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CFC 276: Lest We Forget PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike McKinley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charles comes to the cage accompanied by Muddy Waters- Hoochie Coochie Man. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ray Charles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike McKinley!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McKinley moves out of range of the strikes.
Charles changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Charles missing with a left hand there. McKinley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Charles has closed the distance and engaged McKinley in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Charles fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Charles.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Charles misses with the head strike.
McKinley blocks an uppercut.
McKinley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ray Charles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Charles takes a swing at McKinley's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circling - Charles throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McKinley misses with a body kick.
Charles slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mike McKinley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McKinley connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sloppy strikes from Charles. Those never looked like landing.
Charles tries to clinch up but McKinley circles away and keeps his distance.
McKinley pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Charles fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
McKinley buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Charles.
McKinley misses with a straight right.
McKinley swats away the attempt to clinch by Charles.
Charles misses with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Charles clinches with his opponent.
Charles misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Charles misses with a body punch.
McKinley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McKinley slips a jab from Charles.
McKinley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Charles. McKinley does a little dance to reset his feet.
A punch lands to the side of McKinley 's head but he takes it in his stride.
McKinley takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Charles scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McKinley doesn't seem bothered though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles misses with the combination.
McKinley gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Charles to score an easy takedown into full guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Charles trying to control but McKinley is working from the bottom.
McKinley scrambles and gets back to his feet.
A jab from Charles finds it's way through McKinley's defenses.
McKinley ducks under a wild hook from Charles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKinley is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Charles on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Charles tries to clinch there but McKinley circles away.
Charles changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. McKinley tries to avoid it but Charles manages to keep hold of a leg and drag McKinley to the ground. McKinley escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Charles works McKinley's body with a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McKinley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Charles connects with a body shot.
Charles loads up on a big right hand but McKinley slips the punch.
McKinley closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Charles takes a swing at McKinley's ribcage but misses.
Charles cracks McKinley with an open hand slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Charles 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.
McKinley swats away the attempt to clinch by Charles.
Charles keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McKinley.
Charles uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Charles closes the distance and clinches.
Charles working aggressively here.
McKinley scores with a nice hook to the head.
Charles fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Charles misses with a punch on the inside.
Charles blocks a body shot from McKinley.
McKinley is looking to break free of the clinch but Charles has double underhooks.
Charles tries a body shot but McKinley blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Charles.
Charles misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McKinley's efforts to push away.
McKinley tries to circle away but Charles has him pinned against the cage.
Charles working aggressively here.
McKinley breaks from the clinch.
Charles clinches with his opponent.
Charles scores with a shot to the side of McKinley's head.
Charles lands a right hand that snaps the head of McKinley backwards.
Charles prevents McKinley from breaking the clinch.
Charles tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McKinley is trying to force a seperation but Charles has the dominant position.
Charles tries to score a body lock takedown but McKinley shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Charles prevents McKinley from breaking the clinch.
McKinley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Charles can't find room to land a body shot as McKinley controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles is stalling here.
Charles scores with a shot to the side of McKinley's head.
Charles managing to block the knees to the body from McKinley.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Charles.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McKinley.
McKinley wants to break free but Charles has control.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Charles.
Charles misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Charles.
Charles swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Charles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McKinley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McKinley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McKinley swings for the body but Charles moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps McKinley's head backwards.
McKinley ducks under a wild hook from Charles.
Charles swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Charles looks to score with a jab to the body but McKinley is just out of range.
A solid body kick from McKinley.
Charles thows a body shot but no joy.
Charles throws a hook to the side of McKinley's head but McKinley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McKinley gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Charles.
Charles misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McKinley.
Charles shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as McKinley sprawls well. McKinley wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Charles gets slowly back to his feet.
A punch combination from McKinley misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKinley throws a body kick that misses.
McKinley misses with a head kick.
McKinley loads up on a big right hand but Charles slips the punch.
Charles lands a jab.
McKinley lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Charles at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McKinley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McKinley works the jab nicely.
McKinley thumps Charles with a low kick.
Charles tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and McKinley counters with a good, hard body kick but Charles shrugs it off.
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 Ray Charles will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
McKinley takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Charles closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Charles throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Charles misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Charles working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
McKinley tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Charles wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Charles lands some shots froms side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McKinley wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
A lull in the action here.
McKinley is not content to let Charles control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles works to advance to full mount. McKinley defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Ray Charles is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles looking to control but McKinley is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Charles controlling the position easily from mount.
Charles seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down McKinley for as long as he can get away with.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKinley is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ray Charles.
McKinley throws a low kick but Charles moves out of range easily.
McKinley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Charles.
No luck for Charles with that takedown attempt.
Charles throws a nice looking combination but McKinley bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Charles blocks the body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by McKinley!
McKinley tries to score with a low kick but Charles moves his leg out of the way.
A head kick misses from McKinley.
Charles gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McKinley tries to break the clinch but Charles is controlling the position.
Charles tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mike McKinley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McKinley wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McKinley is trying to break the clinch but Charles is controlling him.
McKinley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McKinley displaying some good clinch control by pressing Charles up against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Charles showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Charles has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Charles!
Ray Charles really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Talib Kweli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Areeno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kweli comes to the cage accompanied by 2Pac - Hit em up . Talib Kweli has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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152 lbs
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155 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Talib Kweli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Steve Areeno!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Areeno bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kweli throws a body punch but Areeno moves out of range.
Kweli misses with a few strikes there.
Kweli tries to bum rush Areeno with a series of wild strikes but Areeno uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Areeno moves into range and clinches up with Kweli.
Kweli stalling in the clinch but Areeno improves position.
Areeno lands an elbow just above Kweli 's eye.
A nice left hand lands by Kweli.
Kweli breaks from the clinch.
Areeno throws a head kick but Kweli moves out of range.
Areeno's corner calls for a 1-2. Areeno obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Areeno tests Kweli's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice takedown defense from Areeno. No joy for Kweli on that attempt.
Kweli shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Areeno is trying to defend but Kweli finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Areeno looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Areeno is looking for a sweep. Kweli is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kweli is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kweli is keen to just control but Areeno is a slippery customer.
Kweli trying to control from Areeno's half guard. Areeno has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Areeno keeping moving, preventing Kweli from controlling successfully.
Areeno wants to sweep but no luck.
Kweli wants to control from the top but Areeno keeps moving.
Areeno can't keep his opponent in guard - Kweli advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Kweli is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Areeno sees it coming and defends easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Areeno wants to improve his position but Kweli is controlling well.
Areeno is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Areeno blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kweli.
Kweli has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Areeno is looking to improve his position but Kweli isn't that keen on the idea.
Kweli can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Areeno is looking to escape.
Areeno is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kweli throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Areeno because Kweli loaded up on that one.
Areeno really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Kweli jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Areeno is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Areeno and Kweli has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Kweli sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Areeno is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Areeno tries to buck Kweli off but Kweli is having none of it.
Areeno prevents Kweli from moving into mount.
Areeno gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Areeno is looking to improve his position.
Areeno is trying to maintain the position but Kweli is very close to passing his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kweli is trying to control the action in half guard but Areeno is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kweli takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Kweli sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Areeno defending well though.
Areeno wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Areeno works his way to full guard. Good work.
Areeno is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Kweli loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Areeno keeping moving, preventing Kweli from controlling successfully.
Kweli postures up and lands a big shot to Areeno's brow.
Areeno wants to sweep here but Kweli controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Talib Kweli 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.
Kweli shoots in but no luck this time.
Areeno tries to clinch up.
A head kick misses from Areeno.
Kweli lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Areeno circles away quickly and effectively.
Kweli dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Areeno with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kweli moves forwards but Areeno connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Areeno throws a front kick aimed at Kweli's knee but Kweli avoids it well.
Areeno stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Areeno wants it to stay on the feet.
Kweli with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Areeno to score with a decent uppercut.
Areeno throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kweli works the jab nicely.
A slow jab from Kweli misses its intended target.
Areeno tries to score a power double leg takedown but Kweli sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Areeno somewhat.
Areeno throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Kweli.
Kweli rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Areeno moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kweli lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Areeno at a distance.
Kweli slips a jab from Areeno.
Kweli fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Talib Kweli. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Areeno closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kweli circles away.
Kweli doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Areeno counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kweli misses with a wild body shot.
Areeno lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Talib Kweli is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kweli shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Kweli lands with a punch from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Areeno makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Kweli shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Areeno but Areeno pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Both fighters circling a little - Areeno finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Kweli fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Kweli looks to throw the jab but Areeno is out of range.
Areeno scores with the left hand. Kweli knows he should have avoided that one.
Areeno fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kweli manages to avoid it.
Areeno shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Kweli holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Areeno tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Areeno raining down shots from the mount!
Areeno lands a big elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Areeno scoring with strikes but Kweli is staying in there.
Kweli might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Areeno fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Areeno can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kweli is looking to escape.
Kweli really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Kweli is bucking up trying to escape but Areeno cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kweli is desperately trying to improve his position but Areeno has a good base and remains in mount.
Kweli is working hard here to advance position.
Areeno landing punches.
Kweli somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Areeno tries a head kick but it misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Areeno looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kweli is fending him off so far but Areeno persists. Nope, Kweli circles away and we're back to standing.
Areeno misses with a wild body shot.
Areeno lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kweli misses with a series of wild punches.
Kweli lands a lovely overhand right.
Kweli rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Areeno counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Areeno lands with a good body shot.
Areeno uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kweli.
Kweli gets tackled into the cage by Areeno. Areeno maintains the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kweli is looking to control Areeno's arms but Areeno gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kweli has his back to the cage.
Kweli is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kweli looking to throw knees to the head but Areeno is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Areeno showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Kweli shoots in but no luck this time.
Kweli walks into a left hand.
Areeno scores with a head kick.
Kweli takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Areeno is looking to slow Kweli down with leg kicks.
Areeno is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Areeno throws a body kick that misses.
Areeno bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kweli's head.
Areeno swings for the body but Kweli moves out of range.
Kweli fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Kweli scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Areeno lands with a straight right. Kweli didn't see that one coming.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kweli.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Talib Kweli. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Areeno avoids a punch combination nicely.
Areeno slaps away a takedown attempt from Kweli, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Areeno tries to clinch there but Kweli circles away.
Kweli lands a slapping body shot.
Areeno stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Areeno wants it to stay on the feet.
Areeno gets a takedown into half guard.
Areeno prevents Kweli from standing back up.
Kweli is refusing to be controlled, as Areeno sits in half guard.
Kweli trying to hold on to Areeno's head to control him but Areeno postures up.
Areeno wants to pass to mount but Kweli is defending the position.
Areeno passes to full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Areeno raining down shots from the mount!
Kweli wants to hold on but Areeno pushes him away.
Areeno looking for a guillotine from mount but Kweli is having none of it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kweli bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Areeno is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Kweli wants to control from the top but Areeno keeps moving.
Kweli stopping the sweep attempt from Areeno.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Areeno not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kweli working some strikes from top position.
Areeno looking to control.
Kweli wants to control from the top but Areeno keeps moving.
Areeno is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Kweli trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kweli won't allow Areeno to sweep him here.
Kweli wants to control from the top but Areeno keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Areeno is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We're going to have a standup here because Talib Kweli wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Areeno throws a jab but it's blocked by Kweli.
Areeno jabs Kweli to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kweli defending well as Areeno loads up on a big left hand.
Areeno throws a head kick that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A clash of legs there as Kweli blocks the low kick.
Steve Areeno seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kweli fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kweli lands a nice looking body shot.
Kweli fails to land the takedown.
And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Areeno comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Areeno has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Areeno!
Our winner, Steve Areeno, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chip Freedom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freedom comes to the cage accompanied by Star Spangled Banner. Chip Freedom could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Matt Henderson's chin.
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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
16 - 17 - 2, fighting out of New York, Chip Freedom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matt Henderson!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freedom throws a big shot that misses.
Henderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Freedom.
A head kick misses from Freedom.
Henderson moves away from the strike by Freedom.
Freedom misses with a double jab.
Freedom misses with a series of wild punches.
Henderson misses with a kick to the body.
Henderson staying out of range there.
Freedom gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Henderson.
Freedom throws a leg kick that is checked
and Henderson counters with a stiff right hand.
Freedom throws a leg kick but Henderson checks it.
Freedom drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Freedom 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.
Henderson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Henderson throws a one two combo.
Freedom looks to land a right hand but Henderson moved out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henderson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Freedom.
Freedom takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Freedom tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Henderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Freedom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Henderson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A jab from Henderson misses.
Freedom throws the left hand but Henderson avoids the punch easily.
Chip Freedom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henderson connects with a jab.
Henderson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Freedom had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Henderson connects with a crisp jab.
Freedom looks to throw the jab but Henderson is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Freedom. Henderson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Henderson blocks a leg kick.
Henderson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Henderson lands a glancing blow to the side of Freedom's head.
Henderson lands with a right hand.
A clash of legs there as Freedom blocks the low kick.
Henderson cracks Freedom with a good jab.
Freedom tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Henderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Freedom.
Freedom throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Henderson.
Freedom feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hendersons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Henderson pushes Freedom up against the cage in a clinch.
Henderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Freedom looks for the body kick but Henderson saw that one coming.
Freedom works the jab nicely.
Freedom on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Good shot there by Henderson.
Henderson avoids a punch combination nicely.
A left and a right from Henderson both land. Nice combination.
It looks like Chip Freedom has been cut.
Freedom misses with a straight left.
Henderson cracks Freedom with a good jab.
Freedom misses with a double jab
and Freedom takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Freedom has Henderson up against the cage in a clinch.
Henderson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Henderson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Freedom tries to clinch but Henderson moves out of range.
Freedom pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Freedom lands a glancing blow to the side of Henderson's head.
Freedom takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Freedom tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Henderson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Henderson lands with a straight right. Freedom didn't see that one coming.
Freedom tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henderson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Henderson moves out of range as Freedom strikes.
Chip Freedom is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Freedom misses with an uppercut. Henderson saw that one coming.
Freedom throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Henderson counters with a good low kick that Freedom was not able to check.
Freedom throws a leg kick
and Henderson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
No joy there for Freedom, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Henderson lands a jab to Freedom's midsection.
Henderson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Henderson.
Henderson scores with a leg kick.
Freedom throws an overhand right that lands on Henderson's shoulder, as Henderson tries to avoid the shot.
Freedom avoids the head kick by Henderson.
Freedom misses with a wild body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Henderson, right into the meat.
Henderson thuds his right hand into Freedom's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Henderson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Freedom is looking to score with low kicks.
Freedom's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Henderson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Freedom scrambles back to his feet.
Henderson throws a leg kick which misses Freedom's front leg but catches the back leg as Freedom tries to avoid it.
Henderson closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Henderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Freedom is rocked!
Henderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oh Freedom is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Henderson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Henderson drops Freedom with a big left hand! Freedom is injured, injured bad! Henderson jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Henderson!
A very excited looking Matt Henderson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Napoleon Bonaparte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacques St Croix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Croix has chosen Erasure - A Little Respect as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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158 lbs
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152 lbs
26 - 12 - 0 |
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Great elbows
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Napoleon Bonaparte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jacques St Croix!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from St Croix.
Bonaparte thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on St Croix if he has to take too many more of those.
Bonaparte fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and St Croix has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bonaparte lands a really nice looking cross but St Croix seems unphased.
St Croix swinging wildly here.
Bonaparte throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by St Croix.
Bonaparte throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
St Croix misses with a straight right.
St Croix ducks under a wild hook from Bonaparte.
St Croix takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bonaparte closes the distance and clinches.
Bonaparte throws an elbow but it misses.
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!
St Croix avoiding damage as Bonaparte throws knees to the body.
Bonaparte misses with an elbow strike.
Bonaparte connects with a nasty looking knee right to St Croix's face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on St Croix's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bonaparte landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
St Croix cracks Bonaparte with a nice body shot.
St Croix tries to work over Bonaparte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
St Croix misses with a knee to the head.
Bonaparte tries to land knees in the clinch but St Croix avoids the damage to the body.
A frustrated look appears on St Croix's face as he tries to break the clinch.
St Croix has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bonaparte is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
St Croix pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bonaparte looks to clinch
and St Croix counters with a three punch combo that has Bonaparte backing up. Bonaparte nods at St Croix to acknowledge the strikes.
Bonaparte misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for St Croix, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bonaparte thuds his shin into the meat of St Croix's side.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bonaparte fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and St Croix has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Croix avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bonaparte misses with a head kick.
Bonaparte throws an uppercut from half a mile away. St Croix sees it coming and avoids it easily.
St Croix takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
St Croix misses with an uppercut.
St Croix keeps the fight on the outside.
Bonaparte darts in and clinches St Croix up against the cage.
Bonaparte pushes off an throws an elbow but St Croix leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bonaparte landing knees to the body.
St Croix avoiding damage as Bonaparte throws knees to the body.
St Croix avoiding damage as Bonaparte throws knees to the body.
Bonaparte tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bonaparte misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Croix tries to work over Bonaparte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
St Croix lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bonaparte.
St Croix scores with a shot to the side of Bonaparte's head.
Bonaparte misses with an elbow over the top.
Bonaparte tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Still in the clinch, St Croix scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bonaparte looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bonaparte putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has St Croix in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bonaparte tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
St Croix is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
St Croix blocks the elbow strike.
Bonaparte misses with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte lands an elbow inside that St Croix shrugs off.
A head punch on the inside from St Croix fails to land.
Bonaparte tries a knee to the head but St Croix blocks it.
Bonaparte creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bonaparte with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bonaparte lands a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bonaparte using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bonaparte throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but St Croix blocks it with crossed arms.
St Croix looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
St Croix blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters up against the cage, Bonaparte throws an elbow but misses.
St Croix works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
St Croix throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bonapartes head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Napoleon Bonaparte dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Bonaparte thumps St Croix with a low kick.
St Croix cracks Bonaparte with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
It looks like Napoleon Bonaparte has been cut.
Bonaparte throws out a loose jab but St Croix uses good head movement to avoid it.
St Croix connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
St Croix paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Napoleon Bonaparte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Croix swats away the attempt to clinch by Bonaparte.
Bonaparte takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bonaparte is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bonaparte connects with a body shot.
Bonaparte thuds his shin into the meat of St Croix's side.
St Croix lands a nice shot that snaps Bonaparte's head back.
Oh Bonaparte is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
St Croix throws a right and a left that both miss.
St Croix shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bonaparte but Bonaparte pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bonaparte seems to have got his legs back now.
Bonaparte steps to the side to avoid the strikes from St Croix.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonaparte lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bonaparte misses with a low kick.
Bonaparte connects with a leg kick. St Croix looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
St Croix scores with a hook to the body. Bonaparte takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
St Croix throws a jab but it's blocked by Bonaparte.
St Croix throws a low kick but Bonaparte avoids it.
Bonaparte uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from St Croix.
St Croix shoots in for a double leg but Bonaparte sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jab from Bonaparte.
Bonaparte connects with a leg kick. St Croix looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bonaparte.
St Croix throws out a loose jab but Bonaparte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Napoleon Bonaparte is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bonaparte closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bonaparte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from St Croix.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Croix misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Bonaparte.
St Croix trying to land knees to the body.
Napoleon Bonaparte has scored more points in the clinch so far.
St Croix misses with the head strike.
St Croix breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bonaparte with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling St Croix to score with a decent uppercut.
St Croix 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.
St Croix fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bonaparte looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A looping hook to the body misses from St Croix. Bonaparte does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bonaparte cracks St Croix with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bonaparte tries to clinch there but St Croix circles away.
St Croix swings for the body but Bonaparte moves out of range.
Bonaparte with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Croix tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
St Croix moves out of range of the leg kick from Bonaparte.
Nice sprawl there from Bonaparte as St Croix shoots in.
Napoleon Bonaparte has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jacques St Croix.
Bonaparte buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bonaparte throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice defenses there by St Croix.
St Croix missing with a left hand there. Bonaparte was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
St Croix's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
St Croix closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bonaparte circles away.
Bonaparte feints and then cracks St Croix's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow St Croix down.
Bonaparte throws a quick head kick that skims the top of St Croix's head.
Bonaparte gets a clinch.
Bonaparte with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bonaparte gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from St Croix.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bonaparte trying to land knees to the body.
Bonaparte looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bonaparte misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bonaparte throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but St Croix blocks it with crossed arms.
Bonaparte with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Jacques St Croix has been cut.
St Croix avoiding damage as Bonaparte throws knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bonaparte missing with knees to the body.
St Croix misses with a hook from the clinch.
St Croix pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
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 Napoleon Bonaparte will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Bonaparte shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bonaparte is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from St Croix, right into the meat.
St Croix fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Bonaparte stalks St Croix and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into St Croix's face. St Croix staggers backwards, shaken.
Bonaparte ducks under a wild hook from St Croix.
Bonaparte just misses with a punch to the body.
St Croix takes a swing at Bonaparte's ribcage but misses.
St Croix will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bonaparte.
St Croix keeps the fight on the outside.
Napoleon Bonaparte is winning the standup battle so far.
St Croix throws a hook to the side of Bonaparte's head but Bonaparte sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
St Croix gets tackled into the cage by Bonaparte. Bonaparte maintains the clinch.
St Croix takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Croix tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bonaparte tries to throw a body punch but St Croix avoids it by throwing Bonaparte back against the cage.
St Croix blocks the elbow strike.
Bonaparte tries to land knees in the clinch but St Croix avoids the damage to the body.
St Croix can't find room to land a body shot as Bonaparte controls the action.
St Croix dodges an elbow strike from Bonaparte.
St Croix blocks an elbow strike.
A knee to the head by Bonaparte.
St Croix on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bonaparte looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bonaparte throws an elbow but misses.
A knee to the head by Bonaparte.
Napoleon Bonaparte is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bonaparte managing to block the knees to the body from St Croix.
Bonaparte creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bonaparte throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bonaparte on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
St Croix breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jacques St Croix has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters circling - St Croix throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A swing and a miss from Bonaparte.
An inside leg kick lands from St Croix.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte thows a body shot but no joy.
Bonaparte throws a head kick that St Croix semi-blocks.
St Croix throws a shot from downtown. Bonaparte moves away and avoids it.
A head kick from Bonaparte lands but St Croix takes it in his stride.
St Croix shoots in looking for a takedown. Bonaparte tries to sprawl out of it but St Croix keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bonaparte manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bonaparte plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
St Croix tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
St Croix fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bonaparte avoids it really well and circles away.
Napoleon Bonaparte has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jacques St Croix.
Bonaparte ducks under a wild hook from St Croix.
St Croix throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for St Croix, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
St Croix has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bonaparte finds it's way round the side to connect with St Croix's head.
Bonaparte tries a head kick but it misses.
Bonaparte displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as St Croix throws out the jab.
Bonaparte lands a lovely overhand right.
Bonaparte misses with the combination.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bonaparte.
Bonaparte is looking to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bonaparte is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
St Croix is trying desperately to land a takedown but Bonaparte is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for St Croix.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bonaparte tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but St Croix was well out of range. Poor timing from Bonaparte.
St Croix blocks a head kick by Bonaparte.
And that's the end of the fight!
Napoleon Bonaparte showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bonaparte has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Napoleon Bonaparte!
In his post fight interview, Napoleon Bonaparte started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Vera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Janos Prohaska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Janos Prohaska is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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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
26 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Dominic Vera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Janos Prohaska!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prohaska on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Decent striking displayed by Vera there.
Prohaska on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Prohaska looks to land a body kick but Vera moved away.
Prohaska misses with a two punch combination.
Vera scores with a hook.
The fighters circling - Prohaska throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vera scores with a hook to the body. Prohaska takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Vera scores with a crisp jab that stopped Prohaska in his tracks.
Vera chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Vera blocks a head kick by Prohaska.
Nice jab there from Vera.
Prohaska is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Vera's half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Vera has hold of Prohaska's hands but Prohaska slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Vera keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Vera is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Prohaska throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Vera is trying to stand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prohaska wants to pass the guard but Vera is defending well.
Vera tries to get to full guard but Prohaska has control of the leg.
Prohaska lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Prohaska is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Vera wants to improve his position but Prohaska is controlling well.
Nice strikes from Prohaska there.
Prohaska prevents Vera from improving his position.
Prohaska 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.
Prohaska wants to lay and pray for a moment but Vera keeps working.
Prohaska seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Prohaska thows a huge punch but Vera dodges it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vera is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Prohaska thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Vera trying to control from the bottom.
Prohaska has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Prohaska content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vera is trying to get back to full guard.
Vera keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Vera is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Prohaska misses with a two punch combination.
Dominic Vera is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Prohaska stuns Vera with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice shot lands for Prohaska.
It looks like Dominic Vera has been cut.
Good work by Prohaska as he checks the leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prohaska blocks a low kick nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Vera on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Prohaska drops Vera with a nice combination! Prohaska dives into Vera's guard, looking to finish!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Prohaska lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Prohaska lands a couple of digs.
Vera is rocked!
Vera wants to hit a switch here but Prohaska passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Vera there!
Prohaska landing strikes from the mount and Vera is in trouble!
Oh Vera is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Prohaska scoring with strikes but Vera is staying in there.
Prohaska working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Prohaska avoids the attempt from Vera to control.
Prohaska tries to control but Vera wriggling away.
Vera seems to have got his legs back now.
Vera wants to control but Prohaska is having none of it.
Prohaska fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vera is bucking up trying to escape but Prohaska cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Vera in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Prohaska postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Vera badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Prohaska around the waist but Prohaska pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Prohaska is the winner by TKO! Prohaska jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Janos Prohaska!
Janos Prohaska thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kimble Cho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bot Botanovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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183 lbs
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175 lbs
29 - 15 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kimble Cho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bot Botanovic!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Botanovic motions for Cho to come forward. Botanovic throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Botanovic keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cho avoids a kick to the body.
Kimble Cho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cho stuns Botanovic with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Botanovic misses with a head kick.
Botanovic moves out of range of the leg kick from Cho.
Cho misses with a low kick.
Botanovic lands a nice looking kick to the body. Cho takes a step back to recover.
Botanovic lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Botanovic scores with a takedown into Cho's guard.
Botanovic thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Botanovic pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cho is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Botanovic preventing the sweep.
Botanovic trying to control but Cho is working from the bottom.
Cho tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Botanovic wants to control from the top but Cho keeps moving.
Botanovic won't allow Cho to sweep him here.
Cho keeping moving, preventing Botanovic from controlling successfully.
Bot Botanovic has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Botanovic is looking to land body kicks.
Cho tries to score with a low kick but Botanovic moves his leg out of the way.
Cho blocks the body kick.
Botanovic looks for the body kick but Cho saw that one coming.
Botanovic shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cho but Cho pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cho throws a push kick but Botanovic slaps the foot to one side.
Cho misses with a kick to the body.
Botanovic attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Botanovic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cho.
Botanovic feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cho's calf.
Botanovic lands with a thumping leg kick.
Botanovic scoring well with a low kick there.
Cho throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Botanovic stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cho lands a leg kick that knocks Botanovic off balance momentarily.
Cho takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Botanovic tries to score with a low kick but Cho moves his leg out of the way.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cho.
Botanovic walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cho checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
An inside leg kick lands from Cho.
Botanovic throws a leg kick but Cho sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cho swings for the body but Botanovic moves out of range.
A punch combination from Cho misses.
Cho blocks a leg kick.
Cho scores with a shot to the body.
Cho lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Cho.
That kick from Botanovic tenderised Cho's leg. Cho is trying to keep his angry face on.
Botanovic looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cho wants to land a leg kick but Botanovic is out of range.
An inside leg kick from Botanovic misses.
Cho misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Good work by Cho as he checks the leg kick.
Cho throws a leg kick that is checked
and Botanovic counters with an outside leg kick.
Botanovic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cho scores with a body shot.
Botanovic is looking to chop away at Cho's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cho takes a swing at Botanovic's ribcage but misses.
Botanovic misses with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Botanovic tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cho blocks the body kick.
Botanovic throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cho rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Botanovic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Botanovic gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cho.
Botanovic throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cho is looking to wear down Botanovic with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cho listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Botanovic throws a body kick that misses.
Botanovic tries a low kick but Cho avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cho misses with a head kick.
Cho avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cho defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Botanovic.
Botanovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bot Botanovic will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Cho checks a leg kick.
Cho lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Botanovic throws a head kick that half lands.
Bot Botanovic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Botanovic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Botanovic is looking to slow Cho down with leg kicks.
Cho throws a one two combo.
Cho avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cho blocks a low kick nicely.
Botanovic 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.
Botanovic takes one to the side of the head.
Cho scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Botanovic doesn't seem bothered though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Botanovic.
Kimble Cho is winning the standup battle so far.
Cho stuffs the takedown attempt from Botanovic. Botanovic gets slowly back to his feet.
Cho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Botanovic.
Botanovic will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Botanovic dives in and grabs Cho's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cho pushes down on Botanovic's head and hops out.
Kimble Cho has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bot Botanovic.
Botanovic throws a leg kick but Cho sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Botanovic throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cho is looking to slow Botanovic down with leg kicks.
Cho misses with a wild body shot.
Botanovic misses with a kick to the body.
Kimble Cho is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cho lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Botanovic circles away quickly and effectively.
Botanovic dives in and grabs Cho's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cho pushes down on Botanovic's head and hops out.
Botanovic has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Botanovic there as he acknowledges the shot.
Botanovic shoots in but Cho avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cho lands with a straight right. Botanovic didn't see that one coming.
Cho moves out of range of the body kick from Botanovic.
Both fighters circling a little - Cho finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Botanovic is breathing heavily.
Botanovic shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Cho defends it nicely.
A leg kick checked by Cho.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Botanovic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Botanovic tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cho is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cho pivots, looking for a leg kick but Botanovic is out of range and Cho settles back down.
Cho connects with a leg kick. Botanovic looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cho pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cho misses with a leg kick
and Botanovic counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Botanovic.
Botanovic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Botanovic attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Botanovic misses with a body kick.
Cho 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.
Cho throws a leg kick which misses Botanovic's front leg but catches the back leg as Botanovic tries to avoid it.
Cho throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cho misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Botanovic tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cho lands a slapping body shot.
Botanovic is looking to score with low kicks.
Botanovic blocks a low kick nicely.
Botanovic avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cho looks to score with a jab to the body but Botanovic is just out of range.
Botanovic scores with a head kick.
Cho fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Botanovic is out of range.
Botanovic is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cho sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Cho lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Botanovic manages to avoid it.
Botanovic avoids the body shot from Cho.
Cho fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Botanovic looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cho fails to land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Botanovic attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Botanovic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Botanovic throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cho.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cho.
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!
Botanovic staying out of range there.
Cho connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Botanovic's hands.
Botanovic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Botanovic throws a leg kick but Cho sees it coming and moves out of range.
Botanovic tries a low kick but Cho avoids it.
Cho rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Botanovic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Botanovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Botanovic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A combination from Cho does no damage.
Botanovic has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cho.
Botanovic goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kimble Cho dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Botanovic throws a leg kick that misses.
Botanovic takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Botanovic wants to slow Cho down by chopping away at his legs.
Cho throws a leg kick that is checked
and Botanovic makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Cho scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Botanovic doesn't seem bothered though.
Botanovic tries a head kick but it misses.
Cho tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cho avoids a kick to the body.
Botanovic scoring well with a low kick there.
Botanovic manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Cho on his heels. He'll look to pass Cho's guard now, I'm sure.
Cho is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cho wants to stand but Botanovic has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Botanovic looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Botanovic works his way to full guard. Good work.
Cho wants to stand but Botanovic is controlling his posture from full guard.
Cho has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Botanovic is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cho is aware though and is defending well.
Botanovic has a closed guard, preventing Cho from standing up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cho avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cho won't allow Botanovic to sweep him here.
Cho wants to stand but Botanovic has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Botanovic had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cho defends it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cho wants to stand but Botanovic is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cho stands up and waves to Botanovic to follow him.
Cho blocks a low kick nicely.
Botanovic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Botanovic looks to throw a body kick
and Cho counters with a good low kick that Botanovic was not able to check.
Cho cracks the inside of Botanovic's front leg.
Botanovic checks a leg kick.
Botanovic thumps Cho with a low kick.
Botanovic thows a leg kick but Cho checks it
and Cho cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Botanovic tried to score with a low kick but Cho checks it.
Cho has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Botanovic.
Cho stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Botanovic.
Botanovic misses with a kick to the body.
Cho swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cho lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cho throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cho is looking to score with low kicks.
Cho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Botanovic was well out of range. Poor timing from Cho.
An inside leg kick from Cho misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kimble Cho.
I think Cho 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kimble Cho!
After the big win, Kimble Cho made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Hellraiser Fightgear ($10 and above) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Stevie Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Russo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walker comes into the arena with Tragically Hip- Thugs blaring out of the sound system. Stevie Walker has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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154 lbs
16 - 9 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Stevie Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Russo!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Russo missing with a left hand there. Walker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Walker blocks a jab.
Russo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Walker.
Russo doesn't manage to clinch there - Walker circles away.
Russo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Walker looks for the body kick but Russo saw that one coming.
Walker lands a nice shot to the body.
Russo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Walker takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Russo lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Walker has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Walker and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Walker throws a leg kick that misses.
Russo throws a head kick that half lands.
Russo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Walker.
Russo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Walker's calf.
Walker scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Walker moves away from the strike by Russo.
Russo dodges the punch combination from Walker.
Russo throws a front kick aimed at Walker's knee but Walker avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo tries to clinch there but Walker circles away.
Russo wants to slow Walker down by chopping away at his legs.
Russo takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A cross from Walker lands.
Russo tries to clinch up.
Russo tries to clinch but Walker moves out of range.
Russo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Walker.
Walker clinches up with Russo and pushes him back against the cage.
Russo missing with knees to the body.
Walker lands a nice uppercut.
Russo drops down looking for an ankle pick but Walker pulls his leg out and moves away.
Walker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Walker tried to score with a low kick but Russo checks it.
Walker throws out a loose jab but Russo uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Russo blocks a jab.
Walker scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Russo doesn't seem bothered though.
Russo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walker misses with an uppercut. Russo saw that one coming.
Russo connects with a single shot there.
Russo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Walker chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Russo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Russo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Russo throws a solid leg kick but Walker takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Russo.
Walker feints and then cracks Russo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Russo down.
Walker fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Walker misses with a straight left.
Walker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Russo.
A slow jab from Walker misses its intended target.
Russo lands a nice shot that snaps Walker's head back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker misses with a looping right.
Walker throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Russo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Russo slips under a jab.
Russo walks into a jab.
Walker throws a looping overhand right but Russo ducks down to avoid it.
Walker throws a big shot that misses.
Russo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Walker throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Walker connects with a crisp jab.
Walker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Walker.
Russo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Russo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Walker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Walker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Russo throws a hook but Walker blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Walker is out of range and Russo settles back down.
Russo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Russo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Walker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Walker keeps the fight on the outside.
Russo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Russo just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Russo throws a chopping leg kick but Walker manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Russo is looking to land body kicks.
Walker connects with a right hand. Russo shakes it off.
Walker lands with a hook. Russo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Russo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Walker lands with a thumping leg kick.
Russo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Russo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Russo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stevie Walker dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Walker blocks a head kick by Russo.
An inside leg kick from Walker misses.
Walker rushes Russo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Walker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Walker blocks a body shot from Russo.
Russo has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Walker after a bit of a struggle.
Walker scores with a shot to the side of Russo's head.
Walker lands a nice uppercut.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Walker.
Russo is rocked!
Russo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Russo is still on wobbly legs! Can Walker finish him?
With the fighters up against the cage, Russo throws an elbow but misses.
Russo seems to have recovered his senses.
Russo takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Ryan Russo has been cut.
Russo blocking some punches.
Russo misses with an elbow strike.
Walker is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Russo takes an elbow to the temple.
Walker cracks Russo with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker struggles to land a body shot inside as Russo controls his hands.
Russo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Walker lands an elbow inside.
A short uppercut from Walker.
Russo blocks a body shot from Walker.
Walker lands with a short shot to the head.
Walker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Walker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Russo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Russo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Russo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Russo tries to stall but Walker uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short right from Walker on the inside.
Russo tries to land a knee to the head but Walker blocks with his arms.
Nice elbow from Walker.
Walker letting Russo take a breather here.
Russo missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walker wants to stall.
Walker working aggressively here.
Walker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Walker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Russo looking to slow down the pace here.
Russo misses with an elbow over the top.
Walker working Russo over with knees to the body.
Stevie Walker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Walker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Walker managing to block the knees to the body from Russo.
Walker pushes Russo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Russo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Walker in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Walker avoids a wild elbow strike from Russo.
A shot in the inside from Walker.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Walker.
Walker works on Russo's body with a couple of short punches.
Walker manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Russo stalls.
Walker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Walker lands a nice elbow.
Russo lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Stevie Walker has been cut.
Russo missing with knees to the body.
Walker managing to block the knees to the body from Russo.
Walker blocks an elbow strike from Russo.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Russo.
Walker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Walker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Russo's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russo pushes off an throws an elbow but Walker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Walker tries to land knees in the clinch but Russo avoids the damage to the body.
Walker lands with a left to the head.
Russo blocking some punches.
Russo tries to land knees in the clinch but Walker avoids the damage to the body.
Walker scores with a shoulder strike.
Walker lands a left hand.
Walker lands a hook to the side of the head.
Walker gets through Russo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walker lands a good knee to the midsection. Russo won't want to take too many of those.
Walker struggles to land a body shot inside as Russo controls his hands.
Walker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Russo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Walker pushes off an throws an elbow but Russo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walker tries to throw a body punch but Russo avoids it by throwing Walker back against the cage.
Russo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Walker as Russo tries to tie him up.
Russo misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stevie Walker dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Walker closes the distance and pushes Russo back into the cage.
Walker lands with a short shot to the head.
Walker's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Walker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Walker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Walker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Walker - that landed with a thud.
Walker is looking to control Russo's arms but Russo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Walker has his back to the cage.
Russo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Walker unloads a knee to the mid-section. Russo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Walker controlling the action here for a moment.
Walker lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Russo to his knees! Walker keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stevie Walker!
Stevie Walker 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Quid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Homer Simpson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Homer Simpson was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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32
154 lbs
27 - 12 - 0 |
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156 lbs
27 - 13 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Quid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Homer Simpson !
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quid jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Quid chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Simpson can pounce on him.
Simpson misses with the body kick
and Quid cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Simpson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Simpson dodges the punch combination from Quid.
Quid misses the jab.
Quid stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Simpson .
A jab from Simpson misses.
Simpson takes a swing at Quid's ribcage but misses.
Simpson throws a head kick but Quid moves out of range.
Simpson throws a body punch but Quid moves out of range.
Simpson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Good exchange - Quid coming out on top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Simpson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Simpson .
Simpson throws a hook to the side of Quid's head but Quid sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Simpson misses with a straight right.
Simpson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Quid.
Quid moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Quid works over Simpson 's head and body with a nice combination.
Simpson misses with a looping left.
Quid connects with a single shot there.
An inside leg kick from Quid misses.
Simpson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Simpson throws a wild body kick that Quid sees coming a mile off.
Simpson just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quid moves out of range as Simpson throws a body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Simpson lands a leg kick that knocks Quid off balance momentarily.
Quid misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Quid lands with a nice body punch.
Simpson ducks under a wild hook from Quid.
Simpson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Quid scores with the left hand. Simpson knows he should have avoided that one.
Quid throws out a powerful jab.
Quid defending well as Simpson loads up on a big left hand.
Quid scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Quid misses with a few strikes there.
Quid takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simpson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Quid sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Quid misses with an uppercut.
Simpson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Simpson missing with a left hand there. Quid was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Quid tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Simpson was well out of range. Poor timing from Quid.
Quid misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A swing and a miss from Quid.
Simpson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Quid moves out of range of the body kick.
Simpson misses with a body shot.
Quid throws a jab when Simpson was well out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Quid.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quid takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Quid throws a right hand that Simpson ducks under and follows up with a left that Simpson also avoids with ease.
Quid is looking to chop away at Simpson 's legs.
Nice uppercut there from Quid.
Simpson lands with a good body shot.
Quid misses with a leg kick
and Simpson counters with a leg kick.
Simpson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Quid checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Simpson scores with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Simpson throws a hook to the side of Quid's head but Quid sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Simpson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Quid sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Quid misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Johnny Quid will probably get the nod.
That's time! Quid's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Quid misses with a body shot.
Quid has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Simpson .
Simpson connects with the punch.
Simpson defending well as Quid loads up on a big left hand.
Quid has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Johnny Quid has been cut.
Quid fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Quid misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Quid. Simpson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Simpson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Quid motions for Simpson to come forward. Quid throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Quid uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Simpson .
Simpson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Quid.
Simpson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Quid throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Simpson blocks the low kick.
Simpson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Simpson scores with a nice strike.
Simpson moves out of range as Quid strikes.
Quid clobbers Simpson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Simpson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Simpson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Quid.
Jab from Simpson .
Simpson 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Quid under the eye.
Simpson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Quid throws out the jab.
Quid throws the left hand but Simpson avoids the punch easily.
Quid throws a hook but Simpson blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quid throws the left hand but Simpson avoids the punch easily.
Quid checks a leg kick nicely.
Simpson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Simpson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A solid leg kick lands there for Simpson .
A punch lands to the side of Simpson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Simpson misses the shot to the body.
Quid moves out of range as Simpson strikes.
Simpson catches Quid with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A chopping leg kick lands by Simpson .
Simpson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Quid backs up against the cage.
Simpson misses with a looping right.
Johnny Quid is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quid gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Simpson .
Simpson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Quid throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Simpson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Simpson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A cross from Simpson lands.
Simpson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Quid.
Some wild striking there from Simpson .
Quid is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Quid throws the left hand but Simpson avoids the punch easily.
Simpson lands a nice hook to Quid's body. Quid takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Simpson moves out of range as Quid throws a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simpson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Donk. Simpson catches Quid right on the button with a cross.
Quid looks to throw the jab but Simpson is out of range.
Simpson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Simpson lands a head shot.
Quid throws a head kick that misses.
Simpson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Simpson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Quid stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Quid throws a low kick but Simpson avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Quid slips under a jab from Simpson .
Simpson throws a lazy right hand but Quid sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Quid lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Simpson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Simpson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Homer Simpson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Johnny Quid's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Simpson lands with a shot to the body.
Quid misses with a straight left.
Simpson slips under a jab from Quid.
Quid looks to land a left hand but Simpson moved out of range nicely.
Quid takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Simpson misses with a kick to the body.
Simpson lands a really nice looking cross but Quid seems unphased.
Quid takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Quid ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Quid throws a shot from downtown. Simpson moves away and avoids it.
A lazy left from Quid finds it's target.
Quid takes a swing at Simpson 's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quid moves out of range as Simpson throws a body kick.
Nice body punch from Simpson .
Simpson misses with a kick to the body.
Quid takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Simpson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Simpson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Simpson misses with a head kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Quid crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Simpson - the referee stops the clock and Quid gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Simpson . Quid manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Simpson cracks Quid with a right hand to the side of the head.
Simpson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Simpson works Quid's body with a nice hook.
Simpson checks a leg kick nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simpson scoring well with a low kick there.
Simpson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Simpson misses with a body kick.
Quid 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.
Nice jab there from Quid.
Simpson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Quid misses with a hook.
Good standup being displayed there by Quid as he connects with a hook.
Quid throws a low kick but it's checked well by Simpson .
Simpson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Quid pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quid avoids a kick to the body.
Quid is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Simpson .
Quid swings for the body but Simpson moves out of range.
Quid moves into range and connects with a jab.
Quid scoring well with a low kick there.
Simpson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Quid throws an off balance right hand
and Simpson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Simpson avoids the body shot from Quid.
Quid slips a jab and a cross from Simpson .
Quid takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Simpson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quid gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Simpson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Quid throws a wild body kick that Simpson sees coming a mile off.
Good leg kick by Simpson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Simpson missing with a left hand there. Quid was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Quid throws a body punch but Simpson moves out of range.
Quid feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Simpson 's calf.
Simpson throws a jab when Quid was well out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Quid tries to clinch up but Simpson circles away and keeps his distance.
Simpson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Quid avoids the body shot from Simpson .
And that's the end of the fight!
Homer Simpson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Simpson 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Homer Simpson !
A victorious Homer Simpson 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 Al Bundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Worrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bundy comes to the cage accompanied by Bad to The Bone. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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35
212 lbs
25 - 10 - 1 |
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25
215 lbs
12 - 4 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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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
25 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Al Bundy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Peter Worrell!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bundy shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Worrell sprawls well. Worrell wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bundy gets slowly back to his feet.
Worrell swings for the body but Bundy moves out of range.
Bundy throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Worrell tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Bundy is in Worrell's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Worrell trying to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Worrell wants to sweep but no luck.
Bundy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Worrell is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Worrell is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peter Worrell has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Bundy shoots in for a takedown but Worrell shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Peter Worrell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bundy shoots in and drives through. Worrell sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Al Bundy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Worrell checks a leg kick.
Jab, jab by Worrell - just one landing.
Peter Worrell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Worrell looks to land a right hand but Bundy moved out of range.
Worrell missing with a left hand there. Bundy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Bundy misses.
A clash of legs there as Bundy blocks the low kick.
Worrell fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Worrell throws a body punch but Bundy moves out of range.
Worrell gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bundy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Worrell, pushing him back against the cage.
Worrell gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bundy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bundy tries to pull guard but Worrell holds him up against the cage and eventually Bundy drops back down to his feet.
Worrell has a couple of punches blocked by Bundy.
Bundy drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bundy drops down looking for an ankle pick but Worrell pulls his leg out and moves away.
Worrell throws a low kick but Bundy moves out of range easily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Worrell pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Worrell enables Bundy to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Worrell manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Bundy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Worrell has control of Bundy's left arm, preventing Bundy from doing any damage.
Worrell is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bundy is looking for a sweep. Worrell is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Worrell performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Bundy actively working from the bottom here.
Worrell stalling.
Bundy is trying to get back to full guard.
Worrell trying to control the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bundy trying to control but Worrell postures up.
Worrell seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bundy does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Peter Worrell wasn't active enough on the ground.
Worrell feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bundy's calf.
Worrell throws the kick towards the body but Bundy avoids it.
Worrell throws a poor cross that misses
and Bundy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bundy shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Worrell napping and manages to drive through into side control!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bundy creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Worrell sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bundy creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Worrell sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Bundy is chipping away with strikes.
You can see the frustration on Worrell's face as Bundy controls the position.
Worrell is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Al Bundy will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bundy steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Worrell. That one must have hurt.
Bundy shoots in but Worrell avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Good work by Bundy as he checks the leg kick.
Worrell lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Worrell is looking to land body kicks.
Bundy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Worrell sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Worrell throws a hook but Bundy blocks it.
Bundy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Worrell throws a body kick that misses.
Worrell jabs Bundy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bundy moves in looking to clinch but Worrell pushes him off.
Worrell scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Worrell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bundy.
Worrell throws a series of punches but Bundy moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Worrell.
Worrell misses with a two punch combination.
Worrell lands with a thumping leg kick.
Worrell loads up on a big right hand but Bundy slips the punch.
Worrell looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Worrell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Worrell jabs Bundy right on the nose. Bundy blinks but takes it well.
Worrell feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bundys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Worrell jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bundy decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Worrell blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bundy.
Bundy lands strikes from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Worrell is trying is best to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bundy looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bundy is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Worrell is looking to improve his position.
Bundy wants to pass the guard but Worrell is defending well.
Worrell is pressing down on Bundy's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Bundy wants to control from the top but Worrell keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bundy throws a strike but Worrell rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Worrell preventing the sweep.
Bundy pulls Worrell in close to prevent any damage.
Worrell is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Bundy has his hands on Worrell's head, controlling the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Worrell lands with a nice body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bundy dives in and scores a takedown into Worrell's guard.
Worrell not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bundy distracts Worrell with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bundy lands a couple of decent looking shots.
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!
Worrell wants to sweep here but Bundy controlling him for the moment.
Bundy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bundy looking to sit in guard and control but Worrell gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bundy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
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 Al Bundy will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Worrell misses with a body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bundy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Worrell throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bundy throws out a loose jab but Worrell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Worrell throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bundy counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Worrell avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bundy.
Worrell is looking to control Bundy's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Worrell avoid being mounted?
Bundy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Worrell keeps working.
Bundy wants to pass the guard but Worrell is defending well.
Bundy is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Worrell sees it coming and defends easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bundy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bundy throwing shots but Worrell is blocking nicely.
Bundy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Worrell preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Al Bundy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bundy trying to mount his opponent but Worrell defends it.
Bundy is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Worrell is defending against the submission attempts here by Bundy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bundy sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Worrell defending well though.
Bundy is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Worrell looking to control.
Bundy trying to control but Worrell is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bundy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bundy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bundy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Worrell avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bundy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bundy sitting in guard here, content to control.
Worrell trying to control the position.
Worrell utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bundy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Worrell keeping moving, preventing Bundy from controlling successfully.
Bundy throws an elbow that misses. Worrell uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bundy's guard. Nice move by Worrell!
Worrell wants to control from the top but Bundy keeps moving.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bundy is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Bundy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Peter Worrell.
Worrell's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bundy connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Worrell scrambles back to his feet.
Bundy bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bundy throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Al Bundy clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bundy gets a clinch.
Bundy is working for takedown but Worrell is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bundy wants a takedown but no success here.
Worrell is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bundy has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Worrell avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Al Bundy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Worrell lands an uppercut.
A short left from Worrell.
Bundy tries for a takedown but Worrell manages to get underhooks.
Worrell lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bundy takes a shot to the head.
Worrell is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bundy can't get the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bundy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Worrell pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bundy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bundy looking for a takedown.
Worrell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Worrell pressing his opponent against the cage.
Worrell gets through Bundy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Worrell tries a body shot but Bundy blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Worrell.
It looks like Al Bundy has been cut.
Worrell looking to stall.
Worrell lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Worrell.
Worrell lands with a short shot to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bundy is trying to drag Worrell to the mat but Worrell just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A right hook to the body lands for Worrell.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice left hand lands by Worrell.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Worrell is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bundy is keeping busy.
Bundy drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bundy has Worrell pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Worrell manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A right hook to the body lands for Worrell.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Worrell misses with some punches.
Bundy changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Worrell fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bundy walks into a straight right hand from Worrell.
Worrell throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bundy stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bundy looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Worrell taking some punishment here, with Bundy in his half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Worrell is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Worrell wants to control but Bundy is keeping busy.
Worrell tries to get to full guard but Bundy has control of the leg.
Worrell is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Worrell dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Al Bundy's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Donk. Bundy catches Worrell right on the button with a cross.
Bundy throws a hook to the side of Worrell's head but Worrell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bundy fails to land with a series of punches.
Worrell scores with a kick to the body.
Bundy fails with the takedown.
Bundy shoots for a double leg takedown but Worrell sprawls well. He's pushed Bundy's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Worrell tries to land a body kick
and Bundy counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Worrell is controlling Bundy's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Worrell manages to get to full guard.
Bundy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Worrell works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Worrell seems keen to control Bundy's posture.
Bundy is looking to work some ground and pound but Worrell has wrist control.
Worrell keeping moving, preventing Bundy from controlling successfully.
Bundy forces his way into half guard.
Bundy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Worrell regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Bundy.
Worrell preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Worrell looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bundy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bundy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bundy throwing strikes but missing.
Bundy with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bundy scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bundy being controlled here momentarily.
Bundy 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.
Bundy trying to control the position from guard on top but Worrell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bundy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Worrell keeping moving, preventing Bundy from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Worrell is on top in guard.
Bundy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Worrell wants to control from the top but Bundy keeps moving.
Bundy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bundy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bundy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Worrell keeps working.
Ground and pound from Bundy.
Bundy working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Worrell's thigh. Worrell counters though and makes it back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Worrell tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Al Bundy showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bundy 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 48:47
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 49:46
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Al Bundy!
Al Bundy is the new light heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Al Bundy, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Remy LeBeau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henrik Larsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larsson has chosen Now I Lay Thee Down as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Remy LeBeau!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henrik Larsson!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick by Larsson misses
and LeBeau counters with a right hand to the body.
Larsson throws a shot from downtown. LeBeau moves away and avoids it.
Larsson throws a shot from downtown. LeBeau moves away and avoids it.
Larsson is looking to chop away at LeBeau's legs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Larsson.
Larsson tries to land a body kick
and LeBeau counters with an inside leg kick.
LeBeau pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Larsson throws a leg kick that is checked
and LeBeau counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A low kick from Larsson misses
and LeBeau makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Larsson ducks under a wild hook from LeBeau.
Larsson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Larsson misses with a looping left.
Larsson looks for the body kick but LeBeau saw that one coming.
LeBeau attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Larsson swings for the body but LeBeau moves out of range.
Good work by Larsson as he checks the leg kick.
Henrik Larsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Larsson misses.
A low kick from Larsson is predictable there
and LeBeau counters with a low kick, right behind Larsson 's knee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
LeBeau blocks a leg kick.
LeBeau throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Jab from Larsson.
Larsson thumps LeBeau with a low kick.
A swing and a miss from Larsson.
Larsson throws a leg kick but LeBeau moved away.
LeBeau darts in and clinches Larsson up against the cage.
LeBeau has Larsson pushed against the cage.
Larsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Larsson.
LeBeau scores with a shot to the side of Larsson's head.
Larsson letting LeBeau take a breather here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Larsson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Larsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Larsson.
LeBeau lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
LeBeau lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
It looks like Henrik Larsson has been cut.
Larsson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
LeBeau will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Larsson up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
LeBeau misses with a punch on the inside.
Larsson wants to stall.
LeBeau working aggressively here.
Larsson lands a hook that snaps the head of LeBeau backwards.
Larsson takes a shot to the head.
LeBeau has a couple of punches blocked by Larsson.
LeBeau tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Larsson's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
LeBeau lands with a right to the head.
A short body shot lands from LeBeau as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch on the inside from LeBeau fails to land.
Larsson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
LeBeau misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Larsson.
A short uppercut from LeBeau.
A quick uppercut on the inside from LeBeau.
LeBeau avoiding damage.
Larsson looking to slow down the pace here.
Larsson misses with a body punch.
LeBeau scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Larsson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
LeBeau doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larsson misses with the head strike.
Larsson has a couple of punches blocked by LeBeau.
Larsson is stalling here.
LeBeau wants to stall.
Larsson lands with a short shot to the head.
Larsson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and LeBeau avoids it.
LeBeau stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, LeBeau creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Larsson.
LeBeau stalls.
Larsson taking a breather.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
LeBeau misses with a shot to the kidneys.
LeBeau blocks a body shot from Larsson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Remy LeBeau dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Henrik Larsson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Larsson.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by LeBeau.
LeBeau scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Larsson doesn't seem bothered though.
LeBeau takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Larsson shoots in looking for a takedown. LeBeau tries to sprawl out of it but Larsson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. LeBeau manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Larsson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
LeBeau scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Larsson doesn't seem bothered though.
Larsson misses with a low kick as LeBeau jumps back.
LeBeau takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Good leg kick by LeBeau there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
LeBeau looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
LeBeau rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Larsson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Larsson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
LeBeau lands a leg kick that knocks Larsson off balance momentarily.
Larsson moves out of range of the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
LeBeau throws a leg kick but Larsson moved away.
LeBeau moves out of range of the strikes.
Larsson looks for the body kick but LeBeau saw that one coming.
Larsson looks to land a left hand but LeBeau moved out of range nicely.
Larsson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling LeBeau to score with a decent uppercut.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Larsson looks for the body kick but LeBeau saw that one coming.
LeBeau moves out of range as Larsson throws a body kick.
Larsson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
LeBeau moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Larsson tries to score with a low kick but LeBeau moves his leg out of the way.
LeBeau scores with a nice strike.
Larsson throws a leg kick
and LeBeau counters with a nice body shot.
Remy LeBeau is winning the standup battle so far.
Larsson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
LeBeau lands the left hand.
Larsson throws a body kick that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Larsson connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larsson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A nice inside leg kick there by LeBeau. That's going to slow Larsson down.
Larsson is breathing heavily.
LeBeau fails in his attempt to clinch.
Larsson throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
LeBeau blocks a head kick by Larsson.
Larsson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nice uppercut there from LeBeau.
LeBeau moves out of range as Larsson throws a body kick.
LeBeau blocks a low kick nicely.
Larsson throws a sloppy head kick and LeBeau moves out of range easily.
LeBeau lands a high kick!
LeBeau scores with a hook to the body. Larsson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Larsson throws a sloppy head kick
and LeBeau makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Larsson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Larsson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
LeBeau lands a front kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larsson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before LeBeau can pounce on him.
LeBeau closes the distance and pushes Larsson back into the cage.
LeBeau softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Larsson tries to stall but LeBeau uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Larsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with LeBeau's elbow.
Larsson tries a body shot but LeBeau blocks it.
Larsson tries to throw a body punch but LeBeau avoids it by throwing Larsson back against the cage.
Larsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Larsson blocks the elbow strike.
LeBeau misses with a body punch.
Larsson letting LeBeau take a breather here.
Larsson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and LeBeau avoids it.
LeBeau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
LeBeau lands with a light punch inside.
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!
LeBeau looking to slow down the pace here.
LeBeau throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Larssons head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larsson tries to land knees in the clinch but LeBeau avoids the damage to the body.
Larsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Larsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Larsson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but LeBeau blocks it with crossed arms.
LeBeau swings wildly with an uppercut but Larsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
LeBeau is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Larsson is working LeBeau over against the cage.
LeBeau scores with a hook to the body.
Larsson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
LeBeau stalling the fight.
Larsson misses with a body punch.
LeBeau leaning against his opponent.
LeBeau is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Remy LeBeau dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Henrik Larsson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Larsson throws a head kick but LeBeau moves out of range.
LeBeau lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
LeBeau forces Larsson back against the cage and clinches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by LeBeau as Larsson tries to tie him up.
Larsson throws a head punch that misses.
Larsson throws a head punch that misses.
LeBeau blocks an uppercut.
LeBeau swings wildly with an uppercut but Larsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
LeBeau lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The referee is keeping an eye on LeBeau - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
LeBeau lands a shoulder strike.
LeBeau lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Larsson is rocked!
LeBeau lands with a right to the head.
Larsson is still on wobbly legs! Can LeBeau finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
LeBeau misses with the head strike.
Larsson has a couple of punches blocked by LeBeau.
LeBeau lands with a right to the head.
That has opened up Henrik Larsson's cut even more.
Larsson avoiding damage as LeBeau throws knees to the body.
LeBeau tries to land knees in the clinch but Larsson avoids the damage to the body.
LeBeau lands a left hand that snaps the head of Larsson backwards.
Larsson prevents a body shot from LeBeau.
LeBeau dips a shoulder and cracks Larsson with a mighty uppercut! Larsson falls back against the cage and LeBeau unloads with a barrage of strikes! Larsson 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 - LeBeau screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Remy LeBeau!
Remy LeBeau retains his middleweight title!
Remy LeBeau seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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