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LFL 63 - Helix vs Hitman PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zaubrek Ubrihayev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guqin Sona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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220 lbs
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205 lbs
2 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zaubrek Ubrihayev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Guqin Sona!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sona closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ubrihayev circles away.
Ubrihayev shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Sona is trying to defend but Ubrihayev finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Ubrihayev thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sona won't allow Ubrihayev to pass to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ubrihayev moves into full mount! Sona won't be happy about that!
Sona squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Ubrihayev fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sona is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ubrihayev controlling the pace for now.
Sona is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ubrihayev 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.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ubrihayev controlling from mount.
Sona gets back to half guard.
Sona is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Ubrihayev pulls his head out easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ubrihayev content to control rather than advance.
Ubrihayev works his foot free and advances to mount.
Sona is working to get back to half guard.
Ubrihayev lands a big elbow.
Ubrihayev controlling from mount.
Ubrihayev prevents Sona from getting the reversal.
Ubrihayev tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ubrihayev cracks Sona with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sona is bucking up trying to escape but Ubrihayev cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Ubrihayev sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
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!
Ubrihayev landing strikes from the mount and Sona is in trouble!
Ubrihayev unloading with bombs!
Ubrihayev working the ground and pound effectively.
Sona keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ubrihayev scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sona?
Ubrihayev putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sona is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ubrihayev takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
BOOM! Ubrihayev connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ubrihayev tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ubrihayev scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sona?
Sona can't escape the position.
Ubrihayev takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ubrihayev in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sona is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ubrihayev lands a nice shot to the head.
Ubrihayev wants to control the pace but Sona is squirming around nicely.
Ubrihayev controlling from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sona is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ubrihayev breaks from Sona's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sona takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sona is looking to get to half guard.
Ubrihayev looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ubrihayev tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ubrihayev trying to control but Sona is having none of it.
Ubrihayev punishing his opponent with strikes.
Ubrihayev quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Ubrihayev but it's paid off an Sona is forced to tap! Nice work by Ubrihayev.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Zaubrek Ubrihayev!
Zaubrek Ubrihayev decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Murt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murt comes to the cage accompanied by I like to move it. Bill Smith looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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144 lbs
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130 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Counter striker
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Matthew Murt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bill Smith!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Smith looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Murt lands a nice looking kick to the body. Smith takes a step back to recover.
Murt gets a clinch.
Murt decides to pull guard.
Murt managing to control the position.
Murt has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Smith off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Murt lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Smith circles away quickly and effectively.
Murt moves into the clinch successfully.
Murt lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Bill Smith has been cut.
Murt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murt tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Murt lands a knee to the head.
Smith is rocked!
Murt is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Smith is still on wobbly legs! Can Murt finish him?
Smith wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Murt lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Murt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick misses from Murt.
Murt looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
Murt drives through and clinches with Smith against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murt misses with a knee strike.
Smith seems to have recovered his senses.
Murt breaks the clinch.
Murt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murt throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Murt tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.
Murt darts in and clinches Smith up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Murt throws a head kick that Smith semi-blocks.
Murt clinches up against the cage.
Murt lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Murt working the clinch nicely. Smith is working for position but Murt cracks him with a big knee to the head! Smith crumples up against the cage and Murt lands two more shots before the ref can save Smith! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Matthew Murt!
After winning the bout, Matthew Murt thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Obed Flying Fox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lockon Stratos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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191 lbs
3 - 10 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Solid Muay Thai
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Obed Flying Fox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lockon Stratos!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flying Fox closes the distance and clinches.
Stratos lands a nice knee to the body.
Stratos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Flying Fox lands an elbow inside that Stratos shrugs off.
It looks like Lockon Stratos has been cut.
Flying Fox lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Flying Fox creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Flying Fox.
Flying Fox lands an elbow inside.
Stratos working Flying Fox over with knees to the body.
Flying Fox misses with an elbow over the top.
Stratos tries to land knees in the clinch but Flying Fox avoids the damage to the body.
Stratos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Flying Fox missing with knees to the body.
Flying Fox blocks the elbow strike.
Stratos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Flying Fox avoids the elbow strike from Stratos, against the cage.
Flying Fox managing to block the knees to the body from Stratos.
Stratos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Flying Fox.
Stratos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Flying Fox is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stratos looking to throw knees to the head but Flying Fox is blocking nicely.
Stratos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Flying Fox avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Flying Fox just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stratos's brow.
Stratos managing to block the knees to the body from Flying Fox.
Flying Fox putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stratos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Flying Fox is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stratos is defending well for now.
A short body shot lands from Flying Fox as the two fighters clinch.
Nice elbow from Stratos.
Flying Fox lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Flying Fox scores with a nice short uppercut.
Stratos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Flying Fox.
Flying Fox lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Stratos looks gassed!
Flying Fox misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stratos.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Flying Fox working Stratos over with knees to the body.
Flying Fox avoiding damage as Stratos throws knees to the body.
Flying Fox scores a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flying Fox unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Flying Fox is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stratos is defending well for now.
Flying Fox lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stratos takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Flying Fox.
Flying Fox lands an uppercut.
Stratos is rocked!
A short left from Flying Fox.
Stratos is still on wobbly legs! Can Flying Fox finish him?
Flying Fox throws an elbow but it misses.
Flying Fox dips a shoulder and cracks Stratos with a mighty uppercut! Stratos falls back against the cage and Flying Fox unloads with a barrage of strikes! Stratos is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Flying Fox screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Obed Flying Fox!
A victorious Obed Flying Fox 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wszebor Swiatlovod (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Work It Out. Johnny Johnson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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215 lbs
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202 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Counter striker
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wszebor Swiatlovod!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson closes the distance but Swiatlovod moves to the side
and Swiatlovod counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Swiatlovod is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Johnson can't fight it off and eventually Swiatlovod manages to take the fight to the floor. Johnson looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Johnson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Johnson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Swiatlovod controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Swiatlovod trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Swiatlovod controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Wszebor Swiatlovod has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Swiatlovod jabs Johnson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Swiatlovod clinches with his opponent.
Swiatlovod is pressed up against the cage. Johnson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Swiatlovod down to the mat. Swiatlovod avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Swiatlovod changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Johnson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swiatlovod is looking to take a break and control but Johnson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Swiatlovod lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Johnson down.
Johnson looking for a sweep but Swiatlovod has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Johnson is in a horrible position here. Swiatlovod smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Swiatlovod cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Swiatlovod punishing his opponent with strikes.
Swiatlovod lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Johnson is rocked!
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!
Johnson wants to control but Swiatlovod is having none of it.
Oh Johnson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Swiatlovod's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wszebor Swiatlovod!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Satoshi Kajiwara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hanamichi Sakuragi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Satoshi Kajiwara has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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184 lbs
12 - 11 - 0 |
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194 lbs
10 - 15 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Satoshi Kajiwara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hanamichi Sakuragi!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kajiwara misses with a body shot.
Sakuragi jabs Kajiwara right on the nose. Kajiwara blinks but takes it well.
It looks like Satoshi Kajiwara has been cut.
Kajiwara looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sakuragi is fending him off so far but Kajiwara persists. Nope, Sakuragi circles away and we're back to standing.
Kajiwara tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sakuragi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sakuragi keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick misses from Kajiwara.
Satoshi Kajiwara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sakuragi shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Kajiwara wants to hold on but Sakuragi pushes him away.
Kajiwara can't escape the position.
Sakuragi lands with some strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sakuragi scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kajiwara?
Kajiwara in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sakuragi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kajiwara. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sakuragi lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Satoshi Kajiwara's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Sakuragi raining down hammerfists from mount.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Satoshi Kajiwara's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hanamichi Sakuragi!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Terry Sharp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sharp might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to IZ - Hawaii '78. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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162 lbs
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165 lbs
12 - 2 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Terry Sharp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dante Santiago!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santiago avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sharp throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sharp has Santiago up against the cage in a clinch.
Santiago blocks an elbow strike from Sharp.
Good body shot from Santiago.
Santiago avoids a wild elbow strike from Sharp.
Sharp trying to stall but Santiago improves his position.
Sharp lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Dante Santiago has been cut.
Santiago is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Santiago lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sharp or not.
Sharp throws a knee to the head but misses.
Santiago is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sharp is keeping busy.
Sharp pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Santiago lands a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santiago stalling against the cage.
Santiago tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Santiago blocks an elbow strike.
Sharp gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Santiago tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sharp's elbow.
Santiago lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Santiago digs a right hand into Sharp's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sharp's gas tank.
Santiago tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sharp's elbow.
Santiago presses Sharp against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Santiago pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sharp thows a left - swing and a miss!
Santiago comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Santiago cracks Sharp with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Santiago moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Sharp takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dante Santiago is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Sharp misses.
Sharp throws the left hand but Santiago avoids the punch easily.
Sharp just misses with a punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santiago avoids the body shot from Sharp.
Santiago scores with a hook.
Sharp tries to clinch up but Santiago circles away and keeps his distance.
Santiago lands a nice hook to Sharp's body. Sharp takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sharp takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santiago scores with a body shot.
Santiago scores with a hook to the body. Sharp takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Santiago works Sharp's body with a nice hook.
Sharp misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Santiago.
Sharp tries to bum rush Santiago with a series of wild strikes but Santiago uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A jab from Sharp misses.
Santiago misses with a looping left.
Santiago scores with a hook.
A slow jab from Santiago misses its intended target.
Santiago ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Santiago avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sharp takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sharp ducks under a wild hook from Santiago.
Santiago misses the shot to the body.
Sharp thows a left - swing and a miss!
Santiago connects with the punch.
No luck for Sharp with that takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santiago connects with a body shot.
Sharp is breathing heavily.
Santiago scores with a jab.
Sharp connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Santiago cracks a nice hook into Sharp's ribs.
Sharp tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santiago misses the jab.
Terry Sharp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sharp avoids the body shot from Santiago.
Santiago lands with an uppercut that bounces Sharp off the cage and back into range.
Santiago jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sharp fails in his attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sharp. Santiago does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sharp throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Santiago takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Danga de danga de dang - Santiago scores with a four punch combination!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santiago has managed to clinch.
Santiago lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharp misses with an elbow strike.
Santiago lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sharp tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Santiago breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sharp misses with a body shot.
Sharp doesn't manage to clinch there - Santiago circles away.
Sharp closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Santiago looks to score with a jab to the body but Sharp is just out of range.
Santiago ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big left from Santiago misses.
Santiago lands a slapping body shot.
Sharp steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Santiago.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Santiago.
Santiago keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santiago is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sharp had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A left lands for Santiago.
Santiago gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sharp escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sharp fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dante Santiago dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dante Santiago's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Santiago uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sharp.
Santiago rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sharp moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A jab from Sharp misses.
Santiago tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sharp paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sharp misses the jab.
Sharp avoids the body shot from Santiago.
Sharp misses with an uppercut.
Sharp tries to clinch up but Santiago circles away and keeps his distance.
Santiago staying out of range there.
Santiago connects with a jab.
Dante Santiago seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sharp misses with an uppercut.
Santiago scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sharp wants to clinch up but Santiago keeps it at a distance.
Santiago takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A big left from Santiago misses.
Sharp rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santiago moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sharp stuns Santiago with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Santiago sizes up Sharp with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp thows a body shot but no joy.
Santiago swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Santiago tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sharp paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santiago ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sharp moves away.
Sharp tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santiago was well out of range. Poor timing from Sharp.
Sharp uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santiago.
Sharp doesn't manage to clinch there - Santiago circles away.
Santiago lands with an overhand left.
Sharp jabs Santiago to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sharp ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Santiago moves away.
Sharp tries to bum rush Santiago with a series of wild strikes but Santiago uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Santiago darts in and clinches Sharp up against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Santiago tries to throw a body punch but Sharp avoids it by throwing Santiago back against the cage.
Santiago prevents the takedown attempt.
Sharp throws an elbow that misses.
A shot in the inside from Santiago.
Santiago blocks an elbow strike.
Santiago is leaning against Sharp and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santiago lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santiago lands a body shot.
Sharp is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Santiago is defending well.
A nice left hand lands by Santiago.
Santiago lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sharp throws an elbow but it misses.
Santiago lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sharp.
Santiago digs a right hand underneath Sharp's ribcage. Sharp let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Santiago.
A short left from Santiago.
A short right from Santiago.
Santiago has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Santiago creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Santiago lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sharp backwards.
Sharp tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Terry Sharp. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santiago working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Santiago has Sharp pushed against the cage.
A short right from Santiago on the inside.
Sharp with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sharp throws an elbow but misses.
Santiago lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sharp backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santiago lands a nice uppercut.
Santiago lands with a short shot to the head.
Santiago makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dante Santiago seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Santiago breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sharp on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A big left from Santiago misses.
Santiago moves into the clinch.
Santiago lands a nice shot to the body.
Santiago escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santiago lands a body shot.
Sharp takes a jab right on the kisser.
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!
Santiago moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sharp is rocked!
Sharp shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Santiago lands with a nice body punch.
Nice defenses there by Sharp.
Sharp is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santiago.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santiago lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Santiago slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Santiago slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Santiago lands a right hook to the body.
Sharp takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Santiago swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Santiago takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Santiago steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sharp.
Santiago misses with a hook. Sharp ducked under it nicely.
Santiago cracks Sharp with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Santiago swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santiago circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santiago moves into range and connects with a jab.
Santiago lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Santiago lands with a hook. Sharp tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Oh Sharp is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sharp tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santiago swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dante Santiago showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dante Santiago's cut.
That's time! Sharp's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sharp wants to clinch.
Sharp seems to have got his legs back now.
Sharp clobbers Santiago with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Santiago scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Santiago avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sharp walks into a stiff left hand from Santiago.
Santiago throws a big shot that misses.
Santiago swings for the body but Sharp moves out of range.
Santiago connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Santiago lands a body shot.
Sharp ducks under a wild hook from Santiago.
Santiago ducks under a wild hook from Sharp.
Sharp keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santiago defending well as Sharp loads up on a big left hand.
Santiago throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sharp on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sharp tries to clinch there but Santiago circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago lands with a right hand.
Sharp lands with a nice combination. Santiago backs away looking to recover.
Santiago swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santiago closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sharp letting Santiago take a breather here.
Santiago pushes Sharp back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Santiago lands with a light punch inside.
Sharp is looking for a takedown.
Sharp blocks a body shot from Santiago.
Santiago pushes Sharp back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Santiago scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Santiago breaks the clinch.
Santiago jabs at Sharp's body.
Santiago throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sharp looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sharp tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santiago paws at him with a jab and circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sharp steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Santiago.
A swing and a miss from Santiago.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santiago cracks Sharp with a right hand to the side of the head.
Santiago stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Santiago.
Sharp swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Santiago connects with a body shot.
Santiago steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sharp.
Santiago slaps away a takedown attempt from Sharp, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sharp tries to score a power double leg takedown but Santiago sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sharp somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Terry Sharp. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sharp punishes Santiago's body with a nice straight punch.
Santiago fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sharp, pushing him back against the cage.
Santiago lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sharp backwards.
Santiago lands a body punch.
Santiago is working Sharp over against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santiago stalling in the clinch but Sharp improves position.
Santiago breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santiago scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A decent looking cross lands there for Santiago.
Santiago takes a swing at Sharp's ribcage but misses.
Sharp takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sharp blocks a jab.
Santiago fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sharp looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sharp missing with a left hand there. Santiago was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Santiago misses with a few strikes there.
Santiago lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sharp misses with a straight right.
Santiago throws a body punch but Sharp moves out of range.
Santiago swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sharp waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santiago.
Santiago dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Santiago sizes up Sharp with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A telegraphed right hand from Santiago misses the target.
Santiago just misses with a punch to the body.
Sharp is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sharp fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sharp wants to clinch up but Santiago keeps it at a distance.
Santiago uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sharp.
Santiago showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sharp.
Sharp lands with a right hand.
Santiago comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A jab from Sharp does it's job there.
Santiago is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sharp on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sharp shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Santiago but Santiago pushes him off and we're back to square one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dante Santiago really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dante Santiago'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.
Santiago lands a jab-cross combination.
Sharp swings for the body but Santiago moves out of range.
Sharp tries to close the distance and clinch but Santiago swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sharp staying out of range there.
Santiago on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Santiago lands a head shot.
Sharp throws a looping overhand right but Santiago ducks down to avoid it.
Sharp misses with a straight left.
Santiago uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sharp.
Santiago clinches up with Sharp and pushes him back against the cage.
Santiago cracks Sharp with a nice body shot.
Sharp looking to slow down the pace here.
Santiago lands a body shot.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sharp takes a shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Santiago.
A body shot lands from Santiago.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago breaks the clinch.
Santiago lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Santiago pushes Sharp up against the cage in a clinch.
Santiago lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sharp is trying to break the clinch but Santiago has him pressed against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Santiago.
A body shot lands from Santiago.
Santiago works on Sharp's body with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santiago lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Santiago scores with a hook to the body.
Santiago lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Santiago.
A short uppercut from Santiago.
Sharp throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santiago blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Santiago creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Santiago scores with a hook to the body.
Santiago holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Santiago softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santiago makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sharp misses with an elbow over the top.
Santiago stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sharp tries to circle away but Santiago has him pinned against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Santiago.
Santiago is looking to control Sharp's arms but Sharp gets an underhook and turns him. Now Santiago has his back to the cage.
Santiago lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sharp lands a nice elbow.
Santiago dodges an elbow strike from Sharp.
Santiago lands with a right to the head.
Santiago works on Sharp's body with a couple of short punches.
Santiago lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nice body punch from Santiago.
Santiago manages to break the clinch.
Sharp takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Santiago scores with a jab. Sharp acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sharp throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santiago sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santiago avoids the body shot from Sharp.
Santiago looks to score with a jab to the body but Sharp is just out of range.
Sharp doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sharp avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sharp changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Santiago tries to avoid it but Sharp manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Santiago to the ground. Santiago escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Santiago fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fighters circling - Sharp throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Santiago connects with a looping right hand.
Santiago listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sharp is looking to clinch but Santiago is avoiding it.
Santiago closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Santiago lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Santiago.
Santiago throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sharps head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Santiago creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sharp is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Santiago pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santiago scores with a hook to the body.
Santiago letting Sharp take a breather here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Santiago.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santiago escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santiago throws a hook but Sharp blocks it.
Sharp tries to close the distance and clinch but Santiago swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
No joy there for Santiago, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sharp keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santiago has closed the distance and engaged Sharp in a clinch.
Sharp pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Santiago lands with a left to the head.
Santiago makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santiago pushes Sharp back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Santiago manages to break the clinch.
Sharp thuds a left hand into Santiago's body.
Sharp doesn't manage to clinch there - Santiago circles away.
Santiago lands a glancing blow to the side of Sharp's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dante Santiago dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Dante Santiago's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Sharp lands with an overhand left.
Santiago throws the left hand but Sharp avoids the punch easily.
Sharp is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sharp tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santiago paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santiago 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.
Sharp throws out a loose jab but Santiago uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sharp takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Santiago getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sharp throws a looping overhand right but Santiago ducks down to avoid it.
Santiago has Sharp up against the cage in a clinch.
Santiago misses with a punch to the body.
Santiago lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sharp goes for a takedown attempt but Santiago pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Santiago bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago throws an overhand right that lands on Sharp's shoulder, as Sharp tries to avoid the shot.
Santiago misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sharp.
Sharp moves in looking to clinch but Santiago pushes him off.
Sharp thows a body shot but no joy.
Sharp fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sharp misses with a wild body shot.
Santiago takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Santiago ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sharp moves away.
Sharp misses with the combination.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Santiago throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sharp stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Santiago lands a nice hook to Sharp's body. Sharp takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Santiago throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Santiago punishes Sharp's body with a nice straight punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharp fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santiago fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sharp tries to clinch up but Santiago circles away and keeps his distance.
Santiago misses with a wild body shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Santiago.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santiago tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sharp swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sharp tries to clinch but Santiago is having none of it.
Sharp doesn't manage to clinch there - Santiago circles away.
Sharp takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sharp tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santiago paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sharp misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Santiago.
Santiago blocks a jab.
Sharp takes a swing at Santiago's ribcage but misses.
Nice shot by Sharp.
Santiago stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Terry Sharp. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Sharp.
Sharp swats away the attempt to clinch by Santiago.
Sharp takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Santiago swats away the attempt to clinch by Sharp.
Santiago misses with a straight right.
Good shot there by Sharp.
Santiago fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sharp, pushing him back against the cage.
Sharp goes for a takedown in the clinch but Santiago prevents it.
Santiago displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sharp up against the cage.
Sharp's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santiago throws a series of strikes that have Sharp backpedaling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharp takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sharp uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santiago.
Sharp lands the left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sharp gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Santiago.
Sharp throws a jab when Santiago was well out of range.
Sharp takes a swing at Santiago's ribcage but misses.
Nice defenses there by Santiago.
Sharp circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santiago misses with a body shot.
Sharp uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santiago.
Sharp tries to clinch there but Santiago circles away.
Sharp works the jab nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sharp throws a hook to the side of Santiago's head but Santiago sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sharp has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sharp there as he acknowledges the shot.
Terry Sharp has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sharp lands a body shot.
Sharp takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dante Santiago comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Santiago has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 45:50
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 45:50
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dante Santiago!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tomi Atomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Gambacorto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Atomi's entrance music is Megadeth - A Tout Le Monde. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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167 lbs
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26
168 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tomi Atomi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Gambacorto!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Sosuke Kotani and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atomi throws a sloppy head kick and Gambacorto moves out of range easily.
Gambacorto moves into the clinch successfully.
Atomi is trying to force a seperation but Gambacorto has the dominant position.
Gambacorto missing with knees to the body.
Gambacorto pushes off an throws an elbow but Atomi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gambacorto keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Atomi's efforts to push away.
Atomi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gambacorto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Atomi throws out the jab.
Gambacorto stuns Atomi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mark Gambacorto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Atomi 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.
No joy there for Atomi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gambacorto misses with a double jab.
Gambacorto tries to clinch up.
Gambacorto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Atomi ducks under a wild hook from Gambacorto.
Gambacorto takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gambacorto avoids the head kick by Atomi.
Atomi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gambacorto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gambacorto tries to clinch there but Atomi circles away.
Gambacorto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gambacorto throws a sloppy head kick
and Atomi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Atomi keeps the fight on the outside.
Atomi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Atomi tries for a takedown but Gambacorto sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gambacorto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Atomi was well out of range. Poor timing from Gambacorto.
Gambacorto takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gambacorto tries to sprawl but Atomi drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Atomi thows a huge punch but Gambacorto dodges it nicely.
Atomi trying to pass the guard but Gambacorto defending well.
Atomi has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atomi working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Atomi seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gambacorto does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Atomi will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Gambacorto is trying to control but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Atomi is nestled in close to Gambacorto, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Gambacorto tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Atomi has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Gambacorto wants to control but Atomi is having none of it.
Atomi lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gambacorto hang on?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gambacorto throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
BOOM! Atomi connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The referee warns Gambacorto that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Atomi goes for an armbar but Gambacorto turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Gambacorto.
Atomi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Atomi looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Gambacorto passes into half guard.
Atomi is pressing down on Gambacorto's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atomi is looking for a triangle here but Gambacorto uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Atomi tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gambacorto wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Atomi is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Gambacorto's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Atomi slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Atomi controls Gambacorto momentarily but Gambacorto frees himself.
Atomi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Atomi trying to keep a closed guard but Gambacorto is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tomi Atomi 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.
Atomi shoots in and drives through. Gambacorto sprawls well.
Gambacorto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gambacorto moves to clinch but Atomi breaks away
and Atomi counters with a left to the body.
Atomi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Atomi. Gambacorto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Atomi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gambacorto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gambacorto moves in looking to clinch but Atomi pushes him off.
Gambacorto displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Atomi.
Good work by Gambacorto as he checks the leg kick.
Atomi slips a straight right by Gambacorto.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Atomi.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Atomi checks a leg kick.
Mark Gambacorto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gambacorto tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Atomi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Atomi lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Gambacorto with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gambacorto doesn't manage to clinch there - Atomi circles away.
Atomi throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gambacorto counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Atomi cracks Gambacorto with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gambacorto moves out of range as Atomi strikes.
Gambacorto moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Atomi throws a head kick that misses.
Atomi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gambacorto just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gambacorto lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Atomi wants to land a leg kick but Gambacorto is out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Atomi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Atomi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gambacorto misses with a looping left.
Atomi connects with a looping right hand.
Atomi misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gambacorto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gambacorto paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gambacorto takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gambacorto tries to sprawl but Atomi drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Gambacorto avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Atomi.
Gambacorto is trying to maintain the position but Atomi is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gambacorto manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gambacorto wants to get back to his feet but Atomi is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Atomi lands a couple of elbows.
Gambacorto seems keen to control Atomi's posture.
Gambacorto has momentary wrist control but Atomi slips an elbow through the middle.
Gambacorto keeping moving, preventing Atomi from controlling successfully.
Atomi looking to sit in guard and control but Gambacorto gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Atomi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gambacorto manages to get himself to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atomi is looking to work some ground and pound but Gambacorto has wrist control.
Gambacorto tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Atomi trying to control the position from guard on top but Gambacorto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gambacorto can't keep his opponent in guard - Atomi advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Gambacorto is pressing down on Atomi's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Atomi really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gambacorto utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
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 Tomi Atomi will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Atomi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Atomi misses with a hook. Gambacorto ducked under it nicely.
Gambacorto takes a kick to the side of the head.
Atomi throws a low kick, looking for Gambacorto's leg but Gambacorto calmly moves out of range.
Gambacorto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Atomi throws out the jab.
Nice sprawl there from Gambacorto as Atomi shoots in.
Gambacorto tries to score with a low kick but Atomi moves his leg out of the way.
Gambacorto lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Atomi backs up against the cage.
Atomi lands a leg kick that knocks Gambacorto off balance momentarily.
Atomi throws the left hand but Gambacorto avoids the punch easily.
Atomi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gambacorto.
Mark Gambacorto seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Atomi is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gambacorto sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Gambacorto doesn't manage to clinch there - Atomi circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Gambacorto misses the target.
Gambacorto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Atomi.
Gambacorto 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.
Atomi lands with a good body shot.
Gambacorto misses with a wild body shot.
Atomi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Atomi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Atomi lands a jab to the nose.
Gambacorto misses with a head kick.
Atomi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tomi Atomi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Atomi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gambacorto.
Atomi throws a sloppy head kick and Gambacorto moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gambacorto thows a leg kick but Atomi checks it
and Atomi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gambacorto lands a jab to Atomi's midsection.
Gambacorto works the jab nicely.
Atomi looks to throw the jab but Gambacorto is out of range.
Gambacorto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Atomi.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gambacorto connects with an inside leg kick.
Gambacorto throws a poor cross that misses
and Atomi counters with a thumping low kick.
Gambacorto lands a nice leg kick that just misses Atomi's sensitive parts.
Gambacorto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gambacorto is looking to clinch but Atomi is avoiding it.
Atomi just misses with a punch to the body.
Gambacorto connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Tomi Atomi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atomi lands with a slapping head kick.
Gambacorto stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gambacorto steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Atomi.
Atomi 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 low kick from Gambacorto misses
and Atomi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Atomi throws a hook but Gambacorto blocks it.
A leg kick checked by Gambacorto.
Gambacorto tries to clinch up but Atomi circles away and keeps his distance.
Gambacorto misses the shot to the body.
Gambacorto dips to his left and cracks Atomi with an uppercut!
Atomi scoring well with a low kick there.
Gambacorto throws a leg kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gambacorto tries a head kick but it misses.
Gambacorto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mark Gambacorto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gambacorto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Atomi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gambacorto takes a swing at Atomi's ribcage but misses.
Atomi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gambacorto throws a low kick but Atomi moves out of range easily.
A big left from Atomi misses.
Gambacorto takes a jab right on the kisser.
Atomi lands a right hook to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Atomi swats away the attempt to clinch by Gambacorto.
Gambacorto throws a shot from downtown. Atomi moves away and avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Gambacorto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Atomi 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Tomi Atomi!
A relieved looking Tomi Atomi thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bryant Helix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky The Hitman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Helix might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Re-Con - Without Doubt. The Hitman is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: All within My Hands. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bryant Helix!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rocky The Hitman!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Helix circles away from the clinch attempt
and Helix counters with a low kick, right behind The Hitman 's knee.
The Hitman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Helix scores with a nice right hand.
The Hitman with a lazy takedown attempt
and Helix counters with a straight right hand.
A head kick misses from Helix.
The Hitman misses with a takedown attempt
and Helix counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Hitman moves out of range of the leg kick from Helix.
The Hitman scores with a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Helix buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Helix throws a jab but it's blocked by The Hitman.
The Hitman walks into a jab.
Helix scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Helix lands with a right hand.
Helix clinches up against the cage.
The Hitman has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Helix after a bit of a struggle.
Bryant Helix has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocky The Hitman.
The Hitman has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Helix after a bit of a struggle.
The Hitman has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Helix after a bit of a struggle.
Helix stalling the fight.
The Hitman drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Helix lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helix lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
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 Hitman is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A short uppercut from Helix.
Helix throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The Hitman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Helix lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of The Hitman backwards.
The Hitman wants a takedown.
Helix lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Still in the clinch, Helix scores with a nice short uppercut.
Helix lands a body punch.
Helix gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The Hitman has Helix pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Helix manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Helix pushes The Hitman back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The Hitman looks gassed!
The Hitman looking for a takedown.
Helix lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Helix lands a left hand.
The Hitman goes for a takedown attempt but Helix pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Helix lands with an uppercut that bounces The Hitman off the cage and back into range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Helix there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The fighters circling - Helix throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Helix with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Helix gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Helix lands a body shot in the clinch.
The Hitman goes for a takedown attempt but Helix pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The Hitman with a poor takedown
and Helix counters by moving into the clinch.
The Hitman tries for a takedown but Helix manages to get underhooks.
The Hitman is trying desperately to land a takedown but Helix is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for The Hitman.
Helix gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from The Hitman.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Come on Helix - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Helix lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Rocky The Hitman has been cut.
The Hitman is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Helix pulls him back up using the underhooks.
The Hitman is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Helix pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Helix comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Helix cracks The Hitman with a nice body shot.
Helix scores with a shot to the side of The Hitman's head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Helix takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Hitman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Helix throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A left hand lands to the body for Helix.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryant Helix dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rocky The Hitman's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
The Hitman tries to clinch but Helix moves away
and Helix counters with a one-two to the body.
Helix feints and then cracks The Hitman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow The Hitman down.
Helix digs a good body shot into The Hitman's ribs.
The Hitman takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Helix changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Hitman misses with a takedown
and Helix cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bryant Helix is winning the standup battle so far.
The Hitman has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Helix.
Helix swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Helix lands a nice leg kick that just misses The Hitman's sensitive parts.
Bryant Helix seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Hitman takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Helix ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Hitman moves away.
Helix lands with a shot to the body.
Helix throws a nice outside leg kick.
Helix leaves The Hitman with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Helix looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The Hitman is breathing heavily.
Helix darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Helix scores with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helix lands a jab-cross combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Hitman takes one to the chin there.
The Hitman is rocked!
Helix scores with a kick to the body.
The Hitman misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bryant Helix has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocky The Hitman.
Helix jabs at The Hitman's body.
Helix throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Helix lands with a straight right. The Hitman didn't see that one coming.
Helix drives through with a takedown into The Hitman's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helix working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The Hitman can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Helix controls the pace.
The Hitman keeping moving, preventing Helix from controlling successfully.
We're going to have a standup here because Bryant Helix wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Helix scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. The Hitman doesn't seem bothered though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Helix finds it's target.
Helix is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Hitman can do to turn this around?
Helix feints and then cracks The Hitman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow The Hitman down.
The Hitman looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Helix scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Helix moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Helix lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Hitman tries to score a body lock takedown but Helix shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A short right from Helix.
Helix lands a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryant Helix dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rocky The Hitman's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A solid leg kick lands there for Helix.
The Hitman steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Helix. That one must have hurt.
Horrible takedown by The Hitman or perhaps it was just good defense by Helix which made him look bad.
Helix shoots in and gets a takedown into The Hitman's guard.
Helix throwing strikes but missing.
Helix with a flurry of punches that miss.
Helix wants to pass the guard but The Hitman is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Hitman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Helix.
Helix postures up in The Hitman's guard and throws a big left but The Hitman blocks it.
Helix throwing strikes from guard but The Hitman blocks nicely.
Helix wants to control from the top but The Hitman keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Helix throws a strike but The Hitman rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Helix has control of The Hitman's left arm, preventing The Hitman from doing any damage.
Helix tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Helix 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.
Helix pulls The Hitman in close to prevent any damage.
Helix looking to hit a scissor sweep but The Hitman is one step ahead there.
Helix avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helix is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and The Hitman defends well.
Helix is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The Hitman is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Helix is on top in guard.
Helix throwing strikes from guard but The Hitman blocks nicely.
Bryant Helix overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Helix stays in close to The Hitman's body and controls the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helix is looking to work some ground and pound but The Hitman has wrist control.
Helix trying to control but The Hitman is working from the bottom.
Helix working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Hitman keeping moving, preventing Helix from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryant Helix clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Rocky The Hitman's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Helix connects with a leg kick. The Hitman looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Helix misses with a body shot.
Helix scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The Hitman takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Helix closes the distance and pushes The Hitman back into the cage.
The Hitman drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Helix gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A short uppercut from Helix.
Helix lands a right hand that snaps the head of The Hitman backwards.
Bryant Helix has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A nice right hand lands inside from Helix.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Helix lands with a right to the head.
The Hitman wants a takedown but no success here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Helix.
The Hitman is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Helix lands an elbow inside that The Hitman shrugs off.
The Hitman is still on wobbly legs! Can Helix finish him?
Helix lands a right hand.
Clinched against the cage, Helix lands a big elbow that drops The Hitman! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - The Hitman is complaining that he's OK but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bryant Helix!
Bryant Helix retains his light heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Bryant Helix thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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