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BHFC 115: Penagos vs. Lamotta PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wojtek Svalbard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Turnham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wojtek Svalbard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Shane Turnham!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Hugh Johnson and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turnham scores with a head kick.
It looks like Wojtek Svalbard has been cut.
Turnham tries for a takedown but Svalbard circles away easily
and Svalbard counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Turnham wants to get back to full guard but Svalbard has passed into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Svalbard moves into full mount!
Svalbard throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Svalbard wants to take Turnham's back but he can't do it this time.
Svalbard content just to control the position here.
Svalbard looking to control but Turnham is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Svalbard tries to take Turnham's back but instead Turnham uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Turnham is trying to maintain the position but Svalbard is very close to passing his half guard.
Svalbard trying to control the pace.
It looks like Svalbard is going to stand back up.
Turnham is in trouble now - Svalbard has advanced to mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turnham tries to hold on but Svalbard pushes him away.
Turnham can't escape the position.
Svalbard trying to control but Turnham is having none of it.
Turnham's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Svalbard trying to control but Turnham is having none of it.
Turnham gets back to half guard.
Svalbard moves nicely into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turnham regains half guard, as Svalbard was trying to land strikes.
Svalbard wants to work for an arm triangle but Turnham is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Turnham is trying to stand back up but Svalbard is controlling him
Turnham won't allow Svalbard to pass to mount.
Turnham is looking to get back to full guard here but Svalbard has managed to pass to side control instead.
Svalbard decides to stand up, so the ref orders Turnham to his feet.
Svalbard feints and as Turnham raises his hands in defense, Svalbard changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turnham controls Svalbard momentarily but Svalbard frees himself.
Svalbard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Turnham swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Turnham working a defensive guard here.
Svalbard stands and throws Turnham's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Svalbard wants to control but Turnham is keeping him busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Svalbard decides to stand up, so the ref orders Turnham to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wojtek Svalbard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wojtek Svalbard's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Turnham lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Svalbard backs up against the cage.
Turnham scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Svalbard throws a looping overhand right but Turnham ducks down to avoid it.
Turnham throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
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!
Turnham misses with a few strikes there.
Turnham moves into the clinch.
Svalbard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Turnham.
Turnham throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wojtek Svalbard's cut is getting worse.
Turnham misses with a takedown attempt - Svalbard sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A head kick misses from Turnham.
Turnham lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turnham misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Svalbard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Turnham moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Svalbard rushes Turnham and presses him up against the cage.
Svalbard ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Svalbard no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Turnham stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Turnham throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Horrible takedown by Turnham or perhaps it was just good defense by Svalbard which made him look bad.
Svalbard has Turnham up against the cage in a clinch.
Svalbard controlling the action here for a moment.
Svalbard tightens his grip and picks Turnham up, before dumping him to the ground. Turnham manages to land in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svalbard trying to control but Turnham is working from the bottom.
Svalbard is looking to stand up but Turnham won't let him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turnham wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Svalbard passes easily into side control. Nice work.
A lull in the action here as Svalbard stalls from top position.
Turnham is trying to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turnham is letting Svalbard control him for a moment.
Svalbard decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Wojtek Svalbard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Turnham lands with a good body shot.
Turnham shoots in for a double leg but Svalbard sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Wojtek Svalbard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shane Turnham.
Turnham lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Turnham feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Svalbard's calf.
Turnham shoots in for a takedown but Svalbard shows good takedown defense.
Svalbard on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Svalbard has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turnham stops a takedown attempt from Svalbard.
Svalbard pulls guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svalbard keeping full guard, as Turnham tries to pass.
Turnham throwing strikes but missing.
Turnham throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Svalbard works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Turnham trying to control the position from guard on top but Svalbard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Svalbard bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Turnham's guard.
Svalbard wants to stand but Turnham has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Svalbard is pushing down on Turnham's leg trying to pass to half guard. Turnham is fighting to maintain full guard but Svalbard has managed to sneak the leg through.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Svalbard trying to pass the guard but Turnham defending well.
Svalbard looking for a submission but Turnham manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Turnham showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Wojtek Svalbard'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. This is the final round!
Turnham throws a right hand that Svalbard ducks under and follows up with a left that Svalbard also avoids with ease.
Turnham fails with the takedown
and Svalbard counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Svalbard.
Svalbard misses with some punches.
Svalbard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Turnhams head.
Turnham tries for a takedown. No joy.
Turnham is trying to drag Svalbard to the mat but Svalbard just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Wojtek Svalbard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shane Turnham.
Svalbard misses with an elbow over the top.
Turnham jumps guard but Svalbard stands there with Turnham around his waist. Turnham gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Svalbard leaning against his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Svalbard is looking for a takedown.
Svalbard tries to stall but Turnham uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Svalbard has Turnham pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Turnham manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Svalbard prevents Turnham from breaking the clinch.
Svalbard tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Turnham just stands there and leans against the cage.
Turnham comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice body punch from Turnham.
Svalbard drops down looking for an ankle pick but Turnham pulls his leg out and moves away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Turnham throws a shot to the body.
Turnham moves into the clinch.
Turnham putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Svalbard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with 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!
Turnham jumps into guard, dragging Svalbard to the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svalbard wants to pass the guard but Turnham is keeping the position.
Svalbard's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Turnham keeping moving, preventing Svalbard from controlling successfully.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Turnham has his feet on Svalbard's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Turnham displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Turnham moves in looking to clinch but Svalbard pushes him off.
Turnham pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Svalbard back to the cage. Turnham follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Wojtek Svalbard's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Svalbard has closed the distance and engaged Turnham in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turnham utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Svalbard has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Turnham after a bit of a struggle.
Turnham manages to pull guard.
Svalbard tries to free his leg and advance position but Turnham is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Svalbard trying to control but Turnham is working from the bottom.
Turnham wants to stand up but Svalbard is controlling him.
Wojtek Svalbard overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Svalbard trying to control the position from guard on top but Turnham is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Svalbard is really struggling to control Turnham but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Wojtek Svalbard wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Svalbard keeps the fight on the outside.
Shane Turnham seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Turnham fails with the takedown.
Svalbard stuffs the takedown attempt from Turnham. Turnham gets slowly back to his feet.
Svalbard shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Svalbard is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Svalbard pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Turnham is keeping the position for now.
Turnham can't keep his opponent in guard - Svalbard advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shane Turnham comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Turnham has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Turnham!
Shane Turnham took some time post fight to say the following; '1219 All Day, Kill All Rats!'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Barnham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mason Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taylor has chosen Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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220 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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World class 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
10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Barnham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mason Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Winston Howard and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor looks to score with a jab to the body but Barnham is just out of range.
Barnham jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Taylor scores with a sloppy right hand. Barnham should have avoided that one.
Taylor looks to throw the jab but Barnham is out of range.
Taylor digs a good body shot into Barnham's ribs.
Barnham misses with a looping left.
A telegraphed right hand from Barnham misses the target.
Taylor throws a right and a left that Barnham avoids nicely.
Barnham looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Taylor scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Taylor punishes Barnham's body with a nice straight punch.
Barnham throws a nice looking combination but Taylor bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barnham throws a series of punches but Taylor moves out of range.
Barnham tries to bum rush Taylor with a series of wild strikes but Taylor uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barnham takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Barnham throws a head kick but Taylor moves out of range.
Taylor scores with a hook.
Taylor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barnham pivots, looking for a leg kick but Taylor is out of range and Barnham settles back down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor works Barnham's body with a nice hook.
Taylor slips a straight right by Barnham.
Barnham walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Taylor looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Taylor looks to land a left hand but Barnham moved out of range nicely.
Taylor is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Barnham rather than just go for the knockout.
A nice combination there by Taylor.
Taylor lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Barnham.
Taylor throws a shot to the body.
Taylor leaves Barnham with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnham has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Barnham there as he acknowledges the shot.
Barnham fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Taylor looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Taylor connects with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnham misses with a wild combination.
Taylor loads up on a big right hand but Barnham slips the punch.
Taylor misses with a few strikes there.
Taylor lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Taylor. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Taylor.
Taylor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barnham tries a head kick but it misses.
Taylor throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Barnham was covering up waiting for the punch and Taylor finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Barnham wants to stand but Taylor is controlling the position.
Taylor is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Taylor content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Barnham is looking to stand up but Taylor isn't so interested in that idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Taylor postures up in Barnham's guard and throws a big left but Barnham blocks it.
Barnham keeping full guard, as Taylor tries to pass.
Taylor postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Barnham will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Barnham is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Taylor defends well.
Taylor stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Barnham swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Barnham is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Taylor working some strikes from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor wants to pass the guard but Barnham is keeping the position.
Taylor postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Barnham is trying to control the position but Taylor postures up.
Barnham utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Taylor throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Taylor throws a big right hand that misses.
Barnham avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Taylor throwing strikes from guard but Barnham blocks nicely.
Taylor working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnham wants to stand and escape but Taylor is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taylor throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mason Taylor dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Taylor, as that shot connected.
Taylor with a nice cross.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Barnham is defended easily by Taylor.
Taylor slaps away a takedown attempt from Barnham, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Taylor lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Taylor is looking to clinch.
Taylor manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Barnham on his heels. He'll look to pass Barnham's guard now, I'm sure.
Taylor is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taylor working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taylor with a flurry of punches that miss.
Taylor makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Taylor lands a couple of elbows.
Taylor must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Taylor throws a big right hand that misses.
Taylor throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Barnham works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Barnham wants to stand up but Taylor is controlling him.
Taylor lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Taylor throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Barnham has momentary wrist control but Taylor slips an elbow through the middle.
Taylor scoring with some ground and pound.
Taylor missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Taylor works over Barnham with some ground and pound from guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnham trying to control the position.
Taylor landing with the ground and pound.
Barnham is rocked!
Taylor postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Oh Barnham is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mason Taylor has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor advances position into side control!
Taylor cracks Barnham with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Taylor immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Barnham is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Taylor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mason Taylor!
In his post fight interview, Mason Taylor started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sean Benoit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tank Abrahms (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tank Abrahms has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sean Benoit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tank Abrahms!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Damien Edna and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benoit misses with the combination.
Benoit turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Abrahms misses with a head kick.
Abrahms throws a wild body kick that Benoit sees coming a mile off.
Benoit fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Abrahms has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Benoit fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Abrahms, pushing him back against the cage.
Abrahms creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Benoit lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Benoit swings wildly with an uppercut but Abrahms uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benoit misses with the head strike.
Benoit tries to throw a body punch but Abrahms avoids it by throwing Benoit back against the cage.
Benoit works on Abrahms's body with a couple of short punches.
Benoit blocks an elbow strike.
Abrahms pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Benoit lands with a short shot to the head.
Benoit misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benoit blocks an elbow strike from Abrahms.
Benoit blocks the elbow strike.
Abrahms throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Abrahms pushes off an throws an elbow but Benoit leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Benoit.
Benoit lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Benoit lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Abrahms misses with an elbow strike.
Abrahms lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Sean Benoit has been cut.
A short right from Benoit.
Benoit misses with a body punch.
Benoit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Abrahms pushes off an throws an elbow but Benoit leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Abrahms comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Benoit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Abrahms just misses with a elbow thrown towards Benoit's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benoit tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abrahms's elbow.
Abrahms takes a shot to the head.
Abrahms misses with an elbow strike.
Abrahms looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Benoit misses with a punch on the inside.
Abrahms lands an elbow inside that Benoit shrugs off.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Benoit.
Benoit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
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!
With the fighters up against the cage, Abrahms throws an elbow but misses.
Benoit misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benoit lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Abrahms gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Benoit avoids a wild elbow strike from Abrahms.
Benoit gets through Abrahms's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Abrahms misses with an elbow over the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benoit avoids a wild elbow strike from Abrahms.
Benoit dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Benoit avoids the elbow strike from Abrahms, against the cage.
Benoit struggles to land a body shot inside as Abrahms controls his hands.
Benoit pushes Abrahms back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Abrahms throws an elbow but it misses.
Abrahms throws an elbow that misses.
Abrahms blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abrahms misses with an elbow over the top.
Abrahms creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Benoit gets through Abrahms's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Benoit avoids the elbow strike from Abrahms, against the cage.
Benoit misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benoit blocks the elbow strike.
Benoit avoids the elbow strike from Abrahms, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Benoit.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Abrahms.
Abrahms misses with an elbow over the top.
Abrahms throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Abrahms pushes off an throws an elbow but Benoit leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Benoit lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Benoit is struggling to control the position.
Abrahms pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benoit.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benoit pushes Abrahms back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abrahms throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Benoit.
Benoit gets through Abrahms's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Benoit avoids the elbow strike from Abrahms, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sean Benoit dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sean Benoit's cut.
That's time! Benoit's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Benoit bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Abrahms's head.
Abrahms pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Abrahms tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Abrahms in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Abrahms moves out of range as Benoit strikes.
Abrahms is looking to land body kicks.
Sean Benoit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benoit lands a glancing blow to the side of Abrahms's head.
Abrahms tries to land a body kick
and Benoit counters with a nice uppercut.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Abrahms misses with an elbow over the top.
Benoit lands a right hand.
A short right from Benoit.
Abrahms is rocked!
Benoit blocks an elbow strike from Abrahms.
Abrahms is still on wobbly legs! Can Benoit finish him?
Benoit misses with some punches.
Abrahms blocking some punches.
Benoit lands a body shot.
Benoit misses with the head strike.
Abrahms creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benoit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Benoit misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abrahms seems to have recovered his senses.
A head punch on the inside from Benoit fails to land.
Benoit blocks an elbow strike from Abrahms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benoit misses with a body punch.
Benoit avoids a wild elbow strike from Abrahms.
A short right from Benoit.
Benoit dodges an elbow strike from Abrahms.
Abrahms misses with an elbow over the top.
Benoit misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benoit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Abrahms pushes off an throws an elbow but Benoit leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Benoit misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abrahms throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Abrahms throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Abrahms looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Benoit lands a shoulder strike.
Nice elbow from Abrahms.
Benoit working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Benoit throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benoit tries a body shot but Abrahms blocks it.
Benoit struggles to land a body shot inside as Abrahms controls his hands.
Benoit blocks an elbow strike.
Benoit throws a head punch that misses.
Abrahms's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Abrahms blocks an uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Benoit.
Benoit avoids the elbow strike from Abrahms, against the cage.
Benoit scores with a nice hook to the head.
Benoit tries a body shot but Abrahms blocks it.
Benoit lands a left hand that snaps the head of Abrahms backwards.
Benoit struggles to land a body shot inside as Abrahms controls his hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benoit misses with a punch on the inside.
Benoit misses with some punches.
Benoit misses with a punch to the body.
Sean Benoit has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Benoit fails to land.
Benoit lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Benoit tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abrahms's elbow.
Benoit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abrahms looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Abrahms throws an elbow but it misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Benoit.
Abrahms creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Benoit will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Abrahms up against the cage.
Benoit throws a head punch that misses.
Abrahms looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Benoit has a couple of punches blocked by Abrahms.
Benoit blocks an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benoit avoids a wild elbow strike from Abrahms.
Benoit blocks the elbow strike.
Benoit lands a body punch.
Benoit lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Abrahms throws an elbow but it misses.
Abrahms misses with an elbow strike.
Benoit avoids the elbow strike from Abrahms, against the cage.
Abrahms pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Benoit avoids the elbow strike from Abrahms, against the cage.
Benoit lands a right hand that snaps the head of Abrahms backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Benoit.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Benoit throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
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!
Abrahms misses with an elbow strike.
Benoit scores with a shoulder strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Abrahms just misses with a elbow thrown towards Benoit's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sean Benoit dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sean Benoit's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Abrahms throws a head kick that misses
and Benoit counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Abrahms looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tank Abrahms is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Benoit lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Benoit gets a clinch.
Abrahms blocks a body shot from Benoit.
Benoit can't find room to land a body shot as Abrahms controls the action.
Abrahms misses with an elbow strike.
Benoit lands with a short shot to the head.
Benoit dodges an elbow strike from Abrahms.
Abrahms lands an elbow inside that Benoit shrugs off.
Benoit tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abrahms's elbow.
Benoit lands with a light punch inside.
Benoit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Abrahms as Benoit tries to tie him up.
Benoit unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Abrahms! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Benoit is unloading with more strikes now! Abrahms drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sean Benoit!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michael Shanks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafeal Djocovito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shanks comes to the cage accompanied by Dethklok - The Cyborg Slayers. The crowd seem to be enjoying Djocovito's choice of entrance music: Rose - A Perfect Circle. Michael Shanks has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
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170 lbs
11 - 17 - 0 |
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World class 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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Michael Shanks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rafeal Djocovito!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Summer Carpenter and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shanks lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
It looks like Rafeal Djocovito has been cut.
Djocovito throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Shanks was covering up waiting for the punch and Djocovito finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Shanks working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Djocovito.
Shanks has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Djocovito throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Shanks works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Djocovito is looking to work some ground and pound but Shanks has wrist control.
Djocovito stopping the sweep attempt from Shanks.
Djocovito trying to control but Shanks is working from the bottom.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shanks controlling Djocovito's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Shanks throws a leg kick which misses Djocovito's front leg but catches the back leg as Djocovito tries to avoid it.
Michael Shanks is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shanks throws a shot from downtown. Djocovito moves away and avoids it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Shanks.
Shanks lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Djocovito ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shanks moves away.
A left lands for Shanks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Djocovito takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Shanks connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Shanks throws a looping overhand right but Djocovito ducks down to avoid it.
Djocovito on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Djocovito is rocked!
Shanks stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Shanks wants it to stay on the feet.
Djocovito is still on wobbly legs! Can Shanks finish him?
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Shanks! Djocovito is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Shanks!
Michael Shanks really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Hell's Balls Recovery (160) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nycky Downtime (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cj Becker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Downtime comes to the cage accompanied by Bring It. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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157 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nycky Downtime!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cj Becker!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Eliza Hachem and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Becker misses with a wild body shot.
Becker attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Becker clinches with his opponent.
Becker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Downtime takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Becker tries a knee to the head but Downtime blocks it.
Becker connects with a nasty looking knee right to Downtime's face.
Becker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Downtime tries to land knees in the clinch but Becker avoids the damage to the body.
Downtime gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Downtime stands up over Becker, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Becker had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Downtime defends it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Becker keeping moving, preventing Downtime from controlling successfully.
Becker is trying to keep Downtime in close.
Downtime drops back looking for a leg! Becker is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Becker manages to kick Downtime off! Downtime jumps back into Becker's guard.
Downtime thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Becker is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Downtime is aware though and is defending well.
Becker has his foot on Downtime's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Downtime works his way back into a safe position though.
Downtime is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Becker is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Becker had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Downtime defends it easily.
Becker throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Downtime throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Downtime lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Downtime gets to his feet. Becker looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Downtime throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A right-left combo lands from Downtime.
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!
Downtime throws a head kick but Becker moves out of range.
Becker looks to throw the jab but Downtime is out of range.
Becker displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Downtime.
A looping hook to the body misses from Becker. Downtime does a little dance to reset his feet.
Downtime takes one on the button.
Becker darts in trying to clinch
and Becker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Downtime keeps the fight on the outside.
Downtime lands a right hook to the body.
Becker fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Downtime lands a jab to the nose.
Downtime on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Downtime is rocked!
Becker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Becker tries to clinch but Downtime moves out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Becker.
Becker tries to clinch up.
That kick from Becker tenderised Downtime's leg. Downtime is trying to keep his angry face on.
Becker tries a head kick but it misses.
Becker doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Downtime counters with a straight right hand.
Becker tries to clinch but Downtime is having none of it.
Becker loads up on a big right hand but Downtime slips the punch.
Cj Becker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Downtime fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Becker sprawls well initially but Downtime persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Becker is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Downtime pulls his head out easily.
Downtime thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Becker's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Downtime wants to work for an arm triangle but Becker is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Becker punching from the bottom.
Becker looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Downtime is working for a submission of some sort.
Downtime is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Becker is just riding it out for now. Downtime eventually gives up the hold.
Downtime is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Becker has managed to free his arm - good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Cj Becker will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Downtime tries to bum rush Becker with a series of wild strikes but Becker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Downtime dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Becker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Downtime paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Downtime rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Becker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Becker throws a body punch but Downtime moves out of range.
Downtime circles away from the clinch attempt.
Downtime takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Becker lunges at Downtime with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Downtime's hand.
Becker darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Becker thumps Downtime with a low kick.
Downtime avoids a kick to the body.
Downtime misses with a head kick.
Becker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Downtime swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Becker scores with a nice right hand.
Oh Downtime is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Becker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Downtime swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Becker closes the distance looking to clinch
and Downtime counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Becker's guard now.
Becker looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Downtime seems to have got his legs back now.
Downtime working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Becker's head.
Becker keeping full guard, as Downtime tries to pass.
Becker looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Downtime has picked Becker up and slammed him! Becker can't keep hold of the triangle and Downtime manages to pass to side control!
Becker manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Becker looking for submissions off his back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Becker is trying to stand up here but Downtime is controlling him well.
Becker is breathing heavily.
Downtime looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Downtime is working for a kimura but Becker is defending it quite comfortably.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Becker moves into full guard.
Downtime working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Becker has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Downtime can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Becker working for a triangle but Downtime defends it easily.
Becker looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Downtime wants to control from the top but Becker keeps moving.
Downtime keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Becker's head.
Downtime 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.
Becker looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Nycky Downtime overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Downtime avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Downtime thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Downtime working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Becker's head.
Downtime throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Becker works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Downtime drops back looking for a leg! Becker is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Becker manages to kick Downtime off! Downtime jumps back into Becker's guard.
Downtime passes Becker's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Becker won't allow Downtime to pass to mount.
Becker looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Becker wants to get back to full guard.
Becker looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Downtime winds up and cracks Becker with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Downtime is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Downtime is looking for a kimura here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Downtime passes into side control, despite Becker's attempt to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Cj Becker will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Becker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Downtime swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Downtime throws a combination. Becker tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Becker wants to clinch.
Downtime dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Becker waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Downtime.
Becker misses with a body shot.
Downtime throws a body punch but Becker moves out of range.
Becker throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Downtime on the side of the head.
Becker gets a takedown into half guard.
Downtime is defending against the submission attempts here by Becker.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Becker is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Downtime sees it coming and defends easily.
Becker takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Becker is working for a kimura but Downtime is defending it quite comfortably.
Becker is working for a kimura but Downtime is defending it quite comfortably.
Downtime is trying to control but can't.
Becker is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Downtime controlling the position for now.
Nycky Downtime has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Downtime looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Downtime looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Becker is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Downtime doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Becker.
Becker is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Downtime missing with punches from the bottom.
Downtime gets back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Downtime is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Becker defends well.
Becker slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Becker is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Downtime is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Becker tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Downtime manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Downtime is trying to maintain the position but Becker is very close to passing his half guard.
Becker is working for a submission of some sort.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Downtime tries to get to full guard but Becker has control of the leg.
Cj Becker is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Downtime actively working from the bottom here.
Downtime looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Downtime wants to improve his position but Becker is controlling well.
Becker with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Becker seems to be working for a kimura but Downtime defends the submission attempt.
Becker wants to control but Downtime is keeping him busy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cj Becker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Becker 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cj Becker!
A victorious Cj Becker thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Riseman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pharoah Parisyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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186 lbs
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181 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
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Excellent MT
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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
11 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jonathan Riseman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pharoah Parisyan!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Damien Edna and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riseman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Parisyan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Riseman pushes Parisyan up against the cage in a clinch.
Riseman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Parisyan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Parisyan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Parisyan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Riseman backwards.
Riseman looking to throw knees to the head but Parisyan is blocking nicely.
Riseman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Parisyan is defending well for now.
Riseman avoiding damage.
Riseman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Parisyan is defending well for now.
Riseman tries to land knees in the clinch but Parisyan avoids the damage to the body.
Parisyan tries to work over Riseman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Riseman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Riseman looking to throw knees to the head but Parisyan is blocking nicely.
Riseman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Parisyan blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riseman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Parisyan blocks it with crossed arms.
Riseman trying to land knees to the body.
Riseman is looking to control Parisyan's arms but Parisyan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Riseman has his back to the cage.
Parisyan managing to block the knees to the body from Riseman.
Riseman scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Pharoah Parisyan has been cut.
Riseman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Riseman misses with a knee strike.
Riseman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Parisyan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Parisyan scores with a hook to the body.
Riseman lands a knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Parisyan.
Riseman throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Parisyan avoiding damage as Riseman throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parisyan blocks an elbow strike from Riseman.
Riseman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Riseman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Parisyan avoids it.
Parisyan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Riseman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Come on Riseman - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Parisyan managing to block the knees to the body from Riseman.
Riseman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Parisyan blocks it with crossed arms.
Parisyan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Parisyan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Riseman tries to land knees in the clinch but Parisyan avoids the damage to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Riseman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riseman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Parisyan.
Parisyan lands with a right to the head.
Parisyan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Riseman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Parisyan is defending well for now.
Riseman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Parisyan blocks it with crossed arms.
Riseman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Parisyan.
Riseman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Riseman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Parisyan.
A knee to the head by Riseman.
Parisyan managing to block the knees to the body from Riseman.
Parisyan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A shot in the inside from Parisyan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parisyan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Parisyan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Riseman tries a knee to the head but Parisyan blocks it.
Riseman tries a knee to the head but Parisyan blocks it.
Parisyan effectively controlling the action here.
Riseman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Parisyan.
Riseman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Riseman is stalling here.
Parisyan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Parisyan lands with a left to the head.
Good body shot from Parisyan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonathan Riseman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pharoah Parisyan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Riseman has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Parisyan finds it's way round the side to connect with Riseman's head.
Riseman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Parisyan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Riseman is looking to clinch but Parisyan is avoiding it.
Parisyan tries to keep at a distance but Riseman has taken the fight into the clinch.
Riseman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Parisyan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Parisyan looking for a takedown.
Parisyan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Parisyan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Jonathan Riseman has been cut.
Parisyan avoiding damage as Riseman throws knees to the body.
Parisyan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Riseman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Riseman tries to land knees in the clinch but Parisyan avoids the damage to the body.
Riseman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Parisyan.
Riseman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Parisyan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riseman missing with knees to the body.
Riseman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Riseman has Parisyan pressed against the cage.
Parisyan managing to block the knees to the body from Riseman.
Riseman misses with a knee to the head.
Riseman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Riseman tries to land knees in the clinch but Parisyan avoids the damage to the body.
Parisyan stalling in the clinch but Riseman improves position.
Parisyan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jonathan Riseman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Parisyan avoiding damage as Riseman throws knees to the body.
Riseman missing with knees to the body.
Riseman wants to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riseman misses with a knee strike.
Parisyan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Risemans head.
Riseman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Parisyan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Parisyan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Parisyan gets through Riseman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Riseman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Riseman.
Parisyan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Riseman backwards.
Riseman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Parisyan blocks it with crossed arms.
A short uppercut from Parisyan.
Parisyan misses with the head strike.
Parisyan avoiding damage as Riseman throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riseman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Parisyan avoids it.
Riseman trying to land knees to the body.
Parisyan has a couple of punches blocked by Riseman.
Parisyan lands a left hand.
Riseman tries a knee to the head but Parisyan blocks it.
Parisyan has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Riseman is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Parisyan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Riseman working Parisyan over with knees to the body.
Parisyan swings wildly with an uppercut but Riseman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Riseman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Riseman throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Parisyan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Riseman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Riseman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Parisyan's face.
Riseman misses with a knee strike.
Riseman is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Parisyan.
Riseman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Riseman misses with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Parisyan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Parisyan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Parisyan lands an elbow inside that Riseman shrugs off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riseman tries to stall but Parisyan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonathan Riseman dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Riseman has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Parisyan finds it's way round the side to connect with Riseman's head.
Parisyan connects with a body shot that sends Riseman's belly button to the back.
Parisyan throws out a loose jab but Riseman uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Parisyan.
Riseman looks to score with a jab to the body but Parisyan is just out of range.
Parisyan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Riseman tries to close the distance and clinch but Parisyan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Parisyan.
Riseman is looking to clinch.
A big left from Parisyan misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Parisyan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Riseman!
Riseman is in a horrible position here. Parisyan smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Parisyan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
BOOM! Parisyan connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Parisyan controlling from the full mount.
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.
Riseman is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Parisyan scoring with strikes but Riseman is staying in there.
Parisyan looking to control and managing it successfully.
Parisyan breaks from Riseman's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jonathan Riseman's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
You get the feeling that Riseman really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Parisyan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Parisyan content just to control the position here.
Parisyan cracks Riseman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parisyan controlling from the full mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Parisyan avoids the attempt from Riseman to control.
Parisyan lands a big shot there that rocks Riseman but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Riseman is rocked!
Jeez, Jonathan Riseman's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jonathan Riseman's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Pharoah Parisyan!
Pharoah Parisyan was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oleg Nutradinov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Legionarivs Sakara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakara has chosen The Rise of Sakara as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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190 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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185 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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Solid boxing
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Oleg Nutradinov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Legionarivs Sakara!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Steve Erwin and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nutradinov misses with a wild body shot.
Sakara pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Nutradinov back to the cage. Sakara follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Sakara moves out of range of the strikes.
Sakara throws a shot from downtown. Nutradinov moves away and avoids it.
Nice cross by Sakara.
Sakara digs a good body shot into Nutradinov's ribs.
Sakara throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sakara scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nutradinov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nutradinov drops his hands momentarily and Sakara takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nutradinov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sakara throws out the jab.
Sakara swings for the body but Nutradinov moves out of range.
Sakara drops Nutradinov with a beautiful combination! Nutradinov stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Sakara is looking for the KO!
Nutradinov is rocked!
Nutradinov ducks right into an uppercut from Sakara.
Oh Nutradinov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sakara drops Nutradinov with a straight right hand, right on the button! Sakara follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Legionarivs Sakara!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Legionarivs Sakara made sure he mentioned XTREME PWNAGE: Down Under!, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Njord Freyr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saint Bernard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freyr's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Twilight of the Thunder God. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Saint Bernard enters the cage!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Njord Freyr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Saint Bernard!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Donatello Bradman and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freyr just misses with a punch to the body.
Bernard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Freyr.
Freyr connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bernard tries to clinch but Freyr moves out of range.
Freyr throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bernard stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jab, jab by Freyr - just one landing.
Freyr scores with a push kick.
Freyr feints and then cracks Bernard's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bernard down.
Bernard takes a shot to the body in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bernard wants to clinch.
Bernard tries to clinch
letting Freyr counter with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Freyr. Bernard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bernard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bernard tries to clinch there but Freyr circles away.
Bernard tries to clinch up but Freyr circles away and keeps his distance.
Bernard throws a big shot that misses.
Freyr keeps the fight on the outside.
Freyr is looking to slow Bernard down with leg kicks.
Bernard 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freyr throws a nice outside leg kick.
Freyr swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bernard.
Freyr lands a right hook to the body.
Freyr swats away the attempt to clinch by Bernard.
Freyr connects with a leg kick. Bernard looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bernard tries to clinch but Freyr moves out of range.
Freyr tries to keep at a distance but Bernard has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bernard has a couple of punches blocked by Freyr.
Freyr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Freyr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bernard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Freyr backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Freyr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Freyr stalling the fight.
Freyr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Freyr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Freyr goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bernard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Bernard as the two fighters clinch.
Freyr avoiding damage as Bernard throws knees to the body.
Freyr blocking some punches.
Freyr lands a hook that snaps the head of Bernard backwards.
Freyr misses with a body punch.
Bernard lands a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Bernard.
Freyr lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Freyr.
Bernard looks gassed!
Freyr avoiding damage as Bernard throws knees to the body.
Bernard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Freyr.
Bernard with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Freyr presses Bernard against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Freyr pushes Bernard back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Freyr working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Freyr is working Bernard over against the cage.
Freyr lands a hook to the side of the head.
Freyr stalling against the cage.
Freyr tries a body shot but Bernard blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freyr lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bernard lands a knee to the head.
Freyr lands a right hand.
Freyr softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Freyr lands a left hand.
Freyr lands with a right to the head.
Bernard misses with some punches.
Bernard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Freyr working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Freyr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Freyr dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bernard. That did some damage!
Bernard closes the distance but Freyr moves to the side
and Freyr counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bernard takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice cross by Freyr.
Freyr fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bernard.
Freyr throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bernard stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freyr swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bernard.
Freyr lands with a kick to the ribs.
Saint Bernard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice jab there from Freyr.
Freyr scores with a shot to the body.
That kick from Freyr tenderised Bernard's leg. Bernard is trying to keep his angry face on.
Freyr is looking to wear down Bernard with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice straight punches there by Freyr. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Freyr.
Freyr with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A thudding body kick lands there by Freyr!
Freyr connects with a body shot that sends Bernard's belly button to the back.
Freyr misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Freyr scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Freyr scores with a kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Freyr wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A left and a right from Freyr both land. Nice combination.
Freyr thumps Bernard with a low kick.
Nice body kick there by Freyr.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Njord Freyr 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.
Freyr lands with a thumping leg kick.
Freyr lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bernard moves in looking to clinch but Freyr pushes him off.
Nice body kick from Freyr.
Donk. Freyr catches Bernard right on the button with a cross.
Freyr throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bernard on the side of the head.
Bernard looks to clinch
and Freyr counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bernard thinking.
Bernard's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bernard takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A chopping leg kick lands by Freyr.
Freyr ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A left lands for Freyr.
Bernard closes the distance looking to clinch
and Freyr counters with a good low kick that Bernard was not able to check.
Bernard is breathing heavily.
Freyr connects with a single shot there.
Freyr scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Freyr scores with a jab. Bernard acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freyr feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bernard's calf.
Freyr cracks the inside of Bernard's front leg.
Freyr throws a nice outside leg kick.
Freyr scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bernard doesn't seem bothered though.
Bernard takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Freyr bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bernard's head backwards.
Saint Bernard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slapping body kick lands there for Freyr.
Freyr punishes Bernard's body with a nice straight punch.
Freyr scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bernard doesn't seem bothered though.
Bernard doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Freyr connects with a single shot there.
Bernard steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Freyr. That one must have hurt.
Bernard takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Freyr smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Freyr buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Freyr lands a really nice looking cross but Bernard seems unphased.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freyr scores with a jab to the head.
Freyr dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bernard. That did some damage!
Freyr fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bernard looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Freyr scores with a sloppy right hand. Bernard should have avoided that one.
Freyr pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Bernard back to the cage. Freyr follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Freyr rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bernard moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Freyr is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bernard can do to turn this around?
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Freyr.
Bernard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Freyr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bernard tries to clinch there but Freyr circles away.
Freyr connects with a leg kick. Bernard looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Freyr throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bernard has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bernard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bernard wants to clinch.
Freyr lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bernard tries to work over Freyr's front leg with a kick but Freyr checks it.
Bernard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Freyr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bernard pushes Freyr up against the cage in a clinch.
Freyr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bernard throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bernard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A right hand to the body from Bernard.
Freyr blocks an elbow strike.
Bernard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Njord Freyr has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Freyr trying to control the position but instead, Bernard has worked for underhooks and has pushed Freyr into the cage.
Nice elbow from Bernard.
It looks like Njord Freyr has been cut.
Freyr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Freyr lands with a nice body kick.
Freyr feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bernard's calf.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freyr fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bernard has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Freyr ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Freyr lands a front kick.
Freyr bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Freyr connects with the punch.
Freyr scores with a hook.
A jab from Freyr does it's job there.
Bernard doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Freyr chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Freyr connects with a solid leg kick.
Bernard has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Freyr.
Freyr jabs at Bernard's body.
Freyr lands a nice shot that snaps Bernard's head back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Freyr, as that shot connected.
Freyr with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
An inside leg kick lands from Freyr.
Freyr lands a glancing blow to the side of Bernard's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Njord Freyr dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Njord Freyr'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. This is the final round!
Bernard takes one to the side of the head.
Bernard tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Freyr counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice cross by Freyr.
Bernard 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.
Freyr looks to score with a jab to the body but Bernard is just out of range.
Njord Freyr is winning the standup battle so far.
Bernard avoids the body shot from Freyr.
A good leg kick by Freyr.
Freyr scores with a kick to the body.
Bernard wants to clinch.
Bernard moves out of range of the body kick from Freyr.
Bernard closes the distance looking to clinch
and Freyr cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freyr keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Freyr throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bernard.
Bernard on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice straight punches there by Freyr. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Freyr.
Freyr cracks Bernard with a good jab.
Freyr throws a shot to the body.
Bernard takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bernard sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Bernard moves out of range of the body kick.
Bernard wants to clinch up but Freyr keeps it at a distance.
Bernard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Freyr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Freyr lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bernard circles away quickly and effectively.
A head kick from Freyr lands but Bernard takes it in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bernard doesn't manage to clinch there - Freyr circles away.
Bernard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Freyr swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Freyr throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freyr lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bernard wants to clinch up but Freyr keeps it at a distance.
Freyr is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bernard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Freyr swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bernard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bernard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bernard tries to clinch
and Freyr counters with a nice leg kick.
Freyr throws a shot to the body.
Freyr connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bernard tries to clinch up but Freyr circles away and keeps his distance.
Freyr throws a leg kick which misses Bernard's front leg but catches the back leg as Bernard tries to avoid it.
Bernard tries to clinch
enabling Freyr to counter with a crisp jab.
Freyr scores with a sloppy right hand. Bernard should have avoided that one.
Freyr lands with a nice body kick.
Bernard closes the distance but Freyr moves to the side
and Freyr counters with a three punch combo that has Bernard backing up. Bernard nods at Freyr to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bernard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Freyr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Freyr walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bernard checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Freyr fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bernard tries to clinch but Freyr is having none of it.
Bernard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bernard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Njord Freyr is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
An inside leg kick lands from Freyr.
Freyr swats away the attempt to clinch by Bernard.
Freyr connects with a solid leg kick.
Freyr connects with the punch.
Bernard tries to close the distance and clinch but Freyr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freyr with a jab.
Bernard takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Freyr digs a good hook to Bernard's body.
Freyr lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Freyr.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Freyr misses with a body shot.
Freyr with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Freyr throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bernard.
Freyr lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Bernard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bernard is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Freyr motions for Bernard to come forward. Freyr throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Freyr!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bernard slips a jab from Freyr.
Bernard tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Freyr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that's the end of the fight!
Njord Freyr showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Freyr 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:26
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:26
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Njord Freyr!
Njord Freyr bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lath Hoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slavalengus Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hoy comes to the cage accompanied by Go Ninja-Vanilla Ice. Lath Hoy has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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197 lbs
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Lath Hoy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Slavalengus Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Eliza Hachem and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoy fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer sprawls well initially but Hoy persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Hoy is trying to work for a kimura but Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer is defending well.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer is looking to control Hoy's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer avoid being mounted?
Hoy is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Hoy.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer is refusing to be controlled, as Hoy sits in half guard.
Hoy has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer is looking to get to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hoy tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Hoy wants to control the pace but Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer is squirming around nicely.
Hoy looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Hoy working for a submission but Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer is keeping him at bay.
Hoy can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer is looking to escape.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer tries to hold on but Hoy pushes him away.
Hoy wants to take his opponent's back but Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer doesn't allow it.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hoy tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hoy looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Hoy is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer is surviving well by controlling Hoy's body position as best he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer tries to reverse the position but Hoy maintains control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hoy wants to finish this one by submission but Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Hoy.
Hoy wants to finish this one by submission but Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Hoy.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer tries to hold on but Hoy postures up.
Hoy jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Hoy is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Hoy is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer is refusing to be controlled, as Hoy sits in half guard.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer is looking for a sweep. Hoy is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hoy is trying to control. Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer wants to control the action here but instead Hoy manages to pass to full mount!
Hoy has hold of Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lath Hoy 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.
Hoy misses with an uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hoy. Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hoy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer was well out of range. Poor timing from Hoy.
Hoy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hoy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer dodges the punch combination from Hoy.
Hoy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hoy.
Hoy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hoy shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer but Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hoy is fending him off so far but Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer persists. Nope, Hoy circles away and we're back to standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer moves out of range as Hoy strikes.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer ducks under a wild hook from Hoy.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hoy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer wants to take a breather but Hoy is having none of it.
Lath Hoy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hoy is looking for a sweep. Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hoy is trying to control but can't.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ground and pound from Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hoy looking for submissions off his back.
Hoy tries to roll over but Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer keeps him under control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoy is looking to control Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hoy avoid being mounted?
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer winds up and cracks Hoy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer trying to control the pace.
Hoy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer.
Hoy looking for submissions off his back.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer working Hoy over with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer drops an elbow to the side of Hoy's head.
Hoy is trying to get back to full guard.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer is looking to take a break and control but Hoy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer drops an elbow to the side of Hoy's head.
Hoy taking some punishment here, with Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer in his half guard.
Hoy trying to control here.
Hoy is staying active underneath Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hoy wants to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer trying to control the pace.
Hoy wants to get back to full guard.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hoy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer scores with a couple of nice shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hoy trying to control here.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer winds up and cracks Hoy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hoy looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer trying to control from half guard but Hoy is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Slavalengus Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.
A slow jab from Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer misses its intended target.
Good leg kick by Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer needs to keep his hands up - Hoy had a free shot at his head there.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer lands with a shot to the body.
Hoy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Left hook, right uppercut from Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer.
Hoy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Hoy to the ground. Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer is now in Hoy's guard.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer trying to control but Hoy is working from the bottom.
Hoy will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hoy wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer is now in half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hoy wants to control but Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoy actively working from the bottom here.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer works his way into side control.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer is chipping away with strikes.
Hoy tries to improve position but can't.
Hoy is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hoy manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hoy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hoy wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer is now in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hoy's head.
Hoy has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer. Oh but Hoy has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Olegtarandervangorsuckabingdamer goes limp - he's gone! Hoy jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Lath Hoy!
Lath Hoy 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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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Penagos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Lamotta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Penagos comes to the cage accompanied by Somebody Gonna Get Their Ass Whooped!. Lamotta comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Survivor - Eye of the Tiger kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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195 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
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World class MT
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World class MT
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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
20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Carlos Penagos!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tony Lamotta!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penagos drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Lamotta misses with a two punch combination.
Lamotta throws an off balance right hand
and Penagos counters by moving into the clinch.
Penagos works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lamotta throws a punch but it's blocked by Penagos.
Lamotta throws an elbow that misses.
Penagos lands a body punch in the clinch.
Penagos wants to stall.
Penagos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Penagos managing to block the knees to the body from Lamotta.
Penagos lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Penagos lands a good knee to the midsection. Lamotta won't want to take too many of those.
Penagos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Penagos obliges.
Penagos trying to control the position but instead, Lamotta has worked for underhooks and has pushed Penagos into the cage.
Lamotta lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Penagos working Lamotta over with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penagos blocks an uppercut.
Lamotta landing knees to the head.
Lamotta is trying to break the clinch but Penagos is controlling him.
Penagos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lamotta is defending well for now.
Lamotta struggles to land a body shot inside as Penagos controls his hands.
Penagos prevents Lamotta from breaking the clinch.
Lamotta misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Penagos.
Lamotta missing with knees to the body.
Penagos missing with knees to the body.
Penagos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lamotta tries to land a knee to the head but Penagos blocks with his arms.
Lamotta blocks the elbow strike.
Lamotta managing to block the knees to the body from Penagos.
Penagos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lamotta.
Penagos lands a nice elbow.
Lamotta has a couple of punches blocked by Penagos.
Lamotta lands a nice uppercut.
Lamotta throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Penagos blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penagos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Penagos is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Penagos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Tony Lamotta has been cut.
Penagos tries to throw a body punch but Lamotta avoids it by throwing Penagos back against the cage.
Lamotta missing with knees to the body.
Penagos looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Penagos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lamotta or not.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lamotta softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lamotta lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short left from Lamotta.
Penagos tries a knee to the head but Lamotta blocks it.
Lamotta blocks an elbow strike from Penagos.
Penagos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lamotta is defending well for now.
Penagos misses with a body punch.
Lamotta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Penagos's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Penagos tries to land knees in the clinch but Lamotta avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lamotta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lamotta pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Penagos misses.
Tony Lamotta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lamotta throws a sloppy head kick
and Penagos counters with a straight right hand.
Lamotta tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lamotta tries to clinch up.
Lamotta moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lamotta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Penagos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lamotta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Penagos.
Penagos takes a swing at Lamotta's ribcage but misses.
Penagos misses with a two punch combination.
Penagos jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lamotta avoids the body shot from Penagos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta wants to land a leg kick but Penagos is out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Penagos.
Penagos cracks Lamotta with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lamotta lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lamotta misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lamotta tries to clinch up.
Lamotta cracks Penagos with a good jab.
Lamotta misses with a body kick.
A punch lands to the side of Penagos 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Penagos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lamotta.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lamotta throws a hook but Penagos blocks it.
Lamotta lands a jab to Penagos's midsection.
Nice straight punches there by Lamotta. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lamotta.
Lamotta wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Penagos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tony Lamotta'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.
Penagos avoids the head kick by Lamotta.
Lamotta takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lamotta throws a leg kick which misses Penagos's front leg but catches the back leg as Penagos tries to avoid it.
Penagos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lamotta gets tackled into the cage by Penagos. Penagos maintains the clinch.
Lamotta tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Penagos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lamotta manages to break the clinch.
Penagos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lamotta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lamotta wants to land a leg kick but Penagos is out of range.
Penagos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lamotta misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lamotta throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamotta goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sloppy strikes from Penagos. Those never looked like landing.
Tony Lamotta seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lamotta moves out of range as Penagos strikes.
Lamotta throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Lamotta throws a sloppy head kick and Penagos moves out of range easily.
Lamotta looks to land a left hand but Penagos moved out of range nicely.
Lamotta tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A swing and a miss from Lamotta.
Lamotta thuds his right hand into Penagos's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Carlos Penagos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lamotta wants to clinch up but Penagos keeps it at a distance.
Penagos scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lamotta misses with an uppercut
and Penagos counters with a nice uppercut.
Penagos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Penagos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta throws a sloppy head kick and Penagos moves out of range easily.
Lamotta moves into the clinch successfully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Penagos trying to control the position but instead, Lamotta has worked for underhooks and has pushed Penagos into the cage.
Lamotta scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lamotta looking to throw knees to the head but Penagos is blocking nicely.
Lamotta escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lamotta avoids a punch combination nicely.
Penagos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Penagos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lamotta misses with a looping right.
Penagos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lamotta checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta lands a head kick. Penagos smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Penagos lands with a nice combination. Lamotta backs away looking to recover.
Lamotta looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Penagos.
Penagos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lamotta finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Lamotta throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Penagos.
Good work by Lamotta as he checks the leg kick.
Lamotta is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
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!
Jab from Penagos.
Lamotta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Penagos was well out of range. Poor timing from Lamotta.
Lamotta lands with a hook. Penagos tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lamotta looks for the body kick but Penagos saw that one coming.
Lamotta misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penagos lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lamotta misses with an uppercut
and Penagos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Penagos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lamotta lands a nice looking body kick.
Penagos blocks a head kick by Lamotta.
Lamotta misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lamotta wants to clinch.
A head kick by Lamotta misses
and Penagos counters with a slapping leg kick.
Lamotta is breathing heavily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lamotta. Penagos does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Penagos scores with a three punch combo!
Penagos scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Lamotta lands a head kick. Penagos smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Penagos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tony Lamotta's cut.
That's time! Penagos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Lamotta lands a nice shot to the body.
Lamotta throws a lazy head kick
and Penagos counters with a stiff right hand.
Penagos blocks a head kick by Lamotta.
Penagos scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lamotta in his tracks.
The fighters circle momentarily. Penagos darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Lamotta throws a predictable looking body shot
and Penagos counters with a nice body shot.
Penagos blocks the body kick.
Penagos moves out of range of the strikes.
Lamotta looks for the body kick but Penagos saw that one coming.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lamotta.
Lamotta ducks right into an uppercut from Penagos.
Lamotta doesn't manage to clinch there - Penagos circles away.
Lamotta moves away from the strike by Penagos.
Lamotta moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penagos presses Lamotta against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lamotta with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Penagos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Penagos lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lamotta takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lamotta blocks the elbow strike.
Lamotta throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Penagos blocks it with crossed arms.
Penagos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lamotta in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Penagos gets through Lamotta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Penagos tries to land knees in the clinch but Lamotta avoids the damage to the body.
Penagos misses with an elbow strike.
Lamotta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Penagos is working Lamotta over against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Penagos obliges.
Penagos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Penagos lands a nice knee to the body.
Penagos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lamotta is defending well for now.
Lamotta lands a hook that snaps the head of Penagos backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penagos taking a breather.
The referee calls for Penagos to work.
Lamotta pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Penagos.
Lamotta avoiding damage as Penagos throws knees to the body.
Penagos stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Penagos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Penagos content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lamotta lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Penagos misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Penagos.
Carlos Penagos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Penagos lands with a light punch inside.
Penagos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lamotta backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penagos stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lamotta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lamotta tries to land a knee to the head but Penagos blocks with his arms.
Lamotta misses with an elbow strike.
Lamotta lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Penagos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lamotta is defending well for now.
Penagos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lamotta.
Lamotta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lamotta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lamotta throws a wild body kick that Penagos sees coming a mile off.
Lamotta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Penagos closes the distance and pushes Lamotta back into the cage.
Lamotta tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lamotta is trying to force a seperation but Penagos has the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta trying to land knees to the body.
Lamotta misses with a knee strike.
Penagos stalling in the clinch but Lamotta improves position.
Penagos tries to throw a body punch but Lamotta avoids it by throwing Penagos back against the cage.
Penagos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lamotta avoids it.
Nice body punch from Penagos.
Penagos slows down the pace here.
Nice body punch from Penagos.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Penagos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Penagos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lamotta.
Penagos holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Penagos throws an elbow but it misses.
Penagos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lamotta throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Penagos clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Tony Lamotta'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.
Lamotta pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A thudding body kick lands there by Lamotta!
Penagos keeps the fight on the outside.
Penagos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lamotta throws out the jab.
Lamotta swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lamotta throws a sloppy head kick
and Penagos counters with a two punch combo.
Penagos connects with a body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Lamotta checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Lamotta lands a high kick!
Lamotta misses with a jab, cross combination.
Penagos scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lamotta slips a jab and a cross from Penagos.
Lamotta throws a good cross that connects.
Lamotta is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Lamotta throws a body kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penagos connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lamotta's hands.
Penagos misses with the combination.
Lamotta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Penagos was well out of range. Poor timing from Lamotta.
Penagos tries to clinch up.
Lamotta misses with a two punch combination.
Lamotta misses with a body punch
and Penagos counters with a straight right hand.
Penagos tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lamotta is able to avoid easily.
Penagos connects with a right hand. Lamotta shakes it off.
Lamotta throws a head kick but Penagos moves out of range.
Lamotta will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Penagos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lamotta.
Lamotta throws a lazy head kick
and Penagos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Lamotta is predictable there
and Penagos counters with a right hand to the body.
Lamotta tries to clinch but Penagos is having none of it.
Penagos throws a nice looking combination but Lamotta bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Penagos lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body kick there by Lamotta.
Lamotta misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lamotta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Penagos moves away.
Lamotta throws a sloppy head kick
and Penagos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Penagos blocks a head kick by Lamotta.
Penagos throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lamotta.
Penagos on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Lamotta.
Penagos thows a body shot but no joy.
Penagos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Penagos blocks a head kick by Lamotta.
Lamotta has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Penagos looks to land a combination but Lamotta avoids it well.
Penagos misses the shot to the body.
Lamotta throws a right hand that Penagos ducks under and follows up with a left that Penagos also avoids with ease.
Penagos misses with a wild body shot.
A good leg kick by Lamotta.
Penagos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lamotta.
Lamotta tries a head kick but it misses.
Penagos blocks a head kick by Lamotta.
Lamotta scores with a hook to the body. Penagos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Penagos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Penagos takes a swing at Lamotta's ribcage but misses.
A combination from Lamotta does no damage.
A low kick from Penagos is predictable there
and Penagos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Penagos looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Lamotta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Penagos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lamotta misses the jab.
Penagos with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lamotta to score with a decent uppercut.
Lamotta swinging wildly here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lamotta is looking to clinch.
Lamotta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Tony Lamotta will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Tony Lamotta's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A clash of legs there as Penagos blocks the low kick.
Penagos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lamotta scores with a hook to the body. Penagos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lamotta avoids the body shot from Penagos.
Lamotta scores with a crisp jab that stopped Penagos in his tracks.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lamotta, as that shot connected.
Lamotta clobbers Penagos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A head kick misses from Lamotta.
Penagos takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Penagos walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lamotta checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Penagos swings for the body but Lamotta moves out of range.
Penagos looks to land a right hand but Lamotta moved out of range.
Lamotta throws a jab when Penagos was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penagos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lamotta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Penagos.
Lamotta drives through and clinches with Penagos against the cage.
Lamotta is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lamotta tries to land a knee to the head but Penagos blocks with his arms.
Penagos letting Lamotta take a breather here.
Penagos keeps control of Lamotta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Penagos can't find room to land a body shot as Lamotta controls the action.
Penagos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lamotta lands a knee to the head.
Lamotta tries to land a knee to the head but Penagos blocks with his arms.
Lamotta trying to land knees to the body.
Penagos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lamotta in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lamotta is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A left hand lands to the body for Penagos.
Penagos lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Penagos.
Penagos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Penagos stalling against the cage.
Penagos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lamotta is defending well for now.
A short left from Penagos.
A short body shot lands from Penagos as the two fighters clinch.
Penagos is working Lamotta over against the cage.
Lamotta wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Penagos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lamotta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Penagos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Penagos is struggling to control the position.
Lamotta tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta trying to land knees to the body.
Lamotta breaks the clinch.
Lamotta tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lamotta throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Lamotta pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Penagos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lamotta.
Penagos misses with a series of wild punches.
Penagos throws a series of punches but Lamotta moves out of range.
Lamotta throws a head kick that misses.
Carlos Penagos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Penagos stuns Lamotta with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lamotta throws a nice head kick!
A head kick misses from Lamotta.
Penagos blocks a head kick by Lamotta.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penagos lands a jab to Lamotta's midsection.
Lamotta thuds his shin into the meat of Penagos's side.
Penagos swats away the attempt to clinch by Lamotta.
Penagos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lamotta counters with a nice body kick.
Lamotta is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Penagos.
Penagos misses with the combination.
Lamotta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tony Lamotta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lamotta misses with a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Penagos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Penagos sizes up Lamotta with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
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!
Lamotta throws a looping overhand right but Penagos ducks down to avoid it.
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 Carlos Penagos.
I think Penagos 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 49:46
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 49:46
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Penagos!
Carlos Penagos retains his middleweight title!
An out of breath and clearly excited Carlos Penagos thanked CEC Nutrition Q159 (*$75*) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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