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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ales Zhandunka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slick Rick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rick is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Children's Story. Ales Zhandunka could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Slick Rick's chin.
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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
19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ales Zhandunka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Slick Rick!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rick misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rick throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zhandunka displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Slick Rick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rick.
Nice body punch from Rick.
Rick lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
An inside leg kick from Rick misses.
Zhandunka misses with a looping right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rick throws a right hand that misses
and Zhandunka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rick scores with a jab. Zhandunka acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rick throws a sloppy body shot
and Zhandunka counters with a nice body shot.
Rick fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rick takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rick wants to clinch.
Rick throws the left hand but Zhandunka avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rick throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rick digs a good body shot into Zhandunka's ribs.
Zhandunka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rick throws a right hand that misses
and Zhandunka counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zhandunka dodges the punch combination from Rick.
Zhandunka lands with a nice combination. Rick backs away looking to recover.
Nice shot by Zhandunka.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rick lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rick throws a poor cross that misses
and Rick takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rick lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zhandunka circles away quickly and effectively.
Rick misses with a straight left.
Rick fails to land with a series of punches.
Zhandunka throws an overhand right that lands on Rick's shoulder, as Rick tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rick throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zhandunka thows a body shot but no joy.
Rick rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Zhandunka makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Zhandunka tries to clinch but Rick moves out of range.
Zhandunka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rick throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rick is looking to clinch.
Rick gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Zhandunka.
Zhandunka throws a series of punches but Rick avoids them all with ease.
Rick looks to land a right hand but Zhandunka moved out of range.
A jab from Rick misses.
Rick takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Zhandunka misses the jab.
Zhandunka connects with the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka misses with a wild combination.
Zhandunka slips a straight right by Rick.
Rick misses with a hook to the body
and Zhandunka counters with a nice body shot.
Rick avoids the body shot from Zhandunka.
A telegraphed right hand from Zhandunka misses the target.
No joy there for Rick, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A slow jab from Rick misses its intended target.
Rick lands a jab.
Zhandunka takes a swing at Rick's ribcage but misses.
A big right from Rick misses.
Zhandunka swings for the body but Rick moves out of range.
A punch combination from Zhandunka misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka takes one to the chin there.
Zhandunka missing with a left hand there. Rick was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rick throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rick misses with an uppercut. Zhandunka saw that one coming.
Rick misses with a looping right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zhandunka missing with a left hand there. Rick was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zhandunka moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rick misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zhandunka keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rick.
Rick steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zhandunka.
Zhandunka lands with an uppercut that bounces Rick off the cage and back into range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A slow jab from Zhandunka misses its intended target.
A big left from Rick misses.
Rick steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zhandunka.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ales Zhandunka dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Rick misses with a series of wild punches.
Rick looks to land a combination but Zhandunka avoids it well.
Rick looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rick jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rick missing with a left hand there. Zhandunka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zhandunka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rick moves away.
Zhandunka looks to score with a jab to the body but Rick is just out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zhandunka is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Zhandunka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zhandunka walks into a stiff left hand from Rick.
Zhandunka throws a jab but it's blocked by Rick.
Zhandunka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rick circles away quickly and effectively.
Rick misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rick uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zhandunka.
Decent striking displayed by Rick there.
Zhandunka scores with a punch to the head.
Rick turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rick rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Zhandunka to counter with a crisp jab.
Zhandunka jabs Rick to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rick misses with a low kick.
Rick throws a series of strikes that have Zhandunka backpedaling.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice straight punches there by Zhandunka. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Zhandunka.
Rick takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Zhandunka.
Zhandunka throws a big shot that misses.
Zhandunka connects with a single shot there.
Nice shot lands for Zhandunka.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rick misses with a hook
and Zhandunka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rick misses with an uppercut.
Zhandunka misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rick takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Zhandunka misses with a looping left.
No joy there for Rick, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rick connects with a crisp jab.
Nice cross by Zhandunka.
Zhandunka slips under a jab.
Zhandunka tries to clinch but Rick is having none of it.
Zhandunka bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rick's head backwards.
Zhandunka is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Rick misses with a hook.
Ales Zhandunka is winning the standup battle so far.
The fighters circling - Rick throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rick ducks under a wild hook from Zhandunka.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rick.
Rick has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rick tries to bum rush Zhandunka with a series of wild strikes but Zhandunka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rick lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
No joy there for Rick, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rick walks into a stiff left hand from Zhandunka.
A swing and a miss from Rick.
Rick misses with a series of wild punches.
Zhandunka throws a shot to the body.
Zhandunka ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rick is breathing heavily.
Rick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zhandunka.
A big right from Rick misses.
Zhandunka misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rick stuns Zhandunka with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Zhandunka scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rick defending well as Zhandunka loads up on a big left hand.
Rick throws a body punch but Zhandunka moves out of range.
Rick getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rick misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Zhandunka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zhandunka slips a straight right by Rick.
Rick misses with a hook. Zhandunka ducked under it nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Rick misses the target.
Rick tries to clinch up but Zhandunka circles away and keeps his distance.
Rick misses with a left hand
and Zhandunka counters with a left to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zhandunka lands a really nice looking cross but Rick seems unphased.
Rick tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Zhandunka manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Zhandunka takes a swing at Rick's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ales Zhandunka dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Zhandunka moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Slick Rick has been cut.
Zhandunka lands with a hook. Rick tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Zhandunka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rick.
Zhandunka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rick swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zhandunka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rick misses with a kick to the body.
Zhandunka tries to close the distance and clinch but Rick swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zhandunka uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rick has time to react.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rick throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rick misses with an uppercut. Zhandunka saw that one coming.
Rick throws a hook to the side of Zhandunka's head but Zhandunka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zhandunka swats away the attempt to clinch by Rick.
Zhandunka misses with a two punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rick walks into a straight right hand from Zhandunka.
Nice body punch from Rick.
Rick ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zhandunka scores with a nice strike.
Rick swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zhandunka throws a jab but it's blocked by Rick.
Zhandunka throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rick misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zhandunka.
Rick takes one on the button.
Zhandunka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rick is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Rick throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rick looks to throw the jab but Zhandunka is out of range.
Rick jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Rick there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rick missing with a left hand there. Zhandunka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rick looks to land a left hand but Zhandunka moved out of range nicely.
Rick throws out a loose jab but Zhandunka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rick moves away from the strike by Zhandunka.
Zhandunka misses with a two punch combination.
Rick throws out a loose jab but Zhandunka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rick misses the shot to the body.
Rick slips under a jab.
Zhandunka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rick lands a nice hook to Zhandunka's body. Zhandunka takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rick swings widly with a right hand
and Zhandunka counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zhandunka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Slick Rick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka with a jab.
Zhandunka fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rick on the side of the head.
Rick takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Zhandunka on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Zhandunka lands with a shot to the body.
Zhandunka misses with a lunging right hand
and Rick counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zhandunka staying out of range there.
Rick misses with a right hand
and Zhandunka counters with a nice uppercut.
Rick just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zhandunka misses the shot to the body.
Rick throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zhandunka fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rick's head backwards.
Zhandunka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rick.
A telegraphed right hand from Zhandunka misses the target.
Zhandunka getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rick misses with an uppercut.
Rick throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rick swats away the attempt to clinch by Zhandunka.
Zhandunka displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jab from Zhandunka.
Ales Zhandunka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rick ducks under a wild hook from Zhandunka.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ales Zhandunka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Zhandunka 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ales Zhandunka!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rob Adam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Devan Dubnyk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adam comes to the cage accompanied by Grateful Deads- Truckin'. Dubnyk has chosen Obnoxious - Immortal Technique as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rob Adam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Devan Dubnyk!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Micheangelo Fripello and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dubnyk tests Adam's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dubnyk with a nice cross.
Adam avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dubnyk misses with a straight right.
Dubnyk throws a nice looking combination but Adam bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Adam connects with an inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Adam.
Adam goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Adam misses with a looping right.
Adam throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dubnyk misses with a right hand
and Adam counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice shot by Dubnyk.
Adam buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adam misses with a wild body shot.
Dubnyk getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Dubnyk moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dubnyk throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dubnyk checks a low kick from Adam.
Dubnyk is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adam swings for the body but Dubnyk moves out of range.
Adam misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Adam takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A left and a right from Dubnyk both land. Nice combination.
Adam throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dubnyk throws a hook to the side of Adam's head but Adam sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dubnyk lands a really nice looking cross but Adam seems unphased.
Dubnyk tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Adam counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dubnyk lands a jab.
Adam is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dubnyk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Adam swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Adam avoids the body shot from Dubnyk.
Dubnyk takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Dubnyk swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adam avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dubnyk jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Adam looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dubnyk misses the shot to the body.
Dubnyk clinches with his opponent.
Adam tries to throw a body punch but Dubnyk avoids it by throwing Adam back against the cage.
Dubnyk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rob Adam seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adam on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dubnyk throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Adam's head.
Adam throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dubnyk forces Adam back against the cage and clinches.
A knee to the head by Adam.
Dubnyk tries to circle away but Adam has him pinned against the cage.
Adam breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Adam loads up on a big right hand but Dubnyk slips the punch.
Dubnyk slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dubnyk lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Adam takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dubnyk.
Dubnyk scores with a nice right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dubnyk scores with a nice strike.
Adam is rocked!
Adam takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Oh Adam is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Adam takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dubnyk avoids the body shot from Adam.
Dubnyk avoids a kick to the body.
Dubnyk might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Adam misses with the body kick
and Dubnyk scores with a counter punch that sends Adam to the canvas! Dubnyk smells blood - he's punishing Adam with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Adam has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Devan Dubnyk!
A victorious Devan Dubnyk 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 bantamweight MMA rules bout between Garrett Bisley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tad Ghostal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bisley comes to the cage accompanied by Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down. Ghostal comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Good King Wenceslas kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Tad Ghostal will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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145 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Garrett Bisley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tad Ghostal!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Josh West and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ghostal lands with a kick to the temple. Bisley shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bisley fails to land the takedown.
Good standup being displayed there by Ghostal as he connects with a hook.
Bisley misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Ghostal to counter with a crisp jab.
Ghostal is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ghostal stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bisley takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ghostal misses with the combination.
Bisley shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ghostal pinned against the cage. Ghostal gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Garrett Bisley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ghostal fails with the takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Ghostal. No joy for Bisley on that attempt.
No joy there for Bisley, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A jab lands there for Ghostal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bisley on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ghostal. Ghostal obviously looking to wear him down.
Jab from Ghostal.
Ghostal moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bisley misses with a left hand
and Ghostal counters with a right hand to the body.
Ghostal bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bisley's head backwards.
Ghostal fails to land the takedown.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bisley is defended easily by Ghostal.
Ghostal looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ghostal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bisley moves out of range of the strikes.
Ghostal's corner calls for a 1-2. Ghostal obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghostal misses with a low kick.
Ghostal is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bisley had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Ghostal misses with a two punch combination.
A left lands for Bisley.
Bisley misses with a wild body shot.
Ghostal is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bisley sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bisley fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bisley scores with a hook to the body. Ghostal takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ghostal lands a high kick!
Ghostal lands a nice looking body kick.
Ghostal throws out a leg kick but Bisley moves out of range and Ghostal only half commits.
The crowd cheers as Ghostal lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bisley doesn't seem phased though.
Ghostal slips under a jab from Bisley.
Ghostal scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ghostal cracks the inside of Bisley's front leg.
Bisley lands with a good body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bisley slips under a jab.
Bisley dips to his left and cracks Ghostal with an uppercut!
Ghostal avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bisley is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ghostal sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ghostal thows a body kick. Bisley tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Bisley fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Ghostal sprawls well initially but Bisley persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Bisley with the ground and pound but Ghostal uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Ghostal throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bisley has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ghostal not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bisley loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ghostal is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bisley defends well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ghostal keeping moving, preventing Bisley from controlling successfully.
Bisley looking to pass the guard.
Ghostal working a defensive guard here.
Bisley chips away with some ground and pound.
Ghostal has his foot on Bisley's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bisley works his way back into a safe position though.
Ghostal keeping full guard, as Bisley tries to pass.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bisley working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ghostal's head.
Bisley preventing the sweep.
Ghostal is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bisley defends well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tad Ghostal 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.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bisley.
Some wild striking there from Ghostal.
Bisley swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice sprawl there from Ghostal as Bisley shoots in.
Ghostal misses with a wild body shot.
Ghostal ducks under a wild hook from Bisley.
Ghostal misses with a wild body shot.
Ghostal tries to score with a low kick but Bisley moves his leg out of the way.
Ghostal throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bisley tries for a takedown but Ghostal sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bisley misses with a wild body shot.
Ghostal throws a low kick but Bisley avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bisley blocks a jab.
Ghostal has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Bisley gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ghostal.
Ghostal avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ghostal moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bisley slips under a jab.
Tad Ghostal seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ghostal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bisley rushes Ghostal and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bisley jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ghostal walks away with a smile on his face. Bisley gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Garrett Bisley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bisley shoots in for a takedown but Ghostal shows good takedown defense.
Ghostal tries to keep at a distance but Bisley has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ghostal drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bisley gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bisley can't find room to land a body shot as Ghostal controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghostal digs a right hand into Bisley's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bisley's gas tank.
Bisley trying to stall but Ghostal improves his position.
Ghostal tries to work over Bisley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ghostal stalling.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bisley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Ghostal.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ghostal lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bisley fails to pull guard.
Ghostal misses with the head strike.
Ghostal misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ghostal lands a body punch.
Ghostal taking a breather.
Ghostal wants a takedown.
Ghostal fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bisley misses with some punches.
Ghostal scores with a shoulder strike.
Bisley takes a shot to the head.
Ghostal scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ghostal creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bisley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ghostal lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bisley leaning his opponent against the cage.
Bisley misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ghostal.
A body shot lands from Bisley.
Ghostal doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bisley drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ghostal gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bisley is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bisley manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bisley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bisley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bisley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tad Ghostal seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ghostal leaning his opponent against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bisley blocks an uppercut.
Bisley tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bisley misses with a punch to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bisley pushes Ghostal back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ghostal softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ghostal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tad Ghostal showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Ghostal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bisley misses with a body shot.
Ghostal tries to work over Bisley's front leg with a kick but Bisley checks it.
Bisley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ghostal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ghostal closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bisley misses with a combination
and Ghostal counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ghostal uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bisley misses with a hook. Ghostal ducked under it nicely.
Bisley tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ghostal swivels and escapes.
Bisley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ghostal.
Ghostal lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bisley loads up on a big right hand but Ghostal slips the punch.
Ghostal is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ghostal. That's going to slow Bisley down.
Ghostal fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bisley looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bisley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ghostal.
Ghostal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Horrible takedown by Bisley or perhaps it was just good defense by Ghostal which made him look bad.
Ghostal thows a body shot but no joy.
Bisley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ghostal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bisley.
Ghostal scores with a hook.
Ghostal scores with a leg kick.
Bisley cracks Ghostal with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bisley on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ghostal. Ghostal obviously looking to wear him down.
Bisley tries to clinch but Ghostal is having none of it.
Horrible takedown by Bisley or perhaps it was just good defense by Ghostal which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Garrett Bisley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bisley clobbers Ghostal with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Garrett Bisley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghostal connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ghostal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ghostal jabs Bisley to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bisley clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ghostal is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Bisley lands with a light punch inside.
A bit of stalling here from Ghostal.
A hook to the body from Bisley.
A head punch on the inside from Ghostal fails to land.
Ghostal can't get the takedown.
Ghostal tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bisley's elbow.
Bisley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ghostal misses the shot to the body.
Ghostal scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bisley throws a body punch but Ghostal moves out of range.
Bisley wants to clinch up but Ghostal keeps it at a distance.
Ghostal sizes up Bisley with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ghostal uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bisley has time to react.
Bisley misses the body punch
and Ghostal counters with a right hand to the body.
Bisley just misses with a punch to the body.
Bisley just misses with a punch to the body.
Bisley missing with a left hand there. Ghostal was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ghostal paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ghostal takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ghostal. That's going to slow Bisley down.
Ghostal avoids the body shot from Bisley.
Ghostal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bisley was well out of range. Poor timing from Ghostal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghostal chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ghostal with a nice cross.
Ghostal throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bisley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ghostal moves away.
Bisley misses with a body shot
and Ghostal counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bisley thinking.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ghostal scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bisley closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ghostal to the mat! Ghostal manages to get full guard.
Bisley in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ghostal looking for subs off his back but Bisley has passed one foot through into half guard.
Bisley winds up and cracks Ghostal with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ghostal is defending against the submission attempts here by Bisley.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tad Ghostal.
I've got Ghostal winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Josh West scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tad Ghostal!
After the big win, Tad Ghostal made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Syndicate Nutrition (DUS) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alun James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance Uppercut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James comes to the cage accompanied by Carry Me Home. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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178 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alun James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lance Uppercut!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Roger Salmon and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uppercut misses the jab.
James shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. James showed some decent athleticism there.
Uppercut tries to get to full guard but James has control of the leg.
Uppercut trying to hold on to James's head to control him but James postures up.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with James in particular looking to stall.
Uppercut wants to improve his position but James is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Uppercut is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
James thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James is thwarting Uppercut's attempts to control the position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Uppercut lands a nice shot to the body.
Uppercut swings for the body but James moves out of range.
James swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Uppercut counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Uppercut fails with the takedown.
James keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circling - James throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Uppercut cracks James with an open hand slap.
Uppercut thows a left - swing and a miss!
A swing and a miss from Uppercut.
Uppercut throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck James on the side of the head.
Uppercut lands a jab.
James throws a hook to the side of Uppercut's head but Uppercut sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Uppercut. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
James lands a jab to the nose.
A left lands for Uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Uppercut dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Uppercut misses with a hook.
A punch combination from James misses.
Uppercut with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling James to score with a decent uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from James misses the target.
James throws a poor cross that misses
and James takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
James tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
James fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Uppercut avoids it really well and circles away.
Uppercut throws out a loose jab but James uses good head movement to avoid it.
Uppercut thows a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James throws a leg kick but Uppercut sees it coming and moves out of range.
James fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Uppercut manages to avoid it.
Uppercut swings for the body but James moves out of range.
Uppercut connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
James scores with a one two! Uppercut had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
James has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Uppercut finds it's way round the side to connect with James's head.
Nice shot lands for James.
James takes a swing at Uppercut's ribcage but misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Uppercut is defended easily by James.
James throws a low kick but it's checked well by Uppercut.
James dives in and grabs Uppercut's left leg, looking for a takedown. Uppercut pushes down on James's head and hops out.
Uppercut lands with a good body shot.
Uppercut jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uppercut throws a jab but it's blocked by James.
James fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Uppercut avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alun James. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Uppercut lands with a hook. James tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Uppercut swings for the body but James moves out of range.
James misses with a looping left.
A right-left combo lands from Uppercut.
Uppercut wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Uppercut connects with a right hand. James shakes it off.
Some wild striking there from James.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Uppercut checks a low kick from James.
A big left from Uppercut misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lance Uppercut 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.
Uppercut misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from James.
Uppercut avoids a punch combination nicely.
James connects with a leg kick. Uppercut looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
James keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
James takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Uppercut blocks a jab.
James ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Uppercut moves away.
James shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than James was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Uppercut manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Uppercut avoiding damage under a succession of punches from James.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Uppercut trying to control here.
James prevents Uppercut from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Uppercut is looking for a sweep. James is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Uppercut taking some punishment here, with James in his half guard.
James looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Uppercut trying to control here.
James is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Uppercut moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
James looking to sit in guard and control but Uppercut gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
James keeping moving, preventing Uppercut from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James trying to control the position.
James working for a triangle but Uppercut defends it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Uppercut won't allow James to sweep him here.
James is trying to control the position but Uppercut postures up.
Uppercut missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
James is pulling down on Uppercut's head to control his posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Uppercut throws a big elbow that misses.
Uppercut 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.
Uppercut preventing the sweep.
Uppercut trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Uppercut trying to control the position from guard on top but James is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
James trying to keep a closed guard but Uppercut is proving a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
James scoring well with a low kick there.
James misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Uppercut.
Uppercut throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling James to counter with a crisp jab.
Uppercut takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
James swings for the body but Uppercut moves out of range.
James misses with a looping right.
Uppercut shoots in but no luck this time.
Uppercut misses with a looping left.
James works the jab nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
James throws an overhand right that lands on Uppercut's shoulder, as Uppercut tries to avoid the shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
James misses with a looping left.
Uppercut scores with a shot to the body.
Uppercut manages to get an easy takedown there - catching James on his heels. He'll look to pass James's guard now, I'm sure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alun James dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Uppercut takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Uppercut shoots in but James avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Uppercut lands a nice hook to James's body. James takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Uppercut. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
Uppercut scores with a jab to the jaw.
Uppercut connects with a body shot.
James throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Uppercut stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
James shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
James fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
James lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
James wants to control the pace but Uppercut is squirming around nicely.
Uppercut is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Uppercut wants to hold on but James pushes him away.
James 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.
James looking to control but Uppercut is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
James lands with some strikes.
Uppercut is wriggling around trying to escape.
James with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, James cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
James will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Uppercut is bucking up trying to escape but James cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Uppercut is trying to escape the mount.
James breaks from Uppercut's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Uppercut can't escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Alun James overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
James working Uppercut over with strikes here.
James landing punches.
Uppercut can't escape the position.
James is landing with some decent strikes but Uppercut is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
James lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
BOOM! James connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Uppercut manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Uppercut has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. James is working away from the top position though.
James missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Uppercut manages to get to full guard.
James trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James is pushing down on Uppercut's leg trying to pass to half guard. Uppercut is fighting to maintain full guard but James has managed to sneak the leg through.
Uppercut trying to hold on to James's head to control him but James postures up.
Uppercut is trying to get back to full guard.
Uppercut trying to control but James postures up.
Uppercut gets full guard.
James wants to control from the top but Uppercut keeps moving.
James throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
James working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
James lands a couple of digs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uppercut not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
James wants to pass the guard but Uppercut is keeping the position.
Uppercut is trying to control the position but James postures up.
James works over Uppercut with some ground and pound from guard.
James is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
James is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Uppercut is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
James trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Uppercut tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alun James showed his dominance in that final round.
I think James 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alun James!
Alun James seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jin Renka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronnie Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Jin Renka has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Jin Renka seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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196 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jin Renka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ronnie Riley!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Josh West and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Riley there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Riley thumps Renka with a low kick.
Renka connects with a body shot.
Riley misses with a body kick.
Renka needs to keep his hands up - Riley had a free shot at his head there.
Renka throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Riley counters with an outside leg kick.
Riley fakes the leg kick and cracks Renka in the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riley fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Renka.
Riley clinches up with Renka and pushes him back against the cage.
Riley lands a shoulder strike.
Renka takes a shot to the head.
Riley looking to throw knees to the head but Renka is blocking nicely.
Renka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Riley blocks a body shot from Renka.
Renka tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Renka blocks an elbow strike from Riley.
Riley throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Riley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Riley.
Renka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Renka.
Knees in the clinch landing for Riley.
Riley lands a nice uppercut.
Renka tries to break the clinch but Riley is controlling the position.
Renka on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Renka misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Riley lands a hook to the side of the head.
Riley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Renka's efforts to push away.
Renka pushes Riley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Riley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Riley lands a left hand.
Riley throws a head punch that misses.
Riley lands an elbow inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Riley pushes Renka back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Renka.
Riley lands a left hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Renka.
Renka doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Renka misses with a short punch on the inside.
Renka misses with a knee strike.
A short left from Riley.
A nice right hand lands inside from Riley.
Riley looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Riley tries to stall but Renka uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Riley struggles to land a body shot inside as Renka controls his hands.
Renka tries to throw a body punch but Riley avoids it by throwing Renka back against the cage.
Riley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Riley.
Renka misses with a hook to the ribs.
Riley scores with a shot to the side of Renka's head.
Renka on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Riley struggles to land a body shot inside as Renka controls his hands.
Riley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Renka.
Renka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Riley is defending well for now.
Renka throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Renka has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Renka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Riley lands with a right to the head.
Renka breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Renka takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jin Renka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riley has Renka up against the cage in a clinch.
A short uppercut from Riley.
Renka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Renka misses with a punch on the inside.
Riley scores with a hook to the body.
Riley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Renka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Riley scores with a shot to the side of Renka's head.
Riley stalling in the clinch but Renka improves position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Renka tries to work over Riley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Riley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Knees to the body from Riley.
Renka is breathing heavily.
Renka misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley lands a left hand.
Renka lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Riley scores with a nice short uppercut.
Riley is leaning against Renka and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Riley scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Riley.
Riley lands a shot to the body.
Riley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Renka's efforts to push away.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Riley.
Riley scores a nice knee to the body.
Riley lands a hook to the side of the head.
Riley is pushing Renka up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Riley lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Renka on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Riley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Riley tries a body shot but Renka blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronnie Riley 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.
Riley thumps Renka with a low kick.
Riley swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Riley is looking to land body kicks.
Renka throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Riley comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Riley tries a low kick but Renka avoids it.
Renka blocks a head kick by Riley.
Riley scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Renka doesn't seem bothered though.
Renka checks the leg kick.
Riley tries to clinch there but Renka circles away.
Renka thows a left - swing and a miss!
An inside leg kick lands from Renka.
Renka misses with a low kick.
Renka throws a head kick but Riley moves out of range.
Riley slips under a jab from Renka.
Riley paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ronnie Riley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Riley feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Renka's calf.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Riley. That's going to slow Renka down.
A clash of legs there as Renka blocks the low kick.
Riley connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Riley is looking to clinch.
Good shot there by Renka.
Riley throws a sloppy head kick and Renka moves out of range easily.
Renka avoids the body shot from Riley.
Riley throws a front kick aimed at Renka's knee but Renka avoids it well.
Riley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Renka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Riley.
That kick from Renka tenderised Riley's leg. Riley is trying to keep his angry face on.
Renka avoids the head kick by Riley.
Renka lands a jab to the head.
Renka looks to score with a jab to the body but Riley is just out of range.
Riley lands a slapping body shot.
Riley jabs Renka to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riley pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A looping hook to the body misses from Renka. Riley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Riley dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Renka. That did some damage!
Renka throws the left hand but Riley avoids the punch easily.
Renka throws a leg kick that is checked
and Riley counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Renka is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Riley takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Riley tries to land a front kick but Renka steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Renka throws a head kick that misses.
Renka tries to move into range but Riley moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Riley tries to clinch up.
The crowd cheers as Riley lands an impressive looking overhand right. Renka doesn't seem phased though.
Riley throws a push kick but Renka slaps the foot to one side.
Riley moves into the clinch.
Riley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nice body punch from Riley - that landed with a thud.
Riley misses with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Renka misses with some punches.
Riley throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Riley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Renkas head.
Riley slowing the pace effectively.
Nice elbow from Riley.
Renka is trying to break the clinch but Riley has him pressed against the cage.
Renka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Riley lands a nice uppercut.
Riley lands an elbow inside.
Riley gets through Renka's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Renka blocks the elbow strike.
Riley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Renka buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Riley closes the distance and clinches.
Riley is looking to take this one to the mat.
Renka looking to throw knees to the head but Riley is blocking nicely.
Riley misses with an elbow strike.
Ronnie Riley seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Renka wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice left hand lands by Riley.
Riley creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Renka's defenses.
Riley lands with a right to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Renka struggles to land a body shot inside as Riley controls his hands.
Riley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Renka fails to land.
Renka is leaning against Riley and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Riley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Renka is rocked!
Riley lands a damaging elbow.
Oh Renka is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Riley has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Renka - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Riley, and another! Renka is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Ronnie Riley!
In his post fight interview, Ronnie Riley started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Bourne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Obworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bourne might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bawitdaba. Obworth is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Sabaton - Wolfpack. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, John Bourne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jacob Obworth!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Josh West and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by Bourne.
Obworth throws a lazy uppercut
and Bourne counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Jacob Obworth has been cut.
Obworth keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bourne.
Bourne takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bourne throws a right hand that Obworth ducks under and follows up with a left that Obworth also avoids with ease.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Obworth slips under a jab from Bourne.
Obworth misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Obworth displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bourne throws out the jab.
Obworth avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bourne darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bourne bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Obworth throws a right hand that Bourne ducks under and follows up with a left that Bourne also avoids with ease.
Bourne slips under a jab from Obworth.
Obworth misses with a wild body shot.
Obworth misses with a hook.
Bourne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Obworth throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bourne on the side of the head.
Obworth throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bourne ducks under a wild hook from Obworth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Obworth looks to throw the jab but Bourne is out of range.
Obworth ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bourne moves away.
Obworth connects with a body shot.
Bourne tries to bum rush Obworth with a series of wild strikes but Obworth uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Obworth looks to land a combination but Bourne avoids it well.
Obworth scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Obworth staying out of range there.
Bourne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bourne throws a leg kick but Obworth sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bourne swinging wildly here.
Obworth slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Obworth slips a jab and a cross from Bourne.
Obworth pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Obworth takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
John Bourne is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bourne misses with a few strikes there.
Obworth displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obworth thows a left - swing and a miss!
Obworth throws a body punch but Bourne moves out of range.
Obworth connects with a looping right hand.
Obworth connects with a body shot that sends Bourne's belly button to the back.
Obworth throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bourne's waist but Bourne gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Obworth off to one side.
Bourne looks to land a right hand but Obworth moved out of range.
Obworth throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Obworth fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bourne throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bourne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Obworth dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Obworth works Bourne's body with a nice hook.
Nice defenses there by Obworth.
Obworth lands with a straight right. Bourne didn't see that one coming.
Bourne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Obworth manages to avoid it.
Obworth connects with the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bourne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Obworth stalks Bourne and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bourne's face. Bourne staggers backwards, shaken.
Bourne takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bourne is breathing heavily.
Bourne takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Obworth looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Obworth swinging wildly here.
Obworth has taken the fight to the clinch.
Obworth tries a body shot but Bourne blocks it.
Bourne doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Obworth prevents a body shot from Bourne.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Obworth.
Bourne tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obworth jumps into guard, dragging Bourne to the mat.
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.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Obworth wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Obworth trying to keep a closed guard but Bourne is proving a slippery customer.
Obworth throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Obworth pulls Bourne in close to his closed guard and prevents Bourne from doing any damage or advancing position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Obworth keeping moving, preventing Bourne from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacob Obworth dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jacob Obworth's cut.
That's time! Bourne's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Bourne delivers a nice body kick.
Bourne throws a series of punches but Obworth moves out of range.
Jacob Obworth seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bourne moves out of range of the strikes.
Bourne looks to score with a jab to the body but Obworth is just out of range.
Bourne misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Obworth cracks Bourne with an open hand slap.
Bourne scores with a jab to the jaw.
Obworth misses with a looping left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Obworth moves into the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Obworth is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Obworth takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Obworth.
Bourne blocks a body shot from Obworth.
Obworth scores with a shoulder strike.
Bourne blocks an uppercut.
Bourne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short body shot lands from Obworth as the two fighters clinch.
Bourne tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Obworth misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Obworth.
Obworth working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bourne tries to break the clinch but Obworth is controlling the position.
Bourne misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bourne lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bourne doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Obworth tries to pull guard but Bourne won't allow it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bourne working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Obworth.
Obworth dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Obworth scores with a shot to the side of Bourne's head.
Obworth working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Obworth is trying to pull guard but Bourne has him pressed against the cage.
Obworth trying to stall but Bourne improves his position.
Obworth is struggling to control the position.
Bourne blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bourne working aggressively here.
Obworth struggles to land a body shot inside as Bourne controls his hands.
Bourne lands a shot to the body.
Bourne tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Obworth's elbow.
Obworth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bourne digs a right hand underneath Obworth's ribcage. Obworth let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bourne lands a right hand.
Obworth tries to throw a body punch but Bourne avoids it by throwing Obworth back against the cage.
Obworth throws a head punch that misses.
Bourne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bourne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bourne pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Obworth tries to close the distance and clinch but Bourne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bourne lands with a nice body punch.
A punch combination from Obworth misses.
Obworth misses with a series of wild punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obworth tries to move into range but Bourne moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Obworth slips a jab from Bourne.
Obworth avoids a kick to the body.
Jab, jab by Obworth - just one landing.
Bourne is looking to score with low kicks.
Obworth scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A jab from Obworth does it's job there.
Bourne throws a hook but Obworth avoids it easily.
Obworth misses with a body shot
and Bourne counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bourne throws a half hearted mid kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bourne looks for the body kick but Obworth saw that one coming.
Jacob Obworth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Obworth swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Obworth just misses with a punch to the body.
Bourne takes a swing at Obworth's ribcage but misses.
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 John Bourne will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jacob Obworth's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Obworth slips under a jab from Bourne.
Bourne throws a body punch but Obworth moves out of range.
Obworth missing with a left hand there. Bourne was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Decent striking displayed by Bourne there.
Bourne lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Obworth at a distance.
Bourne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Obworth manages to avoid it.
Obworth lands a slapping body shot.
Obworth misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bourne takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bourne throws the kick towards the body but Obworth avoids it.
Bourne moves out of range as Obworth strikes.
Obworth swings for the body but Bourne moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Obworth. Bourne does a little dance to reset his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Obworth throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bourne lands a jab.
Obworth throws a big shot that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Obworth fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bourne looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Obworth 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.
Bourne uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bourne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Obworth was well out of range. Poor timing from Bourne.
Obworth loads up on a big right hand but Bourne slips the punch.
Bourne throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bourne throws a body punch but Obworth moves out of range.
Bourne clobbers Obworth with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bourne gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Obworth.
Bourne looks to land a right hand but Obworth moved out of range.
Obworth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bourne was well out of range. Poor timing from Obworth.
Obworth throws a looping overhand right but Bourne ducks down to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Obworth throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Obworth checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourne throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A big right from Obworth misses.
Bourne with a hook.
Bourne thuds a left hand into Obworth's body.
Bourne moves out of range of the strikes.
Obworth takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Obworth takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Obworth walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Obworth swings for the body but Bourne moves out of range.
Bourne wants to land a leg kick but Obworth is out of range.
Jacob Obworth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Obworth takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Obworth looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bourne will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Obworth connects with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obworth digs a good hook to Bourne's body.
Obworth uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bourne.
Bourne throws a poor cross that misses
and Obworth cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bourne works Obworth's body with a nice hook.
Bourne cracks Obworth with a right hand to the side of the head.
Obworth misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bourne.
Bourne misses with the combination.
Obworth drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Obworth dives in and grabs Bourne's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bourne pushes down on Obworth's head and hops out.
Bourne gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jab by Bourne.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bourne sizes up Obworth with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bourne throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obworth throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Obworth misses with a jab, cross combination.
Obworth throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bourne.
Obworth scores with a jab to the body.
Obworth slips a jab and a cross from Bourne.
Bourne stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bourne wants it to stay on the feet.
John Bourne has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jacob Obworth.
Obworth throws a series of strikes that have Bourne backpedaling.
Bourne swings for the body but Obworth moves out of range.
Bourne with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A looping hook to the body misses from Obworth. Bourne does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bourne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Obworth.
Bourne jabs at Obworth's body.
Bourne tests Obworth's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Obworth on the wrong end of a nice hook.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Bourne showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bourne 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 29:28
Judge Josh West scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Bourne!
In his post fight interview, John Bourne gave a big smile as he said 'I appreciate the fight he put up, but I've always said I was the best there ever was. I'm gonna go home to my wife, and we'll see how the next fight goes. Thanks to my fans. I love you all.'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leighton Matias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustavo Fring (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matias comes to the cage accompanied by Killing In The Name. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Leighton Matias!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gustavo Fring!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Roger Salmon and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matias forces Fring back against the cage and clinches.
Fring breaks the clinch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Matias darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Matias tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fring swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Matias pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fring circles away from the clinch attempt.
Matias instigates a clinch.
Matias misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fring.
Fring is trying to push Matias away but Matias has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Fring's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Leighton Matias seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fring throws a leg kick but Matias sees it coming and moves out of range.
Matias throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Matias tries to clinch up but Fring circles away and keeps his distance.
Fring paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
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!
The fighters circling - Fring throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Matias tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Matias checks a leg kick.
Nice jab there from Matias.
Matias tries to clinch but Fring moves away
and Fring counters with a left to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Fring scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like Leighton Matias has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matias wants to clinch.
Fring just misses with a punch to the body.
Matias tries to clinch but Fring moves out of range.
Fring throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Matias wants to clinch
and Fring counters with a nice uppercut.
Matias takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matias dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fring. That did some damage!
Matias tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fring scores with the left hand. Matias knows he should have avoided that one.
Fring throws a body punch but Matias moves out of range.
Matias moves in looking to clinch but Fring pushes him off.
Matias throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Fring.
It looks like Gustavo Fring has been cut.
Fring pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Matias tries to clinch there but Fring circles away.
Fring tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Matias tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Fring counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matias stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fring.
Fring bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Matias's head.
Matias takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fring scores with a jab to the head.
Matias uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fring.
Fring takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Fring looks gassed!
Matias tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Fring manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fring 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.
Fring blocks a head kick by Matias.
Fring tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matias was well out of range. Poor timing from Fring.
Fring circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matias rushes Fring and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Matias using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fring takes a knee to the side of the body.
Matias has Fring pressed against the cage.
Matias keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fring's efforts to push away.
Matias lands a damaging elbow.
Fring wants to get back to striking at distance but Matias won't allow it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Matias just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fring's brow.
Matias creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fring's defenses.
Fring takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fring blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Matias throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matias throws an elbow but it misses.
Matias lands an elbow inside that Fring shrugs off.
Fring blocks the elbow strike.
Fring manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Matias looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leighton Matias dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Matias tries to clinch but Fring is having none of it.
Matias fails in his attempt to clinch.
Matias takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A head kick by Matias misses
and Fring counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Matias walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fring blocks a head kick by Matias.
Matias forces Fring back against the cage and clinches.
Matias lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fring breaks the clinch.
Matias moves in looking to clinch but Fring pushes him off.
Fring lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Matias closes the distance and pushes Fring back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fring is trying to break free.
Matias keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fring's efforts to push away.
Fring working hard to break the clinch.
Matias creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Matias using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fring is breathing heavily.
Fring is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fring tries to break the clinch but Matias is controlling the position.
Fring is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Matias has Fring pressed against the cage, preventing Fring from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Matias keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fring's efforts to push away.
Matias creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Matias throws a knee to the head but misses.
Matias throws an elbow but it misses.
Matias lands an elbow just above Fring 's eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matias tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fring throws a head punch that misses.
Matias lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matias with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Matias tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fring avoids it.
Matias lands a nice knee to the body.
Matias lands a damaging elbow.
Matias lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fring takes an elbow to the temple.
Matias taking a breather.
Matias prevents Fring from breaking the clinch.
Matias lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Matias pushes off an throws an elbow but Fring leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Matias comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fring tries to break free but Matias pushes him back against the cage.
Matias with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Matias using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fring has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Matias lands a nice elbow.
Matias lands an elbow just above Fring 's eye.
Matias tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matias lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Matias lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That has opened up Gustavo Fring's cut even more.
Matias controlling the action here for a moment.
Matias throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fring being controlled against the cage.
Fring looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fring breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fring misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick misses from Matias.
Matias is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Matias clinches with his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matias is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fring is defending well for now.
Leighton Matias has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Matias is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fring is defending well for now.
Fring working aggressively here.
Fring dodges an elbow strike from Matias.
Matias with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Matias creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fring tries to circle away but Matias has him pinned against the cage.
Matias putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Fring in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matias throws an elbow but it misses.
Matias lands a nice elbow.
Fring working hard to break the clinch.
Fring working hard to break the clinch.
Fring wants to break free but Matias has control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fring pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Matias tries to close the distance and clinch but Fring swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Matias connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Fring to the floor! Matias dives in looking for the finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leighton Matias dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Fring avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fring throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fring rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Matias counters with a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Matias looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Matias buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Matias has Fring up against the cage in a clinch.
Fring has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fring takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Matias using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fring has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A frustrated look appears on Fring's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Matias misses with an elbow strike.
Matias misses with a knee strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fring wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Matias has him pressed against the cage.
Fring throws a punch but it's blocked by Matias.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Matias throws an elbow but misses.
Matias lands a damaging elbow.
Fring lands with a light punch inside.
Matias lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fring working hard to break the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Fring wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fring avoiding damage as Matias throws knees to the body.
Fring is trying to break the clinch but Matias is controlling him.
Fring lands a shoulder strike.
Fring has had enough of the clinch but Matias keeps him there for the moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Matias.
Matias is stalling here.
Matias tries to land knees in the clinch but Fring avoids the damage to the body.
Fring has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Matias misses with an elbow strike.
Matias scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matias creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Matias unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fring lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matias putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Fring in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Matias misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fring.
Matias lands a damaging elbow.
Matias pushes off an throws an elbow but Fring leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Matias is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fring can do to turn this around?
Matias landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Matias gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The cut above Gustavo Fring's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Matias has the Thai plumb, controlling the head nicely. He loads up with a big knee to the head and Fring goes down! Matias pounces into side control - this one could be over soon!
Fring is rocked!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Matias creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Fring sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Fring is still in real trouble! Can Matias finish him?
Matias tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Fring seems to have recovered his senses.
Matias working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Fring is not content to let Matias control the position.
Matias misses with the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matias wants to control but Fring is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Matias throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Matias scoring with punches and elbows.
Matias misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Matias tries to advance to mount but can't.
Fring takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Leighton Matias is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fring regains half guard, as Matias was trying to land strikes.
Matias landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Matias thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fring's head.
Matias thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matias wants to stand up but Fring has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Gustavo Fring has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fring taking some punishment here, with Matias in his half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Leighton Matias showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Matias 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leighton Matias!
Leighton Matias decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Michael Benoit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Dettman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benoit's entrance music is Praise. A fine choice. Dettman has chosen Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks as his entrance music. Michael Benoit has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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140 lbs
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146 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Michael Benoit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bobby Dettman!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Paul Gruel and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benoit takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A big right from Benoit misses.
Dettman throws a hook but Benoit blocks it.
Dettman slips a jab from Benoit.
Dettman misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick from Dettman misses.
Dettman checks a low kick from Benoit.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dettman 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 Benoit has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Benoit and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Benoit lunges at Dettman with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dettman's hand.
Benoit checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dettman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benoit.
Benoit pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dettman misses with a wild body shot.
Benoit takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dettman stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Benoit misses with a wild body shot.
A slow jab from Benoit misses its intended target.
Good leg kick by Dettman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Benoit lands a jab to the head.
Benoit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dettman was well out of range. Poor timing from Benoit.
Dettman misses with a body shot.
Benoit throws a hook but Dettman avoids it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benoit takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dettman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benoit attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dettman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benoit was well out of range. Poor timing from Dettman.
Michael Benoit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dettman misses with an uppercut.
Benoit moves out of range of the body kick from Dettman.
Nice cross by Dettman.
Benoit connects with a crisp jab.
Dettman tries to clinch but Benoit moves out of range.
Dettman tries to clinch there but Benoit circles away.
Benoit checks a low kick from Dettman.
A big left from Benoit misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Dettman misses the target.
Benoit chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dettman can pounce on him.
Benoit misses with a wild combination.
Dettman scores with a nice body kick.
Benoit moves out of range of the body kick from Dettman.
Benoit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dettman moves away.
A jab from Benoit finds it's way through Dettman's defenses.
Dettman attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Benoit.
Benoit throws a big shot that misses.
Dettman tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Benoit is able to avoid easily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Benoit lands a nice shot that snaps Dettman's head back.
Benoit takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Dettman scores with a jab to the head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dettman, as that shot connected.
Dettman throws a right and a left that Benoit avoids nicely.
Benoit avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Dettman. Benoit shrugs it off though.
A jab from Benoit does it's job there.
Benoit will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dettman shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Benoit scores with a nice head shot.
Benoit takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dettman moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dettman tries to land a front kick but Benoit steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Benoit checks a leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Dettman finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Benoit is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benoit walks into a left hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dettman. That's going to slow Benoit down.
Dettman tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Benoit counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Benoit lands a two punch combo.
Dettman tries to score with a low kick but Benoit moves his leg out of the way.
Dettman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Dettman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Benoit catches Dettman with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dettman on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dettman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Benoit thows a body shot but no joy.
Dettman tries to close the distance and clinch but Benoit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benoit misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dettman misses with a body kick.
Benoit works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dettman ducks under a wild hook from Benoit.
Dettman is looking to land body kicks.
Benoit just misses with a punch to the body.
Benoit ducks under a wild hook from Dettman.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dettman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dettman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Benoit manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Benoit is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Dettman connects with a looping right hand.
Benoit avoids a kick to the body.
Dettman fakes the leg kick and cracks Benoit in the body.
Benoit blocks the body kick.
Benoit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dettman moves in looking to clinch but Benoit pushes him off.
Benoit thows a body shot but no joy.
Dettman throws a big shot that misses.
Dettman fails to land with a series of punches.
Benoit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benoit misses with a double jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Benoit lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dettman circles away quickly and effectively.
Dettman misses with a body kick.
Benoit thows a body shot but no joy.
Dettman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Benoit.
Benoit thuds his right hand into Dettman's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Dettman dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Dettman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benoit was well out of range. Poor timing from Dettman.
Dettman wants to clinch.
Benoit throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dettman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benoit throws out the jab.
Benoit scores with a nice right hand.
Benoit throws out a loose jab but Dettman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benoit misses with a hook.
Benoit is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dettman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benoit.
Benoit lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dettman connects with the punch.
Dettman checks the leg kick.
Dettman defending well as Benoit loads up on a big left hand.
Benoit misses the shot to the body.
Benoit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dettman moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benoit. Dettman does a little dance to reset his feet.
A punch lands to the side of Benoit 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dettman thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benoit checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Benoit throws a series of punches but Dettman avoids them all with ease.
Dettman slips a jab from Benoit.
Benoit throws a hook but Dettman blocks it.
Benoit fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dettman throws a wild body kick that Benoit sees coming a mile off.
Dettman connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dettman looks for the body kick but Benoit saw that one coming.
Benoit moves out of range of the body kick.
Dettman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benoit looks to land a combination but Dettman avoids it well.
Dettman walks into a stiff left hand from Benoit.
Dettman has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Benoit lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Benoit is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Benoit defending well as Dettman loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dettman, right into the meat.
Bobby Dettman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Benoit lands with a cross.
Dettman lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big left from Benoit misses.
Nice body punch from Benoit.
Benoit is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benoit looks to land a combination but Dettman avoids it well.
Benoit displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Benoit throws a hook to the side of Dettman's head but Dettman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Benoit ducks right into an uppercut from Dettman.
Benoit tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dettman throws a body punch but Benoit moves out of range.
Benoit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dettman wants to clinch.
Dettman misses with a hook.
Dettman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dettman has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dettman swings for the body but Benoit moves out of range.
Dettman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Benoit scores with a jab.
Dettman lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Dettman throws an overhand right that lands on Benoit's shoulder, as Benoit tries to avoid the shot.
Benoit darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Benoit 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dettman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benoit.
Dettman takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Dettman walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Benoit checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Benoit digs a good hook to Dettman's body.
Benoit moves out of range of the leg kick from Dettman.
Dettman defending well as Benoit loads up on a big left hand.
Benoit ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Benoit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dettman.
Dettman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dettman throws a leg kick which misses Benoit's front leg but catches the back leg as Benoit tries to avoid it.
Benoit scores with a jab to the jaw.
That kick from Dettman tenderised Benoit's leg. Benoit is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dettman pushes Benoit up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dettman.
Dettman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dettman can't find room to land a body shot as Benoit controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Benoit fails to land.
Dettman crunches a lovely knee into Benoit's ribcage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dettman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benoit is defending well for now.
Dettman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benoit avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dettman tries to land a knee to the head but Benoit blocks with his arms.
Dettman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Benoit scores with a shot to the side of Dettman's head.
Benoit blocking some punches.
Benoit working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Benoit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benoit scores with a shot to the side of Dettman's head.
Dettman working aggressively here.
Benoit misses with the head strike.
Dettman working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Benoit misses with some punches.
Benoit lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dettman tries a body shot but Benoit blocks it.
Benoit is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
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 Michael Benoit will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Some bone on bone action there as Benoit checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Benoit avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dettman ducks under a wild hook from Benoit.
Benoit throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Benoit looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dettman tries to work over Benoit's front leg with a kick but Benoit checks it.
Benoit lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dettman circles away quickly and effectively.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benoit. Dettman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benoit fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Benoit keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Benoit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dettman moves away.
Dettman tries a low kick but Benoit avoids it.
Benoit changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Benoit clobbers Dettman with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Benoit!
Benoit ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Benoit avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benoit pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dettman throws a nice outside leg kick.
Benoit uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Benoit keeps the fight on the outside.
Benoit lands with a nice combination. Dettman backs away looking to recover.
Dettman lands a slapping body shot.
Dettman misses with a body shot.
Dettman fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Benoit, pushing him back against the cage.
Dettman cracks Benoit with a nice body shot.
Benoit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benoit misses with a punch to the body.
Benoit misses with some punches.
Dettman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dettman misses with the head strike.
Dettman misses with some punches.
Benoit scores with a nice hook to the head.
Benoit misses with a punch on the inside.
Benoit is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benoit digs a right hand into Dettman's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dettman's gas tank.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dettman looking to throw knees to the head but Benoit is blocking nicely.
Dettman lands a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Benoit.
Dettman blocks an uppercut.
Dettman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Benoit gets through Dettman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dettman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dettman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Good body shot from Benoit.
Benoit struggles to land a body shot inside as Dettman controls his hands.
Benoit dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dettman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benoit misses with the head strike.
Knees to the body from Dettman.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Benoit fails to land.
Dettman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dettman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dettman lands with a short shot to the head.
Benoit is trying to stall.
Dettman trying to land knees to the body.
Dettman stalling in the clinch but Benoit improves position.
Dettman leaning his opponent against the cage.
Benoit throws a punch but it's blocked by Dettman.
Benoit lands with a short shot to the head.
Benoit throws a punch but it's blocked by Dettman.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dettman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benoit avoids it.
Dettman blocks a body shot from Benoit.
Benoit is looking to control Dettman's arms but Dettman gets an underhook and turns him. Now Benoit has his back to the cage.
Dettman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benoit backwards.
Benoit lands with a left to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Benoit lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dettman backwards.
Benoit throws a head punch that misses.
Benoit working aggressively here.
Benoit on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Benoit misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Benoit creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dettman trying to control the position but instead, Benoit has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dettman into the cage.
Dettman looking to throw knees to the head but Benoit is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Benoit works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Benoit misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Benoit showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Benoit 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 29:29
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sione Finau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silver Boo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Finau's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ninja Gaiden. Boo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. BLUNT- The Iron Maiden kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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284 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sione Finau!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Silver Boo!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Boo.
Finau has Boo pressed against the cage.
Boo avoiding damage as Finau throws knees to the body.
Boo gets underhooks to prevent Finau's takedown attempt.
Still in the clinch, Finau scores with a nice short uppercut.
Finau on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Finau tries to throw a body punch but Boo avoids it by throwing Finau back against the cage.
Boo tries to throw a body punch but Finau avoids it by throwing Boo back against the cage.
Finau tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Finau.
Finau scores with an uppercut up the middle.
It looks like Silver Boo has been cut.
Boo tries to throw a body punch but Finau avoids it by throwing Boo back against the cage.
Boo lands a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finau misses with a punch to the body.
Finau breaks the clinch.
Finau swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Boo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
It looks like Sione Finau has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Finau.
Boo looks to land a left hand but Finau moved out of range nicely.
Finau looks to land a right hand but Boo moved out of range.
A combination from Boo does no damage.
Boo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boo defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Finau.
Boo misses with a few strikes there.
Finau is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Finau lands with an uppercut that bounces Boo off the cage and back into range.
Good exchange - Boo coming out on top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Boo crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Finau - the referee stops the clock and Boo gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Finau. Boo manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Boo looks gassed!
Finau fakes the leg kick and cracks Boo in the body.
Finau throws a shot from downtown. Boo moves away and avoids it.
Finau throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Boo slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finau moves out of range as Boo strikes.
Boo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Finau was well out of range. Poor timing from Boo.
Finau scores with a hook to the body. Boo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Boo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Boo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Finau manages to avoid it.
Boo throws the left hand but Finau avoids the punch easily.
Finau ducks under a wild hook from Boo.
Good work by Boo as he checks the leg kick.
Finau looks to land a right hand but Boo moved out of range.
Boo lands a lovely overhand right.
Silver Boo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Finau scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Finau lands with a nice combination. Boo backs away looking to recover.
Finau walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Finau. That's going to slow Boo down.
Boo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finau misses with a head kick.
Finau shoots for a double leg takedown but Boo sprawls well. He's pushed Finau's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sione Finau. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boo swings for the body but Finau moves out of range.
Finau goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Finau doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Finau misses with a looping right.
Boo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Boo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Finau circles away quickly and effectively.
Boo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Finau.
Finau misses with a hook. Boo ducked under it nicely.
Boo throws a big shot that misses.
Finau looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Boo blocks a low kick nicely.
Finau comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Boo takes a swing at Finau's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boo misses with an uppercut
and Finau counters with a nice low kick that buckles Boo's knee momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Finau, right into the meat.
Finau misses with a low kick.
Boo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Finau fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Boo.
Boo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Finau lands a jab to the head.
Boo throws out a loose jab but Finau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Finau tries a head kick but it misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Finau.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Finau throws a wild body kick that Boo sees coming a mile off.
An inside leg kick lands from Finau.
Boo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Finau.
The fighters circling - Boo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sione Finau dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Finau's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Finau fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Boo.
Finau moves into the clinch.
Finau blocking some punches.
Finau misses with a hook to the ribs.
Boo tries a body shot but Finau blocks it.
Finau looking to throw knees to the head but Boo is blocking nicely.
Finau is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Finau cracks Boo with a nice body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Finau lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Finau has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Boo regains guard immediately.
Boo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Boo is breathing heavily.
Finau is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Finau trying to control but Boo is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Finau throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Finau stays in close to Boo's body and controls the position.
We're going to have a standup here because Sione Finau wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Finau scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Boo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Boo looks to throw the jab but Finau is out of range.
Finau scores with a leg kick.
Finau thuds his shin into the meat of Boo's side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finau digs a good hook to Boo's body.
Finau drives through and clinches with Boo against the cage.
Finau lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Boo backwards.
That has opened up Silver Boo's cut even more.
Finau misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Boo.
Finau lands a body punch in the clinch.
Finau blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Finau.
A right hook to the body lands for Finau.
Finau lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Finau misses with a knee to the head.
Boo blocks an uppercut.
Finau tries to throw a body punch but Boo avoids it by throwing Finau back against the cage.
Finau lands an uppercut.
Boo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nice body punch from Finau.
Finau misses with a punch to the body.
Finau is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Boo can do to turn this around?
Boo letting Finau take a breather here.
Boo blocks a body shot from Finau.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boo has a couple of punches blocked by Finau.
Finau can't find room to land a body shot as Boo controls the action.
Boo blocks a body shot from Finau.
A short body shot lands from Finau as the two fighters clinch.
Finau lands with a left to the head.
A right hand to the body from Finau.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Finau tries a body shot but Boo blocks it.
Finau with a knee to the head.
Finau landing knees to the body.
Finau with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Finau trying to land knees to the body.
Boo throws a head punch that misses.
Boo tries a body shot but Finau blocks it.
Finau breaks from the clinch.
Finau takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finau throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Boo on the side of the head.
The cut above Silver Boo's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Finau pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Finau moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Boo goes down! Can Finau finish him!?
Boo is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Finau with a nice head shot there.
Boo is still in real trouble! Can Finau finish him?
Finau throwing strikes but missing.
Boo wants to hit a switch here but Finau passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Boo there!
Finau is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Boo goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Finau!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Sione Finau!
Sione Finau retains his super heavyweight title!
An out of breath and clearly excited Sione Finau thanked Supersize Me for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Soriano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sly Randolph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Soriano might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bebot by The Black Eyed Peas. Sly Randolph is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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143 lbs
32 - 9 - 1 |
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142 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Pablo Soriano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Sly Randolph!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Colin Fray and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soriano tries to work over Randolph's front leg with a kick but Randolph checks it.
Randolph scores with a nice head shot.
Randolph throws an overhand right that lands on Soriano's shoulder, as Soriano tries to avoid the shot.
Randolph lands a jab to the head.
It looks like Pablo Soriano has been cut.
Randolph missing with a left hand there. Soriano was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Randolph uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Soriano.
Randolph shoots in for a double leg but Soriano sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Soriano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Soriano throws a lazy body kick
enabling Randolph to counter with a crisp jab.
Randolph throws a shot from downtown. Soriano moves away and avoids it.
Randolph throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Soriano closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Randolph to the mat! Randolph manages to get full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Soriano wants to stand but Randolph is controlling his posture from full guard.
Randolph keeping moving, preventing Soriano from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soriano decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Randolph, up you get!
Soriano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Randolph.
Randolph changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Randolph lands a slapping body shot.
Soriano lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Soriano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Randolph throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Randolph scores with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Randolph shoots in for a double leg but Soriano sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Soriano throws a head kick but Randolph moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soriano misses the shot to the body.
Randolph lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Randolph lands a nice shot that snaps Soriano's head back.
Randolph scores with a nice head shot.
Soriano thows a body shot but no joy.
Soriano throws a looping overhand right but Randolph ducks down to avoid it.
Randolph ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Randolph throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Randolph misses with an uppercut.
Soriano scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Randolph is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Soriano.
Soriano 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.
Randolph throws a leg kick but Soriano sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Randolph swings for the body but Soriano moves out of range.
Randolph checks a leg kick nicely.
Randolph scores with a nice strike.
Soriano clinches up with Randolph and pushes him back against the cage.
Soriano misses with a punch to the body.
Soriano displaying some good clinch control by pressing Randolph up against the cage.
Soriano has a couple of punches blocked by Randolph.
Randolph blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Randolph pulls guard.
Randolph wants to sweep but no luck.
Randolph manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Soriano manages to get himself to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randolph stopping the sweep attempt from Soriano.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Randolph trying to control but Soriano is working from the bottom.
Randolph postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Randolph wants to control from the top but Soriano keeps moving.
Soriano is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Randolph passes Soriano's left leg - he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sly Randolph dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pablo Soriano'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.
Soriano checks the leg kick.
Soriano takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Soriano fakes the leg kick and cracks Randolph in the body.
Randolph scores with the left hand. Soriano knows he should have avoided that one.
Randolph ducks under a wild hook from Soriano.
Randolph connects with a jab.
Soriano blocks the body kick.
A left and a right from Randolph both land. Nice combination.
Randolph connects with a body shot that sends Soriano's belly button to the back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Randolph moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Randolph swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sly Randolph seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A clash of legs there as Randolph blocks the low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soriano throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Randolph throws a hook but Soriano avoids it easily.
Randolph throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Soriano sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Soriano moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A solid body kick from Soriano.
Randolph is looking to slow Soriano down with leg kicks.
Randolph swats away the attempt to clinch by Soriano.
Randolph scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Soriano takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Randolph connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Randolph missing with a left hand there. Soriano was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Randolph swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Randolph has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Soriano finds it's way round the side to connect with Randolph's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Soriano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Randolph manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Randolph tried to score with a low kick but Soriano checks it.
Randolph misses with a hook to the body
and Soriano counters with a nice leg kick.
Randolph swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Randolph throws a lazy right hand but Soriano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Randolph is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Soriano.
Soriano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Randolph.
Randolph doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Soriano on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Randolph closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Randolph throws a hook but Soriano avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soriano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick by Randolph misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Randolph darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Randolph throws an overhand right that lands on Soriano's shoulder, as Soriano tries to avoid the shot.
Soriano connects with a leg kick. Randolph looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Soriano lands a leg kick that knocks Randolph off balance momentarily.
Soriano looks to land a body kick but Randolph moved away.
Randolph throws a looping overhand right but Soriano ducks down to avoid it.
Randolph throws a low kick but Soriano moves out of range easily.
Randolph misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by Soriano.
Soriano scores with a jab to the body.
Soriano misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randolph looks to throw the jab but Soriano is out of range.
Randolph moves out of range of the strikes.
Randolph blocks a head kick by Soriano.
Soriano takes one on the chin but seems OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Randolph misses with a looping right.
Soriano lands with a slapping head kick.
Soriano slips a jab from Randolph.
Soriano slips under a jab from Randolph.
Soriano wants to slow Randolph down by chopping away at his legs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Randolph fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Randolph connects with a right hand. Soriano shakes it off.
Soriano with a nice cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sly Randolph showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Pablo Soriano's cut.
That's time! Soriano's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Randolph throws a right hand that Soriano ducks under and follows up with a left that Soriano also avoids with ease.
Soriano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Randolph.
Randolph motions for Soriano to come forward. Randolph throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Soriano tries to land a leg kick but Randolph saw it coming and moves away.
Randolph misses with a wild body shot.
Randolph tries to land a leg kick but Soriano saw it coming and moves away.
Soriano throws a big shot that misses.
Soriano gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Randolph.
Randolph throws a solid leg kick but Soriano takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Randolph.
Randolph jabs at Soriano's body.
Randolph sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Soriano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Randolph misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soriano misses with an uppercut.
Soriano moves out of range of the strikes.
Soriano connects with a solid leg kick.
Randolph throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Randolph moves out of range of the body kick from Soriano.
Soriano looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Soriano throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Randolph sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Soriano takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Soriano walks into a straight right hand from Randolph.
A swing and a miss from Randolph.
Randolph blocks a head kick by Soriano.
Sly Randolph seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Soriano keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Randolph pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soriano looks to land a right hand but Randolph moved out of range.
Soriano ducks under a wild hook from Randolph.
Soriano throws a hook to the side of Randolph's head but Randolph sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Randolph throws a hook but Soriano blocks it.
Soriano slips a jab from Randolph.
Soriano's jab looks to have found its range, popping Randolph under the eye.
Soriano lands with a slapping head kick.
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!
Randolph defending well as Soriano loads up on a big left hand.
Randolph misses with a wild body shot.
Randolph bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big right from Randolph misses.
Soriano avoids a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soriano on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Soriano scores with a hook.
Randolph misses with a straight right.
Soriano connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Randolph swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Randolph with a jab.
Randolph chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Soriano avoids the head kick by Randolph.
Soriano chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Randolph can pounce on him.
Randolph throws a body punch but Soriano moves out of range.
Soriano moves away from the strike by Randolph.
Soriano drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randolph shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Randolph won't allow Soriano to sweep him here.
Soriano preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Randolph won't allow Soriano to sweep him here.
Randolph trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Soriano manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Randolph keeping moving, preventing Soriano from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Soriano loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sly Randolph really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pablo Soriano'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.
Randolph misses with a hook to the body
and Soriano makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Randolph feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sorianos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Soriano throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Randolph fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Soriano manages to avoid it.
Randolph connects with the punch.
Soriano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Randolph misses with a hook.
Randolph lands a nice shot that snaps Soriano's head back.
Randolph pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Randolph scores with a hook.
Randolph works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
An inside leg kick from Randolph misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soriano connects with a good right hand that stumbles Randolph. Randolph circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Soriano stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Soriano wants it to stay on the feet.
Soriano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Soriano fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Randolph.
Randolph takes a swing at Soriano's ribcage but misses.
Randolph with a hook.
A good leg kick by Randolph.
Randolph fails with a takedown attempt.
Randolph is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Randolph on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A good leg kick by Soriano.
Soriano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Randolph ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Soriano moves away.
Soriano connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Soriano fakes the leg kick and cracks Randolph in the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Soriano tries a head kick but it misses.
Soriano lands a front kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Soriano.
Randolph's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Soriano cracks the inside of Randolph's front leg.
Soriano forces Randolph back against the cage and clinches.
Soriano throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Randolph blocks it with crossed arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Soriano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Soriano misses with an elbow over the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soriano throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A right hook to the body lands for Soriano.
Randolph makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Randolph taking a breather.
Soriano creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Randolph's defenses.
Soriano has a couple of punches blocked by Randolph.
Soriano tries to work over Randolph's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Soriano misses with some punches.
Randolph lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Randolph blocks a body shot from Soriano.
Randolph tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Soriano tries to work over Randolph's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Soriano.
Soriano tries to throw a body punch but Randolph avoids it by throwing Soriano back against the cage.
Soriano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Soriano, right into the meat.
Randolph works Soriano's body with a nice hook.
Soriano slips a jab from Randolph.
Soriano throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Randolph throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Soriano on the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Randolph closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Soriano did well to prevent Randolph getting side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Randolph is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Soriano can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Pablo Soriano will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Pablo Soriano's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Randolph misses with an uppercut
and Soriano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Randolph misses with a series of wild punches.
Randolph fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Soriano manages to avoid it.
Randolph misses with a wild body shot.
Randolph throws a body punch but Soriano moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Randolph 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 Soriano has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Soriano and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Soriano checks a low kick from Randolph.
Soriano tried to score with a low kick but Randolph checks it.
Soriano throws a lazy right hand but Randolph sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Randolph swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Soriano pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Randolph attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Randolph looks to land a combination. Soriano sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Soriano throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Randolph fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Soriano manages to avoid it.
Randolph walks into a straight right hand from Soriano.
Randolph throws the left hand but Soriano avoids the punch easily.
Randolph lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Randolph looks to land a left hand but Soriano moved out of range nicely.
Randolph avoids the head kick by Soriano.
Randolph misses with an uppercut. Soriano saw that one coming.
Soriano ducks under a wild hook from Randolph.
Randolph throws a leg kick that misses.
Pablo Soriano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Randolph lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Good exchange - Randolph coming out on top.
Soriano turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Soriano walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Randolph getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Soriano throws a hook but Randolph blocks it.
Randolph dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Soriano. That did some damage!
Randolph throws a big shot that misses.
Soriano throws a nice outside leg kick.
Soriano tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Randolph paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Randolph lands a nice looking body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Randolph swings widly with a right hand
and Soriano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Soriano misses with a wild body shot.
Randolph scores with a crisp jab that stopped Soriano in his tracks.
Randolph avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Soriano wants to slow Randolph down by chopping away at his legs.
Randolph misses with a wild body shot.
Sly Randolph is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Randolph stuns Soriano with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Randolph moves out of range of the leg kick from Soriano.
Soriano misses the jab.
Randolph connects with a jab.
Soriano throws a low kick but Randolph avoids it.
Randolph throws a series of punches but Soriano avoids them all with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randolph avoids the body shot from Soriano.
Randolph misses with a hook.
Randolph just misses with a punch to the body.
Soriano throws a leg kick that misses.
Jab by Randolph.
Randolph misses with a hook. Soriano ducked under it nicely.
Soriano throws a wild body kick that Randolph sees coming a mile off.
Soriano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Soriano on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Randolph throws a head kick but Soriano moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Soriano lands with a nice body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sly Randolph comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Randolph has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 46:49
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 46:49
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sly Randolph!
Sly Randolph is the new bantamweight champion!
A very excited looking Sly Randolph 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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