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Syndicate 135 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sun Kato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johannes van Bruggen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kato comes to the cage accompanied by STILL BALLIN. Sun Kato could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Johannes van Bruggen's chin.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sun Kato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johannes van Bruggen!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kato throws a body punch but van Bruggen moves out of range.
van Bruggen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
van Bruggen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kato swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kato fakes high and swings low for a body shot but van Bruggen manages to avoid it.
van Bruggen tries to clinch there but Kato circles away.
Kato keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
van Bruggen misses with an uppercut.
van Bruggen shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Kato napping and manages to drive through into side control!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
van Bruggen wants to control but Kato is keeping him busy.
van Bruggen takes a little break here. Kato wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Kato is trying to control van Bruggen's posture but van Bruggen avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
van Bruggen throws a strike aimed at the side of Kato's head but Kato avoids it well.
Kato is letting van Bruggen control him for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen is looking to take a break and control but Kato is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Johannes van Bruggen was stalling too much, according to the referee.
van Bruggen closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - van Bruggen lands in his opponent's guard.
Kato keeping moving, preventing van Bruggen from controlling successfully.
van Bruggen stays in close to Kato's body and controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
van Bruggen tries to free his leg and advance position but Kato is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen trying to control the position from guard on top but Kato is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Johannes van Bruggen was stalling too much, according to the referee.
van Bruggen throws a right hand that misses
and Kato connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
van Bruggen connects with a solid leg kick.
Kato avoids the body shot from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen misses with a looping right.
van Bruggen lands with an overhand left.
Kato keeps the fight on the outside.
van Bruggen tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kato cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kato cracks van Bruggen with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! van Bruggen looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Kato finish him?
van Bruggen is rocked!
It looks like Johannes van Bruggen has been cut.
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!
Nice defenses there by Kato.
van Bruggen is still on wobbly legs! Can Kato finish him?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
van Bruggen seems to have recovered his senses.
Kato lands a big uppercut and van Bruggen crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but van Bruggen looks OK. Kato waves van Bruggen back to his feet!
Kato thows a body kick. van Bruggen tries to catch it but that hurt him.
van Bruggen misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sun Kato has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johannes van Bruggen.
Kato misses with a leg kick
enabling van Bruggen to counter with a crisp jab.
van Bruggen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sun Kato is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kato throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
van Bruggen fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
van Bruggen throws a head kick but Kato moves out of range.
van Bruggen misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Kato to counter with a crisp jab.
van Bruggen keeps the fight on the outside.
van Bruggen moves into range and clinches up with Kato.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sun Kato dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johannes van Bruggen's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
van Bruggen darts in trying to clinch
and Kato counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps van Bruggen thinking.
van Bruggen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kato counters with a nice right hand that sends van Bruggen toppling to the canvas! van Bruggen scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Kato finish him?!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
van Bruggen tries to clinch but Kato moves away
and Kato counters with a good low kick that van Bruggen was not able to check.
van Bruggen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kato as he jumps to the side.
Kato fakes high and swings low for a body shot but van Bruggen manages to avoid it.
A slapping leg kick lands for van Bruggen.
van Bruggen ducks under a wild hook from Kato.
Kato wants to land a leg kick but van Bruggen is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato keeps the fight on the outside.
Kato changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Kato enables van Bruggen to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Kato manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
van Bruggen looking to sit in guard and control but Kato gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Kato trying to control the position from guard on top but van Bruggen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kato trying to stand up but can't free himself from van Bruggen's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kato is stalling in the full guard.
We're going to have a standup here because Sun Kato wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Kato throws a body punch but van Bruggen moves out of range.
Kato throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kato looks to score with a jab to the body but van Bruggen is just out of range.
van Bruggen moves into range and clinches up with Kato.
Kato pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato throws a low kick, looking for van Bruggen's leg but van Bruggen calmly moves out of range.
Kato throws a leg kick
enabling van Bruggen to counter with a crisp jab.
Kato tries to clinch up.
Kato fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
van Bruggen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kato manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
van Bruggen slips a straight right by Kato.
van Bruggen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kato sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kato looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
van Bruggen is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Kato's half guard.
van Bruggen is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Kato reverses the position - he's now on top in van Bruggen's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
van Bruggen keeping full guard, as Kato tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kato wants to stand but van Bruggen is controlling his posture from full guard.
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 round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sun Kato dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Johannes van Bruggen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Kato tries to bum rush van Bruggen with a series of wild strikes but van Bruggen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kato defends well against a solid takedown attempt from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kato.
van Bruggen tries to clinch up.
Nice sprawl there from Kato as van Bruggen shoots in.
Jab, jab by van Bruggen - just one landing.
Horrible takedown by van Bruggen or perhaps it was just good defense by Kato which made him look bad.
Sun Kato has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johannes van Bruggen.
Kato circles away from the clinch attempt.
van Bruggen tries to clinch up
and Kato counters with a crisp one two that drops van Bruggen! Kato thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves van Bruggen to his feet! van Bruggen is in big trouble!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
van Bruggen looks to clinch
and Kato counters with a thumping low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
van Bruggen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kato's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
van Bruggen rushes Kato and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kato misses with a shot to the kidneys.
van Bruggen gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
van Bruggen wants to pass to mount but Kato is defending the position.
Kato has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. van Bruggen is working away from the top position though.
Kato is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
van Bruggen wants to pass to mount but Kato is defending the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen is trying to control the action in half guard but Kato is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Kato is looking to control van Bruggen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kato avoid being mounted?
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
van Bruggen trying to control the action but Kato is working from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
van Bruggen fails with a takedown attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
van Bruggen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kato as he jumps to the side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen connects with an inside leg kick.
Kato takes a swing at van Bruggen's ribcage but misses.
van Bruggen shoots in but no luck this time.
van Bruggen checks a leg kick nicely.
van Bruggen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kato gets underhooks to prevent van Bruggen's takedown attempt.
Johannes van Bruggen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kato works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kato lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt van Bruggen or not.
van Bruggen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
van Bruggen gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Kato regains guard.
Kato looking to control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kato keeping moving, preventing van Bruggen from controlling successfully.
Kato tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen slips nicely into half guard.
Kato is looking to improve his position.
van Bruggen lands strikes from half guard.
van Bruggen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
van Bruggen wants to take a breather but Kato is having none of it.
Sun Kato is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
van Bruggen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kato's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
van Bruggen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
van Bruggen is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sun Kato.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kato, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sun Kato!
Sun Kato seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Luke Fluke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stefan Pozsgai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pozsgai has chosen Face in the Sand as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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154 lbs
22 - 8 - 0 |
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158 lbs
23 - 11 - 2 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Luke Fluke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stefan Pozsgai!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fluke avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pozsgai fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fluke.
Pozsgai throws a head kick that Fluke semi-blocks.
It looks like Luke Fluke has been cut.
Pozsgai swings for the body but Fluke moves out of range.
Fluke connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pozsgai fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fluke walks into a jab.
Fluke is rocked!
Fluke pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Oh Fluke is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fluke scores with a nice body kick.
Pozsgai cracks Fluke with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Fluke tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Pozsgai pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Fluke is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stefan Pozsgai!
In his post fight interview, Stefan Pozsgai gave a big smile as he said 'Over 9000'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tweedle Dee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oswaldo Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dee's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Chumbawamba - Tubthumping. Sanchez has chosen In The Ghetto - By Elvis Presley as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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195 lbs
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195 lbs
20 - 7 - 1 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Tweedle Dee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Oswaldo Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez lands a front kick.
Sanchez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sanchez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sanchez walks forward, straight into a front kick from Dee.
Sanchez staying out of range there.
Dee uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sanchez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dee doesn't seem bothered though.
Dee takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dee misses with an uppercut. Sanchez saw that one coming.
Sanchez misses with a two punch combination.
Sanchez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dee moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dee on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a low kick.
Donk. Dee catches Sanchez right on the button with a cross.
Dee chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sanchez can pounce on him.
Sanchez moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sanchez - that will leave a mark!
Dee lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Dee comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sanchez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sanchez connects with the punch.
Sanchez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dee scores with a sloppy right hand. Sanchez should have avoided that one.
Sanchez fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dee checks it well.
Dee throws a body punch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Dee moves out of range of the body kick from Sanchez.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Dee.
Oswaldo Sanchez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dee lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Dee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Dee.
Sanchez throws a low kick but Dee avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dee misses the shot to the body.
Sanchez moves out of range of the body kick.
Dee moves out of range as Sanchez throws a body kick.
Dee throws a body punch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Sanchez connects with the punch.
Sanchez pushes Dee away with a front kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Sanchez blocks the leg kick.
Dee throws a body kick that misses
and Sanchez counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dee misses with a low kick as Sanchez jumps back.
Sanchez lands the left hand.
Sanchez scores with a jab. Dee acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sanchez misses with a body kick.
Dee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a low kick, looking for Dee's leg but Dee calmly moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dee goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dee lands with a straight right. Sanchez didn't see that one coming.
Dee connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sanchez. Sanchez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dee throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Dee moves away from the strike by Sanchez.
Dee throws a lazy uppercut
and Sanchez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A bone on bone clash there as Dee blocks the leg kick.
Sanchez plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dee misses with a body kick.
Dee misses with an uppercut. Sanchez saw that one coming.
Dee throws a shot to the body.
Dee throws a hook but Sanchez avoids it easily.
Sanchez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dee is out of range and Sanchez settles back down.
Dee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanchez manages to avoid it.
Sanchez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dee lands a jab to Sanchez's midsection.
Sanchez slips under a jab from Dee.
Sanchez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dee doesn't seem bothered though.
Dee lands a leg kick that knocks Sanchez off balance momentarily.
Dee connects with a body shot.
Dee thows a body shot but no joy.
Dee fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sanchez checks it well.
Dee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanchez throws a body punch but Dee moves out of range.
Dee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big right from Sanchez misses.
A clash of legs there as Dee blocks the low kick.
Dee throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dee checks a leg kick nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Tweedle Dee will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Dee looks to land a right hand but Sanchez moved out of range.
Dee throws a lazy right hand but Sanchez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sanchez connects with a solid leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sanchez blocks a jab.
Sanchez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dee feints and as Sanchez raises his hands in defense, Dee changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sanchez keeping moving, preventing Dee from controlling successfully.
Sanchez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dee pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sanchez is keeping the position for now.
Sanchez seems keen to control Dee's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dee is one step ahead there.
Dee passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Dee wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sanchez keeps working.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sanchez is trying to control Dee's posture but Dee avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dee misses with the ground and pound.
Sanchez tries to buck Dee off but Dee is having none of it.
Sanchez is not content to let Dee control the position.
I wouldn't like to be where Sanchez is right now.
Dee tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Dee trying to control the position but Sanchez is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to bench press Dee off him but Dee keeps the position.
Dee tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Dee working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The strikes coming from Dee are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Sanchez regains half guard, as Dee was trying to land strikes.
Dee is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Sanchez sees it coming and defends easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dee is keen to just control but Sanchez is a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dee is working for a kimura but Sanchez is defending it quite comfortably.
Dee with the ground and pound but Sanchez uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Sanchez keeping full guard, as Dee tries to pass.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez controls Dee momentarily but Dee frees himself.
Dee throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tweedle Dee dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Sanchez throws a front kick aimed at Dee's knee but Dee avoids it well.
Sanchez scores with a push kick.
Sanchez throws a chopping leg kick but Dee manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dee misses with an uppercut. Sanchez saw that one coming.
Dee looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
Dee lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sanchez throws the kick towards the body but Dee avoids it.
Some bone on bone action there as Dee checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dee misses with a low kick.
Dee connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sanchez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A head kick by Dee misses
and Sanchez counters with a leg kick.
Dee checks a low kick from Sanchez.
Nice sprawl there from Sanchez as Dee shoots in.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Sanchez.
Dee blocks a jab.
Dee misses with a hook. Sanchez ducked under it nicely.
Dee takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sanchez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dee looks to land a body kick but Sanchez moved away.
Dee lands a jab to Sanchez's midsection.
Dee closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Sanchez keeping control of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to get to full guard but Dee has control of the leg.
Oswaldo Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sanchez trying to control but Dee postures up.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Dee is trying to control the action in half guard but Sanchez is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Oswaldo Sanchez.
Dee bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sanchez's head.
Sanchez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sanchez.
Dee shoots in for a takedown but Sanchez shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tweedle Dee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Dee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dee avoids a kick to the body.
Dee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanchez manages to avoid it.
Sanchez thows a left - swing and a miss!
A solid body kick from Dee.
Dee takes one to the chin there.
It looks like Tweedle Dee has been cut.
Dee pushes Sanchez away with a front kick.
Dee throws a leg kick but Sanchez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dee.
Sanchez scores with a nice right hand.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sanchez - that will leave a mark!
Dee lands a jab to Sanchez's midsection.
Dee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanchez throws out the jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dee chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sanchez can pounce on him.
Dee is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a hook. Dee ducked under it nicely.
A jab from Sanchez misses.
Tweedle Dee is winning the standup battle so far.
Dee scores with a nice right hand.
Dee fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sanchez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dee lands a nice looking body shot.
Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dee.
Dee misses the jab.
Dee missing with a left hand there. Sanchez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanchez lands with a straight right. Dee didn't see that one coming.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dee on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Dee throws a nice head kick!
Dee on the wrong end of a nice hook.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Oswaldo Sanchez.
I think Dee 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Tweedle Dee!
Tweedle Dee made sure to mention his sponsor, Syndicate Nutrition (DUS) in his post fight interview.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rudi Guns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and AL Lickertwat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guns comes to the cage accompanied by If I Ruled The World. Rudi Guns has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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29
148 lbs
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141 lbs
8 - 1 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
25 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rudi Guns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, AL Lickertwat!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Guns.
Lickertwat shoots for a double leg takedown but Guns sprawls well. He's pushed Lickertwat's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Guns throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lickertwat counters with a thumping low kick.
Guns throws a body punch but Lickertwat moves out of range.
Guns keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lickertwat.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Guns, as that shot connected.
Guns misses with a body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Guns.
Lickertwat takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lickertwat clobbers Guns with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Lickertwat misses the jab.
Lickertwat misses with a looping right.
Guns connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lickertwat's hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guns thows a body shot but no joy.
Lickertwat throws a body punch but Guns moves out of range.
Guns checks a leg kick nicely.
Guns is looking to wear down Lickertwat with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Guns shoots in for a double leg but Lickertwat sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lickertwat.
Lickertwat misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guns.
Guns jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Guns avoids the body shot from Lickertwat.
Lickertwat throws a jab but it's blocked by Guns.
Lickertwat swings widly with a right hand
and Guns counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lickertwat connects with a body shot.
Guns throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lickertwat's waist but Lickertwat gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Guns off to one side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guns is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lickertwat.
Lickertwat misses with an uppercut.
Guns thows a left - swing and a miss!
Guns drops his hands momentarily and Lickertwat takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Guns fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lickertwat manages to avoid it.
Guns lands with an overhand left.
Lickertwat jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lickertwat looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Guns!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Lickertwat tries to control but Guns wriggling away.
Guns is trying to escape the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lickertwat raining down hammerfists from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lickertwat controlling the pace for now.
Guns is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Lickertwat cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Lickertwat fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Guns is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lickertwat scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Guns tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lickertwat lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Lickertwat putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guns tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lickertwat working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Lickertwat lands a heavy elbow.
Guns is rocked!
Guns taking shots to the head.
Oh Guns is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lickertwat lands a big shot there that rocks Guns but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lickertwat looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lickertwat working the ground and pound effectively.
Lickertwat can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Guns is looking to escape.
Lickertwat lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Guns hang on?
Guns is looking to get to half guard.
Guns seems to have got his legs back now.
Lickertwat tries to control but Guns wriggling away.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Guns can't escape the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lickertwat has hold of Guns's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Guns manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Guns is squirming around, avoiding Lickertwat's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
AL Lickertwat dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Guns looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lickertwat looks to land a left hand but Guns moved out of range nicely.
Lickertwat gets a takedown into half guard.
Lickertwat seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Guns does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Guns is looking for a sweep. Lickertwat is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Guns is working hard here to advance position.
Lickertwat looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lickertwat not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Guns is refusing to be controlled, as Lickertwat sits in half guard.
Guns wants to get back to full guard.
Lickertwat lands with a punch from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guns moves into full guard.
Lickertwat cracks Guns with a solid left hand.
Lickertwat trying to control the position from guard on top but Guns is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Guns wants to sweep here but Lickertwat controlling him for the moment.
Lickertwat trying to control the position from guard on top but Guns is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Guns looking for a sweep. Not yet Guns, not yet.
Lickertwat throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lickertwat won't allow Guns to sweep him here.
Guns looking to control.
Guns 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.
Lickertwat trying to control the position from guard on top but Guns is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Guns lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lickertwat looks to throw the jab but Guns is out of range.
Lickertwat moves away from the strike by Guns.
No luck for Guns with that takedown attempt.
A clash of legs there as Guns blocks the low kick.
Lickertwat connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Guns bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Lickertwat manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Guns on his heels. He'll look to pass Guns's guard now, I'm sure.
Lickertwat stays in close to Guns's body and controls the position.
Lickertwat won't allow Guns to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lickertwat works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Lickertwat is working for a kimura but Guns is defending it quite comfortably.
Lickertwat working the head and body with strikes.
Lickertwat is trying to control the action in half guard but Guns is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Guns tries to get to full guard but Lickertwat has control of the leg.
Guns looking for submissions off his back.
Guns is refusing to be controlled, as Lickertwat sits in half guard.
Lickertwat working the head and body with strikes.
Guns is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lickertwat lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Guns is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Guns gets full guard.
Lickertwat scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lickertwat avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
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!
Guns looking to control.
Guns keeping moving, preventing Lickertwat from controlling successfully.
Lickertwat throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Guns works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Guns wants to sweep but no luck.
Lickertwat throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lickertwat controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
AL Lickertwat showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Lickertwat decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Guns is trying to get back to full guard.
Lickertwat wants to control but Guns is keeping him busy.
Guns wants to get back to full guard.
Lickertwat working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Guns tries to get to full guard but Lickertwat has control of the leg.
Guns is staying active underneath Lickertwat, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Guns tries to get to full guard but Lickertwat has control of the leg.
Lickertwat slows the pace down in half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Guns keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Guns tries to roll over but Lickertwat keeps him under control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lickertwat is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Guns!
Lickertwat with a couple of short strikes.
Guns is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Guns takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Lickertwat pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Guns is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lickertwat trying to control but Guns is having none of it.
Guns is wriggling around trying to escape.
Lickertwat can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Guns is looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lickertwat connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Guns in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Guns is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Lickertwat can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Guns is looking to escape.
Guns taking shots to the head.
Guns is looking to get to half guard.
Guns regains half guard.
Guns is looking to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lickertwat is trying to control. Guns wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Guns keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lickertwat looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Guns is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Guns throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Lickertwat takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Rudi Guns has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Guns is looking for a sweep. Lickertwat is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Guns is refusing to be controlled, as Lickertwat sits in half guard.
Lickertwat passes to full mount!
Lickertwat controlling from mount.
Guns is wriggling around trying to escape.
AL Lickertwat is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lickertwat tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Lickertwat lands a nice shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guns really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Lickertwat with shots to the head and body - Guns looks very uncomfortable down there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lickertwat working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Guns is squirming around, avoiding Lickertwat's attempts to control the action.
Lickertwat with shots to the head and body - Guns looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that's the end of the fight!
AL Lickertwat comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Lickertwat 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... AL Lickertwat!
A very excited looking AL Lickertwat made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Fernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). William's entrance music is Outlaw's Reward . A fine choice. Fernandez has chosen Oh My God That's The Greatest Song In The World Ever!! as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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214 lbs
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213 lbs
13 - 3 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James William!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Miguel Fernandez!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - William throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A leg kick checked by Fernandez.
William moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
William looks to score with a jab to the body but Fernandez is just out of range.
William cracks Fernandez with an open hand slap.
William tries to clinch but Fernandez moves out of range.
William takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
James William seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
William scores with a jab to the body.
William works Fernandez's body with a nice hook.
William slips under a jab from Fernandez.
William misses with a body shot.
William 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fernandez throws a looping overhand right but William ducks down to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Fernandez.
Fernandez throws a right and a left that both miss.
William throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fernandez throws an off balance right hand
letting William counter with a right hand.
William ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fernandez moves away.
Fernandez slips a straight right by William.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fernandez throws a big shot that misses.
William wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
William throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fernandez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
It looks like James William has been cut.
Fernandez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
William connects with a leg kick. Fernandez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
William uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Fernandez has time to react.
William slips a jab from Fernandez.
William closes the distance and clinches.
William misses with a body punch.
Fernandez digs a right hand into William's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on William's gas tank.
This has been an exciting period of action!
William softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fernandez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt William or not.
Fernandez can't find room to land a body shot as William controls the action.
Fernandez prevents William from breaking the clinch.
William looking to stall.
William lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fernandez backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
William goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from William.
William can't find room to land a body shot as Fernandez controls the action.
William being controlled against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by William.
William prevents a body shot from Fernandez.
William misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fernandez is leaning against William and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for William.
Fernandez can't find room to land a body shot as William controls the action.
Fernandez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fernandez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fernandez working hard to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez lands with a light punch inside.
William tries to pull guard but Fernandez won't allow it.
William misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fernandez lands a left hand.
Fernandez wants to stall.
William decides to pull guard.
Fernandez wants to control from the top but William keeps moving.
William has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Fernandez has passed into side control.
William tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez looking to control but instead William has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
William trying to hold on to Fernandez's head to control him but Fernandez postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James William dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James William's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
William keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
William goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sloppy strikes from William. Those never looked like landing.
Fernandez tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
William lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fernandez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
William takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
William throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
William throws a solid leg kick but Fernandez takes the impact on his shin and smiles at William.
Fernandez misses with a looping right.
Fernandez connects with a good right hand that stumbles William. William circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
William throws out a loose jab but Fernandez uses good head movement to avoid it.
William tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Fernandez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
William will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fernandez doesn't manage to clinch there - William circles away.
Fernandez digs a good body shot into William's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
William throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Fernandez misses with a series of wild punches.
William is looking to land body kicks.
Fernandez thows a body shot but no joy.
William is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Fernandez.
William fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
William moves out of range of the strikes.
Fernandez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
William looks for a takedown but Fernandez sprawls well.
William pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
William keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fernandez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but William moves away.
William looks for a takedown but Fernandez sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James William. That's going to take a lot out of him.
William uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fernandez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez works William's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fernandez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but William manages to avoid it.
William on the wrong end of a nice jab.
James William's cut is getting worse.
Fernandez looks to score with a jab to the body but William is just out of range.
Fernandez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and William counters with a lovely straight right hand!
William ducks under a wild hook from Fernandez.
William misses with a looping left.
No joy there for William, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fernandez takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Fernandez thuds his right hand into William's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Fernandez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fernandez throws a body punch but William moves out of range.
Miguel Fernandez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
William works Fernandez's body with a nice hook.
William misses with a body shot.
William connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
William slips under a jab.
Fernandez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
William misses with a looping right.
Fernandez lands with a straight right. William didn't see that one coming.
Fernandez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
William keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fernandez.
William's corner calls for a 1-2. William obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
William with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Fernandez to score with a decent uppercut.
William takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
William throws a low kick but Fernandez moves out of range easily.
Fernandez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from William.
A nice leg kick lands there from Fernandez.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
William throws the left hand but Fernandez avoids the punch easily.
William looks to throw the jab but Fernandez is out of range.
William misses with a body shot.
James William is winning the standup battle so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
William has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from William there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fernandez throws a leg kick but William sees it coming and checks it nicely.
William scores with a jab.
William tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fernandez pivots, looking for a leg kick but William is out of range and Fernandez settles back down.
William tries to land a body kick
and Fernandez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
William does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
William looks to land a left hand but Fernandez moved out of range nicely.
Fernandez throws a hook to the side of William's head but William sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fernandez blocks a jab.
William tries to clinch up.
A jab from William misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
William throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
William throws a poor cross that misses
and Fernandez counters with a nice uppercut.
Fernandez lands a jab to the head.
William swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Fernandez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on James William's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
William checks a low kick from Fernandez.
William misses with an uppercut.
William throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Decent striking displayed by Fernandez there.
Good shot there by Fernandez.
William clinches.
William is looking to break free of the clinch but Fernandez has double underhooks.
William lands a shoulder strike.
William blocks an uppercut.
Fernandez tries a body shot but William blocks it.
William swings away with an uppercut that misses.
William is working for takedown but Fernandez is calmly controlling the position for now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fernandez.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fernandez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fernandez clinches with his opponent.
Fernandez manages to break the clinch.
William walks into a left hand.
James William's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
William uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fernandez.
William looks to land a right hand but Fernandez moved out of range.
William scores with a leg kick.
Fernandez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
William jabs at Fernandez's body.
A chopping leg kick lands by William.
William tries to work over Fernandez's front leg with a kick but Fernandez checks it.
William just misses with a punch to the body.
Fernandez motions for William to come forward. Fernandez throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
William misses with a two punch combination.
William connects with a nice looking jab.
Fernandez is rocked!
William moves in close and cracks Fernandez with a massive right hand! Fernandez, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by William!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James William!
James William very nearly forgot to thank Brute amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tadamasa Yamada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Usain Watts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watts has chosen 9000 Watts as his entrance music. Usain Watts 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tadamasa Yamada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Usain Watts!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamada throws a series of punches but Watts moves out of range.
Yamada misses with a body shot.
Watts throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yamada changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Yamada throws a low kick but Watts avoids it.
Watts tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Watts throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yamada.
Yamada is looking to score with low kicks.
Watts connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Watts thumps Yamada with a low kick.
Yamada keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A punch combination from Watts misses.
Yamada takes one to the side of the head.
Watts swings for the body but Yamada moves out of range.
Watts throws a lazy uppercut
and Yamada counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Usain Watts has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yamada misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Watts finds it's way through Yamada's defenses.
Watts takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yamada lands with a hook. Watts tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts circles away from the clinch attempt.
Watts cracks Yamada with a good jab.
A big left from Yamada misses.
Yamada scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Yamada missing with a left hand there. Watts was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Watts misses with a low kick.
Watts misses with a head kick.
Yamada feints a jab promting Watts to slip. Yamada then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Watts slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Tadamasa Yamada is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yamada closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Yamada lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Watts backwards.
Watts lands a body punch in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watts prevents a body shot from Yamada.
Watts works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Watts lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yamada backwards.
Watts tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yamada's elbow.
Yamada blocks an uppercut.
Watts throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watts stalling in the clinch.
Watts working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yamada stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Yamada doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Watts misses with a body punch.
Watts slowing the pace effectively.
Yamada misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Watts.
Yamada looking to stall.
Yamada tries a body shot but Watts blocks it.
Yamada throws a head punch that misses.
Watts misses with a punch on the inside.
Watts working aggressively here.
Yamada tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yamada lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Watts or not.
Yamada takes a shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Yamada.
Watts is looking to control Yamada's arms but Yamada gets an underhook and turns him. Now Watts has his back to the cage.
Watts prevents a body shot from Yamada.
Yamada lands a nice shot to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A right hand to the body from Yamada.
Yamada lands a hook that snaps the head of Watts backwards.
Watts misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yamada swings wildly with an uppercut but Watts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Watts tries to work over Yamada's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Watts prevents a body shot from Yamada.
Yamada throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Yamada.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamada tries to work over Watts's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Watts swings wildly with an uppercut but Yamada uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Yamada.
Yamada working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Watts.
Watts doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yamada is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Watts can't find room to land a body shot as Yamada controls the action.
Yamada slowing the pace effectively.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yamada.
A left hand lands to the body for Yamada.
Yamada is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Yamada content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Yamada presses Watts against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watts softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yamada misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Watts stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Yamada.
Yamada lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tadamasa Yamada dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Usain Watts's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Watts is looking to slow Yamada down with leg kicks.
Tadamasa Yamada is winning the standup battle so far.
Yamada lands with a nice combination. Watts backs away looking to recover.
Watts takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Watts throws a head kick but Yamada moves out of range.
Yamada ducks under a wild hook from Watts.
Watts slips a jab and a cross from Yamada.
Watts throws a sloppy head kick and Yamada moves out of range easily.
Watts looks to score with a jab to the body but Yamada is just out of range.
Watts throws a hook but Yamada avoids it easily.
Nice shot by Yamada.
That has opened up Usain Watts's cut even more.
Left hook, right uppercut from Watts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watts rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yamada moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Watts.
Watts feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Watts drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Yamada dives on top into guard.
Yamada trying to control but Watts is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamada tries to stand but Watts is controlling from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Yamada wants to control from the top but Watts keeps moving.
We're going to have a standup here because Tadamasa Yamada wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Yamada jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yamada keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Watts.
Yamada steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Watts.
Nice defenses there by Watts.
Yamada ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Watts moves away.
Yamada takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Watts jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yamada avoids the body shot from Watts.
Yamada looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Watts misses with a series of wild punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Yamada throws the left hand but Watts avoids the punch easily.
Watts throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Watts throws a poor cross that misses
and Yamada cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Watts misses with a body punch
and Yamada connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yamada lands a body shot.
Watts misses with a right hand
and Yamada counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Yamada.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Yamada tries to work over Watts's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Watts blocks a body shot from Yamada.
A short right from Yamada on the inside.
Yamada can't find room to land a body shot as Watts controls the action.
Watts is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yamada is keeping busy.
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!
Yamada working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watts is trying to break free.
Watts misses with a punch on the inside.
Yamada goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yamada misses with a hook to the ribs.
Watts takes a shot to the head.
Yamada blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Watts wants a takedown.
Watts is trying to stall.
Yamada lands a shot to the body.
Watts is breathing heavily.
Yamada misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from Yamada.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yamada.
Tadamasa Yamada has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Yamada misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watts wants to get back to striking at distance but Yamada won't allow it.
Yamada tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Watts on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tadamasa Yamada dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Usain Watts's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Yamada lands with a straight right. Watts didn't see that one coming.
Yamada steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Watts. That one must have hurt.
Yamada swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Yamada takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yamada tries to clinch up.
Watts drops his hands momentarily and Yamada takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Watts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yamada has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Yamada there as he acknowledges the shot.
Watts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice combination there by Watts.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yamada avoids the head kick by Watts.
Watts throws a lazy uppercut
and Yamada counters with a nice low kick that buckles Watts's knee momentarily.
Usain Watts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watts avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Watts takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Watts.
Yamada is looking to clinch but Watts is avoiding it.
Watts swings for the body but Yamada moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yamada.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Yamada was covering up waiting for the punch and Watts finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Watts won't allow Yamada to get back to his feet.
Watts tries to free his leg and advance position but Yamada is retaining full guard.
Watts is looking to advance position but Yamada has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yamada tries to control but Watts wriggling away.
Yamada jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Watts is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Watts and Yamada has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Usain Watts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamada has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Watts takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Watts keeps the fight on the outside.
Yamada has Watts up against the cage in a clinch.
Yamada blocks a body shot from Watts.
A short uppercut from Yamada.
Watts misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamada blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Watts scores with a nice short uppercut.
Watts misses with a punch to the body.
Watts misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yamada scores with a shot to the side of Watts's head.
Yamada misses with some punches.
Yamada leaning against his opponent.
Watts misses with a body punch.
Yamada makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The cut above Usain Watts's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Yamada tries to throw a body punch but Watts avoids it by throwing Yamada back against the cage.
Tadamasa Yamada is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Yamada is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Watts digs a right hand underneath Yamada's ribcage. Yamada let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Watts tries to work over Yamada's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Watts lands with a short punch from the clinch.
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!
Watts tries to work over Yamada's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Watts tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Watts goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Watts pushes Yamada back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Yamada on the inside.
Watts misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yamada can't find room to land a body shot as Watts controls the action.
Yamada tries to throw a body punch but Watts avoids it by throwing Yamada back against the cage.
Watts swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yamada lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Watts throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watts working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yamada softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Watts can't find room to land a body shot as Yamada controls the action.
Watts throws a punch but it's blocked by Yamada.
And that's the end of the fight!
Usain Watts comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Yamada 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tadamasa Yamada!
After the fight, Tadamasa Yamada was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnie Ballantine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gristle McThornbody (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McThornbody has chosen Tame as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnie Ballantine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gristle McThornbody!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Ballantine misses the target.
Ballantine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McThornbody throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
McThornbody connects with a crisp jab.
Ballantine moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from McThornbody fails to land.
Ballantine working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ballantine misses with the head strike.
Ballantine swings wildly with an uppercut but McThornbody uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ballantine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ballantine working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McThornbody lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ballantine gets through McThornbody's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ballantine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McThornbody misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ballantine avoids the elbow strike from McThornbody, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ballantine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McThornbody looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McThornbody tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ballantine's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McThornbody blocking some punches.
Ballantine lands a shot to the body.
McThornbody gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ballantine swings wildly with an uppercut but McThornbody uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ballantine struggles to land a body shot inside as McThornbody controls his hands.
A short left from Ballantine.
McThornbody blocks a body shot from Ballantine.
Ballantine makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ballantine lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
McThornbody misses with some punches.
McThornbody trying to stall but Ballantine improves his position.
McThornbody misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ballantine struggles to land a body shot inside as McThornbody controls his hands.
Ballantine working aggressively here.
Ballantine misses with a punch on the inside.
Ballantine misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ballantine throws a punch but it's blocked by McThornbody.
McThornbody lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ballantine backwards.
Ballantine struggles to land a body shot inside as McThornbody controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from McThornbody.
Ballantine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McThornbody misses with a punch on the inside.
McThornbody misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good body shot from Ballantine.
McThornbody taking a breather.
Ballantine works on McThornbody's body with a couple of short punches.
Ballantine prevents a body shot from McThornbody.
McThornbody swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ballantine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McThornbody lands an elbow that stopped Ballantine in his tracks for a moment.
Ballantine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ballantine as McThornbody tries to tie him up.
Ballantine blocks the elbow strike.
Ballantine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McThornbody blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
McThornbody taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine tries to throw a body punch but McThornbody avoids it by throwing Ballantine back against the cage.
Ballantine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Ballantine.
McThornbody blocks an uppercut.
Ballantine throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McThornbodys head.
A head punch on the inside from Ballantine fails to land.
McThornbody tries a body shot but Ballantine blocks it.
McThornbody tries to throw a body punch but Ballantine avoids it by throwing McThornbody back against the cage.
Ballantine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McThornbody pushes Ballantine back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McThornbody gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ballantine lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in the clinch, Ballantine scores with a nice short uppercut.
McThornbody lands a left hand.
Ballantine misses with a punch to the body.
Ballantine tries to work over McThornbody's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ballantine throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McThornbodys head.
McThornbody takes a shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McThornbody throws a punch but it's blocked by Ballantine.
McThornbody goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ballantine tries to work over McThornbody's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ballantine.
McThornbody lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ballantine can't find room to land a body shot as McThornbody controls the action.
Ballantine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ballantine tries to throw a body punch but McThornbody avoids it by throwing Ballantine back against the cage.
McThornbody softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ballantine.
Ballantine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
McThornbody misses with a body punch.
Ballantine swings wildly with an uppercut but McThornbody uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ballantine tries to work over McThornbody's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ballantine blocking some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Ballantine.
A short body shot lands from McThornbody as the two fighters clinch.
Ballantine throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnie Ballantine dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ballantine throws out a loose jab but McThornbody uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnie Ballantine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McThornbody tries a low kick but Ballantine avoids it.
Ballantine misses with a two punch combination.
A lazy left from Ballantine finds it's target.
Ballantine tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. McThornbody manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McThornbody throws a leg kick but Ballantine sees it coming and moves out of range.
McThornbody throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ballantine throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
McThornbody connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
McThornbody moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
McThornbody throws a leg kick
and McThornbody takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A left and a right from McThornbody both land. Nice combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McThornbody pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from McThornbody in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ballantine. That's going to slow McThornbody down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballantine avoids a kick to the body.
Ballantine uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McThornbody.
Ballantine connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ballantine doesn't manage to clinch there - McThornbody circles away.
Ballantine throws a left and a right that both miss
and McThornbody counters with a nice body kick.
McThornbody uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ballantine.
McThornbody is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ballantine misses with a body shot.
Ballantine lands with a thumping leg kick.
Johnie Ballantine is winning the standup battle so far.
McThornbody walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ballantine.
Ballantine jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McThornbody ducks under a wild hook from Ballantine.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McThornbody bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McThornbody connects with a right hand. Ballantine shakes it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ballantine throws out a loose jab but McThornbody uses good head movement to avoid it.
McThornbody lands with a good body shot.
McThornbody throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ballantine closes the distance and pushes McThornbody back into the cage.
Ballantine swings wildly with an uppercut but McThornbody uses good head movement to avoid it.
McThornbody swings wildly with an uppercut but Ballantine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ballantine tries a body shot but McThornbody blocks it.
McThornbody is looking to control Ballantine's arms but Ballantine gets an underhook and turns him. Now McThornbody has his back to the cage.
McThornbody goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McThornbody lands a shoulder strike.
Ballantine misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ballantine misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Ballantine - that landed with a thud.
McThornbody lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McThornbody misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McThornbody.
Johnie Ballantine has scored more points in the clinch so far.
McThornbody throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from McThornbody.
McThornbody tries to work over Ballantine's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ballantine throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McThornbody.
Ballantine struggles to land a body shot inside as McThornbody controls his hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ballantine.
McThornbody throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ballantine gets through McThornbody's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ballantine avoids the elbow strike from McThornbody, against the cage.
McThornbody scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ballantine working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McThornbody.
McThornbody lands a body punch in the clinch.
McThornbody presses Ballantine against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ballantine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ballantine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McThornbody backwards.
McThornbody gets through Ballantine's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
McThornbody lands a nice shot to the body.
McThornbody struggles to land a body shot inside as Ballantine controls his hands.
Ballantine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ballantine scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ballantine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McThornbody blocks a body shot from Ballantine.
Ballantine swings wildly with an uppercut but McThornbody uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ballantine avoids a wild elbow strike from McThornbody.
Ballantine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ballantine blocks a body shot from McThornbody.
McThornbody scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Johnie Ballantine will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Ballantine misses with a straight right.
Ballantine misses with a body shot.
McThornbody looks to land a right hand but Ballantine moved out of range.
A punch combination from Ballantine misses.
McThornbody uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ballantine.
Ballantine misses with a straight right.
McThornbody tries to land a front kick but Ballantine steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ballantine tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McThornbody paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McThornbody throws a big shot that misses.
McThornbody thows a body shot but no joy.
Ballantine tests McThornbody's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ballantine forces McThornbody back against the cage and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballantine misses with a hook from the clinch.
McThornbody fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McThornbody lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ballantine backwards.
Ballantine softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ballantine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ballantine throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McThornbodys head.
McThornbody escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ballantine takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Ballantine lands a two punch combo.
A bone on bone clash there as Ballantine blocks the leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McThornbody throws an overhand right that lands on Ballantine's shoulder, as Ballantine tries to avoid the shot.
Ballantine forces McThornbody back against the cage and clinches.
McThornbody with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ballantine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McThornbody misses with a body punch.
Ballantine throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McThornbodys head.
Gristle McThornbody has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McThornbody lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ballantine backwards.
A short right from Ballantine.
McThornbody creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ballantine has a couple of punches blocked by McThornbody.
McThornbody avoiding damage.
The crowd are getting on McThornbody's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
McThornbody struggles to land a body shot inside as Ballantine controls his hands.
Johnie Ballantine is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ballantine blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ballantine scores with a shot to the side of McThornbody's head.
McThornbody is rocked!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ballantine creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McThornbody is still on wobbly legs! Can Ballantine finish him?
Ballantine unloads with a big right hand that wobbles McThornbody! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Ballantine is unloading with more strikes now! McThornbody drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnie Ballantine!
A very excited looking Johnie Ballantine made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Barry Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans Edgar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scott comes to the cage accompanied by Bang - By Barry Scott. Edgar has chosen Eminem - Go To Sleep as his entrance music. Hans Edgar has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Barry Scott!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hans Edgar!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scott is looking to clinch.
Scott lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Scott throws a body punch but Edgar moves out of range.
Scott tries to work over Edgar's front leg with a kick but Edgar checks it.
Edgar looks to land a left hand but Scott moved out of range nicely.
Scott takes a swing at Edgar's ribcage but misses.
Scott throws a big shot that misses.
Scott takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Edgar thows a body shot but no joy.
Edgar fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Scott just misses with a punch to the body.
Scott missing with a left hand there. Edgar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Edgar scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A solid leg kick lands there for Scott.
Edgar ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
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!
Scott throws a jab but it's blocked by Edgar.
Edgar tries to clinch there but Scott circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott clinches with his opponent.
Scott lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Come on Edgar - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Edgar lands with a right to the head.
Edgar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Scott doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Edgar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Scott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Scott throws a head punch that misses.
Scott misses with a hook to the ribs.
Edgar tries to work over Scott's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scott blocks a body shot from Edgar.
Scott misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Edgar prevents Scott from breaking the clinch.
Scott misses with a punch on the inside.
Edgar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Scott backwards.
Scott has Edgar pressed against the cage, preventing Edgar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Edgar misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott misses with a hook from the clinch.
Edgar lands a nice uppercut.
Scott slows down the pace here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A nice right hand lands inside from Edgar.
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!
Edgar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Edgar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Edgar leaning against his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scott.
Edgar tries to work over Scott's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Edgar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Scott.
Edgar misses with a punch on the inside.
Edgar misses with a punch to the body.
Edgar has a couple of punches blocked by Scott.
Scott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Scott stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott misses with a hook to the ribs.
Scott lands a right hand that snaps the head of Edgar backwards.
Edgar is trying to stall.
Still in the clinch, Scott scores with a nice short uppercut.
Scott struggles to land a body shot inside as Edgar controls his hands.
A right hook to the body lands for Scott.
Edgar working aggressively here.
Edgar scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Scott.
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!
Edgar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Scott misses with a punch to the body.
Scott struggles to land a body shot inside as Edgar controls his hands.
Scott slows down the pace here.
Scott working aggressively here.
Scott is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Scott wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edgar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Scott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Edgar.
Scott struggles to land a body shot inside as Edgar controls his hands.
Scott can't find room to land a body shot as Edgar controls the action.
Scott lands with a left to the head.
Edgar tries a body shot but Scott blocks it.
Scott swings wildly with an uppercut but Edgar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Edgar digs a right hand into Scott's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Scott's gas tank.
Edgar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Scott's elbow.
Edgar misses with an elbow strike.
Scott can't find room to land a body shot as Edgar controls the action.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Scott blocks a body shot from Edgar.
Edgar struggles to land a body shot inside as Scott controls his hands.
Edgar cracks Scott with a nice body shot.
Edgar has Scott pushed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Barry Scott will probably get the nod.
That's time! Scott's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Scott misses with a body kick.
Edgar misses with a body shot.
Scott slips under a jab.
Scott has a takedown stuffed.
Scott tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Edgar was well out of range. Poor timing from Scott.
Scott tries to clinch but Edgar moves out of range.
Edgar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Scott manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Scott tries to work over Edgar's front leg with a kick but Edgar checks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Scott misses the target.
Scott misses with a wild body shot.
Edgar looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Scott decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Scott wants to lay and pray for a moment but Edgar keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edgar is looking to improve his position.
Scott performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Edgar pushes Scott off looking to stand but Scott dives back in and keeps control.
Scott working Edgar over with strikes.
Scott wants to free his trapped foot but Edgar is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Scott prevents Edgar from improving his position.
Scott is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edgar tries to kick Scott off but Scott keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Edgar is refusing to be controlled, as Scott sits in half guard.
Edgar is trying to get back to full guard.
Scott thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Edgar's head.
Scott throwing shots but Edgar is blocking nicely.
Scott is keen to just control but Edgar is a slippery customer.
Scott performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edgar wants to get back to full guard.
Scott is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Edgar has managed to free his arm - good work.
Scott missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Scott tries to pass the half guard into mount. Edgar knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Scott is working hard here to advance position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Scott is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Edgar reverses the position - he's now on top in Scott's guard.
Scott looking to hit a scissor sweep but Edgar is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barry Scott dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Scott lets loose with a powerful body kick. Edgar will feel that in the morning.
A slow jab from Scott misses its intended target.
Scott throws an overhand right that lands on Edgar's shoulder, as Edgar tries to avoid the shot.
Scott takes one to the side of the head.
Scott is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Edgar's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Edgar ducks under a wild hook from Scott.
Scott shoots in looking for a takedown. Edgar tries to sprawl out of it but Scott keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Edgar manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Edgar swats away the attempt to clinch by Scott.
Edgar misses with a body shot.
Edgar looks to land a body kick but Scott moved away.
Scott swats away the attempt to clinch by Edgar.
Scott throws a jab but it's blocked by Edgar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott connects with a solid leg kick.
Scott misses with a leg kick.
Scott jabs Edgar right on the nose. Edgar blinks but takes it well.
Barry Scott is winning the standup battle so far.
Edgar tries to bum rush Scott with a series of wild strikes but Scott uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Edgar takes a swing at Scott's ribcage but misses.
Nice straight punches there by Edgar. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Edgar.
Edgar misses with a series of wild punches.
Edgar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Scott.
Scott misses with a low kick.
Scott looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Edgar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Scott doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Scott digs a good body shot into Edgar's ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edgar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Scott manages to avoid it.
Scott ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Edgar moves away.
Scott lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from Scott.
Edgar walks into a straight right hand from Scott.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Scott, right into the meat.
A telegraphed right hand from Scott misses the target.
Edgar staying out of range there.
Scott throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Scott lands with a good body shot.
Scott scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Scott throws a strike aimed at the side of Edgar's head but Edgar avoids it well.
Scott working the ground and pound but Edgar is defending the strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott landing a few strikes.
Edgar is trying to escape the position but Scott is controlling the position.
Scott tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Scott is looking to take a break and control but Edgar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Scott lands an elbow.
Scott wants to lay and pray for a moment but Edgar keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edgar is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Scott trying to control the action but Edgar is working from the bottom.
Edgar wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Scott goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Edgar has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Scott but great work by Edgar.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Scott is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barry Scott clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Edgar swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Scott makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Scott gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Edgar.
Scott wants to clinch.
Edgar lands a nice shot to the body.
Edgar throws a low kick but Scott moves out of range easily.
Edgar blocks a jab.
Edgar moves into range and connects with a jab.
Edgar tries to sprawl but Scott drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Scott is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Edgar still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Edgar has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Scott is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Edgar off and has taken his back!
Edgar is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Scott off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Edgar manages to scramble and ends up in full guard, under a barage of strikes . Great composure from Edgar.
Barry Scott overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Scott trying to control but Edgar is working from the bottom.
Edgar pulls Scott in close to prevent any damage.
Scott stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Edgar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott won't allow Edgar to get back to his feet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Scott accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Edgar is looking to stand up but Scott isn't so interested in that idea.
Scott trying to control but Edgar is working from the bottom.
Scott trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Scott passes into half guard.
Scott wants to control but Edgar is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edgar looks like he's trying to stand up.
Scott thows a huge punch but Edgar dodges it nicely.
Scott throwing shots but Edgar is blocking nicely.
Edgar won't allow Scott to pass to mount.
Edgar is trying to maintain the position but Scott is very close to passing his half guard.
Scott trying to mount his opponent but Edgar defends it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Edgar's head.
Scott seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Scott slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Edgar has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Scott.
Edgar scores with a leg kick.
Scott jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Scott lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Edgar has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Edgar and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nice body punch from Edgar.
Edgar throws a looping overhand right but Scott ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barry Scott had his way with Hans Edgar in that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Scott changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Edgar connects with a leg kick. Scott looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Edgar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Edgar on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Edgar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Scott.
Scott drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Edgar is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Scott asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Edgar stops Scott from passing to mount.
Scott controls the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott tries to move to mount but Edgar blocks the move with his legs.
Scott working the ground and pound but Edgar is defending the strikes.
Scott wants to lay and pray for a moment but Edgar keeps working.
Edgar tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Scott wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Scott tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Edgar is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Scott is controlling him well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott is looking to take a break and control but Edgar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Scott swings around for an armbar but Edgar sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Scott's guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Edgar is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Edgar must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A clash of legs there as Edgar blocks the low kick.
Scott shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Edgar but Edgar pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Barry Scott is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Edgar moves in looking to clinch but Scott pushes him off.
Scott looks for a takedown but Edgar sprawls well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edgar misses with a body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Edgar.
Edgar checks the leg kick nicely there.
Edgar lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Edgar.
Scott staying out of range there.
A low kick from Edgar is predictable there
and Scott counters with a stiff right hand.
Scott looks to land a left hand but Edgar moved out of range nicely.
Some wild striking there from Edgar.
Scott misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Edgar.
Edgar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hans Edgar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edgar throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Edgar throws a lazy uppercut
and Scott finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Edgar swats away the attempt to clinch by Scott.
Edgar fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Scott checks it well.
Scott misses with a hook
and Edgar counters with an outside leg kick.
Edgar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Scott manages to avoid it.
Edgar has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Scott misses with a head kick.
Edgar lands a nice looking body shot.
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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Edgar slips a straight right by Scott.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A punch combination from Scott misses.
Scott tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Edgar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hans Edgar.
Well Scott has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 48:47
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 49:46
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barry Scott!
Barry Scott retains his lightweight title!
Barry Scott 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Matt Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Huynh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miller comes to the cage accompanied by Johnny Cash - Hurt. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Miller!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Henry Huynh!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Huynh is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Miller is defending well.
Huynh is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Miller pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Huynh is trying to break the clinch but Miller is controlling him.
Huynh's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Miller throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Huynh is trying to break the clinch but Miller is controlling him.
Miller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Miller can't find room to land a body shot as Huynh controls the action.
Huynh lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Huynh is trying to trip Miller. He has hold of a leg but Miller is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Huynh persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Miller preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Huynhis looking to pass into half guard but Miller pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Miller is in guard.
Huynh has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Huynh has momentary wrist control but Miller slips an elbow through the middle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Huynh is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Huynh is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Huynh is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Huynh looking to control.
Huynh keeping moving, preventing Miller from controlling successfully.
Miller throws a big elbow that misses.
Miller trying to control but Huynh is working from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Miller goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Huynh scores with a takedown into Miller's guard.
Huynh throws a big elbow that misses.
Huynh throws an elbow that misses. Miller uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Huynh's guard. Nice move by Miller!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Miller's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Huynh throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Huynh has his foot on Miller's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Miller works his way back into a safe position though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Miller stopping the sweep attempt from Huynh.
Miller tries to free his leg and advance position but Huynh is retaining full guard.
Miller trying to control but Huynh is working from the bottom.
Miller avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Miller engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Huynh looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Miller wants to control from the top but Huynh keeps moving.
Miller lands a couple of elbows.
Miller is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Miller avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Miller scoring with some ground and pound.
Huynh has his foot on Miller's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Miller works his way back into a safe position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller trying to control but Huynh is working from the bottom.
Miller stopping the sweep attempt from Huynh.
Miller trying to control but Huynh is working from the bottom.
Miller working some strikes from top position.
Huynh looking for a sweep. Not yet Huynh, not yet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Huynh trying to keep a closed guard but Miller is proving a slippery customer.
Miller has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Huynh looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Huynh keeping moving, preventing Miller from controlling successfully.
Huynh controlling Miller's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Henry Huynh will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Huynh moves out of range of the strikes.
Miller is trying hard to land a takedown here. Huynh sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Miller drives through with a takedown into guard.
Huynh working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Miller.
Huynh is looking for a triangle but Miller pushes his legs off easily.
Huynh is trying to keep Miller in close.
Henry Huynh has got the better of the ground game so far.
Miller throwing strikes from guard but Huynh blocks nicely.
Miller wants to control from the top but Huynh keeps moving.
Miller trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Huynh is looking for a triangle but Miller pushes his legs off easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Huynh had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Miller defends it easily.
Miller with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Miller avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Huynh keeping moving, preventing Miller from controlling successfully.
Miller with a nice head shot there.
Miller trying to control but Huynh is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller lands a couple of elbows.
Miller looking to pass the guard.
Huynh looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Miller passes into side control.
Miller wants to control but Huynh is keeping him busy.
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!
Huynh trying to remain calm as Miller controls from the top position.
Huynh is looking to reverse the position.
Huynh is trying to control Miller's posture but Miller avoids it.
Miller landing strikes.
Miller working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller is looking to take a break and control but Huynh is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Huynh takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Huynh can't do much from the bottom here.
Miller fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Huynh tries to improve position but can't.
Miller is looking to take a break and control but Huynh is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Huynh can't do much from the bottom here.
Miller lands some shots froms side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huynh takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The ground and pound from Miller seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Huynh wants to control but Miller postures up.
The referee asks Miller politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Miller prefers to stall for the moment though.
Miller scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Huynh to see if he's OK.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miller in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Miller trying to control the action but Huynh is working from the bottom.
Miller content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Huynh is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Miller dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Good work by Miller as he checks the leg kick.
Huynh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Miller manages to avoid it.
Miller avoids the head kick by Huynh.
Huynh defending well as Miller loads up on a big left hand.
Huynh will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Huynh takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Huynh leaves Miller with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Huynh gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Huynh missing with a left hand there. Miller was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Miller scores a takedown into full mount!
Miller with good strikes from the mount here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huynh is looking to improve his position but Miller isn't that keen on the idea.
Miller controlling from mount.
Miller avoids the attempt from Huynh to control.
Miller pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Huynh working to try and regain half guard.
Miller looking to finish Huynh with some ground and pound. This is bad for Huynh!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Miller cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Miller with good strikes from the mount here!
The referee warns Huynh that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
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!
Huynh tries to hold on but Miller pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huynh is trying to escape the mount.
Huynh wants to control but Miller is having none of it.
Huynh taking shots to the head.
Miller scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Huynh?
Huynh is rocked!
Miller loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Huynh scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Miller land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Miller stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Miller!
Matt Miller retains his featherweight title!
Matt Miller gave a mention to Syndicate Nutrition (DUS) in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Murdock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Murdock might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to You're Blind. Steel has chosen Saliva - Ladies and Gentlemen as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Murdock!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Max Steel!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steel throws a quick inside leg kick.
Steel takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Murdock just misses with a punch to the body.
Murdock tried to score with a low kick but Steel checks it.
Murdock lands a two punch combo.
It looks like Max Steel has been cut.
Murdock tries to bum rush Steel with a series of wild strikes but Steel uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Murdock gets cracked there but stands up to it.
It looks like Matt Murdock has been cut.
Murdock connects with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murdock blocks a head kick by Steel.
A telegraphed right hand from Steel misses the target.
Murdock misses with a body kick.
Murdock tries a head kick but it misses.
Murdock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murdock throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murdock tries to clinch but Steel is having none of it.
Steel tries to keep at a distance but Murdock has taken the fight into the clinch.
Murdock lands with a left to the head.
Murdock lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel breaks the clinch.
Murdock misses the jab.
Danga de danga de dang - Steel scores with a four punch combination!
Steel lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Murdock backs up against the cage.
Murdock moves out of range as Steel strikes.
Murdock throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Murdock is looking to score with low kicks.
Murdock throws a leg kick
and Steel counters with a slapping leg kick.
Steel connects with a solid leg kick.
Steel drops his hands momentarily and Murdock takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murdock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steel manages to avoid it.
Steel moves into the clinch.
Murdock taking a breather.
Murdock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murdock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steel misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Steel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murdock working aggressively here.
Steel takes an elbow to the forehead.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Steel.
Murdock throws a head punch that misses.
Steel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murdock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murdock throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Steel works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Steel blocks a body shot from Murdock.
Murdock swings wildly with an uppercut but Steel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murdock is leaning against Steel and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Steel swings wildly with an uppercut but Murdock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steel throws a punch but it's blocked by Murdock.
Steel prevents a body shot from Murdock.
Steel blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock digs a right hand into Steel's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Steel's gas tank.
Murdock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
Steel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steel has a couple of punches blocked by Murdock.
Murdock misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murdock.
Murdock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
Steel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murdock blocking some punches.
Murdock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murdock misses with the head strike.
Murdock wants to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Steel fails to land.
Steel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murdock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murdock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steel tries to work over Murdock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Steel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Murdock.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murdock.
Steel gets through Murdock's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murdock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murdock throws a punch but it's blocked by Steel.
Steel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Steel tries to throw a body punch but Murdock avoids it by throwing Steel back against the cage.
Steel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murdock is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steel.
Murdock swings wildly with an uppercut but Steel uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Steel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murdock makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murdock.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Matt Murdock will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Murdock uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Steel.
Steel lands with a thumping leg kick.
Steel misses with a low kick.
Murdock fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Steel, pushing him back against the cage.
Murdock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murdock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murdock lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Murdock - that landed with a thud.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Murdock lands with a right to the head.
Murdock prevents Steel from breaking the clinch.
Steel misses with a body punch.
Murdock lands a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murdock lands a shot to the body.
Steel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Steel throws a punch but it's blocked by Murdock.
Murdock misses with a punch on the inside.
Murdock swings wildly with an uppercut but Steel uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Murdock.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel misses with a body punch.
Murdock misses with a punch on the inside.
Murdock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Murdock scores with a nice hook to the head.
Murdock lands a body shot in the clinch.
Murdock has a couple of punches blocked by Steel.
Murdock takes a shot to the head.
Murdock lands a left hand.
Murdock throws a knee to the head but misses.
Murdock lands a hook that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
Murdock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steel blocks it with crossed arms.
Steel tries a body shot but Murdock blocks it.
Murdock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murdock presses Steel against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murdock.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murdock lands a left hand that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
Murdock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steel.
Steel digs a right hand underneath Murdock's ribcage. Murdock let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Steel misses with a punch to the body.
Murdock blocking some punches.
Murdock lands with a light punch inside.
Murdock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Steel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Steel with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Murdock checks the leg kick nicely there.
Steel defending well as Murdock loads up on a big left hand.
Max Steel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Steel walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Murdock checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Steel thuds a left hand into Murdock's body.
Steel moves out of range of the body kick from Murdock.
Murdock throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel blocks a head kick by Murdock.
Murdock misses with a looping right.
Steel takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Steel moves out of range of the body kick.
Murdock lunges at Steel with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Steel's hand.
Murdock misses with a body kick.
Murdock forces Steel back against the cage and clinches.
Steel can't find room to land a body shot as Murdock controls the action.
Murdock works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Murdock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Steel.
Murdock swings wildly with an uppercut but Steel uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steel.
A head punch on the inside from Steel fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Steel.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murdock blocks an uppercut.
Steel tries to throw a body punch but Murdock avoids it by throwing Steel back against the cage.
Steel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murdock is struggling to control the position.
Steel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Steel lands a nice uppercut.
Steel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Steel tries to throw a body punch but Murdock avoids it by throwing Steel back against the cage.
Steel tries to work over Murdock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murdock tries to work over Steel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murdock misses with some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murdock tries to throw a body punch but Steel avoids it by throwing Murdock back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Murdock.
Murdock misses with the head strike.
Steel throws a punch but it's blocked by Murdock.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Murdock dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Murdock throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Murdock changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That kick from Murdock tenderised Steel's leg. Steel is trying to keep his angry face on.
Steel bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Steel lands with a shot to the body.
Steel misses with a head kick.
Steel misses with a body shot.
Murdock lands a head shot.
Murdock throws a nice outside leg kick.
Murdock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Murdock throws a sloppy head kick and Steel moves out of range easily.
Steel looks for the body kick but Murdock saw that one coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murdock lands a slapping body shot.
Steel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Steel is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Steel thows a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Steel takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Steel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Steel tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Murdock lands a jab to the nose.
Murdock swings for the body but Steel moves out of range.
Steel avoids the head kick by Murdock.
Steel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Murdock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Steel. That did some damage!
Steel throws a big shot that misses.
Murdock throws a leg kick but Steel sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Steel looks to land a right hand but Murdock moved out of range.
Murdock punishes Steel's body with a nice straight punch.
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!
Murdock throws a front kick that sends Steel stumbling back into the cage.
Murdock cracks Steel with a right hand to the side of the head.
Murdock digs a good hook to Steel's body.
Murdock jabs at Steel's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel moves out of range as Murdock throws a body kick.
Murdock works Steel's body with a nice hook.
Murdock moves out of range as Steel throws a body kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Murdock.
Steel avoids the head kick by Murdock.
Murdock with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murdock cracks the inside of Steel's front leg.
Murdock lands with an overhand left.
Murdock scores with a hook to the body. Steel takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Murdock chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Murdock.
Murdock throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Steel gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Murdock.
Steel is rocked!
Look low, kick high! Murdock uses the oldest trick in the book to send Steel tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! Murdock is absolutely delighted - when Steel wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Matt Murdock!
Matt Murdock retains his middleweight title!
A victorious Matt Murdock thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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