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EPL4: Event Six PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jaska Raatikainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Knox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raatikainen comes to the cage accompanied by Children of Bodom - Are you dead yet. Johnny Knox will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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145 lbs
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136 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine |
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Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jaska Raatikainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johnny Knox!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox tries to clinch but Raatikainen moves away
and Raatikainen counters with a nice body kick.
Knox tries to clinch there but Raatikainen circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Raatikainen.
Knox tries to clinch but Raatikainen is having none of it.
Raatikainen swats away the attempt to clinch by Knox.
Knox walks forward, straight into a front kick from Raatikainen.
Knox stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Raatikainen.
A slapping body kick lands there for Raatikainen.
Raatikainen pushes Knox away with a front kick.
Knox fails with an attempt to clinch.
Knox has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Raatikainen.
Knox tries to close the distance and clinch but Raatikainen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Both fighters circling a little - Raatikainen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Knox tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raatikainen lands a nice looking kick to the body. Knox takes a step back to recover.
Johnny Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knox tries to clinch but Raatikainen moves away
and Raatikainen counters with a low kick, right behind Knox 's knee.
Knox tries to close the distance and clinch but Raatikainen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Raatikainen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Knox has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Knox has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Raatikainen.
Raatikainen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Knox is looking to clinch.
Raatikainen thumps Knox with a low kick.
Raatikainen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Raatikainen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Knox.
Raatikainen scores with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knox tries to clinch there but Raatikainen circles away.
Knox throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Raatikainen.
Knox tries to clinch but Raatikainen is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Raatikainen.
Knox has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Raatikainen.
Knox tries to clinch up
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Knox is looking to clinch.
Raatikainen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Raatikainen counters with a nice leg kick.
Knox tries to close the distance and clinch but Raatikainen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Knox's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Knox tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Raatikainen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Knox takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Knox 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.
Knox thows a leg kick but Raatikainen checks it
and Raatikainen finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Raatikainen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Raatikainen working hard to break the clinch.
Knox tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Raatikainen's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Raatikainen.
Raatikainen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Raatikainen misses with a punch to the body.
Knox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Raatikainen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A nice right hand lands inside from Knox.
Knox misses with a hook from the clinch.
Raatikainen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Raatikainen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Raatikainen counters with a good low kick that Knox was not able to check.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox looks to land a right hand but Raatikainen moved out of range.
Knox tries to clinch up.
Knox lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Raatikainen at a distance.
A head kick from Raatikainen lands but Knox takes it in his stride.
Knox doesn't manage to clinch there - Raatikainen circles away.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Raatikainen is just out of range.
Raatikainen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Raatikainen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knox wants to clinch.
Raatikainen circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knox wants to clinch
and Raatikainen counters with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jaska Raatikainen 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.
Raatikainen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Raatikainen counters with an outside leg kick.
Knox wants to clinch but Raatikainen slips to the side
and Raatikainen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Knox wants to clinch.
Raatikainen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Knox wants to clinch.
Knox fails in his attempt to clinch.
Knox doesn't manage to clinch there - Raatikainen circles away.
Knox tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Raatikainen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raatikainen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Knox. That did some damage!
Knox misses with a jab, cross combination.
Knox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knox tries to clinch but Raatikainen moves out of range.
Raatikainen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Knox tries to clinch but Raatikainen moves away
and Raatikainen counters with a thumping low kick.
Knox on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A head kick misses from Raatikainen.
Raatikainen lets loose with a powerful body kick. Knox will feel that in the morning.
Knox wants to clinch but Raatikainen slips to the side
and Raatikainen makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Knox really felt that one!
Raatikainen keeps the fight on the outside.
A shot to the body from Knox misses
and Raatikainen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Knox loads up on a big right hand but Raatikainen slips the punch.
Nice defenses there by Raatikainen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raatikainen throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Raatikainen.
Knox is breathing heavily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Raatikainen.
Knox is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Raatikainen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Knox tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Raatikainen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice body kick there by Raatikainen.
Raatikainen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Knox is looking to clinch but Raatikainen is avoiding it.
Nice body kick there by Raatikainen.
Knox darts in trying to clinch
and Raatikainen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Knox's knee momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raatikainen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Knox thows a body shot but no joy.
Raatikainen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Raatikainen lands a body shot.
Knox looks to clinch
and Raatikainen counters with an inside leg kick.
Knox tries to clinch but Raatikainen moves away
and Raatikainen counters with an inside leg kick.
Raatikainen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A thudding body kick lands there by Raatikainen!
Raatikainen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Knox's calf.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raatikainen is looking to slow Knox down with leg kicks.
Knox takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Raatikainen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Raatikainen stuns Knox with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raatikainen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Raatikainen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Raatikainen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Knox is rocked!
Knox is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Raatikainen Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Knox is out cold, face down on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jaska Raatikainen!
A very excited looking Jaska Raatikainen 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aiham Anhinoit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Laxus Dreyar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anhinoit comes to the cage accompanied by Sexy and I Know It. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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220 lbs
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225 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aiham Anhinoit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Laxus Dreyar!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anhinoit misses with a series of wild punches.
Dreyar moves out of range of the body kick.
Dreyar thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Anhinoit if he has to take too many more of those.
Anhinoit misses the shot to the body.
Dreyar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Anhinoit throws a series of punches but Dreyar moves out of range.
Dreyar looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Anhinoit throws a right hand that Dreyar ducks under and follows up with a left that Dreyar also avoids with ease.
Dreyar moves out of range of the strikes.
Anhinoit misses with an uppercut. Dreyar saw that one coming.
Anhinoit pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dreyar is out of range and Anhinoit settles back down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dreyar throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Anhinoit on the side of the head.
Anhinoit misses with a wild body shot.
Anhinoit throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dreyar throws the kick towards the body but Anhinoit avoids it.
Anhinoit scores with a jab to the body.
Anhinoit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dreyar manages to avoid it.
Anhinoit misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anhinoit takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dreyar misses with a body kick.
Dreyar lunges at Anhinoit with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Anhinoit's hand.
It looks like Aiham Anhinoit has been cut.
Anhinoit avoids a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anhinoit. Dreyar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Aiham Anhinoit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anhinoit swinging wildly here.
Anhinoit misses with a few strikes there.
Anhinoit misses with a body kick.
Dreyar throws a leg kick but Anhinoit checks it.
Anhinoit tries a head kick but it misses.
Dreyar has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dreyar is leaning against Anhinoit and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dreyar presses Anhinoit against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anhinoit escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dreyar dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Anhinoit. That did some damage!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anhinoit walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dreyar feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Anhinoits jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Anhinoit throws out a leg kick but Dreyar moves out of range and Anhinoit only half commits.
Dreyar checks the leg kick nicely there.
A thudding body kick lands there by Dreyar!
Anhinoit misses with a head kick.
Dreyar feints and then cracks Anhinoit's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Anhinoit down.
Anhinoit is breathing heavily.
Dreyar avoids the head kick by Anhinoit.
Dreyar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Anhinoit.
Dreyar fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Anhinoit.
Dreyar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anhinoit swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anhinoit goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Anhinoit lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dreyar moves out of range of the body kick.
Anhinoit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dreyar moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dreyar clinches up with Anhinoit and pushes him back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dreyar.
Dreyar lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Anhinoit or not.
Dreyar lands a nice uppercut.
Dreyar dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dreyar misses with the head strike.
Anhinoit misses with a knee to the head.
Come on Dreyar - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Dreyar makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Anhinoit wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dreyar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Anhinoit backwards.
Dreyar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Anhinoit's efforts to push away.
Dreyar can't find room to land a body shot as Anhinoit controls the action.
Dreyar prevents Anhinoit from breaking the clinch.
Anhinoit wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dreyar taking a breather.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anhinoit is trying to break the clinch but Dreyar has him pressed against the cage.
Good body shot from Dreyar.
A short right from Dreyar.
Anhinoit tries to land knees in the clinch but Dreyar avoids the damage to the body.
Dreyar working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dreyar tries to throw a body punch but Anhinoit avoids it by throwing Dreyar back against the cage.
Anhinoit wants to get back to striking at distance but Dreyar won't allow it.
Dreyar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Anhinoit backwards.
Anhinoit prevents a body shot from Dreyar.
Dreyar lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Anhinoit is rocked!
Dreyar pushes Anhinoit against the cage. Dreyar is working some dirty boxing. Dreyar pushes off with a quick right hook! Anhinoit goes down! Anhinoit tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Dreyar moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Laxus Dreyar!
A victorious Laxus Dreyar thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Eric White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Varskinji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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136 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eric White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Igor Varskinji!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
White works Varskinji's body with a nice hook.
Varskinji scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
White is concentrating on defense, preventing Varskinji from advancing position.
White trying to control here.
White is refusing to be controlled, as Varskinji sits in half guard.
White keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Varskinji throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Varskinji is looking for a kimura but White is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Varskinji to get the leverage.
White on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if White tries to get out of the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White is trying to stand.
Varskinji prevents White from improving his position.
White desperately trying to maintain half guard.
White knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Varskinji on the ground.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Varskinji shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts White as he jumps to the side.
Varskinji misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and White wants it to stay on the feet.
Eric White has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Igor Varskinji.
Varskinji shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as White sprawls well. White wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Varskinji gets slowly back to his feet.
White will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
White scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A jab from Varskinji misses.
White lands a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White slips a jab from Varskinji.
White fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
White scores with a shot to the body.
Eric White is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
White with a nice cross.
Varskinji throws a left and a right that both miss
and White counters with a nice uppercut.
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
White displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Varskinji.
White is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
White scores with a hook.
Varskinji shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with White but White pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Varskinji moves in looking to clinch but White pushes him off.
White leaves Varskinji with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Varskinji misses with a body shot
enabling White to counter with a crisp jab.
Decent striking displayed by White there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from White finds it's way through Varskinji's defenses.
White lands a lovely overhand right.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Varskinji closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Varskinji is rocked!
White throws a looping overhand right but Varskinji ducks down to avoid it.
Varskinji is still on wobbly legs! Can White finish him?
Varskinji tries to clinch up
and White counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Varskinji thinking.
Varskinji looks winded!
White looks to land a right hand but Varskinji moved out of range.
Varskinji steps to the side to avoid the strikes from White.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric White dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
White avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
White stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and White wants it to stay on the feet.
Varskinji tries to move into range but White moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
White lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Varskinji at a distance.
White steps in with a hook that catches Varskinji right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! White follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Varskinji looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric White!
An out of breath Eric White 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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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nigel York (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cookie Monster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). York comes to the cage accompanied by British Grenadiers Song. Monster has chosen Cookie Monster Eating Cookie as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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285 lbs
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33
215 lbs
23 - 14 - 1 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Nigel York!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Cookie Monster!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monster misses with a wild body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as York checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Monster with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
York throws a big shot that misses.
Monster takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
It looks like Cookie Monster has been cut.
York blocks the body kick.
York misses with a wild body shot.
Monster tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and York is able to avoid easily.
York ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Monster moves away.
Monster throws an uppercut from half a mile away. York sees it coming and avoids it easily.
York scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
York misses the shot to the body.
York throws a body punch but Monster moves out of range.
York just misses with a punch to the body.
York steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Monster.
York misses with a wild body shot.
Monster throws a head kick but York moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
York fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Monster looks winded!
York fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Monster checks it well.
York lands a big right hand that sends Monster crashing to the mat! York stays standing though and waves Monster back to his feet!
Monster is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Monster leaves his chin hanging out and York seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Monster crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nigel York!
During a confident post fight interview, Nigel York thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Poncho Villa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duncan McAlister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Villa's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, In One Ear. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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17 - 8 - 1 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Poncho Villa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Duncan McAlister!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Villa lands a front kick.
Villa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McAlister moves away.
McAlister throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Villa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McAlister.
A looping hook to the body misses from Villa. McAlister does a little dance to reset his feet.
McAlister scores with a nice head shot.
Villa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McAlister throws a head kick that misses.
Villa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McAlister throws out the jab.
McAlister looks to land a right hand but Villa moved out of range.
McAlister throws a right hand that misses
and Villa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Villa misses with an uppercut. McAlister saw that one coming.
McAlister connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Villa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Villa throws a body punch but McAlister moves out of range.
McAlister swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Villa.
Villa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Villa cracks the inside of McAlister's front leg.
McAlister ducks right into an uppercut from Villa.
McAlister attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
McAlister misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Villa.
Villa slips a straight right by McAlister.
Duncan McAlister seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Villa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Villa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McAlister to score with a decent uppercut.
Duncan McAlister is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McAlister throws out a leg kick but Villa moves out of range and McAlister only half commits.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Villa scores with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McAlister is looking to score with low kicks.
Villa keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
McAlister checks a low kick from Villa.
Villa moves out of range of the leg kick from McAlister.
McAlister looks to score with a jab to the body but Villa is just out of range.
Villa thuds his right hand into McAlister's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Villa avoids the body shot from McAlister.
Villa swings for the body but McAlister moves out of range.
McAlister lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
McAlister throws a head kick but Villa moves out of range.
Villa misses with a wild combination.
McAlister throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villa on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Villa slips under a jab.
McAlister misses with a right hand
and Villa counters with a head kick. That will keep McAlister thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
McAlister tries to bum rush Villa with a series of wild strikes but Villa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McAlister missing with a left hand there. Villa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Villa blocks a jab.
McAlister fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Villa manages to avoid it.
McAlister throws a shot from downtown. Villa moves away and avoids it.
A slow jab from Villa misses its intended target.
McAlister gets caught flat footed, as Villa shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McAlister escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Villa gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McAlister escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Villa gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Villa is stalling in the full guard.
McAlister keeping moving, preventing Villa from controlling successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Villa wants to pass the guard but McAlister is keeping the position.
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 Poncho Villa will probably get the nod.
That's time! Villa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Villa drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Villa looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? McAlister is fending him off so far but Villa persists. Nope, McAlister circles away and we're back to standing.
Villa throws a head kick but McAlister moves out of range.
McAlister misses with a lunging right hand
and Villa counters with a good low kick that McAlister was not able to check.
A punch combination from Villa misses.
McAlister lands a really nice looking cross but Villa seems unphased.
Villa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A good leg kick by Villa.
McAlister throws a leg kick that is checked
and Villa counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Villa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McAlister was well out of range. Poor timing from Villa.
Villa connects with a right hand. McAlister shakes it off.
Poncho Villa is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McAlister misses with a series of wild punches.
Villa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Villa.
McAlister throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A telegraphed right hand from Villa misses the target.
McAlister throws a nice outside leg kick.
McAlister looks to throw a body kick
and Villa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Villa takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Villa avoids the head kick by McAlister.
McAlister throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McAlister misses with the combination.
Villa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McAlister.
Villa getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Villa scores with a jab.
McAlister takes a swing at Villa's ribcage but misses.
Villa fails to land with a series of punches.
McAlister throws a series of punches but Villa moves out of range.
McAlister bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Villa's head.
McAlister swinging wildly here.
McAlister fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villa throws a head kick that misses.
McAlister pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
McAlister misses with a head kick.
Villa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Villa throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The fighters circle momentarily. McAlister darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Villa shoots for a double leg takedown but McAlister sprawls well. He's pushed Villa's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
McAlister sizes up Villa with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
McAlister looks to land a body kick but Villa moved away.
A decent looking cross lands there for McAlister.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McAlister pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McAlister throws the left hand but Villa avoids the punch easily.
Villa moves out of range as McAlister strikes.
McAlister moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Villa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Duncan McAlister has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Poncho Villa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McAlister throws a sloppy head kick and Villa moves out of range easily.
Villa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
McAlister on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Villa. Villa obviously looking to wear him down.
McAlister leaves Villa with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McAlister misses with a wild body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Duncan McAlister.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 20:19
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 20:18
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 20:19
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Poncho Villa!
Poncho Villa seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Syezd Kepe Eses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan comes to the cage accompanied by Girlfriend. Jake Ryan is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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285 lbs
16 - 10 - 2 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 15 - 2, fighting out of London, Jake Ryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Syezd Kepe Eses!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryan avoids the body shot from Kepe Eses.
Ryan scores with a jab.
Ryan just misses with a punch to the body.
Ryan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kepe Eses lands with a kick to the temple. Ryan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like Jake Ryan has been cut.
Kepe Eses scores with a nice head shot.
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!
Kepe Eses thuds a left hand into Ryan's body.
Kepe Eses throws a leg kick that misses.
Ryan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ryan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ryan blocks a leg kick.
Ryan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ryan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ryan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ryan throws a right hand that misses
enabling Kepe Eses to counter with a crisp jab.
Kepe Eses ducks under a wild hook from Ryan.
Kepe Eses tries to work over Ryan's front leg with a kick but Ryan checks it.
Kepe Eses tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kepe Eses scores with a push kick.
Ryan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kepe Eses.
Some wild striking there from Ryan.
Kepe Eses pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ryan jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ryan connects with a solid leg kick.
Kepe Eses throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ryan just misses with a punch to the body.
Kepe Eses thows a body kick. Ryan tries to catch it but that hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kepe Eses drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A telegraphed right hand from Ryan misses the target.
Kepe Eses pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kepe Eses slips a jab from Ryan.
Kepe Eses with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kepe Eses misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kepe Eses scores with a kick to the midsection.
Jake Ryan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ryan is breathing heavily.
Kepe Eses goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kepe Eses misses with a two punch combination.
A low kick from Ryan misses
and Kepe Eses counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ryan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kepe Eses sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ryan blocks a low kick nicely.
Ryan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kepe Eses comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kepe Eses is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ryan rather than just go for the knockout.
Ryan misses with a wild body shot.
Ryan is looking to chop away at Kepe Eses's legs.
Ryan misses with a leg kick.
Kepe Eses throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kepe Eses checks a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Ryan misses the target.
Ryan looks to land a body kick but Kepe Eses moved away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan connects with a leg kick. Kepe Eses looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ryan misses with a head kick.
Kepe Eses misses with a low kick as Ryan jumps back.
Kepe Eses thuds his shin into the meat of Ryan's side.
Kepe Eses fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ryan manages to avoid it.
Kepe Eses lands a nice looking body kick.
Kepe Eses goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kepe Eses misses with a hook.
Kepe Eses bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kepe Eses uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ryan.
The fighters circling - Ryan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ryan takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ryan walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kepe Eses.
Ryan moves out of range of the body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ryan connects with an inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kepe Eses moves away from the strike by Ryan.
Ryan throws a jab but it's blocked by Kepe Eses.
Ryan throws a hook to the side of Kepe Eses's head but Kepe Eses sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ryan throws a jab when Kepe Eses was well out of range.
Ryan blocks a head kick by Kepe Eses.
Kepe Eses cracks the inside of Ryan's front leg.
Kepe Eses scores with a jab to the body.
A cross from Kepe Eses lands.
Kepe Eses is looking to land body kicks.
Ryan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ryan.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ryan checks a low kick from Kepe Eses.
A swing and a miss from Ryan.
Kepe Eses displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ryan throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Syezd Kepe Eses dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jake Ryan'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.
Ryan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ryan misses with a straight right.
Kepe Eses pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ryan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ryan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ryan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ryan misses with a wild body shot.
Ryan misses with a wild body shot.
Kepe Eses digs a good hook to Ryan's body.
Ryan checks a leg kick nicely.
Kepe Eses misses with a kick to the body.
Ryan misses with a looping right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ryan is looking to chop away at Kepe Eses's legs.
Ryan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kepe Eses on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ryan misses with a right hand
and Kepe Eses counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kepe Eses misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ryan.
Ryan misses with a left hand
and Kepe Eses counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ryan thinking.
Ryan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ryan will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Kepe Eses ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ryan throws a leg kick
and Kepe Eses counters with a low kick, right behind Ryan 's knee.
Kepe Eses slips under a jab from Ryan.
Ryan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kepe Eses.
Good shot there by Kepe Eses.
A head kick misses from Kepe Eses.
Ryan throws a nice inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ryan tried to score with a low kick but Kepe Eses checks it.
Kepe Eses tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kepe Eses attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kepe Eses uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ryan.
Jake Ryan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kepe Eses thows a body shot but no joy.
Ryan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ryan lands a nice looking body shot.
Kepe Eses keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ryan throws a shot to the body.
Kepe Eses is breathing heavily.
Kepe Eses misses with a two punch combination.
Kepe Eses throws a head kick that misses.
Ryan blocks a head kick by Kepe Eses.
Ryan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kepe Eses moves away from the strike by Ryan.
Ryan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kepe Eses on the side of the head.
Kepe Eses looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ryan.
Donk. Ryan catches Kepe Eses right on the button with a cross.
Ryan scores with a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan lands a nice looking body shot.
Ryan dips to his left and cracks Kepe Eses with an uppercut!
An inside leg kick lands from Ryan.
Ryan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kepe Eses moves out of range as Ryan strikes.
A leg kick checked by Ryan.
Ryan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kepe Eses misses with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ryan lands with an uppercut that bounces Kepe Eses off the cage and back into range.
Kepe Eses takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kepe Eses is rocked!
Ryan lands a body shot.
Kepe Eses is still on wobbly legs! Can Ryan finish him?
Ryan weaves into range and cracks Kepe Eses right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Kepe Eses goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Ryan is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jake Ryan!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Jake Ryan made sure he mentioned RAW Nutrition Recovery *159 : 60$ * , along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between High Voltage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Ives (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ives has chosen Fort Minor - Remember the Name as his entrance music. Johnny Ives has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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32
222 lbs
24 - 9 - 2 |
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287 lbs
20 - 4 - 3 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, High Voltage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 4 - 3, fighting out of London, Johnny Ives!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voltage explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ives doesn't manage to clinch there - Voltage circles away.
Voltage on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Voltage with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ives throws a front kick aimed at Voltage's knee but Voltage avoids it well.
Voltage lands a nice looking body kick.
Voltage looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ives scores with a hook.
A combination from Voltage does no damage.
Voltage throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ives counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A clash of legs there as Ives blocks the low kick.
Ives tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Voltage paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Voltage just misses with a punch to the body.
Ives is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ives tries to land a body kick
letting Voltage counter with a right hand.
Voltage lands a nice looking kick to the body. Ives takes a step back to recover.
Ives lands a nice looking body kick.
Ives tries to close the distance and clinch but Voltage swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voltage will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Voltage misses with a kick to the body.
Ives tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Voltage manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ives gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Voltage breaks from the clinch.
Voltage avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ives missing with a left hand there. Voltage was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Voltage. That's going to slow Ives down.
Voltage looks to score with a jab to the body but Ives is just out of range.
Ives moves away from the strike by Voltage.
Voltage with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ives takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ives wants to clinch.
Voltage staying out of range there.
Ives pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voltage drives through and clinches with Ives against the cage.
Ives lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Voltage tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Voltage missing with knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ives tries to land knees in the clinch but Voltage avoids the damage to the body.
Voltage throws an elbow but it misses.
Voltage has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Voltage is looking to break free of the clinch but Ives has double underhooks.
Ives avoids a wild elbow strike from Voltage.
Ives is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Voltage is keeping busy.
Voltage avoiding damage as Ives throws knees to the body.
Ives lands a nice shot to the body.
Ives tries a body shot but Voltage blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ives throws an elbow but misses.
Voltage taking a breather.
Voltage misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ives landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ives has a couple of punches blocked by Voltage.
Ives misses with a punch on the inside.
Ives lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ives.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ives stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ives.
Voltage misses with a body punch.
Ives scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ives.
Voltage misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ives missing with knees to the body.
Ives prevents a body shot from Voltage.
Ives digs a right hand into Voltage's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Voltage's gas tank.
Voltage is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Voltage tries to throw a body punch but Ives avoids it by throwing Voltage back against the cage.
Ives blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ives keeps control of Voltage as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voltage misses with some punches.
Voltage tries to work over Ives's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Voltage takes a shot to the head.
Voltage is trying to maintain a safe position but Ives gets an underhook and turns Voltage into the cage.
Ives is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Voltage is defending well for now.
Still in the clinch, Ives scores with a nice short uppercut.
Voltage pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ives struggles to land a body shot inside as Voltage controls his hands.
Ives throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Voltage misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ives misses with an elbow strike.
Ives cracks Voltage with a nice body shot.
Ives tries to land knees in the clinch but Voltage avoids the damage to the body.
Voltage blocks a body shot from Ives.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Ives.
Ives goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Voltage misses with a punch to the body.
Ives avoids the elbow strike from Voltage, against the cage.
Voltage misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Ives dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Voltage throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ives connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A swing and a miss from Ives.
Voltage avoids a kick to the body.
Ives throws a big shot that misses.
Voltage lands with a kick to the temple. Ives shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ives throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ives tries to clinch up but Voltage circles away and keeps his distance.
Ives tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Voltage manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ives is looking to clinch but Voltage is avoiding it.
Ives keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ives ducks under a wild hook from Voltage.
Voltage throws a wild body kick that Ives sees coming a mile off.
Ives will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donk. Ives catches Voltage right on the button with a cross.
Ives misses with a wild combination.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ives throws a jab but it's blocked by Voltage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ives keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big right from Ives misses.
Voltage lands a nice hook to Ives's body. Ives takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Voltage rushes Ives and presses him up against the cage.
Voltage misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ives struggles to land a body shot inside as Voltage controls his hands.
Voltage escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnny Ives seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Voltage.
Ives tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Voltage was well out of range. Poor timing from Ives.
A solid body kick from Ives.
Voltage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ives.
High Voltage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ives throws out a loose jab but Voltage uses good head movement to avoid it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Ives in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Ives misses with a body kick.
Voltage cracks Ives with a good jab.
Voltage thuds his shin into the meat of Ives's side.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ives misses with a wild body shot.
High Voltage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Voltage as he checks the leg kick.
Voltage lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Voltage.
Ives closes the distance and clinches.
Ives on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short left from Ives.
Voltage lands a knee to the body.
Ives prevents Voltage from breaking the clinch.
Ives avoiding damage as Voltage throws knees to the body.
Ives blocking some punches.
Ives struggles to land a body shot inside as Voltage controls his hands.
Voltage misses with a punch to the body.
Voltage tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ives working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ives blocks a body shot from Voltage.
Voltage misses with a punch to the body.
Ives tries to work over Voltage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ives struggles to land a body shot inside as Voltage controls his hands.
Ives blocking some punches.
Voltage lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Voltage is trying to break the clinch but Ives has him pressed against the cage.
Voltage working hard to break the clinch.
Ives pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ives blocks a body shot from Voltage.
Voltage is leaning against Ives and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ives blocks an elbow strike from Voltage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Voltage.
Voltage misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ives.
Ives blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ives misses with a punch on the inside.
Ives lands a nice elbow.
It looks like High Voltage has been cut.
Voltage misses with some punches.
Ives's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Ives.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ives keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ives cracks Voltage with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nice shot lands for Ives.
Voltage scores with a jab.
Ives slips a jab from Voltage.
Ives instigates a clinch.
Ives struggles to land a body shot inside as Voltage controls his hands.
Voltage works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Voltage tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Voltage throws a head punch that misses.
A short uppercut from Voltage.
Johnny Ives seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ives misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Voltage tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ives lands an uppercut.
Ives misses with an elbow strike.
Voltage tries to throw a body punch but Ives avoids it by throwing Voltage back against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Johnny Ives.
Well Ives 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 18:20
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 18:20
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 18:20
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Ives!
As Johnny Ives got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: What?! Did I win? I've been so punished I thought it was yet another DRAW :>'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Dignam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viljo Laine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dignam's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Ruler's Back. Tyler Dignam had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
33 - 11 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyler Dignam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Viljo Laine!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laine lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dignam at a distance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Laine.
Dignam looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Laine looks to score with a jab to the body but Dignam is just out of range.
Dignam fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Laine has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Laine gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Dignam holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Laine is trying to maintain a safe position but Dignam gets an underhook and turns Laine into the cage.
Laine breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dignam fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dignam feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Laine's calf.
Laine tries to land a leg kick but Dignam saw it coming and moves away.
Dignam blocks a head kick by Laine.
Laine connects with a leg kick. Dignam looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laine with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine lands a leg kick that knocks Dignam off balance momentarily.
Dignam ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Good work by Dignam as he checks the leg kick.
Dignam avoids a punch combination nicely.
Laine fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dignam looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A head kick misses from Laine.
Laine throws a low kick but Dignam avoids it.
Laine throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Dignam counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dignam fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Laine looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dignam throws a hook but Laine blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Dignam tenderised Laine's leg. Laine is trying to keep his angry face on.
Laine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dignam.
Laine moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dignam pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dignam lands a big right hand that sends Laine crashing to the mat! Dignam stays standing though and waves Laine back to his feet!
It looks like Viljo Laine has been cut.
Dignam throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Laine counters with a body kick that stops Dignam in his tracks momentarily.
Laine throws a hook to the side of Dignam's head but Dignam sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dignam misses with a head kick.
Laine bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dignam's head backwards.
Dignam scores with a jab to the body.
Dignam cracks the inside of Laine's front leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dignam tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A right-left combo lands from Laine.
Dignam misses with a two punch combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dignam. Laine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Laine connects with a leg kick. Dignam looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dignam scores with a jab to the body.
Dignam scores with a nice body kick.
Laine looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laine takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dignam lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Dignam scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dignam has Laine up against the cage in a clinch.
Dignam lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Laine wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dignam has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Laine tries to break the clinch but Dignam is controlling the position.
Dignam lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dignam lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dignam misses with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Dignam as the two fighters clinch.
Laine wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dignam lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dignam's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dignam cracks Laine with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dignam instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyler Dignam dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Viljo Laine's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Laine checks a leg kick nicely.
Dignam moves out of range of the strikes.
Dignam misses with a left hand
and Laine counters with a low kick, right behind Dignam 's knee.
Dignam pivots, looking for a leg kick but Laine is out of range and Dignam settles back down.
Dignam lands with a shot to the body.
Dignam connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dignam delivers a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laine avoids the body shot from Dignam.
Dignam takes the fight into the clinch.
Laine misses with a hook to the ribs.
Laine is breathing heavily.
Dignam scores with a shot to the side of Laine's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dignam tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dignam lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Laine's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dignam digs a right hand into Laine's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Laine's gas tank.
Dignam dips a shoulder and cracks Laine with a mighty uppercut! Laine falls back against the cage and Dignam unloads with a barrage of strikes! Laine is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Dignam screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyler Dignam!
An out of breath Tyler Dignam 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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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Bomb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bomb might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Casino Royale Soundtrack - You Know My Name. The crowd seem to be enjoying Ortiz's choice of entrance music: I am a real American. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
40 - 14 - 6, fighting out of Helsinki, James Bomb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Randy Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortiz lands a nice shot to the body.
Bomb is looking to land body kicks.
Ortiz works Bomb's body with a nice hook.
Ortiz thows a leg kick but Bomb checks it
and Bomb counters with a one-two to the body.
Bomb on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bomb pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ortiz lands the left hand.
Ortiz fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bomb sprawls well initially but Ortiz persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Ortiz thows a huge punch but Bomb dodges it nicely.
Ground and pound from Ortiz.
Ortiz throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ortiz is just content to waste time from the top position. Bomb takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Ortiz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz looking to pass the guard.
Ortiz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bomb looking for a sweep. Not yet Bomb, not yet.
Ortiz is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Ortiz won't allow Bomb to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bomb looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Ortiz puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz stalling.
Ortiz is thwarting Bomb's attempts to control the position.
Ortiz not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ortiz is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ortiz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bomb.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bomb - that will leave a mark!
Bomb throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ortiz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Good exchange - Ortiz coming out on top.
A punch combination from Ortiz misses.
Bomb avoids the head kick by Ortiz.
Ortiz throws a lazy uppercut
and Bomb counters with a series of strikes. Ortiz will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ortiz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ortiz throws a low kick but Bomb moves out of range easily.
Bomb lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice defenses there by Ortiz.
Bomb drops Ortiz with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Ortiz looks back up at him and smiles so Bomb waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Ortiz is rocked!
Bomb lands a nice looking body kick.
Ortiz is still on wobbly legs! Can Bomb finish him?
Ortiz looks winded!
A slapping body kick lands there for Bomb.
Ortiz seems to have recovered his senses.
That kick from Bomb tenderised Ortiz's leg. Ortiz is trying to keep his angry face on.
James Bomb is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bomb.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bomb.
Bomb cracks the inside of Ortiz's front leg.
Bomb catches Ortiz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A head kick misses from Ortiz.
Ortiz blocks a head kick by Bomb.
Ortiz moves forwards but Bomb connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bomb feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ortiz's calf.
Bomb keeps Ortiz at a distance using the push kick.
Bomb lands a big right hand that sends Ortiz crashing to the mat! Bomb stays standing though and waves Ortiz back to his feet!
Ortiz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bomb catches Ortiz with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Ortiz forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). James Bomb!
Our winner, James Bomb, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Colton Trayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie McGregor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGregor comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bloc Party - Flux kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
42 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Colton Trayne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Charlie McGregor!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trayne scores with a one two! McGregor had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
McGregor throws out a loose jab but Trayne uses good head movement to avoid it.
McGregor lunges at Trayne with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Trayne's hand.
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!
Trayne checks the leg kick.
Trayne with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Trayne lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Trayne.
McGregor throws a low kick, looking for Trayne's leg but Trayne calmly moves out of range.
Trayne looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Colton Trayne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trayne scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Trayne takes a swing at McGregor's ribcage but misses.
McGregor throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
McGregor takes a head kick and keeps coming.
McGregor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Trayne tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McGregor on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGregor with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Trayne to score with a decent uppercut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Trayne.
Trayne slips a jab from McGregor.
McGregor looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Trayne is fending him off so far but McGregor persists. Nope, Trayne circles away and we're back to standing.
McGregor bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Trayne's head.
McGregor jabs Trayne right on the nose. Trayne blinks but takes it well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGregor lands a jab to the nose.
McGregor throws a series of punches but Trayne avoids them all with ease.
McGregor throws a head kick that misses.
Trayne wants to clinch.
McGregor takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Trayne scores with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trayne connects with a jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Trayne 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 McGregor has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from McGregor and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A chopping leg kick lands by Trayne.
McGregor closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Trayne quickly recovers to half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Trayne trying to control from the bottom.
McGregor working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Trayne's thigh. Trayne counters though and makes it back to full guard.
McGregor working some strikes from top position.
Trayne keeping full guard, as McGregor tries to pass.
Trayne not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Trayne working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from McGregor.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGregor tries to free his leg and advance position but Trayne is retaining full guard.
McGregor is pushing down on Trayne's leg trying to pass to half guard. Trayne is fighting to maintain full guard but McGregor has managed to sneak the leg through.
McGregor thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Trayne's head.
McGregor throws a strike but Trayne avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
McGregor looking to pass the guard.
McGregor missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
McGregor passes easily into side control. Nice work.
McGregor cracks Trayne with a big elbow.
Trayne is trying to get back to half guard.
McGregor has knee on belly and moves into mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGregor sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGregor throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
McGregor landing punches.
McGregor misses with a head shot.
Trayne tries to lock up and control but McGregor gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
McGregor working Trayne over with strikes here.
Trayne is rocked!
McGregor punching from mount but Trayne doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Oh Trayne is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McGregor punishing his opponent with strikes.
McGregor throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McGregor postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Trayne looks a forlorn figure.
You get the feeling that Trayne really doesn't like being in this position too much.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charlie McGregor dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Trayne throws a solid leg kick but McGregor takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Trayne.
Trayne seems to have got his legs back now.
Colton Trayne is winning the standup battle so far.
McGregor shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
McGregor looks to land a strike but Trayne avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
McGregor sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Trayne's guard.
McGregor has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
McGregor thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
McGregor throwing shots but Trayne is blocking nicely.
McGregor tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Trayne.
McGregor wants to work for an arm triangle but Trayne is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
McGregor tries to pass to full mount but Trayne defends it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGregor stops Trayne from getting back to his feet.
McGregor wants to pass to mount but Trayne is defending the position.
Charlie McGregor has got the better of the ground game so far.
McGregor prevents Trayne from standing back up.
McGregor lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
McGregor trying to mount his opponent but Trayne defends it.
McGregor is looking for a kimura but Trayne is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for McGregor to get the leverage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McGregor sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Trayne defending well though.
Colton Trayne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGregor is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Trayne reverses the position - he's now on top in McGregor's guard.
McGregor wants to sweep but no luck.
Trayne trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Trayne being controlled here momentarily.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Colton Trayne.
Trayne is looking to clinch.
McGregor has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGregor fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Trayne to the ground. McGregor is now in Trayne's guard.
McGregor is pushing down on Trayne's leg trying to pass to half guard. Trayne is fighting to maintain full guard but McGregor has managed to sneak the leg through.
McGregor is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
McGregor looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
McGregor not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGregor not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Charlie McGregor is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Trayne makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
This has been an exciting period of action!
McGregor misses with a hook. Trayne ducked under it nicely.
McGregor throws a nice inside leg kick.
Colton Trayne is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McGregor gets a double leg takedown into Trayne's guard.
McGregor wants to control from the top but Trayne keeps moving.
McGregor wants to pass the guard but Trayne is keeping the position.
McGregor stands and throws Trayne's legs to the side, diving into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McGregor throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Trayne works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
McGregor is nestled in close to Trayne, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charlie McGregor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think McGregor 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 18:20
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 18:20
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 18:20
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charlie McGregor!
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