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FCFC 48: STACKED PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Thunder Lips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timmy O Toole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Toole has chosen Remember my NAME! as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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164 lbs
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Basic striking
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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
9 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Thunder Lips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Timmy O Toole!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lips chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before O Toole can pounce on him.
O Toole throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
O Toole connects with a solid leg kick.
O Toole delivers a nice body kick.
A head kick misses from O Toole.
O Toole lands a front kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from O Toole.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Toole scores with a spinning back kick!
O Toole throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
O Toole looks to land a combination. Lips sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
O Toole lets loose with a powerful body kick. Lips will feel that in the morning.
Lips is breathing heavily.
O Toole lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lips's sensitive parts.
Timmy O Toole seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Toole lands with a kick to the ribs.
Lips is on the wrong end of a nice combination from O Toole.
O Toole lands with a thumping leg kick.
O Toole lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lips's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lips doesn't succeed with the takedown
and O Toole counters with a stiff right hand.
O Toole throws a nice head kick!
O Toole cracks the inside of Lips's front leg.
O Toole throws a nice outside leg kick.
O Toole connects with a solid leg kick.
O Toole stuns Lips with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Oooooh!!! O Toole has knocked Lips down with a huge combo! O Toole steps away and waves a wobbly Lips back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Lips is rocked!
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!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lips crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from O Toole - the referee stops the clock and Lips gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says O Toole. Lips manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Oh Lips is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lips has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from O Toole.
The fighters circle, before O Toole throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Lips's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! O Toole lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Timmy O Toole!
Timmy O Toole took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Billy Bob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Albert Wesker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wesker has chosen Thriller as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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162 lbs
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161 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Brawler
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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
10 - 3 - 2, fighting out of London, Billy Bob!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Albert Wesker!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wesker rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bob moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wesker connects with a leg kick. Bob looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wesker tries to clinch there but Bob circles away.
Wesker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wesker lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Wesker.
Bob throws a hook but Wesker avoids it easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bob misses with a body shot.
Wesker misses with a head kick.
Bob stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bob wants it to stay on the feet.
Wesker shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Billy Bob has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Albert Wesker.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wesker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wesker shoots for a takedown but Bob saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nice defenses there by Wesker.
Wesker slips a jab from Bob.
A telegraphed right hand from Bob misses the target.
Bob shoots in and gets a takedown into Wesker's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bob with a nice head shot there.
Bob is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob postures up and lands a big shot to Wesker's brow.
Bob scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bob with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bob keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Wesker's head.
Bob postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Wesker wants to stand but Bob is controlling the position.
Bob scoring with some ground and pound.
Bob 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.
Wesker wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wesker tries to strike from the bottom.
Bob works over Wesker with some ground and pound from guard.
Bob cracks Wesker with a solid left hand.
Wesker really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bob. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bob works over Wesker with some ground and pound from guard.
Wesker is rocked!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bob's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wesker is still in real trouble! Can Bob finish him?
Bob controls from within his opponent's guard.
Wesker wants to stand up but Bob is controlling him.
Wesker looks gassed!
Bob scoring with some ground and pound.
Bob working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Wesker's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bob loads up on a big left hand. Wesker felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Bob looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Wesker can't hide his disappointment, as Bob celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy Bob!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Larry Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tarmo Suulas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Suulas's choice of entrance music: Hollywood Undead - Undead. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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146 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Larry Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Tarmo Suulas!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suulas cracks Miller with a right hand to the side of the head.
Some wild striking there from Suulas.
Suulas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Miller circles away quickly and effectively.
Suulas gets a clinch.
Suulas lands an uppercut.
Suulas leaning against his opponent.
Suulas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Miller jumps guard but Suulas turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Suulas.
Suulas misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Suulas.
Suulas will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Miller up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suulas stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Suulas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Suulas breaks from the clinch.
Suulas rushes Miller and presses him up against the cage.
The referee calls for Suulas to work.
Suulas tries a body shot but Miller blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Suulas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Suulas lands a left hand that snaps the head of Miller backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suulas cracks Miller with a nice body shot.
Stalling in the clinch from Suulas.
A short right from Suulas.
Suulas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Suulas tries to clinch up but Miller circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Suulas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Suulas rushes Miller and presses him up against the cage.
Suulas can't find room to land a body shot as Miller controls the action.
Suulas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miller ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Suulas moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller scores with a jab. Suulas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Miller throws a big shot that misses.
Suulas is looking to clinch but Miller is avoiding it.
Suulas lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Suulas tries to clinch there but Miller circles away.
Suulas defending well as Miller loads up on a big left hand.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Still in the clinch, Suulas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Suulas lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suulas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Suulas.
Suulas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Miller's elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Suulas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Millers head.
Suulas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Suulas content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Suulas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Suulas - that landed with a thud.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Suulas lands with a light punch inside.
Miller tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Suulas smiles and moves away.
Miller tries to keep at a distance but Suulas has taken the fight into the clinch.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Tarmo Suulas dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Miller throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Suulas.
Miller throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Suulas.
Suulas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Miller takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Suulas clinches.
Suulas lands a nice shot to the body.
Suulas manages to break the clinch.
Suulas rushes Miller and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Miller wants a takedown.
Suulas scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suulas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Suulas wants to clinch.
Suulas moves into range and clinches up with Miller.
A hook to the body from Suulas.
Suulas stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Suulas.
Miller wants a takedown but no success here.
Miller looking to slow down the pace here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Suulas.
A nice right hand lands inside from Suulas.
Suulas lands with a left to the head.
Miller is rocked!
Miller can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Larry Miller. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Suulas lands with a light punch inside.
Suulas gets through Miller's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oh Miller is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Suulas is stalling here.
A short left from Suulas.
Suulas scores with a shot to the side of Miller's head.
Suulas content to slow the pace in the clinch.
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!
Suulas unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Miller! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Suulas is unloading with more strikes now! Miller drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tarmo Suulas!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Bisping (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Joohnsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joohnsson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Hell March. 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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187 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
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Bisping!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Bob Joohnsson!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joohnsson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bisping is defended easily by Joohnsson.
Bisping wants to clinch.
Joohnsson stuns Bisping with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bisping shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Joohnsson defends it nicely.
Joohnsson misses with a low kick.
Bisping rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Joohnsson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bisping closes the distance and clinches.
Joohnsson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bisping's efforts to push away.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Joohnsson lands a hook that snaps the head of Bisping backwards.
Joohnsson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Joohnsson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Joohnsson is trying to stall.
Joohnsson misses with a knee strike.
Bisping throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Joohnssons head.
Bisping wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Joohnsson has him pressed against the cage.
Bisping escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bisping connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Joohnsson's hands.
A slapping leg kick lands for Joohnsson.
Joohnsson thows a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bisping swings for the body but Joohnsson moves out of range.
Bisping has his takedown stuffed
and Joohnsson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Bisping. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bisping is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bisping wants to clinch
and Joohnsson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bisping thinking.
Joohnsson misses the body punch
and Bisping decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Joohnsson's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bisping being controlled here momentarily.
Bisping preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Michael Bisping wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Joohnsson tries to clinch but Bisping is having none of it.
Joohnsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Joohnsson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bisping rather than just go for the knockout.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bisping.
Joohnsson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bisping eats them both and turns towards Joohnsson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Joohnsson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bisping is defended easily by Joohnsson.
Bisping is looking to clinch but Joohnsson is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bisping tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Joohnsson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bisping steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Joohnsson.
Joohnsson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bisping counters with a single leg into guard. Joohnsson didn't expect that.
Joohnsson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Joohnsson wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bisping gets a takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joohnsson tries to get to full guard but Bisping has control of the leg.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Bisping 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.
Joohnsson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Joohnsson throws a shot from downtown. Bisping moves away and avoids it.
Bisping has a takedown stuffed.
Joohnsson misses with an uppercut.
Joohnsson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bisping.
Joohnsson shoots in looking for a takedown. Bisping tries to sprawl out of it but Joohnsson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bisping manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Joohnsson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Joohnsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bisping moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bisping shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Joohnsson pinned against the cage. Joohnsson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Bisping avoids the body shot from Joohnsson.
Joohnsson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joohnsson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bisping doesn't manage to clinch there - Joohnsson circles away.
Bisping pushes Joohnsson up against the cage in a clinch.
Joohnsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bisping's elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Bisping's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bisping avoids the elbow strike from Joohnsson, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bisping has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bisping tries to circle away but Joohnsson has him pinned against the cage.
Bisping is trying to break free.
Bisping lands a left hand.
A short right from Bisping on the inside.
Bisping wants to break free but Joohnsson has control.
Joohnsson stalling in the clinch but Bisping improves position.
Joohnsson throws an elbow but it misses.
Joohnsson misses with an elbow over the top.
Bisping lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Joohnsson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bisping's face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bisping has had enough of the clinch but Joohnsson keeps him there for the moment.
Bisping is looking to break free of the clinch but Joohnsson has double underhooks.
Bisping lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Joohnsson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Bisping as the two fighters clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bisping as Joohnsson tries to tie him up.
Bisping avoids a wild elbow strike from Joohnsson.
Joohnsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joohnsson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Joohnsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bisping's elbow.
Joohnsson is trying to stall.
Bisping wants to get back to striking at distance but Joohnsson won't allow it.
Bisping breaks the clinch.
Joohnsson scores with a head kick.
Joohnsson is looking to clinch but Bisping is avoiding it.
Joohnsson just misses with a punch to the body.
Joohnsson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bisping as he jumps to the side.
Joohnsson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bisping tries to clinch up but Joohnsson circles away and keeps his distance.
Bisping tries to clinch up.
Bisping circles away from the clinch attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Joohnsson misses the target.
Joohnsson digs a good body shot into Bisping's ribs.
Joohnsson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bisping fails with an attempt to clinch.
Joohnsson scores with a shot to the body.
Joohnsson throws a sloppy head kick and Bisping moves out of range easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bisping looks to clinch
and Joohnsson counters with a nice body shot.
Bisping closes the distance and pushes Joohnsson back into the cage.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bob Joohnsson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!
Joohnsson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Joohnsson tries to clinch but Bisping is having none of it.
Bisping uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joohnsson.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bisping.
Bisping fails with a takedown attempt.
A jab from Bisping misses.
Joohnsson misses with a body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Joohnsson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Joohnsson circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bisping fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Bisping. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Joohnsson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bisping momentarily.
Joohnsson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Joohnsson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Joohnsson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bisping throws out the jab.
Bisping closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Joohnsson's guard.
Joohnsson controls Bisping momentarily but Bisping frees himself.
Joohnsson controlling Bisping's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Michael Bisping just wasn't active enough.
Joohnsson scores with a body shot.
Bisping moves in looking to clinch but Joohnsson pushes him off.
Bisping avoids the body shot from Joohnsson.
Nice sprawl there from Joohnsson as Bisping shoots in.
Joohnsson lands a slapping body shot.
Joohnsson throws a leg kick but Bisping moved away.
Bisping drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bisping stands and steps away. Joohnsson gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Joohnsson scores with a shot to the body.
Bisping tries to close the distance and clinch but Joohnsson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bisping fails with the takedown.
Joohnsson throws a hook but Bisping blocks it.
Joohnsson tries to keep at a distance but Bisping has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bisping blocks an elbow strike from Joohnsson.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Joohnsson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bisping's brow.
Bisping tries to break free but Joohnsson pushes him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bisping manages to break the clinch.
Bisping shoots in for a double leg but Joohnsson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Joohnsson pushes Bisping up against the cage in a clinch.
Bisping manages to break the clinch.
Joohnsson takes a swing at Bisping's ribcage but misses.
Bisping fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bisping fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bisping fails in his attempt to clinch.
Joohnsson misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bisping tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Joohnsson looks to score with a jab to the body but Bisping is just out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joohnsson lands a right hook to the body.
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 Michael Bisping.
I think Bisping 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Michael Bisping!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Li Xiaolong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Sproles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sproles has chosen can't be touched -Roy Jones Jr as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Li Xiaolong could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Pete Sproles's chin.
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146 lbs
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159 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Li Xiaolong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Pete Sproles!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Glass and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xiaolong avoids the head kick by Sproles.
Xiaolong leaves Sproles with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A big left from Sproles misses.
Xiaolong feints and then cracks Sproles's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sproles down.
Xiaolong swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sproles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sproles takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sproles blocks a jab.
Sproles wants to clinch up but Xiaolong keeps it at a distance.
Sproles looks to land a combination but Xiaolong avoids it well.
A big right from Xiaolong misses.
Sproles doesn't manage to clinch there - Xiaolong circles away.
Sproles looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Xiaolong moves in looking to clinch but Sproles pushes him off.
Sproles fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Xiaolong manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xiaolong misses with a body shot.
Sproles pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Xiaolong lands with a nice body punch.
Sproles bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Xiaolong lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sproles looks gassed!
Sproles is looking to clinch but Xiaolong is avoiding it.
Xiaolong blocks a head kick by Sproles.
Xiaolong buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Xiaolong attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sproles on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Xiaolong swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Xiaolong throws a body kick that misses.
Sproles pulls out of a head kick attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Xiaolong avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xiaolong moves out of range as Sproles strikes.
Li Xiaolong is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sproles takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sproles takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Xiaolong cracks Sproles with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sproles is rocked!
Xiaolong connects with a body shot.
Sproles is still on wobbly legs! Can Xiaolong finish him?
and Xiaolong counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Sproles! He's just covering up as Xiaolong starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Li Xiaolong!
Li Xiaolong 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Russo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Datu I (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by LmFaO. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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149 lbs
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150 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Russo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Datu I !
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Russo.
Russo tries to close the distance and clinch but I swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Russo thows a body shot but no joy.
I misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from I . Russo does a little dance to reset his feet.
I will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
I misses with a body shot.
I misses with a hook.
Russo darts in and clinches I up against the cage.
I jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Russo walks away with a smile on his face. I gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Russo fails with an attempt to clinch.
I shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Russo pinned against the cage. Russo gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
I fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ryan Russo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Datu I .
I misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo scores with a nice right hand.
I misses with a looping right.
I throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
I on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
I throws a big shot that misses.
Russo thuds his shin into the meat of I 's side.
Russo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. I manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Russo slips under a jab.
I tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
I avoids a kick to the body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Russo.
Russo throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Russo fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as I throws out the jab.
Russo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Russo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but I checks it well.
Russo lands a jab.
Russo leaves I with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Russo avoids the head kick by I .
I avoids the head kick by Russo.
I feints and as Russo raises his hands in defense, I changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Russo working a defensive guard here.
Russo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russo working a defensive guard here.
I throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Russo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
I loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Russo trying to control the position.
I working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
I trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Russo controls I momentarily but I frees himself.
Ryan Russo has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
I attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Russo throws a push kick but I slaps the foot to one side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
I moves out of range of the body kick from Russo.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Russo checks a leg kick.
I misses with a body shot.
I sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
I shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Russo defends it nicely.
I throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ryan Russo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
I misses with the combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Russo lands a leg kick that knocks I off balance momentarily.
I swings for the body but Russo moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Russo.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Russo dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
I misses with a wild body shot.
Russo tries to close the distance and clinch up but I swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Horrible takedown by I or perhaps it was just good defense by Russo which made him look bad.
Russo thumps I with a low kick.
I takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
I shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Russo but Russo pushes him off and we're back to square one.
I tries for a takedown but Russo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ryan Russo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Datu I .
Russo misses with a wild body shot.
I misses with a body shot
and Russo counters with a nice low kick that buckles I 's knee momentarily.
Russo rushes I and presses him up against the cage.
I drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Russo gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Russo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Russo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Russo controlling the action here for a moment.
I looking for a takedown.
I taking a breather.
I drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Russo gets the underhooks and prevents it.
I fails to pull guard.
Russo connects with a knee to the head.
I with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russo connects with a knee to the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
I trying to stall but Russo improves his position.
Russo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
I avoids the elbow strike from Russo, against the cage.
I is looking for a takedown.
Russo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Russo prevents a takedown attempt there.
I tries to break free but Russo pushes him back against the cage.
Russo is looking to control I 's arms but I gets an underhook and turns him. Now Russo has his back to the cage.
Russo is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Russo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but I blocks it with crossed arms.
Russo stalling.
Russo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Russo throws an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Russo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Russo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and I avoids it.
I tries to pull guard but Russo won't allow it.
Russo pushes off an throws an elbow but I leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
I wants a takedown but no success here.
I escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Russo closes the distance and clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Russo.
I is trying to push Russo away but Russo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Russo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
I goes for a takedown attempt but Russo pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
I closes the distance and clinches up with Russo, looking for a takedown. I pushes Russo against the cage but Russo circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
I is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Russo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from I .
I throws a shot from downtown. Russo moves away and avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Russo. I does a little dance to reset his feet.
I takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Russo misses with an uppercut. I saw that one coming.
I shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Russo but Russo pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Russo is looking to clinch.
Russo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
I swings and misses with a hook to the body.
I throws a right and a left that Russo avoids nicely.
Russo tries a head kick but it misses.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Russo dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
A head kick by I misses
and Russo counters with a left to the body.
I scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Russo throws a sloppy head kick and I moves out of range easily.
Russo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but I manages to avoid it.
Russo gets a clinch.
I tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
I tries to pull guard but Russo won't allow it.
Russo is trying to stall.
Russo prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ryan Russo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Datu I .
I takes an elbow to the temple.
I is looking to take this one to the mat.
Russo blocks a body shot from I .
I blocks the elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo has I pressed against the cage, preventing I from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
I takes a knee right on the jaw!
I wants a takedown.
I takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Russo stalling.
Russo lands an elbow just above I 's eye.
I missing with knees to the body.
Russo lands a damaging elbow.
Russo connects with a nasty looking knee right to I 's face.
Russo lands a good knee to the midsection. I won't want to take too many of those.
I is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Ryan Russo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Russo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has I in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Russo lands an elbow that stopped I in his tracks for a moment.
Russo lands a nice elbow.
Russo with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Russo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Russo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Russo lands an elbow inside that I shrugs off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Russo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Russo gets underhooks to prevent I 's takedown attempt.
Russo works on I 's body with a couple of short punches.
I has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Russo avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Russo.
Russo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Russo lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Russo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
I is trying to pull guard but Russo turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Russo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Russo.
I is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Stalling in the clinch from Russo.
Russo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Russo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
I can't get the takedown.
I is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Russo landing knees to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Russo.
Russo lands a damaging elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russo landing knees to the body.
I goes for a takedown in the clinch but Russo prevents it.
I is looking to break free of the clinch but Russo has double underhooks.
Russo connects with a nasty looking knee right to I 's face.
Russo lands a good knee to the midsection. I won't want to take too many of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
I tries for a takedown. No joy.
Russo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Russo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ryan Russo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
I takes a knee right on the jaw!
Russo displaying some good clinch control by pressing I up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
I 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Datu I has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
I tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Russo avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Russo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Russo, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Russo!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mustaffa Spliff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ensemble of the restless. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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24
185 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
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24
182 lbs
11 - 2 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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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
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Mustaffa Spliff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Sergio Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Andrew Berry and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Spliff lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Spliff misses with a jab, cross combination.
Spliff throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Garcia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Garcia avoids the body shot from Spliff.
Spliff takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Garcia works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Spliff fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Garcia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garcia stuffs the takedown.
Spliff takes a swing at Garcia's ribcage but misses.
Spliff scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spliff throws a series of punches but Garcia avoids them all with ease.
Spliff lands a nice hook to Garcia's body. Garcia takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spliff punishes Garcia's body with a nice straight punch.
Garcia scores a takedown into full mount!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Spliff taking shots to the head.
Garcia putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Garcia cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Spliff is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spliff is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Garcia loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Spliff scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Garcia land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Garcia stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergio Garcia!
After the fight, Sergio Garcia was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tom Mot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Plocka Bananer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mot's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Be Aggresive by Faith No More. Bananer has chosen HIT LIKE A MAN as his entrance music. Plocka Bananer has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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161 lbs
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162 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Mot!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Plocka Bananer!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bananer lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bananer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mot misses with a straight right.
Mot looks to score with a jab to the body but Bananer is just out of range.
Mot connects with a looping right hand.
Nice body punch from Mot.
Mot defending well as Bananer loads up on a big left hand.
Mot scores with a jab to the head.
Bananer throws a poor cross that misses
and Mot counters with a straight right hand.
Mot moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mot keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mot walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bananer checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Some wild striking there from Bananer.
Bananer throws a hook to the side of Mot's head but Mot sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fighters circling - Mot throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bananer takes a swing at Mot's ribcage but misses.
Bananer misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mot takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bananer checks a leg kick.
Bananer misses with a hook.
Bananer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bananer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mot was well out of range. Poor timing from Bananer.
Mot throws a chopping leg kick but Bananer manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bananer on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mot. Mot obviously looking to wear him down.
Bananer swinging wildly here.
Bananer swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mot counters with a thumping low kick.
Mot avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bananer avoids the body shot from Mot.
Mot lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mot connects with a body shot that sends Bananer's belly button to the back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bananer swings for the body but Mot moves out of range.
Bananer lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mot at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bananer has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bananer there as he acknowledges the shot.
Decent striking displayed by Mot there.
Mot staying out of range there.
Mot misses the jab.
Mot connects with an inside leg kick.
Mot rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bananer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mot showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bananer.
Bananer tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bananer avoids the body shot from Mot.
Mot connects with an inside leg kick.
Mot scores with a head kick.
Mot throws a nice looking combination but Bananer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bananer misses with a straight left.
Bananer misses with an uppercut
and Mot counters with a nice leg kick.
Bananer thuds his right hand into Mot's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mot throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Bananer stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Mot follows into mount!
Bananer is rocked!
It looks like Plocka Bananer has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mot drops a big elbow. That's hurt Bananer! More shots from Mot and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Mot!
Tom Mot retains his lightweight title!
Our winner, Tom Mot, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mr White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trevor Robertson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White comes to the cage accompanied by yes. The crowd seem to be enjoying Robertson's choice of entrance music: The Proclaimers - 500 Miles. 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Mr White!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Trevor Robertson!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robertson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
White with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Robertson misses the jab.
White misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Robertson is defended easily by White.
Left hook, right uppercut from White.
Robertson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
White fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Robertson, pushing him back against the cage.
Robertson lands an elbow just above White 's eye.
A short uppercut from White.
Robertson tries a body shot but White blocks it.
White scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Robertson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with White's elbow.
White makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Robertson blocks a body shot from White.
Robertson is looking to control White's arms but White gets an underhook and turns him. Now Robertson has his back to the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White breaks the clinch.
White misses with a double jab.
Robertson misses with the combination.
Robertson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Robertson scores with a jab to the head.
Robertson throws a right hand that White ducks under and follows up with a left that White also avoids with ease.
White takes a swing at Robertson's ribcage but misses.
White scores with a leg kick.
Robertson tries to close the distance and clinch up but White swats him away and circles back towards the center.
White takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A shot to the liver by White. Beautiful body shot.
White darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A nice combination there by Robertson.
Robertson throws a combination that misses
and White counters with a nice double leg into side control. Robertson won't be happy with that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Robertson regains half guard.
Robertson looks gassed!
White wants to free his trapped foot but Robertson is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Robertson taking some punishment here, with White in his half guard.
Robertson is looking for a sweep. White is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. White connects with a nice short shot to Robertson's temple.
White will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
White tries to pass to full mount but Robertson defends it.
White slips a nice elbow through Robertson's hands, connecting with Robertson's forehead.
White is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White is trying a forearm choke� I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
White scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robertson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
White trying to control the position from guard on top but Robertson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Robertson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
White wants to control from the top but Robertson keeps moving.
White 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.
White sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Robertson's guard.
White thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Robertson's head.
White missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Robertson is trying to get back to full guard.
White slips a nice elbow through Robertson's hands, connecting with Robertson's forehead.
White prevents Robertson from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
White working the head and body with strikes.
Robertson blocking the ground and pound attempt from White.
White is nestled in close to Robertson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Robertson is pressing down on White's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
White stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Robertson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Robertson looking for a sweep. Not yet Robertson, not yet.
Robertson looking to control.
Robertson can't keep his opponent in guard - White advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Robertson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Mr White dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
White lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Robertson circles away quickly and effectively.
Robertson looks to land a combination but White avoids it well.
White throws a hook but Robertson blocks it.
Robertson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Robertson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. White tries to avoid it but Robertson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag White to the ground. White escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
White misses with a two punch combination.
Robertson throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from White 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 Robertson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Robertson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Robertson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
White shoots for a takedown but Robertson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
White misses with a head kick.
Robertson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Robertson misses with a body kick.
Robertson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Robertson tries to clinch up but White circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White lands with a good body shot.
White stalks Robertson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Robertson's face. Robertson staggers backwards, shaken.
White lands a right hook to the body.
White gets a clinch.
A short right from Robertson on the inside.
White jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Robertson walks away with a smile on his face. White gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Robertson throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
White takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
White is rocked!
Robertson lands a brutal head kick. White looks out on his feet and Robertson throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Trevor Robertson!
Trevor Robertson is the new featherweight champion!
Trevor Robertson really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Popeye�s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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