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EMP 10: Imperial Invasion PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tony Lamotta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanley Burrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lamotta comes to the cage accompanied by Survivor - Eye of the Tiger. Burrell is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Can't Touch This. This should be a great matchup!
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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
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tony Lamotta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Stanley Burrell !
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burrell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lamotta manages to avoid it.
Lamotta thumps Burrell with a low kick.
Burrell catches Lamotta with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Burrell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lamotta looks to land a combination but Burrell avoids it well.
Burrell throws a solid leg kick but Lamotta takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Burrell .
Burrell scores with a jab to the head.
Burrell throws a leg kick but Lamotta sees it coming and moves out of range.
Burrell pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Burrell lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lamotta.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamotta finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Burrell rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lamotta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A slapping body kick lands there for Lamotta.
Burrell throws a leg kick which misses Lamotta's front leg but catches the back leg as Lamotta tries to avoid it.
Burrell loads up on a big right hand but Lamotta slips the punch.
Burrell goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Burrell misses with a looping right.
Burrell tries to work over Lamotta's front leg with a kick but Lamotta checks it.
Lamotta closes the distance and pushes Burrell back into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta tries to throw a body punch but Burrell avoids it by throwing Lamotta back against the cage.
A short left from Lamotta.
Stalling in the clinch from Lamotta.
Lamotta missing with knees to the body.
Burrell lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short uppercut from Burrell .
Burrell '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.
A right hook to the body lands for Lamotta.
Burrell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lamotta has a couple of punches blocked by Burrell .
Burrell blocks an uppercut.
Burrell lands a body punch in the clinch.
Burrell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burrell pushes Lamotta back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lamotta.
Burrell slows down the pace here.
Burrell is trying to break the clinch but Lamotta has him pressed against the cage.
Burrell tries to break free but Lamotta pushes him back against the cage.
Burrell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Burrell connects with an inside leg kick.
Burrell throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lamotta stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lamotta lands a lovely overhand right.
A lazy body kick from Burrell
and Lamotta counters with a good low kick that Burrell was not able to check.
Burrell throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta misses with a body shot.
Burrell fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lamotta is out of range.
Lamotta stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Burrell .
Burrell tries to work over Lamotta's front leg with a kick but Lamotta checks it.
Lamotta feints and then cracks Burrell 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Burrell down.
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!
Burrell is looking to score with low kicks.
Lamotta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burrell checks a low kick from Lamotta.
Lamotta tries to clinch but Burrell moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stanley Burrell dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Lamotta scoring well with a low kick there.
Stanley Burrell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burrell throws a poor cross that misses
and Lamotta counters with a nice kick to the body.
Lamotta misses with a wild body shot.
Lamotta takes a swing at Burrell 's ribcage but misses.
Burrell looks to land a body kick but Lamotta moved away.
Lamotta avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lamotta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Burrell moves away.
Stanley Burrell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Burrell misses with a body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Burrell takes one on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamotta feints and then cracks Burrell 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Burrell down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Burrell .
Lamotta steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Burrell . That one must have hurt.
Burrell throws a body kick that misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Burrell .
A head kick misses from Burrell .
Lamotta tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Burrell is able to avoid easily.
Lamotta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Burrell .
Burrell lands a nice hook to Lamotta's body. Lamotta takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta throws a leg kick
and Burrell counters with a nice uppercut.
Lamotta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Burrell thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lamotta misses with a low kick.
Burrell throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lamotta slips a straight right by Burrell .
Burrell 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lamotta just misses with a punch to the body.
Lamotta misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lamotta jabs Burrell right on the nose. Burrell blinks but takes it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta takes a jab right on the kisser.
Burrell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Burrell keeps the fight on the outside.
Lamotta throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Burrell lands with a nice body kick.
Lamotta avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Burrell defending well as Lamotta loads up on a big left hand.
Lamotta is looking to score with low kicks.
Burrell lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lamotta looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lamotta throws a leg kick
letting Burrell counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lamotta moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Burrell throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Burrell scores with a nice head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burrell ducks right into an uppercut from Lamotta.
Lamotta forces Burrell back against the cage and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stanley Burrell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Lamotta tries to clinch but Burrell is having none of it.
Lamotta throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Lamotta rushes Burrell and presses him up against the cage.
Burrell trying to stall but Lamotta improves his position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short left from Burrell .
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lamotta.
Lamotta with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lamotta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lamotta looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lamotta.
Burrell tries to throw a body punch but Lamotta avoids it by throwing Burrell back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Burrell .
Burrell 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lamotta displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Burrell throws out the jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lamotta checks a leg kick.
Burrell misses with a low kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Burrell .
Lamotta avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Burrell takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Lamotta takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Burrell cracks Lamotta with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burrell walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lamotta checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lamotta moves out of range of the body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burrell throws a body punch but Lamotta moves out of range.
Burrell takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lamotta checks a leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lamotta.
Lamotta with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burrell tests Lamotta's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lamotta throws a jab when Burrell was well out of range.
Lamotta misses with a leg kick
and Burrell counters with a nice body kick.
Lamotta staying out of range there.
Burrell throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Burrell scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Lamotta takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Burrell lands with a kick to the temple. Lamotta shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta connects with a solid leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lamotta attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Burrell throws an off balance right hand
and Lamotta makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Burrell really felt that one!
Burrell moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Burrell lands a nice looking body kick.
Tony Lamotta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lamotta clinches up with Burrell and pushes him back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lamotta.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stanley Burrell comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Burrell 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stanley Burrell !
An out of breath Stanley Burrell thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Gautier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ireneo Requina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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199 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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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
25 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pierre Gautier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ireneo Requina!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gautier lands a leg kick that knocks Requina off balance momentarily.
Gautier throws a sloppy head kick
and Requina counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Gautier!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Gautier tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gautier is squirming around, avoiding Requina's attempts to control the action.
Requina raining down shots from the mount!
Requina with good strikes from the mount here!
Requina dominating with strikes here.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Requina looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Gautier is squirming around, avoiding Requina's attempts to control the action.
Requina punching from mount but Gautier doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Requina tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Requina cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Requina can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gautier is looking to escape.
Requina scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gautier?
Requina scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Requina thowing shots but they're missing.
Requina lands a heavy elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gautier is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Gautier is trying desperately to improve position.
Gautier in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Requina misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Requina with the ground and pound from mount.
Requina misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Requina prevents Gautier from getting the reversal.
Requina scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gautier?
Gautier is trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gautier really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Requina tries to control but Gautier wriggling away.
Requina landing punches.
Requina landing strikes from the mount and Gautier is in trouble!
Requina has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Requina throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Requina controlling his opponent.
Requina looking to control but Gautier is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Requina with good strikes from the mount here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Requina looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Requina lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Gautier is rocked!
Gautier blocking the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Requina takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Poor strikes thrown by Requina there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Requina with a couple of short strikes.
Gautier is bucking up trying to escape but Requina cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ireneo Requina 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.
Requina misses with a body kick.
Horrible takedown by Requina or perhaps it was just good defense by Gautier which made him look bad.
Requina uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gautier.
Gautier connects with a nice looking jab.
Requina is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gautier.
Requina shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gautier defends it nicely.
A lazy body kick from Requina
and Gautier counters with a low kick, right behind Requina 's knee.
Gautier missing with a left hand there. Requina was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Requina shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gautier as he avoids it easily.
Pierre Gautier has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ireneo Requina.
Gautier fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Requina is out of range.
Ireneo Requina is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Requina shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gautier pinned against the cage. Gautier gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Requina has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Requina shoots in but no luck this time.
Gautier throws a sloppy head kick and Requina moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Requina thumps Gautier with a low kick.
Requina shoots in looking for a takedown but Gautier manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Requina's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Gautier pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gautier fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Requina cracks Gautier with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Pierre Gautier is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Requina lands with an uppercut that bounces Gautier off the cage and back into range.
Gautier throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gautier needs to keep his hands up - Requina had a free shot at his head there.
Requina avoids a kick to the body.
Requina takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Requina fails with a takedown attempt.
Requina swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gautier scores with a jab to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gautier lands a really nice looking cross but Requina seems unphased.
Gautier just misses with a punch to the body.
Gautier is looking to chop away at Requina's legs.
Requina shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gautier as he avoids it easily.
Gautier slips under a jab.
Requina throws a head kick but Gautier moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Requina 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Requina takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Requina checks the leg kick.
Gautier catches Requina with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Requina shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A shot to the liver by Gautier. Beautiful body shot.
Requina is breathing heavily.
Requina shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gautier as he avoids it easily.
Gautier 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.
Requina circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gautier misses with a body kick.
Requina feints a jab promting Gautier to slip. Requina then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gautier slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Gautier slaps away a takedown attempt from Requina, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Gautier is looking to score with low kicks.
Gautier scores with a shot to the body.
Ireneo Requina seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gautier lands with a nice body kick.
Gautier tries to close the distance and clinch but Requina swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gautier throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gautier scores with a kick to the midsection.
Gautier avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gautier looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Requina blocks a head kick by Gautier.
Gautier lands a big head kick that sends Requina to the canvas! Gautier follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pierre Gautier!
A very excited looking Pierre Gautier 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Bill Paroni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hoban Washburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washburn has chosen Magic Carpet Ride as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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180 lbs
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177 lbs
16 - 9 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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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
16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bill Paroni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hoban Washburn!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Washburn steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Paroni. That one must have hurt.
Paroni thumps Washburn with a low kick.
Washburn scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Paroni throws a quick inside leg kick.
Washburn drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Washburn with a nice head shot there.
Washburn sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Paroni manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Paroni wants to control the pace but Washburn is squirming around nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paroni sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Paroni throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paroni stands up from mount. Strange move.
Paroni pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Paroni shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Paroni pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Washburn 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.
Washburn checks the leg kick.
Paroni connects with a leg kick. Washburn looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Washburn shoots in for a double leg but Paroni sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Washburn looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Paroni!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Paroni tries to lock up and control but Washburn gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Washburn unloading with bombs!
Washburn has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Washburn prevents Paroni from getting the reversal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Paroni tries to lock up and control but Washburn gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Washburn looking to ground and pound but Paroni is blocking nicely.
Paroni really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Paroni taking shots to the head.
Washburn controlling from mount.
Paroni tries to lock up and control but Washburn gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Washburn with the ground and pound from mount.
Paroni is trying desperately to improve position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paroni bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Washburn trying to control the position.
Washburn looking to hit a scissor sweep but Paroni is one step ahead there.
Paroni is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Washburn trying to keep a closed guard but Paroni is proving a slippery customer.
Washburn looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Washburn shoots in and bounces Paroni off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washburn is looking to work some ground and pound but Paroni has wrist control.
Washburn trying to control but Paroni is working from the bottom.
Washburn postures up.
Paroni wants to sweep but no luck.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Washburn wants to control from the top but Paroni keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Hoban Washburn will probably get the nod.
That's time! Paroni's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Washburn is looking to clinch.
Paroni lands a nice looking body kick.
Washburn changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Paroni looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Washburn working the head with strikes.
Washburn throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Paroni tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Washburn wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Paroni gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Washburn lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Paroni gets back to full guard.
Paroni managing to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paroni bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Washburn's guard.
Washburn is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Washburn 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.
Paroni wants to control from the top but Washburn keeps moving.
Paroni engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Washburn keeping moving, preventing Paroni from controlling successfully.
Paroni stopping the sweep attempt from Washburn.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Bill Paroni wasn't doing enough on the ground.
A solid leg kick lands there for Paroni.
Washburn takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Washburn walks into a left hand.
Hoban Washburn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Paroni throws a wild body kick that Washburn sees coming a mile off.
Washburn throws a nice looking combination but Paroni bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Washburn clinches up with Paroni and pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Paroni lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Hoban Washburn has been cut.
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!
Paroni is pressed up against the cage. Washburn has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Paroni down to the mat. Paroni avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Paroni looks for the body kick but Washburn saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washburn fails to land the takedown.
Paroni throws the kick towards the body but Washburn avoids it.
Washburn shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Paroni defends it nicely.
Bill Paroni has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hoban Washburn.
Paroni ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Paroni lands with a nice body kick.
Washburn is breathing heavily.
Paroni lands a lovely overhand right.
Paroni lands with a shot to the body.
Paroni thuds his shin into the meat of Washburn's side.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick misses from Paroni.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paroni throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Washburn on the side of the head.
Washburn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Washburn takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Paroni!
Washburn moves out of range of the body kick from Paroni.
Washburn ducks under a wild hook from Paroni.
Paroni keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Paroni moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Paroni throws a leg kick but Washburn checks it.
Hoban Washburn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paroni throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Paroni just misses with a punch to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Washburn.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bill Paroni dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hoban Washburn's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Paroni tries a head kick but it misses.
Washburn checks the leg kick.
Paroni moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Paroni throws a leg kick but Washburn moved away.
Paroni misses with a body kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Washburn checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Paroni thuds his shin into the meat of Washburn's side.
Horrible takedown by Washburn or perhaps it was just good defense by Paroni which made him look bad.
Washburn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Washburn fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Paroni avoids it really well and circles away.
Washburn takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Washburn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paroni misses with a head kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Paroni.
Paroni lands a leg kick that knocks Washburn off balance momentarily.
Washburn has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Paroni.
Washburn blocks a low kick nicely.
Washburn has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Paroni.
Washburn blocks a jab.
Paroni lands with a cross.
Paroni thuds his shin into the meat of Washburn's side.
Nice sprawl there from Paroni as Washburn shoots in.
Bill Paroni has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hoban Washburn.
Washburn shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Paroni as he jumps to the side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paroni misses with a wild body shot.
Paroni lands a jab.
Paroni throws the kick towards the body but Washburn avoids it.
Paroni misses with a straight left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paroni misses with a body kick.
Washburn will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Paroni is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Washburn on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A nice combination there by Paroni.
Washburn drives through with a takedown into Paroni's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paroni wants to sweep but no luck.
Paroni is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Paroni is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Washburn is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Washburn preventing the sweep.
Paroni is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Bill Paroni just wasn't active enough.
Paroni leaves Washburn with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washburn takes a kick to the side of the head.
Paroni slaps away a takedown attempt from Washburn, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Washburn takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Paroni stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Paroni wants it to stay on the feet.
Washburn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bill Paroni is winning the standup battle so far.
Paroni ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Washburn moves away.
Paroni connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Washburn drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paroni throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Paroni throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bill Paroni showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Paroni 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bill Paroni!
Bill Paroni bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Europha Emanuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aiden ORielly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emanuel comes to the cage accompanied by I'm Not Jesus - Apocalyptica. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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31
163 lbs
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163 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Europha Emanuel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aiden ORielly!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ORielly scores with a nice body kick.
Emanuel throws a jab but it's blocked by ORielly.
Europha Emanuel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
ORielly lands with a cross.
Emanuel loads up on a big right hand but ORielly slips the punch.
Emanuel scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. ORielly doesn't seem bothered though.
Emanuel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and ORielly counters with a nice uppercut.
Emanuel scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Emanuel throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent ORielly stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
ORielly lands a jab to the head.
ORielly moves out of range of the strikes.
ORielly throws a looping overhand right but Emanuel ducks down to avoid it.
A big right from Emanuel misses.
ORielly scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Emanuel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Emanuel wants to clinch up but ORielly keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emanuel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Europha Emanuel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Emanuel has ORielly up against the cage in a clinch.
ORielly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by ORielly as Emanuel tries to tie him up.
Emanuel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Emanuel checks a leg kick.
Emanuel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from ORielly.
Emanuel misses with a looping left.
Emanuel is really struggling to find his range with his punches. ORielly's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
ORielly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Emanuel.
ORielly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
ORielly looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
ORielly scoring well with a low kick there.
Emanuel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from ORielly.
ORielly has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
ORielly changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
ORielly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Emanuel.
ORielly throws a leg kick but Emanuel checks it.
ORielly avoids the body shot from Emanuel.
Emanuel tries to bum rush ORielly with a series of wild strikes but ORielly uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
ORielly blocks a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from ORielly. Emanuel does a little dance to reset his feet.
ORielly thows a body shot but no joy.
Emanuel moves out of range of the body kick from ORielly.
ORielly tries a low kick but Emanuel avoids it.
ORielly blocks a jab.
A punch combination from Emanuel misses.
Emanuel throws a jab but it's blocked by ORielly.
Emanuel scores with a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel misses the shot to the body.
Emanuel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by ORielly.
ORielly throws the kick towards the body but Emanuel avoids it.
Emanuel throws a poor cross that misses
and Emanuel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Emanuel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and ORielly counters with a thumping low kick.
Excellent takedown into side control there by ORielly.
ORielly trying to control the action but Emanuel is working from the bottom.
Emanuel is trying to get back to half guard.
Emanuel regains half guard.
ORielly seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Emanuel.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Emanuel keeping moving, preventing ORielly from controlling successfully.
ORielly works over Emanuel with some ground and pound from guard.
ORielly postures up and lands a big shot to Emanuel's brow.
Emanuel wants to sweep but no luck.
Emanuel keeping moving, preventing ORielly from controlling successfully.
ORielly preventing the sweep.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emanuel is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and ORielly defends well.
Emanuel keeping moving, preventing ORielly from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aiden ORielly 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.
ORielly throws a right hand that Emanuel ducks under and follows up with a left that Emanuel also avoids with ease.
ORielly changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Emanuel tries to avoid it but ORielly manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Emanuel to the ground. Emanuel escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Emanuel misses with a looping right.
Emanuel throws a shot from downtown. ORielly moves away and avoids it.
Emanuel is looking to clinch but ORielly is avoiding it.
Emanuel is looking to clinch but ORielly is avoiding it.
Nice body punch from Emanuel.
Emanuel lands a jab to ORielly's midsection.
Emanuel tries to bum rush ORielly with a series of wild strikes but ORielly uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
ORielly avoids the body shot from Emanuel.
ORielly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Emanuel.
ORielly misses the jab.
Emanuel is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emanuel jabs ORielly right on the nose. ORielly blinks but takes it well.
Emanuel avoids a kick to the body.
Emanuel looks to throw the jab but ORielly is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Emanuel. ORielly does a little dance to reset his feet.
ORielly gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Emanuel closes the distance and pushes ORielly back into the cage.
Emanuel tries to land knees in the clinch but ORielly avoids the damage to the body.
Emanuel lands a right hand.
Emanuel tries a body shot but ORielly blocks it.
ORielly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Emanuel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
ORielly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Emanuel moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before ORielly has time to react.
ORielly takes a jab right on the kisser.
Europha Emanuel is winning the standup battle so far.
Emanuel scores with a nice right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Emanuel tests ORielly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Emanuel looks to throw the jab but ORielly is out of range.
Emanuel lands a straight punch to the body, keeping ORielly at a distance.
ORielly cracks Emanuel with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Emanuel fails to land with a series of punches.
Emanuel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract ORielly.
ORielly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Emanuel misses with a double jab.
Emanuel misses with a double jab
and ORielly counters with a good low kick that Emanuel was not able to check.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
ORielly throws a jab but it's blocked by Emanuel.
Emanuel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
ORielly cracks Emanuel with an open hand slap.
Emanuel throws a poor cross that misses
and ORielly counters with an outside leg kick.
ORielly lands a lovely overhand right.
ORielly on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Emanuel throws a shot from downtown. ORielly moves away and avoids it.
Emanuel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
ORielly lands with a kick to the ribs.
Emanuel throws a body punch but ORielly moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from ORielly. Emanuel does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Emanuel fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel darts in trying to clinch
letting ORielly counter with a right hand.
Nice defenses there by ORielly.
Emanuel lands a two punch combo.
Nice defenses there by Emanuel.
Jab, jab by Emanuel - just one landing.
Emanuel tries to close the distance and clinch up but ORielly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Emanuel scores with a jab. ORielly acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
ORielly throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
ORielly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
ORielly scores with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Europha Emanuel dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Emanuel throws a series of strikes that have ORielly backpedaling.
ORielly keeps the fight on the outside.
Emanuel displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from ORielly.
ORielly shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Emanuel napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Emanuel tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but ORielly wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Emanuel tries to control but ORielly manages to take his back.
ORielly doesn't have the hooks in and Emanuel manages to turn into his guard.
Emanuel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Emanuel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. ORielly is keeping the position for now.
Emanuel trying to control but ORielly is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emanuel scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
ORielly has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Emanuel scoring with punches to the head and body.
Emanuel keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of ORielly's head.
Aiden ORielly has got the better of the ground game so far.
ORielly keeping moving, preventing Emanuel from controlling successfully.
Emanuel is looking to work some ground and pound but ORielly has wrist control.
Emanuel throws an elbow that misses. ORielly uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Emanuel's guard. Nice move by ORielly!
ORielly showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
ORielly lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Emanuel bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in ORielly's guard.
ORielly tries to land a sweep but no joy.
ORielly has Emanuel pulled in close to control his posture.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Emanuel throws an elbow that misses. ORielly uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Emanuel's guard. Nice move by ORielly!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Emanuel looking to control but ORielly passes into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nice strikes from ORielly there.
Emanuel trying to control but ORielly postures up.
Emanuel is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute ORielly jumps into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
ORielly lands an elbow.
ORielly misses with the ground and pound.
ORielly advances to mount.
ORielly with shots to the head and body - Emanuel looks very uncomfortable down there.
Emanuel keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Emanuel is working hard here to advance position.
ORielly trying to control but Emanuel is having none of it.
BOOM! ORielly connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Emanuel has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
ORielly looking to control but Emanuel is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Emanuel is in all sorts of trouble here.
ORielly with shots to the head and body - Emanuel looks very uncomfortable down there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Emanuel is squirming around, avoiding ORielly's attempts to control the action.
Emanuel tries to get back to half guard but can't.
BOOM! ORielly connects with a massive shot to the dome!
ORielly is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Emanuel can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
ORielly with a couple of short strikes.
ORielly with the ground and pound from mount.
ORielly working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Emanuel keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aiden ORielly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think ORielly 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aiden ORielly!
Aiden ORielly managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Sharon Needles Nutrition (Donation givebacks PROMO, into his post fight interview.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Richard Hickock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josip Ruzic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hickock kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Turn me on Mr Deadman. The crowd seem to be enjoying Ruzic's choice of entrance music: Kid N Play - Gettin' Funky. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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24
193 lbs
14 - 5 - 0 |
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31
192 lbs
30 - 10 - 1 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Hickock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josip Ruzic!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy body kick from Ruzic
and Hickock counters with a nice kick to the body.
Ruzic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hickock.
Hickock throws a leg kick but Ruzic checks it.
Hickock looks to score with a jab to the body but Ruzic is just out of range.
Hickock blocks a head kick by Ruzic.
Ruzic takes a swing at Hickock's ribcage but misses.
Ruzic throws a lazy right hand but Hickock sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ruzic throws a head kick that misses
and Hickock counters with a leg kick.
Josip Ruzic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hickock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ruzic.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ruzic 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 Hickock has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hickock and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hickock throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hickock misses with a series of wild punches.
Hickock stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ruzic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruzic looks to land a left hand but Hickock moved out of range nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Ruzic there.
Hickock throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hickock lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hickock. Ruzic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ruzic cracks Hickock with a good jab.
Ruzic throws a jab but it's blocked by Hickock.
Nice defenses there by Hickock.
Ruzic tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hickock moves away from the strike by Ruzic.
Hickock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ruzic was well out of range. Poor timing from Hickock.
Ruzic fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hickock looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic misses with a looping right.
Hickock throws a head kick that misses.
Hickock is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
It looks like Josip Ruzic has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hickock throws a right hand that Ruzic ducks under and follows up with a left that Ruzic also avoids with ease.
Ruzic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hickock's sensitive parts.
Hickock pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ruzic takes a swing at Hickock's ribcage but misses.
Ruzic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hickock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Crunch! Ruzic slams his shin into Hickock's torso.
Ruzic drives through with a takedown into guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Ruzic stopping the sweep attempt from Hickock.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic landing with the ground and pound.
Hickock 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.
Ruzic trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ruzic engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Hickock working a defensive guard but Ruzic manages to pass into side control anyway.
Hickock knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ruzic on the ground.
Ruzic is looking to take a break and control but Hickock is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hickock is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic trying to control the action but Hickock is working from the bottom.
Hickock isn't going anywhere.
The referee asks Ruzic politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Ruzic prefers to stall for the moment though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hickock tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ruzic wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hickock is trying to control Ruzic's posture but Ruzic avoids it.
Ruzic grinds an elbow into Hickock's temple.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hickock manages to work his way to half guard, despite Ruzic's best efforts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hickock tries to roll over but Ruzic keeps him under control.
Ruzic is trying to control the action in half guard but Hickock is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Josip Ruzic will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Josip Ruzic's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hickock takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hickock misses the shot to the body.
Hickock wants to land a leg kick but Ruzic is out of range.
Ruzic throws a body kick that misses.
Hickock takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ruzic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hickock clinches.
Ruzic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slow jab from Hickock misses its intended target.
Ruzic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hickock on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hickock thuds his right hand into Ruzic's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hickock slips a jab from Ruzic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruzic swats away the attempt to clinch by Hickock.
Hickock clinches up with Ruzic and pushes him back against the cage.
Ruzic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ruzic is looking to land body kicks.
Ruzic scores with a sloppy right hand. Hickock should have avoided that one.
Richard Hickock is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ruzic connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hickock's hands.
Ruzic will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hickock tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hickock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ruzic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hickock walks into a left hand.
Ruzic throws a head kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hickock throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hickock throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ruzic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ruzic looks to score with a jab to the body but Hickock is just out of range.
Ruzic misses the jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ruzic throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hickock misses with a looping right.
Ruzic thows a body shot but no joy.
Ruzic misses with a straight left.
Ruzic misses with a leg kick
and Hickock makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ruzic scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hickock in his tracks.
Hickock dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hickock fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ruzic has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic connects with a crisp jab.
Hickock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hickock has closed the distance and engaged Ruzic in a clinch.
Hickock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hickock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ruzic is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hickock pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hickock gets through Ruzic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hickock has a couple of punches blocked by Ruzic.
Hickock can't find room to land a body shot as Ruzic controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ruzic.
Ruzic is trying to maintain a safe position but Hickock gets an underhook and turns Ruzic into the cage.
Ruzic looking for a takedown.
Hickock tries a body shot but Ruzic blocks it.
Hickock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ruzic's efforts to push away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hickock misses with a knee strike.
Ruzic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ruzic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hickock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hickock trying to land knees to the body.
Hickock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ruzic's elbow.
Ruzic tries to work over Hickock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
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!
Ruzic has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Hickock after a bit of a struggle.
Richard Hickock has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josip Ruzic.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ruzic.
Ruzic taking a breather.
Hickock softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hickock creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ruzic struggles to land a body shot inside as Hickock controls his hands.
Hickock can't find room to land a body shot as Ruzic controls the action.
Hickock has a couple of punches blocked by Ruzic.
Ruzic is trying to drag Hickock to the mat but Hickock just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Josip Ruzic will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Josip Ruzic's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - 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.
Ruzic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hickock doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hickock darts in trying to clinch
and Ruzic counters with a body kick.
Ruzic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hickock gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ruzic.
Ruzic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hickock was well out of range. Poor timing from Ruzic.
Hickock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruzic moves away.
Hickock scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hickock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ruzic.
Hickock throws a jab but it's blocked by Ruzic.
Hickock moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A big left from Hickock misses.
Hickock takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That kick from Hickock tenderised Ruzic's leg. Ruzic is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ruzic throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hickock counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ruzic's knee momentarily.
Hickock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ruzic manages to avoid it.
Ruzic throws an overhand right that lands on Hickock's shoulder, as Hickock tries to avoid the shot.
Hickock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ruzic was well out of range. Poor timing from Hickock.
Richard Hickock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hickock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hickock misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic thuds a left hand into Hickock's body.
Ruzic throws a hook to the side of Hickock's head but Hickock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ruzic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hickock. That did some damage!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ruzic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hickock closes the distance but Ruzic moves to the side
and Ruzic counters with a stiff right hand.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ruzic darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ruzic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ruzic explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ruzic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic lands a two punch combo.
Hickock misses with a body shot.
Ruzic thumps Hickock with a low kick.
Ruzic misses with a head kick.
Hickock takes one to the chin there.
Hickock misses the jab.
Hickock misses with a head kick.
Josip Ruzic is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Ruzic connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hickock momentarily.
Hickock is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ruzic. Hickock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ruzic cracks the inside of Hickock's front leg.
Hickock fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hickock takes the fight into the clinch.
Ruzic manages to break the clinch.
Hickock is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ruzic.
Hickock chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ruzic can pounce on him.
Ruzic defending well as Hickock loads up on a big left hand.
Hickock throws an overhand right that lands on Ruzic's shoulder, as Ruzic tries to avoid the shot.
Hickock lands a left and a right that send Ruzic crashing to the mat, dazed. Hickock thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ruzic darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hickock takes one to the chin there.
Hickock misses with a kick to the body.
Hickock misses the shot to the body.
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 Richard Hickock.
I think Ruzic 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Colin Barron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barron is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ave Satani. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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221 lbs
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World class boxer
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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
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Colin Barron!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones jabs Barron to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jones connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Barron's hands.
Nice shot by Jones.
Jones lands with a cross.
Jones tries to score a power double leg takedown but Barron sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jones somewhat.
Jones misses with a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Barron. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Barron.
Jones swings for the body but Barron moves out of range.
Jones takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
It looks like Paul Jones has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Barron counters with a slapping leg kick.
Barron swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barron is looking to clinch.
Jones misses with a hook.
No luck for Jones with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barron pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jones fails with the takedown.
Jones cracks Barron with a good jab.
Barron tries a head kick but it misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jones darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jones takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jones blocks a head kick by Barron.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Jones was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Barron tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jones thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Jones can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Barron is looking to escape.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones controlling the pace for now.
Jones 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.
Jones trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barron takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jones trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jones avoids the attempt from Barron to control.
Jones looking to ground and pound but Barron is blocking nicely.
Barron tries to hold on but Jones pushes him away.
Barron is working to get back to half guard.
Jones raining down shots from the mount!
Jones prevents Barron from getting the reversal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones wants to control the pace but Barron is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jones unloading with bombs!
Jones is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Barron can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Jones lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jones lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barron taking shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones working the ground and pound effectively.
Jones prevents Barron from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paul Jones's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Jones scores with the left hand. Barron knows he should have avoided that one.
Barron keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Barron darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Barron misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jones misses with a looping left.
A combination from Barron does no damage.
Barron moves out of range of the strikes.
Jones dives in and scores a takedown into Barron's guard.
Jones pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Barron is keeping the position for now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jones accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Barron is looking for a triangle but Jones pushes his legs off easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jones trying to control but Barron is working from the bottom.
Jones stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Barron swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Barron is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones postures up in Barron's guard and throws a big left but Barron blocks it.
Jones throws a big right hand that misses.
Jones wants to pass the guard but Barron is keeping the position.
Jones postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a couple of digs.
Paul Jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Barron keeping full guard, as Jones tries to pass.
Barron lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Jones!
Jones tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jones wants to hold on but Barron pushes him away.
Jones is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Barron is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Jones is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones is working hard here to advance position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barron content just to control the position here.
Jones tries to reverse the position but Barron maintains control.
Barron avoids the attempt from Jones to control.
Barron dominating with strikes here.
Jones is desperately trying to improve his position but Barron has a good base and remains in mount.
Jones is squirming around, avoiding Barron's attempts to control the action.
Barron thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barron trying to control but Jones is having none of it.
Jones is trying desperately to improve position.
Barron lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jones is squirming around, avoiding Barron's attempts to control the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barron lands a nice shot to the head.
Jones keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
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 Paul Jones will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Paul Jones's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Barron's shoulder, as Barron tries to avoid the shot.
Jones throws a sloppy body shot
and Barron counters with a flying knee that drops Jones! Barron dives in and finishes the fight with a flurry of strikes from the mount!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Colin Barron!
Colin Barron 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Sativa Sensei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pauli Painija (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sensei comes to the cage accompanied by Stevie Ray - Pride and Joy. Pauli Painija has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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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
20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sativa Sensei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pauli Painija!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Painija fails to land with a series of punches.
A right-left combo lands from Painija.
Sensei walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Painija throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Painija instigates a clinch.
Sensei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sensei avoiding damage as Painija throws knees to the body.
Sensei managing to block the knees to the body from Painija.
Sensei connects with a nasty looking knee right to Painija's face.
It looks like Pauli Painija has been cut.
Painija blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sensei goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sensei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Painija blocks an elbow strike from Sensei.
Painija avoiding damage as Sensei throws knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sensei.
Painija lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sensei tries to work over Painija's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sensei blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Painija pushes off an throws an elbow but Sensei leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Painija is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Sensei pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Sensei on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sensei misses with some punches.
Sensei tries to throw a body punch but Painija avoids it by throwing Sensei back against the cage.
Sensei blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Painija scores with a shoulder strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Painija.
A short body shot lands from Sensei as the two fighters clinch.
Painija missing with knees to the body.
Painija fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sensei lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Painija backwards.
Sensei misses with a punch to the body.
Painija landing knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sensei trying to land knees to the body.
Painija blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Painija missing with knees to the body.
Painija landing knees to the head.
It looks like Sativa Sensei has been cut.
Painija misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sensei.
Painija trying to stall but Sensei improves his position.
Sensei using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Painija has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Painija trying to land knees to the body.
Sensei with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sensei throws an elbow but it misses.
Painija misses with a knee to the head.
Sensei misses with a knee strike.
Painija looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sensei lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short uppercut from Sensei.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sensei avoids a wild elbow strike from Painija.
Sensei misses with a knee to the head.
Painija throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Painija.
Sensei tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Painija avoids it.
Painija blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sensei avoids a wild elbow strike from Painija.
Painija dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sensei lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sensei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sensei is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A head punch on the inside from Painija fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sensei blocking some punches.
Painija tries to throw a body punch but Sensei avoids it by throwing Painija back against the cage.
Painija turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Sensei manages to work his way to half guard, despite Painija's best efforts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sensei gets back to full guard.
Painija throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sensei is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Painija tries to free his leg and advance position but Sensei is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Pauli Painija will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sensei throws a body punch but Painija moves out of range.
Painija misses with a hook to the body
and Sensei counters with a straight right hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Painija checks a leg kick.
Sensei throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Painija sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Painija moves into the clinch.
Painija has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Sensei regains guard immediately.
Painija is fighting to break Sensei's control of his arms but Sensei is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Sensei wants to sweep but no luck.
Painija trying to control the position from guard on top but Sensei is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sensei 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.
Painija trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Painija sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sensei's guard.
Painija prevents Sensei from improving his position.
Painija with the ground and pound but Sensei uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Painija with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sensei not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sensei is adopting a defensive guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Painija trying to control the position from guard on top but Sensei is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sensei trying to control the position.
Painija wants to control from the top but Sensei keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Sativa Sensei wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Painija checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Painija connects with the punch.
A low kick from Sensei misses
and Painija counters with a one-two to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sensei throws a front kick aimed at Painija's knee but Painija avoids it well.
Sensei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Painija moves away.
Sensei displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Painija.
A jab lands there for Painija.
Painija has taken the fight to the clinch.
Painija blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sensei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Painija.
A left hand lands to the body for Painija.
Sensei is pressed up against the cage. Painija has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sensei down to the mat. Sensei avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Painija moves out of range of the strikes.
Sensei pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Painija misses with a series of wild punches.
Pauli Painija seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Painija closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Painija throwing strikes but Sensei manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Painija wants to get back to his feet but Sensei is dominant here and he's now got Painija's back!
Painija rolls, trying to escape but Sensei keeps control of the position.
Sensei not allowing Painija to control his hands.
Painija wants to escape the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Painija manages to reverse the position and now he's in Sensei's guard. Nice work there by Painija.
Pauli Painija has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sensei looking to hit a scissor sweep but Painija is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pauli Painija showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Sensei takes a swing at Painija's ribcage but misses.
Painija throws a right hand that Sensei ducks under and follows up with a left that Sensei also avoids with ease.
Painija waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sensei.
Sensei connects with a looping right hand.
Sensei showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Painija.
Painija misses with a hook.
Sensei scores with a punch to the head.
Sensei tries to clinch but Painija moves away
and Painija counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sensei looks for the body kick but Painija saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sensei showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Painija.
Painija scores with a hook to the body. Sensei takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice defenses there by Sensei.
Painija moves into the clinch.
Painija prevents a body shot from Sensei.
Sensei misses with the head strike.
Painija lands with a left to the head.
Pauli Painija seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Painija misses with a knee to the head.
Painija lands a hook that snaps the head of Sensei backwards.
Sensei letting Painija take a breather here.
Sensei lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sativa Sensei has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Painija lands a takedown into guard.
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!
Painija working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sensei preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sensei looking to control.
Painija throws a big elbow that misses.
Painija scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sensei working a defensive guard here.
Painija throws an elbow that misses. Sensei uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Painija's guard. Nice move by Sensei!
Painija is pulling down on Sensei's head. It's preventing any offense from Sensei, at least for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Painija working a defensive guard here.
Painija wants to sweep but no luck.
Sensei throws an elbow that misses. Painija uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sensei's guard. Nice move by Painija!
Painija throws an elbow that misses. Sensei uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Painija's guard. Nice move by Sensei!
Painija utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Painija has control of Sensei's left arm, preventing Sensei from doing any damage.
Pauli Painija is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Painija keeping moving, preventing Sensei from controlling successfully.
Sensei drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Sensei jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Sensei has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Painija is trying to keep Sensei in close.
Painija looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Sensei trying to control but Painija is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Painija closes the distance and pushes Sensei back into the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pauli Painija comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Painija 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pauli Painija!
Pauli Painija thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ima Yerface (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Lindros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yerface comes to the cage accompanied by In Flames - Like You Better Dead. 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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32
214 lbs
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212 lbs
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World class boxer
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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
23 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ima Yerface!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eric Lindros!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yerface buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yerface blocks a head kick by Lindros.
Lindros avoids the body shot from Yerface.
Lindros connects with a nice looking jab.
Lindros throws a shot from downtown. Yerface moves away and avoids it.
Yerface on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Yerface fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Yerface!
Good work by Yerface as he checks the leg kick.
Lindros throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Some wild striking there from Yerface.
Lindros digs a good body shot into Yerface's ribs.
Yerface throws an overhand right that lands on Lindros's shoulder, as Lindros tries to avoid the shot.
Jab from Lindros.
Lindros tries to work over Yerface's front leg with a kick but Yerface checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yerface connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lindros checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lindros fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Yerface looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Yerface thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yerface blocks a head kick by Lindros.
Eric Lindros seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yerface throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Lindros.
Lindros scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Yerface avoids the head kick by Lindros.
Lindros missing with a left hand there. Yerface was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yerface misses with a body shot.
Yerface fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yerface has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lindros.
Lindros lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yerface blocks a head kick by Lindros.
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!
Yerface moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Yerface takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lindros fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yerface manages to avoid it.
No joy there for Lindros, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yerface has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lindros.
Yerface lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lindros fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Yerface is out of range.
Yerface jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yerface scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Lindros trying to control but Yerface postures up.
Yerface sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yerface thows a huge punch but Lindros dodges it nicely.
Yerface is controlling the pace.
Yerface looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Yerface throwing shots but Lindros is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yerface seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lindros does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Lindros trying to control but Yerface postures up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Yerface throws a hook but Lindros blocks it.
Yerface throws a low kick but Lindros avoids it.
Lindros tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lindros tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yerface was well out of range. Poor timing from Lindros.
Yerface lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lindros wants to slow Yerface down by chopping away at his legs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lindros tries to land a leg kick but Yerface saw it coming and moves away.
Yerface listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Yerface stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lindros.
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 Ima Yerface will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Yerface misses with a low kick.
Lindros throws a wild body kick that Yerface sees coming a mile off.
Lindros ducks under a wild hook from Yerface.
Yerface moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Yerface takes one to the chin there.
Lindros misses with a two punch combination.
Lindros takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Yerface scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Yerface looks to land a strike but Lindros avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Yerface trying to control but Lindros is working from the bottom.
Lindros keeping full guard, as Yerface tries to pass.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yerface in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yerface is in close to Lindros's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Yerface's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Yerface stands and steps away. Lindros gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Lindros tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circling - Yerface throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lindros missing with a left hand there. Yerface was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yerface throws a low kick but Lindros moves out of range easily.
Yerface motions for Lindros to come forward. Yerface throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yerface throws a series of punches but Lindros avoids them all with ease.
Lindros takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yerface tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lindros finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lindros is looking to chop away at Yerface's legs.
Lindros paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Yerface throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Yerface will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lindros fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Decent striking displayed by Yerface there.
Lindros throws a chopping leg kick but Yerface manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lindros steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yerface.
Lindros misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yerface.
Lindros misses with a two punch combination.
Yerface slips a jab from Lindros.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lindros is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Yerface moves out of range of the body kick.
Yerface lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Yerface scores with a hook.
Lindros throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yerface checks a low kick from Lindros.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lindros. Yerface does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yerface looks to land a right hand but Lindros moved out of range.
Lindros rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yerface moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yerface lands a really nice looking cross but Lindros seems unphased.
Lindros throws a leg kick which misses Yerface's front leg but catches the back leg as Yerface tries to avoid it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yerface displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lindros throws out the jab.
Yerface tries to score a power double leg takedown but Lindros sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Yerface somewhat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yerface is looking to score with low kicks.
Lindros lands a jab to the head.
A head kick from Lindros lands but Yerface takes it in his stride.
A low kick from Yerface misses
and Lindros counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Lindros works the jab nicely.
Yerface walks into a jab.
Lindros misses with a low kick.
Yerface throws a low kick but Lindros avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yerface ducks right into an uppercut from Lindros.
Lindros pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lindros misses with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ima Yerface dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Yerface connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Yerface throws a half hearted mid kick.
Yerface throws a head kick that misses
and Lindros counters with a nice leg kick.
Yerface cracks Lindros with a good jab.
Yerface throws a shot from downtown. Lindros moves away and avoids it.
Lindros showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yerface.
Lindros just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Lindros. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lindros.
Yerface throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yerface has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Yerface there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice defenses there by Lindros.
Yerface throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An inside leg kick lands from Lindros.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yerface scoring well with a low kick there.
Yerface is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lindros sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Yerface is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Lindros's half guard.
Yerface wants to pass to mount but Lindros is defending the position.
Yerface missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Lindros moves into full guard.
Lindros keeping full guard, as Yerface tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lindros keeping moving, preventing Yerface from controlling successfully.
Lindros keeping full guard, as Yerface tries to pass.
Yerface slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Yerface trying to control but Lindros is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Ima Yerface wasn't doing enough on the ground.
A low kick from Yerface is predictable there
and Lindros makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Yerface dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lindros throws out a loose jab but Yerface uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lindros connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lindros throws a sloppy head kick
and Yerface counters with a thumping low kick.
A big left from Yerface misses.
Yerface takes a swing at Lindros's ribcage but misses.
Eric Lindros has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An inside leg kick from Yerface misses.
Yerface steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lindros. That one must have hurt.
Eric Lindros is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yerface is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lindros.
Yerface defending well as Lindros loads up on a big left hand.
Lindros shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nice body kick there by Lindros.
Ima Yerface is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yerface changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lindros tries to avoid it but Yerface manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lindros to the ground. Lindros escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
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!
Lindros throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lindros defending well as Yerface loads up on a big left hand.
Lindros avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lindros moves out of range as Yerface strikes.
Lindros lands a slapping body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A punch combination from Lindros misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Lindros. That snapped Yerface's head back.
Lindros misses with a combination
and Yerface counters with a stiff right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yerface misses with a low kick.
Lindros looks to land a right hand but Yerface moved out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Eric Lindros.
I think Yerface 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ima Yerface!
Ima Yerface thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Happy Day (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arturo Gatti III (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gatti III has chosen Black Milk & Royce 5'9 - Losing out as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Arturo Gatti III enters the cage!
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164 lbs
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30
164 lbs
26 - 5 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Happy Day!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Arturo Gatti III!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Day lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gatti III circles away quickly and effectively.
Gatti III lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gatti III throws a nice inside leg kick.
Day tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gatti III was well out of range. Poor timing from Day.
Day with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gatti III lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Day at a distance.
Day throws a lazy right hand but Gatti III sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gatti III throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Day attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Day avoids the body shot from Gatti III.
Day tries to land a body kick
enabling Gatti III to counter with a crisp jab.
Day fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gatti III checks it well.
Day misses with a jab, cross combination.
Day slips a jab from Gatti III.
Gatti III throws a body kick that misses.
Day loads up on a big right hand but Gatti III slips the punch.
Day tries to clinch there but Gatti III circles away.
Day tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Day lands a jab to Gatti III's midsection.
Gatti III throws a lazy right hand but Day sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gatti III throws a hook but Day avoids it easily.
Day slips under a jab.
Gatti III lands a body shot.
Day throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gatti III.
Day moves into the clinch.
Gatti III scores with a hook to the body.
Day trying to control the position but instead, Gatti III has worked for underhooks and has pushed Day into the cage.
Gatti III pulls guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gatti III is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gatti III looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Day trying to control the position from guard on top but Gatti III is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Happy Day has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Nice body punch from Day.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Day works the jab nicely.
A leg kick checked by Day.
Day connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gatti III. Gatti III circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Day throws a head kick but Gatti III moves out of range.
Day checks a low kick from Gatti III.
Gatti III throws a shot from downtown. Day moves away and avoids it.
Gatti III throws a body punch but Day moves out of range.
Gatti III avoids the body shot from Day.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Day lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gatti III throws a leg kick but Day moved away.
Gatti III circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gatti III lands a head shot.
Happy Day seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gatti III ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gatti III uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Day.
Day throws a sloppy body shot
and Gatti III counters with a good low kick that Day was not able to check.
Gatti III scores with a decent looking hook.
Gatti III lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gatti III takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Day throws a shot from downtown. Gatti III moves away and avoids it.
Gatti III moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Day misses with a right hand
and Gatti III counters with a flying knee. Nice.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gatti III just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Day.
Gatti III circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gatti III connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatti III blocks the body kick.
Day throws a hook but Gatti III avoids it easily.
A left and a right from Day both land. Nice combination.
Gatti III avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gatti III clinches with his opponent.
Gatti III tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Day lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Gatti III.
Gatti III stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Day lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gatti III misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gatti III misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gatti III misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gatti III lands a shoulder strike.
Gatti III can't find room to land a body shot as Day controls the action.
Gatti III has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Day is trying to keep an underhook but Gatti III manages to get the takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Arturo Gatti III will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Day throws a head kick that half lands.
Gatti III throws a low kick but Day avoids it.
Day swats away the attempt to clinch by Gatti III.
Day scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Day misses with a head kick.
Day is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gatti III.
Day attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gatti III ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Day moves out of range as Gatti III throws a body kick.
Day lands with a cross.
Gatti III defending well as Day loads up on a big left hand.
Gatti III takes a swing at Day's ribcage but misses.
Gatti III fails to land with a series of punches.
Day misses with an uppercut
and Gatti III counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gatti III takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Day throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Gatti III's head.
Day misses with a leg kick.
Day connects with a looping right hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Day.
Gatti III lands a jab to Day's midsection.
Day throws out a leg kick but Gatti III moves out of range and Day only half commits.
Day thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gatti III shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Gatti III was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Gatti III throwing strikes here but Day is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Day blocking the ground and pound.
Gatti III trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatti III putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Day is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gatti III throwing strikes but Day bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Day would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Day trying to control the position from guard on top but Gatti III is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gatti III pulls Day in close to prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatti III tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Day misses with a body shot.
Day lands a glancing blow to the side of Gatti III's head.
Day throws a head kick but Gatti III moves out of range.
Gatti III thuds a left hand into Day's body.
Gatti III lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Day pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gatti III throws a right and a left that both miss.
Day's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gatti III under the eye.
Gatti III clinches up with Day and pushes him back against the cage.
Gatti III has a couple of punches blocked by Day.
Gatti III tries to work over Day's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Day lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Still in the clinch, Day scores with a nice short uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A hook to the body from Gatti III.
Gatti III pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Day lunges at Gatti III with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gatti III's hand.
Gatti III looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gatti III avoids the head kick by Day.
Day doesn't manage to clinch there - Gatti III circles away.
Day misses with a hook.
Day misses with a kick to the body.
Day misses with a low kick.
Day throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gatti III lands a nice leg kick that just misses Day's sensitive parts.
Day misses with a head kick.
Gatti III throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gatti III avoids the head kick by Day.
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 Happy Day will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gatti III scores a takedown into full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gatti III working Day over with strikes here.
Day tries to reverse the position but Gatti III maintains control.
Gatti III wants to control the pace but Day is squirming around nicely.
Gatti III throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Day because Gatti III loaded up on that one.
Arturo Gatti III has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatti III looking to finish with strikes here!
Gatti III unloads with some shots from mount but Day bucks and avoids them well.
Poor strikes thrown by Gatti III there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Gatti III wants to control but Day has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Gatti III is pressing down on Day's thigh, looking to free his foot. Day is holding on for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatti III with the ground and pound but Day uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Gatti III working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gatti III throwing strikes from guard but Day blocks nicely.
Gatti III wants to pass the guard but Day is keeping the position.
Gatti III trying to control but Day is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Gatti III is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Day is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Day has escaped and now he's on top!
Day works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatti III wants to control the action here but instead Day manages to pass to full mount!
Gatti III has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.
Gatti III has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
A lull in the action here.
Gatti III rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arturo Gatti III really dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Day throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Gatti III keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Happy Day is winning the standup battle so far.
Gatti III turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gatti III fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Day manages to avoid it.
Gatti III tries to close the distance and clinch but Day swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gatti III slips a straight right by Day.
A head kick misses from Day.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gatti III.
Day tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gatti III paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Day shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gatti III eats them both and turns towards Day to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Gatti III uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Day.
Day feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gatti IIIs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Day tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gatti III manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Day digs a good body shot into Gatti III's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Day throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Day lands with a hook. Gatti III tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Day moves to clinch but Gatti III breaks away
and Gatti III counters with a left to the body.
Gatti III moves out of range of the strikes.
Day lands a front kick.
Gatti III misses with a head kick.
Gatti III lands a glancing blow to the side of Day's head.
Day thumps Gatti III with a low kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Day. Gatti III shrugs it off though.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gatti III 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 Day has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Day and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gatti III throws a low kick but Day avoids it.
Gatti III wants to clinch.
Day slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatti III lands with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Day ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gatti III moves away.
Day moves out of range of the body kick from Gatti III.
Day tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gatti III counters with a big head kick but Day shrugs it off.
Gatti III rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Day moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Day goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Day.
Day thows a body shot but no joy.
Gatti III misses with an uppercut.
Gatti III misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gatti III dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gatti III looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Day throws a head kick that misses
and Day takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gatti III takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gatti III tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Day is able to avoid easily.
Day clinches with his opponent.
Day blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Day presses Gatti III against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gatti III misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gatti III.
Gatti III misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Day creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Day.
Day digs a right hand into Gatti III's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gatti III's gas tank.
Day is trying to stall.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gatti III.
Gatti III lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gatti III misses with a punch to the body.
Gatti III tries to pull guard but Day holds him up against the cage and eventually Gatti III drops back down to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Day blocks a body shot from Gatti III.
Day swings wildly with an uppercut but Gatti III uses good head movement to avoid it.
Day tries to work over Gatti III's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Day scores with a hook to the body.
Gatti III is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Day.
A short left from Day.
Day scores with a nice hook to the head.
Day misses with a body punch.
Gatti III being controlled against the cage.
Gatti III tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A body shot lands from Gatti III.
Gatti III lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gatti III scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Day blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Happy Day had his way with Arturo Gatti III in that round.
That's time! Day's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Day tries to clinch up but Gatti III circles away and keeps his distance.
Day throws a lazy head kick
and Gatti III counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A clash of legs there as Day blocks the low kick.
Day doesn't manage to clinch there - Gatti III circles away.
Gatti III lands a right hook to the body.
Day uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gatti III.
Gatti III tries to close the distance and clinch but Day swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gatti III missing with a left hand there. Day was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Day takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gatti III looks to score with a jab to the body but Day is just out of range.
Day fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gatti III has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gatti III takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Day is looking to clinch.
Gatti III looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Day throws a head kick that misses.
Gatti III throws a push kick but Day slaps the foot to one side.
Day fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Day moves out of range of the body kick from Gatti III.
Day misses with a hook.
Day tries to close the distance and clinch but Gatti III swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Day!
Day tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Gatti III tries to clinch but Day moves out of range.
Gatti III throws a nice inside leg kick.
Day moves in looking to clinch but Gatti III pushes him off.
Day tries a head kick but it misses.
Day is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Day looks to land a right hand but Gatti III moved out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Gatti III.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatti III misses with a body kick.
Day moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Gatti III takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Day tries a head kick but it misses.
Day throws a sloppy head kick and Gatti III moves out of range easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Day motions for Gatti III to come forward. Day throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gatti III lands a nice hook to Day's body. Day takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gatti III throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gatti III throws a series of punches but Day moves out of range.
Day throws a body kick that misses
and Gatti III counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Day is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Gatti III has his takedown stuffed
and Day counters with a one-two to the body.
Gatti III shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Day tries to clinch up but Gatti III circles away and keeps his distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Day is looking to clinch.
Day throws a nice head kick!
Gatti III moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gatti III connects with a single shot there.
Day blocks a low kick nicely.
Day moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Day.
Gatti III pushes Day away with a front kick.
Gatti III throws a nice looking combination but Day bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Day tries to close the distance and clinch but Gatti III swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Day misses with a leg kick
and Gatti III counters with a nice body kick.
Day throws a predictable looking body shot
and Gatti III counters with a solid body kick.
Gatti III showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Day.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatti III misses with a low kick.
Day moves out of range of the strikes.
Gatti III has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Day finds it's way round the side to connect with Gatti III's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gatti III throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Day throws a head kick but Gatti III moves out of range.
Gatti III lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Day thows a left - swing and a miss!
Day tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gatti III was well out of range. Poor timing from Day.
Day throws a head kick but Gatti III moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gatti III lands a nice looking body kick.
Gatti III has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gatti III throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Day misses the shot to the body.
Gatti III tries to clinch up but Day circles away and keeps his distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Arturo Gatti III.
I think Gatti III has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 48:48
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 48:48
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 47:48
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
Happy Day retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sinuhe Egyptian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Egyptian comes to the cage accompanied by Egyptian Entrance Song. Hall has chosen AC/DC - Hell's Bells as his entrance music. Sam Hall has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sinuhe Egyptian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
37 - 7 - 2, fighting out of New York, Sam Hall!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Egyptian fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hall has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Egyptian fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hall, pushing him back against the cage.
Egyptian misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hall keeps control of Egyptian as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Egyptian swings wildly with an uppercut but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Egyptian wants to stall.
Egyptian tries a body shot but Hall blocks it.
Hall fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hall misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Egyptian creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Egyptian scores with a shot to the side of Hall's head.
Hall throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Egyptians head.
Egyptian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Sam Hall has been cut.
A short right from Egyptian on the 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!
Hall blocks a body shot from Egyptian.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egyptian tries to work over Hall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hall tries a body shot but Egyptian blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hall.
Egyptian misses with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Hall.
Egyptian has Hall pressed against the cage.
Egyptian throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hall is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Egyptian is keeping busy.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hall.
Egyptian escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Egyptian moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Hall.
Hall misses with a leg kick
and Egyptian counters with a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian throws a body kick that misses.
Egyptian fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hall.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Egyptian lands a glancing blow to the side of Hall's head.
Egyptian has managed to clinch.
Hall pushes off an throws an elbow but Egyptian leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Egyptian scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Egyptian fails to land.
Hall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Egyptian tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Egyptian stalling the fight.
A short right from Hall on the inside.
A short right from Egyptian on the inside.
Egyptian misses with a body punch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hall as Egyptian tries to tie him up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Egyptian.
Egyptian breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hall connects with a body shot that sends Egyptian's belly button to the back.
Egyptian gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Egyptian blocks a body shot from Hall.
Egyptian stalling in the clinch but Hall improves position.
Hall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Egyptian tries to break free but Hall pushes him back against the cage.
Hall has a couple of punches blocked by Egyptian.
Hall blocking some punches.
Egyptian prevents a body shot from Hall.
Egyptian digs a right hand into Hall's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hall's gas tank.
Egyptian can't break the clinch.
Egyptian lands a nice shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Egyptian escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sinuhe Egyptian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Egyptian lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Egyptian lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Egyptian with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Egyptian scores with the left hand. Hall knows he should have avoided that one.
Egyptian bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Egyptian takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Egyptian, as that shot connected.
Egyptian digs a good hook to Hall's body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Egyptian throws a body punch but Hall moves out of range.
Egyptian throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A good leg kick by Egyptian.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sinuhe Egyptian dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sam Hall's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Hall gets a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Egyptian.
Hall tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Egyptian avoids it.
Egyptian blocking some punches.
Hall misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Egyptian.
A short right from Hall.
Hall tries to land knees in the clinch but Egyptian avoids the damage to the body.
Egyptian misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hall's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Egyptian avoids the elbow strike from Hall, against the cage.
Egyptian misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Egyptian swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Egyptian misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hall.
Hall tries to land knees in the clinch but Egyptian avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egyptian is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hall.
Hall can't find room to land a body shot as Egyptian controls the action.
Hall lands a nice uppercut.
Egyptian has a couple of punches blocked by Hall.
Hall misses with some punches.
A short body shot lands from Egyptian as the two fighters clinch.
Egyptian doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Hall.
Hall tries a body shot but Egyptian blocks it.
Hall lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Egyptian backwards.
Egyptian breaks from the clinch.
Hall connects with a body shot that sends Egyptian's belly button to the back.
Hall 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall throws a shot from downtown. Egyptian moves away and avoids it.
Egyptian attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Egyptian moves into range and clinches up with Hall.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hall lands a right hand that snaps the head of Egyptian backwards.
Egyptian slowing the pace effectively.
Egyptian working aggressively here.
Egyptian pushes Hall back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hall doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Egyptian lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hall creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hall prevents a body shot from Egyptian.
Hall trying to land knees to the body.
Hall cracks Egyptian with a nice body shot.
Egyptian content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nice body punch from Egyptian - that landed with a thud.
Hall blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hall tries to land knees in the clinch but Egyptian avoids the damage to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Egyptian taking a breather.
Egyptian scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Egyptian.
Hall lands with a right to the head.
Hall working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Egyptian blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Egyptian scores with a nice short uppercut.
Egyptian is trying to stall.
Hall throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Egyptians head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Egyptian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hall has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hall lands a damaging elbow.
Egyptian lands a nice uppercut.
The referee calls for Egyptian to work.
Egyptian misses with a knee strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Egyptian.
Egyptian utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hall.
Egyptian misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Egyptian.
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 Sinuhe Egyptian will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sam Hall's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Hall fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Egyptian is out of range.
Egyptian throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hall's head.
Good leg kick by Egyptian there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hall misses with a wild body shot.
Hall connects with an inside leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Hall. Beautiful body shot.
Egyptian tries to land a leg kick but Hall saw it coming and moves away.
Hall lands with a right hand.
Egyptian thows a leg kick but Hall checks it
and Hall counters with a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hall moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hall looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A head kick misses from Egyptian.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egyptian throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hall looks for the body kick but Egyptian saw that one coming.
Egyptian pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hall moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Egyptian attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Egyptian connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Egyptian connects with a nice looking jab.
Egyptian throws a poor cross that misses
and Hall counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Egyptian takes the fight into the clinch.
Egyptian tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hall's elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hall just misses with a elbow thrown towards Egyptian's brow.
Still in the clinch, Egyptian scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian digs a right hand underneath Hall's ribcage. Hall let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hall prevents a body shot from Egyptian.
Hall lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Egyptian backwards.
Hall tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Egyptian's elbow.
Egyptian tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hall avoids it.
A short right from Hall on the inside.
Hall scores with a shot to the side of Egyptian's head.
Hall unloads a knee to the mid-section. Egyptian lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Egyptian is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hall is defending well for now.
Egyptian lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Egyptian.
Egyptian swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall trying to stall but Egyptian improves his position.
Egyptian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sinuhe Egyptian is winning the standup battle so far.
Egyptian moves into the clinch.
Hall blocking some punches.
Egyptian lands a body punch in the clinch.
Good body shot from Egyptian.
Egyptian breaks from the clinch.
Hall misses with a looping left.
Hall has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Egyptian finds it's way round the side to connect with Hall's head.
Hall chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Egyptian can pounce on him.
Hall lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Egyptian at a distance.
Hall checks a low kick from Egyptian.
Hall takes a swing at Egyptian's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hall walks forward, straight into a front kick from Egyptian.
Egyptian looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice body kick there by Egyptian.
Egyptian lands a glancing blow to the side of Hall's head.
Hall lands a really nice looking cross but Egyptian seems unphased.
Egyptian rushes Hall and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hall misses with a punch on the inside.
Hall wants to stall.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hall just misses with a elbow thrown towards Egyptian's brow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Egyptian scores with a shoulder strike.
Egyptian wants to break free but Hall has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sinuhe Egyptian clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Sam Hall's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Egyptian lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hall moves out of range of the body kick.
Egyptian dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Egyptian moves out of range as Hall throws a body kick.
Hall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Egyptian takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Egyptian misses with a combination
and Hall connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Egyptian has taken the fight to the clinch.
Egyptian swings wildly with an uppercut but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hall as Egyptian tries to tie him up.
Egyptian struggles to land a body shot inside as Hall controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egyptian breaks the clinch.
Hall throws a lazy body kick
and Egyptian counters with a leg kick.
Hall tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Egyptian throws a leg kick that misses.
Egyptian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Egyptian throws a sloppy head kick
and Hall counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Egyptian clinches up against the cage.
Sinuhe Egyptian has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Egyptian throws a punch but it's blocked by Hall.
Egyptian lands a hook that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Egyptian blocks a body shot from Hall.
Egyptian swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Hall.
Nice body punch from Egyptian - that landed with a thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hall misses with a hook to the ribs.
Egyptian misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hall lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Egyptian backwards.
Egyptian working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hall misses with a hook to the ribs.
Egyptian scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hall.
Egyptian is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Egyptian blocks a body shot from Hall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian blocking some punches.
Egyptian has Hall pressed against the cage.
Egyptian lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Egyptian tries to work over Hall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Egyptian throws a punch but it's blocked by Hall.
A left hand lands to the body for Hall.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hall.
Egyptian on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hall lands a hook that snaps the head of Egyptian backwards.
Egyptian blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hall is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Egyptian is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hall is defending well for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian tries to throw a body punch but Hall avoids it by throwing Egyptian back against the cage.
Hall takes a knee right on the jaw!
Egyptian lands a shoulder strike.
Hall is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Egyptian lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hall is still on wobbly legs! Can Egyptian finish him?
Hall has a couple of punches blocked by Egyptian.
Hall blocks a body shot from Egyptian.
Egyptian throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Halls head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Egyptian.
Egyptian misses with a punch to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Egyptian misses with a short punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Egyptian doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hall seems to have recovered his senses.
Hall stalling in the clinch.
Hall lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sinuhe Egyptian had his way with Sam Hall in that round.
The cut man is working on Sam Hall's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Egyptian takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Egyptian moves into the clinch.
Egyptian has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Egyptian misses with a body punch.
Egyptian misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hall.
Still in the clinch, Hall scores with a nice short uppercut.
Egyptian misses with a punch to the body.
Hall goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Egyptian has Hall pushed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Egyptian.
Egyptian has a couple of punches blocked by Hall.
Egyptian lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Egyptian's efforts to push away.
Egyptian tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Hall.
Egyptian pushes Hall back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Egyptian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hall blocks it with crossed arms.
Egyptian holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Egyptian is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hall can do to turn this around?
Egyptian misses with a punch to the body.
A hook to the body from Egyptian.
Hall misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Egyptian.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall misses with a body punch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hall lands an elbow inside.
Hall tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Egyptian holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Egyptian fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sam Hall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hall lands an elbow just above Egyptian 's eye.
Egyptian tries to circle away but Hall has him pinned against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Egyptian pressing his opponent against the cage.
Egyptian swings wildly with an uppercut but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sinuhe Egyptian is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hall takes a shot to the head.
Hall has a couple of punches blocked by Egyptian.
Hall lands an elbow just above Egyptian 's eye.
Hall tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Egyptian avoids it.
Egyptian with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Egyptian taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hall misses with the head strike.
Hall misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hall misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hall tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Egyptian blocks a body shot from Hall.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sinuhe Egyptian showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Egyptian 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 50:45
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 49:46
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 50:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sinuhe Egyptian!
As Sinuhe Egyptian got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Sam Hall! That was fun! We need to do this again soon! Otso Jokinen! I want you next! GUTZ GYM! Anton Chigurgh is training hard and will return top10 P4P next week! Victor Creed! He is coming for you!'.
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