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Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patricio Freire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freire has chosen Havoc as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Patricio Freire is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Aldo
vs
Freire

175 cm
20
150 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

165 cm
26
155 lbs
4 - 3 - 1

Good takedowns
Excellent MT
Big right hand

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

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 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Aldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Patricio Freire!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Freire dives in and scores a takedown into Aldo's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Freire content to stall in guard here.
Freire pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Aldo is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Freire trying to move into half guard but instead Aldo has managed to sweep!
Freire controls Aldo momentarily but Aldo frees himself.
Aldo has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Freire is proving hard to escape from.
Freire looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freire is looking to sweep but instead, Aldo has passed into half guard.

Aldo stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Freire keeps the fight on the outside.
Aldo thows a body shot but no joy.
Aldo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Freire fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aldo manages to avoid it.
Aldo wants to clinch up but Freire keeps it at a distance.
Aldo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aldo wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freire fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Aldo checks it well.
Freire throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Aldo on the side of the head.
Aldo moves away from the strike by Freire.
Freire throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jose Aldo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Aldo misses with a wild combination.
Aldo takes a swing at Freire's ribcage but misses.
Freire thows a left - swing and a miss!
Aldo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Freire moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Aldo pushes Freire up against the cage in a clinch.
Freire jumps guard but Aldo turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Aldo tries to work over Freire's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Freire tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Aldo just stands there and leans against the cage.

Aldo gets a trip takedown into half guard.

Freire looking for a kimura from the bottom but Aldo passes into side control!
Freire tries to bench press Aldo off him but Aldo keeps the position.
Aldo tries to stand but Freire is controlling his head.
Aldo tries to stand but Freire controls the position and pulls Aldo into his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freire not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Aldo gets to his feet - Freire follows without any prompting.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aldo tries to clinch up.

Aldo clinches.

Aldo has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Freire is trying to keep an underhook but Aldo manages to get the takedown into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aldo wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Aldo 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.

Aldo tries to clinch up but Freire circles away and keeps his distance.
Freire thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fight stays on the outside here - Aldo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Patricio Freire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Freire keeps the fight on the outside.
Aldo wants to clinch up but Freire keeps it at a distance.
Aldo moves out of range of the leg kick from Freire.
Aldo stalks Freire and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Freire's face. Freire staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Patricio Freire has been cut.
Aldo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aldo tries to clinch but Freire is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freire just misses with a punch to the body.
Aldo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Freire takes a swing at Aldo's ribcage but misses.
Freire throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Freire swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Aldo wants to clinch up but Freire keeps it at a distance.

Aldo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Aldo misses with a body punch.
Aldo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Freire tries to pull guard but Aldo forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Aldo misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freire has Aldo pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Aldo manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Freire looking for a takedown.
Jose Aldo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patricio Freire.
Freire is breathing heavily.
Aldo misses with a punch to the body.
Aldo lands a shot to the body.
Aldo wants a takedown but no success here.
A right handed body shot lands from Aldo.
Aldo misses with a hook to the ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Aldo has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Freire is trying to keep an underhook but Aldo manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Aldo stands up out of the half guard.
Freire takes a swing at Aldo's ribcage but misses.

Aldo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Aldo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right from Aldo on the inside.
Aldo lands a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freire is trying to drag Aldo to the mat but Aldo just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Freire prevents a body shot from Aldo.
Aldo works on Freire's body with a couple of short punches.

Aldo is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Freire can't fight it off and eventually Aldo manages to take the fight to the floor. Freire looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Aldo tries to stand but Freire is controlling from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freire is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Aldo wants to stand but Freire is controlling his posture from full guard.
Jose Aldo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Freire isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Aldo stacks Freire on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Aldo!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Aldo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Patricio Freire's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Freire just misses with a punch to the body.
Freire throws a body punch but Aldo moves out of range.
Aldo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Freire.
Freire lands with a nice body punch.
Freire tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aldo was well out of range. Poor timing from Freire.
Aldo lands a jab to the head.
Freire jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Freire misses with a right hand
and Aldo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Freire paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Freire manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Freire takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Aldo wants to clinch up but Freire keeps it at a distance.
Freire throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jose Aldo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Aldo tries to clinch up.
Jose Aldo is winning the standup battle so far.
Aldo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Freire moves away.
Freire is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Aldo wants to clinch.
Aldo slips a jab and a cross from Freire.
Aldo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Freire.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freire throws a predictable looking body shot
and Aldo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Freire misses with a hook. Aldo ducked under it nicely.
Freire throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Aldo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Freire moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Aldo moves into the clinch.
Aldo is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Freire blocks a body shot from Aldo.
Freire prevents a body shot from Aldo.

Aldo gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Freire has a closed guard, preventing Aldo from standing up.
Freire looking for a sweep. Not yet Freire, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freire has a closed guard, preventing Aldo from standing up.
Aldo won't allow Freire to sweep him here.
Freire has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Aldo has passed into side control.

Aldo decides to stand back up. Aldo steps back and let's Freire get back to his feet.
Aldo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Freire swings for the body but Aldo moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freire just misses with a punch to the body.
Aldo tries to clinch up.
Freire swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Aldo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Aldo.

Aldo has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Freire regains guard immediately.
Freire is trying to control the position but Aldo postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aldo would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Patricio Freire has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Aldo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Aldo 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Aldo!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
44%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joaquin Salgado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gastao Gaspar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salgado comes to the cage accompanied by Pissing Razors - You never know. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Salgado
vs
Gaspar

172 cm
22
140 lbs
3 - 1 - 1

167 cm
28
144 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joaquin Salgado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gastao Gaspar!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salgado throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gaspar.
Gaspar looks to score with a jab to the body but Salgado is just out of range.
Salgado swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gaspar tries to clinch up.
Gaspar with a nice cross.

Gaspar moves into the clinch.
Salgado wants to get back to striking at distance but Gaspar won't allow it.
Salgado is trying to break free.
Gaspar can't find room to land a body shot as Salgado controls the action.
Salgado is working for takedown but Gaspar is calmly controlling the position for now.
Salgado prevents a body shot from Gaspar.
Salgado tries to break free but Gaspar pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gaspar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gaspar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Salgado.
Salgado slips a jab from Gaspar.
Salgado throws a right and a left that Gaspar avoids nicely.
Gaspar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Salgado paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gaspar misses with a body shot.
Gaspar looks to score with a jab to the body but Salgado is just out of range.
Salgado slips a jab and a cross from Gaspar.
Salgado tries to bum rush Gaspar with a series of wild strikes but Gaspar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaspar throws a jab when Salgado was well out of range.

Gaspar closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Salgado has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Salgado wants to break free but Gaspar has control.

Gaspar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gaspar wants to clinch up but Salgado keeps it at a distance.
Gaspar misses with a body shot
and Salgado counters with a left and a right that stings Gaspar.
Gaspar lands a jab to the nose.
A slow jab from Gaspar misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaspar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salgado.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gaspar.
Salgado lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gaspar circles away quickly and effectively.
A right-left combo lands from Gaspar.
A telegraphed right hand from Gaspar misses the target.
Gaspar jabs at Salgado's body.
Gaspar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Gaspar darts in and clinches Salgado up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salgado is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Gaspar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
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!
Gaspar throws a series of strikes that have Salgado backpedaling.
Danga de danga de dang - Salgado scores with a four punch combination!
A jab from Gaspar misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gaspar. Salgado does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gaspar is looking to clinch but Salgado is avoiding it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Salgado throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gaspar swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Salgado connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gastao Gaspar dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Salgado dodges the punch combination from Gaspar.
Salgado swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Salgado uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gaspar.
Gaspar scores with a crisp jab that stopped Salgado in his tracks.
Salgado catches Gaspar with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Joaquin Salgado is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gaspar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gaspar thows a body shot but no joy.
A combination from Salgado does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salgado misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gaspar.
Gaspar lands a slapping body shot.
Some wild striking there from Gaspar.
Gaspar with a nice cross.
Gaspar connects with a body shot that sends Salgado's belly button to the back.
Gaspar misses with a double jab
and Salgado counters with a left and a right that stings Gaspar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaspar tries to close the distance and clinch but Salgado swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gaspar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Salgado manages to avoid it.
Salgado throws a looping overhand right but Gaspar ducks down to avoid it.
Gaspar swinging wildly here.
Gastao Gaspar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Salgado throws a one two combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gaspar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gaspar misses with a double jab
and Salgado counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salgado tries to bum rush Gaspar with a series of wild strikes but Gaspar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Salgado misses with a combination
and Gaspar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gaspar throws a series of strikes that have Salgado backpedaling.
Gaspar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gaspar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Salgado throws a left and a right that both miss

and Gaspar counters with a crisp one two that drops Salgado! Gaspar thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Salgado to his feet! Salgado is in big trouble!

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!
Salgado moves out of range of the strikes.
Salgado lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gaspar circles away quickly and effectively.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gaspar. Salgado does a little dance to reset his feet.
Salgado throws a series of punches but Gaspar avoids them all with ease.
Gaspar misses with a wild body shot.
Salgado has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Salgado is rocked!
Gaspar has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gaspar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gaspar misses with a looping left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gastao Gaspar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Gaspar misses the body punch
and Salgado counters with a left and a right that stings Gaspar.
Salgado ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gastao Gaspar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gaspar takes a swing at Salgado's ribcage but misses.
Gaspar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Salgado needs to keep his hands up - Gaspar had a free shot at his head there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Salgado. Gaspar does a little dance to reset his feet.

Gaspar drives through and clinches with Salgado against the cage.

Gaspar manages to break the clinch.
Gaspar tries to clinch but Salgado is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gaspar clinches with his opponent.
Salgado prevents a body shot from Gaspar.

Gaspar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gaspar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gaspar with a nice cross.
Gaspar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Salgado was well out of range. Poor timing from Gaspar.
Gaspar throws a series of punches but Salgado moves out of range.
Gaspar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Salgado paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gaspar misses with a body shot
and Salgado counters with a straight right hand.
Joaquin Salgado has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gastao Gaspar is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaspar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gaspar looks to land a combination but Salgado avoids it well.

Gaspar rushes Salgado and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gaspar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Salgado's efforts to push away.

Gaspar breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaspar scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Salgado doesn't seem bothered though.
Gaspar is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Salgado rather than just go for the knockout.
Gaspar misses with a body shot.
Salgado swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gaspar misses with a wild body shot.
Gaspar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gaspar misses with a body shot.
Salgado closes the distance and lands a one-two.
No joy there for Salgado, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salgado walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Salgado circles away from the clinch attempt
and Salgado counters with a one-two to the body.
Salgado scores with a shot to the body.
Gaspar tries to clinch up but Salgado circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gaspar ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Salgado takes a swing at Gaspar's ribcage but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gastao Gaspar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gaspar has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gastao Gaspar!
Gastao Gaspar decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
51%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ferdinand Hardnegger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jules Clement (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardnegger comes to the cage accompanied by Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark . Clement has chosen In The Air Tonight as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Hardnegger
vs
Clement

179 cm
24
169 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

176 cm
22
165 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ferdinand Hardnegger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jules Clement!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardnegger circles away from the clinch attempt.
Clement throws a low kick but Hardnegger moves out of range easily.
An inside leg kick from Clement misses.
Clement fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hardnegger is out of range.
Hardnegger shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Clement but Clement pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Clement stuffs the takedown.
Hardnegger will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ferdinand Hardnegger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hardnegger misses with a takedown attempt - Clement sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nice takedown defense from Clement. No joy for Hardnegger on that attempt.
Hardnegger steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Clement. That one must have hurt.
Clement turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jules Clement is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clement scores with a jab. Hardnegger acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Clement keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Clement scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Clement misses with a kick to the body.

Clement rushes Hardnegger and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Clement working Hardnegger over with knees to the body.
Clement's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hardnegger tries to break the clinch but Clement is controlling the position.
Hardnegger tries to circle away but Clement has him pinned against the cage.
Clement throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hardnegger blocks it with crossed arms.
Hardnegger wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Clement has him pressed against the cage.
Hardnegger takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Ferdinand Hardnegger has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clement is struggling to control the position.
Hardnegger tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Clement just stands there and leans against the cage.
Hardnegger goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Clement misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardnegger.
Clement tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardnegger avoids the damage to the body.
Clement connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hardnegger's face.
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!
Hardnegger wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Clement has him pressed against the cage.
Hardnegger can't break the clinch.
Clement connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hardnegger's face.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Clement.
Clement has Hardnegger pressed against the cage, preventing Hardnegger from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Clement misses with a knee to the head.
Clement misses with a knee to the head.
Clement scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardnegger tries to circle away but Clement has him pinned against the cage.
Clement pushes off an throws an elbow but Hardnegger leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Clement leaning against his opponent.
Clement missing with knees to the body.
Hardnegger has had enough of the clinch but Clement keeps him there for the moment.
Hardnegger wants to break free but Clement has control.
Come on Hardnegger - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Clement lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clement misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardnegger.
Hardnegger is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hardnegger tries to pull guard but Clement forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Hardnegger is trying to break free.
Clement tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardnegger managing to block the knees to the body from Clement.
Clement lands a good knee to the midsection. Hardnegger won't want to take too many of those.
Clement tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hardnegger avoids it.
Hardnegger looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hardnegger tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Clement smiles and moves away.
Clement tries to clinch there but Hardnegger circles away.
Clement connects with an inside leg kick.
Clement scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hardnegger shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Clement defends it nicely.

Hardnegger feints and as Clement raises his hands in defense, Hardnegger changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jules Clement dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ferdinand Hardnegger's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hardnegger shoots in looking for a takedown but Clement manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hardnegger's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Clement throws the kick towards the body but Hardnegger avoids it.
Clement swings for the body but Hardnegger moves out of range.
Clement throws a sloppy head kick and Hardnegger moves out of range easily.
Clement lands a leg kick that knocks Hardnegger off balance momentarily.
Clement tries to clinch up.
Hardnegger throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Clement's waist but Clement gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hardnegger off to one side.
Crunch! Clement slams his shin into Hardnegger's torso.
Clement lands a nice looking body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Clement looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Clement throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardnegger stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Clement.

Clement pushes Hardnegger up against the cage in a clinch.
Clement displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hardnegger up against the cage.
Clement tries to land a knee to the head but Hardnegger blocks with his arms.
Clement tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardnegger avoids the damage to the body.
Clement scores a nice knee to the body.
Hardnegger wants to get back to striking at distance but Clement won't allow it.
Clement using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Clement lands an elbow inside.
Hardnegger is looking to break free of the clinch but Clement has double underhooks.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Clement.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clement keeps control of Hardnegger as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Clement trying to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Clement.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hardnegger tries to circle away but Clement has him pinned against the cage.
Clement with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hardnegger managing to block the knees to the body from Clement.
Clement creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hardnegger's defenses.
Clement lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hardnegger backwards.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hardnegger is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Clement has Hardnegger pressed against the cage, preventing Hardnegger from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Clement lands an elbow just above Hardnegger 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardnegger takes an elbow to the temple.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hardnegger wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hardnegger wants to break the clinch but can't.
Clement lands a hook that snaps the head of Hardnegger backwards.
Hardnegger can't break the clinch.
Clement prevents Hardnegger from breaking the clinch.
Clement has Hardnegger pressed against the cage, preventing Hardnegger from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hardnegger is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Clement to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ferdinand Hardnegger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Clement goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Clement.
Clement doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Clement scores a nice knee to the body.
Clement using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Clement.
Hardnegger avoiding damage as Clement throws knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Clement.
Clement unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hardnegger lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Clement tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hardnegger avoids it.
Clement landing some nice looking knees to the body.
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!
Clement scores with a shot to the side of Hardnegger's head.
Hardnegger wants to break free but Clement has control.
Clement misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardnegger.
Clement with a knee to the head.
Clement lands a hook that snaps the head of Hardnegger backwards.
Jules Clement seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Hardnegger manages to break the clinch.
Hardnegger is trying hard to land a takedown here. Clement sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hardnegger shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Clement sprawls well. Clement wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hardnegger gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jules Clement showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ferdinand Hardnegger's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Hardnegger tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Clement leaves Hardnegger with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hardnegger.
Clement feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hardnegger's calf.

Clement pushes Hardnegger up against the cage in a clinch.
Hardnegger tries to circle away but Clement has him pinned against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Clement has Hardnegger pressed against the cage, preventing Hardnegger from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clement misses with a knee to the head.
Clement putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hardnegger in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Clement tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hardnegger avoids it.
Hardnegger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Clement creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hardnegger's defenses.
Clement stalling the fight.
Hardnegger is trying to force a seperation but Clement has the dominant position.
Clement misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardnegger.
Hardnegger is trying to push Clement away but Clement has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Clement lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hardnegger.
Clement lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hardnegger misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hardnegger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Clement trying to stall but Hardnegger improves his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clement tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hardnegger avoids it.
Hardnegger is trying to force a seperation but Clement has the dominant position.
Clement crunches a lovely knee into Hardnegger's ribcage.
Clement crunches a lovely knee into Hardnegger's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Clement.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hardnegger working hard to break the clinch.

Clement pulls guard effortlessly.
Clement is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Clement pulls Hardnegger in close to his closed guard and prevents Hardnegger from doing any damage or advancing position.

Clement throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clement not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Clement wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jules Clement was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Clement connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jules Clement seems to be getting the better of the standup.
No luck for Hardnegger with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ferdinand Hardnegger. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clement thows a body kick. Hardnegger tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Clement throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Donk. Clement catches Hardnegger right on the button with a cross.
Jules Clement is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Clement finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ferdinand Hardnegger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A looping hook to the body misses from Clement. Hardnegger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Clement lands with a nice body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hardnegger takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ferdinand Hardnegger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hardnegger will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hardnegger throws a hook to the side of Clement's head but Clement sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jules Clement comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Clement has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jules Clement!
A relieved looking Jules Clement thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

C
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C
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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
68%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fatih Emir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glenn Beck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emir's entrance music is i kill people. A fine choice. Beck has chosen Champion 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.

Emir
vs
Beck

185 cm
31
190 lbs
17 - 15 - 1

190 cm
23
198 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

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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 17 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fatih Emir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Glenn Beck!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Emir has managed to clinch.
Beck is trying to force a seperation but Emir has the dominant position.

Beck breaks from the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Beck.
A thudding body kick lands there by Beck!
Emir changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Beck tries to avoid it but Emir manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Beck to the ground. Beck escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Emir shoots for a takedown but Beck saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Emir looking to score a takedown here. Beck is defending well but Emir drives through and ends up in Beck's guard.
Emir throws a big right hand that misses.

Beck has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Emir can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Emir stopping the sweep attempt from Beck.
Beck wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beck looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
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.

Emir thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Emir scoring with punches to the head and body.
Beck keeping moving, preventing Emir from controlling successfully.
Beck trying to control the position here.
Emir won't allow Beck to sweep him here.
Beck avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Beck controls Emir momentarily but Emir frees himself.
Beck preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Emir 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emir postures up.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Glenn Beck.
Emir misses with a takedown attempt - Beck sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fatih Emir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Emir takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Emir misses with a takedown
and Beck counters with a nice body shot.
Beck misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Emir.
Beck with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beck chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Emir moves out of range of the leg kick from Beck.
Emir will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Emir shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Beck as he avoids it easily.
Beck is looking to slow Emir down with leg kicks.
Emir shoots in looking for a takedown. Beck tries to sprawl out of it but Emir keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Beck manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Emir is breathing heavily.
Emir will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Fatih Emir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beck turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Beck tries to score with a low kick but Emir moves his leg out of the way.
Beck keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Beck lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Glenn Beck is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Beck.
Beck looks to land a combination. Emir sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Fatih Emir has been cut.
Emir tries to clinch there but Beck circles away.
Emir avoids a kick to the body.
Emir chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Beck can pounce on him.
Beck scores with a sloppy right hand. Emir should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beck works Emir's body with a nice hook.
Beck keeps Emir at a distance using the push kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Beck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beck tries to land a front kick but Emir steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Beck gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Beck scores with a shot to the side of Emir's head.
Beck makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Beck.
Emir is working for takedown but Beck is calmly controlling the position for now.
Emir has Beck pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Beck manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Beck tries to land a knee to the head but Emir blocks with his arms.
Beck has had enough of the clinch but Emir keeps him there for the moment.
Beck tries to throw a body punch but Emir avoids it by throwing Beck back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emir has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Beck is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Emir tries for a takedown. No joy.
Beck trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Glenn Beck dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fatih Emir's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nice sprawl there from Beck as Emir shoots in.
Emir on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Emir shoots in for a double leg but Beck sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nice sprawl there from Beck as Emir shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fatih Emir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Emir checks a leg kick.
Fatih Emir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice sprawl there from Beck as Emir shoots in.
Beck throws a leg kick but Emir sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Beck throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Beck sizes up Emir with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A solid body kick from Beck.
Beck connects with a leg kick. Emir looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emir tries to move into range but Beck moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Beck scoring well with a low kick there.
Beck scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Beck connects with an inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Beck. That's going to slow Emir down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Beck. That's going to slow Emir down.
Beck connects with an inside leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Emir crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Beck - the referee stops the clock and Emir gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Beck. Emir manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A solid leg kick lands there for Beck.
Nice body punch from Beck.
Beck scores with a kick to the midsection.
Beck lands with a hook. Emir tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Beck scores with a leg kick.
Emir will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
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!
Beck with a jab.
Emir fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Emir on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Emir is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Beck.
Beck connects with an inside leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Beck finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beck throws a leg kick which misses Emir's front leg but catches the back leg as Emir tries to avoid it.
Beck throws a leg kick which misses Emir's front leg but catches the back leg as Emir tries to avoid it.
Beck with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Emir on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Emir on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Beck. Beck obviously looking to wear him down.
Beck lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Emir tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Emir has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Beck.
Beck fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Beck lands a leg kick that knocks Emir off balance momentarily.
Good leg kick by Beck there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Emir chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Beck can pounce on him.
Beck lets loose with a powerful body kick. Emir will feel that in the morning.
Beck throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beck looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Emir stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Beck.
Beck scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Beck feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Emir's calf.
Beck thuds a left hand into Emir's body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Beck.
Beck lands a front kick.
Good leg kick by Beck there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Beck scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Emir is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Emir throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Beck's waist but Beck gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Emir off to one side.
Beck lands a head kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beck keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beck feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Emir's calf.
Beck scores with a kick to the body.
Beck throws a leg kick which misses Emir's front leg but catches the back leg as Emir tries to avoid it.
Beck chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Beck with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Beck throws a nice outside leg kick.
Beck fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Beck connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Beck connects with a leg kick. Emir looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beck lands a nice leg kick that just misses Emir's sensitive parts.
Beck throws a nice inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Beck. That's going to slow Emir down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Glenn Beck showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Fatih Emir's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Beck throws a sloppy head kick and Emir moves out of range easily.
Beck lands a jab to Emir's midsection.
Beck slaps away a takedown attempt from Emir, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Emir has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Beck.
Glenn Beck seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Emir shoots for a takedown but Beck saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Beck throws a nice outside leg kick.
Beck connects with an inside leg kick.
Beck throws a nice outside leg kick.
Beck slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nice shot lands for Beck.
Emir with a poor takedown
and Beck counters with a body kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fatih Emir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beck lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Beck buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Beck connects with a leg kick. Emir looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emir walks forward, straight into a front kick from Beck.
Emir takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Beck slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Beck is looking to slow Emir down with leg kicks.
Beck lands with a thumping leg kick.
Beck lands with a kick to the ribs.
Beck has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A nice leg kick lands there from Beck.

Beck forces Emir back against the cage and clinches.
Emir wants to take the fight to the mat but Beck manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Beck lands an uppercut.
Beck lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Beck just misses with a elbow thrown towards Emir's brow.
Emir drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Beck gets the underhooks and prevents it.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Beck pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beck throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Beck misses with a hook. Emir ducked under it nicely.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Beck. Emir shrugs it off though.
Beck getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Beck moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Beck throws a low kick but it's checked well by Emir.
Beck scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Emir closes this distance looking for a takedown but Beck circles away.
Beck goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Beck misses with a hook. Emir ducked under it nicely.
Emir blocks a head kick by Beck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beck misses with a low kick.
Beck stuffs the takedown.
Beck pushes Emir away with a front kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Beck lands a right hand.
Beck digs a right hand underneath Emir's ribcage. Emir let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Glenn Beck is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Emir drops down looking for an ankle pick but Beck pulls his leg out and moves away.
Beck stuffs the takedown.
Emir on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Beck. Beck obviously looking to wear him down.
Emir fails with a takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beck dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Emir. That did some damage!
Beck connects with a solid leg kick.
Emir shoots in for a takedown but Beck shows good takedown defense.
Beck keeps Emir at a distance using the push kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Beck.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Emir throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Beck's waist but Beck gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Emir off to one side.
Beck scores with a leg kick.
Beck buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Beck displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Emir.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beck throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Fatih Emir has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Beck feints and then cracks Emir's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Emir down.

And that's the end of the fight!
Glenn Beck comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Beck 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 26:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 26:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Glenn Beck!
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C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Denny Prokopos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Skjelbred (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Prokopos comes to the cage accompanied by Deep River Blues - Doc Watson. Skjelbred comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bad To The Bone kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Prokopos
vs
Skjelbred

180 cm
30
144 lbs
19 - 5 - 0

175 cm
30
124 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Denny Prokopos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Skjelbred!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Emerson Jorge and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prokopos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Prokopos shoots in and bounces Skjelbred off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Skjelbred looking for a guillotine here but Prokopos defends easily.

Skjelbred working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Prokopos doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Prokopos manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Prokopos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Skjelbred swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Skjelbred looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Skjelbred is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Prokopos is aware though and is defending well.
Skjelbred keeping moving, preventing Prokopos from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Prokopos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Skjelbred swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Skjelbred wants to improve his position but instead Prokopos has moved into half guard.
Prokopos is thwarting Skjelbred's attempts to control the position.

Prokopos seems to be working for a kimura but Skjelbred defends the submission attempt.

Prokopos is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Skjelbred defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prokopos uses his free foot to push down on Skjelbred's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Skjelbred.
Prokopos trying to control but Skjelbred is having none of it.
Skjelbred is desperately trying to improve his position but Prokopos has a good base and remains in mount.
Skjelbred is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prokopos wants to control the pace but Skjelbred is squirming around nicely.
Skjelbred is working to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Prokopos is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Skjelbred to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Skjelbred shrugs it off.
Skjelbred tries to hold on but Prokopos postures up.
Prokopos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Skjelbred is looking to escape.
Skjelbred really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skjelbred wants to hold on but Prokopos pushes him away.
Skjelbred can't escape the position.
Prokopos really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Prokopos avoids the attempt from Skjelbred to control.
Prokopos looking to control but Skjelbred is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Prokopos gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Skjelbred tries to clinch
and Prokopos counters with a left and a right that stings Skjelbred.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A punch combination from Prokopos misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Denny Prokopos dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sloppy strikes from Prokopos. Those never looked like landing.
Skjelbred is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Prokopos swats away the attempt to clinch by Skjelbred.
Prokopos sizes up Skjelbred with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Prokopos throws a sloppy head kick and Skjelbred moves out of range easily.
Prokopos throws a combination that misses

and Skjelbred counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Prokopos's guard now.

Prokopos throws his legs up looking for a submission but Skjelbred uses it to pass to side control.

Skjelbred is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Prokopos knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Prokopos is looking to regain half guard here but Skjelbred keeps moving and retains side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prokopos sneaks back into half guard.

Skjelbred is working for a kimura but Prokopos is defending it quite comfortably.
Prokopos is refusing to be controlled, as Skjelbred sits in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prokopos is trying to maintain the position but Skjelbred is very close to passing his half guard.
Skjelbred not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Skjelbred thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Skjelbred wants to work for an arm triangle but Prokopos is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Prokopos is looking for a sweep. Skjelbred is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Skjelbred is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Prokopos defends it well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Prokopos manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skjelbred passes into half guard.

Prokopos looking for submissions off his back.

Prokopos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Prokopos gets full guard.
John Skjelbred has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Skjelbred is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Prokopos is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Prokopos has escaped and now he's on top!
Skjelbred is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Skjelbred trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Skjelbred looking for a guillotine here but Prokopos defends easily.
Prokopos advances position into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but John Skjelbred will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Skjelbred tries to clinch but Prokopos moves out of range.
Skjelbred tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Prokopos scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Skjelbred displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Prokopos throws out the jab.
Prokopos fails to land with a series of punches.
Skjelbred moves out of range of the strikes.
Skjelbred doesn't manage to clinch there - Prokopos circles away.
Skjelbred shoots for a double leg takedown but Prokopos sprawls well. He's pushed Skjelbred's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Prokopos misses with a body shot.
Skjelbred wants to clinch but Prokopos slips to the side
and Prokopos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Prokopos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Skjelbred as he jumps to the side.
Prokopos keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skjelbred lands a nice shot to the body.
Skjelbred is looking to clinch but Prokopos is avoiding it.
John Skjelbred seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Skjelbred is looking to clinch.
Prokopos misses with a low kick.
Prokopos shoots in for a takedown but Skjelbred shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Prokopos.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Denny Prokopos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Skjelbred closes the distance but Prokopos moves to the side

and Prokopos counters with a nice double leg into side control. Skjelbred won't be happy with that.
Skjelbred tries to improve position but can't.

Prokopos is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Skjelbred is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Skjelbred is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skjelbred wants to control but Prokopos postures up.
Skjelbred gets back to half guard.
Prokopos with the ground and pound but Skjelbred uses the opportunity to regain guard.

Skjelbred escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Prokopos gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Skjelbred bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Prokopos's guard.

Prokopos escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Skjelbred gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Skjelbred trying to move into half guard but instead Prokopos has managed to sweep!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Prokopos drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Skjelbred manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Prokopos has Skjelbred in his guard.

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

Prokopos looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skjelbred forces his way into half guard.

Skjelbred is working for a kimura but Prokopos is defending it quite comfortably.
Skjelbred is looking to pass Prokopos's guard but actually Prokopos recovers to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Skjelbred passes Prokopos's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Denny Prokopos.
I think Prokopos 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Denny Prokopos!
Denny Prokopos made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'I always thought the removal of toes with a bolt cutter was rather humane '.

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Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phil Nurse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Almer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nurse's entrance music is Neon Genesis Evangelion. A fine choice. Thiago Almer is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Nurse
vs
Almer

180 cm
27
175 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

175 cm
24
177 lbs
12 - 5 - 1

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Granite chin

GR Design - Top quality, from $10 to $150 !

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Phil Nurse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Almer!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nurse tries to close the distance and clinch up but Almer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nurse is looking to clinch but Almer is avoiding it.
Almer lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nurse stalks Almer and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Almer's face. Almer staggers backwards, shaken.
Almer scores with a jab to the head.
Almer lands with a good body shot.
Nurse doesn't manage to clinch there - Almer circles away.
Almer looks to land a body kick but Nurse moved away.
Nurse uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Almer.
Almer gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Nurse moves into the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Almer.
Almer can't find room to land a body shot as Nurse controls the action.
Almer throws a punch but it's blocked by Nurse.
Almer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Almer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Almer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nurse pushes off an throws an elbow but Almer leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Almer lands a nice knee to the body.
Nurse unloads a knee to the mid-section. Almer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Almer avoids a wild elbow strike from Nurse.
Almer can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurse with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Almer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Almer misses with a kick to the body.
Almer loads up on a big right hand but Nurse slips the punch.
Nurse blocks the body kick.
Nurse is looking to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Almer.
Almer throws a body kick that misses.
Nurse tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nurse misses with a kick to the body.
Almer misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nurse tries to clinch up.

Nurse takes the fight into the clinch.

Nurse breaks the clinch.
Nurse doesn't manage to clinch there - Almer circles away.
Almer pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurse tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Almer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nurse moves out of range of the strikes.
Almer misses the shot to the body.
Almer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nurse's sensitive parts.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nurse looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Almer misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nurse wants to clinch up but Almer keeps it at a distance.
Almer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Almer takes a swing at Nurse's ribcage but misses.
Almer pushes Nurse away with a front kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Almer looks to land a left hand but Nurse moved out of range nicely.
Almer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nurse.
Almer throws the kick towards the body but Nurse avoids it.
Almer lands a body shot.
Thiago Almer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Almer throws a head kick that misses.
Almer connects with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurse tries to clinch up.
Almer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nurse wants to clinch.
Nurse is looking to clinch but Almer is avoiding it.
Nurse wants to clinch up but Almer keeps it at a distance.

Nurse darts in and clinches Almer up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nurse throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Almer throws an elbow but misses.
Almer lands an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Nurse.
Nurse tries to land a knee to the head but Almer blocks with his arms.
Almer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Almer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Almer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Almer misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurse slips under a jab from Almer.

Nurse clinches.
Nurse landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Nurse breaks from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Almer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nurse sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nurse tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Almer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Almer scores with a body shot.
Nurse tries to clinch up but Almer circles away and keeps his distance.
Nurse's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Almer connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nurse scrambles back to his feet.
Nurse tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nurse slips under a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nurse looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nurse tries to clinch up but Almer circles away and keeps his distance.
Almer loads up on a big right hand but Nurse slips the punch.
Almer slips under a jab.
Almer stuns Nurse with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Thiago Almer will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Almer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nurse's head backwards.
Almer bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nurse ducks under a wild hook from Almer.
Almer misses with a low kick.
Almer gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Nurse counters with a nice low kick that buckles Almer's knee momentarily.
Almer displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Almer misses with a left hand
and Nurse counters with a low kick, right behind Almer 's knee.
A low kick from Almer misses
and Nurse counters with a big head kick but Almer shrugs it off.
Nurse takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A shot to the body from Almer misses

and Nurse holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Almer lands an elbow inside that Nurse shrugs off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees in the clinch landing for Almer.
Nurse blocks an elbow strike from Almer.
Almer struggles to land a body shot inside as Nurse controls his hands.

Nurse breaks from the clinch.
Nurse tries to clinch but Almer is having none of it.
Almer misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurse is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nurse takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nurse tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Almer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Almer throws a half hearted mid kick.
Almer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Almer misses with a hook. Nurse ducked under it nicely.
Almer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Almer thuds a left hand into Nurse's body.
Almer misses with a wild body shot.
Nurse tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nurse avoids a kick to the body.
Almer throws a body punch but Nurse moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Nurse.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nurse fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nurse keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nurse instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Almer fails to land.
Almer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nurse is defending well for now.
Nurse keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Almer's efforts to push away.
Thiago Almer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nurse managing to block the knees to the body from Almer.
Nurse blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nurse just misses with a elbow thrown towards Almer's brow.
Nurse blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Almer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nurse lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Almer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nurse misses with a knee to the head.
Almer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Almer misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Almer fails to land.
Almer managing to block the knees to the body from Nurse.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nurse breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nurse takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Almer throws a lazy right hand but Nurse sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nurse is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nurse scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Almer throws a leg kick but Nurse sees it coming and moves out of range.
Almer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nurse manages to avoid it.
Almer misses with a lunging right hand
and Nurse finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Nurse tries to clinch but Almer moves out of range.
Almer swings widly with a right hand

and Nurse counters by moving into the clinch.
Almer misses with an elbow over the top.
Nurse throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Almer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nurse lands a nice elbow.
Nurse has a couple of punches blocked by Almer.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nurse.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almer blocks an elbow strike.
Almer working Nurse over with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nurse looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Almer throws an elbow but it misses.
Almer can't find room to land a body shot as Nurse controls the action.
Nurse lands a nice elbow.
Almer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Almer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nurse tries a knee to the head but Almer blocks it.
Almer lands an elbow just above Nurse 's eye.
Almer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nurse avoids it.
Nurse prevents a body shot from Almer.
Nurse leaning against his opponent.
Almer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nurse prevents Almer from breaking the clinch.
Nurse pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nurse taking a breather.
Nurse avoids the elbow strike from Almer, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Almer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Nurse fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Almer, pushing him back against the cage.
Nurse gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nurse tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Almer is trying to break the clinch but Nurse is controlling him.
Almer throws an elbow but it misses.
Almer misses with the head strike.

Almer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Almer tries to land a front kick but Nurse steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Almer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Almer is looking to slow Nurse down with leg kicks.
Nurse connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Almer just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice cross by Almer.
Jab by Almer.
Almer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Almer cracks the inside of Nurse's front leg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Almer thuds his shin into the meat of Nurse's side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurse keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Almer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nurse moves away.
Almer throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Almer works Nurse's body with a nice hook.
Almer lands with a good body shot.
A slow jab from Almer misses its intended target.
Almer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Thiago Almer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A telegraphed right hand from Almer misses the target.
Almer has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Nurse.
Almer keeps the fight on the outside.
Nurse tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Almer lands a nice looking body kick.
Almer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nurse's sensitive parts.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Almer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nurse avoids the head kick by Almer.
Phil Nurse has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almer misses with a wild body shot.
Nurse keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Almer misses with a body kick.
Almer throws a sloppy body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Almer swings for the body but Nurse moves out of range.
Nurse checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nurse blocks the body kick.
Almer loads up on a big right hand but Nurse slips the punch.
Nurse tries to close the distance and clinch up but Almer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A low kick from Almer misses
and Nurse counters with a leg kick.
Nurse is looking to clinch.
Nice body kick from Almer.
Almer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Almer looks to throw a body kick

and Nurse counters by moving into the clinch.
Nurse missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Almer throws an elbow but misses.
A hook to the body from Almer.
Almer missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Almer.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nurse.
Nurse trying to land knees to the body.
Almer takes a knee to the side of the body.

Almer breaks the clinch.
Almer misses with a two punch combination.

Nurse gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Almer swings wildly with an uppercut but Nurse uses good head movement to avoid it.
Almer has a couple of punches blocked by Nurse.
Nurse prevents a body shot from Almer.
Almer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nurse's elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nurse obliges.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Almer lands a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nurse takes a shot to the head.
Nurse is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Nurse.
Almer misses with the head strike.
Almer can't find room to land a body shot as Nurse controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Almer.
Thiago Almer is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Almer tries to work over Nurse's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Almer managing to block the knees to the body from Nurse.
Almer tries to circle away but Nurse has him pinned against the cage.
Nurse keeps control of Almer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nurse lands an elbow inside.
Almer digs a right hand underneath Nurse's ribcage. Nurse let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nurse blocks the elbow strike.
Nurse lands a knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Almer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Almer has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago Almer!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Thiago Almer made sure he mentioned GR Design - Top quality, from $10 to $150 !, along with how happy he was to win his fight.

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Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steve Partridge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Carver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carver has chosen I Till Colapse as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Partridge
vs
Carver

185 cm
25
200 lbs
11 - 0 - 0

178 cm
27
179 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Gesundheit Designs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Steve Partridge!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brian Carver!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Partridge tries a low kick but Carver avoids it.
Partridge works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Partridge ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carver moves away.
Carver gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Partridge throws a quick inside leg kick.
Carver misses with a lunging right hand
and Partridge counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Carver throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Partridge throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Carver.
Carver misses with a straight right.
Carver uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Partridge.
Partridge lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Carver waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Partridge.
Partridge throws a nice outside leg kick.
Carver scores with a nice strike.

It looks like Steve Partridge has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice shot lands for Carver.
Carver throws a hook but Partridge blocks it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Partridge.
Partridge feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Carvers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Partridge uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carver.
Carver misses with a looping left.
Carver misses the body punch
and Partridge counters with a stiff right hand.
Carver stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Partridge.
Partridge dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Carver. That did some damage!
A good leg kick by Partridge.
Carver on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Carver slips under a jab.
Brian Carver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carver throws a hook to the side of Partridge's head but Partridge sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Carver takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Carver takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Partridge lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carver throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Partridge uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Carver.
Partridge buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Partridge uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Carver.
Carver throws a hook but Partridge avoids it easily.
Carver gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Carver is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Partridge takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Partridge turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Carver misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Partridge.
Partridge lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Partridge misses with a looping right.
Partridge moves out of range of the strikes.
Partridge is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Partridge throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Carver throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Partridge takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Carver swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Carver misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carver thows a body shot but no joy.
Carver takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Partridge scores with a nice head shot.
Partridge feints and then cracks Carver's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Carver down.
Partridge buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Carver throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Carver looks gassed!
A looping hook to the body misses from Partridge. Carver does a little dance to reset his feet.
Carver avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Partridge turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Partridge keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Partridge. That's going to slow Carver down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Partridge.
Partridge keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice shot by Partridge.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Partridge with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Carver just misses with a punch to the body.
Carver thows a body shot but no joy.
Partridge throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Partridge misses the shot to the body.
Carver's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A left lands for Carver.
Partridge slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Carver just misses with a punch to the body.
Partridge misses with a jab, cross combination.
Carver swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice shot by Partridge.
A head kick misses from Partridge.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Partridge connects with a good right hand that stumbles Carver. Carver circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Partridge is looking to chop away at Carver's legs.
Carver tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Partridge dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Steve Partridge's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nice defenses there by Partridge.
Carver misses with a right hand
and Partridge counters with a good low kick that Carver was not able to check.
Carver misses with a looping left.
Carver on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Partridge lunges at Carver with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Carver's hand.
Nice shot by Carver.
Carver throws a looping overhand right but Partridge ducks down to avoid it.
Carver misses with a hook
and Partridge counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A solid leg kick lands there for Partridge.
Partridge lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Decent striking displayed by Partridge there.
Carver slips a straight right by Partridge.
Partridge throws a leg kick which misses Carver's front leg but catches the back leg as Carver tries to avoid it.
Carver is breathing heavily.
Partridge lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Steve Partridge is winning the standup battle so far.
Partridge moves forwards but Carver connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Partridge lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carver swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Partridge takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Carver throws a shot from downtown. Partridge moves away and avoids it.
Carver takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A head kick misses from Partridge.
Carver throws a good cross that connects.
Carver misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Partridge.
Partridge keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Partridge throws a leg kick which misses Carver's front leg but catches the back leg as Carver tries to avoid it.
Carver slips under a jab.
Partridge uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Carver.
Partridge defending well as Carver loads up on a big left hand.
Carver misses the body punch
and Partridge counters with a nice low kick that buckles Carver's knee momentarily.
Partridge lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Partridge darts in and out, connecting 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!
Carver throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Partridge takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Carver misses with a hook to the body
and Partridge counters with a low kick, right behind Carver 's knee.
Carver on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Carver throws a hook but Partridge avoids it easily.
Partridge connects with an inside leg kick.
Carver throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Partridge.
Carver moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Partridge ducks under a wild hook from Carver.
Carver throws a right and a left that both miss.
Partridge lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Partridge throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Partridge throws a right hand that Carver ducks under and follows up with a left that Carver also avoids with ease.
Partridge jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Partridge uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Carver.
Partridge scoring well with a low kick there.
Carver throws a body punch but Partridge moves out of range.
Partridge buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A cross from Partridge lands.
Carver throws a sloppy body shot
and Partridge counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Carver thinking.
Carver takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That kick from Partridge tenderised Carver's leg. Carver is trying to keep his angry face on.
Partridge pushes Carver away with a front kick.
Carver has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Partridge bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Partridge lands with a nice body punch.
Partridge lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Carver backs up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carver walks into a jab.
Partridge moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Partridge tenderised Carver's leg. Carver is trying to keep his angry face on.
A solid leg kick lands there for Partridge.
Partridge looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A slapping leg kick lands for Partridge.
Partridge buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Partridge scores with a jab. Carver acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Partridge cracks the inside of Carver's front leg.
Partridge scoring well with a low kick there.
Carver has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Carver there as he acknowledges the shot.
Partridge scores with a one two! Carver had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A jab from Carver misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Partridge is looking to slow Carver down with leg kicks.
Carver throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Partridge thuds a left hand into Carver's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Partridge dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Steve Partridge's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The fighters circling - Carver throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Partridge defending well as Carver loads up on a big left hand.
Carver misses with a double jab.
Carver throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carver swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Carver throws a lazy right hand but Partridge sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Partridge steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Carver.
Carver tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Carver keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Partridge dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Partridge cracks Carver with a good jab.
Partridge throws a sloppy head kick and Carver moves out of range easily.
Partridge connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Partridge lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Carver takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Partridge scores with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Partridge.
Carver takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Carver on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A punch combination from Partridge misses.
Partridge throws a nice outside leg kick.
Partridge defending well as Carver loads up on a big left hand.
Carver loads up on a big right hand but Partridge slips the punch.
Partridge misses with a hook.
Partridge lands a glancing blow to the side of Carver's head.
Carver throws out a loose jab but Partridge uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carver ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Partridge moves away.
Carver stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Partridge.
Partridge buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Partridge.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Partridge works Carver's body with a nice hook.
Partridge scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Carver changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Partridge is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Carver can do to turn this around?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Carver. Partridge does a little dance to reset his feet.
Partridge throws a nice outside leg kick.
Partridge moves into range and connects with a jab.
Carver just misses with a punch to the body.
Partridge lands a lovely overhand right.
Carver needs to keep his hands up - Partridge had a free shot at his head there.
Carver thows a left - swing and a miss!
An inside leg kick lands from Partridge.
Partridge works over Carver's head and body with a nice combination.
Partridge connects with a leg kick. Carver looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Carver needs to keep his hands up - Partridge had a free shot at his head there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Partridge connects with a body shot.
Partridge moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Partridge with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Partridge looks to land a right hand but Carver moved out of range.
Carver takes a swing at Partridge's ribcage but misses.
Carver misses with a wild body shot.
Partridge fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Carver.
Partridge keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carver takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Carver throws a hook to the side of Partridge's head but Partridge sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Partridge scores with a punch to the head.
Carver gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Carver throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Partridge throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Carver does no damage.
Partridge lands a nice shot to the body.
Carver throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slow jab from Carver misses its intended target.
Partridge fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Carver.
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!
Partridge throws a nice head kick!
Partridge scores with a leg kick.
Carver misses with a body shot.
Partridge lands a lovely overhand right.
Carver thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Partridge scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Carver misses with a straight left.
A slow jab from Carver misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Partridge clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Steve Partridge's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Partridge connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Carver's hands.
Carver missing with a left hand there. Partridge was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Carver on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Partridge. Partridge obviously looking to wear him down.
Partridge swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nice defenses there by Carver.
Carver misses with a looping right.
Carver misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Carver misses.
Carver misses with a left hand
and Partridge counters with a right hand to the body.
Carver ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Partridge moves away.
Partridge throws a big shot that misses.
Carver is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Nice straight punches there by Partridge. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Partridge.
Carver takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Carver scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Partridge doesn't seem bothered though.
Carver misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Partridge moves away from the strike by Carver.
A chopping leg kick lands by Partridge.
A jab from Partridge does it's job there.
Carver moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Partridge fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carver misses with a straight right.
Partridge is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Carver.
Partridge keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Carver.
Good standup being displayed there by Partridge as he connects with a hook.
Partridge slips under a jab.
Partridge slips a jab from Carver.
Carver tries to move into range but Partridge moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Partridge scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carver lands a really nice looking cross but Partridge seems unphased.
Carver throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Partridge scores with a shot to the body.
Partridge blocks a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Partridge throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Partridge feints and then cracks Carver's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Carver down.
Partridge bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Carver moves out of range of the leg kick from Partridge.
Carver connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Partridge lands a jab to the head.
Carver fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Partridge looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Partridge just misses with a punch to the body.
Carver checks a leg kick.
Partridge throws a shot from downtown. Carver moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Partridge slips a straight right by Carver.
Carver bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Carver connects with the punch.
Carver misses with an uppercut.
Carver swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Partridge uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Carver.
Carver misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Partridge.
Partridge tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Carver misses with an uppercut.
Partridge misses with a looping left.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Partridge.
Sloppy strikes from Partridge. Those never looked like landing.
Carver throws a hook but Partridge avoids it easily.
Partridge tests Carver's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carver throws a shot to the body.
Carver keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Carver tries to move into range but Partridge moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Partridge avoids the body shot from Carver.
Partridge thows a body shot but no joy.
A chopping leg kick lands by Partridge.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carver throws out a loose jab but Partridge uses good head movement to avoid it.
A lazy left from Partridge finds it's target.
Carver looks to throw the jab but Partridge is out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Partridge lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Partridge keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carver fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Partridge manages to avoid it.
Carver throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Steve Partridge will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Steve Partridge's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Carver takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Carver misses the jab.
Partridge bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Partridge connects with a leg kick. Carver looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Carver ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A cross from Carver lands.
Carver missing with a left hand there. Partridge was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A punch combination from Partridge misses.
Carver fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Partridge scores with a leg kick.
Partridge looks to land a left hand but Carver moved out of range nicely.
Carver throws a shot from downtown. Partridge moves away and avoids it.
Carver checks a low kick from Partridge.
Partridge moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Carver dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Partridge motions for Carver to come forward. Partridge throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Partridge takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Carver lands with a nice body punch.
Some bone on bone action there as Carver checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A solid leg kick lands there for Partridge.
Partridge stuns Carver with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Carver takes a swing at Partridge's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Carver.
Partridge misses with an uppercut.
Carver misses with a straight left.
Partridge avoids the body shot from Carver.
Carver checks the leg kick nicely there.
Partridge uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Carver.
Brian Carver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Partridge looks to land a right hand but Carver moved out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Carver.
Partridge lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Carver lands a jab to the head.
Carver takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Partridge throws a leg kick which misses Carver's front leg but catches the back leg as Carver tries to avoid it.
Partridge lands a two punch combo.
Carver throws the left hand but Partridge avoids the punch easily.
Carver cracks a nice hook into Partridge's ribs.
Carver throws an overhand right that lands on Partridge's shoulder, as Partridge tries to avoid the shot.
Carver misses with a hook.
Carver throws a big shot that misses.
Carver takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Carver looks to score with a jab to the body but Partridge is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Partridge's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Carver connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Partridge scrambles back to his feet.
Partridge keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Carver looks to score with a jab to the body but Partridge is just out of range.
Carver misses with a right hand
and Partridge counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Carver misses the shot to the body.
Carver fails to land with a series of punches.
Partridge moves away from the strike by Carver.
Partridge works the jab nicely.
Partridge lands with a good body shot.
Carver misses with a wild body shot.
Carver walks into a left hand.
Carver throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carver throws a hook to the side of Partridge's head but Partridge sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Partridge lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Partridge.
Carver takes one to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A lazy left from Partridge finds it's target.
Carver loads up on a big right hand but Partridge slips the punch.
Partridge throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Partridge finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Partridge turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Carver throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Carver avoids a punch combination nicely.
Carver throws a hook but Partridge avoids it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carver misses the jab.
Partridge scoring well with a low kick there.
Carver misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Partridge.

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 Steve Partridge.
Well Partridge 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 50:45
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 50:45
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 50:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Partridge!
Steve Partridge retains his middleweight title!
Steve Partridge really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that 160! - Sale! logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jin Shotokahn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mk Ultra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ultra comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Big Bad - Satriani kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Shotokahn
vs
Ultra

180 cm
30
165 lbs
17 - 6 - 1

181 cm
29
162 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

{GTI} - HGH Nutrients
{GTI} - HGH Nutrients

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 17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jin Shotokahn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mk Ultra!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab by Shotokahn.
Ultra defending well as Shotokahn loads up on a big left hand.
Ultra slips under a jab from Shotokahn.
A low kick from Ultra misses
letting Shotokahn counter with a right hand.
Ultra connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ultra throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ultra misses with a leg kick.
Ultra turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ultra throws a sloppy head kick
and Shotokahn counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Ultra. Those never looked like landing.
Ultra connects with a looping right hand.
Ultra scores with a nice strike.
Ultra throws a sloppy head kick and Shotokahn moves out of range easily.
Ultra checks a leg kick.
Shotokahn moves away from the strike by Ultra.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ultra swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shotokahn lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ultra comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ultra throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Shotokahn counters by clinching up.
Shotokahn throws a head punch that misses.

Shotokahn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ultra lands with an uppercut that bounces Shotokahn off the cage and back into range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ultra, right into the meat.
Shotokahn takes a swing at Ultra's ribcage but misses.
Ultra steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Shotokahn.
Ultra keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ultra jabs at Shotokahn's body.
Shotokahn checks the leg kick.
Shotokahn fails to land with a series of punches.
Ultra throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ultra lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ultra connects with the punch.
Shotokahn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ultra paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ultra. That's going to slow Shotokahn down.
Shotokahn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ultra swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shotokahn ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ultra takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Shotokahn slips a jab from Ultra.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ultra. That's going to slow Shotokahn down.
Ultra throws out a loose jab but Shotokahn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ultra misses with a combination
and Ultra takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shotokahn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ultra ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shotokahn moves away.
Ultra with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Shotokahn to score with a decent uppercut.
Ultra tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ultra connects with a right hand. Shotokahn shakes it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shotokahn just misses with a punch to the body.
Ultra tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Shotokahn feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ultras jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Shotokahn drives through and clinches with Ultra against the cage.
Shotokahn prevents a body shot from Ultra.
Shotokahn throws a head punch that misses.
Shotokahn misses with the head strike.
Ultra on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shotokahn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shotokahn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ultra.
Ultra gets through Shotokahn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Shotokahn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Shotokahn - that landed with a thud.
Ultra misses with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Shotokahn.
Ultra tries to throw a body punch but Shotokahn avoids it by throwing Ultra back against the cage.
Ultra goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ultra lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ultra tries to throw a body punch but Shotokahn avoids it by throwing Ultra back against the cage.
Shotokahn missing with knees to the body.
Ultra lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Shotokahn misses with a punch to the body.
Shotokahn stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ultra tries a body shot but Shotokahn blocks it.
Ultra is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shotokahn is defending well for now.
Shotokahn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ultra lands a left hand that snaps the head of Shotokahn backwards.
A body shot lands from Shotokahn.
Shotokahn misses with a punch on the inside.
Shotokahn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ultra.
Ultra blocking some punches.
Shotokahn blocks an elbow strike from Ultra.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shotokahn.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Shotokahn misses with a looping left.
Shotokahn loads up on a big right hand but Ultra slips the punch.
Shotokahn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ultra swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ultra throws a sloppy head kick and Shotokahn moves out of range easily.
Shotokahn lands a jab.
Ultra buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ultra keeps the fight on the outside.
A big right from Ultra misses.
Mk Ultra seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ultra connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Shotokahn is rocked!
Ultra connects with a stiff jab that staggers Shotokahn - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Mk Ultra!
During a confident post fight interview, Mk Ultra thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

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Co-main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Steinburger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lasse Willemoes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steinburger comes to the cage accompanied by Throw the Jew down the well. Willemoes has chosen Rage Against The Machine- Bomb Track as his entrance music. Charles Steinburger had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Steinburger
vs
Willemoes

188 cm
25
215 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

185 cm
25
213 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Charles Steinburger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lasse Willemoes!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steinburger throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Willemoes shoots in looking for a takedown. Steinburger tries to sprawl out of it but Willemoes keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Steinburger manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Steinburger fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Steinburger avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Willemoes. Steinburger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Steinburger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Steinburger connects with a high kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick misses from Steinburger.
Willemoes looks to score with a jab to the body but Steinburger is just out of range.
Steinburger pushes Willemoes away with a front kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steinburger thows a body shot but no joy.
Steinburger misses with a low kick.
Steinburger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Steinburger lands a high kick!
Steinburger ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Steinburger lands with an overhand left.

Willemoes is rocked!
Steinburger throws a head kick that misses.
Willemoes is still on wobbly legs! Can Steinburger finish him?
Steinburger walks into a left hand.
Willemoes throws the left hand but Steinburger avoids the punch easily.
Willemoes seems to have recovered his senses.
Willemoes misses with a body shot.
Whack! Steinburger lands a heavy head kick that drops Willemoes. The ref tackles Steinburger to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Willemoes was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Charles Steinburger!

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Main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tota Lidel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lidel comes to the cage accompanied by Dry Kill Logic - Lost. Johnson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: When the Wild Wind Blows. Johnny Johnson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lidel
vs
Johnson

196 cm
26
220 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

191 cm
28
215 lbs
26 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tota Lidel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johnny Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lidel lands a glancing blow to the side of Johnson's head.
Lidel is trying hard to land a takedown here. Johnson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Lidel needs to keep his hands up - Johnson had a free shot at his head there.

It looks like Tota Lidel has been cut.
The fighters circling - Johnson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Johnson is looking to score with low kicks.
Lidel looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Lidel ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lidel takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lidel scores with a jab.

Lidel shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Lidel passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Johnson!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lidel controlling the pace for now.
Johnson is looking to get to half guard.
Johnson wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Lidel.
Lidel controlling his opponent.
Lidel misses with a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to get to half guard.
Lidel throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Johnson because Lidel loaded up on that one.
Johnson is desperately trying to improve his position but Lidel has a good base and remains in mount.
Lidel dominating with strikes here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lidel misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Lidel trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Lidel cracks Johnson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lidel sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Johnson taking shots to the head.
Lidel throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Lidel throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Johnson because Lidel loaded up on that one.
Lidel prevents Johnson from getting the reversal.
Johnson sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Lidel lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Lidel has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Johnson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Lidel is working away from the top position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lidel tries to pass the half guard into mount. Johnson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Lidel throws a strike but Johnson avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Johnson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lidel throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Johnson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tota Lidel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tota Lidel'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.

Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lidel throws out the jab.
Lidel lands an overhand right.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Lidel.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Lidel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lidel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lidel chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Johnson can pounce on him.
Lidel misses with a leg kick
and Johnson counters with a nice leg kick.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Lidel gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lidel connects with an inside leg kick.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lidel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Johnson forces Lidel back against the cage and clinches.
Lidel is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Johnson is defending well.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A right hand to the body from Johnson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a body shot.
A short right from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a body punch.
Lidel misses with a punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Johnson as Lidel tries to tie him up.
Nice body punch from Johnson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Lidel.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lidel.
Lidel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lidel blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Johnson scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lidel.
Johnson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Lidel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lidel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Lidel is trying to drag Johnson to the mat but Johnson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lidel blocks an uppercut.
Lidel lands a shoulder strike.
Lidel lands a left hand.
Lidel tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Lidel back against the cage.
Lidel blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tota Lidel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Johnson wants to stall.
Johnny Johnson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson is trying to stall.
Lidel misses with the head strike.
Lidel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lidel drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Johnson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson lands a hook that snaps the head of Lidel backwards.
Johnson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tota Lidel's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A slapping leg kick lands for Johnson.
Lidel fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Johnson.

Johnson cracks Lidel with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Lidel looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Johnson finish him?

Lidel is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lidel moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Oh Lidel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson batters Lidel with a massive right followed by a huge left! Lidel is out on his feet looking like a zombie as Johnson lands a final crushing right hand to drop Lidel to the mat with a gruesome thud! Johnson is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Johnny Johnson!
Johnny Johnson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

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pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

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