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MKFC 172 - Rokka vs Vargas PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Riddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jose Lopez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Riddell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jose Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lopez jabs Riddell right on the nose. Riddell blinks but takes it well.
Lopez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Riddell is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lopez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Riddell scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lopez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Riddell.
Riddell not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lopez looks like he's trying to stand up.
Riddell seems to be looking for submissions.
Lopez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Riddell missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Riddell has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Riddell is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Riddell is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Lopez!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riddell looking to ground and pound but Lopez is blocking nicely.
Lopez wants to try and get back to his feet.
Riddell dominating with strikes here.
Lopez avoids a series of strikes thrown by Riddell.
Lopez wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Lopez is in a horrible position here. Riddell smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Riddell raining down hammerfists from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riddell drops a big elbow. That's hurt Lopez! More shots from Riddell and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Riddell!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oli Stefans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Gardner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Oli Stefans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Josh Gardner!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Dmitry Maklakov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick there by Gardner.
Gardner lands with a kick to the ribs.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Stefans blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gardner.
A body shot lands from Gardner.
Gardner throws an elbow but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gardner.
Gardner misses with a punch to the body.
Stefans blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stefans manages to break the clinch.
Stefans tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gardner throws a chopping leg kick but Stefans manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Stefans moves out of range of the body kick from Gardner.
Stefans shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gardner as he jumps to the side.
Stefans shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gardner but Gardner pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gardner.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardner lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gardner. That's going to slow Stefans down.
Gardner looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gardner looks to land a body kick but Stefans moved away.
Gardner displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Stefans.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oli Stefans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gardner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stefans takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gardner is looking to land body kicks.
Josh Gardner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stefans shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gardner avoids the head kick by Stefans.
Gardner throws a jab when Stefans was well out of range.
Gardner lands a head shot.
Gardner stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gardner wants it to stay on the feet.
Gardner pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gardner missing with a left hand there. Stefans was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gardner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stefans moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stefans misses with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gardner lands a slapping body shot.
Gardner dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stefans. That did some damage!
Stefans closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gardner circles away.
Stefans is breathing heavily.
Stefans throws a series of punches but Gardner moves out of range.
Stefans avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stefans on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Stefans avoids the body shot from Gardner.
Gardner swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Stefans fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Gardner moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Josh Gardner is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gardner pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Stefans takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gardner throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Gardner rushes Stefans and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gardner throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gardner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stefans misses with a takedown attempt - Gardner sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Gardner throws a wild body kick that Stefans sees coming a mile off.
Gardner connects with a leg kick. Stefans looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Stefans takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gardner scores with a jab to the head.
Both fighters circling a little - Gardner finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gardner. Stefans does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gardner, right into the meat.
Stefans throws a right and a left that Gardner avoids nicely.
Gardner scores with a shot to the body.
Gardner throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gardner is looking to slow Stefans down with leg kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gardner fails to land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gardner fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Stefans has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gardner scores with a push kick.
Gardner with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gardner scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Stefans has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Gardner.
Stefans is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gardner fakes the leg kick and cracks Stefans in the body.
Gardner lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stefans's sensitive parts.
Gardner throws the kick towards the body but Stefans avoids it.
Gardner throws a good cross that connects.
Gardner forces Stefans back against the cage and clinches.
Gardner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stefans's elbow.
Gardner misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gardner lands with a short punch from the clinch.
It looks like Oli Stefans has been cut.
Gardner lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gardner lands a body shot.
Nice elbow from Gardner.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Gardner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Oli Stefans's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gardner.
Gardner fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Stefans.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gardner.
An inside leg kick lands from Gardner.
Stefans swats away the attempt to clinch by Gardner.
Gardner misses with a straight right.
Oli Stefans is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gardner closes the distance and clinches.
Gardner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stefans's elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gardner just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stefans's brow.
Gardner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gardner crunches a lovely knee into Stefans's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stefans.
Stefans blocking some punches.
Gardner lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gardner is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stefans is defending well for now.
Stefans takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stefans on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Stefans. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardner scores a nice knee to the body.
Gardner lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gardner tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stefans avoids it.
Stefans blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gardner struggles to land a body shot inside as Stefans controls his hands.
Gardner misses with an elbow over the top.
Gardner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stefans fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A right hook to the body lands for Gardner.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gardner utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gardner breaks the clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gardner.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gardner.
Stefans shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gardner as he jumps to the side.
Gardner tries to land a front kick but Stefans steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardner pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gardner's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Gardner duly obliges.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gardner - that will leave a mark!
A slapping leg kick lands for Gardner.
Stefans will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Stefans takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That kick from Gardner tenderised Stefans's leg. Stefans is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gardner scores with a jab to the jaw.
Stefans is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gardner sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oli Stefans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A jab lands there for Gardner.
Gardner throws a push kick but Stefans slaps the foot to one side.
Stefans swats away the attempt to clinch by Gardner.
Gardner lands a leg kick that knocks Stefans off balance momentarily.
Gardner misses with a straight left.
Gardner lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stefans shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gardner sprawls well. Gardner wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Stefans gets slowly back to his feet.
Stefans moves out of range of the body kick from Gardner.
Gardner clinches up against the cage.
Gardner works on Stefans's body with a couple of short punches.
Stefans drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gardner working aggressively here.
Gardner lands an uppercut.
Stefans blocks the elbow strike.
Gardner lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stefans backwards.
Gardner works on Stefans's body with a couple of short punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gardner throws a punch but it's blocked by Stefans.
Gardner stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gardner lands a left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Gardner.
Gardner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gardner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stefans walks forward, straight into a front kick from Gardner.
Stefans shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gardner lands a nice looking kick to the body. Stefans takes a step back to recover.
Gardner stuns Stefans with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gardner scores with a sloppy right hand. Stefans should have avoided that one.
Gardner looks to score with a jab to the body but Stefans is just out of range.
Gardner lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stefans at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stefans takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Stefans takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gardner lands with a good body shot.
Josh Gardner seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A solid body kick from Gardner.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Gardner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Oli Stefans's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Stefans has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Stefans there as he acknowledges the shot.
Stefans shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Stefans misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gardner scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stefans doesn't seem bothered though.
Stefans steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Gardner. That one must have hurt.
Gardner throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Gardner throws out a loose jab but Stefans uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stefans avoids the body shot from Gardner.
Stefans tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Good leg kick by Gardner there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gardner. Stefans does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stefans throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gardner's waist but Gardner gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Stefans off to one side.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stefans moves out of range of the body kick from Gardner.
Stefans tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stefans takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardner with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gardner misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gardner is looking to slow Stefans down with leg kicks.
Stefans on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gardner throws a leg kick which misses Stefans's front leg but catches the back leg as Stefans tries to avoid it.
Stefans moves away from the strike by Gardner.
Gardner misses with a kick to the body.
Gardner clinches.
Gardner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gardner tries to throw a body punch but Stefans avoids it by throwing Gardner back against the cage.
Stefans blocks an elbow strike.
Stefans blocks an elbow strike from Gardner.
Josh Gardner seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gardner lands a nice elbow.
Gardner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Stefans is trying to push Gardner away but Gardner has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Oli Stefans has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stefans tries to pull guard but Gardner holds him up against the cage and eventually Stefans drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oli Stefans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stefans blocks an elbow strike from Gardner.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stefans jumps guard but Gardner turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Stefans jumps guard but Gardner stands there with Stefans around his waist. Stefans gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gardner misses with a punch on the inside.
Gardner lands a body punch.
Gardner makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gardner scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gardner creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stefans's defenses.
Oli Stefans's cut is getting worse.
Gardner lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gardner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stefans blocks the elbow strike.
Gardner lands a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gardner lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stefans jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Gardner walks away with a smile on his face. Stefans gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Stefans takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Stefans walks into a jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Stefans crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gardner - the referee stops the clock and Stefans gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gardner. Stefans manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Gardner punishes Stefans's body with a nice straight punch.
Gardner chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gardner scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Stefans takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Stefans uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gardner.
Gardner tries to land a front kick but Stefans steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gardner lands a jab to Stefans's midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good standup being displayed there by Gardner as he connects with a hook.
Gardner misses with an attempted mid kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Gardner finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gardner thows a body kick. Stefans tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Crunch! Gardner slams his shin into Stefans's torso.
Gardner scores with a nice strike.
Stefans walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Stefans throws a head kick but Gardner moves out of range.
Stefans looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Stefans takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Stefans walks forward, straight into a front kick from Gardner.
Stefans on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Stefans steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Gardner. That one must have hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gardner fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Stefans has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gardner throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gardner thuds his shin into the meat of Stefans's side.
Josh Gardner is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Gardner dodges the punch combination from Stefans.
And that's the end of the fight!
Josh Gardner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gardner has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 25:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 25:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josh Gardner!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fuzzy Wuzzy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz de Vivar comes to the cage accompanied by Verso Terso. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fuzzy Wuzzy!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz de Vivar scores with a kick to the midsection.
Nice uppercut lands for Wuzzy. That snapped Diaz de Vivar's head back.
Wuzzy clinches with his opponent.
Wuzzy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wuzzy working hard to break the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Diaz de Vivar.
Wuzzy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Diaz de Vivar misses with a punch to the body.
Wuzzy is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Diaz de Vivar scores with a shoulder strike.
Wuzzy wants to get back to striking at distance but Diaz de Vivar won't allow it.
Diaz de Vivar successfully pulls guard.
Wuzzy tries to free his leg and advance position but Diaz de Vivar is retaining full guard.
Diaz de Vivar might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Wuzzy stands and steps away. Diaz de Vivar gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Wuzzy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz de Vivar has managed to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wuzzy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Diaz de Vivar throws a head kick that misses.
Diaz de Vivar fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wuzzy avoids it really well and circles away.
Wuzzy swinging wildly here.
Diaz de Vivar sizes up Wuzzy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wuzzy wants to clinch
and Diaz de Vivar counters with an inside leg kick.
Wuzzy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wuzzy misses with an uppercut.
An inside leg kick lands from Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar stuns Wuzzy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wuzzy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Diaz de Vivar throws a low kick but Wuzzy moves out of range easily.
Diaz de Vivar takes a jab right on the kisser.
Wuzzy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Diaz de Vivar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Diaz de Vivar.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz de Vivar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wuzzy.
Wuzzy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diaz de Vivar manages to avoid it.
Wuzzy fails to land with a series of punches.
Diaz de Vivar throws a push kick but Wuzzy slaps the foot to one side.
Wuzzy looks to land a combination but Diaz de Vivar avoids it well.
Diaz de Vivar is looking to clinch but Wuzzy is avoiding it.
Diaz de Vivar takes a swing at Wuzzy's ribcage but misses.
Wuzzy avoids a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wuzzy.
Diaz de Vivar slips under a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Diaz de Vivar.
A slapping leg kick lands for Diaz de Vivar.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Diaz de Vivar.
No joy there for Diaz de Vivar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wuzzy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wuzzy throws a series of punches but Diaz de Vivar moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Diaz de Vivar.
Wuzzy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Diaz de Vivar circles away quickly and effectively.
Wuzzy misses with a combination
letting Diaz de Vivar counter with a right hand.
Diaz de Vivar scores with a jab. Wuzzy acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wuzzy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Diaz de Vivar can pounce on him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar gets a takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz de Vivar is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Wuzzy defends it well.
Diaz de Vivar is thwarting Wuzzy's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Wuzzy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Diaz de Vivar counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Diaz de Vivar shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Wuzzy sprawls well. Wuzzy wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Diaz de Vivar gets slowly back to his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wuzzy. Diaz de Vivar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wuzzy misses with a combination
and Diaz de Vivar counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Wuzzy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Diaz de Vivar can pounce on him.
Diaz de Vivar tries to clinch up but Wuzzy circles away and keeps his distance.
Crunch! Diaz de Vivar slams his shin into Wuzzy's torso.
Diaz de Vivar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wuzzy throws an overhand right that lands on Diaz de Vivar's shoulder, as Diaz de Vivar tries to avoid the shot.
Wuzzy misses with the combination.
Diaz de Vivar lands with a nice body kick.
Fuzzy Wuzzy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar instigates a clinch.
Diaz de Vivar has Wuzzy pressed against the cage, preventing Wuzzy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Diaz de Vivar utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Diaz de Vivar lands a hook that snaps the head of Wuzzy backwards.
Diaz de Vivar fails to pull guard.
Wuzzy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wuzzy tries to circle away but Diaz de Vivar has him pinned against the cage.
Diaz de Vivar trying to control the position but instead, Wuzzy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Diaz de Vivar into the cage.
Wuzzy is trying to push Diaz de Vivar away but Diaz de Vivar has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Diaz de Vivar lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wuzzy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Diaz de Vivar has him pressed against the cage.
Diaz de Vivar tries to work over Wuzzy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diaz de Vivar is pushing Wuzzy up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wuzzy is trying to break the clinch but Diaz de Vivar is controlling him.
Diaz de Vivar pulls Wuzzy into guard.
Diaz de Vivar wants to sweep here but Wuzzy controlling him for the moment.
Wuzzy wants to pass the guard but Diaz de Vivar is keeping the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz de Vivar is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Wuzzy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Diaz de Vivar is trying to control the position but Wuzzy postures up.
Wuzzy tries to free his leg and advance position but Diaz de Vivar is retaining full guard.
Diaz de Vivar is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wuzzy wants to control from the top but Diaz de Vivar keeps moving.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Diaz de Vivar manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Wuzzy manages to get himself to full guard.
Wuzzy is looking to stand up but Diaz de Vivar isn't so interested in that idea.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar just wasn't active enough.
Wuzzy fails to land with a series of punches.
Wuzzy lands a nice shot that snaps Diaz de Vivar's head back.
Wuzzy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar is winning the standup battle so far.
Wuzzy throws a shot from downtown. Diaz de Vivar moves away and avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wuzzy throws a combination that misses
and Diaz de Vivar counters with a slapping leg kick.
Diaz de Vivar scores with a leg kick.
Wuzzy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wuzzy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wuzzy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wuzzy is breathing heavily.
Diaz de Vivar blocks a head kick by Wuzzy.
Wuzzy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wuzzy tries to clinch but Diaz de Vivar moves out of range.
Diaz de Vivar throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Wuzzy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wuzzy fails in his attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaz de Vivar moves out of range of the leg kick from Wuzzy.
Diaz de Vivar lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Wuzzy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wuzzy thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Diaz de Vivar throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wuzzy misses with a body shot.
Diaz de Vivar stalks Wuzzy and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wuzzy's face. Wuzzy staggers backwards, shaken.
Diaz de Vivar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wuzzy throws the left hand but Diaz de Vivar avoids the punch easily.
Diaz de Vivar blocks a head kick by Wuzzy.
Diaz de Vivar is looking to slow Wuzzy down with leg kicks.
Wuzzy throws a combination. Diaz de Vivar tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Diaz de Vivar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Diaz de Vivar tries to close the distance and clinch but Wuzzy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diaz de Vivar throws a leg kick which misses Wuzzy's front leg but catches the back leg as Wuzzy tries to avoid it.
Diaz de Vivar throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Wuzzy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wuzzy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wuzzy avoids the body shot from Diaz de Vivar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar jabs at Wuzzy's body.
Wuzzy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wuzzy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Diaz de Vivar keeps the fight on the outside.
Diaz de Vivar plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Wuzzy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Diaz de Vivar counters with a good, hard body kick but Wuzzy shrugs it off.
Wuzzy has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wuzzy lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wuzzy misses with a combination
and Diaz de Vivar counters with a body kick.
Wuzzy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Diaz de Vivar can pounce on him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diaz de Vivar. Wuzzy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fuzzy Wuzzy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wuzzy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wuzzy misses with a body shot.
Diaz de Vivar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wuzzy.
Diaz de Vivar connects with a solid leg kick.
Diaz de Vivar throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz de Vivar pushes Wuzzy away with a front kick.
Diaz de Vivar feints and then cracks Wuzzy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wuzzy down.
Wuzzy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Diaz de Vivar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Diaz de Vivar thumps Wuzzy with a low kick.
Diaz de Vivar moves into the clinch successfully.
A short body shot lands from Diaz de Vivar as the two fighters clinch.
Diaz de Vivar decides to pull guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wuzzy preventing the sweep.
Wuzzy tries to free his leg and advance position but Diaz de Vivar is retaining full guard.
Diaz de Vivar wants to sweep here but Wuzzy controlling him for the moment.
Diaz de Vivar lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Wuzzy!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaz de Vivar punching from mount but Wuzzy doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Wuzzy is bucking up trying to escape but Diaz de Vivar cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar controlling his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaz de Vivar has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Diaz de Vivar has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar!
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar made sure to mention his sponsor, •‡• LION Clothing •‡• [CBK] in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sergei Kourdakov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jett Jaggers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kourdakov comes to the cage accompanied by Sonata Arctica - San Sebastian. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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141 lbs
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147 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergei Kourdakov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jett Jaggers!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Illya Tyunina and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kourdakov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A left and a right from Jaggers both land. Nice combination.
A head kick misses from Kourdakov.
Kourdakov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jaggers, pushing him back against the cage.
Jaggers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jaggers tries for a takedown but Kourdakov manages to get underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kourdakov can't find room to land a body shot as Jaggers controls the action.
Jaggers can't break the clinch.
Jaggers is trying to break the clinch but Kourdakov has him pressed against the cage.
Kourdakov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kourdakov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jaggers throws a head punch that misses.
Kourdakov lands an elbow inside that Jaggers shrugs off.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kourdakov.
Kourdakov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jaggers is looking to take this one to the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kourdakov wants a takedown.
Jaggers is trying to stall.
Still in the clinch, Kourdakov scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaggers has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Kourdakov clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Kourdakov might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Kourdakov has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Kourdakov trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kourdakov prevents Jaggers from getting a body triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kourdakov trying to get back to his feet but Jaggers is in full control for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Jaggers. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaggers working for the rear naked choke here. He's got one arm under but Kourdakov is defending well. A couple of punches soften him up though and Jaggers has tightened the hold! This one could be all over! It is! Kourdakov taps out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jett Jaggers!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Li Kao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rajja Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by tubular bells. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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162 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Li Kao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 1, fighting out of London, Rajja Khan!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan lands a nice shot that snaps Kao's head back.
Kao takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Khan tries to clinch up but Kao circles away and keeps his distance.
Kao on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kao with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Khan to score with a decent uppercut.
Kao scores with a crisp jab that stopped Khan in his tracks.
Rajja Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kao on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Khan misses with a head kick.
Kao misses with a few strikes there.
Kao takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Khan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kao moves out of range of the body kick.
A big left from Khan misses.
Khan moves in looking to clinch but Kao pushes him off.
Kao checks a leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kao lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Kao cracks Khan with a nice body shot.
Kao misses with some punches.
Kao is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Khan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kao manages to break the clinch.
Khan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kao as he jumps to the side.
Khan throws an overhand right that lands on Kao's shoulder, as Kao tries to avoid the shot.
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but Kao is just out of range.
Kao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kao stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Khan throws an overhand right that lands on Kao's shoulder, as Kao tries to avoid the shot.
Khan ducks under a wild hook from Kao.
Khan is looking to clinch.
Kao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khan manages to avoid it.
Kao fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Khan is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kao.
Khan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Khan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Khan, right into the meat.
A swing and a miss from Khan.
Khan throws a body punch but Kao moves out of range.
Kao throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kao throws a leg kick that misses.
Kao misses with a body shot.
Kao fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kao is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Khan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Khan misses with an uppercut
and Kao counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Khan thinking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Khan.
Khan lunges at Kao with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kao's hand.
Khan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Khan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kao throws out the jab.
Kao throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kao moves out of range as Khan strikes.
A jab from Khan misses.
Khan throws a hook but Kao blocks it.
Khan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kao.
Khan slips under a jab from Kao.
Some wild striking there from Kao.
Khan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Khan scoring well with a low kick there.
Kao avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kao is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kao.
Kao moves out of range of the leg kick from Khan.
Kao throws a nice looking combination but Khan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kao swings for the body but Khan moves out of range.
Kao on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kao bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kao looks to score with a jab to the body but Khan is just out of range.
Khan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kao misses with an attempted mid kick.
Khan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kao throws a hook but Khan avoids it easily.
Kao ducks under a wild hook from Khan.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan swings for the body but Kao moves out of range.
Kao throws a series of punches but Khan moves out of range.
Kao takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Khan takes a swing at Kao's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rajja Khan will probably get the nod.
That's time! Kao's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kao connects with a body shot.
Khan misses with an uppercut
and Kao counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kao slips a jab from Khan.
Kao rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Khan counters with a left to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Khan.
Khan jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Khan moves into range and clinches up with Kao.
Khan lands a left hand.
Kao wants to stall.
Kao is trying to break the clinch but Khan has him pressed against the cage.
Kao cracks Khan with a nice body shot.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kao tries to work over Khan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kao's defenses.
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!
A left hand lands to the body for Kao.
Khan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kao smiles and moves away.
Khan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kao slips a straight right by Khan.
Kao misses with a hook. Khan ducked under it nicely.
Khan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short uppercut from Khan.
Khan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Khan lands a left hand.
Khan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kao tries a body shot but Khan blocks it.
Kao is trying to break free.
Kao lands with a short shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Khan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Khan lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A bit of stalling here from Khan.
Khan misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kao swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A hook to the body from Khan.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Khan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kao lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Khan gets through Kao's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kao taking a breather.
Khan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Khan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kao backwards.
Kao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khan throws a punch but it's blocked by Kao.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Kao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kao misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kao doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Come on Kao - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan working aggressively here.
Kao breaks from the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Khan.
Khan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Khan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kao's waist but Kao gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Khan off to one side.
Li Kao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rajja Khan.
Khan closes the distance and pushes Kao back into the cage.
Khan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kao smiles and moves away.
Khan connects with a looping right hand.
Khan darts in and clinches Kao up against the cage.
Khan lands a shoulder strike.
Kao working aggressively here.
Khan wants to stall.
Kao misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan fails to pull guard.
Kao has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Kao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khan breaks from the clinch.
Khan looks to land a right hand but Kao moved out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab from Khan.
Khan scores with a jab to the head.
Khan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kao slips a jab from Khan.
Li Kao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A cross from Khan lands.
A telegraphed right hand from Khan misses the target.
Khan defending well as Kao loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kao doesn't seem bothered though.
Khan throws a hook to the side of Kao's head but Kao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Khan throws a lazy uppercut
and Kao counters with a right hand to the body.
Khan defending well as Kao loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rajja Khan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Kao swings for the body but Khan moves out of range.
Khan swings for the body but Kao moves out of range.
Khan throws a sloppy head kick and Kao moves out of range easily.
Kao moves out of range as Khan strikes.
Khan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Khan lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kao looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kao on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kao lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kao sizes up Khan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Khan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kao lands with a hook. Khan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kao lands a nice shot that snaps Khan's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khan misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Khan misses with a takedown attempt - Kao sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Khan.
Khan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Khan moves in looking to clinch but Kao pushes him off.
Khan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kao misses with a body shot.
Kao ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Khan misses.
A slow jab from Khan misses its intended target.
Kao misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan is looking to clinch but Kao is avoiding it.
Kao scores with a nice right hand.
Kao throws a wild body kick that Khan sees coming a mile off.
Khan clinches up against the cage.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Kao can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Khan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kao lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Khan missing with a left hand there. Kao was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kao jabs at Khan's body.
Rajja Khan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kao manages to avoid it.
Kao moves out of range as Khan strikes.
Khan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kao throws a body kick the misses
and Khan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khan looks to land a combination but Kao avoids it well.
Kao stalks Khan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Khan's face. Khan staggers backwards, shaken.
Khan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kao circles away.
Khan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Khan throws a sloppy head kick and Kao moves out of range easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Khan.
Li Kao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rajja Khan.
Khan lands an overhand right.
Kao closes the distance and clinches.
Kao is trying to stall.
Khan tries to work over Kao's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khan misses with some punches.
Khan is trying to force a seperation but Kao has the dominant position.
Kao works on Khan's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kao.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kao gets through Khan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kao wants to break free but Khan has control.
Kao breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khan misses with a double jab
and Kao connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kao looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Khan moves away from the strike by Kao.
Li Kao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Khan swings widly with a right hand
and Kao counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kao throws a leg kick that misses.
Khan looks to land a right hand but Kao moved out of range.
Kao jabs Khan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Khan misses with a wild combination.
Kao misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters circling - Kao throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rajja Khan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Khan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
And that's the end of the fight!
Li Kao showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Khan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rajja Khan!
Rajja Khan very nearly forgot to thank ACME-Blood Red Q158 Always $30 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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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Renato Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sven S Svensson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Bring Da Ruckus. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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145 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Renato Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sven S Svensson!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Valeri Chadov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Svensson.
Svensson throws a sloppy head kick
and Gracie counters with a leg kick.
Gracie moves out of range as Svensson throws a body kick.
Svensson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gracie with a nice cross.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Svensson.
Svensson looks for the body kick but Gracie saw that one coming.
Gracie stuns Svensson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Svensson slips under a jab.
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but Svensson is just out of range.
Gracie scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Gracie missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gracie thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie tries to pass the half guard into mount. Svensson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Gracie throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Svensson defending well though.
Gracie throwing shots but Svensson is blocking nicely.
Gracie tries to pass the half guard into mount. Svensson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Gracie looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Svensson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie looks to land a strike but Svensson avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Gracie with a flurry of punches that miss.
Svensson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gracie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Svensson is keeping the position for now.
Gracie throwing strikes from guard but Svensson blocks nicely.
Gracie preventing the sweep.
Gracie throws an elbow that misses. Svensson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gracie's guard. Nice move by Svensson!
Gracie wants to get back to his feet but Svensson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Gracie looking for a sweep. Not yet Gracie, not yet.
Svensson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie trying to control the position.
Gracie controlling Svensson's posture.
Renato Gracie has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Svensson connects with a body shot that sends Gracie's belly button to the back.
Gracie lands with a straight right. Svensson didn't see that one coming.
Gracie scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Svensson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svensson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Svensson misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.
Svensson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gracie throws a jab but it's blocked by Svensson.
Svensson tries a head kick but it misses.
Svensson throws a hook to the side of Gracie's head but Gracie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gracie takes one to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Svensson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Svensson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gracie connects with a good right hand that stumbles Svensson. Svensson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Renato Gracie dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Svensson thows a body shot but no joy.
Gracie swings for the body but Svensson moves out of range.
Gracie scores with a punch to the head.
Svensson tries to work over Gracie's front leg with a kick but Gracie checks it.
Nice shot by Svensson.
Gracie lands a high kick!
Gracie takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gracie lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Svensson misses the shot to the body.
Gracie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Svensson does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Svensson as Gracie shoots in.
Svensson throws a leg kick which misses Gracie's front leg but catches the back leg as Gracie tries to avoid it.
Svensson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Svensson throws a body kick that misses.
Svensson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Svensson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gracie misses with a leg kick.
Gracie jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gracie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Svensson.
A big right from Gracie misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svensson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gracie takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Svensson throws a body kick that misses.
Svensson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Gracie throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gracie with a nice cross.
Svensson misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Svensson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Svensson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gracie fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Svensson takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie blocks the body kick.
Gracie ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Svensson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Svensson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie connects with a right hand. Svensson shakes it off.
Gracie tries to work over Svensson's front leg with a kick but Svensson checks it.
Svensson moves away from the strike by Gracie.
Svensson looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Gracie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Svensson throws out the jab.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick from Svensson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Svensson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Svensson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gracie momentarily.
Svensson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gracie throws a lazy right hand but Svensson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gracie connects with a good right hand that stumbles Svensson. Svensson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gracie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Svensson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Svensson misses with a body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie misses with a wild combination.
Gracie slips a straight right by Svensson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Renato Gracie will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Svensson cracks Gracie with a good jab.
Svensson looks to land a combination but Gracie avoids it well.
Svensson just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie throws a low kick but Svensson avoids it.
Gracie ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Svensson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gracie.
Svensson ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Svensson throws a shot from downtown. Gracie moves away and avoids it.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Svensson.
Gracie throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Svensson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gracie lands with a right hand.
Gracie scores with a head kick. Svensson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Svensson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gracie connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Svensson scrambles back to his feet.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Svensson manages to avoid it.
Gracie loads up on a big right hand but Svensson slips the punch.
Gracie avoids the head kick by Svensson.
Renato Gracie is winning the standup battle so far.
Gracie fails with the takedown.
Gracie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svensson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Gracie throws a series of strikes that have Svensson backpedaling.
Svensson throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
Svensson gets caught flat footed, as Gracie shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Gracie is looking to work some ground and pound but Svensson has wrist control.
Svensson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gracie.
Gracie has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie postures up in Svensson's guard and throws a big left but Svensson blocks it.
Gracie scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Svensson controls Gracie momentarily but Gracie frees himself.
Gracie loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throwing strikes from guard but Svensson blocks nicely.
Gracie wants to get up but he can't break Svensson's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Sven S Svensson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Svensson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Svensson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Sven S Svensson.
Gracie fails with the takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svensson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Svensson throws a body kick that misses.
Gracie swings for the body but Svensson moves out of range.
Gracie connects with a body shot that sends Svensson's belly button to the back.
A punch combination from Svensson misses.
Svensson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice jab there from Gracie.
Gracie tries to bum rush Svensson with a series of wild strikes but Svensson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that's the end of the fight!
Renato Gracie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gracie has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Renato Gracie!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Armand Krajnc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yama Mama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krajnc kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Justin Bieber - Mama's Boy. Mama comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Darksiders - I am War kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Armand Krajnc has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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220 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Armand Krajnc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yama Mama!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mama misses with a jab, cross combination.
Krajnc tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mama darts in and clinches Krajnc up against the cage.
Krajnc breaks the clinch.
Krajnc tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mama throws a sloppy head kick and Krajnc moves out of range easily.
Mama looks to land a left hand but Krajnc moved out of range nicely.
Krajnc misses with a looping right.
Krajnc avoids the body shot from Mama.
Mama chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Krajnc can pounce on him.
Mama uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Krajnc.
Yama Mama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krajnc takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Mama takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Krajnc scores with a one two! Mama had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Krajnc misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mama is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mama looks to score with a jab to the body but Krajnc is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mama lands a nice hook to Krajnc's body. Krajnc takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mama pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mama takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mama throws a body punch but Krajnc moves out of range.
Yama Mama is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mama checks a low kick from Krajnc.
Krajnc shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Mama defends it nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Krajnc misses the target.
Krajnc shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Mama avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Krajnc.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krajnc is trying to control the action in half guard but Mama is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mama is trying to get back to full guard.
Mama is not content to let Krajnc control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Krajnc missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ground and pound from Krajnc.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mama looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Krajnc missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Krajnc sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mama defending well though.
Krajnc missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Krajnc thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Krajnc landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Krajnc trying to advance position but Mama counters by regaining guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mama looking for subs off his back but Krajnc has passed one foot through into half guard.
Krajnc stalling away here and it's allowed Mama to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Krajnc working some strikes from top position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Krajnc with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Armand Krajnc dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Mama throws the left hand but Krajnc avoids the punch easily.
Mama takes one to the side of the head.
It looks like Yama Mama has been cut.
Krajnc throws a solid leg kick but Mama takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Krajnc.
Krajnc avoids the head kick by Mama.
Krajnc feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mama's calf.
Krajnc fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mama has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Krajnc looks to land a right hand but Mama moved out of range.
Mama throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Krajnc.
Mama loads up on a big right hand but Krajnc slips the punch.
Mama keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krajnc throws a combination. Mama tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Mama thows a body shot but no joy.
Krajnc takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Krajnc avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krajnc stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Krajnc throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mama tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Krajnc manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mama blocks a jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Mama blocks the leg kick.
The fighters circling - Krajnc throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mama lands a head kick. Krajnc smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Krajnc connects with a leg kick. Mama looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Krajnc dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A head kick misses from Krajnc.
Mama on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mama is breathing heavily.
Krajnc comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
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!
Mama throws a front kick aimed at Krajnc's knee but Krajnc avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krajnc chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mama takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Krajnc fakes the leg kick and cracks Mama in the body.
Krajnc turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Krajnc jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Krajnc tests Mama's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Krajnc throws a sloppy head kick and Mama moves out of range easily.
Krajnc keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Krajnc lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mama's sensitive parts.
Mama tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Krajnc throws a nice head kick!
Mama is rocked!
Mama is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Krajnc rather than just go for the knockout.
A lazy left from Krajnc finds it's target.
Mama is still on wobbly legs! Can Krajnc finish him?
Krajnc is stalking Mama. Mama circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Krajnc, and it's lights out! Mama really payed the price for that rookie mistake.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Armand Krajnc!
Post fight, Armand Krajnc took to the microphone: 'WE DID IT MOMMA! WE BEAT THE BAD MAN! Now can I sleep in your bed tonight?'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thor Davi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuri Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davi kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Darude - Sandstorm. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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190 lbs
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197 lbs
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Thor Davi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuri Ivanov!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivanov fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Davi avoids it really well and circles away.
Davi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ivanov lands a jab to the head.
Davi closes the distance and clinches.
Davi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ivanov or not.
Davi lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Yuri Ivanov has been cut.
Davi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ivanov's elbow.
Davi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Davi looking to throw knees to the head but Ivanov is blocking nicely.
Ivanov managing to block the knees to the body from Davi.
Ivanov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Davi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ivanov lands a 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!
Ivanov is leaning against Davi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ivanov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Davi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ivanov blocks it with crossed arms.
Davi scores a nice knee to the body.
Davi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Davi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Davi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Davi gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ivanov.
Ivanov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Davi backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ivanov.
Ivanov tries to throw a body punch but Davi avoids it by throwing Ivanov back against the cage.
Davi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ivanov can't get the takedown.
Thor Davi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yuri Ivanov.
Davi misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davi misses with some punches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Davi.
Ivanov lands with a light punch inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice left hand lands by Ivanov.
Ivanov misses with a hook to the ribs.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ivanov.
Ivanov prevents a body shot from Davi.
Davi goes for a takedown attempt but Ivanov pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ivanov thows a body shot but no joy.
Ivanov connects with a single shot there.
Ivanov fails with a takedown attempt.
Ivanov has Davi up against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Davi stalling in the clinch but Ivanov improves position.
Davi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Davi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Davi lands a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Davi misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Ivanov - that landed with a thud.
Davi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Davi tries to land a knee to the head but Ivanov blocks with his arms.
A nice left hand lands by Ivanov.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Ivanov.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davi landing knees to the head.
Ivanov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davi's elbow.
Davi throws a head punch that misses.
Davi crunches a lovely knee into Ivanov's ribcage.
Ivanov lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Ivanov.
Ivanov is pressed up against the cage. Davi has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ivanov down to the mat. Ivanov avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ivanov lands with a nice body kick.
Davi is breathing heavily.
Ivanov throws a nice inside leg kick.
Davi takes a swing at Ivanov's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ivanov closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Ivanov taking a breather here.
Let's hope that Ivanov has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yuri Ivanov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yuri Ivanov's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ivanov drives through and clinches with Davi against the cage.
Ivanov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davi tries to land knees in the clinch but Ivanov avoids the damage to the body.
Davi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ivanov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ivanov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ivanov tries to work over Davi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Davi misses with a knee strike.
Ivanov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Davi prevents a body shot from Ivanov.
Davi misses with a body punch.
Ivanov scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Davi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ivanov blocks it with crossed arms.
Davi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ivanov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A body shot lands from Ivanov.
A short right from Davi on the inside.
A short left from Davi.
Davi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ivanov wants a takedown but no success here.
Ivanov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Davi backwards.
Ivanov lands with a short shot to the head.
Ivanov wants a takedown.
Davi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Davi tries to land a knee to the head but Ivanov blocks with his arms.
Davi digs a right hand underneath Ivanov's ribcage. Ivanov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
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!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ivanov is looking for a takedown.
Thor Davi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yuri Ivanov.
Davi throws a head punch that misses.
Ivanov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Davi backwards.
Davi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ivanov can't find room to land a body shot as Davi controls the action.
Davi tries a knee to the head but Ivanov blocks it.
Davi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ivanov throws a punch but it's blocked by Davi.
Davi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ivanov tries to throw a body punch but Davi avoids it by throwing Ivanov back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Davi.
Davi misses with the head strike.
Ivanov is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davi can't find room to land a body shot as Ivanov controls the action.
Davi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ivanov blocks it with crossed arms.
Ivanov tries to throw a body punch but Davi avoids it by throwing Ivanov back against the cage.
Ivanov struggles to land a body shot inside as Davi controls his hands.
Davi blocks a body shot from Ivanov.
Davi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ivanov.
Ivanov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Ivanov.
Ivanov is trying to drag Davi to the mat but Davi just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A head punch on the inside from Ivanov fails to land.
Davi struggles to land a body shot inside as Ivanov controls his hands.
Ivanov looking for a takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ivanov tries for a takedown. No joy.
Davi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Davi prevents a body shot from Ivanov.
Ivanov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Davi tries to work over Ivanov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Davi landing knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ivanov is defending well for now.
Ivanov is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Davi gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ivanov tries to throw a body punch but Davi avoids it by throwing Ivanov back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davi lands a hook that snaps the head of Ivanov backwards.
Thor Davi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Davi blocks an uppercut.
Ivanov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ivanov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davi's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thor Davi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Yuri Ivanov's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Davi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Davi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ivanov on the side of the head.
Davi stuns Ivanov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ivanov looks for the body kick but Davi saw that one coming.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ivanov checks a leg kick.
A big left from Davi misses.
Davi lands with a right hand.
Davi throws a shot from downtown. Ivanov moves away and avoids it.
Ivanov misses with a wild combination.
Davi avoids the head kick by Ivanov.
Davi cracks Ivanov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ivanov misses with a leg kick.
Ivanov throws a head kick that misses.
Ivanov fails to land the takedown.
Ivanov takes the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanov drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ivanov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ivanov avoiding damage as Davi throws knees to the body.
Ivanov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ivanov tries to score a body lock takedown but Davi shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Thor Davi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yuri Ivanov.
Davi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Davi with a knee to the head.
Davi misses with a punch to the body.
Ivanov misses with a punch on the inside.
Davi stalling in the clinch but Ivanov improves position.
Davi misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ivanov blocks it with crossed arms.
A short body shot lands from Davi as the two fighters clinch.
Davi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ivanov backwards.
Ivanov blocks an uppercut.
Ivanov wants a takedown but no success here.
Davi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ivanov blocks it with crossed arms.
Davi lands with a right to the head.
Davi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ivanov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ivanov tries to throw a body punch but Davi avoids it by throwing Ivanov back against the cage.
Ivanov misses with a punch to the body.
Davi lands a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Ivanov.
Ivanov avoiding damage as Davi throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davi swings wildly with an uppercut but Ivanov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ivanov is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Davi can't fight it off and eventually Ivanov manages to take the fight to the floor. Davi looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Davi keeping moving, preventing Ivanov from controlling successfully.
Ivanov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Davi's head.
Davi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ivanov.
Davi keeping moving, preventing Ivanov from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov is fighting to break Davi's control of his arms but Davi is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Davi wants to sweep but no luck.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ivanov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Davi keeping full guard, as Ivanov tries to pass.
Ivanov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davi looking to control.
Ivanov tries to free his leg and advance position but Davi is retaining full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Thor Davi.
I think Davi has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thor Davi!
Thor Davi very nearly forgot to thank ACME-Blood Red Q158 Always $30 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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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Hardly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jenson Rawlins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardly comes to the cage accompanied by Eminem- Not Afraid. Jenson Rawlins has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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183 lbs
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181 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Hardly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jenson Rawlins!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Hardly.
Hardly lands a jab to the nose.
Sloppy strikes from Hardly. Those never looked like landing.
Hardly misses with a leg kick.
Hardly lands with an uppercut that bounces Rawlins off the cage and back into range.
Rawlins misses with a right hand
and Hardly counters with an outside leg kick.
Good work by Rawlins as he checks the leg kick.
Rawlins throws a leg kick but Hardly sees it coming and moves out of range.
Rawlins gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hardly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rawlins scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hardly prevents a body shot from Rawlins.
Hardly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rawlins backwards.
It looks like Jenson Rawlins has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rawlins has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hardly is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Rawlins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rawlins lands a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hardly.
Rawlins takes a shot to the head.
Rawlins can't find room to land a body shot as Hardly controls the action.
A short left from Hardly.
A left hand lands to the body for Rawlins.
Hardly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rawlins.
Hardly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rawlins has Hardly pressed against the cage.
Hardly struggles to land a body shot inside as Rawlins controls his hands.
Hardly lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rawlins blocking some punches.
Hardly scores with a shot to the side of Rawlins's head.
Rawlins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Rawlins scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardly digs a right hand underneath Rawlins's ribcage. Rawlins let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hardly utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hardly struggles to land a body shot inside as Rawlins controls his hands.
Rawlins holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Rawlins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rawlins blocking some punches.
Rawlins scores with a hook to the body.
Rawlins misses with the head strike.
Rawlins is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hardly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rawlins has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rawlins misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rawlins.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rawlins.
Rawlins can't find room to land a body shot as Hardly controls the action.
Hardly tries to work over Rawlins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hardly lands an elbow inside.
Rawlins lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rawlins struggles to land a body shot inside as Hardly controls his hands.
Rawlins can't find room to land a body shot as Hardly controls the action.
Hardly being controlled against the cage.
Hardly misses with some punches.
Hardly tries to work over Rawlins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rawlins blocking some punches.
Hardly blocking some punches.
Rawlins tries a body shot but Hardly blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rawlins swings wildly with an uppercut but Hardly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rawlins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hardly's elbow.
Hardly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rawlins scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rawlins tries a body shot but Hardly blocks it.
Rawlins looking to slow down the pace here.
Hardly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hardly tries to work over Rawlins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hardly has a couple of punches blocked by Rawlins.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hardly lands a knee to the head.
Rawlins is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Hardly to keep the fight standing.
Hardly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rawlins lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Dan Hardly will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jenson Rawlins's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hardly moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rawlins shoots in and gets a takedown into Hardly's guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Rawlins won't allow Hardly to sweep him here.
Rawlins slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Rawlins wants to control but Hardly is keeping him busy.
Hardly wants to get back to his feet but Rawlins drags him back down.
Rawlins taking a breather here.
Hardly wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rawlins trying to control the position but Hardly is working away.
Rawlins looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hardly is not content to let Rawlins control the position.
Rawlins tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Hardly is not content to let Rawlins control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rawlins tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Rawlins has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Hardly is trying to get back to half guard.
Rawlins tries to advance to mount but Hardly denies him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hardly tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Rawlins wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
A lull in the action here.
Rawlins working away.
Hardly is not content to let Rawlins control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jenson Rawlins showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jenson Rawlins's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Rawlins dives in and scores a takedown into Hardly's guard.
Hardly controlling Rawlins's posture.
Rawlins wants to control from the top but Hardly keeps moving.
Rawlins pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hardly is keeping the position for now.
Rawlins loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rawlins tries to free his leg and advance position but Hardly is retaining full guard.
Rawlins trying to control but Hardly is working from the bottom.
Jenson Rawlins has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Rawlins shoots and misses
and Hardly counters with an outside leg kick.
Hardly takes the fight into the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Rawlins.
Hardly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hardly gets through Rawlins's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hardly misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rawlins misses with a punch on the inside.
Hardly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jenson Rawlins seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hardly swings wildly with an uppercut but Rawlins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rawlins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rawlins prevents a body shot from Hardly.
Rawlins controlling the action here for a moment.
Rawlins stalling in the clinch but Hardly improves position.
Hardly throws a punch but it's blocked by Rawlins.
Rawlins misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hardly.
Rawlins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rawlins can't get the takedown.
Hardly tries to throw a body punch but Rawlins avoids it by throwing Hardly back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Hardly fails to land.
Rawlins dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rawlins tries to throw a body punch but Hardly avoids it by throwing Rawlins back against the cage.
Rawlins blocking some punches.
Hardly throws a punch but it's blocked by Rawlins.
Rawlins stalling in the clinch.
Rawlins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hardly tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rawlins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rawlins looking to stall.
Hardly has a couple of punches blocked by Rawlins.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rawlins tries to throw a body punch but Hardly avoids it by throwing Rawlins back against the cage.
Hardly tries to throw a body punch but Rawlins avoids it by throwing Hardly back against the cage.
Rawlins blocking some punches.
Hardly misses with a punch to the body.
Hardly lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rawlins.
Hardly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hardly blocking some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Hardly.
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!
Rawlins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rawlins lands a shot to the body.
Hardly pushes Rawlins back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That has opened up Jenson Rawlins's cut even more.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rawlins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rawlins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hardly with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dan Hardly.
I think Hardly has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Jenson Rawlins!
Jenson Rawlins very nearly forgot to thank ACME-Blood Red Q158 Always $30 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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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tero Rokka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Vargas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rokka comes to the cage accompanied by Drowning Pool - Bodies. Vargas has chosen Heart of a Lion -- Kid Cudi as his entrance music. Alex Vargas has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tero Rokka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alex Vargas!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Aleksandr Martynov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vargas stalks Rokka and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rokka's face. Rokka staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Tero Rokka has been cut.
Rokka throws a hook to the side of Vargas's head but Vargas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Alex Vargas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rokka bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Vargas's head.
Vargas throws a hook but Rokka avoids it easily.
Vargas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rokka.
Rokka moves out of range as Vargas strikes.
Rokka lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rokka takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Vargas avoids the head kick by Rokka.
Vargas just misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rokka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vargas works Rokka's body with a nice hook.
Vargas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Vargas thows a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vargas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rokka.
Vargas throws a looping overhand right but Rokka ducks down to avoid it.
Vargas clinches with his opponent.
Vargas is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rokka is keeping busy.
A frustrated look appears on Vargas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rokka tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vargas's elbow.
Rokka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vargas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vargas is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rokka is keeping busy.
Vargas has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Rokka is trying to keep an underhook but Vargas manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Rokka tries to roll over but Vargas keeps him under control.
Vargas controlling the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vargas thows a huge punch but Rokka dodges it nicely.
Vargas has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Vargas throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Vargas controlling the action here.
It looks like Vargas might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vargas seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rokka does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Alex Vargas.
Vargas with a jab.
Vargas is looking to slow Rokka down with leg kicks.
Vargas misses with a double jab
and Vargas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rokka throws a low kick but Vargas moves out of range easily.
Rokka misses with a low kick as Vargas jumps back.
Rokka misses with a head kick.
Vargas 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.
Vargas scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vargas. Rokka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rokka throws a sloppy head kick
and Vargas counters with an outside leg kick.
Vargas takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vargas staying out of range there.
Vargas cracks Rokka with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Vargas has a takedown stuffed.
Vargas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rokka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rokka swinging wildly here.
Vargas punishes Rokka's body with a nice straight punch.
Rokka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vargas scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A jab from Vargas does it's job there.
Rokka throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Vargas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tero Rokka's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Vargas checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Vargas misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rokka counters with a head kick. That will keep Vargas thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Rokka lands a really nice looking cross but Vargas seems unphased.
Rokka tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Vargas is able to avoid easily.
Rokka misses with a head kick.
Rokka takes one on the button.
A head kick from Rokka lands but Vargas takes it in his stride.
Vargas scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rokka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vargas.
Rokka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vargas.
Rokka moves forwards but Vargas connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rokka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vargas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vargas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rokka manages to avoid it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Vargas 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 Rokka has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rokka and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Vargas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Vargas takes a swing at Rokka's ribcage but misses.
Rokka moves out of range of the body kick from Vargas.
Rokka moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Vargas scores with a hook to the body. Rokka takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Vargas scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Rokka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rokka throws a nice looking combination but Vargas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rokka throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rokka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vargas takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vargas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rokka moves away.
Rokka pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rokka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vargas misses with a double jab.
Vargas throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rokka stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Vargas slips a jab from Rokka.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rokka. Vargas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rokka misses with a wild combination.
Vargas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vargas misses with a body shot.
Rokka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rokka looks to score with a jab to the body but Vargas is just out of range.
Rokka thows a body shot but no joy.
Vargas swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rokka.
Rokka throws a sloppy head kick and Vargas moves out of range easily.
Rokka scores with a crisp jab that stopped Vargas in his tracks.
Vargas fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Vargas throws a sloppy head kick and Rokka moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rokka avoids the body shot from Vargas.
Rokka looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rokka throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rokka moves out of range of the body kick.
Vargas looks to land a combination. Rokka sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Vargas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rokka manages to avoid it.
Rokka misses with the combination.
Rokka circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vargas throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Vargas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Alex Vargas will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Tero Rokka's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Vargas lands a leg kick that knocks Rokka off balance momentarily.
Alex Vargas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vargas throws a hook to the side of Rokka's head but Rokka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rokka just misses with a punch to the body.
Vargas is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rokka rather than just go for the knockout.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rokka. Vargas shrugs it off though.
Vargas closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Vargas throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Vargas is trying to control the action in half guard but Rokka is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Vargas stalling.
Rokka has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Vargas is working away from the top position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vargas is trying to control. Rokka wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Alex Vargas has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Rokka tries to land a leg kick but Vargas saw it coming and moves away.
Rokka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vargas.
Vargas throws a shot to the body.
Vargas throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rokka's waist but Rokka gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Vargas off to one side.
Vargas jabs Rokka to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tero Rokka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vargas takes one on the button.
Vargas pushes Rokka up against the cage in a clinch.
Vargas tries to throw a body punch but Rokka avoids it by throwing Vargas back against the cage.
Rokka tries to break the clinch but Vargas is controlling the position.
Rokka misses with some punches.
Rokka is trying to push Vargas away but Vargas has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Vargas tries to throw a body punch but Rokka avoids it by throwing Vargas back against the cage.
Vargas lands with a short shot to the head.
Rokka prevents a body shot from Vargas.
Rokka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vargas throws a leg kick but Rokka moved away.
Vargas scores with a hook to the body. Rokka takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rokka looks to land a right hand but Vargas moved out of range.
Rokka gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Vargas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rokka scores with a leg kick.
Vargas lands with an uppercut that bounces Rokka off the cage and back into range.
Tero Rokka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rokka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alex Vargas is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Rokka swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Vargas counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vargas bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rokka is not content to let Vargas control the position.
You can see the frustration on Rokka's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vargas tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Vargas has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Vargas wants to control but Rokka is keeping him busy.
Vargas misses with the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vargas has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Rokka!
And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Vargas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Vargas has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Vargas!
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FIGHT
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