AJFC 106: Destroyer vs. Do PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vitor Belfort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Denard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Belfort
vs
Denard

185 cm
25
205 lbs
11 - 12 - 0

190 cm
21
222 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vitor Belfort!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bob Denard!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yuuki Gou and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Denard lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Denard leaves Belfort with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Belfort looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Belfort looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vitor Belfort. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Denard.
Denard uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Belfort has time to react.
A thudding body kick lands there by Denard!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Belfort is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Denard darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A right-left combo lands from Denard.

It looks like Vitor Belfort has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Denard connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Denard scores with a nice right hand.

Belfort is rocked!
Denard lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Belfort is breathing heavily.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Denard! Belfort is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bob Denard!

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FIGHT
RATING
91%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tatsuya Kimura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Hoffmann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kimura comes to the cage accompanied by Inner Light by Shocking Lemon. Tatsuya Kimura has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Kimura
vs
Hoffmann

190 cm
28
196 lbs
17 - 8 - 1

180 cm
22
193 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Tatsuya Kimura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Martin Hoffmann!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kimura avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hoffmann is looking to clinch but Kimura is avoiding it.
Hoffmann uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kimura.
Hoffmann tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kimura counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kimura lands with an uppercut that bounces Hoffmann off the cage and back into range.
Hoffmann wants to clinch up but Kimura keeps it at a distance.
Hoffmann looks to clinch
and Kimura counters with a nice body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hoffmann looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimura looks to land a body kick but Hoffmann moved away.
Hoffmann fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kimura throws a low kick but Hoffmann moves out of range easily.
Kimura lands with a shot to the body.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Hoffmann tries to clinch but Kimura moves out of range.
Hoffmann tries to clinch but Kimura moves away
and Kimura makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hoffmann tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kimura counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hoffmann wants to clinch but Kimura slips to the side
and Kimura counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kimura fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hoffmann has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hoffmann is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Hoffmann gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hoffmann lands a damaging elbow.
Kimura managing to block the knees to the body from Hoffmann.
Kimura avoids a wild elbow strike from Hoffmann.
Hoffmann lands an elbow inside.
Kimura tries to work over Hoffmann's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kimura misses with a punch to the body.
Kimura scores with a shot to the side of Hoffmann's head.
Hoffmann manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hoffmann lands an elbow just above Kimura 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Hoffmann.
Hoffmann blocks a body shot from Kimura.
Hoffmann has had enough of the clinch but Kimura keeps him there for the moment.
Hoffmann misses with an elbow strike.
Kimura misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hoffmann prevents a body shot from Kimura.
Kimura can't find room to land a body shot as Hoffmann controls the action.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hoffmann obliges.
Hoffmann unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kimura lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hoffmann unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kimura goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hoffmann lands a nice elbow.
Hoffmann lands an elbow that stopped Kimura in his tracks for a moment.
Hoffmann gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kimura misses with a punch to the body.
Kimura misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoffmann pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Hoffmann breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hoffmann is looking to clinch.
Kimura fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hoffmann moves to clinch but Kimura breaks away
and Kimura counters with a leg kick.
Kimura lands a nice looking body kick.
Hoffmann uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kimura.
Hoffmann tries to clinch up

and Kimura counters by clinching up.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hoffmann lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hoffmann leaning against his opponent.
Kimura misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stalling in the clinch from Hoffmann.
Hoffmann blocks a body shot from Kimura.
Kimura lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hoffmann misses with an elbow strike.
Hoffmann is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kimura tries to work over Hoffmann's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hoffmann lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hoffmann gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kimura tries to work over Hoffmann's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hoffmann controlling the action here for a moment.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kimura goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Hoffmann breaks from the clinch.
Kimura swats away the attempt to clinch by Hoffmann.
Hoffmann wants to clinch up but Kimura keeps it at a distance.
Kimura misses with a body kick.
Kimura wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hoffmann moves to clinch but Kimura breaks away

and Kimura counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Kimura won't allow Hoffmann to get back to his feet.

Hoffmann pushes Kimura off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Kimura closes the distance and pushes Hoffmann back into the cage.
Kimura tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kimura avoids a wild elbow strike from Hoffmann.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kimura.
Hoffmann pushes off an throws an elbow but Kimura leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hoffmann blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kimura tries to throw a body punch but Hoffmann avoids it by throwing Kimura back against the cage.
Kimura tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kimura takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Hoffmann prevents a body shot from Kimura.
Hoffmann working Kimura over with knees to the body.
Kimura goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kimura lands an elbow inside.
Hoffmann lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hoffmann lands a knee to the body.
Hoffmann lands a right hand.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hoffmann - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hoffmann creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kimura's defenses.
Hoffmann scores with a knee to the head.
Kimura misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kimura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hoffmann blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kimura takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kimura goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kimura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Hoffmann.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kimura goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hoffmann obliges.
Hoffmann blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kimura tries to work over Hoffmann's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hoffmann unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kimura lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Hoffmann's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hoffmann is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kimura circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kimura counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hoffmann moves to clinch but Kimura breaks away

and Kimura counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kimura.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Hoffmann dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Hoffmann looks to clinch
and Kimura counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kimura ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hoffmann moves away.
Hoffmann tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kimura counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kimura keeps the fight on the outside.
Hoffmann tries to clinch but Kimura moves out of range.
Hoffmann closes the distance looking to clinch

and Kimura holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimura throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kimura avoids the elbow strike from Hoffmann, against the cage.
Kimura swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hoffmann managing to block the knees to the body from Kimura.
Kimura throws a punch but it's blocked by Hoffmann.
Hoffmann lands a good knee to the midsection. Kimura won't want to take too many of those.
Hoffmann throws an elbow but it misses.
Hoffmann lands a nice elbow.
Hoffmann slowing the pace effectively.
Hoffmann is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hoffmann tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kimura avoids it.
Kimura avoids a wild elbow strike from Hoffmann.
Kimura lands with a right to the head.
Kimura misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoffmann lands an elbow inside that Kimura shrugs off.
Kimura missing with knees to the body.
Hoffmann blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
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!
Nice elbow from Hoffmann.
Kimura misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hoffmann pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kimura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kimura tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hoffmann's elbow.
Hoffmann looking to slow down the pace here.
Hoffmann stalling.
Kimura struggles to land a body shot inside as Hoffmann controls his hands.
Nice elbow from Hoffmann.
Martin Hoffmann seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hoffmann misses with an elbow over the top.

Hoffmann manages to break the clinch.
Hoffmann tries to clinch there but Kimura circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoffmann keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kimura misses the shot to the body.
Hoffmann tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kimura counters with a left to the body.
Hoffmann has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hoffmann there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hoffmann wants to clinch but Kimura slips to the side
and Kimura counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kimura bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hoffmann's head.
Hoffmann wants to clinch but Kimura slips to the side
and Kimura counters with a left to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoffmann looks to clinch
and Kimura counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Kimura gets tackled into the cage by Hoffmann. Hoffmann maintains the clinch.
Hoffmann lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kimura doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Hoffmann manages to break the clinch.

Kimura drives through and clinches with Hoffmann against the cage.
Hoffmann slowing the pace effectively.
Hoffmann throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hoffmann.
Hoffmann lands an elbow that stopped Kimura in his tracks for a moment.

Hoffmann pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hoffmann avoids the body shot from Kimura.
Kimura is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hoffmann wants to clinch but Kimura slips to the side
and Kimura counters with a nice uppercut.
Kimura fakes the leg kick and cracks Hoffmann in the body.
Hoffmann fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hoffmann wants to clinch
letting Kimura counter with a right hand.

Kimura clinches up against the cage.
Hoffmann creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kimura's defenses.
Hoffmann taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kimura tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kimura misses with a body punch.
Hoffmann lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kimura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Hoffmann's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kimura swings for the body but Hoffmann moves out of range.

Kimura instigates a clinch.
Hoffmann gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kimura.
Kimura tries a body shot but Hoffmann blocks it.
Kimura misses with a punch to the body.
Kimura tries to pull guard but Hoffmann won't allow it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hoffmann throws an elbow that misses.
Hoffmann avoiding damage.
Hoffmann lands an elbow inside.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hoffmann misses with an elbow over the top.
A short body shot lands from Kimura as the two fighters clinch.
Hoffmann is working Kimura over against the cage.
Hoffmann stalls.
Hoffmann prevents a body shot from Kimura.
Hoffmann just leaning against Kimura, taking a breather.
Kimura takes a shot to the head.
Kimura tries a body shot but Hoffmann blocks it.
Kimura dodges an elbow strike from Hoffmann.
Kimura letting Hoffmann take a breather here.
Hoffmann trying to control the position but instead, Kimura has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hoffmann into the cage.
Hoffmann lands an elbow just above Kimura 's eye.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kimura misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hoffmann pressing his opponent against the cage.
Hoffmann lands a nice elbow.
Hoffmann creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hoffmann gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kimura throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hoffmanns head.
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!
Kimura tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hoffmann smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tatsuya Kimura. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kimura circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kimura counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kimura keeps the fight on the outside.
Hoffmann closes the distance but Kimura moves to the side
enabling Kimura to counter with a crisp jab.

Kimura instigates a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Hoffmann.
Hoffmann blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kimura avoids a wild elbow strike from Hoffmann.
Hoffmann lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hoffmann misses with an elbow over the top.
Hoffmann gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tatsuya Kimura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hoffmann lands an elbow that stopped Kimura in his tracks for a moment.
Hoffmann trying to stall but Kimura improves his position.
Hoffmann misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kimura.

And that's the end of the fight!
Martin Hoffmann comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hoffmann has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Martin Hoffmann!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Martin Hoffmann!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Martin Hoffmann!

Martin Hoffmann wins by unanimous decision!

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FIGHT
RATING
42%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Ladeia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Silva
vs
Ladeia

180 cm
19
198 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
24
185 lbs
8 - 14 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wanderlei Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jose Ladeia!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ladeia shoots in but Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ladeia looks for the body kick but Silva saw that one coming.
Silva displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Jose Ladeia has been cut.

Ladeia scores with a takedown into Silva's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ladeia tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Ladeia is looking to advance position but Silva has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Ladeia bucks up and throws Silva to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva stuffs the takedown.
Silva tries to land a leg kick but Ladeia saw it coming and moves away.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ladeia paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Ladeia shoots in and bounces Silva off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Ladeia looking to pass the guard.
Ladeia works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ladeia wants to free his trapped foot but Silva is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Silva trying to hold on to Ladeia's head to control him but Ladeia postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Ladeia is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ladeia 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.
Ladeia tries to pass the half guard into mount. Silva knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Ladeia is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Silva doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Ladeia.
Silva is pressing down on Ladeia's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Silva working a defensive guard here.
Ladeia trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ladeia advances position into side control!
Silva tries to bench press Ladeia off him but Ladeia keeps the position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Ladeia wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Silva, who protects the arm well.

Ladeia tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Ladeia is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Silva has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Ladeia is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Silva is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
A bit of a lull in the action here.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Ladeia is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Silva knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Ladeia thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Ladeia has hold of Silva's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Silva seems comfortable defending it but Ladeia has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Silva is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Silva is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Ladeia couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jose Ladeia!

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FIGHT
RATING
27%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Dick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Graeme Souness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dick comes to the cage accompanied by Conquer All. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Dick
vs
Souness

190 cm
29
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

188 cm
23
213 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tom Dick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Graeme Souness!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Souness gets a clinch.
Dick misses with a hook to the ribs.

Souness pulls Dick into guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Souness looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dick wants to get up but he can't break Souness's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Dick trying to control the position from guard on top but Souness is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Souness has control of Dick's left arm, preventing Dick from doing any damage.
Dick wants to stand but Souness has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Souness looking to control.

Graeme Souness has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Dick throws a body kick that misses.
Souness closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dick circles away.
Dick smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Souness moves out of range as Dick throws a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souness checks a leg kick.
Dick throws a nice outside leg kick.
Souness connects with a looping right hand.
Souness moves out of range of the body kick.
Souness shoots in for a takedown but Dick shows good takedown defense.
Souness checks the leg kick.
Dick fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dick slips a jab from Souness.
Dick lands a jab to Souness's midsection.
Tom Dick is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dick throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tom Dick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dick misses with a body shot.
Souness takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Souness takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Dick fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Souness has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Souness shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dick as he jumps to the side.
Tom Dick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Graeme Souness.
Souness takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Souness wants to clinch up but Dick keeps it at a distance.
Souness keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Dick throws a front kick aimed at Souness's knee but Souness avoids it well.
Dick keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Souness looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dick is fending him off so far but Souness persists. Nope, Dick circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice cross by Dick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dick lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Souness has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Souness and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Dick clinches up with Souness and pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dick lands with a left to the head.
Dick lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Souness tries for a takedown but Dick manages to get underhooks.
Dick lands with a light punch inside.
Dick misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dick lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Souness backwards.
Dick lands with a light punch inside.
Dick lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A hook to the body from Dick.
Souness looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dick digs a right hand into Souness's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Souness's gas tank.
Dick has Souness pressed against the cage, preventing Souness from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dick misses with a body punch.
Souness is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dick gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dick.
Dick lands a left hand.
A short body shot lands from Dick as the two fighters clinch.
Dick presses Souness against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dick lands a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dick scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dick lands with a right to the head.

Souness is rocked!
Dick works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Souness is still on wobbly legs! Can Dick finish him?
Dick working aggressively here.
Dick digs a right hand underneath Souness's ribcage. Souness let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dick has a couple of punches blocked by Souness.
Dick misses with the head strike.
Dick lands a body punch.
Dick pushes Souness back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Souness seems to have recovered his senses.
A body shot lands from Dick.
Dick lands a body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Dick.
Dick tries to throw a body punch but Souness avoids it by throwing Dick back against the cage.
Dick lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Souness backwards.
Dick lands a nice uppercut.
Dick gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Souness.
Dick lands a shot to the body.
Dick lands a nice uppercut.
Dick makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dick throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sounesss head.
Dick misses with a body punch.
Dick creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Souness with a big uppercut! Souness tries to clinch up but Dick pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Souness to the mat! Souness covers up and Dick unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tom Dick!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
68%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Versus The World (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tuvok The Vulcan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The World comes to the cage accompanied by (Amon Amarth) Versus the World. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

The World
vs
The Vulcan

225 cm
20
300 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

199 cm
18
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Versus The World!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tuvok The Vulcan!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The World ducks under a wild hook from The Vulcan.
The Vulcan throws a nice looking combination but The World bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Versus The World seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Vulcan throws a hook but The World avoids it easily.
The Vulcan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The World throws a chopping leg kick but The Vulcan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The Vulcan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The World throws a one two combo.
The Vulcan misses with a hook. The World ducked under it nicely.
Sloppy strikes from The Vulcan. Those never looked like landing.
The Vulcan swings for the body but The World moves out of range.
The Vulcan throws a shot from downtown. The World moves away and avoids it.
The Vulcan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Vulcan throws a series of punches but The World avoids them all with ease.
The Vulcan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from The World finds it's way round the side to connect with The Vulcan's head.
The Vulcan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The World keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Vulcan.
The World misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Vulcan.
The Vulcan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for The World, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Vulcan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Vulcan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Vulcan fails to land with a series of punches.
The Vulcan works the jab nicely.
The World punishes The Vulcan's body with a nice straight punch.
No joy there for The World, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Vulcan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The Vulcan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The World.
The Vulcan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The Vulcan looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The World goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The World attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The Vulcan cracks The World with a good jab.
The Vulcan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The World.
The World looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Vulcan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The World.
The Vulcan cracks The World with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The World looks to land a combination but The Vulcan avoids it well.
The World throws the kick towards the body but The Vulcan avoids it.
The Vulcan tests The World's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The World wants to land a leg kick but The Vulcan is out of range.
The Vulcan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The World was well out of range. Poor timing from The Vulcan.
Good work by The Vulcan as he checks the leg kick.
The World throws a leg kick but The Vulcan sees it coming and moves out of range.
The World showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Vulcan.
The World lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The World is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The World throws a hook but The Vulcan blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Vulcan moves out of range of the leg kick from The World.
The World looks to throw the jab but The Vulcan is out of range.
The World throws a right and a left that both miss.
The Vulcan throws the left hand but The World avoids the punch easily.
The Vulcan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Vulcan misses with an uppercut.
The World misses with a straight right.
The Vulcan misses with a wild body shot.
The Vulcan lands a nice shot to the body.
The Vulcan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The World throws out the jab.
The World throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Vulcan misses with a double jab
and The World counters with a nice uppercut.
A combination from The Vulcan does no damage.
The Vulcan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The World was well out of range. Poor timing from The Vulcan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The World tries to land a front kick but The Vulcan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The Vulcan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A combination from The World does no damage.
The World looks to score with a jab to the body but The Vulcan is just out of range.
The World misses with a straight left.
The World misses with a jab, cross combination.
The World lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The World scores with a jab to the head.
The Vulcan misses with a jab, cross combination.
The World looks to score with a jab to the body but The Vulcan is just out of range.
The Vulcan avoids the body shot from The World.
The World throws a leg kick but The Vulcan sees it coming and moves out of range.
A left and a right from The World both land. Nice combination.
Danga de danga de dang - The World scores with a four punch combination!
The Vulcan moves out of range as The World strikes.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
The World throws a leg kick but The Vulcan sees it coming and moves out of range.
The Vulcan slips a jab and a cross from The World.
The Vulcan misses with a two punch combination.
The Vulcan throws a hook but The World blocks it.
The Vulcan looks to throw the jab but The World is out of range.
The World misses with a hook.
The World scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The Vulcan avoids a punch combination nicely.
The World throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Vulcan avoids the body shot from The World.
The World takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The World is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The Vulcan feints a jab promting The World to slip. The Vulcan then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. The World slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A big left from The World misses.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The World lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by The World.
The Vulcan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The World.
The Vulcan looks to land a left hand but The World moved out of range nicely.
The Vulcan moves out of range of the strikes.
The Vulcan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Vulcan misses with a hook.
The World misses with a wild 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!
The World lands a jab.
The Vulcan lands with a straight right. The World didn't see that one coming.
The World throws a shot from downtown. The Vulcan moves away and avoids it.
The Vulcan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The World lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as The Vulcan backs up against the cage.
The Vulcan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The Vulcan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and The Vulcan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The World is working the combinations to good effect here.
The World lands a lovely overhand right.

The Vulcan is rocked!
The Vulcan connects with a single shot there.
The World tries to score with a low kick but The Vulcan moves his leg out of the way.
The World throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The World swings for the body but The Vulcan moves out of range.
The World looks to land a left hand but The Vulcan moved out of range nicely.
The World looks to land a body kick but The Vulcan moved away.
The World lands with a straight right. The Vulcan didn't see that one coming.
The Vulcan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The Vulcan is still on wobbly legs! Can The World finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice uppercut lands for The Vulcan. That snapped The World's head back.
The Vulcan seems to have recovered his senses.
A slow jab from The World misses its intended target.
The World does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The World throws a right and a left that The Vulcan avoids nicely.
The Vulcan lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The Vulcan moves out of range of the body kick.
The World looks to land a left hand but The Vulcan moved out of range nicely.
The World jabs at The Vulcan's body.
The World clobbers The Vulcan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The fighters circling - The World throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The Vulcan blocks a jab.
The World fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Vulcan manages to avoid it.
The World slips a jab from The Vulcan.
The World looks to score with a jab to the body but The Vulcan is just out of range.
The Vulcan checks the leg kick nicely there.
The Vulcan scores with a body shot.
The World throws a body kick that misses.
The World scores with a shot to the body.
The Vulcan takes one on the button.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
The World misses with a low kick.
The World moves out of range as The Vulcan strikes.
A combination from The World does no damage.
The Vulcan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The Vulcan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The Vulcan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The World stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The World on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The World turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A right-left combo lands from The World.
The Vulcan misses with a hook. The World ducked under it nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Vulcan throws a series of punches but The World avoids them all with ease.
The Vulcan misses with a wild combination.
The Vulcan moves out of range of the leg kick from The World.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Versus The World dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

The Vulcan moves out of range as The World throws a body kick.
The Vulcan misses with a wild body shot.
The World uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Vulcan.
The World swings for the body but The Vulcan moves out of range.
The World takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The Vulcan looks to land a combination. The World sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The Vulcan throws a right hand that The World ducks under and follows up with a left that The World also avoids with ease.
The World just misses with a punch to the body.
The Vulcan throws a shot from downtown. The World moves away and avoids it.
The Vulcan throws a right hand that The World ducks under and follows up with a left that The World also avoids with ease.
The World tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The World thows a body shot but no joy.
The World throws a low kick but The Vulcan avoids it.
The World cracks The Vulcan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The Vulcan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The World.
Versus The World is winning the standup battle so far.
The Vulcan is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The World will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The Vulcan swings for the body but The World moves out of range.
The World is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tuvok The Vulcan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The World throws a right and a left that both miss.
The Vulcan misses with a jab, cross combination.
The World fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches The Vulcan on the side of the head.
The Vulcan misses with an uppercut.
The World is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The World lands with a right hand.
A lazy left from The Vulcan finds it's target.
The Vulcan avoids the body shot from The World.
The World connects with a nice looking jab.
The World is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The Vulcan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The World.
The World throws a jab when The Vulcan was well out of range.
The World throws a wild body kick that The Vulcan sees coming a mile off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The World lands a nice shot that snaps The Vulcan's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Vulcan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but The Vulcan might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, The World has got the better of the exchanges.
The Vulcan misses with a right hand
and The World counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Vulcan. The World does a little dance to reset his feet.
The World fakes a jab and throws a low kick but The Vulcan checks it well.
The World connects with the punch.
The Vulcan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The World throws a low kick but The Vulcan avoids it.
The World swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A big left from The World misses.
The World ducks under a wild hook from The Vulcan.
The Vulcan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The World throws a low kick but it's checked well by The Vulcan.
The Vulcan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The World lands a jab.
The World throws a hook but The Vulcan blocks it.
The Vulcan checks a leg kick.
The World swings for the body but The Vulcan moves out of range.
The World attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The World takes one to the side of the head.
The World is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Vulcan can do to turn this around?
The Vulcan misses with a body shot.
The World's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and The World duly obliges.
The Vulcan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The World uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Vulcan.
The World swings for the body but The Vulcan moves out of range.
The World slips under a jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from The World lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and The Vulcan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from The Vulcan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as The Vulcan lands an impressive looking overhand right. The World doesn't seem phased though.
The Vulcan looks to land a left hand but The World moved out of range nicely.
The Vulcan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Vulcan throws a hook but The World avoids it easily.
The World keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The World pivots, looking for a leg kick but The Vulcan is out of range and The World settles back down.
The Vulcan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and The World counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Vulcan throws the left hand but The World avoids the punch easily.
A left and a right from The Vulcan both land. Nice combination.
The Vulcan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The World scores with a crisp jab that stopped The Vulcan in his tracks.
A lazy left from The World finds it's target.
The World misses with a looping right.
Some bone on bone action there as The Vulcan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
The World connects with an inside leg kick.
The Vulcan slips a jab from The World.
The Vulcan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The World.
The Vulcan blocks a leg kick.
The Vulcan moves away from the strike by The World.
The Vulcan misses with a hook. The World ducked under it nicely.
The Vulcan throws a hook but The World avoids it easily.
The World catches The Vulcan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The World connects with a good right hand that stumbles The Vulcan. The Vulcan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The Vulcan misses with an uppercut. The World saw that one coming.
The World throws a leg kick but The Vulcan checks it.
The World lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The Vulcan missing with a left hand there. The World was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice body punch from The World.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The World rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Vulcan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice defenses there by The Vulcan.
The Vulcan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The Vulcan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The World manages to avoid it.
The World avoids a punch combination nicely.
The World misses with a wild body shot.
The World slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The World closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The World throws a series of punches but The Vulcan avoids them all with ease.
The World just misses with a punch to the body.
The Vulcan misses with a straight right.
The World dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Vulcan misses with a shot to the body
and The World counters with a one-two to the body.
Tuvok The Vulcan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The World swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by The Vulcan.
The Vulcan throws a hook but The World blocks it.
The World throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Vulcan.
The World swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The Vulcan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and The World connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! The Vulcan scrambles back to his feet.
The World digs a good body shot into The Vulcan's ribs.
The World throws a big shot that misses.
The Vulcan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck The World on the side of the head.
The World connects with the punch.
The Vulcan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The Vulcan thows a body shot but no joy.
The World fakes a jab and throws a low kick but The Vulcan checks it well.
The World scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The World lands a jab to the nose.
The World ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The World fails to land with a series of punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Vulcan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The Vulcan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The World.
The World throws a right and a left that both miss.
The World throws an overhand right that lands on The Vulcan's shoulder, as The Vulcan tries to avoid the shot.
The World keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Vulcan.
The Vulcan cracks a nice hook into The World's ribs.
The Vulcan throws an overhand right that lands on The World's shoulder, as The World tries to avoid the shot.
The World takes one to the chin there.
The World cracks The Vulcan with a good jab.
The World with a jab.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The Vulcan throws a hook but The World blocks it.
The Vulcan misses with a wild body shot.
The World throws a nice looking combination but The Vulcan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The Vulcan throws a right and a left that The World avoids nicely.
The Vulcan takes one to the side of the head.
The Vulcan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The World has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from The World there as he acknowledges the shot.
The Vulcan throws a shot from downtown. The World moves away and avoids it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by The World.
The crowd cheers as The World lands an impressive looking overhand right. The Vulcan doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The World takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A punch lands to the side of The Vulcan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Vulcan misses the jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Versus The World showed his dominance in that final round.
Well The World 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Versus The World!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Versus The World!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Versus The World!

Versus The World wins by unanimous decision!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
60%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Canadian Assassin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Random Collective (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Collective's choice of entrance music: Barricade. 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?

Assassin
vs
Collective

178 cm
27
170 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

175 cm
23
175 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Canadian Assassin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Random Collective!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Collective clinches.
Collective is pressed up against the cage. Assassin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Collective down to the mat. Collective avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Collective throws a body punch but Assassin moves out of range.
Collective lands a nice hook to Assassin's body. Assassin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Collective throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Collective jabs Assassin right on the nose. Assassin blinks but takes it well.
Assassin fails with a takedown attempt.
Collective thows a body shot but no joy.
Collective rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Assassin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Assassin fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Canadian Assassin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Collective tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Assassin was well out of range. Poor timing from Collective.
Assassin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Assassin throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Collective was covering up waiting for the punch and Assassin finishes the takedown easily into guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Collective can do anything to dispel that myth.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Collective working a defensive guard here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Assassin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Assassin prevents Collective from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assassin works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Assassin is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Collective!
Assassin putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Assassin is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Collective can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Assassin lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Collective tries to hold on but Assassin pushes him away.
Assassin scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Assassin is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Assassin is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Collective can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Collective tries to hold on but Assassin postures up.
Assassin putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Assassin lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Assassin with good strikes from the mount here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collective is bucking up trying to escape but Assassin cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Collective in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The referee warns Collective that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Assassin wants to finish this one by submission but Collective is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Assassin.
Assassin dominating with strikes here.
Assassin putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Assassin lands a big shot there that rocks Collective but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Assassin landing strikes, looking to finish!
Collective is in a horrible position here. Assassin smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Assassin lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Assassin is landing with some decent strikes but Collective is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Assassin lands a nice shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collective tries to hold on but Assassin postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Collective takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Collective is in a horrible position here. Assassin smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Assassin scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Assassin putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Assassin has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Collective's face.
Assassin looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Assassin raining down shots from the mount!
Collective really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Assassin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Assassin raining down hammerfists from mount.

Collective is rocked!
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Assassin! Collective is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Canadian Assassin!

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hype
A | B

pop
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mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
83%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Freschetta Digornio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Krigare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Digornio kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Rock Your World!. Krigare has chosen Achtung Pantzer by Raubtier as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Digornio
vs
Krigare

177 cm
26
165 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

168 cm
23
167 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Asphyxiation Ltd.
Asphyxiation Ltd.

[CBK] Knockout Apparel

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Freschetta Digornio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Krigare!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Digornio throws a hook but Krigare blocks it.
Krigare thows a left - swing and a miss!
Digornio closes the distance looking to clinch
and Krigare counters with an inside leg kick.
Digornio throws a nice looking combination but Krigare bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A telegraphed right hand from Digornio misses the target.
Krigare will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Digornio looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Krigare misses with a jab, cross combination.
Digornio misses with a wild combination.
Digornio throws a big shot that misses.
Krigare misses the shot to the body.
Krigare misses with a straight left.
Krigare tests Digornio's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Some wild striking there from Digornio.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krigare moves out of range of the strikes.
Krigare misses with a low kick.
Freschetta Digornio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Digornio misses with a jab, cross combination.
Digornio wants to clinch
and Krigare counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Krigare keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Digornio.

Digornio clinches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Krigare breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Digornio connects with a jab.

Digornio gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Digornio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Krigare's elbow.
Digornio trying to control the position but instead, Krigare has worked for underhooks and has pushed Digornio into the cage.
Digornio working aggressively here.
Krigare is looking to break free of the clinch but Digornio has double underhooks.
Krigare struggles to land a body shot inside as Digornio controls his hands.
Digornio's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Digornio throws a punch but it's blocked by Krigare.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Digornio displaying some good clinch control by pressing Krigare up against the cage.

Krigare breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Digornio misses with a jab, cross combination.
Digornio avoids the body shot from Krigare.
Digornio fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jab from Krigare.
Krigare misses with a double jab
and Digornio counters with a nice uppercut.
Digornio takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Digornio misses with a combination
letting Krigare counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krigare connects with a single shot there.
Krigare throws the left hand but Digornio avoids the punch easily.
Krigare with a nice cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Digornio lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Krigare backs up against the cage.
Digornio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Krigare throws out a loose jab but Digornio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Krigare lands with a nice body punch.
Krigare uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Digornio.
Digornio defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Krigare.
Digornio lands with a hook. Krigare tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Digornio takes the fight into the clinch.
Digornio throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Krigares head.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Krigare lands a nice shot to the body.
Digornio misses with a punch on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Digornio.
Krigare stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Digornio is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Krigare will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Digornio up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Digornio creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Digornio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Digornio slips under a jab.
Digornio misses with a lunging right hand
and Krigare counters with a stiff right hand.
Digornio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krigare loads up on a big right hand but Digornio slips the punch.
Krigare throws a nice looking combination but Digornio bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Digornio swinging wildly here.
Krigare uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Digornio.
Digornio thows a left - swing and a miss!
Krigare throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Digornio throws a shot from downtown. Krigare moves away and avoids it.
The fighters circling - Digornio throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Digornio lands with a straight right. Krigare didn't see that one coming.
Digornio throws a good cross that connects.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Digornio avoids the body shot from Krigare.
Digornio tries to bum rush Krigare with a series of wild strikes but Krigare uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Digornio looks to land a combination but Krigare avoids it well.
Digornio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Krigare swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Digornio moves out of range of the strikes.
Krigare tries to bum rush Digornio with a series of wild strikes but Digornio uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Krigare throws a jab when Digornio was well out of range.
Krigare lands with a shot to the body.
Krigare closes this distance looking for a takedown but Digornio circles away.
Freschetta Digornio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Krigare.
Krigare scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Digornio doesn't seem bothered though.
Krigare is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Digornio had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Digornio falls off balance throwing a combination
and Krigare cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Digornio pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
No joy there for Digornio, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Digornio bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Krigare's head.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Digornio scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Digornio throws a right hand that Krigare ducks under and follows up with a left that Krigare also avoids with ease.
Digornio is breathing heavily.
Digornio misses with a hook
and Krigare counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krigare uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Digornio.
Digornio lands with a right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Krigare misses the target.
Nice cross by Krigare.
Krigare misses with a leg kick.
Digornio throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Krigare sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Digornio tries to clinch but Krigare moves out of range.
Krigare looks to land a left hand but Digornio moved out of range nicely.

Krigare drives through with a takedown into Digornio's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Digornio trying to keep a closed guard but Krigare is proving a slippery customer.
Digornio controlling the position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Krigare working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Krigare trying to control but Digornio is working from the bottom.

Freschetta Digornio has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Krigare swings for the body but Digornio moves out of range.
Digornio throws a hook to the side of Krigare's head but Krigare sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Krigare lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Krigare takes one on the button.
Digornio scores with a jab to the jaw.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Digornio misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Digornio takes a swing at Krigare's ribcage but misses.
Freschetta Digornio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A swing and a miss from Krigare.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Daniel Krigare will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Krigare connects with a single shot there.
Digornio moves out of range of the strikes.
Krigare just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice combination there by Digornio.
Krigare throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Krigare takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Digornio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krigare.
Krigare misses the shot to the body.
Krigare uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Digornio.
Nice uppercut lands for Digornio. That snapped Krigare's head back.
Krigare shoots for a double leg takedown but Digornio sprawls well. He's pushed Krigare's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Digornio misses the jab.
A cross from Digornio lands.
Krigare moves forwards but Digornio connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Digornio uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Krigare.
Digornio is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Krigare connects with a nice looking jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Digornio rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Krigare counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Digornio throws a good cross that connects.
Digornio misses with an uppercut.
Digornio throws a combination that misses
and Krigare counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Digornio is rocked!
Krigare knocks out Digornio with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Krigare before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Krigare picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Daniel Krigare!
Daniel Krigare very nearly forgot to thank [CBK] Knockout Apparel amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kenji Kuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rural Advantage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Advantage has chosen Drain the Blood 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.

Kuraba
vs
Advantage

180 cm
26
166 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

180 cm
23
172 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

[CBK] Knockout Apparel

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenji Kuraba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rural Advantage!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuraba swats away the attempt to clinch by Advantage.
Advantage misses with a series of wild punches.
A right-left combo lands from Advantage.

It looks like Kenji Kuraba has been cut.
Advantage misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Kuraba counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Advantage's guard now.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Kuraba passes Advantage's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuraba trying to pass the guard but Advantage defending well.
Kuraba is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Advantage!
Advantage wants to get back to his feet.

Kuraba moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Advantage has worked his arm free - good work by Advantage!
Kuraba is looking to take a break and control but Advantage is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kuraba is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Advantage knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Kuraba advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Advantage tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kuraba tries to control but Advantage wriggling away.

Kuraba is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Advantage is surviving well by controlling Kuraba's body position as best he can.

Kuraba jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Advantage is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Advantage and Kuraba has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Advantage is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Kuraba trying to control the action but Advantage is working from the bottom.

Kuraba looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Kuraba throws an elbow but Advantage slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuraba misses with the ground and pound.
Advantage can't do much from the bottom here.
Advantage tries to buck Kuraba off but Kuraba is having none of it.
Advantage prevents Kuraba from moving into mount.
Kuraba taking a break here but Advantage is having none of it and regains half guard.
Kuraba is looking to advance position but Advantage won't allow it.
Kuraba is working hard here to advance position.
Kuraba throws a strike but Advantage avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuraba trying to control the position from guard on top but Advantage is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kuraba pushing down on Advantage's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Advantage is trying to stand.
Kuraba is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kuraba winds up and cracks Advantage with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kuraba passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Advantage!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice elbow there by Kuraba.

Advantage is rocked!

It looks like Rural Advantage has been cut.
Kuraba lands a big elbow - Advantage is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Advantage is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Kenji Kuraba!
Kenji Kuraba took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, [CBK] Knockout Apparel for their support in the buildup to the fight.

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
43%

Main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dest Royer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Royer's entrance music is 2Г5Р1О7Т - Дым. A fine choice. 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.

Royer
vs
Do

188 cm
27
181 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

182 cm
24
181 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

[CBK] The Smashwear Corporation

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dest Royer!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Billy Do!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Royer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Do manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Royer dodges the punch combination from Do.
Some wild striking there from Do.
Do throws a right hand that Royer ducks under and follows up with a left that Royer also avoids with ease.

Do looking to score a takedown here. Royer is defending well but Do drives through and ends up in Royer's guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Royer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Do with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Do makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Do stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Royer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Do is fighting to break Royer's control of his arms but Royer is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Do pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Royer is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Royer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Do.
Royer looking for a sweep. Not yet Royer, not yet.
Do stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Royer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Do throwing strikes but missing.
Do postures up in Royer's guard and throws a big left but Royer blocks it.
Do throwing strikes from guard but Royer blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Royer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Royer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Royer looking for a sweep. Not yet Royer, not yet.
Royer keeping moving, preventing Do from controlling successfully.
Royer is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Royer controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Billy Do was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Royer tries to close the distance and clinch but Do swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Do just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Do misses its intended target.
A head kick misses from Do.
Royer lunges at Do with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Do's hand.
The fighters circling - Do throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Do throws a right and a left that Royer avoids nicely.
Royer lands a head kick!

Royer closes the distance and clinches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Royer lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do misses with a hook to the ribs.
Do misses with a hook to the ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Royer turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Royer fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Do takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Do has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Royer trying to control the position but Do is working away.
Do is trying to control Royer's posture but Royer avoids it.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Do regains half guard.
Royer with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Royer is looking to advance position but Do won't allow it.
Royer is keen to just control but Do is a slippery customer.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Dest Royer has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Do throws a lazy right hand but Royer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Royer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Royer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Billy Do seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Do throws an overhand right that lands on Royer's shoulder, as Royer tries to avoid the shot.
Royer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Royer wants to clinch.
Royer tries to clinch up.
Horrible takedown by Royer or perhaps it was just good defense by Do which made him look bad.
Do throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Donk. Do catches Royer right on the button with a cross.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Royer ducks right into an uppercut from Do.
Do swats away the attempt to clinch by Royer.
Royer closes the distance and clinches up with Do, looking for a takedown. Royer pushes Do against the cage but Do circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Royer.
Royer looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Do is fending him off so far but Royer persists. Nope, Do circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dest Royer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Do throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Royer's head.

Royer gets tackled into the cage by Do. Do maintains the clinch.

Do's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Royer wants a takedown.
A nice right hand lands inside from Royer.
Royer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Royer lands with a left to the head.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Do trying to control the position but instead, Royer has worked for underhooks and has pushed Do into the cage.
Do misses with a body punch.
Do is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Royer is defending well for now.
Do misses with a hook from the clinch.
Do struggles to land a body shot inside as Royer controls his hands.
Do tries a body shot but Royer blocks it.
Royer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Do.
Royer blocks a body shot from Do.
Do tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Royer's elbow.
Royer pushes Do back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Do tries to land knees in the clinch but Royer avoids the damage to the body.
Do lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Do fails to land.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Royer.
Royer tries for a takedown but Do manages to get underhooks.
Do tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Royer avoids it.
Royer avoids the elbow strike from Do, against the cage.
Do tries to work over Royer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Royer is trying to drag Do to the mat but Do just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Do struggles to land a body shot inside as Royer controls his hands.
Do on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Royer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Do backwards.
Royer blocks a body shot from Do.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Do tries to throw a body punch but Royer avoids it by throwing Do back against the cage.
Royer takes an elbow to the temple.
Do misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Do dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Do misses with a two punch combination.
Do has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Royer is looking to clinch.
Royer shoots in for a takedown but Do shows good takedown defense.

Do drives through with a takedown into guard.
Do throws and elbow that misses. Royer uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Do's guard. Nice move by Royer!
Royer working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Royer has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Do is trying to keep Royer in close.
Royer missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Royer wants to control from the top but Do keeps moving.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Royer is looking to work some ground and pound but Do has wrist control.
Royer trying to control the position from guard on top but Do is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Dest Royer just wasn't active enough.
Royer on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Royer.

Royer pushes Do up against the cage in a clinch.

Royer gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Do regains guard.
Royer makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Royer trying to control the position from guard on top but Do is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Do pulls Royer in close to prevent any damage.
Royer is looking to advance position but Do has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do punching from mount but Royer doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Royer is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Royer tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Do controlling from mount.
A nice elbow there by Do.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Royer tries to hold on but Do postures up.
Do throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Royer blocking the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Royer keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Do looking to finish with strikes here!
Do looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Do working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Poor strikes thrown by Do there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Do tries to control but Royer wriggling away.
Do landing punches.
Royer tries to hold on but Do pushes him away.
Do thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Do prevents Royer from getting the reversal.
Do misses with a head shot.
Royer is desperately trying to improve his position but Do has a good base and remains in mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Do content just to control the position here.
Royer blocking the ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Royer is desperately trying to improve his position but Do has a good base and remains in mount.
Do throws some wild stikes that Royer manages to avoid easily.
Royer avoids a series of strikes thrown by Do.
BOOM! Do connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Do is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Do misses with a head shot.
Royer is bucking up trying to escape but Do cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Do throwing strikes here but Royer is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Do trying to control but Royer is having none of it.
Royer tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Do wants to control the pace but Royer is squirming around nicely.
Do throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Do has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Royer's face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Do trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Do postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Royer looks a forlorn figure.
Billy Do has got the better of the ground game so far.
Do tries to control but Royer wriggling away.
Do putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Royer is rocked!
Do looking to control and managing it successfully.
Oh Royer is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Do misses with a head shot.
Do can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Royer is looking to escape.
Royer seems to have got his legs back now.
Do postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Royer looks a forlorn figure.
Do loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Royer scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Do land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Do stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy Do!
Billy Do is the new welterweight champion!
Billy Do very nearly forgot to thank [CBK] The Smashwear Corporation amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.

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