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MKFC 161 Rovanpera vs Honey PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan ORourke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz de Vivar comes to the cage accompanied by Clint Eastwood. Ivan ORourke will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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143 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan ORourke!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz de Vivar throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
ORourke drops his hands momentarily and Diaz de Vivar takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
ORourke tries to clinch but Diaz de Vivar moves out of range.
Diaz de Vivar throws a leg kick that is checked
and ORourke counters with a flying knee. Nice.
ORourke slips a jab from Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
ORourke scores with a punch to the head.
ORourke avoids the body shot from Diaz de Vivar.
ORourke avoids the body shot from Diaz de Vivar.
ORourke throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
ORourke drops his hands momentarily and Diaz de Vivar takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Diaz de Vivar throws a leg kick
and ORourke counters by moving into the clinch.
ORourke misses with a punch to the body.
ORourke misses with a hook to the ribs.
ORourke blocking some punches.
Diaz de Vivar blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar blocks a body shot from ORourke.
ORourke lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diaz de Vivar working hard to break the clinch.
Diaz de Vivar trying to control the position but instead, ORourke has worked for underhooks and has pushed Diaz de Vivar into the cage.
ORourke tries a body shot but Diaz de Vivar blocks it.
ORourke effectively controlling the action here.
ORourke lands a body punch in the clinch.
ORourke gets through Diaz de Vivar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Diaz de Vivar misses with a body punch.
ORourke misses with a body punch.
ORourke lands a hook to the side of the head.
ORourke working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from ORourke - that landed with a thud.
A nice left hand lands by ORourke.
Diaz de Vivar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by ORourke.
This has been an exciting period of action!
ORourke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diaz de Vivar's elbow.
ORourke misses with a punch to the body.
Diaz de Vivar blocks a body shot from ORourke.
Diaz de Vivar wants to break free but ORourke has control.
Diaz de Vivar tries to throw a body punch but ORourke avoids it by throwing Diaz de Vivar back against the cage.
ORourke misses with some punches.
ORourke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diaz de Vivar prevents a body shot from ORourke.
ORourke is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by ORourke as Diaz de Vivar tries to tie him up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar leaning against his opponent.
ORourke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diaz de Vivar's elbow.
Diaz de Vivar is looking to control ORourke's arms but ORourke gets an underhook and turns him. Now Diaz de Vivar has his back to the cage.
Nice body punch from ORourke - that landed with a thud.
ORourke digs a right hand into Diaz de Vivar's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Diaz de Vivar's gas tank.
A short right from ORourke.
It looks like Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar has been cut.
ORourke lands with a right to the head.
Diaz de Vivar trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
ORourke softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Diaz de Vivar blocks a body shot from ORourke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by ORourke.
A right hook to the body lands for ORourke.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short left from ORourke.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
ORourke presses Diaz de Vivar against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
ORourke can't find room to land a body shot as Diaz de Vivar controls the action.
A short right from ORourke on the inside.
Diaz de Vivar blocks an uppercut.
ORourke avoiding damage.
ORourke lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Diaz de Vivar or not.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diaz de Vivar digs a right hand into ORourke's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on ORourke's gas tank.
ORourke lands a body shot.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan ORourke dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
ORourke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diaz de Vivar was well out of range. Poor timing from ORourke.
Diaz de Vivar misses with a kick to the body.
Diaz de Vivar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but ORourke moves away.
ORourke fails in his attempt to clinch.
Diaz de Vivar falls off balance throwing a combination
and ORourke counters with a head kick.
ORourke ducks under a wild hook from Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Diaz de Vivar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
ORourke tries to close the distance and clinch but Diaz de Vivar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ivan ORourke is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
ORourke tries to clinch but Diaz de Vivar moves out of range.
Diaz de Vivar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
ORourke ducks under a wild hook from Diaz de Vivar.
No joy there for Diaz de Vivar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Diaz de Vivar throws a body punch but ORourke moves out of range.
ORourke scores with the left hand. Diaz de Vivar knows he should have avoided that one.
ORourke throws a head kick but Diaz de Vivar moves out of range.
ORourke is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
ORourke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diaz de Vivar.
The fight stays on the outside here - ORourke looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diaz de Vivar misses with a body shot.
ORourke takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Diaz de Vivar throws a hook but ORourke avoids it easily.
ORourke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diaz de Vivar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diaz de Vivar thows a leg kick but ORourke checks it
and ORourke counters with a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Diaz de Vivar motions for ORourke to come forward. Diaz de Vivar throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diaz de Vivar looks to score with a jab to the body but ORourke is just out of range.
ORourke tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Diaz de Vivar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diaz de Vivar. ORourke does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
ORourke tries to clinch up.
Diaz de Vivar scores with a jab to the jaw.
ORourke scores with a hook to the body. Diaz de Vivar takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
ORourke fails in his attempt to clinch.
ORourke throws a head kick but Diaz de Vivar moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by ORourke.
Diaz de Vivar throws a hook but ORourke avoids it easily.
ORourke is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
ORourke checks a low kick from Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar throws a poor cross that misses
and ORourke counters with a thumping low kick.
ORourke checks a leg kick nicely.
Diaz de Vivar missing with a left hand there. ORourke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diaz de Vivar missing with a left hand there. ORourke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
ORourke throws a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diaz de Vivar throws a leg kick but ORourke moved away.
Diaz de Vivar on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
ORourke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Diaz de Vivar has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Diaz de Vivar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
ORourke darts in and clinches Diaz de Vivar up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
ORourke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
ORourke gets through Diaz de Vivar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
ORourke can't find room to land a body shot as Diaz de Vivar controls the action.
ORourke lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Diaz de Vivar backwards.
Diaz de Vivar tries to land knees in the clinch but ORourke avoids the damage to the body.
Diaz de Vivar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A shot in the inside from ORourke.
ORourke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from ORourke on the inside.
Diaz de Vivar tries to work over ORourke's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Still in the clinch, ORourke scores with a nice short uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by ORourke as Diaz de Vivar tries to tie him up.
ORourke misses with the head strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan ORourke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
ORourke fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Diaz de Vivar, pushing him back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from ORourke.
ORourke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ivan ORourke seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Diaz de Vivar is trying to force a seperation but ORourke has the dominant position.
Diaz de Vivar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Diaz de Vivar looking to stall.
Diaz de Vivar is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
ORourke is leaning against Diaz de Vivar and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A nice left hand lands by ORourke.
ORourke slowing the pace effectively.
ORourke lands a body shot in the clinch.
ORourke keeps control of Diaz de Vivar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
ORourke misses with a body punch.
Diaz de Vivar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
ORourke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
ORourke lands with a short shot to the head.
Diaz de Vivar is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for ORourke.
ORourke misses with a punch on the inside.
Diaz de Vivar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
ORourke lands a shoulder strike.
ORourke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
ORourke misses with a body punch.
ORourke lands an uppercut.
ORourke working aggressively here.
ORourke cracks Diaz de Vivar with a nice body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
ORourke leaning his opponent against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by ORourke.
ORourke pushes Diaz de Vivar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
ORourke will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Diaz de Vivar up against the cage.
ORourke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diaz de Vivar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with ORourke's elbow.
ORourke is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz de Vivar misses with an elbow over the top.
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from ORourke fails to land.
ORourke taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
ORourke misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from ORourke.
ORourke misses with a short punch on the inside.
ORourke avoiding damage.
The crowd are getting on ORourke's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Diaz de Vivar working aggressively here.
Ivan ORourke is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Diaz de Vivar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Diaz de Vivar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar looking to stall.
ORourke lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Diaz de Vivar cracks ORourke with a nice body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for ORourke.
ORourke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Diaz de Vivar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaz de Vivar lands a jab to the head.
Diaz de Vivar misses with a body kick.
Ivan ORourke seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Diaz de Vivar throws a leg kick
and ORourke counters with a slapping leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ivan ORourke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well ORourke has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ivan ORourke!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riki Oh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Parker comes to the cage accompanied by Science vs. Romance. The crowd seem to be enjoying Oh's choice of entrance music: Burning down the House. Jesse Parker had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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147 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jesse Parker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Riki Oh!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parker misses with a kick to the body.
Oh rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Parker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Oh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Parker manages to avoid it.
Oh needs to keep his hands up - Parker had a free shot at his head there.
Oh throws an off balance right hand
and Parker counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Parker thows a huge punch but Oh dodges it nicely.
Parker is looking to stall here but Oh recovers full guard.
Parker looking to pass the guard.
Parker trying to move into half guard but instead Oh has managed to sweep!
Parker looking for a sweep. Not yet Parker, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker keeping moving, preventing Oh from controlling successfully.
Parker wants to sweep but no luck.
Parker manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Oh manages to get himself to full guard.
Parker wants to pass the guard but Oh is keeping the position.
Parker looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Oh seems keen to control Parker's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker throws a big right hand that misses.
Parker looking to pass the guard.
Parker passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Oh seems a little lost for a moment, as Parker dominates the positioning.
Parker wants to lay and pray for a moment but Oh keeps working.
Oh parries the strikes from Parker easily there. Parker is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Oh to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oh dodges the ground and pound from Parker.
An elbow from Parker crashes against the mat.
Parker is looking to take a break and control but Oh is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Oh is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Parker working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Oh is not content to let Parker control the position.
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.
Parker misses with the ground and pound.
Oh tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Parker wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Parker throws a strike aimed at the side of Oh's head but Oh avoids it well.
Parker trying to control the position but Oh is working away.
Oh is being controlled here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oh is looking to reverse the position.
Parker working away.
Oh manages to work his way to half guard, despite Parker's best efforts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jesse Parker dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Oh throws a combination that misses
and Parker counters with a two punch combo.
Oh tests Parker's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Oh shoots in looking for a takedown but Parker manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Oh's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Parker works over Oh's head and body with a nice combination.
Nice uppercut there from Parker.
A big right from Oh misses.
Oh will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Parker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oh stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Oh wants it to stay on the feet.
Oh throws the left hand but Parker avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oh lands a lovely overhand right.
Oh shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Parker as he jumps to the side.
Jesse Parker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Riki Oh.
Parker throws a series of punches but Oh avoids them all with ease.
Nice body punch from Parker.
Parker throws a series of punches but Oh moves out of range.
Oh misses with a body shot.
Parker keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Parker defending well as Oh loads up on a big left hand.
Parker misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oh tries to close the distance and clinch but Parker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Parker thows a body shot but no joy.
Parker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Oh.
Parker closes the distance but Oh moves to the side
and Oh counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Parker will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Parker wants to clinch.
Oh showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Parker.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oh stuffs the takedown.
Parker looks to land a body kick but Oh moved away.
Parker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oh misses with an uppercut. Parker saw that one coming.
Oh throws out a loose jab but Parker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Parker lands a slapping body shot.
Parker moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parker closes the distance and clinches.
Good body shot from Oh.
A shot in the inside from Parker.
Oh throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Parker blocks it with crossed arms.
Oh looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Parker tries to break the clinch but Oh is controlling the position.
Oh is trying to force a seperation but Parker has the dominant position.
Parker taking a breather.
Oh lands a nice knee to the body.
Parker misses with a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oh misses with a hook to the ribs.
Parker stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jesse Parker will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Parker shoots in for a double leg but Oh sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Oh scores with a nice right hand.
Parker slips a jab from Oh.
Oh throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Parker on the side of the head.
Oh stuffs the takedown attempt from Parker. Parker gets slowly back to his feet.
Oh looks for a takedown but Parker sprawls well.
Parker tries to bum rush Oh with a series of wild strikes but Oh uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Oh swings for the body but Parker moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker lands a jab.
Oh throws a jab but it's blocked by Parker.
A big left from Oh misses.
Oh tries to bum rush Parker with a series of wild strikes but Parker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Parker misses with an uppercut.
Jesse Parker is winning the standup battle so far.
Parker scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Parker is stalling here. Oh is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Parker seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Oh has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Oh postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker is looking to regain half guard here but Oh keeps moving and retains side control.
Parker 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.
Parker manages to get back to half guard.
Oh trying to control the action but Parker is working from the bottom.
Parker moves into full guard.
Oh is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Parker looking to hit a scissor sweep but Oh is one step ahead there.
Oh trying to control the position from guard on top but Parker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Oh landing some decent shots from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Oh must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Parker is working hard here to advance position.
Jesse Parker overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Parker bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Oh's guard.
Parker trying to control but Oh is working from the bottom.
Parker stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Oh swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Parker stands and throws Oh's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Riki Oh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parker in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Parker working away.
Parker cracks Oh with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
You can see the frustration on Oh's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Parker trying to control the action but Oh is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jesse Parker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Parker, 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jesse Parker!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jao Lai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tycho Brahe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brahe has chosen Astronomy by Metallica as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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153 lbs
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158 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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World class MT
Powerful |
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jao Lai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tycho Brahe!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brahe on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Lai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brahe just misses with a punch to the body.
Lai avoids the body shot from Brahe.
Lai misses with a hook. Brahe ducked under it nicely.
Lai with a hook.
Lai rushes Brahe and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lai with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short left from Lai.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Brahe takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lai with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brahe takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Tycho Brahe has been cut.
Brahe stalling in the clinch but Lai improves position.
Lai trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Brahe's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Brahe stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lai on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brahe tries to work over Lai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brahe managing to block the knees to the body from Lai.
Lai blocks a body shot from Brahe.
Lai misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lai tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brahe's elbow.
Brahe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lai missing with knees to the body.
Lai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Brahe leaning his opponent against the cage.
Lai tries a body shot but Brahe blocks it.
Lai misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lai lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lai really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Lai misses with a knee strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lai throws an elbow but misses.
Lai working Brahe over with knees to the body.
Lai misses with an elbow over the top.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lai pressing his opponent against the cage.
Brahe stalling against the cage.
Lai tries to land a knee to the head but Brahe blocks with his arms.
Come on Lai - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Brahe.
Lai connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brahe's face.
Brahe trying to stall but Lai improves his position.
Lai dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Lai is trying to maintain a safe position but Brahe gets an underhook and turns Lai into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jao Lai.
Lai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brahe rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lai is looking to slow Brahe down with leg kicks.
Lai misses with a body kick.
Lai doesn't manage to clinch there - Brahe circles away.
Brahe misses with a double jab.
Lai lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Brahe at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Lai.
Lai wants to clinch up but Brahe keeps it at a distance.
Lai throws an overhand right that lands on Brahe's shoulder, as Brahe tries to avoid the shot.
Lai thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lai misses with a head 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!
Lai cracks the inside of Brahe's front leg.
Brahe throws a leg kick which misses Lai's front leg but catches the back leg as Lai tries to avoid it.
Brahe avoids the head kick by Lai.
Lai jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lai is looking to clinch but Brahe is avoiding it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brahe bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brahe moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A big left from Brahe misses.
Brahe takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jao Lai dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tycho Brahe's cut.
That's time! Lai's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Brahe missing with a left hand there. Lai was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brahe swats away the attempt to clinch by Lai.
Lai moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Brahe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brahe looks to score with a jab to the body but Lai is just out of range.
Lai throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Brahe takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jao Lai is winning the standup battle so far.
Brahe on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lai. Lai obviously looking to wear him down.
Lai shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brahe throws a jab but it's blocked by Lai.
Lai misses with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lai throws a poor cross that misses
and Brahe counters with a three punch combo that has Lai backing up. Lai nods at Brahe to acknowledge the strikes.
Lai rushes Brahe and presses him up against the cage.
Lai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brahe blocks it with crossed arms.
Lai with a knee to the head.
Lai tries to land knees in the clinch but Brahe avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lai throws an elbow but misses.
Jao Lai has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Brahe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brahe.
Brahe has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Brahe works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lai lands a nice elbow.
Lai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brahe blocks it with crossed arms.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brahe.
Lai misses with a knee to the head.
Lai lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brahe.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brahe lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lai is trying to stall.
Brahe working hard to break the clinch.
Brahe blocks an uppercut.
Lai is pushing Brahe up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Lai tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brahe is trying to maintain a safe position but Lai gets an underhook and turns Brahe into the cage.
Lai misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brahe being controlled against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Lai.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brahe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lai is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brahe is defending well for now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Brahe as Lai tries to tie him up.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lai obliges.
Brahe throws an elbow but it misses.
Brahe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lai blocks it with crossed arms.
Brahe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lai tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brahe avoids it.
Lai throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Brahes head.
Lai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lai lands a nice elbow.
Lai lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lai connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brahe's face.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Brahe as Lai tries to tie him up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brahe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lai has Brahe pressed against the cage, preventing Brahe from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short uppercut from Brahe.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Brahe in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Brahe tries a knee to the head but Lai blocks it.
Lai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brahe.
Brahe blocks an elbow strike.
Lai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Brahe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lai avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Brahe's brow.
A head punch on the inside from Lai fails to land.
Brahe breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jao Lai dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tycho Brahe's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Brahe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lai.
Brahe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lai moves away.
Lai tries to clinch up.
Lai tries to clinch up.
Lai throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Brahe checks a leg kick.
Brahe throws a right hand that Lai ducks under and follows up with a left that Lai also avoids with ease.
Brahe lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Brahe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jao Lai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Brahe crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lai - the referee stops the clock and Brahe gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lai. Brahe manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Lai throws out a powerful jab.
Lai tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Brahe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brahe misses with an uppercut
and Lai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lai takes a kick to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lai is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Lai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brahe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lai misses with a body kick.
Lai throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Lai slips a jab and a cross from Brahe.
Lai cracks Brahe with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lai tries to clinch there but Brahe circles away.
Lai swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lai tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Brahe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lai lands with a kick to the temple. Brahe shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brahe connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lai. Lai circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lai throws a quick inside leg kick.
Brahe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lai was well out of range. Poor timing from Brahe.
Lai moves into range and connects with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lai throws a big shot that misses.
Nice defenses there by Brahe.
Brahe works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Lai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lai with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lai pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Brahe back to the cage. Lai follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Lai lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Brahe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lai tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lai wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Brahe misses.
Lai buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brahe swats away the attempt to clinch by Lai.
Lai throws a sloppy body shot
and Brahe counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Lai is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Lai misses with a hook.
Brahe avoids the head kick by Lai.
Lai thumps Brahe with a low kick.
Brahe shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Good shot there by Lai.
Lai lands with a straight right. Brahe didn't see that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Brahe.
Lai chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lai tries to clinch there but Brahe circles away.
Tycho Brahe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lai throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brahe fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lai scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brahe takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A jab lands there for Lai.
Nice straight punches there by Lai. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lai.
Jao Lai is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jao Lai showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lai 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jao Lai!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Martinsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinsson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Bleach - Fade to Black B13A. Wood has chosen Like Weeds by His Hero Is Gone as his entrance music. 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
221 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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216 lbs
16 - 6 - 0 |
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Great elbows
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fedor Martinsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, George Wood!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinsson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wood fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Martinsson avoids it really well and circles away.
Wood swinging wildly here.
Martinsson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Martinsson throws a lazy body kick
and Wood cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Martinsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wood shoots for a takedown but Martinsson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Wood fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Fedor Martinsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Wood.
Martinsson tries to clinch up but Wood circles away and keeps his distance.
Martinsson lands a nice looking body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinsson has managed to clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Martinsson throws an elbow but misses.
Martinsson lands an elbow that stopped Wood in his tracks for a moment.
Martinsson missing with knees to the body.
Wood managing to block the knees to the body from Martinsson.
Martinsson tries to land a knee to the head but Wood blocks with his arms.
Wood tries to break free but Martinsson pushes him back against the cage.
Martinsson misses with a knee strike.
Wood dodges an elbow strike from Martinsson.
Martinsson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Martinsson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like George Wood has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Martinsson.
Martinsson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wood can't break the clinch.
Wood has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Martinsson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Martinsson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wood wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Martinsson tries to land knees in the clinch but Wood avoids the damage to the body.
Martinsson lands an elbow just above Wood 's eye.
Martinsson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wood trying to stall but Martinsson improves his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinsson misses with a body punch.
Martinsson scores with a shot to the side of Wood's head.
Martinsson cracks Wood with a nice body shot.
Wood is trying to break the clinch but Martinsson has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Martinsson.
Martinsson tries to work over Wood's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martinsson misses with a punch to the body.
Wood takes a shot to the head.
Martinsson lands an elbow that stopped Wood in his tracks for a moment.
Martinsson missing with knees to the body.
Martinsson lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinsson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wood takes an elbow to the forehead.
Martinsson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Woods head.
Wood tries a body shot but Martinsson blocks it.
Martinsson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wood backwards.
Wood trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinsson lands an elbow inside.
Martinsson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martinsson lands a nice shot to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Martinsson obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fedor Martinsson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on George Wood's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Martinsson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Martinsson lands a jab to Wood's midsection.
Martinsson lands a big right hand that sends Wood crashing to the mat! Martinsson stays standing though and waves Wood back to his feet!
Wood is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martinsson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wood, pushing him back against the cage.
Wood is still on wobbly legs! Can Martinsson finish him?
Martinsson pushes Wood back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Martinsson drops Wood onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Wood is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Martinsson drops Wood with a massive uppercut from the clinch! Oh my word, Wood is out cold! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Fedor Martinsson!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ben Gorden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ariel Levin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gorden's entrance music is Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up . A fine choice. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ben Gorden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ariel Levin!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gorden fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Levin sprawls well initially but Gorden persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Gorden stalling.
Gorden working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Levin looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Levin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Gorden not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Levin manages to get to full guard.
Levin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Levin has his foot on Gorden's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Gorden works his way back into a safe position though.
Levin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gorden trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gorden trying to control but Levin is working from the bottom.
Gorden is in close to Levin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gorden stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Levin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gorden wants to control from the top but Levin keeps moving.
Levin being controlled here, momentarily.
Levin has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Gorden off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Levin avoids the head kick by Gorden.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gorden is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Levin's half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gorden tries to pass to full mount but Levin defends it.
Gorden missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gorden lands a nice short elbow.
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!
Gorden is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Levin moves into full guard.
Levin is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Levin looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Gorden has picked Levin up and slammed him! Levin can't keep hold of the triangle and Gorden manages to pass to side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Levin sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Levin looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Levin is looking to get back to full guard here but Gorden has managed to pass to side control instead.
Gorden gets to mount! Levin was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Gorden fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Levin working to try and regain half guard.
Levin is trying to stand.
A nice elbow there by Gorden.
Gorden landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gorden lands a big elbow.
Gorden working Levin over with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gorden looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Gorden trying to control but Levin is having none of it.
Gorden lands a nice shot to the head.
Gorden with a couple of short strikes.
Levin is trying to stand up.
Levin can't escape the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Levin squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Gorden prevents Levin from getting the reversal.
The referee warns Levin that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Gorden dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Levin throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Gorden tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Levin is in Gorden's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Levin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Levin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gorden is keeping the position for now.
Levin lands a couple of elbows.
Gorden looking for a sweep. Not yet Gorden, not yet.
Gorden manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Levin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gorden scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Levin is squirming around, avoiding Gorden's attempts to control the action.
Gorden is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Levin is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Gorden landing punches.
Levin tries to reverse the position but Gorden maintains control.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gorden cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Gorden goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Levin is on top in guard.
Gorden working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Levin has passed into half guard!
Levin working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gorden on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Gorden controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
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!
Gorden is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Levin pulls his head out easily.
Gorden blocking the ground and pound attempt from Levin.
Levin thows a huge punch but Gorden dodges it nicely.
Levin thows a huge punch but Gorden dodges it nicely.
Levin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Gorden moves into full guard.
Gorden looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gorden keeping full guard, as Levin tries to pass.
Levin trying to control the position from guard on top but Gorden is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gorden wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Levin is now in half guard.
Levin tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gorden knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Levin prevents Gorden from improving his position.
Gorden slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Levin passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Ben Gorden overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Levin is looking to take a break and control but Gorden is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gorden tries to buck Levin off but Levin is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Levin lands a few punches from side control.
Levin connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Gorden some visible discomfort.
Gorden takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Levin trying to control the position but Gorden is working away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Levin misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Gorden is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ariel Levin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Gorden dives in and scores a takedown into Levin's guard.
Levin looking for a guillotine here but Gorden defends easily.
Gorden trying to control but Levin is working from the bottom.
Gorden is looking to work some ground and pound but Levin has wrist control.
Levin has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Gorden doesn't defend quickly enough and Levin has managed to lock this one up! Can Gorden escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Levin on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ariel Levin!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bud Spencer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kristow Zedski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spencer comes to the cage accompanied by Banana Joe Theme. 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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275 lbs
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284 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bud Spencer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kristow Zedski!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zedski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Spencer.
Zedski closes the distance and clinches up with Spencer, looking for a takedown. Zedski pushes Spencer against the cage but Spencer circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Spencer bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Zedski shoots for a takedown but Spencer saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Zedski getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Spencer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zedski connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Spencer momentarily.
Zedski misses with an uppercut.
Spencer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Spencer with a hook.
Spencer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zedski.
Zedski tries for a takedown but Spencer circles away easily
and Spencer makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bud Spencer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kristow Zedski.
Zedski looks gassed!
Zedski stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Spencer.
Spencer thuds his right hand into Zedski's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Zedski is rocked!
Spencer rushes Zedski and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Zedski is still on wobbly legs! Can Spencer finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spencer creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Zedski with a big uppercut! Zedski tries to clinch up but Spencer pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Zedski to the mat! Zedski covers up and Spencer unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Bud Spencer!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Teuvo Loman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Koch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Loman kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Christiansands by Tricky. Koch is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Volbeat - A Warriors Call. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Teuvo Loman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michael Koch!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koch misses with an uppercut.
No luck for Loman with that takedown attempt.
Loman fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Koch looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Loman swats away the attempt to clinch by Koch.
Koch tries to bum rush Loman with a series of wild strikes but Loman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Loman misses with an uppercut. Koch saw that one coming.
Loman wants to clinch up but Koch keeps it at a distance.
Loman takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Koch throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Loman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Koch tests Loman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Koch throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koch thuds a left hand into Loman's 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!
Loman throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Koch tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Loman is in Koch's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Koch is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Koch is thwarting Loman's attempts to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Loman is looking to improve his position.
Loman avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Koch.
Loman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Loman is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Loman has his hands clasped together around Koch's back. He's all about the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koch not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Koch looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Loman wants to get back to full guard.
Loman wants to control but Koch is keeping busy.
Loman controlling the position well.
Koch looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Loman with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Koch not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Koch takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Koch not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Loman avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Koch.
Loman regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Koch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loman looking to hit a scissor sweep but Koch is one step ahead there.
Koch in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Koch won't allow Loman to sweep him here.
Koch in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Koch trying to control the position from guard on top but Loman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Loman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Koch throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Koch with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Loman looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Koch puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Koch trying to pass the guard but Loman defending well.
Loman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Koch scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koch is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Loman doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Koch.
Koch landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Koch throwing shots but Loman is blocking nicely.
Koch not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koch is nestled in close to Loman, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Loman gets full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Loman bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Koch's guard.
Loman advances position into side control!
Koch is looking to regain half guard here but Loman keeps moving and retains side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Koch dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Koch throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Michael Koch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koch throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koch tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Koch looking to score a takedown here. Loman is defending well but Koch drives through and ends up in Loman's guard.
Koch throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Loman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Loman keeping full guard, as Koch tries to pass.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Loman is on top in guard.
Loman passes Koch's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Koch is trying to maintain the position but Loman is very close to passing his half guard.
Loman thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Loman is pressing down on Koch's thigh, looking to free his foot. Koch is holding on for now.
Loman slows the pace down in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Loman sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Koch defending well though.
Loman is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Loman looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Koch with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Loman wants to take a breather but Koch is having none of it.
Loman missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Loman throwing shots but Koch is blocking nicely.
Koch trying to hold on to Loman's head to control him but Loman postures up.
Loman is looking to take a break and control but Koch is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Koch wants to sweep but Loman has passed to side control!
Koch is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loman looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Koch sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Loman working the head and body with strikes.
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!
Koch tries to get to full guard but Loman has control of the leg.
Loman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Loman working the head and body with strikes.
Loman wants to pass the guard but Koch is defending well.
Koch works his way to full guard. Good work.
Loman wants to pass the guard but Koch is keeping the position.
Loman is working hard here to advance position.
Loman postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loman forces his way into half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Koch is trying to get back to full guard.
Koch trying to control here.
Loman working over Koch with some ground and pound. Koch looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Koch tries to roll over but Loman keeps him under control.
Loman winds up and cracks Koch with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Loman is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Loman working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koch is looking for a sweep. Loman is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Loman trying to control the action but Koch is working from the bottom.
Koch trying to hold on to Loman's head to control him but Loman postures up.
Loman lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Loman stalling.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Koch is staying active underneath Loman, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Koch makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Koch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Koch working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Loman doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Loman manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Loman is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Teuvo Loman dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Loman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Loman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Koch.
Some bone on bone action there as Koch checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Loman shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Koch pinned against the cage. Koch gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Koch lands a jab to the nose.
Koch throws an overhand right that lands on Loman's shoulder, as Loman tries to avoid the shot.
Loman just misses with a punch to the body.
Koch tries to score a power double leg takedown but Loman sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Koch somewhat.
Loman stuns Koch with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Loman misses with a body shot.
Koch scores with a hook to the body. Loman takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Loman throws a shot from downtown. Koch moves away and avoids it.
Koch shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Loman decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Koch's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Loman wants to control from the top but Koch keeps moving.
Koch manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Loman sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Loman gets full guard.
Loman had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Koch defends it easily.
Loman bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Koch's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loman trying to control but Koch is working from the bottom.
Loman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Koch works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Loman postures up.
Loman's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Loman wants to pass the guard but Koch is keeping the position.
Loman scoring with punches to the head and body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koch looking to hit a scissor sweep but Loman is one step ahead there.
Loman lands a couple of digs.
Loman avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Loman lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loman stopping the sweep attempt from Koch.
Koch keeping moving, preventing Loman from controlling successfully.
Koch throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Koch takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Koch is trying to control the position but Loman postures up.
Loman cracks Koch with a solid left hand.
Loman wants to control from the top but Koch keeps moving.
Loman is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Koch is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Koch looking for a guillotine here but Loman defends easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koch preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Koch is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Loman with a flurry of punches that miss.
Loman landing with the ground and pound.
Loman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Koch is adopting a defensive guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Loman controls from within his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Loman trying to control but Koch is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Teuvo Loman clearly takes that round.
That's time! Loman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Koch misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A slow jab from Koch misses its intended target.
Koch swings widly with a right hand
and Loman counters with a straight right hand.
Loman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koch manages to avoid it.
Loman takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Loman drives through with a takedown into guard.
Loman is sitting in close to Koch's body. Koch has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Loman is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Loman is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Koch.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Michael Koch!
Michael Koch is the new middleweight champion!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lincoln Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hjalmar Klason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Thomas might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Pulse of the Maggots. Klason has chosen (Hed) Pe - Raise Hell as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lincoln Thomas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hjalmar Klason!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klason connects with a good right hand that stumbles Thomas. Thomas circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Thomas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Klason throws a right hand that Thomas ducks under and follows up with a left that Thomas also avoids with ease.
A telegraphed right hand from Thomas misses the target.
Thomas needs to keep his hands up - Klason had a free shot at his head there.
Thomas misses the jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Klason.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thomas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Klason moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Klason scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Thomas takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klason misses with a wild body shot.
Thomas comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Thomas's corner calls for a 1-2. Thomas obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Klason missing with a left hand there. Thomas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Klason paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Klason looks to throw the jab but Thomas is out of range.
Klason throws a low kick but it's checked well by Thomas.
Klason connects with a right hand. Thomas shakes it off.
Thomas tries to land a leg kick but Klason saw it coming and moves away.
Klason tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thomas was well out of range. Poor timing from Klason.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klason throws a hook but Thomas avoids it easily.
Thomas avoids the body shot from Klason.
Klason lands a body shot.
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!
Klason moves out of range of the leg kick from Thomas.
Thomas takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Klason misses the body punch
and Thomas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Klason just misses with a punch to the body.
Klason looks to throw the jab but Thomas is out of range.
Klason throws a series of punches but Thomas moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas misses with a straight left.
Thomas lands a really nice looking cross but Klason seems unphased.
Hjalmar Klason seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Klason misses the target.
Thomas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Klason counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Thomas throws a lazy uppercut
and Klason counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Klason tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thomas was well out of range. Poor timing from Klason.
Thomas slips under a jab from Klason.
A left and a right from Klason both land. Nice combination.
Klason takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Thomas is looking to clinch but Klason is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Klason scores with a decent looking hook.
Klason looks to land a right hand but Thomas moved out of range.
Thomas walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Klason throws a nice looking combination but Thomas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Klason misses with a hook to the body
and Thomas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Klason takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Thomas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Klason.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thomas uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Klason has time to react.
Thomas is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Hjalmar Klason will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A punch combination from Thomas misses.
Klason looks to land a right hand but Thomas moved out of range.
Klason looks to throw the jab but Thomas is out of range.
Hjalmar Klason seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Klason keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Klason scores with a jab to the body.
Thomas throws a big shot that misses.
Thomas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Klason throws a hook but Thomas avoids it easily.
Klason throws a jab when Thomas was well out of range.
Klason lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klason misses with a straight right.
Thomas throws a big shot that misses.
Thomas jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Klason misses with an uppercut. Thomas saw that one coming.
Thomas scores with a hook.
It looks like Hjalmar Klason has been cut.
Klason throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good exchange - Thomas coming out on top.
Klason scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thomas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Klason.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klason throws a hook to the side of Thomas's head but Thomas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thomas clinches up against the cage.
Thomas works on Klason's body with a couple of short punches.
Klason looking to stall.
Nice body punch from Thomas.
Klason is breathing heavily.
Thomas tries a body shot but Klason blocks it.
Klason is looking to control Thomas's arms but Thomas gets an underhook and turns him. Now Klason has his back to the cage.
Klason blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thomas gets through Klason's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Thomas looking to throw knees to the head but Klason is blocking nicely.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thomas obliges.
Thomas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thomas controlling the action here for a moment.
Klason tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klason managing to block the knees to the body from Thomas.
Thomas pushes Klason back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thomas scores with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Thomas as Klason tries to tie him up.
Thomas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thomas gets through Klason's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Klason lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Klason misses with some punches.
Thomas just leaning against Klason, taking a breather.
Thomas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thomas tries a knee to the head but Klason blocks it.
Klason takes a shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klason lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Thomas backwards.
Thomas misses with a knee strike.
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!
Thomas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Klason's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Thomas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Klason throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thomass head.
Thomas tries to work over Klason's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thomas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Klason's elbow.
Klason blocks a body shot from Thomas.
Thomas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Klason has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thomas scores a nice knee to the body.
Thomas scores a nice knee to the body.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Klason tries a body shot but Thomas blocks it.
Klason throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas.
Klason pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thomas throws a left and a right that both miss
and Klason counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lincoln Thomas dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hjalmar Klason's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Klason takes a swing at Thomas's ribcage but misses.
Klason swats away the attempt to clinch by Thomas.
Klason swings for the body but Thomas moves out of range.
Thomas moves out of range of the strikes.
Thomas misses with a shot to the body
and Klason counters with a stiff right hand.
Klason misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thomas.
Thomas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thomas connects with a nice looking jab.
Klason throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice shot lands for Klason.
Klason misses with a shot to the body
and Thomas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thomas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Klason.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Klason swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thomas takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Klason throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Klason displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thomas throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klason keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thomas.
Thomas throws the left hand but Klason avoids the punch easily.
Thomas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Klason moves away.
Klason misses with a hook.
Thomas throws a right hand that misses
and Klason counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Klason misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thomas.
Thomas fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Klason is out of range.
Thomas staying out of range there.
A shot to the liver by Klason. Beautiful body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas staying out of range there.
Thomas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thomas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Klason ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A big right from Thomas misses.
Klason throws a body punch but Thomas moves out of range.
Klason ducks right into an uppercut from Thomas.
Klason circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thomas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Thomas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Klason.
Thomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thomas drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Thomas walks into a straight right hand from Klason.
Thomas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Klason misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Klason tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thomas was well out of range. Poor timing from Klason.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Lincoln Thomas did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Hjalmar Klason's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Klason moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Klason takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Thomas throws a lazy right hand but Klason sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A shot to the liver by Klason. Beautiful body shot.
Thomas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Klason lands a nice looking body shot.
Thomas listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Thomas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Klason sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klason connects with a looping right hand.
Thomas takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Thomas slips a jab from Klason.
Thomas slips a jab from Klason.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Klason.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Thomas, right into the meat.
Klason is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Thomas attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Klason walks into a jab.
Klason lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Thomas at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Thomas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thomas lands a lovely overhand right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch but Klason swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd cheers as Klason lands an impressive looking overhand right. Thomas doesn't seem phased though.
Thomas moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Klason misses with a jab to the body
and Thomas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Thomas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Klason manages to avoid it.
Klason avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thomas is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klason fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thomas manages to avoid it.
Thomas scores with a jab to the jaw.
Thomas throws a front kick that sends Klason stumbling back into the cage.
Thomas misses with a looping right.
Thomas throws a leg kick but Klason checks it.
Klason throws a leg kick that is checked
and Thomas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Klason misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throws a hook but Klason avoids it easily.
Klason getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Klason scores with a punch to the head.
Klason displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thomas throws out the jab.
Klason loads up on a big right hand but Thomas slips the punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Klason misses with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Klason throws a lazy right hand but Thomas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thomas lands a really nice looking cross but Klason seems unphased.
Klason connects with a leg kick. Thomas looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lincoln Thomas had his way with Hjalmar Klason in that round.
The cut man is working on Hjalmar Klason's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Klason throws a jab but it's blocked by Thomas.
Thomas slips a jab from Klason.
A swing and a miss from Klason.
Thomas takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Klason is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thomas.
Thomas takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Thomas gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Thomas walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Klason checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Klason swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Klason takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klason cracks a nice hook into Thomas's ribs.
Thomas blocks the body kick.
Klason misses with a hook.
Klason lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Thomas moves out of range as Klason strikes.
Klason keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab lands there for Klason.
Thomas throws a jab when Klason was well out of range.
Thomas looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Thomas throws a series of strikes that have Klason backpedaling.
Hjalmar Klason has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas tests Klason's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Klason moves away.
Thomas slips a straight right by Klason.
Klason throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thomas misses with an uppercut. Klason saw that one coming.
Thomas takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Klason takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas takes one to the side of the head.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch but Klason swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thomas throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Klason stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Thomas drops his hands momentarily and Klason takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Klason tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thomas was well out of range. Poor timing from Klason.
Thomas throws a leg kick which misses Klason's front leg but catches the back leg as Klason tries to avoid it.
Klason is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Klason ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thomas misses with a double jab.
Klason misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Thomas tenderised Klason's leg. Klason is trying to keep his angry face on.
A jab from Thomas does it's job there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Klason misses with a left hand
and Thomas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Klason lands a jab to the head.
Klason misses with a hook
and Thomas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Klason moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Klason takes a swing at Thomas's ribcage but misses.
Klason ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thomas moves away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lincoln Thomas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Thomas 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 49:47
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 48:47
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 50:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lincoln Thomas!
Lincoln Thomas retains his light heavyweight title!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexey Rykov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Tebow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tebow comes into a darkened arena with his song building. God's Gonna Cut You Down kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Alexey Rykov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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272 lbs
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240 lbs
13 - 6 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Very quick |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexey Rykov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tim Tebow!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Vladimir Khabensky and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tebow wants to clinch up but Rykov keeps it at a distance.
Tebow with a hook.
Rykov throws a sloppy body shot
and Tebow counters with a left to the body.
Rykov looks to throw the jab but Tebow is out of range.
Rykov swings for the body but Tebow moves out of range.
Rykov misses with an uppercut.
Rykov scores with a jab to the body.
Rykov throws a jab but it's blocked by Tebow.
Tebow steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rykov.
Rykov changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tebow uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rykov.
Rykov loads up on a big right hand but Tebow slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tebow misses with the combination.
Tebow looks to throw the jab but Rykov is out of range.
Tebow is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Rykov.
Rykov throws an overhand right that lands on Tebow's shoulder, as Tebow tries to avoid the shot.
Tebow thows a body shot but no joy.
Tebow throws a series of punches but Rykov moves out of range.
Tebow defending well as Rykov loads up on a big left hand.
Tebow falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Rykov to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tebow comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rykov throws a series of punches but Tebow moves out of range.
Tebow throws a body punch but Rykov moves out of range.
Tebow has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tebow there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rykov looks to score with a jab to the body but Tebow is just out of range.
Tebow looks to throw the jab but Rykov is out of range.
Tebow throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rykov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rykov throws a lazy uppercut
and Tebow moves into the clinch.
Rykov lands a hook that snaps the head of Tebow backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rykov can't find room to land a body shot as Tebow controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Rykov fails to land.
Tebow working aggressively here.
Rykov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Tebow.
Tebow lands a hook that snaps the head of Rykov backwards.
Rykov pushes Tebow back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tebow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tebow misses with a body punch.
Rykov prevents a body shot from Tebow.
Tebow tries to work over Rykov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Good body shot from Tebow.
Tebow misses with the head strike.
Tebow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rykov looking to slow down the pace here.
Tebow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rykov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tebow backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rykov.
Rykov working hard to break the clinch.
Rykov misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tebow.
Tebow struggles to land a body shot inside as Rykov controls his hands.
Rykov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rykov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rykov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tebow fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
It looks like Alexey Rykov has been cut.
Tebow lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rykov at a distance.
Alexey Rykov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rykov takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tebow throws out a loose jab but Rykov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tebow dips to his left and cracks Rykov with an uppercut!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tim Tebow will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alexey Rykov's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Tebow connects with a body shot.
Rykov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Tebow to counter with a crisp jab.
Rykov misses with a looping right.
Tebow throws an off balance right hand
and Rykov counters with a stiff right hand.
Rykov misses with a looping right.
Tebow moves away from the strike by Rykov.
Rykov scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rykov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tebow fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rykov manages to avoid it.
Rykov cracks Tebow's jaw with two stiff jabs then ducks low and throws a soul-severing right uppercut to the mouth!! Tebow slumps to the ground with blood on his lips. The referee steps in before Rykov can do further damage! This one is done, son!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Alexey Rykov!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Seppo Rovanpera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugh Honey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rovanpera kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Die Antwoord - Enter The Ninja. Honey is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Cruising in Miami by Bass 305. Hugh Honey has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Seppo Rovanpera!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hugh Honey!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rovanpera stuns Honey with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rovanpera getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Honey fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rovanpera on the side of the head.
Honey needs to keep his hands up - Rovanpera had a free shot at his head there.
Rovanpera lands a lovely overhand right.
Honey takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rovanpera defending well as Honey loads up on a big left hand.
Honey throws a lazy right hand but Rovanpera sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rovanpera thumps Honey with a low kick.
Rovanpera tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Honey was well out of range. Poor timing from Rovanpera.
Rovanpera works Honey's body with a nice hook.
Honey looks gassed!
Rovanpera throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rovanpera darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Honey avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rovanpera.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rovanpera is looking for a kimura here.
Honey is looking for a sweep. Rovanpera is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rovanpera trying to control the action but Honey is working from the bottom.
Honey avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rovanpera.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rovanpera is pressing down on Honey's thigh, looking to free his foot. Honey is holding on for now.
Rovanpera is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Rovanpera drops an elbow to the side of Honey's head.
Rovanpera not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rovanpera throwing shots but Honey is blocking nicely.
Rovanpera looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Rovanpera trying to pass the guard but Honey defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rovanpera landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Rovanpera not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rovanpera takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Rovanpera looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Rovanpera stops Honey from getting back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rovanpera sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Honey defending well though.
Honey is refusing to be controlled, as Rovanpera sits in half guard.
Rovanpera is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Honey defends it well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rovanpera working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seppo Rovanpera dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Rovanpera throws a head kick but Honey moves out of range.
Rovanpera has a takedown stuffed.
Rovanpera pivots, looking for a leg kick but Honey is out of range and Rovanpera settles back down.
Honey tries to bum rush Rovanpera with a series of wild strikes but Rovanpera uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Honey shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rovanpera pinned against the cage. Rovanpera gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Honey throws a jab when Rovanpera was well out of range.
Honey throws a lazy right hand but Rovanpera sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rovanpera shoots in looking for a takedown but Honey manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Rovanpera's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Rovanpera fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Seppo Rovanpera is winning the standup battle so far.
Honey misses with an uppercut. Rovanpera saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Honey slips a jab from Rovanpera.
Rovanpera throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rovanpera tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Honey is able to avoid easily.
Honey throws out a loose jab but Rovanpera uses good head movement to avoid it.
Horrible takedown by Honey or perhaps it was just good defense by Rovanpera which made him look bad.
Rovanpera will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Honey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rovanpera attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nice shot lands for Rovanpera.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honey uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rovanpera.
Honey shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Honey was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Rovanpera sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Seppo Rovanpera overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rovanpera slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Rovanpera lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Honey!
Rovanpera throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Rovanpera is trying to control here but Honey has managed to regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rovanpera missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Honey has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Rovanpera is working away from the top position though.
Rovanpera is trying to control. Honey wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Rovanpera looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Honey with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rovanpera with the ground and pound but Honey uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Rovanpera is pushing down on Honey's leg trying to pass to half guard. Honey is fighting to maintain full guard but Rovanpera has managed to sneak the leg through.
Honey keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honey tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Rovanpera has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Poor strikes thrown by Rovanpera there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Rovanpera dominating with strikes here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rovanpera controlling the position easily from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rovanpera putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seppo Rovanpera 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.
Honey stuffs the takedown attempt from Rovanpera. Rovanpera gets slowly back to his feet.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rovanpera.
Rovanpera scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Rovanpera is trying to control the action in half guard but Honey is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rovanpera moves nicely into side control.
Honey tries to bench press Rovanpera off him but Rovanpera keeps the position.
Rovanpera throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Rovanpera lands a few punches from side control.
Rovanpera is looking to take a break and control but Honey is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rovanpera cracks Honey with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Honey is rocked!
Rovanpera has hold of Honey's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Honey tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Rovanpera cranks the arm and Honey screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Honey, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Seppo Rovanpera!
Seppo Rovanpera retains his welterweight title!
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pop
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mgr
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