kick.
Tronk tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Irwin counters with a stiff right hand.
Tronk slips a jab from Irwin.
Tronk closes the distance but Irwin moves to the side
and Irwin counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tronk wants to clinch
and Irwin counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tronk darts in trying to clinch
and Irwin counters with a nice uppercut.
Tronk misses with a kick to the body
and Irwin counters with a nice leg 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!
Tronk tries to clinch
and Irwin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tronk wants to clinch but Irwin slips to the side
and Irwin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tronk closes the distance but Irwin moves to the side
and Irwin counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tronk moves to clinch but Irwin breaks away
and Irwin counters with a stiff right hand.
Tronk throws a body kick the misses
and Irwin counters with a good low kick that Tronk was not able to check.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Irwin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Benny Tronk's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tronk tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Irwin counters with an outside leg kick.
Tronk tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Irwin counters with a nice leg kick.
Irwin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Irwin misses with a hook. Tronk ducked under it nicely.
Tronk tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Irwin counters with a body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Irwin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tronk throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Irwin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tronk looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tronk tries to clinch but Irwin moves away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tronk takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Irwin.
Irwin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Paul Irwin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Irwin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Benny Tronk's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Tronk closes the distance but Irwin moves to the side
and Irwin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Irwin loads up on a big right hand but Tronk slips the punch.
Tronk tries to clinch up
and Irwin makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Tronk is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tronk slips under a jab.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Tronk might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Tronk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tronk tries to clinch but Irwin moves away
and Irwin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tronk throws a sloppy head kick
and Irwin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jeez, Benny Tronk's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Benny Tronk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tronk defending well as Irwin loads up on a big left hand.
Tronk throws a sloppy head kick
and Irwin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Irwin circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Irwin counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tronk darts in trying to clinch
and Irwin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Benny Tronk's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Paul Irwin!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marshall Arts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Sully (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arts comes to the cage accompanied by Face the Pain. Sully has chosen I See You as his entrance music. Jake Sully is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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192 lbs
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194 cm
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191 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marshall Arts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jake Sully!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Bruno Hogan and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sully avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Arts throws a hook but Sully blocks it.
Arts with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Arts is looking to slow Sully down with leg kicks.
Arts fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Arts throws a nice head kick!
Sully throws a series of punches but Arts avoids them all with ease.
Arts buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sully throws a right and a left that Arts avoids nicely.
Sully swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sully misses with a combination
and Arts counters with a nice uppercut.
Arts throws a jab but it's blocked by Sully.
Arts clinches with his opponent.
Sully wants the takedown. Arts is fighting it off but Sully persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Arts's guard against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arts is working an open guard so Sully takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Arts throws a hook to the side of Sully's head but Sully sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sully misses with a wild combination.
Arts looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A good leg kick by Sully.
Sully misses with a leg kick
and Arts counters with a body kick that stops Sully in his tracks momentarily.
Sully throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sully lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Arts backs up against the cage.
A chopping leg kick lands by Arts.
Sully tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sully misses with a looping left.
Sully uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Arts has time to react.
Sully waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Arts.
Arts throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sully looks gassed!
Arts fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sully, pushing him back against the cage.
Arts lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sully is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Arts with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Arts landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Arts crunches a lovely knee into Sully's ribcage.
Arts throws an elbow that misses.
Arts lands an elbow that stopped Sully in his tracks for a moment.
Arts misses with an elbow strike.
Sully avoids a wild elbow strike from Arts.
Arts throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Arts.
Arts looking to throw knees to the head but Sully is blocking nicely.
Arts lands a nice elbow.
Arts comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sully working hard to break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Arts.
Arts lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sully is trying to force a seperation but Arts has the dominant position.
Arts misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sully is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sully breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Arts tries to clinch up.
Sully misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sully throws a combination. Arts tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Sully throws a jab but it's blocked by Arts.
Arts tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sully swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Arts checks a leg kick.
Arts cracks the inside of Sully's front leg.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sully misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Arts.
Sully throws a right hand that Arts ducks under and follows up with a left that Arts also avoids with ease.
Arts tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Arts misses with a head kick.
Sully takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Arts misses with a double jab.
Sloppy strikes from Sully. Those never looked like landing.
Sully lands a nice looking body shot.
Sully throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Arts cracks the inside of Sully's front leg.
Arts slips under a jab.
Sully lands with a nice combination. Arts backs away looking to recover.
Sully throws a left and a right that both miss
and Arts counters with a stiff right hand.
Arts plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Sully cracks Arts with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sully swats away the attempt to clinch by Arts.
Sully blocks a jab.
A head kick misses from Arts.
Sully throws a combination. Arts tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Arts gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Arts prevents Sully from breaking the clinch.
Arts tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Arts gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sully.
Arts lands an elbow inside.
Sully has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Arts is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Arts misses with an elbow strike.
Arts lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Arts lands a damaging elbow.
Sully drops down looking for an ankle pick but Arts pulls his leg out and moves away.
Marshall Arts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Sully.
Sully stuffs the takedown.
Arts tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sully paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sully throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sully avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sully is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A low kick from Arts is predictable there
and Sully counters with a nice uppercut.
Sully darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Arts moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sully scores with a one two! Arts had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Sully lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That kick from Arts tenderised Sully's leg. Sully is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sully throws a right and a left that both miss.
Arts misses with a low kick as Sully jumps back.
Sully's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Arts takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sully fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No joy there for Sully, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sully misses with the combination.
Sully is working the combinations to good effect here.
Arts takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Arts lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sully connects with a good right hand that stumbles Arts. Arts circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sully lands a nice hook to Arts's body. Arts takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A good leg kick by Arts.
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!
Sully bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Arts's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marshall Arts dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sully with a nice cross.
Arts tries to clinch but Sully moves away
and Sully counters with a series of strikes. Arts will be more careful next time no doubt.
Arts has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sully is trying to break the clinch but Arts has him pressed against the cage.
Arts creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Arts tries to land a knee to the head but Sully blocks with his arms.
Arts tries a knee to the head but Sully blocks it.
Arts keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sully's efforts to push away.
Sully looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Arts pushes off an throws an elbow but Sully leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sully manages to break the clinch.
Arts throws a jab but it's blocked by Sully.
Sully stalks Arts and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Arts's face. Arts staggers backwards, shaken.
Marshall Arts is winning the standup battle so far.
Sully bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sully fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sully tries to work over Arts's front leg with a kick but Arts checks it.
Sully goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Arts wants to slow Sully down by chopping away at his legs.
Arts thumps Sully with a low kick.
A left lands for Sully.
Sully misses with a low kick.
Arts slips a jab and a cross from Sully.
Arts throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Arts tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sully paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arts goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Sully lands an overhand right.
Sully fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sully clobbers Arts with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jake Sully is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Arts lands a head kick!
Arts looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sully checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sully connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Arts darts in trying to clinch
and Sully counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sully is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sully throws out a powerful jab.
Arts takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Arts throws a leg kick
and Sully counters with a straight right hand.
Arts tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sully will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sully lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Arts throws a lazy uppercut
and Sully counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Arts throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sloppy strikes from Sully. Those never looked like landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sully looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Arts!
Sully lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Arts taking shots to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arts working to try and regain half guard.
Sully looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Arts covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Sully!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Caleb Reimer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cletus Kasady (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reimer comes to the cage accompanied by BLUNT- The Iron Maiden. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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26
178 lbs
16 - 4 - 0 |
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188 cm
22
180 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick |
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Excellent MT
Powerful |
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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
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Caleb Reimer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cletus Kasady!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Steve Erwin and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Kasady. That's going to slow Reimer down.
Kasady thows a leg kick but Reimer checks it
and Reimer moves into the clinch.
Reimer has clasped his hands together around Kasady's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Kasady is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Kasady is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Kasady is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Reimer has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Reimer misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Kasady is not content to let Reimer control the position.
Kasady wants to control but Reimer postures up.
Kasady is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Reimer asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Reimer trying to control the action but Kasady is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reimer happy to just control the position for now.
Kasady pushes Reimer away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Reimer gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
A lull in the action here as Reimer stalls from top position.
Kasady is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Reimer asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Kasady is trying to control Reimer's posture but Reimer avoids it.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Reimer tries to clinch but Kasady moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A lazy body kick from Kasady
and Reimer counters with a solid body kick.
Reimer keeps Kasady at a distance using the push kick.
A head kick by Kasady misses
and Reimer counters with a low kick, right behind Kasady 's knee.
Kasady throws a low kick but Reimer moves out of range easily.
Reimer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kasady swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reimer shoots in for a takedown but Kasady shows good takedown defense.
Reimer tries to close the distance and clinch but Kasady swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reimer closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kasady misses with a leg kick
and Reimer makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Reimer.
Reimer takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Kasady scores with a kick to the body.
Kasady throws a low kick but Reimer avoids it.
Kasady throws a predictable looking body shot
and Reimer counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kasady breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kasady throws a leg kick
and Reimer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice jab there from Kasady.
Reimer goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kasady throws a lazy body kick
and Reimer counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kasady tries to keep at a distance but Reimer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kasady wants to get back to striking at distance but Reimer won't allow it.
Reimer has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Kasady regains guard immediately.
Reimer stops Kasady from standing up.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Reimer trying to control the position from guard on top but Kasady is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kasady manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Kasady thows a leg kick but Reimer checks it
and Reimer counters by moving into the clinch.
Reimer lands an elbow that stopped Kasady in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Cletus Kasady has been cut.
Kasady is trying to force a seperation but Reimer has the dominant position.
Kasady dodges an elbow strike from Reimer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kasady is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kasady avoiding damage as Reimer throws knees to the body.
Kasady is trying to break the clinch but Reimer has him pressed against the cage.
Reimer trying to land knees to the body.
Kasady avoids the elbow strike from Reimer, against the cage.
Reimer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kasady.
Reimer lands a body punch in the clinch.
Reimer throws an elbow but it misses.
Kasady breaks the clinch.
Reimer lands with a nice body kick.
Kasady throws a combination that misses
and Reimer counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Reimer.
Nice elbow from Reimer.
Reimer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kasady is defending well for now.
Kasady being controlled against the cage.
Kasady tries to break the clinch but Reimer is controlling the position.
Kasady is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reimer tries to land knees in the clinch but Kasady avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kasady wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Reimer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kasady backwards.
Kasady tries to break the clinch but Reimer is controlling the position.
Kasady breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kasady misses with a body kick.
Kasady throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Caleb Reimer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cletus Kasady's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Kasady scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Reimer is looking to clinch.
Kasady throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Reimer on the side of the head.
Kasady misses with a leg kick
and Reimer counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Reimer tries to clinch up but Kasady circles away and keeps his distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for Reimer.
Kasady throws a head kick that misses
and Reimer counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kasady's knee momentarily.
Reimer wants to clinch.
Kasady lands a nice leg kick that just misses Reimer's sensitive parts.
Kasady misses with a hook
and Reimer counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Reimer.
Nice body punch from Reimer.
Kasady has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kasady is looking to break free of the clinch but Reimer has double underhooks.
Kasady lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kasady prevents the takedown attempt.
Kasady is trying to break the clinch but Reimer is controlling him.
Reimer just leaning against Kasady, taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kasady's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Left hook, right uppercut from Reimer.
Reimer clinches up against the cage.
Reimer looking for a takedown.
Kasady has had enough of the clinch but Reimer keeps him there for the moment.
Reimer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kasady wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kasady wants to break the clinch but can't.
Reimer lands a hook that snaps the head of Kasady backwards.
Kasady looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Reimer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Reimer goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kasady prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caleb Reimer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kasady wants to break free but Reimer has control.
Kasady wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reimer has Kasady pressed against the cage, preventing Kasady from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Reimer lands an elbow that stopped Kasady in his tracks for a moment.
Kasady is trying to push Reimer away but Reimer has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Reimer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Reimer keeps control of Kasady as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kasady avoids the elbow strike from Reimer, against the cage.
Kasady blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reimer trying to land knees to the body.
Kasady tries to break the clinch but Reimer is controlling the position.
Kasady breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reimer avoids a kick to the body.
Reimer pushes Kasady up against the cage in a clinch.
Reimer lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kasady.
Kasady is breathing heavily.
Kasady prevents a takedown attempt there.
Kasady pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kasady throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Reimer counters with a good, hard body kick but Kasady shrugs it off.
Cletus Kasady seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reimer pushes Kasady up against the cage in a clinch.
Kasady stops a takedown attempt from Reimer.
Reimer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kasady avoids it.
Reimer's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kasady wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kasady breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kasady throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reimer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kasady manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kasady throws a combination that misses
and Reimer counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Kasady!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kasady is trying desperately to improve position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reimer tries to control but Kasady wriggling away.
Kasady takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kasady is trying to stand.
Reimer postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kasady looks a forlorn figure.
Kasady tries to lock up and control but Reimer gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Reimer landing strikes from the mount.
Kasady is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Reimer tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Reimer lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kasady is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Reimer has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kasady's face.
Reimer lands a nice shot to the head.
Reimer looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Kasady is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reimer in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kasady is still in real trouble! Can Reimer finish him?
Kasady tries to hold on but Reimer postures up.
Kasady seems to have recovered his senses.
Reimer landing shots from mount.
Kasady wants to control but Reimer is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kasady in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Caleb Reimer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Cletus Kasady's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Reimer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Reimer pushes Kasady away with a front kick.
Kasady lands with a kick to the temple. Reimer shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kasady throws a poor cross that misses
and Reimer counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Reimer.
Reimer seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Kasady had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Reimer defends it easily.
Reimer passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Kasady is pushing Reimer's head away, looking to escape. Reimer manages to hold on to the position though.
Reimer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kasady can do to turn this around?
Kasady takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reimer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kasady keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reimer working the ground and pound.
Reimer is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Kasady will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Kasady is working to avoid the ground and pound but Reimer connects with a decent elbow.
Reimer working away.
Reimer wants to control but Kasady is keeping him busy.
Kasady is looking for a sweep.
Reimer wants to control but Kasady is keeping him busy.
Kasady tries to escape but Reimer is in control.
Reimer working the head and body with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reimer prevents Kasady from escaping the position.
Kasady takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Reimer in side control lands a decent elbow.
Reimer connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Kasady some visible discomfort.
Kasady taking a bit of punishment here - Reimer scoring with strikes.
Kasady is looking to reverse the position.
Reimer working the body and head with strikes.
Kasady is pushing Reimer's head away, looking to escape. Reimer manages to hold on to the position though.
Reimer has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Reimer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kasady keeps working.
Reimer lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kasady down.
Kasady is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Reimer is controlling him well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kasady is working to avoid the ground and pound but Reimer connects with a decent elbow.
Reimer taking a breather here.
Reimer in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Reimer in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Kasady on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Reimer cracks Kasady with a big elbow.
Check out the look on Reimer's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Reimer is chipping away with strikes.
Reimer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kasady keeps working.
Reimer is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Kasady is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kasady struggling a bit here.
Reimer is looking to take a break and control but Kasady is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cletus Kasady has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kasady takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reimer working the body and head with strikes.
Kasady tries to escape but Reimer is in control.
Reimer cracks Kasady with a big elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Caleb Reimer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Reimer 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Caleb Reimer!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Winston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Solomon Ares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Winston comes to the cage accompanied by This Life by Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers. Ares comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Run This Town kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Harry Winston!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Solomon Ares!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ares shoots in for a double leg but Winston sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A swing and a miss from Ares.
Ares scores with a decent looking hook.
Ares lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ares throws a leg kick but Winston moved away.
A leg kick checked by Winston.
Ares thuds a left hand into Winston's body.
Winston throws a hook to the side of Ares's head but Ares sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ares looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Winston!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Winston defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Ares.
Winston is squirming around, avoiding Ares's attempts to control the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winston is trying to stand.
Ares controlling from the full mount.
Ares goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Winston is on top in guard.
Ares is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Winston defends well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winston avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Winston would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Ares working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Winston doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Winston manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ares bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Winston's guard.
Ares stops Winston from standing up.
Ares wants to pass the guard but Winston is keeping the position.
Winston has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Ares off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Winston throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ares on the side of the head.
Winston waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ares.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winston lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Winston lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ares at a distance.
Ares throws an off balance right hand
and Winston counters with a left to the body.
Ares looks gassed!
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!
Winston throws a jab but it's blocked by Ares.
Winston throws a leg kick
and Ares counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Winston checks a leg kick nicely.
Winston swings away with a leg kick that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ares throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Winston pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ares is out of range and Winston settles back down.
Ares throws a poor cross that misses
and Winston counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Solomon Ares will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Ares throws a leg kick
and Winston counters with a crisp one two that drops Ares! Winston thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Ares to his feet! Ares is in big trouble!
Ares is rocked!
Ares misses with a left hand
and Winston counters with a right hand from hell and Ares is out cold! A vicious knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Harry Winston!
Harry Winston retains his heavyweight title!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Molly Greywar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sione Finau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greywar comes to the cage accompanied by "Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool". Finau is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: "Ninja Gaiden" by The Minibosses. Sione Finau told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Molly Greywar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sione Finau!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Summer Carpenter and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finau misses with a leg kick
and Greywar counters with a good low kick that Finau was not able to check.
Finau throws a body kick the misses
and Greywar counters with a good, hard body kick but Finau shrugs it off.
Finau throws a sloppy body shot
and Greywar counters with a big head kick but Finau shrugs it off.
Finau throws a sloppy body shot
and Greywar counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Greywar throws a solid leg kick but Finau takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Greywar.
Finau throws a sloppy body shot
and Greywar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Greywar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Finau moves away.
Finau walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Finau takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Greywar misses with a kick to the body
and Finau counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Greywar is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Finau jabs Greywar right on the nose. Greywar blinks but takes it well.
Finau turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finau swings for the body but Greywar moves out of range.
Finau throws a leg kick
and Greywar counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Greywar cracks Finau with an open hand slap.
Greywar thows a leg kick but Finau checks it
and Finau counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finau stops Greywar from standing up.
Finau looking to pass the guard.
Finau wants to control from the top but Greywar keeps moving.
Greywar really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Greywar 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.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Sione Finau was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Greywar lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Molly Greywar dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Finau throws a head kick that misses
and Greywar counters with an inside leg kick.
Finau throws a right and a left that both miss.
Finau keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Greywar tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finau rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Greywar counters with a solid body kick.
Greywar is looking to wear down Finau with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Greywar tries to work over Finau's front leg with a kick but Finau checks it.
Greywar lands with a shot to the body.
Molly Greywar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Greywar. Finau does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finau misses with a jab to the body
and Greywar counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Finau is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Finau misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Greywar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Greywar lets loose with a powerful body kick. Finau will feel that in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Greywar goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Greywar throws a leg kick
and Finau counters with a big head kick but Greywar shrugs it off.
A head kick by Finau misses
and Greywar makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finau throws a head kick that misses
and Greywar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Finau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Greywar manages to avoid it.
Finau swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Molly Greywar dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Greywar throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Greywar scoring well with a low kick there.
Molly Greywar is winning the standup battle so far.
Finau steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Greywar. That one must have hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Greywar looks to score with a jab to the body but Finau is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finau throws a leg kick that is checked
and Greywar counters with a big head kick but Finau shrugs it off.
Finau walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Greywar checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Finau throws a sloppy head kick
and Greywar makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Finau really felt that one!
Greywar blocks a low kick nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greywar blocks a jab.
Finau takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Finau looks to score with a jab to the body but Greywar is just out of range.
Greywar throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greywar misses with a jab, cross combination.
Greywar connects with a solid leg kick.
Greywar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Finau was well out of range. Poor timing from Greywar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Finau misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Greywar counters with a nice body shot.
Finau scores with a body shot.
Greywar defending well as Finau loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
That kick from Greywar tenderised Finau's leg. Finau is trying to keep his angry face on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Molly Greywar clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Finau throws a leg kick
and Greywar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Finau throws a sloppy body shot
and Greywar counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A good leg kick by Finau.
A head kick by Greywar misses
and Finau counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finau misses with a jab to the body
and Greywar counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Greywar looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Greywar misses with a hook. Finau ducked under it nicely.
A big left from Greywar misses.
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.
Finau with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Greywar to score with a decent uppercut.
Finau tried to score with a low kick but Greywar checks it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Finau, right into the meat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greywar misses with a kick to the body
and Finau counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Finau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Finau swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Finau misses with a leg kick
and Greywar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
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.
Finau throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Greywar to counter with a crisp jab.
Finau misses with a shot to the body
and Greywar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A good leg kick by Greywar.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Greywar looks for the body kick but Finau saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Molly Greywar had his way with Sione Finau in that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
A swing and a miss from Greywar.
Greywar takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Greywar throws a leg kick but Finau checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finau throws a push kick but Greywar slaps the foot to one side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finau throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Finau throws a hook but Greywar blocks it.
Finau shoots in and drives through. Greywar sprawls well.
Greywar is looking to slow Finau down with leg kicks.
Sione Finau has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
A low kick from Finau is predictable there
and Greywar counters with an outside leg kick.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Finau avoids a punch combination nicely.
Greywar is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Finau takes a swing at Greywar's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finau takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Greywar throws a leg kick but Finau sees it coming and moves out of range.
Finau takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finau misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Greywar counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Finau uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Greywar.
Finau just misses with a punch to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Greywar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Molly Greywar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Greywar, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 50:45
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 50:45
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Molly Greywar!
Molly Greywar retains his super heavyweight title!
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