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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Artem Bessmertin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cortland Cartwright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cortland Cartwright has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Artem Bessmertin's chin.
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Artem Bessmertin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cortland Cartwright!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bessmertin lands a nice shot to the body.
Jab by Cartwright.
Cartwright tries to land a leg kick but Bessmertin saw it coming and moves away.
A bone on bone clash there as Bessmertin blocks the leg kick.
Cartwright tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bessmertin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Artem Bessmertin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cartwright takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bessmertin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cartwright was well out of range. Poor timing from Bessmertin.
Bessmertin throws a body punch but Cartwright moves out of range.
Cartwright on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bessmertin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bessmertin misses with a wild body shot.
Bessmertin connects with a body shot that sends Cartwright's belly button to the back.
Cartwright gets tackled into the cage by Bessmertin. Bessmertin maintains the clinch.
Cartwright lands a knee to the head.
Cartwright is trying to pull guard but Bessmertin turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Cartwright throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bessmertin gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Cartwright escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bessmertin gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bessmertin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bessmertin is stalling in the full guard.
Bessmertin sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Cartwright's guard.
Still in half guard, Bessmertin seems content to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bessmertin lands strikes from half guard.
Cartwright is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bessmertin pulls his head out easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bessmertin looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Bessmertin looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cartwright with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Well, if Bessmertin is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Bessmertin wants to pass the guard but Cartwright is defending well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cartwright has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bessmertin is working away from the top position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
We're going to have a standup here because Artem Bessmertin wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Bessmertin connects with a body shot.
Cartwright takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bessmertin blocks the body kick.
Cartwright takes one to the chin there.
Bessmertin cracks Cartwright with a good jab.
Bessmertin has Cartwright up against the cage in a clinch.
Bessmertin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cartwright looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bessmertin lands a hook that snaps the head of Cartwright backwards.
A right hand to the body from Bessmertin.
Bessmertin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Bessmertin.
Bessmertin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A body shot lands from Bessmertin.
Bessmertin scores with a shot to the side of Cartwright's head.
Bessmertin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cartwrights head.
A right hook to the body lands for Bessmertin.
Bessmertin breaks the clinch.
Bessmertin rushes Cartwright and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bessmertin is leaning against Cartwright and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bessmertin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bessmertin cracks Cartwright with a nice body shot.
Bessmertin presses Cartwright against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice left hand lands by Bessmertin.
Bessmertin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cartwright or not.
Good body shot from Bessmertin.
A hook to the body from Bessmertin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Artem Bessmertin dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Bessmertin darts in and clinches Cartwright up against the cage.
Bessmertin has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Cartwright is trying to keep an underhook but Bessmertin manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Bessmertin takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Cartwright wants to get back to his feet.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Cartwright looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Cartwright is in trouble now - Bessmertin has advanced to mount!
Cartwright is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bessmertin landing shots from mount.
Bessmertin content just to control the position here.
Bessmertin seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Cartwright for as long as he can get away with.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bessmertin lands with some strikes.
Bessmertin looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bessmertin lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
It looks like Cortland Cartwright has been cut.
Artem Bessmertin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bessmertin controlling his opponent.
Bessmertin landing strikes, looking to finish!
Cartwright is rocked!
Bessmertin controlling his opponent.
Bessmertin has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bessmertin landing shots from mount.
Bessmertin looking to control and managing it successfully.
Cartwright swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright is wriggling around trying to escape.
Cartwright takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bessmertin looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Cartwright takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Bessmertin's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Artem Bessmertin!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ancient King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ancient King - Conquering Sound. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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146 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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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
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Carlos Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ancient King!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King avoids the body shot from Martinez.
King checks a leg kick.
Martinez misses with a body kick.
Carlos Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body kick there by Martinez.
Martinez really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Martinez misses with a straight right.
Martinez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Martinez looks to throw the jab but King is out of range.
Nice defenses there by King.
King keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martinez.
Martinez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Martinez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but King circles away quickly and effectively.
King takes a body punch but keeps moving.
King closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Martinez did well to prevent King getting side control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Martinez has hold of King's hands but King slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martinez trying to control from the bottom.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ground and pound from King.
King content to control rather than advance.
King has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Martinez is trying to maintain the position but King is very close to passing his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez is in trouble now - King has advanced to mount!
Martinez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for King on the ground.
Oooooh, big shot lands for King! Martinez is hurt baaadly! King is firing away with more strikes - Martinez is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ancient King!
Ancient King made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'AWARAWRAWRAWRAW.'.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dan Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darcy Verot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darcy Verot has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dan Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Darcy Verot!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verot misses with a jab, cross combination.
Love throws a series of strikes that have Verot backpedaling.
It looks like Darcy Verot has been cut.
Love shoots for a takedown but Verot saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Verot fails to land with a series of punches.
Verot misses with a jab, cross combination.
Verot misses with a series of wild punches.
No joy there for Verot, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice takedown defense from Verot. No joy for Love on that attempt.
Verot tries to bum rush Love with a series of wild strikes but Love uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Verot misses with a double jab.
Verot lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Love circles away quickly and effectively.
Love tries for a takedown but Verot sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Verot throws a series of punches but Love moves out of range.
Love really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Love throws a right and a left that Verot avoids nicely.
Verot fails to land with a series of punches.
Verot swinging wildly here.
Verot looks gassed!
Love shoots in for a takedown but Verot shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Verot throws a series of punches but Love avoids them all with ease.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Love is defended easily by Verot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sloppy strikes from Verot. Those never looked like landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Love.
Love lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Verot throws a right and a left that both miss.
Verot misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Love lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Love rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Verot moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Verot swinging wildly here.
Verot tries to bum rush Love with a series of wild strikes but Love uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Verot rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Love moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Verot throws a right and a left that both miss.
Love fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Verot avoids it really well and circles away.
Horrible takedown by Love or perhaps it was just good defense by Verot which made him look bad.
Love showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Verot.
Verot throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some wild striking there from Verot.
Verot misses with a series of wild punches.
Verot slaps away a takedown attempt from Love, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Verot throws a nice looking combination but Love bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Love throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Verot tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Love is in Verot's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Love wants to pass the guard but Verot is keeping the position.
Verot really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Love. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Verot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Verot can do anything to dispel that myth.
Verot keeping full guard, as Love tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Verot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Love missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Love with a nice head shot there.
Love wants to control from the top but Verot keeps moving.
Love 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.
Verot avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Love thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Verot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love postures up in Verot's guard and throws a big left but Verot blocks it.
Love trying to control but Verot is working from the bottom.
Verot is looking to stand up but Love isn't so interested in that idea.
Love throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Verot works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Love postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Love wants to control from the top but Verot keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Love dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darcy Verot's cut.
That's time! Love's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Verot tries to bum rush Love with a series of wild strikes but Love uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Love.
Dan Love is winning the standup battle so far.
Verot fails to land with a series of punches.
Love tries for a takedown but Verot sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Verot scores with a one two! Love had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Love dodges the punch combination from Verot.
Love dodges the punch combination from Verot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Love fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Love slips a jab and a cross from Verot.
Love shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Love was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Love throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Love throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love throwing strikes here but Verot is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Love throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Love landing punches.
Love trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Love looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Verot wants to try and get back to his feet.
Love punching from mount but Verot doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Love looking to control and managing it successfully.
Verot avoids a series of strikes thrown by Love.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love trying to control but Verot is having none of it.
Love controlling from the full mount.
Love trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Love has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Verot is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dan Love!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jacek Kowalski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitor Freire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vitor Freire is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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140 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jacek Kowalski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vitor Freire!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freire just misses with a punch to the body.
Kowalski moves into the clinch successfully.
Kowalski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Freire is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kowalski looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kowalski swings wildly with an uppercut but Freire uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kowalski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Kowalski.
Freire misses with an elbow strike.
Freire is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kowalski is keeping busy.
Freire pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kowalski working aggressively here.
Freire is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Kowalski.
Kowalski misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kowalski gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Freire regains guard.
Kowalski controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Kowalski is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freire looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kowalski advances position into side control!
Kowalski scoring with punches and elbows.
Freire defending against the ground and pound.
Kowalski tries for a kimura but Freire is defending well.
Kowalski throws an elbow but Freire slips to the side and avoids it well.
Kowalski cracks Freire with a big elbow.
Kowalski postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Freire manages to work his way to half guard, despite Kowalski's best efforts.
Freire flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Kowalski looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Freire is looking to control Kowalski's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Freire avoid being mounted?
Kowalski throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Freire to regain full guard.
Kowalski works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Freire wants to improve his position but Kowalski is controlling well.
Kowalski passes the guard and advances to mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kowalski cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kowalski controlling the position easily from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Freire is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Freire and Kowalski has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Freire is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Kowalski moves into full mount! Freire won't be happy about that!
Kowalski lands a nice shot to the head.
Freire is rocked!
Kowalski landing shots from mount.
Freire is still in real trouble! Can Kowalski finish him?
Kowalski avoids the attempt from Freire to control.
Kowalski drops a big elbow. That's hurt Freire! More shots from Kowalski and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacek Kowalski!
In his post fight interview, Jacek Kowalski 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hakuma Hariyuoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Lancer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hakuma Hariyuoki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brian Lancer!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Patrick Alders and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lancer throws a series of punches but Hariyuoki avoids them all with ease.
Lancer works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
It looks like Hakuma Hariyuoki has been cut.
Hariyuoki punishes Lancer's body with a nice straight punch.
Lancer misses with a wild combination.
Hariyuoki on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lancer takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hariyuoki tries to close the distance and clinch but Lancer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lancer throws a low kick, looking for Hariyuoki's leg but Hariyuoki calmly moves out of range.
Hariyuoki moves in looking to clinch but Lancer pushes him off.
Lancer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hariyuoki.
Lancer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hariyuoki.
Lancer takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hariyuoki just misses with a punch to the body.
Hariyuoki moves in looking to clinch but Lancer pushes him off.
Lancer slips a jab from Hariyuoki.
Lancer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hariyuoki fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lancer looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hariyuoki thows a body shot but no joy.
Hariyuoki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lancer was well out of range. Poor timing from Hariyuoki.
Lancer gets tackled into the cage by Hariyuoki. Hariyuoki maintains the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hariyuoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hariyuoki keeps control of Lancer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hariyuoki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hariyuoki looks to land a right hand but Lancer moved out of range.
Hariyuoki dodges the punch combination from Lancer.
Lancer throws a body punch but Hariyuoki moves out of range.
Lancer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hariyuoki misses with a combination
and Lancer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lancer has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Lancer throws a series of strikes that have Hariyuoki backpedaling.
Lancer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lancer throws a nice looking combination but Hariyuoki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hariyuoki lands a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lancer with a hook.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hariyuoki takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hariyuoki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hariyuoki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lancer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lancer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hariyuoki.
Hariyuoki wants to clinch up but Lancer keeps it at a distance.
Lancer scores with a jab to the head.
Lancer shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hariyuoki eats them both and turns towards Lancer to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Lancer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lancer ducks under a wild hook from Hariyuoki.
Hariyuoki tries to clinch but Lancer moves out of range.
Hariyuoki takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lancer swats away the attempt to clinch by Hariyuoki.
Hariyuoki takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hariyuoki lands an overhand right.
Lancer throws a lazy right hand but Hariyuoki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lancer.
Hakuma Hariyuoki's cut is getting worse.
Lancer drops Hariyuoki with a beautiful combination! Hariyuoki stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Lancer is looking for the KO!
Hariyuoki is rocked!
Danga de danga de dang - Hariyuoki scores with a four punch combination!
Oh Hariyuoki is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
and Lancer counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Hariyuoki! He's just covering up as Lancer starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Lancer!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Truong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phillip Schreiber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jeremy Truong has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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163 lbs
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161 lbs
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Solid boxing
KO power |
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jeremy Truong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Phillip Schreiber!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schreiber misses with a straight right.
Schreiber looks to land a combination but Truong avoids it well.
Schreiber shoots for a double leg takedown but Truong sprawls well. He's pushed Schreiber's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Truong tries to bum rush Schreiber with a series of wild strikes but Schreiber uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Truong swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Schreiber sizes up Truong with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Truong uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Schreiber.
Schreiber scores with the left hand. Truong knows he should have avoided that one.
Schreiber throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Truong's waist but Truong gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Schreiber off to one side.
A jab from Schreiber does it's job there.
Schreiber cracks Truong with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Truong swinging wildly here.
Schreiber misses with a jab, cross combination.
Schreiber tries for a takedown but Truong sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jeremy Truong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phillip Schreiber.
Schreiber will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice uppercut there from Truong.
It looks like Phillip Schreiber has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Truong tries a head kick but it misses.
Schreiber throws a series of punches but Truong moves out of range.
Schreiber swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Truong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Schreiber.
Truong missing with a left hand there. Schreiber was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Truong looks to land a combination but Schreiber avoids it well.
Jeremy Truong is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Truong lands a left and a right that send Schreiber crashing to the mat, dazed. Truong thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Schreiber is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Truong misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Schreiber is still on wobbly legs! Can Truong finish him?
Truong grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Schreiber takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Truong cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jeremy Truong!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Charles Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Loki Lazerous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cooper comes to the cage accompanied by my baby girl - kalo kalo man. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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182 lbs
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180 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Charles Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Loki Lazerous!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lazerous dips to his left and cracks Cooper with an uppercut!
It looks like Charles Cooper has been cut.
Lazerous swats away the attempt to clinch by Cooper.
Lazerous lands with a straight right. Cooper didn't see that one coming.
Cooper doesn't manage to clinch there - Lazerous circles away.
Lazerous with a hook.
Cooper tries to keep at a distance but Lazerous has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lazerous blocks an elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper throws an elbow but it misses.
Cooper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cooper misses with an elbow over the top.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cooper lands an elbow that stopped Lazerous in his tracks for a moment.
Lazerous blocks the elbow strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lazerous breaks the clinch.
Lazerous gets tackled into the cage by Cooper. Cooper maintains the clinch.
Cooper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lazerous blocks an elbow strike.
Cooper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Loki Lazerous has been cut.
Cooper throws an elbow but it misses.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cooper lands an elbow just above Lazerous 's eye.
Lazerous avoids the elbow strike from Cooper, against the cage.
Cooper throws an elbow that misses.
Lazerous avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
Nice elbow from Cooper.
A nice left hand lands by Cooper.
Cooper trying to land knees to the body.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cooper throws an elbow that misses.
Cooper misses with an elbow over the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cooper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lazerous drags the fight down to the ground.
Cooper preventing the sweep.
Cooper trying to control but Lazerous is working from the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooper trying to stand up but can't free himself from Lazerous's guard.
Lazerous looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Charles Cooper wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lazerous swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cooper checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lazerous misses with a double jab.
Cooper moves into the clinch successfully.
Lazerous wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cooper has him pressed against the cage.
Cooper throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lazerous struggles to land a body shot inside as Cooper controls his hands.
Cooper taking a breather.
Lazerous blocks an elbow strike.
Cooper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cooper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cooper throws an elbow but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cooper throws an elbow but misses.
Lazerous letting Cooper take a breather here.
Cooper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lazerous.
A head punch on the inside from Cooper fails to land.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lazerous avoids the elbow strike from Cooper, against the cage.
Cooper has a couple of punches blocked by Lazerous.
Lazerous takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cooper throws an elbow but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cooper lands a damaging elbow.
Lazerous wants to break free but Cooper has control.
Lazerous scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Cooper dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Cooper looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lazerous swats away the attempt to clinch by Cooper.
Cooper takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lazerous. Cooper does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lazerous throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lazerous looks to land a combination. Cooper sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lazerous chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cooper tries to clinch up but Lazerous circles away and keeps his distance.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lazerous paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Lazerous.
Lazerous rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cooper moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cooper defending well as Lazerous loads up on a big left hand.
Cooper gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lazerous avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper misses with an elbow strike.
Cooper keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lazerous's efforts to push away.
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!
Cooper'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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper pushes off an throws an elbow but Lazerous leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cooper keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lazerous's efforts to push away.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Cooper throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cooper throws an elbow that misses.
Cooper throws an elbow that misses.
Lazerous has Cooper pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Lazerous pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Cooper tumbling to the mat - Lazerous dives into Cooper's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Lazerous controls the pace.
Lazerous trying to control the position from guard on top but Cooper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lazerous must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Cooper is working an open guard so Lazerous takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Cooper slips a jab from Lazerous.
Cooper takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lazerous closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooper pushes off an throws an elbow but Lazerous leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lazerous lands a hook that snaps the head of Cooper backwards.
Lazerous wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cooper lands an elbow just above Lazerous 's eye.
Lazerous looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cooper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cooper lands an elbow that stopped Lazerous in his tracks for a moment.
Cooper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cooper throws an elbow but misses.
Lazerous blocks an elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper tries to land a knee to the head but Lazerous blocks with his arms.
Lazerous blocks the elbow strike.
Lazerous tries to break the clinch but Cooper is controlling the position.
Cooper pushes off an throws an elbow but Lazerous leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper pushes off an throws an elbow but Lazerous leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lazerous managing to block the knees to the body from Cooper.
A right handed body shot lands from Lazerous.
Cooper working aggressively here.
Lazerous manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lazerous looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cooper is one step ahead there.
Lazerous keeping moving, preventing Cooper from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Loki Lazerous showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!
Lazerous swats away the attempt to clinch by Cooper.
Lazerous rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cooper moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A combination from Lazerous does no damage.
Lazerous lands a glancing blow to the side of Cooper's head.
Charles Cooper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lazerous swats away the attempt to clinch by Cooper.
Charles Cooper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cooper uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lazerous.
A jab from Cooper misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cooper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lazerous keeps the fight on the outside.
Cooper shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cooper closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cooper throws an elbow but it misses.
Cooper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cooper throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cooper throws an elbow but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper throws an elbow that misses.
Cooper lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cooper is pushing Lazerous up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Lazerous blocking some punches.
Lazerous blocks an elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper looking to throw knees to the head but Lazerous is blocking nicely.
Lazerous breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lazerous circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cooper doesn't manage to clinch there - Lazerous circles away.
Lazerous waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cooper.
Cooper pushes Lazerous up against the cage in a clinch.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cooper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lazerous avoids the elbow strike from Cooper, against the cage.
Charles Cooper has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cooper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lazerous working hard to break the clinch.
Cooper blocks a body shot from Lazerous.
Cooper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cooper misses with an elbow strike.
Cooper misses with a knee strike.
Cooper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lazerous avoids it.
Cooper misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lazerous blocks an elbow strike from Cooper.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lazerous takes an elbow to the temple.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cooper just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lazerous's brow.
Lazerous wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lazerous escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cooper wants to clinch
and Lazerous counters with a three punch combo that has Cooper backing up. Cooper nods at Lazerous to acknowledge the strikes.
Cooper tries a head kick but it misses.
Lazerous throws a nice looking combination but Cooper bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lazerous misses with a looping left.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lazerous paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lazerous throws a leg kick but Cooper sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Lazerous gets a clinch.
Cooper throws an elbow that misses.
Cooper pushes off an throws an elbow but Lazerous leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cooper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cooper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cooper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lazerous is trying to break free.
Lazerous dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
Lazerous has had enough of the clinch but Cooper keeps him there for the moment.
Cooper misses with an elbow over the top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cooper stalling the fight.
Lazerous is trying to force a seperation but Cooper has the dominant position.
Cooper tries to land knees in the clinch but Lazerous avoids the damage to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Cooper showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cooper has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Cooper!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Charles Cooper made sure he mentioned PWNAGE™ (WOT), along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gerry Van Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bjj Wrestler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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26
190 lbs
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193 lbs
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Counter striker
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gerry Van Berry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bjj Wrestler!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Wrestler misses.
Wrestler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wrestler gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wrestler is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Van Berry is controlling him.
Van Berry thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Van Berry throws a big right hand that misses.
Van Berry trying to control the position from guard on top but Wrestler is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Van Berry throws a big right hand that misses.
Wrestler keeping moving, preventing Van Berry from controlling successfully.
Van Berry could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Van Berry trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Van Berry drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Van Berry jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Berry throws an elbow that misses. Wrestler uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Van Berry's guard. Nice move by Wrestler!
Van Berry looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wrestler really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Van Berry. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Van Berry is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Van Berry wants to sweep but no luck.
Van Berry is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Wrestler wants to stand but Van Berry is controlling his posture from full guard.
Van Berry is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Berry is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Wrestler defends well.
Wrestler avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Wrestler wants to stand but Van Berry has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Van Berry had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Wrestler 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!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Van Berry throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Berry bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wrestler's guard.
Van Berry throws a big right hand that misses.
Wrestler wants to stand up but Van Berry is controlling him.
Van Berry trying to control but Wrestler is working from the bottom.
Wrestler is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Van Berry makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Berry trying to control but Wrestler is working from the bottom.
Wrestler preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wrestler is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Van Berry is controlling him.
Van Berry with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wrestler wants to stand up but Van Berry is controlling him.
Wrestler is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Wrestler keeping moving, preventing Van Berry from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wrestler tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gerry Van Berry dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Wrestler lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Van Berry circles away quickly and effectively.
Wrestler keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wrestler misses with a straight left.
Van Berry closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Van Berry shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Wrestler pinned against the cage. Wrestler gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Wrestler throws a 1-2 combo that connects squarely on Van Berry's jaw, knocking him onto his back! Wrestler dives in looking to finish as Van Berry flails his arms in a desperate attempt to block Wrestler's strikes! Wrestler is raining down hammerfists and the ref stops it! Van Berry's desperate flailing just didn't constitute intelligent defence. Some people will probably question the ref's decision but Van Berry was definitely hurt and the ref saved him from taking unnecessary punishment. A fighter's safety is paramount in this sport.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bjj Wrestler!
Bjj Wrestler really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Black Belt Nutrition #=========||=========# logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Juan Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BJ Ferguson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dos Santos comes into the arena with Sugar We Going Down blaring out of the sound system. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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130 lbs
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130 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juan Dos Santos !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, BJ Ferguson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Ferguson!
Dos Santos has control of Ferguson's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Ferguson regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Ferguson defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Dos Santos .
Dos Santos is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Ferguson has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Ferguson!
Ferguson wants to control from the top but Dos Santos keeps moving.
Dos Santos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferguson wants to control from the top but Dos Santos keeps moving.
Ferguson tries to free his leg and advance position but Dos Santos is retaining full guard.
Ferguson trying to control but Dos Santos is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
OK we're going to have a standup here. BJ Ferguson hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Ferguson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Ferguson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Ferguson tries to control but Dos Santos wriggling away.
Ferguson wants to control but Dos Santos has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dos Santos does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. BJ Ferguson wasn't active enough on the ground.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Ferguson.
Dos Santos is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dos Santos actively working from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is trying to get back to full guard.
Dos Santos looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but BJ Ferguson will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Ferguson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Ferguson lands in his opponent's guard.
Ferguson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dos Santos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ferguson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos working for submissions but it's allowed Ferguson to get to half guard.
Ferguson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dos Santos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ferguson trying to advance position but Dos Santos counters by regaining guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson trying to control but Dos Santos is working from the bottom.
Ferguson advances to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson is trying to control. Dos Santos wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ferguson is just content to waste time from the top position. Dos Santos takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Ferguson has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Dos Santos is proving hard to escape from.
BJ Ferguson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dos Santos is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ferguson defends well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Ferguson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dos Santos keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
BJ Ferguson 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. This is the final round!
Dos Santos pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Ferguson back to the cage. Dos Santos follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Ferguson throws a sloppy head kick and Dos Santos moves out of range easily.
Ferguson feints and as Dos Santos raises his hands in defense, Ferguson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dos Santos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dos Santos looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Ferguson has picked Dos Santos up and slammed him! Dos Santos can't keep hold of the triangle and Ferguson manages to pass to side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferguson is looking to take a break and control but Dos Santos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ferguson might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Dos Santos kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Ferguson stands up and we're back to a striking position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson gets a double leg takedown into Dos Santos 's guard.
Dos Santos has his foot on Ferguson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ferguson works his way back into a safe position though.
Ferguson trying to control the position from guard on top but Dos Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. BJ Ferguson wasn't active enough on the ground.
Ferguson shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Dos Santos is trying to defend but Ferguson finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Ferguson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ferguson is keen to just control but Dos Santos is a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos looking for submissions off his back.
Ferguson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dos Santos does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
BJ Ferguson has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Ferguson gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Dos Santos decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Ferguson's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dos Santos has gone for a leg lock! Ferguson slips out almost immediately though and dives into Dos Santos 's guard.
Dos Santos is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Ferguson has his hands clasped together but Dos Santos extends an breaks Ferguson's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Dos Santos .
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Juan Dos Santos !
A very excited looking Juan Dos Santos made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joonas Mustonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans Olson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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140 lbs
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145 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joonas Mustonen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hans Olson!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mustonen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Olson under the eye.
Mustonen shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Olson defends it nicely.
Mustonen lands the left hand.
Olson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Olson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Mustonen slips under a jab from Olson.
The fighters circling - Olson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mustonen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Olson was well out of range. Poor timing from Mustonen.
Mustonen throws a lazy right hand but Olson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A clash of legs there as Mustonen blocks the low kick.
Mustonen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mustonen slips under a jab.
Mustonen cracks Olson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Mustonen looks to score with a jab to the body but Olson is just out of range.
Olson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mustonen shoots for a takedown but Olson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olson throws a right hand that misses
and Mustonen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mustonen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Olson momentarily.
Olson looks to land a right hand but Mustonen moved out of range.
Olson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Olson misses with an uppercut
enabling Mustonen to counter with a crisp jab.
Olson looks to land a right hand but Mustonen moved out of range.
Mustonen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jab from Mustonen.
Olson throws out a leg kick but Mustonen moves out of range and Olson only half commits.
Mustonen is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Olson takes a swing at Mustonen's ribcage but misses.
Mustonen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mustonen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mustonen misses with a body shot.
Mustonen lands an overhand right.
Mustonen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olson misses with the combination.
Olson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A shot to the liver by Mustonen. Beautiful body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Olson cracks Mustonen with an open hand slap.
Jab by Mustonen.
Olson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Olson misses with a hook
and Mustonen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mustonen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mustonen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Olson is looking to score with low kicks.
Olson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mustonen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Olson was well out of range. Poor timing from Mustonen.
Mustonen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Olson to score with a decent uppercut.
Olson misses with a straight left.
Olson throws a jab but it's blocked by Mustonen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustonen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Olson.
Olson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mustonen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A head kick misses from Mustonen.
Olson throws a big shot that misses.
Olson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Mustonen digs a good hook to Olson's body.
Nice jab there from Mustonen.
Mustonen looks to land a combination. Olson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That kick from Olson tenderised Mustonen's leg. Mustonen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Olson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mustonen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Olson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mustonen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot to the liver by Mustonen. Beautiful body shot.
Mustonen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A big right from Olson misses.
Olson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mustonen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mustonen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Mustonen connects with a crisp jab.
Olson is looking to score with low kicks.
Mustonen scores with a hook.
Olson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mustonen scores with a decent looking hook.
Olson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mustonen looks to score with a jab to the body but Olson is just out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Olson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Olson.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mustonen. Olson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mustonen 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.
Joonas Mustonen 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.
Mustonen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Olson.
Mustonen connects with a body shot that sends Olson's belly button to the back.
The fighters circle momentarily. Mustonen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Olson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Danga de danga de dang - Mustonen scores with a four punch combination!
Olson missing with a left hand there. Mustonen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mustonen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Olson throws out a loose jab but Mustonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Olson looks to land a left hand but Mustonen moved out of range nicely.
Olson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mustonen looks to score with a jab to the body but Olson is just out of range.
Joonas Mustonen is winning the standup battle so far.
Olson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mustonen scores with a decent looking hook.
Mustonen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mustonen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Olson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mustonen ducks under a wild hook from Olson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mustonen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Olson was well out of range. Poor timing from Mustonen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Olson.
Olson tries to move into range but Mustonen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A punch lands to the side of Olson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mustonen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Olson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mustonen's knee momentarily.
Mustonen slips under a jab from Olson.
A punch lands to the side of Mustonen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Olson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mustonen.
Olson misses with a straight right.
Mustonen slips a jab from Olson.
Mustonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mustonen shoots in for a double leg but Olson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Mustonen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mustonen avoids a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mustonen ducks under a wild hook from Olson.
A slapping leg kick lands for Olson.
Mustonen connects with a right hand. Olson shakes it off.
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!
Mustonen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Mustonen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Olson.
A big left from Olson misses.
Mustonen cracks Olson with an open hand slap.
Mustonen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mustonen shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Olson eats them both and turns towards Mustonen to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Mustonen lands a lovely overhand right.
Olson is rocked!
Nice body punch from Mustonen.
Mustonen just misses with a punch to the body.
Mustonen scores with a nice right hand.
Olson is still on wobbly legs! Can Mustonen finish him?
Olson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mustonen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mustonen drops Olson with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Olson! Mustonen dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joonas Mustonen!
Joonas Mustonen retains his bantamweight title!
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