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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alex Executioner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romy Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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191 lbs
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190 lbs
14 - 15 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Decent boxing
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
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Alex Executioner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Romy Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Diaz scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Executioner is trying hard to land a takedown here. Diaz sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Diaz scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Executioner walks into a left hand.
Diaz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Diaz with a hook.
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!
Executioner shoots for a double leg takedown but Diaz sprawls well. He's pushed Executioner's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Diaz finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Diaz displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Executioner.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Executioner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Executioner.
Executioner will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Diaz displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Executioner.
Executioner is breathing heavily.
Diaz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Diaz lands with a nice body punch.
Diaz throws out a powerful jab.
Diaz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A lazy left from Diaz finds it's target.
Executioner takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Decent striking displayed by Diaz there.
Diaz scores with a jab to the head.
Executioner is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz lands a nice looking body shot.
Oh Executioner is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
BOOM! Diaz lands a beautiful left hook that drops Executioner. Executioner tries to recover but Diaz is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Executioner lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Romy Diaz!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Canadian Assassin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Suffer Thyme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Canadian Assassin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 lbs
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170 lbs
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Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Canadian Assassin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Suffer Thyme!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thyme stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Thyme wants it to stay on the feet.
Assassin fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Thyme avoids it really well and circles away.
Assassin swats away the attempt to clinch by Thyme.
No luck for Assassin with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Canadian Assassin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Assassin.
Thyme tries to clinch but Assassin is having none of it.
Thyme tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Assassin fails with a takedown attempt.
Assassin fails to land the takedown.
Thyme tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thyme tries to clinch but Assassin moves out of range.
Thyme tries to clinch up.
Assassin shoots in looking for a takedown but Thyme manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Assassin's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thyme fails in his attempt to clinch.
Assassin swats away the attempt to clinch by Thyme.
Thyme doesn't manage to clinch there - Assassin circles away.
Thyme gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Assassin is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Thyme is defending well.
Assassin is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Thyme pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Assassin is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Thyme is defending well.
Thyme escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thyme stuffs the takedown.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Thyme is pressed up against the cage. Assassin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Thyme down to the mat. Thyme avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Thyme tries to clinch there but Assassin circles away.
Assassin misses with a takedown attempt - Thyme sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Assassin fails with the takedown.
Thyme tries to close the distance and clinch but Assassin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assassin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Assassin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thyme tries to clinch up.
Thyme has Assassin up against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Assassin can't get the takedown.
Assassin wants to take the fight to the mat but Thyme manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Assassin goes for a takedown attempt but Thyme pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Thyme moves in looking to clinch but Assassin pushes him off.
Thyme tries to close the distance and clinch up but Assassin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Suffer Thyme is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Assassin keeps the fight on the outside.
Thyme instigates a clinch.
Thyme manages to break the clinch.
Thyme tries to clinch there but Assassin circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thyme tries to close the distance and clinch up but Assassin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thyme wants to clinch up but Assassin keeps it at a distance.
Assassin fails with the takedown.
Thyme closes the distance and clinches.
Thyme manages to break the clinch.
Assassin shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Thyme tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Thyme is in a horrible position here. Assassin smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Assassin 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.
Assassin fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Assassin with the ground and pound from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice elbow there by Assassin.
Thyme is in a horrible position here. Assassin smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Assassin throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Assassin scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Assassin looking to finish Thyme with some ground and pound. This is bad for Thyme!
Thyme wants to control but Assassin is having none of it.
Thyme really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Assassin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Thyme holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Assassin tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Assassin misses with a head shot.
Assassin lands a heavy elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Assassin thowing shots but they're missing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Assassin lands a heavy elbow.
Assassin putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Canadian Assassin 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.
Thyme is looking to clinch but Assassin is avoiding it.
Thyme stuffs the takedown attempt from Assassin. Assassin gets slowly back to his feet.
Thyme tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Assassin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Assassin keeps the fight on the outside.
Assassin shoots in for a takedown but Thyme shows good takedown defense.
Thyme leaves Assassin with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Canadian Assassin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Assassin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Assassin doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Thyme moves into the clinch.
Thyme breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thyme is looking to clinch but Assassin is avoiding it.
Thyme tries to clinch but Assassin moves out of range.
Thyme tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thyme fails in his attempt to clinch.
Assassin shoots in looking for a takedown. Thyme tries to sprawl out of it but Assassin keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Thyme manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Assassin looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Thyme is fending him off so far but Assassin persists. Nope, Thyme circles away and we're back to standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thyme tries to clinch up.
Thyme stuffs the takedown attempt from Assassin. Assassin gets slowly back to his feet.
Thyme doesn't manage to clinch there - Assassin circles away.
Assassin is trying hard to land a takedown here. Thyme sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Assassin swats away the attempt to clinch by Thyme.
Assassin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Assassin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Thyme is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Assassin gets tackled into the cage by Thyme. Thyme maintains the clinch.
Assassin goes for a takedown attempt but Thyme pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Thyme takes the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assassin can't get the takedown.
Thyme's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thyme tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Assassin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Suffer Thyme seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Assassin scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Assassin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are battling for position here. Thyme manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Assassin won't allow Thyme to sweep him here.
Thyme looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Assassin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Thyme avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assassin drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Thyme manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Assassin has Thyme in his guard.
Assassin is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Assassin is looking for a triangle but Thyme pushes his legs off easily.
Assassin is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Assassin has a closed guard, preventing Thyme from standing up.
Assassin looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Thyme must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Assassin lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Thyme!
Assassin lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Thyme hang on?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thyme keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Assassin punishing his opponent with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Assassin landing strikes, looking to finish!
It looks like Suffer Thyme has been cut.
Assassin with shots to the head and body - Thyme looks very uncomfortable down there.
Assassin cracks Thyme with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Assassin thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Assassin landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Canadian Assassin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Suffer Thyme'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Thyme tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thyme moves into the clinch.
Assassin is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Thyme gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Thyme manages to break the clinch.
Assassin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Assassin shoots in for a takedown but Thyme shows good takedown defense.
Thyme leaves Assassin with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Canadian Assassin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Assassin looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Thyme is fending him off so far but Assassin persists. Nope, Thyme circles away and we're back to standing.
Thyme wants to clinch.
Assassin shoots in looking for a takedown but Thyme manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Assassin's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thyme looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Canadian Assassin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thyme tries to clinch up.
Assassin doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Thyme holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thyme prevents a takedown attempt there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Thyme pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thyme gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Thyme breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Assassin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nice takedown defense from Thyme. No joy for Assassin on that attempt.
Assassin keeps the fight on the outside.
Thyme fails in his attempt to clinch.
Assassin shoots in but no luck this time.
Thyme tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Assassin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thyme darts in and clinches Assassin up against the cage.
Thyme breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thyme doesn't manage to clinch there - Assassin circles away.
Thyme is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thyme looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thyme gets a clinch.
Thyme pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thyme clinches up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Assassin tries to score a body lock takedown but Thyme shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Assassin looking for a takedown.
Assassin has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Thyme avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Assassin wants to take the fight to the mat but Thyme manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Thyme breaks from the clinch.
Thyme tries to close the distance and clinch but Assassin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Assassin looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Thyme!
Thyme keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Assassin lands a nice shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thyme is desperately trying to improve his position but Assassin has a good base and remains in mount.
Assassin lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Assassin thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Assassin landing punches.
Thyme blocking the ground and pound.
Assassin throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Thyme because Assassin loaded up on that one.
Assassin thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Thyme holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Assassin tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thyme is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Assassin there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Assassin lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Assassin looking to ground and pound but Thyme is blocking nicely.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Thyme can do anything to dispel that myth.
Assassin throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Thyme tries to hold on but Assassin postures up.
Assassin landing strikes, looking to finish!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thyme holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Assassin tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Suffer Thyme has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Canadian Assassin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Assassin unloading with bombs!
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 Canadian Assassin.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Assassin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Canadian Assassin!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexander James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pepito Manalotto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James's entrance music is It's Amazing by Kanye West. A fine choice. Alexander James has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexander James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Pepito Manalotto!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Glass and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James misses with a body shot
and Manalotto counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Donk. James catches Manalotto right on the button with a cross.
James lands with a shot to the body.
James rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Manalotto holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Manalotto is trying to pull guard but James turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
James pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
James misses with a straight left.
James misses with a left hand
and Manalotto holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Manalotto jumps guard but James turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
James breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Manalotto tries to clinch but James is having none of it.
James throws an overhand right that lands on Manalotto's shoulder, as Manalotto tries to avoid the shot.
The fighters circling - James throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
James swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James misses with a lunging right hand
and Manalotto counters by clinching up.
James scores with a nice hook to the head.
James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
James throws an off balance right hand
and Manalotto counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Manalotto.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, James creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from James.
James breaks from the clinch.
James throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Manalotto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
James misses with a lunging right hand
and Manalotto counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Manalotto.
A quick uppercut on the inside from James.
James's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
James throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Manalotto.
Some wild striking there from James.
James throws a lazy uppercut
and Manalotto counters by moving into the clinch.
Manalotto jumps guard but James stands there with Manalotto around his waist. Manalotto gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Alexander James has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pepito Manalotto.
James lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Manalotto.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Manalotto is trying to pull guard but James turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Manalotto tries to pull guard but James holds him up against the cage and eventually Manalotto drops back down to his feet.
Manalotto is trying to pull guard but James turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Manalotto tries to pull guard but James won't allow it.
Manalotto tries to pull guard but James forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Manalotto jumps guard but James stands there with Manalotto around his waist. Manalotto gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Manalotto is trying to pull guard but James turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
James swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Manalotto moves into the clinch.
James manages to break the clinch.
James misses the shot to the body.
James lands a jab to the nose.
James throws a big shot that misses.
James throws an off balance right hand
and Manalotto counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Manalotto.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James breaks the clinch.
James throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Manalotto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
James swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Manalotto tries to clinch but James is having none of it.
James rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Manalotto moves into the clinch.
James lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Manalotto jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as James walks away with a smile on his face. Manalotto gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
James misses with a right hand
and Manalotto counters by moving into the clinch.
Manalotto fails to pull guard.
James presses Manalotto against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
James breaks the clinch.
Manalotto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A slow jab from James misses its intended target.
James misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James throws a shot from downtown. Manalotto moves away and avoids it.
Manalotto moves to clinch but James breaks away
letting James counter with a right hand.
James throws a lazy uppercut
and Manalotto moves into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manalotto is trying to pull guard but James has him pressed against the cage.
James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
James throws the left hand but Manalotto avoids the punch easily.
Manalotto tries to clinch but James is having none of it.
James throws a lazy right hand but Manalotto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
James misses with a jab, cross combination.
James thows a left - swing and a miss!
James connects with a looping right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander James dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Manalotto tries to close the distance and clinch up but James swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Some wild striking there from James.
James throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Manalotto.
Manalotto doesn't manage to clinch there - James circles away.
James jabs at Manalotto's body.
James throws a lazy uppercut
and Manalotto counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Manalotto.
James escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
James misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Manalotto.
James lands a nice hook to Manalotto's body. Manalotto takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Manalotto ducks under a wild hook from James.
James misses with a hook.
James rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Manalotto counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Manalotto.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James lands an uppercut.
James escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
James is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
James misses with a straight right.
James scores with a hook to the body. Manalotto takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
James lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Manalotto at a distance.
James misses with the combination.
James misses with a hook
and Manalotto moves into the clinch.
Manalotto jumps guard but James stands there with Manalotto around his waist. Manalotto gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Manalotto tries to pull guard but James won't allow it.
James's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
James paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
James swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alexander James is winning the standup battle so far.
James takes a swing at Manalotto's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manalotto moves out of range of the strikes.
A swing and a miss from James.
James misses with a left hand
and Manalotto counters by clinching up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Manalotto jumps guard but James turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Alexander James has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pepito Manalotto.
James breaks the clinch.
Manalotto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. James manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
James fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Manalotto manages to avoid it.
James misses with an uppercut
and Manalotto counters with a straight right hand.
James misses with an uppercut
and Manalotto counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Manalotto.
Manalotto is trying to pull guard but James has him pressed against the cage.
James breaks from the clinch.
Manalotto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by James.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James throws a jab but it's blocked by Manalotto.
Manalotto tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting James counter with a right hand.
A big right from James misses.
Manalotto is looking to clinch but James is avoiding it.
James punishes Manalotto's body with a nice straight punch.
James throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - James throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
James throws a lazy right hand but Manalotto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
James throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Manalotto holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
James misses with a left hand
and Manalotto holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
James lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Manalotto tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
James throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
James digs a right hand underneath Manalotto's ribcage. Manalotto let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Manalotto is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
James lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Manalotto tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. James smiles and moves away.
James lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
James connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Manalotto momentarily.
James has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Manalotto moves away from the strike by James.
Alexander James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
James avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Manalotto is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander James dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
James misses with a looping right.
James throws a right and a left that both miss.
James throws a big shot that misses.
James scores with a decent looking hook.
James stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Manalotto ducks under a wild hook from James.
James throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
James misses with a right hand
and Manalotto counters by moving into the clinch.
James breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
James swinging wildly here.
James lands a really nice looking cross but Manalotto seems unphased.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
James misses with a hook to the body
and Manalotto moves into the clinch.
James breaks the clinch.
Manalotto tries to clinch up.
James misses with an uppercut
and Manalotto counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Manalotto.
Manalotto is trying to pull guard but James has him pressed against the cage.
James breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
James rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Manalotto holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
James's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
James throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Manalotto moves into the clinch.
James lands with a left to the head.
Manalotto is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables James to keep the fight standing.
Manalotto is trying to pull guard but James turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Alexander James has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pepito Manalotto.
Manalotto is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables James to keep the fight standing.
A quick uppercut on the inside from James.
Pepito Manalotto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manalotto is trying to pull guard but James has him pressed against the cage.
Good body shot from James.
Manalotto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
James lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Manalotto backwards.
James manages to break the clinch.
A jab from James misses.
James throws a poor cross that misses
and Manalotto counters by moving into the clinch.
James pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
James misses with a hook.
James fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Manalotto manages to avoid it.
James thows a left - swing and a miss!
James throws a right hand that misses
and Manalotto counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
James throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Manalotto connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
James throws an off balance right hand
and James takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Manalotto counters with a right hand to the body.
James uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Manalotto has time to react.
James throws a hook but Manalotto blocks it.
Manalotto closes the distance looking to clinch
and Manalotto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Manalotto walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
James misses with a right hand
and Manalotto moves into the clinch.
A short right from James on the inside.
James lands with a right to the head.
Still in the clinch, James scores with a nice short uppercut.
Manalotto tries to pull guard but James holds him up against the cage and eventually Manalotto drops back down to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James breaks the clinch.
James misses the jab.
Manalotto tries to clinch but James moves out of range.
Manalotto blocks a jab.
Manalotto wants to clinch
and James counters with a left and a right that stings Manalotto.
Manalotto moves away from the strike by James.
James misses with a right hand
and James takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
James's corner calls for a 1-2. James obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
James misses the jab.
Alexander James is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
James misses with an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander James showed his dominance in that final round.
Well James 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander James!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clive Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thor Davi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams's entrance music is Death March. A fine choice. Davi has chosen Darude - Sandstorm as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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265 lbs
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190 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Clive Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Thor Davi!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams has his takedown stuffed
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Williams shoots and misses
and Davi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Davi rushes Williams and presses him up against the cage.
Davi looking to throw knees to the head but Williams is blocking nicely.
Davi tries a knee to the head but Williams blocks it.
Davi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Davi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Davi tries to stall but Williams uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Davi landing knees to the head.
Davi with a knee to the head.
Williams tries for a takedown but Davi manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clive Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Davi fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Davi darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davi drives through and clinches with Williams against the cage.
Davi lands with a left to the head.
Davi scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Davi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Williams is working for takedown but Davi is calmly controlling the position for now.
Davi is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Davi.
Davi connects with a knee to the head.
Good body shot from Davi.
A nice right hand lands inside from Davi.
Williams is rocked!
Davi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Oh Williams is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Williams is looking to break free of the clinch but Davi has double underhooks.
Williams seems to have got his legs back now.
Williams is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Davi pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A short uppercut from Davi.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Davi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Davi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Williams is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams tries to pull guard but Davi won't allow it.
Davi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davi lands a big knee to the head and Williams goes down! Davi pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thor Davi!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Thor Davi waved his t-shirt featuring ACME-Blood Red Q158 Always $30 (5% Laundry SALE)'s logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dalton Sweeney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dmitry Breznev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Breznev has chosen Mother Russia as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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300 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Dalton Sweeney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dmitry Breznev!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Glass and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sweeney drops his hands momentarily and Breznev takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Breznev misses with an uppercut.
Breznev throws the left hand but Sweeney avoids the punch easily.
Sweeney connects with a good right hand that stumbles Breznev. Breznev circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
It looks like Dmitry Breznev has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sweeney takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sweeney falls off balance throwing a combination
and Breznev counters with a stiff right hand.
Sweeney throws out a loose jab but Breznev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sweeney throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sweeney misses with an uppercut. Breznev saw that one coming.
Dalton Sweeney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sweeney misses with a straight left.
Breznev staying out of range there.
Breznev's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sweeney connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Breznev scrambles back to his feet.
Breznev connects with a single shot there.
Breznev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sweeney.
Breznev throws out a powerful jab.
Breznev uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sweeney.
Sweeney misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sweeney gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sweeney missing with a left hand there. Breznev was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sweeney misses with a low kick as Breznev jumps back.
Breznev scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Breznev scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Breznev looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sweeney misses with a left hand
and Breznev counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sweeney misses with a combination
and Breznev counters with a straight right hand.
Sweeney is rocked!
Breznev pounces like a tiger and cracks Sweeney with a vicious hook! Sweeney is down but not out! Breznev follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Dmitry Breznev!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Dmitry Breznev made sure he mentioned Rebel Pride Clothing. Everything in STOCK $5, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maxxi Moon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Barzini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barzini is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Flaw - Get up again. Maxxi Moon could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bruno Barzini's chin.
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265 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Maxxi Moon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Bruno Barzini!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moon swings for the body but Barzini moves out of range.
Moon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barzini.
Moon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barzini.
Barzini is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Moon.
Barzini on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Moon misses the shot to the body.
Barzini paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Moon throws a body punch but Barzini moves out of range.
Barzini throws a right hand that misses
and Moon counters with a left to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barzini misses with a looping right.
Bruno Barzini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barzini is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barzini lands with a good body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barzini. Moon does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barzini tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Moon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Moon changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barzini. Moon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Moon lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Barzini lands a body shot.
Moon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Barzini looks to score with a jab to the body but Moon is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barzini. Moon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Moon misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Moon. Barzini does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barzini fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moon takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A shot to the body from Barzini misses
and Moon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barzini thuds a left hand into Moon's body.
Barzini scores with a jab to the body.
Moon moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Barzini scores with a body shot.
Barzini is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A shot to the liver by Barzini. Beautiful body shot.
Moon is breathing heavily.
Barzini lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Moon falls backwards - clearly groggy! Barzini dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruno Barzini!
A victorious Bruno Barzini thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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