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IMMA 83: Stehling vs Cregov PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Vitali Popov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hype Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Popov might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Tupac - Last Muthafucka Breathin'. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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144 lbs
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143 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vitali Popov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hype Williams!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Popov closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Williams to the mat! Williams manages to get full guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Popov stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Williams swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Popov advances to half guard.
Popov is trying to control. Williams wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Popov seems to be looking for submissions.
Popov is looking for a kimura here.
Popov trying to control from half guard but Williams is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Popov. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Popov is working for a submission of some sort.
Popov wants to work for an arm triangle but Williams is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Popov is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Williams is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Vitali Popov!
An out of breath Vitali Popov thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luke Daigle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Staton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Staton has chosen Mgła- With Hearts Toward None II as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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World class boxer
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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
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Luke Daigle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lee Staton!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daigle throws a leg kick which misses Staton's front leg but catches the back leg as Staton tries to avoid it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Daigle.
Daigle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Daigle scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Daigle tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Staton is able to avoid easily.
Staton connects with a looping right hand.
Daigle attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A jab from Daigle finds it's way through Staton's defenses.
Daigle lands a jab to Staton's midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daigle has Staton up against the cage in a clinch.
Staton misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Daigle.
Daigle can't find room to land a body shot as Staton controls the action.
Staton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Staton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Daigle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Staton cracks Daigle with a nice body shot.
Staton lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Daigle dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A short uppercut from Staton.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Staton throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Daigle gets through Staton's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Daigle misses with some punches.
Daigle lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Daigle looking to slow down the pace here.
Daigle is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Staton landing knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Staton throws a knee to the head but misses.
Staton creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Daigle is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Daigle leaning his opponent against the cage.
Daigle throws a head punch that misses.
Staton lands a damaging elbow.
Staton digs a right hand underneath Daigle's ribcage. Daigle let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch on the inside from Daigle fails to land.
Staton is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daigle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Daigle lands a hook to the side of the head.
Staton looking to throw knees to the head but Daigle is blocking nicely.
Daigle slows down the pace here.
Staton struggles to land a body shot inside as Daigle controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Daigle.
Daigle is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Staton is keeping busy.
The referee calls for Daigle to work.
Staton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Daigle lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Staton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Daigle's elbow.
Daigle throws a head punch that misses.
Daigle lands a left hand.
A bit of stalling here from Daigle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daigle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Daigle stalling in the clinch but Staton improves position.
Daigle struggles to land a body shot inside as Staton controls his hands.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Staton as Daigle tries to tie him up.
Staton lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Daigle backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stalling in the clinch from Daigle.
Daigle misses with a punch on the inside.
Staton is trying to push Daigle away but Daigle has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Staton lands a hook that snaps the head of Daigle backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luke Daigle dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Staton takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Daigle lands a head kick!
Staton misses with a takedown attempt - Daigle sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Daigle tries a low kick but Staton avoids it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Staton.
Daigle throws a shot to the body.
Staton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Daigle checks a low kick from Staton.
Daigle thuds a left hand into Staton's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Staton misses with a low kick.
Daigle has taken the fight to the clinch.
Staton is trying to break free.
Luke Daigle has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Daigle looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daigle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Daigle misses with a punch on the inside.
Daigle just leaning against Staton, taking a breather.
Daigle softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Daigle stalling in the clinch.
Staton can't find room to land a body shot as Daigle controls the action.
Daigle scores with a nice hook to the head.
Staton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Staton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Daigle has Staton pressed against the cage, preventing Staton from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Daigle has a couple of punches blocked by Staton.
Staton throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Staton as Daigle tries to tie him up.
Staton stalling in the clinch.
Staton landing knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Staton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Daigle stalls.
Staton lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Daigle throws a punch but it's blocked by Staton.
Staton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Daigle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Daigle stalls.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daigle is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Staton is keeping busy.
Staton scores a nice knee to the body.
Daigle throws a punch but it's blocked by Staton.
Daigle scores with a shot to the side of Staton's head.
Staton lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Daigle.
A head punch on the inside from Daigle fails to land.
Daigle misses with some punches.
Staton displaying some good clinch control by pressing Daigle up against the cage.
Daigle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Staton breaks from the clinch.
Staton takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Daigle throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Luke Daigle is winning the standup battle so far.
A head kick misses from Staton.
Staton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Daigle was well out of range. Poor timing from Staton.
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!
Staton thows a left - swing and a miss!
Daigle buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Staton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Daigle manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Staton doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Staton bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Daigle's head.
Luke Daigle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Daigle works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Staton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Staton tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luke Daigle dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
A swing and a miss from Staton.
Staton fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Daigle checks it well.
Staton takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A clash of legs there as Staton blocks the low kick.
Staton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Daigle throws a push kick but Staton slaps the foot to one side.
Daigle pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Daigle tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Staton counters with a good low kick that Daigle was not able to check.
Staton thuds his right hand into Daigle's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Daigle takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Staton with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Staton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Daigle.
A low kick from Daigle misses
and Staton counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Daigle misses.
Daigle tries to clinch up.
Staton tries to clinch up.
Daigle moves out of range of the strikes.
Staton dives in and grabs Daigle's left leg, looking for a takedown. Daigle pushes down on Staton's head and hops out.
Staton blocks a low kick nicely.
Daigle is looking to wear down Staton with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Staton chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Daigle misses with a straight left.
Daigle misses with a looping left.
Staton feints and as Daigle raises his hands in defense, Staton changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Staton trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Daigle is on top in guard.
Daigle trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lee Staton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Staton looking to control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daigle has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Lee Staton has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Daigle throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Staton misses with a takedown attempt - Daigle sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Daigle slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Staton misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Staton scores with a punch to the head.
A leg kick checked by Daigle.
Daigle misses with a low kick.
Staton misses with a low kick.
Daigle throws a leg kick that misses.
That kick from Daigle tenderised Staton's leg. Staton is trying to keep his angry face on.
Daigle misses with a low kick.
Staton throws the kick towards the body but Daigle avoids it.
Staton pivots, looking for a leg kick but Daigle is out of range and Staton settles back down.
Staton misses with a body kick.
Daigle connects with a crisp jab.
Staton misses with a leg kick
and Daigle counters with a nice kick to the body.
Staton lands with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Daigle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Staton throws a leg kick but Daigle sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Daigle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Daigle looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Staton throws a left that rocks Daigle and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Staton dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Daigle regain composure!
Daigle is rocked!
It looks like Luke Daigle has been cut.
Staton working the ground and pound.
Oh Daigle is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Staton landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Daigle is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Staton off and has taken his back!
Daigle looking to hold on to the position here but Staton rolls and ends up regaining guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Staton wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Staton keeping full guard, as Daigle tries to pass.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Staton bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Daigle's guard.
Daigle seems to have got his legs back now.
Staton wants to stand and escape but instead Daigle has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lee Staton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Daigle 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luke Daigle!
Luke Daigle thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max Sliders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Judas Lucifer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Lucifer's choice of entrance music: A Few Dollars More. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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283 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Max Sliders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Judas Lucifer!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lucifer thows a body shot but no joy.
Lucifer thows a leg kick but Sliders checks it
and Sliders counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Judas Lucifer has been cut.
Sliders finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sliders ducks under a wild hook from Lucifer.
Sliders throws a poor cross that misses
and Lucifer counters with a big head kick but Sliders shrugs it off.
Lucifer fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sliders scores with a three punch combo!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sliders throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sliders avoids the head kick by Lucifer.
Sliders throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sliders goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lucifer staying out of range there.
Sliders connects with the punch.
Sliders circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lucifer moves out of range of the strikes.
Lucifer thumps Sliders with a low kick.
Lucifer shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Sliders manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Lucifer is squirming around, avoiding Sliders's attempts to control the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sliders prevents Lucifer from getting the reversal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lucifer tries to hold on but Sliders postures up.
Lucifer is trying to escape the mount.
Sliders trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Lucifer is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucifer regains half guard.
Sliders scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Lucifer manages to get to full guard.
Sliders throwing strikes from guard but Lucifer blocks nicely.
Sliders is stalling in the full guard.
Lucifer manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lucifer is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lucifer is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sliders is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Lucifer lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sliders tries to lock up and control but Lucifer gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lucifer is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sliders is rocked!
It looks like Max Sliders has been cut.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sliders is wriggling around trying to escape.
Oh Sliders is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lucifer won't let Sliders get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Sliders seems to have got his legs back now.
Lucifer wants to control the pace but Sliders is squirming around nicely.
Sliders really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sliders is working hard here to advance position.
Lucifer controlling his opponent.
Sliders somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sliders throws a shot from downtown. Lucifer moves away and avoids it.
Sliders throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big left from Sliders misses.
Lucifer moves out of range of the strikes.
Lucifer throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sliders's waist but Sliders gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lucifer off to one side.
Sliders misses with a low kick.
Sliders lunges at Lucifer with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lucifer's hand.
Lucifer wants to clinch up but Sliders keeps it at a distance.
A good leg kick by Lucifer.
Lucifer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sliders loads up on a big right hand but Lucifer slips the punch.
Max Sliders is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sliders swings for the body but Lucifer moves out of range.
Lucifer fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Judas Lucifer dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Lucifer avoids the head kick by Sliders.
Lucifer blocks a jab.
Sliders has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lucifer.
Lucifer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lucifer ducks right into an uppercut from Sliders.
Sliders throws the left hand but Lucifer avoids the punch easily.
Sliders moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sliders tries to work over Lucifer's front leg with a kick but Lucifer checks it.
Lucifer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sliders.
Sliders connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sliders connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lucifer's hands.
A big left from Sliders misses.
Lucifer gets a takedown into half guard.
Sliders is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sliders trying to control here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sliders is looking to improve his position.
Sliders looks like he's trying to stand up.
Sliders trying to get back to full guard but Lucifer takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Lucifer connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Lucifer lands a nice shot to the head.
Lucifer has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sliders tries to hold on but Lucifer postures up.
Sliders is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Sliders trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucifer in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sliders tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lucifer landing punches.
Lucifer loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Sliders scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Lucifer land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Lucifer stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Judas Lucifer!
During a confident post fight interview, Judas Lucifer thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Miles Brand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kong King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Miles Brand!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kong King!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King is trying hard to land a takedown here. Brand sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from King.
King is trying hard to land a takedown here. Brand sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Miles Brand has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kong King.
King fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Brand avoids it really well and circles away.
King tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Brand swivels and escapes.
Brand shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Brand showed some decent athleticism there.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
King is staying active underneath Brand, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
King blocking the ground and pound attempt from Brand.
Brand is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and King defends it well.
Brand missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brand sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. King defending well though.
Brand missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brand thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed King's head.
Brand is just content to waste time from the top position. King takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Brand tries to free his leg and advance position but King is retaining full guard.
Brand is looking to work some ground and pound but King has wrist control.
Brand keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of King's head.
King working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Brand.
Brand working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
King keeping moving, preventing Brand from controlling successfully.
King preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Brand throwing strikes from guard but King blocks nicely.
King is adopting a defensive guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brand with a flurry of punches that miss.
King is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Brand would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Brand postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Brand won't allow King to sweep him here.
King has Brand pulled in close to control his posture.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The ref stands the fighters back up. Kong King was stalling too much, according to the referee.
King shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Brand sprawls well. Brand wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. King gets slowly back to his feet.
King fails to land the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brand defends well against a solid takedown attempt from King.
Brand shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. King defends it nicely.
King shoots in but no luck this time.
Brand gets a double leg takedown into King's guard.
King looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Brand stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. King swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Brand throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
King keeping moving, preventing Brand from controlling successfully.
King being controlled here, momentarily.
Brand postures up in King's guard and throws a big left but King blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brand throws an elbow that misses. King uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Brand's guard. Nice move by King!
Brand keeping moving, preventing King from controlling successfully.
Brand looking for a guillotine here but King defends easily.
King wants to control from the top but Brand keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brand working a defensive guard here.
Brand looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miles Brand dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nice takedown defense from Brand. No joy for King on that attempt.
Brand fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but King avoids it really well and circles away.
King scores a takedown into full mount!
King postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Brand looks a forlorn figure.
BOOM! King connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Brand sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Nice strikes from King there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brand has hold of King's hands but King slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
King slips a nice elbow through Brand's hands, connecting with Brand's forehead.
Brand tries to roll over but King keeps him under control.
Brand moves into full guard.
King won't allow Brand to sweep him here.
Miles Brand overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brand keeping moving, preventing King from controlling successfully.
King connects with a couple of short punches.
Brand preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Brand holds on and takes a little breather.
King postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
King makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
King throwing strikes from guard but Brand blocks nicely.
Brand trying to control the position.
King throwing strikes from guard but Brand blocks nicely.
Brand can't keep his opponent in guard - King advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Brand is looking to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
King is looking to stall here but Brand recovers full guard.
Brand looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
King trying to control but Brand is working from the bottom.
King preventing the sweep.
Brand had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. King defends it easily.
King landing some decent shots from guard.
King throws an elbow that misses. Brand uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in King's guard. Nice move by Brand!
Brand stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. King swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brand throws an elbow that misses. King uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Brand's guard. Nice move by King!
Brand controls King momentarily but King frees himself.
King lands a couple of elbows.
Brand trying to keep a closed guard but King is proving a slippery customer.
Brand has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. King doesn't defend quickly enough and Brand has managed to lock this one up! Can King escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Brand on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Miles Brand!
Miles Brand decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hug Raction (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georgios Geremek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Geremek has chosen stam1na - kadonneet kolme sanaa as his entrance music. Georgios Geremek is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hug Raction!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Georgios Geremek!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raction throws the left hand but Geremek avoids the punch easily.
Geremek lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Geremek uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Raction.
Raction scores with a hook.
Raction slips a jab from Geremek.
Raction looks to land a right hand but Geremek moved out of range.
Raction tries to clinch there but Geremek circles away.
Geremek's jab looks to have found its range, popping Raction under the eye.
Geremek takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Raction throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Geremek sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Geremek takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raction bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Geremek's head backwards.
Raction throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Geremek crashing down! Geremek tries to stagger back to his feet but Raction just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Geremek asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hug Raction!
Hug Raction bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ace Darko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Dumile (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darko comes to the cage accompanied by The Black Keys - Breaks. Dumile has chosen Doomsday as his entrance music. Daniel Dumile has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ace Darko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daniel Dumile!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darko finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dumile misses with a hook. Darko ducked under it nicely.
Darko on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dumile throws a quick inside leg kick.
Darko shoots in and bounces Dumile off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dumile is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dumile is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dumile avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Darko preventing the sweep.
Darkois looking to pass into half guard but Dumile pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Dumile is in guard.
Dumile forces his way into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Dumile there.
Dumile throws a strike but Darko avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Dumile showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Darko keeping moving, preventing Dumile from controlling successfully.
Dumile stops Darko from standing up.
Dumile throwing strikes but missing.
Dumile trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dumile throws an elbow that misses. Darko uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dumile's guard. Nice move by Darko!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dumile looking to hit a scissor sweep but Darko is one step ahead there.
Dumile avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Darko throwing strikes from guard but Dumile blocks nicely.
Dumile looking to control.
Dumile wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dumile managing to control the position.
Dumile controls Darko momentarily but Darko frees himself.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Daniel Dumile wasn't active enough on the ground.
Darko fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Darko tries a head kick but it misses.
A jab from Darko misses.
Dumile will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ace Darko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dumile scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Darko throws a front kick aimed at Dumile's knee but Dumile avoids it well.
Darko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Darko slips a straight right by Dumile.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dumile uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Darko.
Dumile attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Darko misses with a low kick as Dumile jumps back.
Darko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dumile throws a body kick that misses.
Darko gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dumile.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dumile lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Darko fails with the takedown.
Darko 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.
Dumile shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Darko defends it nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A combination from Darko does no damage.
Darko misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Dumile dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Darko misses with a low kick.
Darko fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dumile on the side of the head.
Dumile blocks a head kick by Darko.
Darko tests Dumile's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Darko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A decent looking cross lands there for Darko.
Darko swings widly with a right hand
and Dumile counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Dumile wants to control from the top but Darko keeps moving.
Darko is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dumile postures up in Darko's guard and throws a big left but Darko blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dumile cracks Darko with a solid left hand.
Darko keeping moving, preventing Dumile from controlling successfully.
Dumile loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Darko is pulling down on Dumile's head. It's preventing any offense from Dumile, at least for the moment.
Dumile trying to control but Darko is working from the bottom.
Darko keeping full guard, as Dumile tries to pass.
Dumile stands and throws Darko's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dumile working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Dumile advances to full mount.
Darko is working to get back to half guard.
Dumile throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Dumile lands a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darko blocking the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dumile throwing strikes but Darko uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Darko tries to get to full guard but Dumile has control of the leg.
Darko is looking to control Dumile's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Darko avoid being mounted?
Dumile wants to pass to mount but Darko is defending the position.
Dumile drops an elbow to the side of Darko's head.
Darko keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dumile is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Darko still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Darko has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dumile tries to bench press Darko off him but Darko keeps the position.
Dumile takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Dumile is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Darko passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Dumile!
Darko connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Darko prevents Dumile from getting the reversal.
Darko lands a heavy elbow.
Dumile in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Dumile showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Darko thuds a left hand into Dumile's body.
Darko avoids the body shot from Dumile.
Dumile shoots in looking for a takedown. Darko tries to sprawl out of it but Dumile keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Darko manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Daniel Dumile is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dumile misses with a takedown attempt
and Darko counters with a straight right hand.
Darko throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Dumile counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dumile fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dumile throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nice cross by Dumile.
Darko throws a leg kick which misses Dumile's front leg but catches the back leg as Dumile tries to avoid it.
Dumile takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dumile throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dumile avoids a kick to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Darko, right into the meat.
Dumile swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A nice inside leg kick there by Darko. That's going to slow Dumile down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dumile on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Darko. Darko obviously looking to wear him down.
Dumile throws a leg kick but Darko sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dumile has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Dumile takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Darko fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dumile checks the leg kick.
Darko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dumile moves away from the strike by Darko.
Dumile throws a body punch but Darko moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dumile.
Darko stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Darko throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Darko throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dumile.
Darko misses with a body shot.
Dumile tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dumile takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ace Darko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dumile keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Darko fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dumile.
Dumile looking for a takedown here - he's got 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!
Dumile tries to free his leg and advance position but Darko is retaining full guard.
Dumile is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Dumile working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dumile advances to half guard.
Darko regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Dumile.
Dumile trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dumile advances position into side control!
Darko prevents Dumile from moving into mount.
Darko takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Dumile misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Dumile working the head with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dumile with the ground and pound but Darko regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Dumile is looking to take a break and control but Darko is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dumile wants to pass the guard but Darko is defending well.
Darko trying to control here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Dumile comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dumile has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Dumile!
As Daniel Dumile got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: WHEN YOU SEE TIN HEAD TELL HIM BE DUCKIN DOWN'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mahmoud Denjat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Holden Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Denjat comes to the cage accompanied by U.S.A. National Anthem. Gracie is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Metallica Enter Sandman. Mahmoud Denjat has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mahmoud Denjat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Holden Gracie!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie cracks Denjat with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gracie misses with a looping left.
Denjat misses with a body kick.
Denjat moves out of range of the strikes.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Denjat is defended easily by Gracie.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Denjat. Gracie shrugs it off though.
Denjat goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gracie keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gracie lunges at Denjat with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Denjat's hand.
Denjat tries to land a front kick but Gracie steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie throws out a leg kick but Denjat moves out of range and Gracie only half commits.
Denjat misses with a looping right.
Gracie throws a lazy right hand but Denjat sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gracie fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Denjat.
Denjat takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Denjat feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gracie's calf.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
Denjat goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Denjat keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Denjat tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denjat avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Denjat throws a head kick that misses.
Denjat fails with a takedown attempt.
A clash of legs there as Denjat blocks the low kick.
Denjat throws the kick towards the body but Gracie avoids it.
Gracie instigates a clinch.
Gracie breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Denjat thows a leg kick but Gracie checks it
and Denjat takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denjat shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gracie as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mahmoud Denjat. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick from Denjat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gracie, right into the meat.
Denjat dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
Denjat closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Gracie quickly recovers to half guard.
Gracie is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie is not content to let Denjat control the position.
Gracie is trying to stand.
Gracie is looking for a sweep. Denjat is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denjat keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Gracie won't allow Denjat to pass to mount.
Gracie is looking to escape.
Gracie is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Denjat checks a low kick from Gracie.
Gracie lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Denjat takes one to the chin there.
Denjat pulls out of a head kick attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Denjat throws a half hearted mid kick.
Denjat blocks the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Holden Gracie dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Gracie stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gracie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gracie will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Denjat.
Gracie has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Gracie throws a head kick but Denjat moves out of range.
A left lands for Gracie.
Gracie looks to throw the jab but Denjat is out of range.
Denjat feints and then cracks Gracie's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gracie down.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Denjat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Denjat pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Denjat shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gracie sprawls well. Gracie wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Denjat gets slowly back to his feet.
Denjat misses with a double jab.
Denjat with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gracie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Denjat needs to keep his hands up - Gracie had a free shot at his head there.
Gracie wants to clinch up but Denjat keeps it at a distance.
Gracie takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a sloppy head kick and Denjat moves out of range easily.
Denjat closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Denjat throws a leg kick but Gracie sees it coming and moves out of range.
Denjat checks a leg kick nicely.
Denjat moves away from the strike by Gracie.
Gracie scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Denjat throws a leg kick
and Gracie counters with a series of strikes. Denjat will be more careful next time no doubt.
A leg kick checked by Denjat.
A head kick from Gracie lands but Denjat takes it in his stride.
Gracie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denjat throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Denjat tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gracie blocks a body shot from Denjat.
Denjat has had enough of the clinch but Gracie keeps him there for the moment.
Gracie lands a left hand that snaps the head of Denjat backwards.
Denjat wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Denjat.
Denjat is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Gracie is defending well.
Denjat is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Gracie pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mahmoud Denjat. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A short uppercut from Gracie.
Denjat trying to land knees to the body.
Denjat keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gracie's efforts to push away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie slows down the pace here.
Gracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gracie cracks Denjat with a nice body shot.
A shot in the inside from Denjat.
Gracie controlling the action here for a moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie lands a body punch.
The referee calls for Gracie to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie lands an elbow just above Denjat 's eye.
It looks like Mahmoud Denjat has been cut.
Gracie has Denjat pressed against the cage.
Gracie misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Holden Gracie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mahmoud Denjat's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Denjat shoots in for a takedown but Gracie shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Denjat misses with a takedown attempt - Gracie sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Gracie lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Denjat shoots in for a takedown but Gracie shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mahmoud Denjat. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie lands a head shot.
Gracie throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gracie jabs at Denjat's body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gracie scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Denjat checks a leg kick.
Holden Gracie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Denjat misses with an uppercut.
Gracie pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gracie lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Denjat has a takedown stuffed.
Gracie lands with a shot to the body.
Gracie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Denjat throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mahmoud Denjat has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick from Denjat.
Holden Gracie seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Denjat throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gracie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Denjat circles away quickly and effectively.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie tries to score with a low kick but Denjat moves his leg out of the way.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Denjat.
Gracie connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gracie lands a right hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie lands a jab to the nose.
Gracie fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gracie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Denjat takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Denjat takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Denjat shoots in looking for a takedown but Gracie manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Denjat's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Gracie throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Gracie's jab looks to have found its range, popping Denjat under the eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie scoring well with a low kick there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gracie moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Denjat circles away from the clinch attempt.
Denjat stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gracie.
Gracie throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Donk. Gracie catches Denjat right on the button with a cross.
Gracie bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Denjat's head.
Holden Gracie is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie stuffs the takedown attempt from Denjat. Denjat gets slowly back to his feet.
Denjat is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gracie lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
And that's the end of the fight!
Holden Gracie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Gracie winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Holden Gracie!
A relieved looking Holden Gracie thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitchell Stehling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirian Cregov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stehling comes to the cage accompanied by Turmion Kätilöt - Minä MÄÄRÄÄN!. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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237 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mitchell Stehling!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Mirian Cregov!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stehling loads up on a big right hand but Cregov slips the punch.
Stehling avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stehling shoots in for a takedown but Cregov shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Stehling blocks the body kick.
Stehling shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cregov but Cregov pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Stehling scores with a body shot.
Mitchell Stehling seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stehling misses the shot to the body.
Stehling tries to clinch but Cregov moves out of range.
Cregov scores with a spinning back kick!
Stehling clinches up against the cage.
Cregov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stehling misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right handed body shot lands from Cregov.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cregov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Stehling tries to work over Cregov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cregov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stehling moves out of range of the leg kick from Cregov.
Stehling keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cregov throws a sloppy head kick and Stehling moves out of range easily.
Stehling with a nice cross.
Cregov tries to clinch up but Stehling circles away and keeps his distance.
Cregov scores with a kick to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cregov.
Stehling is breathing heavily.
Some wild striking there from Cregov.
Stehling avoids the head kick by Cregov.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A looping hook to the body misses from Stehling. Cregov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cregov digs a good hook to Stehling's body.
Cregov wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cregov.
Cregov throws a leg kick but Stehling moved away.
Cregov clinches up against the cage.
Cregov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stehling avoids it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Stehling.
Cregov stalling.
A head punch on the inside from Stehling fails to land.
Cregov misses with some punches.
Cregov can't find room to land a body shot as Stehling controls the action.
Stehling throws a punch but it's blocked by Cregov.
Cregov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stehling struggles to land a body shot inside as Cregov controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stehling tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hand to the body from Stehling.
Cregov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Still in the clinch, Stehling scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cregov scores with a shoulder strike.
Stehling stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cregov scores with a hook to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Stehling tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stehling lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Stehling has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Cregov regains guard immediately.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Stehling trying to control the position from guard on top but Cregov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cregov pulls Stehling in to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stehling accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cregov is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cregov being controlled here, momentarily.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cregov cracks a nice hook into Stehling's ribs.
Cregov lands a high kick!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stehling clobbers Cregov with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Stehling wants to clinch.
Stehling moves out of range as Cregov throws a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mirian Cregov dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Cregov lands a front kick.
Cregov looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cregov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stehling shoots in for a double leg but Cregov sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cregov thumps Stehling with a low kick.
Cregov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Stehling throws a leg kick
and Cregov counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Stehling on the wrong end of a nice jab.
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!
Cregov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stehling manages to avoid it.
Cregov is looking to land body kicks.
Stehling doesn't manage to clinch there - Cregov circles away.
Cregov connects with an inside leg kick.
Cregov wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cregov connects with a leg kick. Stehling looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stehling needs to keep his hands up - Cregov had a free shot at his head there.
Stehling ducks under a wild hook from Cregov.
Stehling misses with a straight right.
Stehling tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cregov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cregov throws a hook to the side of Stehling's head but Stehling sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stehling misses the shot to the body.
Mirian Cregov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stehling throws a sloppy head kick
and Cregov makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Cregov scores with a crisp jab that stopped Stehling in his tracks.
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!
Cregov throws a looping overhand right but Stehling ducks down to avoid it.
Cregov lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stehling closes the distance and pushes Cregov back into the cage.
Stehling tries a body shot but Cregov blocks it.
Cregov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cregov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cregov swings wildly with an uppercut but Stehling uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stehling creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Stehling misses with a punch to the body.
Cregov misses with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stehling.
Stehling lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cregov backwards.
Stehling misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hook to the body lands for Cregov.
Stehling blocks a body shot from Cregov.
Cregov throws a head punch that misses.
Cregov is pushing Stehling up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Cregov misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cregov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stehling backwards.
Cregov tries a body shot but Stehling blocks it.
Stehling tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cregov.
Cregov is trying to push Stehling away but Stehling has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Stehling tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stehling tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cregov's elbow.
Cregov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cregov stalling the fight.
Mirian Cregov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cregov misses with a body punch.
Cregov gets through Stehling's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stehling tries to work over Cregov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stehling throws a head punch that misses.
Cregov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cregov lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stehling at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cregov fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cregov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stehling's sensitive parts.
Cregov cracks Stehling with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Stehling showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cregov.
Nice body kick there by Cregov.
Cregov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stehling was well out of range. Poor timing from Cregov.
Stehling is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cregov tries a head kick but it misses.
Stehling blocks a head kick by Cregov.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oooooh!!! Cregov has knocked Stehling down with a huge combo! Cregov steps away and waves a wobbly Stehling back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Stehling is rocked!
Cregov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Oh Stehling is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cregov throws a right hand that Stehling ducks under and follows up with a left that Stehling also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mirian Cregov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!
Cregov lands with a shot to the body.
Stehling seems to have got his legs back now.
Stehling tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cregov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cregov looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Stehling gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Mirian Cregov!
Mirian Cregov is the new heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking Mirian Cregov thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johan Herberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herman Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johan Herberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
36 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Herman Pacquiao!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pacquiao leaves Herberg with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Pacquiao just misses with a punch to the body.
Pacquiao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Herberg was well out of range. Poor timing from Pacquiao.
Herberg tries to clinch but Pacquiao is having none of it.
Herberg shoots in looking for a takedown. Pacquiao tries to sprawl out of it but Herberg keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pacquiao manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Herberg keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pacquiao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Herberg moves away.
Pacquiao throws a poor cross that misses
and Herberg moves into the clinch.
Herberg is leaning against Pacquiao and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pacquiao stops a takedown attempt from Herberg.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johan Herberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Herberg tries to work over Pacquiao's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Herberg has Pacquiao pressed against the cage.
Herberg blocks a body shot from Pacquiao.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Herberg as the two fighters clinch.
Pacquiao pushes Herberg back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pacquiao lands an elbow just above Herberg 's eye.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pacquiao.
Herberg keeps control of Pacquiao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Herberg misses with a hook to the ribs.
Herberg on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Herberg misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pacquiao lands a damaging elbow.
Pacquiao misses with a hook from the clinch.
Herberg lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Herberg lands with a short shot to the head.
Herberg has a couple of punches blocked by Pacquiao.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pacquiao misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Herberg blocks an elbow strike.
Pacquiao misses with a punch to the body.
Pacquiao misses with a hook to the ribs.
Herberg avoiding damage as Pacquiao throws knees to the body.
Pacquiao goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pacquiao tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Herberg prevents a body shot from Pacquiao.
Herberg controlling the action here for a moment.
Herberg has a couple of punches blocked by Pacquiao.
A short right from Pacquiao on the inside.
Pacquiao scores with a shot to the side of Herberg's head.
Herberg tries to score a body lock takedown but Pacquiao shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A short right from Herberg on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao cracks Herberg with a nice body shot.
Pacquiao escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pacquiao is looking to score with low kicks.
Herberg instigates a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Herberg.
Pacquiao swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herberg lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pacquiao backwards.
Pacquiao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Herberg's elbow.
Herberg working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Herberg is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Herberg managing to block the knees to the body from Pacquiao.
Herberg lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Herberg.
Herberg pushes Pacquiao back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Herberg tries to work over Pacquiao's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Herberg lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pacquiao backwards.
Pacquiao lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pacquiao tries to work over Herberg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Herberg gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Nice strikes from Herberg there.
Herberg keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Pacquiao won't allow Herberg to pass to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Herberg not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Herberg missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pacquiao has his hands clasped together around Herberg's back. He's all about the action.
Herberg throwing shots but Pacquiao is blocking nicely.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Pacquiao is looking for a sweep. Herberg is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Herberg is looking to stall here but Pacquiao recovers full guard.
Pacquiao keeping full guard, as Herberg tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johan Herberg dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Herberg fails with a takedown attempt.
Pacquiao is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Herberg moves into the clinch.
Pacquiao utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Herberg wants to stall.
Herberg is looking to take this one to the mat.
Herberg is trying to drag Pacquiao to the mat but Pacquiao just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johan Herberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pacquiao digs a right hand underneath Herberg's ribcage. Herberg let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pacquiao looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pacquiao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Herberg's elbow.
Herberg tries to stall but Pacquiao uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao lands with a left to the head.
Pacquiao lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pacquiao tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Herberg manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Pacquiao with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Johan Herberg has been cut.
Herberg lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pacquiao backwards.
Herberg keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pacquiao's efforts to push away.
Herberg managing to block the knees to the body from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao breaks the clinch.
Herberg tries to clinch but Pacquiao moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pacquiao. Herberg does a little dance to reset his feet.
Herberg lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Pacquiao backs up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pacquiao looks to score with a jab to the body but Herberg is just out of range.
Herman Pacquiao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao throws a low kick but it's checked well by Herberg.
Pacquiao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Herberg manages to avoid it.
Pacquiao attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Johan Herberg is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pacquiao scores with a shot to the body.
Pacquiao darts in and clinches Herberg up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Herberg lands a takedown into guard.
Herberg 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.
Pacquiao looking to control.
Herberg throws an elbow that misses. Pacquiao uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Herberg's guard. Nice move by Pacquiao!
Pacquiao wanted to stand there but Herberg had control of the position.
Pacquiao stands up and waves to Herberg to follow him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao misses with a straight left.
Herberg tries to clinch but Pacquiao is having none of it.
Herberg closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Pacquiao quickly recovers to half guard.
Pacquiao is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Herberg looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pacquiao with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pacquiao is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Herberg scores with a couple of nice shots.
Well, if Herberg 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.
Herberg throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Herberg sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pacquiao defending well though.
Pacquiao works his way to full guard. Good work.
Pacquiao controls Herberg momentarily but Herberg frees himself.
Herberg looking to pass the guard.
Herberg wants to control from the top but Pacquiao keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Herberg working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Herman Pacquiao showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Johan Herberg's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Pacquiao looks to throw a body kick
and Herberg counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Herberg prevents a body shot from Pacquiao.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pacquiao just misses with a elbow thrown towards Herberg's brow.
Pacquiao can't find room to land a body shot as Herberg controls the action.
Pacquiao landing knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Herberg blocking some punches.
Come on Herberg - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Pacquiao tries a body shot but Herberg blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Pacquiao.
A right hook to the body lands for Herberg.
Herberg is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Pacquiao pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Herberg taking a breather.
Pacquiao tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Herberg has Pacquiao pressed against the cage.
Herman Pacquiao seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pacquiao misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Herberg misses with a body punch.
Pacquiao struggles to land a body shot inside as Herberg controls his hands.
Pacquiao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pacquiao is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Herberg is defending well for now.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Herberg lands a hook that snaps the head of Pacquiao backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Herberg fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Herberg.
A shot in the inside from Pacquiao.
Herberg swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pacquiao misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Herberg.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Herberg.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pacquiao blocks an uppercut.
Pacquiao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Herberg has him pressed against the cage.
Herberg is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Pacquiao can't fight it off and eventually Herberg manages to take the fight to the floor. Pacquiao looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Herberg tries to free his leg and advance position but Pacquiao is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herberg postures up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pacquiao can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Herberg controls the pace.
Herberg wants to pass the guard but Pacquiao is keeping the position.
Pacquiao looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Pacquiao keeping moving, preventing Herberg from controlling successfully.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Herberg fails with the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herberg takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pacquiao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Herberg.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pacquiao. Herberg does a little dance to reset his feet.
Herberg clobbers Pacquiao with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pacquiao is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Herberg rather than just go for the knockout.
Herberg is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Herberg shoots for a double leg takedown but Pacquiao sprawls well. He's pushed Herberg's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johan Herberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pacquiao throws a sloppy head kick and Herberg moves out of range easily.
Herberg tries to clinch up but Pacquiao circles away and keeps his distance.
Herberg looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Pacquiao manages to get to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Herberg missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pacquiao seems keen to control Herberg's posture.
Herberg with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pacquiao utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pacquiao looking to control.
Pacquiao pulls Herberg in to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johan Herberg clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Johan Herberg's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Pacquiao stuffs the takedown attempt from Herberg. Herberg gets slowly back to his feet.
Herberg looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pacquiao is fending him off so far but Herberg persists. Nope, Pacquiao circles away and we're back to standing.
Herberg takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Herberg takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Herberg gets tackled into the cage by Pacquiao. Pacquiao maintains the clinch.
Pacquiao lands a right hand that snaps the head of Herberg backwards.
Pacquiao can't find room to land a body shot as Herberg controls the action.
Herberg trying to stall but Pacquiao improves his position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pacquiao.
A right hook to the body lands for Pacquiao.
A body shot lands from Pacquiao.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pacquiao presses Herberg against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Herberg blocks a body shot from Pacquiao.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Pacquiao lands an elbow inside that Herberg shrugs off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Herberg managing to block the knees to the body from Pacquiao.
Nice body punch from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pacquiao feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Herbergs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Pacquiao connects with a leg kick. Herberg looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pacquiao throws a head kick that misses.
A good leg kick by Pacquiao.
Herberg takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Pacquiao scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Herberg doesn't seem bothered though.
Pacquiao stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johan Herberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Herberg takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Herman Pacquiao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A telegraphed right hand from Pacquiao misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herberg shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Pacquiao but Pacquiao pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Pacquiao scores with a decent looking hook.
Pacquiao misses with a wild combination.
Herberg shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Good leg kick by Pacquiao there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Herberg darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Herberg throwing shots but Pacquiao is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao gets back to full guard.
Herberg distracts Pacquiao with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Pacquiao wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Herberg tries to free his leg and advance position but Pacquiao is retaining full guard.
Pacquiao controls Herberg momentarily but Herberg frees himself.
Herberg tries to free his leg and advance position but Pacquiao is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Herberg missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pacquiao is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Herberg works over Pacquiao with some ground and pound from guard.
Pacquiao keeping moving, preventing Herberg from controlling successfully.
Herberg is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Pacquiao gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Herman Pacquiao dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Johan Herberg's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Pacquiao misses with a straight left.
Pacquiao throws a good cross that connects.
Pacquiao looks for the body kick but Herberg saw that one coming.
Herberg shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Herberg misses with a takedown attempt - Pacquiao sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Pacquiao has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Pacquiao throws a hook but Herberg avoids it easily.
Pacquiao throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Herberg counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pacquiao goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Herberg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Herberg blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A body shot lands from Herberg.
Herberg is trying to maintain a safe position but Pacquiao gets an underhook and turns Herberg into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Herberg creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pacquiao working hard to break the clinch.
Herberg prevents a body shot from Pacquiao.
Herberg drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Pacquiao gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johan Herberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pacquiao cracks Herberg with a nice body shot.
Pacquiao manages to break the clinch.
Pacquiao throws a body kick that misses.
Herman Pacquiao seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pacquiao swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Herberg moves out of range of the strikes.
Herberg keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao is looking to score with low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Pacquiao tenderised Herberg's leg. Herberg is trying to keep his angry face on.
Herberg shoots in looking for a takedown. Pacquiao tries to sprawl out of it but Herberg keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pacquiao manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Herberg has Pacquiao up against the cage in a clinch.
Herberg prevents a body shot from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao wants to break free but Herberg has control.
Pacquiao works on Herberg's body with a couple of short punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pacquiao throws a punch but it's blocked by Herberg.
Herberg struggles to land a body shot inside as Pacquiao controls his hands.
Pacquiao can't find room to land a body shot as Herberg controls the action.
Herberg wants a takedown.
Pacquiao lands a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herberg lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pacquiao backwards.
Pacquiao misses with an elbow over the top.
Pacquiao breaks the clinch.
Herberg shoots in but Pacquiao avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Herberg takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Herberg looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pacquiao is fending him off so far but Herberg persists. Nope, Pacquiao circles away and we're back to standing.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Herberg avoids the head kick by Pacquiao.
A telegraphed right hand from Pacquiao misses the target.
Pacquiao misses with a straight right.
Pacquiao misses with a few strikes there.
Pacquiao misses with a leg kick
and Herberg decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Pacquiao's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao keeping moving, preventing Herberg from controlling successfully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Herberg postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Herberg postures up and lands a big shot to Pacquiao's brow.
Herberg tries to free his leg and advance position but Pacquiao is retaining full guard.
Pacquiao pulls Herberg in close to prevent any damage.
Herberg trying to control but Pacquiao is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pacquiao trying to keep a closed guard but Herberg is proving a slippery customer.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Herman Pacquiao.
I think Pacquiao has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 47:48
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 47:48
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Herman Pacquiao!
Herman Pacquiao tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Igor Glozman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kauno Kaalikorva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Glozman comes to the cage accompanied by enae Volare Mezzo. This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Igor Glozman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kauno Kaalikorva!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glozman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Glozman throws a body kick that misses.
Kaalikorva misses with a straight right.
Glozman has managed to clinch.
Kaalikorva tries to score a body lock takedown but Glozman shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A head punch on the inside from Kaalikorva fails to land.
Kaalikorva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Glozman lands a left hand.
Kaalikorva taking a breather.
Glozman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kaalikorva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kaalikorva working aggressively here.
Glozman holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kaalikorva struggles to land a body shot inside as Glozman controls his hands.
Glozman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kaalikorva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Glozman looking to stall.
Kaalikorva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Glozman backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body punch from Kaalikorva.
Glozman trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaalikorva tries to break the clinch but Glozman is controlling the position.
Kaalikorva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Glozman pushes Kaalikorva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kaalikorva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch on the inside from Kaalikorva fails to land.
Glozman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kaalikorva backwards.
Glozman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Glozman.
Kaalikorva is looking to take this one to the mat.
Glozman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kaalikorva misses with a punch to the body.
A right hand to the body from Glozman.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kaalikorva is looking to break free of the clinch but Glozman has double underhooks.
Glozman scores with a shot to the side of Kaalikorva's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Glozman.
Kaalikorva can't get the takedown.
Igor Glozman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kauno Kaalikorva.
Kaalikorva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Glozman backwards.
Kaalikorva dodges an elbow strike from Glozman.
A head punch on the inside from Kaalikorva fails to land.
Nice body punch from Glozman - that landed with a thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glozman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Glozman lands a body punch.
Kaalikorva looks gassed!
Kaalikorva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kaalikorva blocks the elbow strike.
Kaalikorva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kaalikorva struggles to land a body shot inside as Glozman controls his hands.
Kaalikorva breaks from the clinch.
Glozman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kaalikorva.
Kaalikorva looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Glozman throws a jab when Kaalikorva was well out of range.
Kaalikorva looks to land a left hand but Glozman moved out of range nicely.
Kaalikorva swings widly with a right hand
and Glozman counters with a left to the body.
Kaalikorva avoids the head kick by Glozman.
Nice sprawl there from Glozman as Kaalikorva shoots in.
Kauno Kaalikorva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kaalikorva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Glozman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kaalikorva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Glozman manages to avoid it.
Igor Glozman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Glozman throws a right hand that Kaalikorva ducks under and follows up with a left that Kaalikorva also avoids with ease.
Glozman tests Kaalikorva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Glozman ducks under a wild hook from Kaalikorva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glozman tries to clinch there but Kaalikorva circles away.
Glozman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Glozman will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Glozman jabs at Kaalikorva's body.
Glozman is looking to clinch.
Kaalikorva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Glozman with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kaalikorva throws a front kick aimed at Glozman's knee but Glozman avoids it well.
A big right from Glozman misses.
Kaalikorva scores with a jab to the jaw.
A big right from Glozman misses.
Glozman scores with a body shot.
Glozman thows a body kick. Kaalikorva tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Glozman misses with an uppercut. Kaalikorva saw that one coming.
Kaalikorva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kaalikorva takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaalikorva has closed the distance and engaged Glozman in a clinch.
Kaalikorva tries a body shot but Glozman blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Glozman fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Glozman.
Kaalikorva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kaalikorva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kaalikorva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kaalikorva has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Glozman avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Glozman just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kaalikorva's brow.
Kaalikorva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Glozman content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Glozman.
Glozman lands a left hand.
Kaalikorva blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Glozman scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kaalikorva is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Glozman pushes Kaalikorva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kaalikorva wants to get back to striking at distance but Glozman won't allow it.
Glozman looking to stall.
Glozman seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Kaalikorva is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Glozman dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Glozman throws a big shot that misses.
Glozman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kaalikorva has his takedown stuffed
and Glozman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kaalikorva connects with a jab.
Glozman looks to score with a jab to the body but Kaalikorva is just out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Kaalikorva. Those never looked like landing.
Kaalikorva has his takedown stuffed
and Glozman counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Glozman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kaalikorva.
Glozman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kaalikorva manages to avoid it.
Glozman is looking to clinch but Kaalikorva is avoiding it.
Good leg kick by Glozman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kaalikorva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Glozman.
Glozman ducks under a wild hook from Kaalikorva.
Glozman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kaalikorva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kaalikorva misses with a few strikes there.
Glozman lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaalikorva looks to land a right hand but Glozman moved out of range.
Kaalikorva avoids the head kick by Glozman.
Kaalikorva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kaalikorva connects with a right hand. Glozman shakes it off.
Kaalikorva gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Glozman.
Kaalikorva is breathing heavily.
Kaalikorva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Glozman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Glozman looks to score with a jab to the body but Kaalikorva is just out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Glozman darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Glozman swinging wildly here.
A big right from Kaalikorva misses.
Glozman slips under a jab.
Glozman scores with a punch to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kaalikorva scores a takedown into full mount!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Glozman is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glozman somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Glozman scoring well with a low kick there.
Kaalikorva throws a looping overhand right but Glozman ducks down to avoid it.
Glozman misses with a straight left.
Glozman misses with an uppercut
and Kaalikorva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kaalikorva takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The fight stays on the outside here - Glozman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Donk. Glozman catches Kaalikorva right on the button with a cross.
Glozman avoids the body shot from Kaalikorva.
Glozman scores with a kick to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glozman takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kaalikorva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Glozman.
Glozman connects with a jab.
Glozman throws a leg kick but Kaalikorva moved away.
Kaalikorva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Glozman circles away.
Igor Glozman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kauno Kaalikorva.
Glozman lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Glozman lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kaalikorva takes a step back to recover.
Glozman 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.
Kaalikorva is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kaalikorva gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Glozman gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Kaalikorva is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Igor Glozman!
Igor Glozman retains his middleweight title!
Our winner, Igor Glozman, 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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