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TWD Aggression 19 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Fernando Balestra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Macena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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135 lbs
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145 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fernando Balestra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Macena!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Macena moves in looking to clinch but Balestra pushes him off.
Macena throws a head kick that misses.
Macena displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Balestra.
Sloppy strikes from Macena. Those never looked like landing.
Balestra throws a low kick, looking for Macena's leg but Macena calmly moves out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Macena.
Balestra is rocked!
Macena stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Macena wants it to stay on the feet.
Oh Balestra is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Balestra really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Macena tries to close the distance and clinch up but Balestra swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Balestra throws a low kick but Macena moves out of range easily.
Balestra seems to have got his legs back now.
Balestra drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Macena tries to bench press Balestra off him but Balestra keeps the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Balestra controlling the position from side mount.
Balestra decides to stand up, so the ref orders Macena to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Macena tries to clinch up but Balestra circles away and keeps his distance.
Balestra displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Macena.
Balestra tries to clinch up but Macena circles away and keeps his distance.
Balestra drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
An elbow from Balestra crashes against the mat.
Balestra stands up.
Macena moves in looking to clinch but Balestra pushes him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macena dives in and grabs Balestra's left leg, looking for a takedown. Balestra pushes down on Macena's head and hops out.
Macena tries to clinch but Balestra moves away
and Balestra counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Macena!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Macena is in a horrible position here. Balestra smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Balestra can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Macena is looking to escape.
Balestra looking to control and managing it successfully.
Balestra working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macena looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Macena is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Balestra off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Balestra is looking for the choke from the back position but Macena is controlling his hands well.
Balestra is hanging on to Macena's back as he tries to escape.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Balestra controlling the positon.
Balestra's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balestra is landing with strikes from the back.
Macena holding both Balestra 's hands and preventing any damage.
Macena is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Macena looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fernando Balestra dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Macena gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Macena wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Balestra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Macena avoids it.
Macena lands a nice elbow.
Macena manages to break the clinch.
Macena instigates a clinch.
Macena drops down looking for an ankle pick but Balestra pulls his leg out and moves away.
Macena looks to clinch
and Balestra counters by moving into the clinch.
Balestra jumps into guard, dragging Macena to the mat.
Macena trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Macena got a little sloppy there for a moment and Balestra has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Macena has managed to get both his arms back between Balestra's legs - danger averted.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Macena preventing the sweep.
Macena stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Balestra throws up his legs and catches Macena in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Macena tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Balestra! That came out of nowhere!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Fernando Balestra!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jim Gold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Helms (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carlos Helms is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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186 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jim Gold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Helms!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Seu Braga and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Helms blocks a head kick by Gold.
Gold misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gold fails to land the takedown.
Some wild striking there from Gold.
Gold lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Helms circles away quickly and effectively.
No luck for Gold with that takedown attempt.
Helms displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gold.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jim Gold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Helms thuds a left hand into Gold's body.
Nice takedown defense from Helms. No joy for Gold on that attempt.
Gold is breathing heavily.
Gold misses with a takedown
and Helms counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Helms leaves Gold with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jim Gold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Helms throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gold stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Carlos Helms is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Helms punishes Gold's body with a nice straight punch.
Helms swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gold takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Helms throws a right hand that Gold ducks under and follows up with a left that Gold also avoids with ease.
Helms lands the left hand.
Gold throws a sloppy head kick and Helms moves out of range easily.
Helms dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gold takes one on the chin but seems OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Helms throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gold stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Helms scores with a nice head shot.
Helms with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gold moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A jab from Helms does it's job there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helms lands a jab to Gold's midsection.
Gold doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Helms darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Helms scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gold doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice uppercut there from Helms.
Helms ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Helms dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Helms digs a good hook to Gold's body.
Gold walks into a stiff left hand from Helms.
Helms works Gold's body with a nice hook.
Some wild striking there from Helms.
Helms rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gold moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Helms keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helms wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Helms lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Gold is rocked!
Helms fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Helms misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Helms finds it's way through Gold's defenses.
Helms throws a combination. Gold tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Helms fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Helms throws a right hand that Gold ducks under and follows up with a left that Gold also avoids with ease.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Helms connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gold. Gold circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Danga de danga de dang - Helms scores with a four punch combination!
Oh Gold is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Helms cracks Gold with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Helms works Gold's body with a nice hook.
Helms cracks Gold on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Gold falls backwards against the cage. Helms follows up with more strikes that drop Gold to his knees. Helms keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Gold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carlos Helms!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ban Dit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randall White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Company Flow – 8 Steps To Perfection. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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190 lbs
4 - 5 - 0 |
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Basic striking
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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
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ban Dit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Randall White!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dit throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.
Dit misses with a few strikes there.
Dit tries to score a power double leg takedown but White sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Dit somewhat.
White throws a head kick but Dit moves out of range.
White blocks a jab.
White tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dit manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dit fails with the takedown.
White fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
White darts in trying to clinch
enabling Dit to counter with a crisp jab.
Dit misses with a two punch combination.
Dit drops White with a left right combo! Dit follows him down to the ground into side control.
White is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A lull in the action here as Dit stalls from top position.
White is still in real trouble! Can Dit finish him?
Dit lands a nice forearm strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
White seems to have recovered his senses.
White prevents Dit from improving position.
Dit is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but White is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
White is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Dit scores with punches from side control.
White is looking to regain half guard here but Dit keeps moving and retains side control.
Dit with the ground and pound but White regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White is trying to stand.
Dit is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Dit seems to be working for a kimura but White defends the submission attempt.
White on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dit frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
White in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dit connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Dit working away from the top, dropping strikes.
White is rocked!
Dit lands a big shot to the head and White winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ban Dit!
Ban Dit thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Timbarlake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Owen Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rose has chosen Breaking Benjamin - Bulls On Parade as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Basic striking
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Timbarlake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Owen Rose!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Timbarlake throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rose's waist but Rose gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Timbarlake off to one side.
Timbarlake looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Rose gets the takedown into side control.
Rose scores with punches from side control.
Rose lands some shots froms side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rose tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Rose working the body and head with strikes.
Timbarlake on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Timbarlake tries to get out of the position.
Rose lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Rose lands an elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rose working away.
Rose scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Timbarlake to see if he's OK.
Rose works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Rose working the ground and pound.
Timbarlake takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Rose working the body and head with strikes.
Rose looks up at the clock and then as Timbarlake takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Rose smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Rose landing strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose working the head and body with strikes.
Timbarlake is rocked!
Rose scores with a couple of short elbows.
Oh Timbarlake is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rose working the ground and pound.
Rose lands a strong strike to the head of Timbarlake. That's dazed him! Rose looking to finish here. Timbarlake is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Rose lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Owen Rose!
A victorious Owen Rose thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Victor Kang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wiz Khalifa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khalifa has chosen young wild and free as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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160 lbs
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170 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor Kang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wiz Khalifa!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Matheus Silva and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khalifa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kang moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kang with a nice cross.
Kang pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Victor Kang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kang darts in and clinches Khalifa up against the cage.
Khalifa lands a nice elbow.
Khalifa scores with a shot to the side of Kang's head.
Kang landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kang blocks the elbow strike.
Kang throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khalifa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kang tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khalifa avoids it.
Kang crunches a lovely knee into Khalifa's ribcage.
Kang is trying to force a seperation but Khalifa has the dominant position.
Kang throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khalifa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Kang.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kang'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.
Khalifa throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalifa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kang blocks an elbow strike from Khalifa.
Khalifa throws an elbow but it misses.
Khalifa throws an elbow that misses.
Kang blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khalifa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kang dodges an elbow strike from Khalifa.
Khalifa misses with an elbow strike.
Kang blocks an elbow strike.
Kang lands a good knee to the midsection. Khalifa won't want to take too many of those.
Kang breaks the clinch.
Kang throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Khalifa counters with a one-two to the body.
Kang throws a right and a left that both miss.
Khalifa moves into the clinch.
Kang blocks the elbow strike.
Kang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khalifa moves into the clinch.
Kang breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khalifa looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kang is fending him off so far but Khalifa persists. Nope, Kang circles away and we're back to standing.
Khalifa rushes Kang and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Khalifa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Khalifa swings wildly with an uppercut but Kang uses good head movement to avoid it.
A shot in the inside from Kang.
Kang breaks from the clinch.
Kang scores with a jab to the body.
Kang throws a right hand that misses
and Khalifa counters with a series of strikes. Kang will be more careful next time no doubt.
Khalifa scores with a decent looking hook.
Kang throws a right and a left that both miss.
Khalifa's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kang under the eye.
Kang misses the jab.
Khalifa moves into the clinch successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalifa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Khalifa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kang misses with a knee strike.
Kang comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kang tries to land knees in the clinch but Khalifa avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Khalifa.
Khalifa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kang putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Khalifa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Khalifa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Khalifa throws an elbow that misses.
Khalifa takes an elbow to the temple.
Khalifa managing to block the knees to the body from Kang.
Kang lands a good knee to the midsection. Khalifa won't want to take too many of those.
Khalifa lands an elbow that stopped Kang in his tracks for a moment.
Kang avoids a wild elbow strike from Khalifa.
Kang avoids the elbow strike from Khalifa, against the cage.
Kang blocks an elbow strike.
Kang using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Khalifa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khalifa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kang is keeping busy.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Khalifa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kang's brow.
Khalifa pushes off an throws an elbow but Kang leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kang gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Khalifa lands an elbow just above Kang 's eye.
Khalifa misses with a punch on the inside.
Kang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kang tests Khalifa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Khalifa pushes Kang up against the cage in a clinch.
Khalifa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Come on Kang - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kang pushes off an throws an elbow but Khalifa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kang landing knees to the head.
Kang blocks an elbow strike from Khalifa.
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 Victor Kang will probably get the nod.
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.
Kang moves into range and clinches up with Khalifa.
Khalifa is looking to control Kang's arms but Kang gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khalifa has his back to the cage.
Kang landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kang is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khalifa is defending well for now.
Khalifa gets through Kang's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Khalifa looking to slow down the pace here.
Kang takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kang creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khalifa's defenses.
Kang dodges an elbow strike from Khalifa.
Khalifa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khalifa pushes off an throws an elbow but Kang leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kang takes an elbow to the temple.
Kang working Khalifa over with knees to the body.
Kang's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khalifa moves into the clinch successfully.
Kang blocks an elbow strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khalifa dodges an elbow strike from Kang.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khalifa.
Khalifa throws a punch but it's blocked by Kang.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kang just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khalifa's brow.
Victor Kang has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Khalifa throws an elbow but it misses.
Kang dodges an elbow strike from Khalifa.
Kang connects with a knee to the head.
Kang gets through Khalifa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Khalifa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kang's efforts to push away.
Khalifa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kang lands a nice elbow.
Kang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Good exchange - Kang coming out on top.
Khalifa misses with the combination.
Khalifa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Khalifa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kang pushes Khalifa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kang escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khalifa closes the distance and pushes Kang back into the cage.
Khalifa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Khalifa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kang backwards.
Khalifa lands a damaging elbow.
Khalifa stalling in the clinch but Kang improves position.
Kang tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khalifa avoids it.
Kang gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kang avoids a wild elbow strike from Khalifa.
Khalifa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kang lands a knee to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Khalifa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kang's brow.
Kang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khalifa throws a right hand that Kang ducks under and follows up with a left that Kang also avoids with ease.
Khalifa staying out of range there.
Khalifa moves into range and clinches up with Kang.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Khalifa throws an elbow but misses.
Kang avoids the elbow strike from Khalifa, against the cage.
Khalifa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kang avoids a wild elbow strike from Khalifa.
Khalifa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kang creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khalifa's defenses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kang lands a nice knee to the body.
Kang landing knees to the body.
Kang trying to land knees to the body.
Khalifa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kang's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kang misses with a few strikes there.
Kang drives through and clinches with Khalifa against the cage.
Khalifa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Khalifa avoiding damage as Kang throws knees to the body.
Kang tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khalifa's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalifa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kang blocking some punches.
Kang comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kang lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kang unloads a knee to the mid-section. Khalifa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Khalifa lands a nice elbow.
Khalifa throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kang just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khalifa's brow.
Kang dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice defenses there by Khalifa.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good exchange - Khalifa coming out on top.
Nice body punch from Kang.
Khalifa closes the distance and clinches.
Khalifa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Victor Kang will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Kang connects with a looping right hand.
Khalifa gets a clinch.
Khalifa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Khalifa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kang.
Kang escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khalifa forces Kang back against the cage and clinches.
Kang wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Khalifa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kang escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khalifa clinches with his opponent.
Kang misses with an elbow strike.
Khalifa throws an elbow that misses.
Khalifa misses with an elbow strike.
Khalifa misses with an elbow over the top.
Kang breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kang cracks Khalifa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Victor Kang is winning the standup battle so far.
Kang closes the distance and pushes Khalifa back into the cage.
Kang crunches a lovely knee into Khalifa's ribcage.
Kang missing with knees to the body.
Khalifa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kang avoids the elbow strike from Khalifa, against the cage.
Khalifa is looking to control Kang's arms but Kang gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khalifa has his back to the cage.
Kang landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Khalifa looking to stall.
Khalifa throws an elbow but it misses.
Khalifa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kang backwards.
Khalifa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kang manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Khalifa does no damage.
Khalifa moves into the clinch.
Kang's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A swing and a miss from Kang.
Khalifa has closed the distance and engaged Kang in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kang lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khalifa.
Kang escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khalifa throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kang closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Khalifa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Khalifa has a couple of punches blocked by Kang.
Kang manages to break the clinch.
Kang gets tackled into the cage by Khalifa. Khalifa maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Khalifa fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalifa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Khalifa.
Kang scores with a shot to the side of Khalifa's head.
Kang pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Khalifa blocks an elbow strike from Kang.
Kang blocks an elbow strike from Khalifa.
Khalifa throws an elbow that misses.
Khalifa working aggressively here.
Kang lands a nice knee to the body.
Kang is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Khalifa misses with an elbow strike.
Kang avoids the elbow strike from Khalifa, against the cage.
Kang is leaning against Khalifa and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Khalifa misses with an elbow over the top.
Khalifa throws an elbow that misses.
Kang throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khalifa lands a damaging elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kang.
Kang lands a body punch.
Khalifa lands an elbow just above Kang 's eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khalifa stalling in the clinch but Kang improves position.
Kang blocks the elbow strike.
Kang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kang closes the distance and clinches.
Khalifa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khalifa clinches with his opponent.
Kang avoids the elbow strike from Khalifa, against the cage.
Khalifa lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kang as Khalifa tries to tie him up.
Wiz Khalifa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Victor Kang is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Khalifa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Wiz Khalifa.
Well Kang has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Kang!
After winning the bout, Victor Kang thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mister Chicletinho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ed Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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28
179 lbs
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185 lbs
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mister Chicletinho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ed Alves!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Matheus Silva and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves feints and as Chicletinho raises his hands in defense, Alves changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Chicletinho looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Alves stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Chicletinho swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Chicletinho keeping moving, preventing Alves from controlling successfully.
Alves avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Alves wants to pass the guard but Chicletinho is keeping the position.
Alves wants to get up but he can't break Chicletinho's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Chicletinho can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Alves controls the pace.
Alves trying to control but Chicletinho is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Ed Alves.
Alves looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Chicletinho!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alves wants to control the pace but Chicletinho is squirming around nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves controlling from the full mount.
Chicletinho is looking to improve his position but Alves isn't that keen on the idea.
Chicletinho sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Alves decides to return to a standing position.
Alves shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Chicletinho is trying to defend but Alves finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Ground and pound from Alves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves drops an elbow to the side of Chicletinho's head.
Alves is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chicletinho actively working from the bottom here.
Alves trying to control the pace.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Ed Alves hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Alves darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Chicletinho to stand up.
Alves shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Chicletinho is trying to defend but Alves finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Alves is controlling the pace.
Chicletinho is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Alves pulls his head out easily.
Chicletinho is in trouble now - Alves has advanced to mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chicletinho is bucking up trying to escape but Alves cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Alves punishing his opponent with strikes.
Chicletinho is trying to escape the mount.
Alves punishing his opponent with strikes.
Alves content just to control the position here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alves pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Alves postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Chicletinho looks a forlorn figure.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alves looking to control and managing it successfully.
Chicletinho slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ed Alves dominated that round.
That's time! Chicletinho's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Alves tries to clinch up but Chicletinho circles away and keeps his distance.
Alves looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Alves trying to control but Chicletinho is working from the bottom.
Alves wanted to stand there but Chicletinho had control of the position.
Chicletinho keeping full guard, as Alves tries to pass.
Alves throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Chicletinho has a closed guard, preventing Alves from standing up.
Chicletinho keeping moving, preventing Alves from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Ed Alves was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Alves moves in looking to clinch but Chicletinho pushes him off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Alves with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Alves is trying to work for a kimura but Chicletinho is defending well.
Alves throwing shots but Chicletinho is blocking nicely.
Chicletinho actively working from the bottom here.
Alves looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Chicletinho with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Alves wants to take a breather but Chicletinho is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chicletinho is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Alves pulls his head out easily.
Ed Alves has got the better of the ground game so far.
Alves is trying to control. Chicletinho wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Alves content to control rather than advance.
Alves trying to control the action but Chicletinho is working from the bottom.
Alves wants to stand but Chicletinho has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Chicletinho makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Chicletinho.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chicletinho working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Alves doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Alves manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Alves seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Alves wants to pass the guard but Chicletinho is keeping the position.
Alves trying to control the position from guard on top but Chicletinho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ed Alves has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Alves shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Chicletinho manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Chicletinho looking for subs off his back but Alves has passed one foot through into half guard.
Chicletinho is not content to let Alves control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Alves wants to stand up but Chicletinho is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ed Alves showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Chicletinho closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Alves did well to prevent Chicletinho getting side control.
Alves is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Chicletinho pulls his head out easily.
Alves works his way to full guard. Good work.
Alves is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Chicletinho defends well.
Alves has his feet on Chicletinho's thighs here. He's pushed Chicletinho off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Chicletinho screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ed Alves!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Algenir Aguiar De Mira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Markus Serdal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Algenir Aguiar De Mira has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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185 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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170 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Algenir Aguiar De Mira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Markus Serdal!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Luis Engracia and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aguiar De Mira misses with the combination.
Serdal ducks right into an uppercut from Aguiar De Mira.
Serdal rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Aguiar De Mira moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Serdal throws a series of punches but Aguiar De Mira avoids them all with ease.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Serdal.
Serdal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Aguiar De Mira.
Aguiar De Mira throws a sloppy head kick and Serdal moves out of range easily.
Algenir Aguiar De Mira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aguiar De Mira misses with a jab, cross combination.
Serdal has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Aguiar De Mira.
Serdal looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aguiar De Mira with a nice cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aguiar De Mira scores with a crisp jab that stopped Serdal in his tracks.
Serdal takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Aguiar De Mira throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Aguiar De Mira! Serdal is out on his feet! Aguiar De Mira rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Serdal is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Serdal is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Algenir Aguiar De Mira!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Aze Gori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan Mutch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jordan Mutch has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Aze Gori's chin.
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22
155 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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154 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aze Gori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jordan Mutch!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Luis Engracia and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mutch uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gori.
Mutch throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gori gets tackled into the cage by Mutch. Mutch maintains the clinch.
Mutch has hold of one of Gori's legs. Gori is fighting the takedown attempt but Mutch gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Gori working a defensive guard here.
Mutch preventing the sweep.
Mutch wants to pass the guard but Gori is keeping the position.
Mutch forces his way into half guard.
Mutch lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Mutch trying to control the action but Gori is working from the bottom.
Mutch is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gori has hold of Mutch's hands but Mutch slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gori wants to sweep but Mutch has passed to side control!
Gori is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gori is letting Mutch control him for a moment.
Mutch lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Mutch lands an elbow.
Mutch tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Mutch has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Mutch wants to control but Gori is keeping him busy.
Mutch scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Gori to see if he's OK.
Gori looking for a sweep but Mutch has passed into full mount! Oh no!
The referee warns Gori that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Gori is rocked!
The referee warns Gori that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Oh Gori is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mutch cracks Gori with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jordan Mutch!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Redmond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Pereira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Lucas Pereira enters the cage!
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145 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nathan Redmond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucas Pereira!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redmond tries to clinch but Pereira moves out of range.
Pereira missing with a left hand there. Redmond was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pereira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Redmond throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pereira's waist but Pereira gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Redmond off to one side.
Redmond is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Redmond as Pereira tries to tie him up.
Pereira lands a right hand.
Pereira has a couple of punches blocked by Redmond.
Redmond blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pereira misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pereira.
Redmond using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pereira has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Pereira.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pereira scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pereira holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Pereira fails to land.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Redmond as Pereira tries to tie him up.
Redmond tries a body shot but Pereira blocks it.
Redmond blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pereira misses with a hook from the clinch.
Redmond blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pereira tries to stall but Redmond uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Redmond wants a takedown.
Redmond blocks an uppercut.
Redmond missing with knees to the body.
Redmond breaks from the clinch.
Pereira tries to close the distance and clinch but Redmond swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redmond tries to clinch up.
Nice shot by Pereira.
Redmond misses with a body shot
and Pereira counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Redmond tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pereira paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pereira fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pereira keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathan Redmond. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pereira gets tackled into the cage by Redmond. Redmond maintains the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Redmond wants the takedown. Pereira is fighting it off but Redmond persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Pereira's guard against the cage.
Redmond loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pereira is trying to control the position but Redmond postures up.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Pereira can do anything to dispel that myth.
Pereira is adopting a defensive guard.
Pereira 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 three minutes gone in the round.
Redmond trying to control but Pereira is working from the bottom.
Redmond postures up.
Lucas Pereira has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Pereira blocks a head kick by Redmond.
Redmond circles away from the clinch attempt
and Redmond decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Pereira's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Redmond throwing strikes but missing.
Redmond pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pereira is keeping the position for now.
Pereira preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Redmond tries to free his leg and advance position but Pereira is retaining full guard.
Pereira working a defensive guard here.
Pereira really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Redmond. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redmond stops Pereira from standing up.
Pereira is trying to control the position but Redmond postures up.
Redmond has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Redmond wants to control from the top but Pereira keeps moving.
Pereira looking for a sweep. Not yet Pereira, not yet.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Lucas Pereira hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Redmond shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Pereira is trying to defend but Redmond finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Pereira is looking to escape.
Redmond throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pereira wants to improve his position but Redmond is controlling well.
Pereira is not content to let Redmond control the position.
Pereira wants to get back to full guard.
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 Nathan Redmond will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Redmond throws a hook but Pereira avoids it easily.
Pereira dodges the punch combination from Redmond.
Sloppy strikes from Redmond. Those never looked like landing.
Pereira circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pereira has managed to clinch.
Pereira working aggressively here.
Redmond goes for a takedown in the clinch but Pereira prevents it.
Pereira pushes Redmond back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pereira throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Redmonds head.
Redmond using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pereira has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pereira.
Pereira trying to stall but Redmond improves his position.
Pereira working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Redmond is trying to drag Pereira to the mat but Pereira just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redmond is struggling to control the position.
Pereira pushes Redmond back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Redmond.
Redmond tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathan Redmond. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pereira lands a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Redmond creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Redmond connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pereira's face.
It looks like Lucas Pereira has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Redmond.
Pereira has a couple of punches blocked by Redmond.
Pereira throws a punch but it's blocked by Redmond.
Redmond is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Pereira gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Pereira takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redmond lands a damaging elbow.
Redmond breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pereira takes one on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pereira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Redmond swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Redmond rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pereira moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lucas Pereira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Redmond fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Pereira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Redmond avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pereira scores with a jab.
Redmond tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pereira paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Redmond throws a right and a left that Pereira avoids nicely.
Redmond takes one on the button.
Nathan Redmond seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pereira takes one to the chin there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redmond tries to clinch up.
A right-left combo lands from Pereira.
Redmond rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pereira moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nathan Redmond is winning the standup battle so far.
Redmond tries for a takedown but Pereira sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A big right from Pereira misses.
Redmond shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Pereira as he avoids it easily.
Nice sprawl there from Pereira as Redmond shoots in.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pereira connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Redmond momentarily.
Pereira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pereira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Redmond swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A telegraphed right hand from Pereira misses the target.
Nice sprawl there from Pereira as Redmond shoots in.
Nathan Redmond is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pereira is looking to clinch but Redmond is avoiding it.
Pereira uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Redmond has time to react.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redmond has a takedown stuffed.
Pereira lunges at Redmond with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Redmond's hand.
Redmond is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Redmond throws a looping overhand right but Pereira ducks down to avoid it.
Oh Redmond is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Redmond avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pereira looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pereira missing with a left hand there. Redmond was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pereira circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pereira gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Redmond is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Pereira pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Pereira throws a punch but it's blocked by Redmond.
Pereira misses with the head strike.
Pereira displaying some good clinch control by pressing Redmond up against the cage.
Redmond is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pereira is keeping busy.
Pereira has a couple of punches blocked by Redmond.
Pereira swings wildly with an uppercut but Redmond uses good head movement to avoid it.
Redmond seems to have got his legs back now.
Pereira is trying to stall.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pereira fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Lucas Pereira will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Lucas Pereira's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Redmond steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pereira.
Pereira tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Redmond throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pereira displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Redmond throws out the jab.
Redmond has a takedown stuffed.
Pereira lands with an overhand left.
Pereira lands an overhand right.
Pereira cracks Redmond with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Redmond tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Pereira pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Redmond is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lucas Pereira!
During a confident post fight interview, Lucas Pereira 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Wedge Xiii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Borys Grabowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Xiii might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Tenacious D - Master Exploder. This should be a great matchup!
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11 - 1 - 0 |
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155 lbs
12 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wedge Xiii!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Borys Grabowski!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Edson Gomes and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xiii steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grabowski.
Nice takedown defense from Grabowski. No joy for Xiii on that attempt.
Grabowski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Xiii goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Xiii takes a jab right on the kisser.
Grabowski looks to throw the jab but Xiii is out of range.
Grabowski throws a looping overhand right but Xiii ducks down to avoid it.
Grabowski scores with a hook.
Xiii misses with a leg kick
and Grabowski counters with a one-two to the body.
Grabowski is looking to score with low kicks.
Grabowski throws a big shot that misses.
Grabowski throws a right and a left that Xiii avoids nicely.
Grabowski fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xiii throws a front kick aimed at Grabowski's knee but Grabowski avoids it well.
A leg kick checked by Xiii.
Nice straight punches there by Grabowski. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Grabowski.
Grabowski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Xiii shoots in but Grabowski avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Grabowski blocks a leg kick.
Grabowski lands an overhand right.
Grabowski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Xiii circles away quickly and effectively.
Grabowski checks a leg kick.
Grabowski misses with a lunging right hand
and Xiii counters with a thumping low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xiii is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Xiii misses with a low kick.
Xiii misses with a leg kick
and Grabowski counters with a thumping low kick.
Grabowski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Xiii manages to avoid it.
Xiii walks into a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An inside leg kick from Xiii misses.
Xiii avoids the head kick by Grabowski.
Grabowski checks a low kick from Xiii.
Grabowski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Xiii throws a leg kick but Grabowski sees it coming and moves out of range.
Grabowski keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A big left from Grabowski misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grabowski throws a low kick but it's checked well by Xiii.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Xiii 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 Grabowski has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Grabowski and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Xiii is looking to chop away at Grabowski's legs.
Grabowski thows a left - swing and a miss!
Xiii slips under a jab.
Xiii throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Grabowski avoids the head kick by Xiii.
Xiii scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Grabowski blocking the ground and pound attempt from Xiii.
Xiii seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Grabowski does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Grabowski makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Xiii thows a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grabowski lands a nice shot that snaps Xiii's head back.
Xiii shoots in but Grabowski avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wedge Xiii. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grabowski looks to land a right hand but Xiii moved out of range.
Xiii tries to work over Grabowski's front leg with a kick but Grabowski checks it.
Grabowski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Xiii tries for a takedown but Grabowski sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Xiii walks into a stiff left hand from Grabowski.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grabowski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Good work by Xiii as he checks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Borys Grabowski dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A leg kick checked by Xiii.
Grabowski checks a leg kick.
Xiii thows a body shot but no joy.
Grabowski misses with an attempted mid kick.
Grabowski stuffs the takedown attempt from Xiii. Xiii gets slowly back to his feet.
Xiii shoots for a double leg takedown but Grabowski sprawls well. He's pushed Xiii's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Xiii takes one to the chin there.
Grabowski plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Xiii.
Grabowski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Xiii.
Xiii staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xiii keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Xiii slips a jab from Grabowski.
Xiii on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Grabowski misses with a straight left.
Xiii throws a chopping leg kick but Grabowski manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Xiii displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grabowski throws out the jab.
Grabowski thows a left - swing and a miss!
Grabowski throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Grabowski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Xiii.
Grabowski throws a big shot that misses.
Xiii misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grabowski.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xiii misses with a leg kick
and Grabowski counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Grabowski lands with an overhand left.
Xiii throws a low kick but Grabowski moves out of range easily.
Grabowski scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Xiii shoots in looking for a takedown but Grabowski manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Xiii's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wedge Xiii. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Xiii closes the distance and clinches up with Grabowski, looking for a takedown. Xiii pushes Grabowski against the cage but Grabowski circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grabowski connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Xiii momentarily.
Xiii fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Grabowski lands with an overhand left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xiii wants to slow Grabowski down by chopping away at his legs.
Borys Grabowski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Grabowski misses with a double jab.
Grabowski blocks a low kick nicely.
Borys Grabowski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Xiii throws a leg kick but Grabowski checks it.
Grabowski blocks the body kick.
Grabowski avoids the head kick by Xiii.
Xiii throws a leg kick but Grabowski sees it coming and moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Xiii.
Grabowski takes a swing at Xiii's ribcage but misses.
Xiii steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grabowski.
Xiii closes the distance and clinches up with Grabowski, looking for a takedown. Xiii pushes Grabowski against the cage but Grabowski circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xiii fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Grabowski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Xiii.
Grabowski getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Xiii misses with a wild body shot.
Nice cross by Grabowski.
Xiii tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Xiii throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grabowski moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Grabowski misses with a head kick.
Xiii looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Grabowski is fending him off so far but Xiii persists. Nope, Grabowski circles away and we're back to standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Borys Grabowski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Grabowski wants to land a leg kick but Xiii is out of range.
Xiii takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Xiii shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Xiii showed some decent athleticism there.
Grabowski is refusing to be controlled, as Xiii sits in half guard.
Grabowski keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Xiii is pressing down on Grabowski's thigh, looking to free his foot. Grabowski is holding on for now.
Xiii is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Grabowski flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Xiii missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Xiii throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xiii wants to pass to mount but Grabowski is defending the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Grabowski wants to control but Xiii is keeping busy.
Grabowski is refusing to be controlled, as Xiii sits in half guard.
Xiii thows a huge punch but Grabowski dodges it nicely.
Xiii is thwarting Grabowski's attempts to control the position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Xiii throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Grabowski to regain full guard.
Xiii throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Grabowski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Grabowski keeping full guard, as Xiii tries to pass.
Xiii trying to control the position from guard on top but Grabowski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Grabowski wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Borys Grabowski.
Xiii throws a leg kick but Grabowski checks it.
Grabowski tries a head kick but it misses.
Grabowski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Grabowski walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Xiii checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Xiii misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xiii tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grabowski was well out of range. Poor timing from Xiii.
Grabowski throws a chopping leg kick but Xiii manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Grabowski fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Xiii throws out a leg kick but Grabowski moves out of range and Xiii only half commits.
Xiii throws a push kick but Grabowski slaps the foot to one side.
Xiii misses with a head kick.
Grabowski misses with an uppercut.
Xiii tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Grabowski is able to avoid easily.
Xiii changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Grabowski looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Xiii trying to control the action but Grabowski is working from the bottom.
Grabowski is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Xiii off and has taken his back!
Xiii 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.
Grabowski is looking to control Xiii but Xiii is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Xiii really must keep his cool here. He's controlling one of Grabowski's hands and whilst he does that, he's got a chance of escaping the position.
Xiii covering up well under a barage of strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wedge Xiii clearly takes that round.
That's time! Xiii's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Grabowski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Xiii motions for Grabowski to come forward. Xiii throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Grabowski misses.
Xiii scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Xiii finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Xiii tries to land a leg kick but Grabowski saw it coming and moves away.
Xiii thows a body shot but no joy.
Xiii lands a head kick. Grabowski smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Xiii thows a leg kick but Grabowski checks it
and Grabowski counters with a right hand to the body.
Xiii swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Grabowski blocks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Grabowski finds it's way through Xiii's defenses.
Grabowski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A jab from Grabowski finds it's way through Xiii's defenses.
Xiii takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Xiii fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grabowski manages to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Grabowski blocks the leg kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Xiii is defended easily by Grabowski.
Grabowski punishes Xiii's body with a nice straight punch.
Grabowski moves out of range as Xiii throws a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xiii blocks a jab.
Xiii checks a leg kick nicely.
Xiii misses the body punch
and Grabowski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Grabowski is looking to chop away at Xiii's legs.
Grabowski moves out of range of the body kick from Xiii.
Xiii shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Xiii changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Grabowski looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
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!
Xiii is looking to take a break and control but Grabowski is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Grabowski is working to avoid the ground and pound but Xiii connects with a decent elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xiii working the ground and pound but Grabowski is defending the strikes.
Grabowski gets back to half guard.
Grabowski trying to control here.
Xiii is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Grabowski regains full guard. Nicely done.
Grabowski managing to control the position.
Xiii got a little sloppy there for a moment and Grabowski has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Xiii has managed to get both his arms back between Grabowski's legs - danger averted.
Xiii scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Xiii throws an elbow that misses. Grabowski uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Xiii's guard. Nice move by Grabowski!
Xiii keeping moving, preventing Grabowski from controlling successfully.
Wedge Xiii overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Borys Grabowski was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Xiii throws a low kick but Grabowski avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Xiii shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Xiii gets a takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Wedge Xiii will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Xiii moves away from the strike by Grabowski.
Grabowski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grabowski avoids the head kick by Xiii.
Xiii throws a solid leg kick but Grabowski takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Xiii.
Xiii shoots in for a takedown but Grabowski shows good takedown defense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Xiii fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Grabowski avoids it really well and circles away.
Grabowski lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Grabowski checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Xiii is looking to wear down Grabowski with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Xiii is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Grabowski takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Xiii misses with a low kick.
Xiii attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Grabowski keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wedge Xiii. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Xiii avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Xiii misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Grabowski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Xiii finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grabowski scores with a decent looking hook.
Grabowski lands a lovely overhand right.
Grabowski checks the leg kick.
Grabowski misses with an uppercut.
Xiii shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Grabowski as he jumps to the side.
Grabowski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Grabowski throws a head kick that half lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Xiii pivots, looking for a leg kick but Grabowski is out of range and Xiii settles back down.
Xiii shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xiii displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grabowski throws out the jab.
Grabowski misses with a head kick.
Grabowski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grabowski misses with a straight right.
Grabowski bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Xiii's head.
Grabowski throws a nice head kick!
Xiii is rocked!
Grabowski feints and then cracks Xiii's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Xiii down.
Oh Xiii is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Grabowski misses with a straight right.
Xiii shoots in for a takedown but Grabowski shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Grabowski dips to his left and cracks Xiii with an uppercut!
Grabowski checks a leg kick.
Grabowski displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Xiii.
Xiii looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grabowski cracks Xiii with a hook to the temple - Xiii is on wobbly legs here! Grabowski swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Xiii falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Grabowski wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Borys Grabowski! Borys Grabowski retains his featherweight title!
A victorious Borys Grabowski thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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