RCS 29 - Vainglorious PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mortimer Plumbtree (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eduard Folayang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Plumbtree kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is White and Nerdy. Mortimer Plumbtree has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Plumbtree
vs
Folayang

225 cm
26
130 lbs
4 - 12 - 0

175 cm
27
161 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mortimer Plumbtree!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eduard Folayang!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Winston Howard and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Folayang misses with a combination
and Plumbtree counters with a head kick.
Folayang misses with a straight left.
Folayang swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Plumbtree counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Plumbtree moves forwards but Folayang connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Folayang connects with a crisp jab.
Folayang will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Folayang throws a jab when Plumbtree was well out of range.
A lazy left from Folayang finds it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Folayang misses with a few strikes there.
A punch combination from Folayang misses.
Folayang throws a hook but Plumbtree avoids it easily.
Plumbtree goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A punch combination from Folayang misses.
Plumbtree keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Folayang.
Folayang throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Plumbtree.
A telegraphed right hand from Folayang misses the target.
Folayang throws a right and a left that Plumbtree avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plumbtree keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Folayang.
Folayang misses with a hook. Plumbtree ducked under it nicely.
Plumbtree dodges the punch combination from Folayang.
Folayang throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Folayang falls off balance throwing a combination
and Plumbtree counters with a big head kick but Folayang shrugs it off.
Folayang blocks a head kick by Plumbtree.
Folayang blocks a head kick by Plumbtree.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Folayang throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Folayang swinging wildly here.
Sloppy strikes from Folayang. Those never looked like landing.
Folayang throws a series of punches but Plumbtree avoids them all with ease.
Eduard Folayang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Plumbtree throws a sloppy head kick and Folayang moves out of range easily.
Folayang swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Plumbtree tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Folayang throws a series of punches but Plumbtree avoids them all with ease.
Folayang throws a series of punches but Plumbtree moves out of range.
Folayang misses with a hook
and Plumbtree counters with a big head kick but Folayang shrugs it off.
Plumbtree really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Plumbtree's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Folayang connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Plumbtree scrambles back to his feet.
Folayang might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Plumbtree misses with a head kick.
Folayang rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Plumbtree moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Plumbtree ducks under a wild hook from Folayang.
Folayang blocks a head kick by Plumbtree.
Plumbtree takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eduard Folayang dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Folayang, as that shot connected.
Plumbtree ducks under a wild hook from Folayang.
Plumbtree throws a head kick that misses.
Folayang rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Plumbtree moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Plumbtree uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Folayang.
Plumbtree uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Folayang.
Plumbtree lands a high kick!
Folayang misses with a series of wild punches.
Plumbtree avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Folayang misses with the combination.
Eduard Folayang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Folayang throws a left and a right that both miss
and Plumbtree counters with a head kick. That will keep Folayang thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Folayang throws a right and a left that Plumbtree avoids nicely.
Plumbtree ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Plumbtree uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Folayang.
Plumbtree showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Folayang.
Plumbtree throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Folayang rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Plumbtree counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Plumbtree uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Folayang.
Folayang throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Plumbtree counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Folayang is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Folayang with a hook.
Folayang misses with an uppercut.
Plumbtree moves out of range as Folayang strikes.
Folayang swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Plumbtree counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Folayang swings widly with a right hand
and Plumbtree counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Folayang is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Folayang misses with the combination.
Plumbtree uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Folayang.
Plumbtree bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Folayang takes a kick to the side of the head.
Folayang falls off balance throwing a combination
and Plumbtree counters with a head kick.
Folayang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Folayang lands a nice shot that snaps Plumbtree's head back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Folayang misses.
Folayang throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Plumbtree counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Folayang is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Folayang falls off balance throwing a combination
and Plumbtree counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Folayang swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Plumbtree counters with a head kick.
Folayang tries to bum rush Plumbtree with a series of wild strikes but Plumbtree uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Folayang pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Folayang falls off balance throwing a combination
and Plumbtree counters with a head kick. That will keep Folayang thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eduard Folayang showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Plumbtree's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

A head kick misses from Plumbtree.
Good exchange - Folayang coming out on top.
Folayang throws a series of punches but Plumbtree moves out of range.
Plumbtree slips a jab from Folayang.
No joy there for Folayang, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Good standup being displayed there by Folayang as he connects with a hook.
Plumbtree ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Folayang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Folayang with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Folayang looks to throw the jab but Plumbtree is out of range.
Plumbtree lands with a kick to the temple. Folayang shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Folayang misses with a series of wild punches.
Folayang throws a series of punches but Plumbtree moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Folayang there.
Plumbtree scores with a head kick.
Folayang misses with a double jab
and Plumbtree counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Folayang is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Mortimer Plumbtree has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Folayang misses with a left hand
and Plumbtree counters with a head kick.
Plumbtree dodges the punch combination from Folayang.
Folayang misses with a jab, cross combination.
Folayang lands with a straight right. Plumbtree didn't see that one coming.
Plumbtree throws a head kick that misses.
Folayang scores with a one two! Plumbtree had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Folayang looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Folayang uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Plumbtree has time to react.
Plumbtree moves out of range of the strikes.
Folayang throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Plumbtree is rocked!
Folayang takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Plumbtree tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Oh Plumbtree is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Plumbtree tries a head kick but it misses.
Plumbtree seems to have got his legs back now.
Good standup being displayed there by Folayang as he connects with a hook.
Folayang misses with a jab, cross combination.
A head kick from Plumbtree lands but Folayang takes it in his stride.
Eduard Folayang is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Folayang throws a poor cross that misses
and Plumbtree counters with a head kick.
Folayang misses with a double jab.
Decent striking displayed by Folayang there.
Folayang swinging wildly here.
Plumbtree throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Folayang lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Folayang looks to land a combination but Plumbtree avoids it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eduard Folayang comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Folayang 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eduard Folayang!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
34%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Drasko Silajevas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Lloyd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lloyd has chosen The Hives - Tick Tick Boom 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.

Silajevas
vs
Lloyd

178 cm
26
155 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

175 cm
24
167 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

ACME-Blood Red Q158 SALE $30

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Drasko Silajevas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tom Lloyd!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Winston Howard and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silajevas misses with a looping right.
Silajevas lunges at Lloyd with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lloyd's hand.
Lloyd closes the distance and clinches up with Silajevas, looking for a takedown. Lloyd pushes Silajevas against the cage but Silajevas circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lloyd moves out of range of the strikes.
Lloyd avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silajevas misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice takedown defense from Silajevas. No joy for Lloyd on that attempt.
Silajevas throws a good cross that connects.
Silajevas works Lloyd's body with a nice hook.
Silajevas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silajevas misses with a hook.
Silajevas misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silajevas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lloyd's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Silajevas connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lloyd scrambles back to his feet.
Lloyd fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silajevas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lloyd was well out of range. Poor timing from Silajevas.
Lloyd tries to clinch there but Silajevas circles away.
Lloyd fails with an attempt to clinch.
Drasko Silajevas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lloyd shoots in but Silajevas avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Drasko Silajevas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tom Lloyd.
A big left from Silajevas misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silajevas. Lloyd does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lloyd shoots in for a takedown but Silajevas shows good takedown defense.
Silajevas swings widly with a right hand

and Lloyd counters with a shoot takedown. Silajevas fights it but they end up in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lloyd trying to control the position from guard on top but Silajevas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lloyd is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Lloyd wants to control from the top but Silajevas keeps moving.
Lloyd working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Silajevas is trying to keep Lloyd in close.
Silajevas being controlled here, momentarily.

Tom Lloyd has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Lloyd is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd tries to clinch there but Silajevas circles away.
Silajevas scores with a jab.
Lloyd shoots in looking for a takedown. Silajevas tries to sprawl out of it but Lloyd keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silajevas manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lloyd looks for a takedown but Silajevas sprawls well.
Silajevas stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lloyd avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Silajevas defends it nicely.
Lloyd is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lloyd uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silajevas.

Lloyd rushes Silajevas and presses him up against the cage.
Lloyd throws an elbow but it misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lloyd looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silajevas working aggressively here.
Silajevas is trying to break the clinch but Lloyd is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Drasko Silajevas will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silajevas just misses with a punch to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lloyd looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lloyd tries to clinch but Silajevas moves out of range.
Lloyd slips a straight right by Silajevas.
Silajevas throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Silajevas scores with a nice head shot.
Silajevas throws a hook to the side of Lloyd's head but Lloyd sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silajevas feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lloyds jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Lloyd avoids the body shot from Silajevas.

Lloyd gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silajevas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lloyd looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silajevas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silajevas blocks the elbow strike.
Silajevas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lloyd has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Silajevas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silajevas misses with a body punch.
Lloyd fails to pull guard.
Lloyd with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silajevas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silajevas dodges an elbow strike from Lloyd.
Silajevas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd keeps control of Silajevas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lloyd tries to score a body lock takedown but Silajevas shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Lloyd tries for a takedown. No joy.
Drasko Silajevas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tom Lloyd.
Silajevas is trying to break the clinch but Lloyd has him pressed against the cage.
Lloyd stalling in the clinch but Silajevas improves position.
Lloyd tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Lloyd misses with an elbow over the top.
Silajevas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lloyd tries for a takedown. No joy.
A body shot lands from Silajevas.
Lloyd goes for a takedown attempt but Silajevas pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Lloyd has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lloyd there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lloyd is looking to clinch.
Silajevas misses with a body shot.
Danga de danga de dang - Silajevas scores with a four punch combination!
Tom Lloyd is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silajevas connects with a body shot.
Lloyd tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silajevas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lloyd takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Silajevas thows a body shot but no joy.
Lloyd tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silajevas swivels and escapes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Lloyd.
Lloyd fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lloyd is breathing heavily.
Silajevas throws a shot to the body.
Lloyd slips a straight right by Silajevas.
Jab from Silajevas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lloyd wants to clinch.
Lloyd slips a straight right by Silajevas.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lloyd avoids the body shot from Silajevas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drasko Silajevas dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Lloyd takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Silajevas scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lloyd doesn't manage to clinch there - Silajevas circles away.
Silajevas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silajevas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silajevas lands with an overhand left.
Lloyd tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lloyd will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Silajevas throws a hook but Lloyd blocks it.
Silajevas ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Silajevas lands the left hand.
Silajevas throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Lloyd counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Silajevas.
Silajevas blocks an elbow strike.
Silajevas tries to break free but Lloyd pushes him back against the cage.
Silajevas misses with a punch on the inside.
Silajevas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silajevas prevents a takedown attempt there.
Lloyd wants a takedown but no success here.
Drasko Silajevas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tom Lloyd.
A knee to the head by Lloyd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lloyd.

Lloyd jumps into guard, dragging Silajevas to the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silajevas got a little sloppy there for a moment and Lloyd has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Silajevas has managed to get both his arms back between Lloyd's legs - danger averted.
Lloyd takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lloyd keeping moving, preventing Silajevas from controlling successfully.

Lloyd is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Lloyd looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lloyd had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Silajevas defends it easily.
Lloyd is trying to keep Silajevas in close.
Tom Lloyd has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silajevas knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lloyd on the ground.
Silajevas trying to control the position from guard on top but Lloyd is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lloyd is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Silajevas is aware though and is defending well.

Lloyd looking for a guillotine here but Silajevas defends easily.
Lloyd doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lloyd striking off his back but it's not causing Silajevas any problems.
Lloyd doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tom Lloyd comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Silajevas has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Drasko Silajevas!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
51%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Zelman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonah Takalua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zelman comes to the cage accompanied by My Own Summer - Deftones. Tyson Zelman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Zelman
vs
Takalua

170 cm
23
155 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

173 cm
21
152 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tyson Zelman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jonah Takalua!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Hugh Johnson and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Takalua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Takalua tries to close the distance and clinch but Zelman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Takalua fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Zelman, pushing him back against the cage.
Takalua lands a hook that snaps the head of Zelman backwards.
Zelman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Takalua doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Takalua has a couple of punches blocked by Zelman.
Zelman using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Zelman blocking some punches.
Takalua misses with a short punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Zelman.
Zelman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Takalua managing to block the knees to the body from Zelman.
Zelman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zelman.
Zelman looking to slow down the pace here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Takalua working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takalua creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Takalua has a couple of punches blocked by Zelman.
Zelman lands a good knee to the midsection. Takalua won't want to take too many of those.
Zelman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Takalua swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Takalua throws an elbow that misses.
Takalua wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Zelman has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Takalua.
Takalua lands a right hand.
Takalua with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Takalua lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zelman backwards.
Zelman lands an uppercut.
Takalua is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Takalua is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takalua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Takalua missing with knees to the body.
Takalua avoiding damage as Zelman throws knees to the body.
Takalua lands an elbow just above Zelman 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takalua tries to throw a body punch but Zelman avoids it by throwing Takalua back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Zelman.
Zelman prevents a body shot from Takalua.
Zelman trying to land knees to the body.
Takalua lands an elbow that stopped Zelman in his tracks for a moment.
Zelman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Zelman lands a shot to the body.
Takalua's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Takalua working aggressively here.
Takalua misses with a knee to the head.
Takalua misses with an elbow over the top.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Takalua.
Takalua wants to get back to striking at distance but Zelman won't allow it.
Takalua misses with a knee strike.
A short right from Zelman on the inside.
Takalua with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Takalua looks gassed!
Zelman works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Takalua wants to break free but Zelman has control.
Zelman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Takalua in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zelman missing with knees to the body.
Takalua managing to block the knees to the body from Zelman.
Takalua avoiding damage as Zelman throws knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zelman.
Zelman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Takalua scores with a shoulder strike.
Takalua swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zelman scores a nice knee to the body.
Zelman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Takalua has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Zelman is leaning against Takalua and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zelman.
Zelman landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zelman works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Zelman gets through Takalua's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Zelman scores a nice knee to the body.
Zelman displaying some good clinch control by pressing Takalua up against the cage.
Takalua misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zelman looking to throw knees to the head but Takalua is blocking nicely.
Zelman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Zelman lands a left hand.
Takalua misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zelman scores with a hook to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Zelman as Takalua tries to tie him up.
Zelman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Zelman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Takalua.
Knees to the body from Zelman.
Zelman looking to stall.
Zelman lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zelman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Zelman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hook to the body lands for Zelman.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyson Zelman dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Zelman connects with a looping right hand.

Takalua closes the distance and clinches.
Takalua wants to break free but Zelman has control.
Takalua takes a knee to the side of the body.
Takalua blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Takalua throws an elbow that misses.
Knees to the body from Zelman.
Takalua lands a shoulder strike.
Takalua lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zelman backwards.
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!
Takalua swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zelman lands a knee to the body.
Zelman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Takalua or not.
Zelman with a knee to the head.

It looks like Jonah Takalua has been cut.
Zelman tries to stall but Takalua uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Zelman landing knees to the head.
Takalua is breathing heavily.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Takalua as Zelman tries to tie him up.
Takalua is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zelman trying to land knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zelman.
Zelman struggles to land a body shot inside as Takalua controls his hands.
Zelman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zelman crunches a lovely knee into Takalua's ribcage.
Takalua misses with the head strike.
Takalua tries to land a knee to the head but Zelman blocks with his arms.
Zelman unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Zelman struggles to land a body shot inside as Takalua controls his hands.
Takalua doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Takalua tries to land a knee to the head but Zelman blocks with his arms.
Zelman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Takalua misses with a body punch.
Zelman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zelman lands a body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zelman works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Zelman looking to throw knees to the head but Takalua is blocking nicely.
Zelman lands a right hand.
Zelman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Takalua lands a hook that snaps the head of Zelman backwards.
Zelman pushes Takalua back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zelman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zelman tries to land knees in the clinch but Takalua avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zelman.
Takalua avoiding damage as Zelman throws knees to the body.
Tyson Zelman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Zelman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Zelman with a knee to the head.
Takalua letting Zelman take a breather here.
Zelman lands with a right to the head.
Zelman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Takalua in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Zelman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Takalua backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zelman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Zelman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Takalua misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zelman digs a right hand into Takalua's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Takalua's gas tank.
Zelman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Zelman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Takalua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zelman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Zelman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zelman connects with a knee to the head.
Zelman lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Zelman scores with a shot to the side of Takalua's head.

Takalua is rocked!
Zelman misses with a punch to the body.
A hook to the body from Zelman.
Zelman with a knee to the head.
Takalua is still on wobbly legs! Can Zelman finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zelman jerks Takalua's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Takalua drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Zelman goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Zelman because Takalua was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Tyson Zelman!

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A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
77%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Caleb Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Mercer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ray Mercer looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Jackson
vs
Mercer

181 cm
20
260 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
28
256 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Caleb Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ray Mercer!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Donatello Bradman and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jackson darts in and clinches Mercer up against the cage.
Jackson has Mercer pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Mercer manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Jackson is trying to trip Mercer. He has hold of a leg but Mercer is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Jackson persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Mercer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jackson.
Jackson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mercer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jackson.
Jackson landing some decent shots from guard.
Jackson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jackson throwing strikes but missing.
Mercer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jackson.
Jackson thows a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson thows a big elbow that misses.
Mercer trying to control the position.
Jackson thows a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jackson lands a couple of elbows.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mercer can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jackson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Mercer looks gassed!
Jackson lands a nice forearm strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jackson working the head and body with strikes.
Jackson throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Mercer really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jackson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jackson throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Mercer takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

It looks like Ray Mercer has been cut.

Jackson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Jackson advances nicely into full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercer is bucking up trying to escape but Jackson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jackson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Mercer hang on?

The cut above Ray Mercer's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Mercer takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Jackson's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Caleb Jackson!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
66%

Main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Kyles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Rosario (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rosario has chosen Eye Of The Tiger as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Kyles
vs
Rosario

220 cm
20
250 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
20
265 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jimmy Kyles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Fernando Rosario!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Damien Edna and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kyles lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rosario circles away quickly and effectively.
Kyles dodges the punch combination from Rosario.
Kyles throws a series of punches but Rosario moves out of range.
Rosario swinging wildly here.
Kyles looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kyles throws a series of strikes that have Rosario backpedaling.

It looks like Fernando Rosario has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kyles ducks under a wild hook from Rosario.
Rosario throws a right hand that Kyles ducks under and follows up with a left that Kyles also avoids with ease.
A combination from Rosario does no damage.
Rosario ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kyles moves away.
Kyles darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kyles throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rosario.
Rosario doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rosario lands the left hand.
Jimmy Kyles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rosario throws a series of punches but Kyles avoids them all with ease.
Kyles avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rosario looks to land a right hand but Kyles moved out of range.
Kyles cracks a nice hook into Rosario's ribs.
Rosario looks gassed!
Kyles lets loose with a powerful body kick. Rosario will feel that in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Kyles. Those never looked like landing.
Kyles really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Kyles lands a big head kick that sends Rosario tumbling to the mat! Kyles takes a step backwards and waves Rosario back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Rosario is rocked!
A looping hook to the body misses from Rosario. Kyles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rosario is still on wobbly legs! Can Kyles finish him?
Kyles moves in close and cracks Rosario with a massive right hand! Rosario, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Kyles!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jimmy Kyles!