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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Marquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Hendo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan Marquez had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 187.4lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. This should be a great matchup!
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190 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Marquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny Hendo!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marquez throws a right and a left that Hendo avoids nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hendo has Marquez pressed up against the ropes. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Hendo pulls back from the ropes and twists to the side, sending Marquez tumbling to the mat - Hendo dives into Marquez's guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Hendo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Marquez wants to get back to his feet but Hendo passes into half guard.
Hendo is trying to control. Marquez wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hendo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Marquez defending well though.
Hendo content to control rather than advance.
Hendo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Marquez's head.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendo working over Marquez with some ground and pound. Marquez looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hendo not doing much here.
Hendo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hendo is pressing down on Marquez's thigh, looking to free his foot. Marquez is holding on for now.
Hendo is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hendo throws a strike but Marquez avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Hendo throws a big right hand that misses.
Hendo is stalling in the full guard.
Hendo slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Marquez taking punishment in the form of punches.
It looks like Ryan Marquez has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendo looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Marquez is avoiding damage well.
Hendo lands some shots froms side control.
Marquez is breathing heavily.
Hendo sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Marquez is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Hendo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hendo cracks Marquez with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Marquez is trying to get back to his feet.
You can see the frustration on Marquez's face as Hendo controls the position.
Hendo is chipping away with strikes.
Marquez managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Hendo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendo lands an elbow.
Marquez is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marquez takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Oh Marquez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hendo controlling the position from side mount.
Hendo creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Hendo lands a strong strike to the head of Marquez. That's dazed him! Hendo looking to finish here. Marquez is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Hendo lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Danny Hendo!
Our winner, Danny Hendo, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Larry Von Prawn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larry Von Prawn has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Larry Von Prawn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rafael Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Prawn shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Oliveira as he avoids it easily.
Oliveira throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Von Prawn rushes Oliveira and presses him up against the ropes.
Von Prawn tries to stall but Oliveira uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Oliveira manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Von Prawn is looking to control Oliveira's arms but Oliveira gets an underhook and turns him. Now Von Prawn has his back to the ropes.
Oliveira is trying to maintain a safe position but Von Prawn gets an underhook and turns Oliveira into the ropes.
Oliveira misses with a knee to the head.
Oliveira looks gassed!
Von Prawn missing with knees to the body.
Oliveira is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Von Prawn is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Oliveira gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Larry Von Prawn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Oliveira looking to slow down the pace here.
Von Prawn wants a takedown.
Von Prawn wants a takedown.
Oliveira breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Prawn clinches up with Oliveira and pushes him back against the ropes.
Oliveira is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Von Prawn is keeping busy.
Von Prawn takes an elbow to the forehead.
Oliveira holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Oliveira with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Von Prawn as Oliveira tries to tie him up.
Von Prawn is trying to drag Oliveira to the mat but Oliveira just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Oliveira looking to stall.
Von Prawn wants the takedown. Oliveira is fighting it off but Von Prawn persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Oliveira's guard against the ropes.
Von Prawn will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Prawn throws a big elbow that misses.
Oliveira utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Von Prawn trying to control but Oliveira is working from the bottom.
Von Prawn throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Oliveira keeping moving, preventing Von Prawn from controlling successfully.
Von Prawn throwing strikes from guard but Oliveira blocks nicely.
Von Prawn trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Prawn throws a big elbow that misses.
Von Prawn stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Oliveira swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Von Prawn lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Von Prawn lands a couple of elbows.
Oliveira avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Von Prawn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Von Prawn scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Von Prawn throws a big elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Von Prawn in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Von Prawn trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Von Prawn throwing strikes from guard but Oliveira blocks nicely.
Von Prawn throwing strikes from guard but Oliveira blocks nicely.
Oliveira working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Von Prawn.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Von Prawn is working Oliveira over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Von Prawn throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Larry Von Prawn dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Von Prawn throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Oliveira was covering up waiting for the punch and Von Prawn finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Von Prawn is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Von Prawn lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Von Prawn makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Von Prawn trying to control the position from guard on top but Oliveira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Oliveira is breathing heavily.
Oliveira keeping full guard, as Von Prawn tries to pass.
Von Prawn is working Oliveira over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Prawn throws a big elbow that misses.
Von Prawn loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Oliveira is looking to stand up but Von Prawn isn't so interested in that idea.
Von Prawn trying to control but Oliveira is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Von Prawn's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Von Prawn content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Von Prawn missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Larry Von Prawn overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Von Prawn trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Von Prawn throws a big elbow that misses.
Von Prawn landing with the ground and pound.
Von Prawn postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Von Prawn postures up in Oliveira's guard and throws a big left but Oliveira blocks it.
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!
Von Prawn loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Von Prawn has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Von Prawn postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Prawn scoring with punches to the head and body.
Von Prawn postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Von Prawn lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Oliveira is rocked!
Von Prawn postures up and lands a big shot to Oliveira's brow.
Oliveira is still in real trouble! Can Von Prawn finish him?
Von Prawn throws a big right hand that misses.
Von Prawn wants to control from the top but Oliveira keeps moving.
Oliveira seems to have recovered his senses.
Von Prawn missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Prawn stands up over Oliveira, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Von Prawn prevents Oliveira from getting back to his feet.
Oliveira preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Von Prawn scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Von Prawn postures up, still in guard. A huge hammer fist lands that bounces Oliveira's head off the mat! Oliveira is out! He's out! Von Prawn jumps to his feet and celebrates with his corner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Larry Von Prawn!
Larry Von Prawn decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Undercard bout
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dan Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and JD Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dan Smith comes to the ring accompanied by Sabaton- Metal machine. Dan Smith has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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168 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, JD Smith!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dan Smith shoots in but JD Smith avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Dan Smith closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Dan Smith lands in his opponent's guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Dan Smith trying to control but JD Smith is working from the bottom.
JD Smith is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Dan Smith passes JD Smith's left leg - he's now in half guard.
JD Smith keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dan Smith content to control rather than advance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dan Smith is looking to take a break and control but JD Smith is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dan Smith moves into full mount! JD Smith won't be happy about that!
Dan Smith punishing his opponent with strikes.
Dan Smith controlling the pace for now.
Dan Smith wants to control the pace but JD Smith is squirming around nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dan Smith is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. JD Smith can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Dan Smith 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.
Dan Smith looking to control but JD Smith is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dan Smith throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Dan Smith controlling his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dan Smith fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
JD Smith tries to hold on but Dan Smith postures up.
Dan Smith working for a submission but JD Smith is keeping him at bay.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dan Smith moves to take his opponent's back.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Dan Smith's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Dan Smith is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Dan Smith tightening his grip on JD Smith, looking for the choke.
Dan Smith cracks JD Smith with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing JD Smith from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dan Smith is persistently looking for the submission but JD Smith is defending it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dan Smith controlling well, preventing JD Smith from escaping the position.
Dan Smith is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. JD Smith knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften JD Smith for a finish.
JD Smith holding both Dan Smith 's hands and preventing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Smith dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
JD Smith moves in looking to clinch but Dan Smith pushes him off.
Dan Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by JD Smith.
JD Smith gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
JD Smith utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dan Smith forces his way into half guard.
Dan Smith not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dan Smith with the ground and pound but JD Smith uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Dan Smith in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
JD Smith working for a triangle but Dan Smith defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dan Smith pushing down on JD Smith's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Dan Smith passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for JD Smith!
JD Smith prevents Dan Smith from taking his back.
Dan Smith swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and JD Smith is now in Dan Smith's guard. A big mistake from Dan Smith there, giving up the dominant position!
Dan Smith is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dan Smith is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! JD Smith rolls with it to try and escape but Dan Smith cranks on the arm and JD Smith is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dan Smith!
Dan Smith got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mack Travis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Serzh Kavershyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kavershyan has chosen Hayastan Sirel as his entrance music. Serzh Kavershyan told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mack Travis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Serzh Kavershyan!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Travis as Kavershyan shoots in.
Kavershyan drives through and clinches with Travis against the ropes.
Kavershyan has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Travis avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Kavershyan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kavershyan keeps control of Travis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kavershyan keeps control of Travis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kavershyan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Travis's efforts to push away.
Kavershyan has Travis pressed up against the ropes. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Kavershyan pulls back from the ropes and twists to the side, sending Travis tumbling to the mat - Kavershyan dives into Travis's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Travis looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kavershyan is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Travis has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Kavershyan is looking to defend but Travis has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Kavershyan! Travis pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Kavershyan taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Mack Travis!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lenny Bale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jurgen Klinsmann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bale's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ain't No Rest For The Wicked by Cage The Elephant. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lenny Bale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jurgen Klinsmann!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klinsmann keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bale.
Bale throws an off balance right hand
and Klinsmann counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Klinsmann tries to pass to full mount but Bale defends it.
Klinsmann is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Bale is just riding it out for now. Klinsmann eventually gives up the hold.
Klinsmann is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bale sees it coming and defends easily.
Klinsmann is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Klinsmann seems to be looking for submissions.
Klinsmann is looking for a kimura here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bale is defending against the submission attempts here by Klinsmann.
Bale pushes Klinsmann off looking to stand but Klinsmann dives back in and keeps control.
Klinsmann in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Bale tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Klinsmann!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jurgen Klinsmann!
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