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AD64: New Division Collision PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Will Banks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gar Logan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Banks kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is All I do Is win. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Will Banks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gar Logan!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Banks misses the target.
Nice shot by Banks.
Logan throws a looping overhand right but Banks ducks down to avoid it.
Logan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Banks connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Logan scrambles back to his feet.
Banks circles away from the clinch attempt
and Banks counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Logan thinking.
Logan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Banks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Banks circles away from the clinch attempt.
Logan gets a clinch.
Banks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Logan's elbow.
Banks has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Logan clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Banks scores with punches from the back.
Can Logan hold on?! Banks is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Banks has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Banks lands shots from the back.
Logan covering up well under a series of strikes from Banks.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Banks. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
I really don't envy Logan right now.
Banks thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Banks is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Logan has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Banks missing with strikes from the back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banks not allowing Logan to control his hands.
Banks punches the canvas rather than the man.
Banks trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Logan doesn't escape.
Banks trying to control momentarily.
Logan covering up well under a barage of strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banks is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Logan up.
Logan trying to control the hands but Banks won't let him.
Banks throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Logan!
Banks struggling to land strikes to the head as Logan covers up.
Logan covering up well and avoiding damage.
Banks missing with strikes.
Logan is trying to remain composed but Banks is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Banks looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Logan covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Banks is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Banks gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Banks gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Banks apologises and we restart here on the feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Logan throws a right and a left that Banks avoids nicely.
Banks scores with a sloppy right hand. Logan should have avoided that one.
Logan doesn't manage to clinch there - Banks circles away.
Banks keeps the fight on the outside.
Logan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Banks paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Banks keeps the fight on the outside.
Logan doesn't manage to clinch there - Banks circles away.
Logan tries to clinch up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Logan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Banks paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Logan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Banks manages to avoid it.
Logan wants to clinch up but Banks keeps it at a distance.
Banks bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Logan's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Will Banks dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Banks lands with a good body shot.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Banks.
Logan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Banks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Banks connects with a good right hand that stumbles Logan. Logan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Logan tries to clinch up.
Banks misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Logan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Logan tries to clinch but Banks moves away
and Banks counters with a left to the body.
Logan tries to clinch up
and Banks counters with a nice uppercut.
Logan wants to clinch.
Banks avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Logan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Banks fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Logan sprawls well initially but Banks persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Banks trying to pass the guard but Logan defending well.
Banks slows the pace down in half guard.
Logan is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Banks's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Banks's back!
Banks breaks Logan's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Banks trying to control the position from guard on top but Logan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banks forces his way into half guard.
Banks takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Banks throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Banks thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Logan's head.
Banks thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Logan's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Logan is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Banks throwing shots but Logan is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banks content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Banks tries to pass the half guard into mount. Logan knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Logan is trying to get back to full guard.
Logan trying to control here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banks takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Logan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Banks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Logan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Logan slips under a jab from Banks.
Banks scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Banks circles away from the clinch attempt
and Banks counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Logan wants to clinch
and Banks counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A looping hook to the body misses from Banks. Logan does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Banks. Logan does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Will Banks dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Banks connects with the punch.
Logan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Banks.
Logan is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Logan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Banks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Logan moves away.
Logan moves into the clinch successfully.
Logan throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Banks creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Logan blocks an uppercut.
Logan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Banks.
Logan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Banks lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Banks blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Logan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan looking to throw knees to the head but Banks is blocking nicely.
Logan trying to land knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Banks.
A body shot lands from Banks.
Banks misses with some punches.
Banks lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Banks has a couple of punches blocked by Logan.
Banks dodges an elbow strike from Logan.
Logan taking a breather.
Banks working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Banks tries to throw a body punch but Logan avoids it by throwing Banks back against the cage.
Logan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice body punch from Banks - that landed with a thud.
Banks softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Logan working aggressively here.
Logan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Banks.
Logan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banks throws a punch but it's blocked by Logan.
Banks lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Logan tries to land knees in the clinch but Banks avoids the damage to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Banks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Will Banks is winning the standup battle so far.
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!
Banks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Logan manages to avoid it.
Logan tries to clinch up
and Banks connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Logan avoids the head kick by Banks.
Logan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Banks changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Banks misses with a jab, cross combination.
Logan is looking to clinch but Banks is avoiding it.
Banks is looking to wear down Logan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jab by Banks.
Gar Logan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banks looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Banks looking to pass the guard.
Logan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Banks is one step ahead there.
Will Banks is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Banks seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Banks trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banks not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Banks with a flurry of punches that miss.
Banks engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
We're going to have a standup here because Will Banks wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Logan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice defenses there by Logan.
Logan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Banks counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Banks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that's the end of the fight!
Will Banks showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Banks has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Will Banks!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Will Banks waved his t-shirt featuring Milwaukee's Best 160 SALE $150's logo in front of the cameras.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Achilles Tycoon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tycoon comes to the cage accompanied by The Theme from Magnum. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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255 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Achilles Tycoon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Hughes!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tycoon dives in and scores a takedown into Hughes's guard.
Tycoon won't allow Hughes to get back to his feet.
Hughes controls Tycoon momentarily but Tycoon frees himself.
Tycoon trying to control but Hughes is working from the bottom.
Tycoon is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Hughes is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Achilles Tycoon.
A right-left combo lands from Hughes.
It looks like Achilles Tycoon 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!
Tycoon shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hughes but Hughes pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hughes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tycoon.
Tycoon looking to score a takedown here. Hughes is defending well but Tycoon drives through and ends up in Hughes's guard.
Tycoon wants to control from the top but Hughes keeps moving.
Tycoon loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tycoon wants to control from the top but Hughes keeps moving.
Tycoon's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Tycoon has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes keeping moving, preventing Tycoon from controlling successfully.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Achilles Tycoon.
Hughes drives through and clinches with Tycoon against the cage.
Tycoon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tycoon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hughes lands a nice knee to the body.
Tycoon is breathing heavily.
Tycoon fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hughes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hughes lands a shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hughes crunches a lovely knee into Tycoon's ribcage.
Hughes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hughes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hughes pushes Tycoon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hughes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hughes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tycoon backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hughes.
Hughes lands a nice knee to the body.
Hughes lands with a short shot to the head.
Hughes tries to land knees in the clinch but Tycoon avoids the damage to the body.
Hughes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tycoon or not.
Hughes lands with a light punch inside.
Hughes pushes Tycoon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hughes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tycoon.
Hughes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice elbow from Hughes.
Tycoon is rocked!
Achilles Tycoon's cut is getting worse.
Hughes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oh Tycoon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hughes lands an elbow inside that Tycoon shrugs off.
Hughes pushes Tycoon against the cage. Hughes is working some dirty boxing. Hughes pushes off with a quick right hook! Tycoon goes down! Tycoon tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Hughes moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Hughes!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Ryan Hughes made sure he mentioned Global Nutritional ACME (Q157) 90% ROR on Laundry, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Davi Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey Knox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knox has chosen Something I Can Never Have 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 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Davi Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mickey Knox!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves looking to score a takedown here. Knox is defending well but Alves drives through and ends up in Knox's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Knox has his foot on Alves's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Alves works his way back into a safe position though.
Alves lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Alves working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Alves throwing strikes from guard but Knox blocks nicely.
Alves postures up.
Knox keeping moving, preventing Alves from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Alves's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Alves throwing strikes from guard but Knox blocks nicely.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Alves accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Knox keeping moving, preventing Alves from controlling successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alves content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Knox has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Alves is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Knox.
Alves working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves in side control, throwing shots but Knox defends.
Alves working away.
Alves scores with a couple of short elbows.
Alves is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Knox is trying to escape and Alves transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Knox is forced to tap! Nice work there by Alves! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Davi Alves!
A victorious Davi Alves thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Diego Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Guida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guida is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Stupid Kid - Alkaline Trio. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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140 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Ray Guida!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez throws a body punch but Guida moves out of range.
Sanchez throws a shot from downtown. Guida moves away and avoids it.
That kick from Guida tenderised Sanchez's leg. Sanchez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Guida takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sanchez is looking to chop away at Guida's legs.
Nice jab there from Sanchez.
That kick from Guida tenderised Sanchez's leg. Sanchez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sanchez throws a hook but Guida avoids it easily.
Guida moves out of range of the leg kick from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a combination that misses
and Guida counters with an inside leg kick.
Sanchez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Guida moves away.
Guida lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A slapping leg kick lands for Guida.
Guida pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sanchez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Guida, right into the meat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez throws a big shot that misses.
Guida looks to throw the jab but Sanchez is out of range.
Sanchez tries to score with a low kick but Guida moves his leg out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guida slips under a jab from Sanchez.
Sanchez has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Guida.
Sanchez lands with a right hand.
Guida takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sanchez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Guida staying out of range there.
Guida throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sanchez.
Sanchez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Guida.
Guida is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
Sanchez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sanchez scores with a hook.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guida was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
Sanchez blocks a head kick by Guida.
Sanchez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sanchez avoids the head kick by Guida.
Guida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sanchez.
Guida takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Guida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Guida throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sanchez on the side of the head.
Guida pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sanchez is out of range and Guida settles back down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez misses with a right hand
and Guida makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Sanchez misses the target.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sanchez, as that shot connected.
Sanchez throws a front kick that sends Guida stumbling back into the cage.
Guida avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
Guida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sanchez misses with a head kick.
Guida's corner calls for a 1-2. Guida obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sanchez thows a body shot but no joy.
Sanchez lands a nice looking body shot.
Guida throws a hook but Sanchez blocks it.
Guida lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Guida throws a push kick but Sanchez slaps the foot to one side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guida lands a slapping body shot.
Sanchez tries to move into range but Guida moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Guida throws a leg kick but Sanchez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Guida tries to land a front kick but Sanchez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sanchez really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Guida avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sanchez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Guida pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sanchez takes a jab right on the kisser.
Guida tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sanchez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez lands with a nice body punch.
Guida moves out of range of the strikes.
Sanchez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Guida.
A head kick misses from Guida.
Guida throws a leg kick but Sanchez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Guida takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Guida lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sanchez's sensitive parts.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but Guida sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guida avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
Sanchez bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez looks to land a left hand but Guida moved out of range nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Sanchez there.
Sanchez looks to throw the jab but Guida is out of range.
Guida tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanchez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sanchez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Guida.
Sanchez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sanchez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut. Guida saw that one coming.
Sanchez throws a leg kick that misses.
Guida tries to close the distance and clinch but Sanchez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sanchez checks the leg kick nicely there.
Guida misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sanchez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Guida at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Sanchez dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Sanchez scoring well with a low kick there.
Guida slips under a jab.
Guida throws a solid leg kick but Sanchez takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Guida.
Sanchez works the jab nicely.
Guida slips under a jab from Sanchez.
Guida keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sanchez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sanchez throws a lazy uppercut
and Guida counters with a nice uppercut.
Sanchez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Guida counters with a straight right hand.
Guida lands a lovely overhand right.
Sloppy strikes from Sanchez. Those never looked like landing.
Guida connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sanchez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Guida lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Guida keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sanchez.
Sanchez avoids the head kick by Guida.
Sanchez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sanchez avoids the head kick by Guida.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Guida defending well as Sanchez loads up on a big left hand.
Some bone on bone action there as Sanchez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Guida 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.
Guida misses with an attempted mid kick.
Guida displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanchez throws out the jab.
Guida tried to score with a low kick but Sanchez checks it.
Sanchez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Guida.
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Guida misses with a low kick.
Some wild striking there from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Guida lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A big left from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guida lands a jab to the head.
Guida staying out of range there.
Guida is looking to land body kicks.
Guida throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sanchez takes a swing at Guida's ribcage but misses.
An inside leg kick from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez takes a swing at Guida's ribcage but misses.
Diego Sanchez is winning the standup battle so far.
Sanchez throws out a powerful jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Guida looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sanchez misses with a low kick.
Sanchez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Guida.
Guida tries a head kick but it misses.
Sanchez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Guida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Guida tries to land a front kick but Sanchez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A slapping leg kick lands for Guida.
Guida throws the kick towards the body but Sanchez avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to land a front kick but Guida steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A big right from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez throws a looping overhand right but Guida ducks down to avoid it.
Sanchez checks a leg kick.
Sanchez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Guida.
Guida on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Guida tries a head kick but it misses.
Sanchez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Guida misses with a few strikes there.
Guida connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
An inside leg kick lands from Guida.
Guida motions for Sanchez to come forward. Guida throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Guida moves out of range as Sanchez strikes.
Guida throws a quick inside leg kick.
Guida works the jab nicely.
Guida throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a series of wild punches.
Guida takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Guida is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Guida throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanchez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Guida moves out of range of the body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez throws the left hand but Guida avoids the punch easily.
Sanchez throws a solid leg kick but Guida takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a jab to the head.
A swing and a miss from Sanchez.
Guida slips under a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanchez 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.
Guida throws a leg kick but Sanchez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Guida throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sanchez on the side of the head.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut
and Guida counters with a nice leg kick.
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 Diego Sanchez will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Sanchez throws a low kick but Guida avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Sanchez misses the target.
Guida defending well as Sanchez loads up on a big left hand.
Guida is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sanchez.
Sanchez 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.
Guida tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sanchez is able to avoid easily.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut. Guida saw that one coming.
Sanchez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sanchez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
Guida goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sanchez blocks a low kick nicely.
Guida blocks a jab.
Guida displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanchez throws out the jab.
Guida fails with an attempt to clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Sanchez misses the target.
Guida scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guida blocks a low kick nicely.
Sanchez scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sanchez takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A swing and a miss from Sanchez.
Sanchez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Guida momentarily.
Sanchez throws a wild body kick that Guida sees coming a mile off.
Guida blocks a leg kick.
Sanchez looks to land a right hand but Guida moved out of range.
Sanchez walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Guida checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut. Guida saw that one coming.
Sanchez misses with a left hand
and Guida counters with a nice uppercut.
Guida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sanchez misses with a lunging right hand
and Guida makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sanchez misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sanchez throws a hook but Guida avoids it easily.
Guida lands a glancing blow to the side of Sanchez's head.
Nice defenses there by Guida.
Guida throws a leg kick which misses Sanchez's front leg but catches the back leg as Sanchez tries to avoid it.
Guida misses with a head kick.
Sanchez throws a push kick but Guida slaps the foot to one side.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sanchez.
Guida takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sanchez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Guida is looking to score with low kicks.
Guida lands a leg kick that knocks Sanchez off balance momentarily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Guida - that will leave a mark!
Guida misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sanchez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Guida. Guida obviously looking to wear him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands a nice looking kick to the body. Guida takes a step back to recover.
Diego Sanchez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A head kick misses from Guida.
Sanchez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Guida 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 Sanchez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sanchez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guida was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
Guida throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Some wild striking there from Guida.
Guida tries to land a front kick but Sanchez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A combination from Sanchez does no damage.
A telegraphed right hand from Sanchez misses the target.
Guida tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sanchez checks a low kick from Guida.
Guida gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sanchez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guida uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sanchez.
Sanchez looks to throw the jab but Guida is out of range.
Guida connects with an inside leg kick.
Sanchez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Guida gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Guida lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sanchez stalling in the clinch but Guida improves position.
Sanchez avoids a wild elbow strike from Guida.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Guida looking to slow down the pace here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Guida.
Guida has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee is keeping an eye on Guida - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ray Guida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Guida swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ray Guida.
I think Sanchez 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Mott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peppu Reiska MacDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). MacDonald has chosen Young MC - Bust a Move as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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26
158 lbs
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149 lbs
12 - 4 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Solid boxing
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Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, John Mott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Peppu Reiska MacDonald!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mott misses with a low kick as MacDonald jumps back.
MacDonald misses with a wild body shot.
Mott throws a combination but it was largely blocked by MacDonald.
Mott lands a right hook to the body.
Mott throws a combination but it was largely blocked by MacDonald.
Mott falls off balance throwing a combination
and MacDonald counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
MacDonald feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mott's calf.
MacDonald swings for the body but Mott moves out of range.
A shot to the body from MacDonald misses
and Mott counters with a left and a right that stings MacDonald.
MacDonald getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Mott takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mott misses with a combination
and MacDonald counters with a low kick, right behind Mott 's knee.
Mott uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by MacDonald.
A big left from Mott misses.
Mott throws a leg kick that is checked
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
MacDonald slips under a jab from Mott.
MacDonald is looking to clinch but Mott is avoiding it.
A left and a right from Mott both land. Nice combination.
MacDonald is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mott rather than just go for the knockout.
Mott on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mott misses with a wild combination.
Mott looks for a takedown but MacDonald sprawls well.
Mott misses with a few strikes there.
MacDonald looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
MacDonald lunges at Mott with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mott's hand.
MacDonald misses with a body shot
and Mott counters with a nice double leg into side control. MacDonald won't be happy with that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mott tries to advance to mount but MacDonald denies him.
MacDonald tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mott wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mott postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
MacDonald tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Mott easily slips into full mount!
Mott avoids the attempt from MacDonald to control.
MacDonald keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Mott controlling his opponent.
MacDonald is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mott postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. MacDonald looks a forlorn figure.
MacDonald in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
MacDonald tries to hold on but Mott pushes him away.
Mott breaks from MacDonald's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Mott landing punches.
MacDonald is rocked!
MacDonald is squirming around, avoiding Mott's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mott avoids the attempt from MacDonald to control.
MacDonald is trying to escape the mount.
MacDonald is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Mott landing shots from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
MacDonald is looking to get to half guard.
MacDonald is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Mott dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Mott throws a low kick but MacDonald moves out of range easily.
MacDonald misses with a body shot.
Mott throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mott takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
MacDonald scores with a hook.
MacDonald looks to score with a jab to the body but Mott is just out of range.
Mott slips under a jab.
Mott will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Peppu Reiska MacDonald seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mott tries to bum rush MacDonald with a series of wild strikes but MacDonald uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
MacDonald fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
MacDonald scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Peppu Reiska MacDonald seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mott swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mott manages to get an easy takedown there - catching MacDonald on his heels. He'll look to pass MacDonald's guard now, I'm sure.
MacDonald manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
John Mott overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mott is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mott is desperately trying to improve his position but MacDonald has a good base and remains in mount.
Mott takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Mott has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mott is desperately trying to improve his position but MacDonald has a good base and remains in mount.
MacDonald working the ground and pound effectively.
Mott is wriggling around trying to escape.
Mott is working hard here to advance position.
Mott wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacDonald controlling from mount.
Mott is working to get back to half guard.
Mott tries to hold on but MacDonald postures up.
MacDonald working Mott over with strikes here.
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!
Mott is wriggling around trying to escape.
MacDonald landing punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mott is wriggling around trying to escape.
MacDonald is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Mott tries to hold on but MacDonald pushes him away.
Mott is in all sorts of trouble here.
Mott sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Mott gets full guard.
MacDonald must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Mott 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.
Mott is looking to sweep but instead, MacDonald has passed into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mott tries to roll over but MacDonald keeps him under control.
MacDonald is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Mott!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacDonald avoids the attempt from Mott to control.
Mott regains half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
MacDonald is keen to just control but Mott is a slippery customer.
MacDonald wants to pass to mount but Mott is defending the position.
MacDonald lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mott wants to sweep but MacDonald has passed to side control!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mott is looking to regain half guard here but MacDonald keeps moving and retains side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Peppu Reiska MacDonald will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
MacDonald showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mott.
MacDonald changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Mott chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before MacDonald can pounce on him.
Mott tries for a takedown but MacDonald circles away easily
and MacDonald counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
MacDonald lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A slapping leg kick lands for MacDonald.
MacDonald tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
John Mott is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mott misses the shot to the body.
MacDonald thumps Mott with a low kick.
Nice takedown defense from MacDonald. No joy for Mott on that attempt.
MacDonald throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Mott has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from MacDonald.
That's one minute gone in the round.
MacDonald works the jab nicely.
A leg kick checked by MacDonald.
Mott is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Mott with a poor takedown
and MacDonald counters with a nice body shot.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Mott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A low kick from Mott misses
and MacDonald counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Mott takes a shot to the body in his stride.
MacDonald lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A leg kick checked by MacDonald.
MacDonald lands with a nice body punch.
MacDonald misses with a two punch combination.
Mott takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
MacDonald scoring well with a low kick there.
A jab from MacDonald finds it's way through Mott's defenses.
Mott throws a series of punches but MacDonald moves out of range.
MacDonald takes a swing at Mott's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mott misses with a left hand
and MacDonald counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
MacDonald has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
MacDonald fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mott on the side of the head.
Peppu Reiska MacDonald is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mott doesn't succeed with the takedown
and MacDonald counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
MacDonald cracks Mott with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mott closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into MacDonald's guard.
Mott looking to sit in guard and control but MacDonald gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
MacDonald trying to control the position from guard on top but Mott is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
MacDonald won't allow Mott to sweep him here.
MacDonald forces his way into half guard.
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.
MacDonald content to control rather than advance.
MacDonald is nestled in close to Mott, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Mott moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Mott 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.
MacDonald wants to control from the top but Mott keeps moving.
MacDonald might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Mott kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
MacDonald content to stall in guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacDonald got a little sloppy there for a moment and Mott has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, MacDonald has managed to get both his arms back between Mott's legs - danger averted.
MacDonald not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Peppu Reiska MacDonald was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Mott throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mott takes one on the chin but seems OK.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mott looks for a takedown but MacDonald sprawls well.
MacDonald lands a nice shot to the body.
Mott throws a solid leg kick but MacDonald takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Mott.
And that's the end of the fight!
Peppu Reiska MacDonald comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think MacDonald has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Peppu Reiska MacDonald!
An out of breath Peppu Reiska MacDonald thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rico Riccio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ballard Magnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riccio comes to the cage accompanied by Shotgun by Limp Bizkit. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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155 lbs
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158 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
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World class boxer
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rico Riccio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ballard Magnar!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magnar lands a nice shot that snaps Riccio's head back.
Magnar connects with a looping right hand.
Magnar getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Riccio tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Magnar makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Magnar throws a hook to the side of Riccio's head but Riccio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Riccio wants to clinch
and Magnar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Magnar comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Magnar misses with a lunging right hand
and Magnar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Riccio bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Riccio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Magnar throws out the jab.
Nice jab there from Riccio.
Riccio tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Magnar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Magnar misses with a left hand
and Magnar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Magnar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Magnar circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magnar throws a solid leg kick but Riccio takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Magnar.
Magnar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Riccio fails in his attempt to clinch.
Riccio is looking to clinch.
Magnar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Magnar 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 Riccio has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Riccio and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Riccio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Magnar wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Magnar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Riccio.
Riccio missing with a left hand there. Magnar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Riccio wants to clinch
and Magnar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Riccio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Magnar keeps the fight on the outside.
Magnar ducks right into an uppercut from Riccio.
Magnar jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riccio throws out a loose jab but Magnar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Magnar throws a lazy right hand but Riccio sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Magnar throws out a loose jab but Riccio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Magnar throws a poor cross that misses
and Riccio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magnar throws a shot from downtown. Riccio moves away and avoids it.
Riccio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Magnar.
Magnar blocks a head kick by Riccio.
Riccio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Magnar.
Riccio tries to clinch but Magnar is having none of it.
Magnar misses with a hook. Riccio ducked under it nicely.
Magnar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Magnar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Riccio wants to clinch up but Magnar keeps it at a distance.
Riccio closes the distance and clinches.
Magnar trying to stall but Riccio improves his position.
Magnar blocks an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Riccio throws an elbow but misses.
Nice body punch from Magnar - that landed with a thud.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Magnar avoids the elbow strike from Riccio, against the cage.
Riccio pushes off an throws an elbow but Magnar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Magnar scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Riccio landing knees to the body.
A short right from Magnar on the inside.
Magnar blocks an elbow strike.
Riccio looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Magnar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters up against the cage, Riccio throws an elbow but misses.
Magnar lands a nice uppercut.
Magnar lands a left hand.
Magnar avoids the elbow strike from Riccio, against the cage.
Magnar breaks the clinch.
Magnar lands with a cross.
Riccio is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Magnar is looking for an opening here. He's unloaded a big left hand that catches Riccio flush on the jaw and sends him tumbling to the canvas! Riccio is out cold! Magnar holds back from landing any unnecessary shots to his unconscious opponent, as the referee reacts slowly to the situation. A brutal knockout and then some excellent sportsmanship - this guy is my new favorite fighter!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ballard Magnar!
After winning the bout, Ballard Magnar thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jose Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sweeney Todd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, PELIMUSA. Todd has chosen Never Forget, Never Forgive.. as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jose Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sweeney Todd!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Todd uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sanchez.
Todd looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
Jose Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez lands with a nice body punch.
Sanchez stalks Todd and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Todd's face. Todd staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Sweeney Todd has been cut.
Sanchez scores with a nice head shot.
Sanchez swings for the body but Todd moves out of range.
Todd connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sanchez throws a jab but it's blocked by Todd.
Todd scores with a nice strike.
Todd misses the shot to the body.
Sanchez punishes Todd's body with a nice straight punch.
Sanchez thuds his shin into the meat of Todd's side.
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!
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Todd misses with a hook.
Todd moves out of range of the body kick.
Todd throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a low kick.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut. Todd saw that one coming.
Sanchez throws a big shot that misses.
Todd takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez looks to land a body kick but Todd moved away.
Sanchez misses with a hook.
Todd pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Sanchez back to the cage. Todd follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
It looks like Jose Sanchez has been cut.
Sanchez throws a hook but Todd avoids it easily.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Todd.
Todd ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchez moves away.
Sanchez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sanchez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanchez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sanchez swings for the body but Todd moves out of range.
Todd just misses with a punch to the body.
Todd just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Todd.
Todd throws a shot from downtown. Sanchez moves away and avoids it.
Sanchez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Todd.
Todd lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sanchez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Todd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Todd avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nice defenses there by Todd.
Todd bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanchez throws a push kick but Todd slaps the foot to one side.
Sanchez looks to score with a jab to the body but Todd is just out of range.
Sanchez loads up on a big right hand but Todd slips the punch.
Todd staying out of range there.
Sanchez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Todd lands an overhand right.
Sanchez blocks a head kick by Todd.
A leg kick checked by Sanchez.
Sanchez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Todd misses with a straight left.
Sanchez tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Todd is able to avoid easily.
Sanchez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Todd.
Todd shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A big right from Sanchez misses.
Todd throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Todd's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sanchez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Todd scrambles back to his feet.
Sanchez throws a leg kick
and Todd counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sanchez lands a leg kick that knocks Todd off balance momentarily.
Sanchez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but Todd sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sanchez lands a leg kick that knocks Todd off balance momentarily.
Good shot there by Todd.
Sanchez lands a leg kick that knocks Todd off balance momentarily.
Sanchez throws a head kick but Todd moves out of range.
Todd uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanchez.
Todd steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a body shot.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Todd is having none of it.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Todd moves out of range.
Todd misses with an uppercut.
Sanchez throws a lazy head kick
and Todd counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sanchez misses with a straight right.
Todd is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Todd misses with a low kick as Sanchez jumps back.
Sanchez lands a jab.
Sanchez takes a swing at Todd's ribcage but misses.
Sanchez motions for Todd to come forward. Sanchez throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Todd throws a looping overhand right but Sanchez ducks down to avoid it.
Todd dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanchez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Todd.
Todd scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanchez. Todd does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanchez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Todds jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sanchez plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A slapping leg kick lands for Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a solid leg kick but Todd takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sanchez.
Todd tries to bum rush Sanchez with a series of wild strikes but Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Todd checks a leg kick nicely.
Todd comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Sanchez dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sanchez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Todd looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
Todd works Sanchez's body with a nice hook.
Sanchez lands a glancing blow to the side of Todd's head.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Todd blocks a leg kick.
Todd doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanchez circles away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sanchez, right into the meat.
Sanchez looks for the body kick but Todd saw that one coming.
Sanchez tries to land a front kick but Todd steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sanchez misses with a low kick.
Todd keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sanchez jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Todd slips under a jab.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch but Todd swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sanchez staying out of range there.
Todd checks a leg kick nicely.
Sanchez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Todd.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez blocks a head kick by Todd.
Sanchez connects with an inside leg kick.
Sanchez takes the fight into the clinch.
Sanchez breaks from the clinch.
Sanchez pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Todd back to the cage. Sanchez follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Sanchez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Todd is rocked!
Sanchez is looking to clinch but Todd is avoiding it.
Todd is still on wobbly legs! Can Sanchez finish him?
Sanchez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Todd seems to have recovered his senses.
Todd tests Sanchez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Todd scores with a decent looking hook.
Todd loads up on a big right hand but Sanchez slips the punch.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Todd was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
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!
Sanchez throws a solid leg kick but Todd takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a lazy uppercut
and Todd counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Todd fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Todd lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Todd throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jose Sanchez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice shot lands for Todd.
Sanchez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sanchez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Todd misses with an uppercut. Sanchez saw that one coming.
Decent striking displayed by Sanchez there.
Sanchez misses with a body shot.
Todd scores with a decent looking hook.
Sanchez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Todd.
Nice uppercut there from Sanchez.
Todd's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Todd takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanchez misses with a kick to the body.
Sanchez closes the distance and clinches.
Todd lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Todd avoiding damage as Sanchez throws knees to the body.
Sanchez is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands a knee to the body.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Todd swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sanchez keeps control of Todd as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sanchez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Todd backwards.
Sanchez fails to pull guard.
Todd is trying to break the clinch but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Todd lands a right hand.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sanchez blocking some punches.
Todd avoiding damage as Sanchez throws knees to the body.
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A shot in the inside from Sanchez.
Todd tries to throw a body punch but Sanchez avoids it by throwing Todd back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Sanchez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez lands a right hand.
Todd misses with some punches.
Todd fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Todd.
Sanchez lands a good knee to the midsection. Todd won't want to take too many of those.
Sanchez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sanchez blocks a body shot from Todd.
Sanchez lands an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stalling in the clinch from Sanchez.
Sanchez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Todd misses with the head strike.
Todd pushes off an throws an elbow but Sanchez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Sanchez dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
Todd catches Sanchez with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sanchez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jose Sanchez is winning the standup battle so far.
Todd looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Todd avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Todd misses with a wild combination.
Todd avoids the head kick by Sanchez.
Todd looks to land a right hand but Sanchez moved out of range.
Todd throws a good cross that connects.
Todd with a jab.
Sanchez scores with a nice strike.
Todd rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sanchez makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Todd really felt that one!
Todd misses with a straight right.
Todd throws a big shot that misses.
Todd avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
Todd loads up on a big right hand but Sanchez slips the punch.
Sanchez looks to throw the jab but Todd is out of range.
Sanchez avoids the body shot from Todd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez lands with a kick to the temple. Todd shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Todd looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but Todd sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sanchez throws a body punch but Todd moves out of range.
Sanchez tries to score with a low kick but Todd moves his leg out of the way.
Todd 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.
Todd misses the shot to the body.
Todd throws an overhand right that lands on Sanchez's shoulder, as Sanchez tries to avoid the shot.
Sanchez throws a sloppy head kick and Todd moves out of range easily.
Todd manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Sanchez on his heels. He'll look to pass Sanchez's guard now, I'm sure.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Sanchez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Todd manages to get himself to full guard.
Todd keeping moving, preventing Sanchez from controlling successfully.
Todd has Sanchez pulled in close to control his posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez trying to control the position from guard on top but Todd is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sanchez working some strikes from top position.
Todd keeping full guard, as Sanchez tries to pass.
Sweeney Todd has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sanchez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sanchez lands a couple of digs.
Todd trying to control the position.
Todd has his foot on Sanchez's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sanchez works his way back into a safe position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sanchez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sanchez trying to control the position from guard on top but Todd is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sanchez postures up and lands a big shot to Todd's brow.
Sanchez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sanchez lands a couple of elbows.
Sanchez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Todd works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sanchez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Todd looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sanchez is one step ahead there.
Sanchez lands a couple of digs.
Jose Sanchez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez trying to control the position from guard on top but Todd is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sanchez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sanchez throws a big right hand that misses.
Sanchez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Sanchez wants to control from the top but Todd keeps moving.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanchez looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Sanchez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sanchez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Sanchez!
A very excited looking Jose Sanchez 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Don Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shea Savargo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Savargo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Trivium - In Waves kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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155 lbs
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151 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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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
23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Don Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shea Savargo!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall misses with a double jab
and Savargo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A punch combination from Hall misses.
Hall takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Savargo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hall counters with a straight right hand.
Hall feints and as Savargo raises his hands in defense, Hall changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Hall tries to free his leg and advance position but Savargo is retaining full guard.
Hall drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Hall as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Savargo screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Hall! Nice submission victory there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Don Hall!
Don Hall really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Hellraiser Fightgear ($10-$20 Clothing) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mister Spock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spock comes to the cage accompanied by Rolling Stones- 2000 Light Years. dos Santos is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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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
12 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Mister Spock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Rafael dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
dos Santos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Spock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but dos Santos manages to avoid it.
Spock gets a clinch.
Spock landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Spock content to slow the pace in the clinch.
dos Santos can't break the clinch.
dos Santos has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Spock is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Come on dos Santos - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Spock content to slow the pace in the clinch.
dos Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Good leg kick by Spock there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Spock scores with a hook to the body. dos Santos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jab from Spock.
dos Santos shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
dos Santos throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
dos Santos wants to control the action but instead Spock gets a body lock and reverses into dos Santos's guard! Nice work!
dos Santos keeping moving, preventing Spock from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
dos Santos is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Spock is controlling him.
Spock engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
dos Santos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
dos Santos had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Spock defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Spock got a little sloppy there for a moment and dos Santos has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Spock has managed to get both his arms back between dos Santos's legs - danger averted.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spock slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
dos Santos is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Spock defends well.
Spock stops dos Santos from standing up.
dos Santos is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Spock avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Spock is now in half guard.
dos Santos tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Spock has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
dos Santos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
dos Santos tries to hold on but Spock pushes him away.
You get the feeling that dos Santos really doesn't like being in this position too much.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
dos Santos tries to lock up and control but Spock gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Spock tries to control but dos Santos wriggling away.
dos Santos is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
dos Santos is looking to improve his position but Spock isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rafael dos Santos will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Spock scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
dos Santos looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Spock!
dos Santos looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Spock is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
dos Santos is working for a guillotine from mount but Spock frees his head quite easily.
dos Santos looking to control but Spock is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spock wants to hold on but dos Santos pushes him away.
Spock is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. dos Santos locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Spock is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rafael dos Santos!
A victorious Rafael dos Santos thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Connor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flavius Aetius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Connor comes to the cage accompanied by Ça vaut mieux que d'attraper la scarlatine by Ray Venture. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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161 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Connor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Flavius Aetius!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Connor misses with a double jab.
Connor throws an overhand right that lands on Aetius's shoulder, as Aetius tries to avoid the shot.
Connor loads up on a big right hand but Aetius slips the punch.
A leg kick checked by Connor.
Connor misses with a body shot.
Aetius steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Connor.
Connor is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Connor looks for the body kick but Aetius saw that one coming.
Connor misses with a body shot
and Aetius counters with a nice double leg into side control. Connor won't be happy with that.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Connor struggling a bit here.
Aetius creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Connor is looking for a sweep.
Connor is working hard here to advance position.
Aetius tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Connor might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Connor struggling a bit here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aetius creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Aetius wants to lay and pray for a moment but Connor keeps working.
Aetius is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Connor is looking for a sweep.
Aetius looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Aetius scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Connor to see if he's OK.
Aetius has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Connor is looking for a sweep.
The referee asks Aetius politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Aetius prefers to stall for the moment though.
Aetius wants to control but Connor is keeping him busy.
Connor is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Connor is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Aetius off and has taken his back!
Aetius is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A bit of a pause in the action here. Connor controlling the positon.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Connor lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Aetius hold on?!
Connor is persistently looking for the submission but Aetius is defending it well.
Aetius defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Connor's arms.
Connor lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Aetius.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Connor controlling the positon.
Connor landing with strikes.
Connor missing with strikes.
Aetius tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aetius gets back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Connor is trying to control. Aetius wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
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 John Connor 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.
Aetius ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Connor's corner calls for a 1-2. Connor obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Aetius takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Connor avoids the head kick by Aetius.
John Connor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Connor throws a big shot that misses.
Connor feints a jab promting Aetius to slip. Connor then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Aetius slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Aetius lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Aetius throws a nice inside leg kick.
Aetius takes a jab right on the kisser.
Connor steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Aetius. That one must have hurt.
A left lands for Connor.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Connor misses the jab.
Connor drops Aetius with a left and a right! Oh, Aetius is hurt - Connor dives into side control looking to finish!
It looks like Flavius Aetius has been cut.
Aetius is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Connor off and has taken his back!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Aetius is looking for the choke from the back position but Connor is controlling his hands well.
Connor needs to remain patient if he's going to get out of this sticky situation.
Connor is keeping busy.
Connor trying to control the position but Aetius manages to sink in the hooks.
Connor is in bad spot here.
Connor is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Connor manages to reverse the position and now he's in Aetius's guard. Nice work there by Connor.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Connor wants to pass the guard but Aetius is keeping the position.
Connor looking to sit in guard and control but Aetius gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Connor is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Connor looking for a guillotine here but Aetius defends easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Connor looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aetius trying to control but Connor is working from the bottom.
Aetius drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Connor dives on top into guard.
Connor passes into half guard.
Connor passes the guard and advances to mount!
Aetius keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Connor thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Connor trying to control but Aetius is having none of it.
Aetius tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Connor postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Aetius looks a forlorn figure.
Connor can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Aetius is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Connor dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Flavius Aetius's cut.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Connor misses with a few strikes there.
Aetius fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Aetius on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Aetius misses with a low kick as Connor jumps back.
A solid body kick from Aetius.
Connor digs a good body shot into Aetius's ribs.
Connor throws out a loose jab but Aetius uses good head movement to avoid it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Aetius.
Aetius goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Aetius fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Aetius misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Connor takes a swing at Aetius's ribcage but misses.
Connor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Aetius avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A low kick from Connor is predictable there
and Aetius counters with a good, hard body kick but Connor shrugs it off.
Aetius cracks the inside of Connor's front leg.
Connor throws a lazy right hand but Aetius sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Connor misses with a wild body shot.
Aetius throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
John Connor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Connor takes a swing at Aetius's ribcage but misses.
Aetius looking to score a takedown here. Connor is defending well but Aetius drives through and ends up in Connor's guard.
Connor controls Aetius momentarily but Aetius frees himself.
Connor working a defensive guard but Aetius manages to pass into side control anyway.
Connor takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aetius working the ground and pound from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Connor tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Aetius wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Aetius trying to control the action but Connor is working from the bottom.
Connor is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Connor on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
A lull in the action here as Aetius stalls from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aetius creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Aetius working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Connor is trying to control Aetius's posture but Aetius avoids it.
Sloppy strikes there by Aetius.
John Connor is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Aetius grinds an elbow into Connor's temple.
Aetius just content to control the position.
Aetius tries to score with some ground and pound. Connor controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Aetius looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aetius working away.
Connor is not content to let Aetius control the position.
Flavius Aetius has got the better of the ground game so far.
Aetius throws a strike aimed at the side of Connor's head but Connor avoids it well.
Flavius Aetius has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aetius trying to control the action but Connor is working from the bottom.
Aetius tries to score with some ground and pound. Connor controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Flavius Aetius comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Connor 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Connor!
John Connor very nearly forgot to thank Milwaukee's Best 160 SALE $150 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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