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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Walter Submit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nobu Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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175 lbs
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168 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Brawler
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Decent boxing
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Walter Submit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nobu Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Steve Erwin and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Submit takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Murphy is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Murphy checks a low kick from Submit.
Murphy shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Submit eats them both and turns towards Murphy to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Submit has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Murphy thumps Submit with a low kick.
Murphy defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Submit.
Murphy with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice combination there by Murphy.
Submit shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Murphy defends it nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murphy. That's going to slow Submit down.
Nice sprawl there from Murphy as Submit shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Walter Submit. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Submit shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Murphy as he avoids it easily.
Murphy moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Submit throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Murphy's waist but Murphy gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Submit off to one side.
Murphy thumps Submit with a low kick.
Murphy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Murphy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Murphy lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Submit backs up against the cage.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Submit.
Submit is breathing heavily.
Submit takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Murphy's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Murphy duly obliges.
Submit tries for a takedown but Murphy circles away easily
and Murphy makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murphy.
Submit misses with a takedown
and Murphy counters with a one-two to the body.
Murphy throws a head kick that Submit semi-blocks.
Murphy lands a jab-cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Submit tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lets loose with a powerful body kick. Submit will feel that in the morning.
Horrible takedown by Submit or perhaps it was just good defense by Murphy which made him look bad.
Murphy lands with a slapping head kick.
Murphy scores with a three punch combo!
An inside leg kick lands from Murphy.
Murphy looks to land a combination. Submit sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Submit has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Submit is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Submit takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Murphy throws a one two combo.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Submit. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Murphy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Submit. That did some damage!
Murphy feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Submits jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Murphy feints and then cracks Submit's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Submit down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murphy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Murphy shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Submit eats them both and turns towards Murphy to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Murphy is working the combinations to good effect here.
Submit fails in his attempt to clinch.
Submit tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Murphy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murphy lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Murphy.
Nobu Murphy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murphy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Murphy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Murphy fails to land with a series of punches.
Murphy misses with a wild combination.
Murphy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Murphy misses with a wild combination.
Murphy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Murphy defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Submit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Submit fails with an attempt to clinch.
Submit misses with a takedown
and Murphy counters with a nice low kick that buckles Submit's knee momentarily.
Submit shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Submit was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Submit tries to control but Murphy wriggling away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Submit is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Murphy is surviving well by controlling Submit's body position as best he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Submit wants to take Murphy's back here but Murphy is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Submit trying to control but Murphy is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murphy is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nobu Murphy dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Submit shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Murphy but Murphy pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Murphy pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Submit back to the cage. Murphy follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Submit doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Murphy counters with a leg kick.
Murphy is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Murphy scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Good leg kick by Murphy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Murphy's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Murphy duly obliges.
A solid body kick from Murphy.
Murphy lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Murphy feints and then cracks Submit's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Submit down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Murphy, right into the meat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy throws a combination. Submit tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Murphy throws a nice head kick!
A chopping leg kick lands by Murphy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Murphy.
Submit tries to close the distance and clinch but Murphy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murphy.
Submit tries to close the distance and clinch but Murphy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murphy scores with a nice body kick.
Murphy shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Submit eats them both and turns towards Murphy to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Murphy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nobu Murphy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Murphy!
Murphy is breathing heavily.
Submit shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Murphy as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Walter Submit. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A punch combination from Murphy misses.
Submit shoots for a takedown but Murphy saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Submit stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Murphy.
Submit shoots for a takedown but Murphy saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Murphy.
A lazy left from Murphy finds it's target.
Left hook, right uppercut from Murphy.
Submit shoots in for a takedown but Murphy shows good takedown defense.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Submit looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Murphy is fending him off so far but Submit persists. Nope, Murphy circles away and we're back to standing.
Left hook, right uppercut from Murphy.
Walter Submit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Submit tries to clinch but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Murphy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Murphy throws a combination. Submit tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Submit chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murphy can pounce on him.
Submit shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Murphy makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Murphy lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Murphy.
Murphy throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Submit fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Murphy scores with a kick to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Murphy.
Submit tries to clinch up.
Walter Submit is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Murphy throws a leg kick which misses Submit's front leg but catches the back leg as Submit tries to avoid it.
Submit dives in and grabs Murphy's left leg, looking for a takedown. Murphy pushes down on Submit's head and hops out.
Submit looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Murphy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Murphy connects with a jab.
A left and a right from Murphy both land. Nice combination.
Murphy lands with a thumping leg kick.
Submit will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Murphy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Murphy wants it to stay on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Submit's sensitive parts.
Submit tries to clinch there but Murphy circles away.
Submit on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Murphy throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Murphy goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
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!
Murphy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Submit shoots in and drives through. Murphy sprawls well.
Murphy pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Submit back to the cage. Murphy follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
No luck for Submit with that takedown attempt.
Danga de danga de dang - Murphy scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murphy thumps Submit with a low kick.
A solid body kick from Murphy.
Murphy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nobu Murphy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
No luck for Submit with that takedown attempt.
Murphy thuds his right hand into Submit's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Submit is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Murphy.
Murphy feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Submit's calf.
Murphy plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Murphy throws a head kick that Submit semi-blocks.
Submit darts in trying to clinch
and Murphy counters with a left and a right that stings Submit.
Submit with a lazy takedown attempt
and Murphy counters with a three punch combo that has Submit backing up. Submit nods at Murphy to acknowledge the strikes.
Murphy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Submit. That did some damage!
Murphy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Submit wants to clinch up but Murphy keeps it at a distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Submit tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murphy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy lands with a nice combination. Submit backs away looking to recover.
Submit fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Walter Submit. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murphy.
Danga de danga de dang - Murphy scores with a four punch combination!
Submit takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Murphy feints a jab promting Submit to slip. Murphy then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Submit slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Submit tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
No joy there for Murphy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Murphy's corner calls for a 1-2. Murphy obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Murphy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Submit has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Murphy lands a head kick. Submit smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Murphy moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Walter Submit has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Submit is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murphy swats away the attempt to clinch by Submit.
Murphy leaves Submit with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Murphy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Murphy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Submit looks to score with a jab to the body but Murphy is just out of range.
Murphy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Murphy displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Submit.
Murphy scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Submit.
Murphy lands with a kick to the temple. Submit shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Submit on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Submit shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Murphy but Murphy pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Murphy lands with a nice combination. Submit backs away looking to recover.
Submit closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Submit lands in his opponent's guard.
Submit advances position into side control!
Murphy is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Submit has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Murphy!
Murphy blocking the ground and pound.
Submit throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Murphy because Submit loaded up on that one.
Murphy is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Murphy defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Submit.
Murphy blocking the ground and pound.
Submit in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Nobu Murphy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murphy is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Submit unloads with some shots from mount but Murphy bucks and avoids them well.
Murphy really wants to buck Submit off and get back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nobu Murphy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Murphy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nobu Murphy!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Olof Hellstrom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spike Spiegel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hellstrom comes to the cage accompanied by Bring me everyone! (Mustasch). Spiegel has chosen Tank by The Seatbelts as his entrance music. Olof Hellstrom has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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155 lbs
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162 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Excellent boxer
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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
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Olof Hellstrom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Spike Spiegel!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Eliza Hachem and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spiegel connects with a body shot that sends Hellstrom's belly button to the back.
Spiegel defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hellstrom.
Hellstrom changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Spiegel tries to avoid it but Hellstrom manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Spiegel to the ground. Spiegel escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hellstrom moves in looking to clinch but Spiegel pushes him off.
Hellstrom has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spiegel thuds a left hand into Hellstrom's body.
Spiegel lands with an overhand left.
Spiegel works Hellstrom's body with a nice hook.
Hellstrom is breathing heavily.
Nice shot lands for Spiegel.
Hellstrom is rocked!
Spiegel drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Hellstrom right on the button. Hellstrom goes down! Spiegel follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Spiegel gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Spike Spiegel!
Spike Spiegel bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pauly Dee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Berzins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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184 lbs
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Basic striking
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Excellent boxer
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pauly Dee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Michael Berzins!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Skip Squint and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A thudding body kick lands there by Berzins!
Berzins with a jab.
It looks like Pauly Dee has been cut.
Pauly Dee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Berzins drops Dee with a beautiful combination! Dee stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Berzins is looking for the KO!
Dee is rocked!
Dee is breathing heavily.
Berzins cracks Dee with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Michael Berzins!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Albert Hitchenfrog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heath Legg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Legg has chosen Angel of Death as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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169 lbs
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160 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Albert Hitchenfrog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Heath Legg!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, John Mangel and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Legg circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hitchenfrog throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Legg looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hitchenfrog is fending him off so far but Legg persists. Nope, Hitchenfrog circles away and we're back to standing.
Hitchenfrog fails in his attempt to clinch.
Albert Hitchenfrog seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hitchenfrog looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hitchenfrog has taken the fight to the clinch.
Legg wants to stall.
Hitchenfrog lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Heath Legg has been cut.
Legg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hitchenfrog avoids it.
Legg managing to block the knees to the body from Hitchenfrog.
Hitchenfrog is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hitchenfrog with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Legg can't break the clinch.
Hitchenfrog using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Legg has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hitchenfrog with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Legg connects with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitchenfrog trying to land knees to the body.
Legg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Legg is trying to pull guard but Hitchenfrog has him pressed against the cage.
Legg managing to block the knees to the body from Hitchenfrog.
Hitchenfrog blocks an uppercut.
Legg takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hitchenfrog with a knee to the head.
Hitchenfrog lands a nice knee to the body.
Legg looks gassed!
Hitchenfrog lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hitchenfrog with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Legg wants a takedown but no success here.
Albert Hitchenfrog has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Heath Legg.
Legg is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hitchenfrog gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hitchenfrog landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hitchenfrog.
Hitchenfrog lands a nice knee to the body.
Hitchenfrog utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hitchenfrog unloads a knee to the mid-section. Legg lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hitchenfrog landing knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hitchenfrog obliges.
A knee to the head by Hitchenfrog.
Hitchenfrog with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Legg wants a takedown but no success here.
Hitchenfrog crunches a lovely knee into Legg's ribcage.
Hitchenfrog lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hitchenfrog is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog connects with a nasty looking knee right to Legg's face.
That has opened up Heath Legg's cut even more.
Hitchenfrog lands a knee to the body.
Legg managing to block the knees to the body from Hitchenfrog.
Legg wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Legg takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hitchenfrog landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hitchenfrog prevents a body shot from Legg.
Hitchenfrog tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Legg missing with knees to the body.
Legg trying to land knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog unloads a knee to the mid-section. Legg lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Legg goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hitchenfrog with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Hitchenfrog.
Hitchenfrog tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Legg avoids it.
Hitchenfrog throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Legg blocks it with crossed arms.
Hitchenfrog with a knee to the head.
Legg is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hitchenfrog gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hitchenfrog is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Legg is defending well for now.
Legg is looking to break free of the clinch but Hitchenfrog has double underhooks.
Hitchenfrog misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Legg.
Legg is trying to force a seperation but Hitchenfrog has the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legg takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hitchenfrog landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Legg has Hitchenfrog pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Legg pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Hitchenfrog tumbling to the mat - Legg dives into Hitchenfrog's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hitchenfrog has his feet on Legg's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Hitchenfrog misses with a head kick.
Hitchenfrog tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Legg manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hitchenfrog swats away the attempt to clinch by Legg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hitchenfrog tries to clinch there but Legg circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Albert Hitchenfrog dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Heath Legg's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Legg tries to clinch but Hitchenfrog moves out of range.
Legg misses with a head kick.
Hitchenfrog moves in looking to clinch but Legg pushes him off.
Legg scores a takedown into full mount!
Hitchenfrog is looking to get to half guard.
Legg working for a guillotine from mount but Hitchenfrog is in no mood to give up.
Legg working for a submission but Hitchenfrog is keeping him at bay.
Hitchenfrog wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legg is working for a guillotine from mount but Hitchenfrog frees his head quite easily.
Hitchenfrog is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hitchenfrog can't escape the position.
Legg is working for a guillotine from mount but Hitchenfrog frees his head quite easily.
Hitchenfrog bucks Legg off and manages to get back to his feet!
Hitchenfrog rushes Legg and presses him up against the cage.
Legg struggles to land a body shot inside as Hitchenfrog controls his hands.
Legg tries to land knees in the clinch but Hitchenfrog avoids the damage to the body.
Legg tries to land knees in the clinch but Hitchenfrog avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legg breaks from the clinch.
Hitchenfrog is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hitchenfrog lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Legg is breathing heavily.
Hitchenfrog throws a head kick but Legg moves out of range.
Albert Hitchenfrog is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hitchenfrog lands a high kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hitchenfrog tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Legg manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Legg gets a clinch.
Legg wants a takedown.
Legg tries to work over Hitchenfrog's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hitchenfrog trying to land knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Legg.
Hitchenfrog putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Legg in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legg trying to land knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog scores a nice knee to the body.
Hitchenfrog utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hitchenfrog connects with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hitchenfrog obliges.
Hitchenfrog is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Legg can do to turn this around?
Hitchenfrog crunches a lovely knee into Legg's ribcage.
Hitchenfrog crunches a lovely knee into Legg's ribcage.
Hitchenfrog lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hitchenfrog putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Legg in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog lands a knee to the body.
Hitchenfrog with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hitchenfrog lands a good knee to the midsection. Legg won't want to take too many of those.
Legg managing to block the knees to the body from Hitchenfrog.
Hitchenfrog misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Legg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legg on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Legg is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Hitchenfrog missing with knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Legg.
Albert Hitchenfrog has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Heath Legg.
Hitchenfrog is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Legg on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Legg misses with a punch to the body.
Hitchenfrog landing knees to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Legg tries to land knees in the clinch but Hitchenfrog avoids the damage to the body.
Hitchenfrog is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Legg managing to block the knees to the body from Hitchenfrog.
Legg misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Albert Hitchenfrog dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Heath Legg's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Hitchenfrog tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Legg connects with a body shot that sends Hitchenfrog's belly button to the back.
A head kick from Hitchenfrog lands but Legg takes it in his stride.
Hitchenfrog goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hitchenfrog tries to close the distance and clinch up but Legg swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Legg fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hitchenfrog fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hitchenfrog tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Legg paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hitchenfrog wants to clinch up but Legg keeps it at a distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Legg swats away the attempt to clinch by Hitchenfrog.
Legg tries to close the distance and clinch but Hitchenfrog swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legg tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hitchenfrog manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hitchenfrog clinches up with Legg and pushes him back against the cage.
Legg managing to block the knees to the body from Hitchenfrog.
Legg takes a knee to the side of the body.
Legg avoiding damage as Hitchenfrog throws knees to the body.
Legg tries to work over Hitchenfrog's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hitchenfrog utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hitchenfrog gets underhooks to prevent Legg's takedown attempt.
Hitchenfrog crunches a lovely knee into Legg's ribcage.
Hitchenfrog tries a knee to the head but Legg blocks it.
Hitchenfrog is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hitchenfrog landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hitchenfrog is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legg takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hitchenfrog scores with a knee to the head.
Hitchenfrog lands a knee to the head.
Legg wants a takedown but no success here.
Legg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees to the body from Hitchenfrog.
Legg is trying to maintain a safe position but Hitchenfrog gets an underhook and turns Legg into the cage.
Hitchenfrog landing knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog lands a knee to the head.
Hitchenfrog unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hitchenfrog scores with a knee to the head.
Legg is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Hitchenfrog can't fight it off and eventually Legg manages to take the fight to the floor. Hitchenfrog looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hitchenfrog wants to stand up but Legg is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legg pushes down on Hitchenfrog's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Hitchenfrog slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Legg connects with a couple of short punches.
Hitchenfrog keeping full guard, as Legg tries to pass.
Legg drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Legg jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Legg stops Hitchenfrog from standing up.
Legg got a little sloppy there for a moment and Hitchenfrog has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Legg has managed to get both his arms back between Hitchenfrog's legs - danger averted.
Legg stopping the sweep attempt from Hitchenfrog.
Heath Legg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hitchenfrog working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Legg.
Legg sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hitchenfrog's guard.
Hitchenfrog tries to roll over but Legg keeps him under control.
Legg seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Hitchenfrog is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Heath Legg!
Heath Legg made sure to mention his sponsor, F.ighters U.nlimited K.lothing C.ompany ☯ in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andy Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iso Sielu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sielu has chosen POMPPUFIILIS!! as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Iso Sielu was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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169 lbs
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152 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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andy Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Iso Sielu!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, John Mangel and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sielu shoots for a double leg takedown but Johnson sprawls well. He's pushed Sielu's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Sielu shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sielu gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Andy Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Iso Sielu.
Nice defenses there by Sielu.
Sielu fails with a takedown attempt.
Sielu gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Johnson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sielu gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Sielu is striking but Johnson is not phased and passes to half guard.
Johnson takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Johnson is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Sielu!
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!
Sielu flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Sielu tries to reverse the position but Johnson maintains control.
Sielu is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sielu can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sielu is working to get back to half guard.
Johnson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Sielu swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Sielu really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Johnson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sielu in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
It looks like Iso Sielu has been cut.
Johnson 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.
Johnson raining down hammerfists from mount.
Sielu is rocked!
Johnson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sielu can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sielu is still in real trouble! Can Johnson finish him?
That has opened up Iso Sielu's cut even more.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Sielu bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Johnson and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andy Johnson!
Andy Johnson took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'You can't touch this shit. Im gonna be the best ever!'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Salvatore Fecchinni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikey Capone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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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
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Salvatore Fecchinni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mikey Capone!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Eliza Hachem and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fecchinni with a nice cross.
Capone lands the left hand.
It looks like Salvatore Fecchinni has been cut.
Fecchinni wants to clinch.
Capone tries to work over Fecchinni's front leg with a kick but Fecchinni checks it.
Fecchinni takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Capone tries to land a front kick but Fecchinni steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
An inside leg kick lands from Fecchinni.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
That kick from Fecchinni tenderised Capone's leg. Capone is trying to keep his angry face on.
Capone checks the leg kick.
Fecchinni takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fecchinni misses with a leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Fecchinni.
Capone looks to score with a jab to the body but Fecchinni is just out of range.
Fecchinni fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fecchinni checks a leg kick nicely.
Capone moves out of range as Fecchinni throws a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fecchinni misses with a leg kick
and Capone counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fecchinni looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Capone drives through and clinches with Fecchinni against the cage.
Fecchinni looking to slow down the pace here.
Fecchinni's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fecchinni tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Capone stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Capone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fecchinni wants to slow Capone down by chopping away at his legs.
Fecchinni with a hook.
Capone lands with a nice combination. Fecchinni backs away looking to recover.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fecchinni throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Capone counters with a straight right hand.
Capone buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Capone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fecchinni.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fecchinni looks for the body kick but Capone saw that one coming.
Capone checks the leg kick nicely there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Capone checks a leg kick.
Fecchinni takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Capone throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fecchinni lands a leg kick that knocks Capone off balance momentarily.
Capone has closed the distance and engaged Fecchinni in a clinch.
Capone can't find room to land a body shot as Fecchinni controls the action.
Fecchinni is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Capone is defending well for now.
Capone stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Capone pressing his opponent against the cage.
Capone working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Capone tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capone scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Salvatore Fecchinni's cut is getting worse.
Capone lands with a left to the head.
Fecchinni is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Capone is defending well for now.
Capone tries to throw a body punch but Fecchinni avoids it by throwing Capone back against the cage.
Capone lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fecchinni tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Capone avoids it.
Fecchinni trying to land knees to the body.
Capone managing to block the knees to the body from Fecchinni.
Capone works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Capone lands a left hand.
Fecchinni taking a breather.
Capone's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A low kick from Fecchinni misses
and Capone counters with a slapping leg kick.
Capone lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fecchinni is breathing heavily.
That's four 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!
Capone scores with a spinning back kick!
Fecchinni moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fecchinni throws out a leg kick but Capone moves out of range and Fecchinni only half commits.
Capone throws a shot to the body.
Capone fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Capone cracks a nice hook into Fecchinni's ribs.
Fecchinni takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Salvatore Fecchinni's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Capone sends Fecchinni crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Capone is motioning to the referee to let Fecchinni up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Fecchinni is rocked!
Fecchinni tries to get into range but Capone steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Fecchinni! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Capone scores the big KO victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mikey Capone!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Curtain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Bower (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Curtain comes to the cage accompanied by I'm coming home. Bower has chosen When I'm With You as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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192 lbs
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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
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kevin Curtain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dave Bower!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Hugh Johnson and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Curtain misses the target.
Curtain ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bower moves away.
Bower throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Curtain was covering up waiting for the punch and Bower finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Curtain escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bower gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bower missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bower working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bower controls from within his opponent's guard.
Curtain bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bower's guard.
Bower tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Curtain is looking to advance position but Bower has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Bower takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curtain is looking to get to half guard.
Bower wants to control the pace but Curtain is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Curtain manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Bower missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bower is looking for a kimura but Curtain is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bower to get the leverage.
Bower seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bower moves into full mount! Curtain won't be happy about that!
Curtain is trying desperately to improve position.
Curtain is in a horrible position here. Bower smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Curtain is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Curtain manages to regain half guard. Good work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bower throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bower not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bower content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Curtain tries to get to full guard but Bower has control of the leg.
Curtain looking for submissions off his back.
Bower is working for a kimura but Curtain is defending it quite comfortably.
Curtain actively working from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bower not doing much here.
Curtain is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bower pulls his head out easily.
Curtain wants to get back to full guard.
Bower wants to take a breather but Curtain is having none of it.
Bower decides to stand up.
Bower uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Curtain.
Bower slips under a jab.
Bower misses with a wild body shot.
Bower looks to land a left hand but Curtain moved out of range nicely.
Bower cracks a nice hook into Curtain's ribs.
Bower lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Curtain.
Bower lands a right hook to the body.
Bower connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Curtain momentarily.
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!
Curtain throws a body kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bower. Curtain does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bower tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A big right from Curtain misses.
Kevin Curtain is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bower throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Curtain throws a hook to the side of Bower's head but Bower sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bower tries to close the distance and clinch up but Curtain swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Curtain thows a body shot but no joy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A lazy left from Bower finds it's target.
Curtain gets tackled into the cage by Bower. Bower maintains the clinch.
Curtain prevents a body shot from Bower.
Curtain pulls guard.
Curtain tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dave Bower dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Curtain tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bower was well out of range. Poor timing from Curtain.
Bower works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Curtain slips a jab from Bower.
Curtain looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bower.
Nice defenses there by Curtain.
Curtain lands an overhand right.
Curtain keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bower throws a hook but Curtain blocks it.
Bower slips under a jab.
Curtain uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bower.
Curtain scores with a nice head shot.
Curtain tries to clinch but Bower moves out of range.
Curtain misses the body punch
and Bower counters with a straight right hand.
Bower with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Curtain connects with a looping right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - Curtain coming out on top.
Dave Bower seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Curtain throws a half hearted mid kick.
Curtain throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bower swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bower lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
It looks like Kevin Curtain has been cut.
Curtain ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bower moves away.
Bower has managed to clinch.
Curtain scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bower tries to throw a body punch but Curtain avoids it by throwing Bower back against the cage.
Curtain wants to take the fight to the mat but Bower manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Bower works on Curtain's body with a couple of short punches.
Curtain takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bower lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Curtain is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bower softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Oh Curtain is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good body shot from Bower.
Bower scores with a hook to the body.
Bower has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Curtain regains guard immediately.
Bower chips away with some ground and pound.
Bower scoring with some ground and pound.
Bower controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bower is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bower's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Bower lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bower sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Curtain's guard.
Bower lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Curtain quite badly. Curtain pulls Bower in close trying to recover. Bower postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Curtain on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Curtain doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dave Bower!
Dave Bower made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Im happy with this win. I wasn't sure how it would go with the back injury I have. I threw it out humping Curtain's mom last night!'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kiyoshi Matsumoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matsumoto has chosen Carl Douglas - Kung fu fighting as his entrance music. Kiyoshi Matsumoto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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165 lbs
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170 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 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bobby Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kiyoshi Matsumoto!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Damien Edna and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooper misses with the combination.
Cooper tries to bum rush Matsumoto with a series of wild strikes but Matsumoto uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cooper fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Matsumoto throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cooper on the side of the head.
Matsumoto connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Matsumoto ducks under a wild hook from Cooper.
Matsumoto throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cooper's head.
Matsumoto throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cooper's head.
Matsumoto feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cooper's calf.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matsumoto scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Matsumoto there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Matsumoto misses with a leg kick.
Matsumoto throws a jab when Cooper was well out of range.
Cooper has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Matsumoto.
Bobby Cooper is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsumoto misses with a low kick.
Matsumoto gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cooper.
Jab from Matsumoto.
Matsumoto uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cooper is rocked!
Matsumoto feints with a left and delivers a massive head kick! Cooper collapses like a ragdoll! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Kiyoshi Matsumoto!
Kiyoshi Matsumoto decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdullah Zaire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinez comes to the cage accompanied by Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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182 lbs
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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
15 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Jose Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Abdullah Zaire!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Winston Howard and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez connects with a jab.
Martinez closes the distance and pushes Zaire back into the cage.
Zaire tries to land knees in the clinch but Martinez avoids the damage to the body.
Still in the clinch, Martinez scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short uppercut from Martinez.
Zaire misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martinez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zaire misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Zaire just misses with a elbow thrown towards Martinez's brow.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
Martinez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zaire missing with knees to the body.
Martinez can't find room to land a body shot as Zaire controls the action.
Martinez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zaire misses with some punches.
Martinez working aggressively here.
Martinez throws a head punch that misses.
Martinez can't find room to land a body shot as Zaire controls the action.
Martinez tries to work over Zaire's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martinez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zaire tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martinez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zaires head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinez pushes Zaire back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Martinez.
Martinez pushes Zaire back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zaire is rocked!
Zaire lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Martinez backwards.
Zaire throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Martinez lands a nice shot to the body.
A body shot lands from Martinez.
Martinez prevents a body shot from Zaire.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martinez.
Zaire is still on wobbly legs! Can Martinez finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zaire misses with some punches.
Zaire tries to work over Martinez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zaire seems to have recovered his senses.
Zaire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martinez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Martinez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zaire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Martinez swings wildly with an uppercut but Zaire uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zaire lands a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez tries a body shot but Zaire blocks it.
Martinez gets through Zaire's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Zaire has a couple of punches blocked by Martinez.
Martinez misses with a punch to the body.
Martinez lands with a left to the head.
Martinez takes a shot to the head.
Zaire looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Martinez throws a punch but it's blocked by Zaire.
Martinez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zaire goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zaire tries to throw a body punch but Martinez avoids it by throwing Zaire back against the cage.
Zaire prevents a body shot from Martinez.
Zaire tries to work over Martinez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martinez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zaire putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Martinez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Zaire landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Zaire misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Martinez misses with a punch to the body.
Martinez misses with a punch to the body.
Zaire stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zaire doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez misses with a body punch.
Zaire throws a punch but it's blocked by Martinez.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinez.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zaire.
Martinez misses with the head strike.
Martinez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zaire.
Zaire tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martinez's elbow.
Zaire lands a nice uppercut.
Martinez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Zaire.
Martinez misses with a punch on the inside.
Martinez swings wildly with an uppercut but Zaire uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zaire working Martinez over with knees to the body.
Zaire lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zaire misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martinez tries a body shot but Zaire blocks it.
Zaire throws a punch but it's blocked by Martinez.
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!
Martinez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zaire.
Zaire misses with the head strike.
Martinez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zaire misses with the head strike.
Zaire blocks an uppercut.
Zaire working aggressively here.
Zaire tries to throw a body punch but Martinez avoids it by throwing Zaire back against the cage.
Martinez lands a right hand.
Zaire throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Zaire just misses with a elbow thrown towards Martinez's brow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinez.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinez.
Zaire throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Zaire softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martinez lands a shot to the body.
Martinez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Martinez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Martinez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Martinez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Martinez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zaire.
Martinez throws out a powerful jab.
Martinez jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Zaire moves out of range as Martinez strikes.
Zaire slips a straight right by Martinez.
Zaire throws the kick towards the body but Martinez avoids it.
A good leg kick by Zaire.
Zaire buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Martinez misses with a hook.
Zaire takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Left hook, right uppercut from Martinez.
Zaire tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A cross from Martinez lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martinez. Zaire does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A punch combination from Martinez misses.
Martinez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jose Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zaire throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Martinez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zaire swinging wildly here.
Martinez thows a body shot but no joy.
Martinez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Zaire misses with a straight left.
Martinez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Zaire scores with a hook.
Martinez lands a lovely overhand right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez clinches with his opponent.
Zaire blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zaire.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zaire misses with a punch on the inside.
Zaire misses with a body punch.
Zaire misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martinez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Zaire tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martinez's elbow.
Zaire struggles to land a body shot inside as Martinez controls his hands.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Martinez.
Martinez lands a left hand.
Martinez takes an elbow to the temple.
Martinez can't find room to land a body shot as Zaire controls the action.
Nice body punch from Zaire - that landed with a thud.
Zaire lands a knee to the head.
Jose Martinez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Martinez lands a hook that snaps the head of Zaire backwards.
Zaire scores with a nice hook to the head.
Martinez misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martinez tries to work over Zaire's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zaire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Martinez lands a nice shot to the body.
Martinez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Martinez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martinez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zaire backwards.
Zaire looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Zaire throws a head punch that misses.
Martinez lands a hook that snaps the head of Zaire backwards.
Martinez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Zaire.
Martinez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zaire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zaire lands an elbow inside.
Zaire tries to land knees in the clinch but Martinez avoids the damage to the body.
Martinez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Martinez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martinez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zaire backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martinez lands a nice uppercut.
Zaire looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Zaire misses with a knee to the head.
Zaire tries a body shot but Martinez blocks it.
Martinez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Martinez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zaire blocks an uppercut.
Martinez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Martinez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zaire's elbow.
Zaire tries to land knees in the clinch but Martinez avoids the damage to the body.
Martinez lands a shot to the body.
Zaire is breathing heavily.
Martinez misses with some punches.
Zaire using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Martinez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martinez.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinez.
Zaire blocks a body shot from Martinez.
Zaire scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Martinez dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Zaire misses with a low kick.
Zaire misses the shot to the body.
Martinez defending well as Zaire loads up on a big left hand.
Zaire misses with a kick to the body.
Jose Martinez is winning the standup battle so far.
Martinez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Zaire.
Martinez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Martinez.
Martinez misses with a looping right.
Martinez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Zaire counters with a good low kick that Martinez was not able to check.
Martinez walks into a jab.
Martinez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Zaire manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A right-left combo lands from Martinez.
Martinez misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Zaire counters with a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez takes a swing at Zaire's ribcage but misses.
No joy there for Zaire, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Martinez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zaire.
Zaire takes one on the button.
Zaire ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Martinez swings for the body but Zaire moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Zaire. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Zaire.
Zaire misses with a looping right.
Zaire keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martinez.
Martinez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Martinez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jose Martinez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Martinez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Martinez.
Martinez misses with a looping left.
Zaire throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Martinez's waist but Martinez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Zaire off to one side.
Zaire takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Martinez lands a really nice looking cross but Zaire seems unphased.
Martinez swings for the body but Zaire moves out of range.
Martinez closes the distance and clinches.
Zaire takes a shot to the head.
Martinez managing to block the knees to the body from Zaire.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zaire.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good body shot from Martinez.
Zaire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Martinez as the two fighters clinch.
Zaire tries to work over Martinez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Zaire.
Martinez lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zaire.
Zaire misses with an elbow strike.
Zaire misses with some punches.
Zaire tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zaire is working Martinez over against the cage.
Zaire lands a right hand that snaps the head of Martinez backwards.
Martinez is leaning against Zaire and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Martinez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zaire misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zaire tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zaire softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaire tries to work over Martinez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martinez throws a head punch that misses.
Zaire misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zaire gets through Martinez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Martinez presses Zaire against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Martinez avoids a wild elbow strike from Zaire.
Martinez misses with a body punch.
Zaire misses with a punch to the body.
Abdullah Zaire has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zaire has a couple of punches blocked by Martinez.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martinez managing to block the knees to the body from Zaire.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zaire tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zaire throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Zaire tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martinez's elbow.
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 Jose Martinez.
Well Martinez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:28
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Martinez!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Damon Pierce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jakob Juarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pierce comes to the cage accompanied by Eve 6 - Inside Out. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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184 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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Solid Muay Thai
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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
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Damon Pierce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jakob Juarez!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Damien Edna and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juarez looks to land a right hand but Pierce moved out of range.
Juarez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pierce punishes Juarez's body with a nice straight punch.
Juarez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pierce counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Pierce is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Pierce in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pierce wants to control from the top but Juarez keeps moving.
Juarez keeping full guard, as Pierce tries to pass.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierce sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Juarez's guard.
Pierce wants to work for an arm triangle but Juarez is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Pierce is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Juarez has managed to free his arm - good work.
Pierce is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Pierce works his way into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierce moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Pierce tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Pierce trying to control the action but Juarez is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierce is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Juarez has escaped the position, nice work there.
Juarez struggling a bit here.
Pierce wants to lay and pray for a moment but Juarez keeps working.
Pierce scoring with punches from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juarez is trying to control Pierce's posture but Pierce avoids it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pierce is trying to get an arm triangle but Juarez is defending well.
Pierce is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Juarez has escaped the position, nice work there.
Juarez manages to work his way to half guard, despite Pierce's best efforts.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pierce moves nicely into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damon Pierce dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Pierce will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A punch combination from Juarez misses.
Pierce uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Juarez.
Juarez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pierce fails with a takedown attempt.
Juarez looks to land a combination but Pierce avoids it well.
Juarez loads up on a big right hand but Pierce slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierce shoots in for a takedown but Juarez shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damon Pierce. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pierce tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Juarez tests Pierce's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pierce slips a jab from Juarez.
Pierce scores with a takedown into Juarez's guard.
Pierce stays in close to Juarez's body and controls the position.
Pierce's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierce trying to control but Juarez is working from the bottom.
Pierce throws a big right hand that misses.
Pierce controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Damon Pierce just wasn't active enough.
Pierce throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Juarez's waist but Juarez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pierce off to one side.
Juarez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pierce.
Juarez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pierce wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juarez scores with a hook to the body. Pierce takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Juarez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pierce.
Pierce shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Juarez sprawls well. Juarez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pierce gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice defenses there by Pierce.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierce walks into a jab.
Juarez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pierce checks the leg kick nicely there.
Juarez thows a body shot but no joy.
Juarez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Juarez throws a jab when Pierce was well out of range.
Juarez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pierce swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Juarez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pierce. That did some damage!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Juarez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jakob Juarez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Pierce walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pierce throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Juarez's waist but Juarez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pierce off to one side.
A nice combination there by Juarez.
Juarez throws a shot from downtown. Pierce moves away and avoids it.
Juarez lands with an uppercut that bounces Pierce off the cage and back into range.
No joy there for Juarez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Juarez misses with the combination.
Juarez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
so Pierce counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Juarez can do anything to dispel that myth.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Juarez is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Juarez keeping moving, preventing Pierce from controlling successfully.
Pierce passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Pierce is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Juarez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Pierce wants to control but Juarez is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juarez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pierce. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Pierce is staying tight to Juarez's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Juarez wants to control but Pierce postures up.
Pierce wants to lay and pray for a moment but Juarez keeps working.
Juarez is looking to regain half guard here but Pierce keeps moving and retains side control.
Pierce advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juarez wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Pierce.
Pierce quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Pierce but it's paid off an Juarez is forced to tap! Nice work by Pierce.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Damon Pierce!
Damon Pierce made sure to mention his sponsor, [WAO]MADE IN GERMANY in his post fight interview.
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