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{R.W} FightLeague S2 Week 10 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Auto Bot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Mac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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270 lbs
5 - 15 - 0 |
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285 lbs
6 - 15 - 1 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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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
5 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Auto Bot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Eric Mac!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bot misses with a series of wild punches.
Mac lands a nice looking kick to the body. Bot takes a step back to recover.
Bot chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mac can pounce on him.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Mac lands a big head kick that sends Bot tumbling to the mat! Mac takes a step backwards and waves Bot back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Auto Bot has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bot throws a jab when Mac was well out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mac.
Bot is breathing heavily.
Bot circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mac throws a sloppy head kick and Bot moves out of range easily.
Mac throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mac buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mac gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mac connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bot's face.
Bot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mac working Bot over with knees to the body.
Mac with a knee to the head.
Mac lands a knee to the body.
Mac tries to stall but Bot uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mac connects with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mac drops Bot with a big knee straight up the middle! Bot is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Bot is rocked!
A slapping body kick lands there for Mac.
Oh Bot is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mac throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Bot crumples to the floor and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Eric Mac!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seamus OConnell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erwin Santan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). OConnell has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Seamus OConnell could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Erwin Santan's chin.
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283 lbs
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274 lbs
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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
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Seamus OConnell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Erwin Santan!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Taro Takaoka and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santan shoots in for a double leg but OConnell sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Santan fails with the takedown
and OConnell counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Santan's guard now.
OConnell is breathing heavily.
Santan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst OConnell is controlling him.
Santan is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Santan pushes OConnell off and scrambles back to his feet.
OConnell slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
OConnell throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Santan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Santan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Seamus OConnell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Erwin Santan.
Santan drives through with a takedown into OConnell's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Santan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Santan is pushing down on OConnell's leg trying to pass to half guard. OConnell is fighting to maintain full guard but Santan has managed to sneak the leg through.
OConnell on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if OConnell tries to get out of the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Santan passes to side control.
Santan cracks OConnell with a big elbow.
Santan creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
OConnell gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Santan cracks OConnell with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
OConnell wants to control but Santan is having none of it.
Santan is in the full mount, landing strikes.
BOOM! Santan connects with a massive shot to the dome!
OConnell knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Santan on the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santan working OConnell over with strikes here.
Santan lands a big shot there that rocks OConnell but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Seamus OConnell's cut is getting worse.
Santan landing punches.
OConnell is trying to escape the mount.
OConnell is in a horrible position here. Santan smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Santan landing strikes from the mount.
Santan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Santan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Santan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Santan raining down shots from the mount!
Santan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Santan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
OConnell is trying to escape the mount.
Santan lands a nice shot to the head.
A nice elbow there by Santan.
Seamus OConnell's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Santan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
OConnell is rocked!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
OConnell takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Oh OConnell is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Santan with a couple of short strikes.
Santan lands a big elbow - OConnell is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and OConnell is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Erwin Santan!
An intense looking Erwin Santan took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Well slap my ass and call me "Sally"!'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeffrey Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mykka Hoivunen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hoivunen has chosen C SWEDEN SONG - swedish warriors as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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282 lbs
4 - 5 - 0 |
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270 lbs
1 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jeffrey Ramirez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mykka Hoivunen!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoivunen fails with the takedown
and Ramirez counters with a nice uppercut.
Ramirez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hoivunen on the side of the head.
It looks like Mykka Hoivunen has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ramirez connects with a body shot.
Ramirez lands a right hook to the body.
Hoivunen looks gassed!
Ramirez digs a good body shot into Hoivunen's ribs.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Hoivunen got wobbled bad by a big combination! Ramirez presses forward with punches and knees until Hoivunen stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Hoivunen closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeffrey Ramirez!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between KC Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Redge Coldon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cooper might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Renegade by Jay-Z & Eminem. Cooper is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Redge Coldon enters the ring!
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257 lbs
8 - 12 - 0 |
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185 cm
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265 lbs
8 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Counter striker
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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
8 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, KC Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Redge Coldon!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coldon scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Cooper is breathing heavily.
Cooper on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Coldon working the body and head with strikes.
Coldon working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big shot lands for Coldon! That's hurt Cooper! Will he recover? Coldon fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Redge Coldon!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kjell Sword (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Paul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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280 lbs
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280 lbs
11 - 11 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kjell Sword!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Justin Paul!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sword bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sword closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Paul quickly recovers to half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Sword missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sword throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sword missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sword not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sword wants to lay and pray for a moment but Paul keeps working.
Paul is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sword scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sword throwing shots but Paul is blocking nicely.
Sword is trying to control. Paul wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sword missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sword not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sword trying to control from half guard but Paul is working away.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Sword thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Paul's head.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sword in particular looking to stall.
Sword throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sword lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Paul has hold of Sword's hands but Sword slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sword throwing shots but Paul is blocking nicely.
Sword is looking to take a break and control but Paul is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
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!
Sword working over Paul with some ground and pound. Paul looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
It looks like Justin Paul has been cut.
Sword wants to lay and pray for a moment but Paul keeps working.
Sword missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ground and pound from Sword.
Sword with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Sword is looking to take a break and control but Paul is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sword throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sword throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sword thows a huge punch but Paul dodges it nicely.
Sword throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sword missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Paul has hold of Sword's hands but Sword slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That has opened up Justin Paul's cut even more.
Sword winds up and cracks Paul with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sword wants to take a breather but Paul is having none of it.
Sword throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sword throwing shots but Paul is blocking nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sword lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Justin Paul's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Justin Paul's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kjell Sword!
Kjell Sword was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randall McSweeney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Poppy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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265 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Basic striking
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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 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Randall McSweeney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nick Poppy!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poppy looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Poppy is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and McSweeney defends it well.
Poppy trying to control the action but McSweeney is working from the bottom.
McSweeney could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Poppy takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Poppy wants to take a breather but McSweeney is having none of it.
McSweeney wants to get back to his feet.
Poppy controlling the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poppy is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so McSweeney is just riding it out for now. Poppy eventually gives up the hold.
Poppy wants to take a breather but McSweeney is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poppy keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Nick Poppy wasn't active enough on the ground.
McSweeney throws a head kick that misses.
Poppy looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? McSweeney is fending him off so far but Poppy persists. Nope, McSweeney circles away and we're back to standing.
A head kick misses from McSweeney.
Nick Poppy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Poppy looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? McSweeney is fending him off so far but Poppy persists. Nope, McSweeney circles away and we're back to standing.
A head kick misses from McSweeney.
Poppy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Poppy throws a chopping leg kick but McSweeney manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Poppy throws a low kick but McSweeney moves out of range easily.
McSweeney connects with a high kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McSweeney fails in his attempt to clinch.
McSweeney misses with a head kick.
McSweeney blocks a leg kick.
McSweeney lands a leg kick that knocks Poppy off balance momentarily.
Poppy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Randall McSweeney is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McSweeney throws a sloppy head kick and Poppy moves out of range easily.
Poppy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McSweeney counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A chopping leg kick lands by McSweeney.
McSweeney lands a leg kick that knocks Poppy off balance momentarily.
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!
McSweeney throws a head kick but Poppy moves out of range.
A head kick from McSweeney lands but Poppy takes it in his stride.
Poppy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by McSweeney. McSweeney obviously looking to wear him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McSweeney scores with a head kick. Poppy tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Poppy shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts McSweeney as he jumps to the side.
Randall McSweeney has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Poppy.
McSweeney throws a nice outside leg kick.
That kick from McSweeney tenderised Poppy's leg. Poppy is trying to keep his angry face on.
McSweeney scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McSweeney lands with a shot to the body.
Poppy looks gassed!
Crunch! McSweeney slams his shin into Poppy's torso.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McSweeney lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Poppy blocks a head kick by McSweeney.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Randall McSweeney 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.
McSweeney lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice takedown defense from McSweeney. No joy for Poppy on that attempt.
Poppy finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Poppy loads up on a big right hand but McSweeney slips the punch.
McSweeney throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
McSweeney blocks a leg kick.
McSweeney throws a head kick but Poppy moves out of range.
McSweeney moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McSweeney lands a nice looking body kick.
McSweeney turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
McSweeney throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Poppy stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. McSweeney follows into mount!
It looks like Nick Poppy has been cut.
Poppy is breathing heavily.
McSweeney controlling his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McSweeney prevents Poppy from getting the reversal.
McSweeney controlling from the full mount.
Poppy is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
McSweeney wants to stand but Poppy is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poppy slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Poppy gets back to full guard.
Poppy looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but McSweeney is defending well. Poppy quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! McSweeney has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Poppy celebrates on the ropes, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nick Poppy!
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