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Syndicate 150! PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jacque Schtrappe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caleb Reimer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Schtrappe might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Nitzer Ebb - Violent Playground. The crowd seem to be enjoying Reimer's choice of entrance music: BLUNT- The Iron Maiden. Jacque Schtrappe had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jacque Schtrappe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Caleb Reimer!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Taro Takaoka and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schtrappe keeps the fight on the outside.
Schtrappe stuns Reimer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Reimer moves in looking to clinch but Schtrappe pushes him off.
Reimer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reimer misses with a body kick.
Reimer throws a head kick but Schtrappe moves out of range.
Reimer avoids the body shot from Schtrappe.
Schtrappe leaves Reimer with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Reimer goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Schtrappe misses with a body punch
and Reimer counters with a good low kick that Schtrappe was not able to check.
Reimer connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Schtrappe scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Reimer doesn't seem bothered though.
Reimer takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Schtrappe digs a good hook to Reimer's body.
Reimer takes a kick to the side of the head.
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!
Reimer has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Schtrappe.
Reimer fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Schtrappe. Reimer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reimer misses with an attempted mid kick.
Reimer shoots in and drives through. Schtrappe sprawls well.
Reimer avoids the body shot from Schtrappe.
Schtrappe wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Schtrappe is looking to wear down Reimer with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Reimer on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Schtrappe thows a body kick. Reimer tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Nice body kick there by Schtrappe.
Reimer checks the leg kick.
Schtrappe takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Reimer takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reimer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Schtrappe.
Reimer throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Schtrappe's head.
Jacque Schtrappe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Reimer on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Schtrappe scores with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reimer takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Schtrappe changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Schtrappe punishes Reimer's body with a nice straight punch.
Schtrappe slips a jab from Reimer.
Schtrappe lands with a nice body kick.
Reimer looks winded!
Schtrappe misses with a wild body shot.
Reimer tries to clinch there but Schtrappe circles away.
The fighters circling - Schtrappe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Reimer throws a head kick but Schtrappe moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Schtrappe.
Reimer fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Schtrappe avoids it really well and circles away.
Jacque Schtrappe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Caleb Reimer.
Reimer takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Schtrappe throws a shot to the body.
Schtrappe misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schtrappe misses with an attempted mid kick.
Schtrappe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Schtrappe fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Schtrappe gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Reimer holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Schtrappe struggles to land a body shot inside as Reimer controls his hands.
Reimer is trying desperately to land a takedown but Schtrappe is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Reimer.
Schtrappe lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Reimer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Reimer tries to land knees in the clinch but Schtrappe avoids the damage to the body.
Schtrappe lands a body punch.
Schtrappe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reimer's elbow.
Schtrappe is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Reimer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Schtrappe's efforts to push away.
Schtrappe lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reimer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Schtrappes head.
Reimer lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Reimer has Schtrappe pressed against the cage, preventing Schtrappe from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Reimer keeps control of Schtrappe as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Reimer scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schtrappe struggles to land a body shot inside as Reimer controls his hands.
Reimer lands a damaging elbow.
Reimer lands a damaging elbow.
Schtrappe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Schtrappe.
Schtrappe struggles to land a body shot inside as Reimer controls his hands.
Schtrappe can't find room to land a body shot as Reimer controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacque Schtrappe dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Schtrappe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Schtrappe with a hook.
Schtrappe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An inside leg kick lands from Schtrappe.
Schtrappe looks to score with a jab to the body but Reimer is just out of range.
A nice combination there by Schtrappe.
Schtrappe bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Schtrappe. Reimer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reimer shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Reimer was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Reimer trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reimer might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Schtrappe kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Reimer sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Reimer is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Schtrappe to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Schtrappe shrugs it off.
Reimer prevents Schtrappe from getting the reversal.
Reimer looking to finish with strikes here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schtrappe is working to get back to half guard.
Schtrappe manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Schtrappe regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Reimer.
Reimer sitting in guard here, content to control.
Reimer wants to control from the top but Schtrappe keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schtrappe preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Reimer missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Schtrappe working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Reimer.
Reimer throws a strike but Schtrappe rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Schtrappe slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reimer wants to hit a switch here but Schtrappe passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Reimer there!
Schtrappe prevents Reimer from getting the reversal.
Reimer is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Schtrappe looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
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 Jacque Schtrappe will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Schtrappe lands an overhand right.
Schtrappe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Schtrappe slips a jab from Reimer.
Reimer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Schtrappe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jab from Reimer.
Reimer blocks the body kick.
Schtrappe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reimer manages to avoid it.
Schtrappe cracks Reimer with a good jab.
Reimer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reimer closes the distance and clinches.
Reimer throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Schtrappe stalling against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reimer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Reimer missing with knees to the body.
Schtrappe misses with the head strike.
Reimer lands an elbow that stopped Schtrappe in his tracks for a moment.
Reimer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Schtrappe misses with a hook to the ribs.
Schtrappe avoids a wild elbow strike from Reimer.
Reimer missing with knees to the body.
Schtrappe avoids a wild elbow strike from Reimer.
Schtrappe stalling in the clinch but Reimer improves position.
Schtrappe avoids a wild elbow strike from Reimer.
Reimer tries to pull guard but Schtrappe forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Caleb Reimer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reimer has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Schtrappe.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Reimer throws an elbow but misses.
A hook to the body from Schtrappe.
Reimer misses with a punch to the body.
Reimer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reimer lands with a light punch inside.
Reimer tries to land knees in the clinch but Schtrappe avoids the damage to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Schtrappe can't find room to land a body shot as Reimer controls the action.
Schtrappe works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Reimer goes for a takedown attempt but Schtrappe pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A head kick misses from Reimer.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Schtrappe. Reimer shrugs it off though.
Reimer takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schtrappe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Schtrappe lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Reimer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A leg kick checked by Schtrappe.
Schtrappe takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Reimer moves into the clinch.
Schtrappe tries to break free but Reimer pushes him back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reimer obliges.
Schtrappe can't find room to land a body shot as Reimer controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Schtrappe.
Schtrappe tries a body shot but Reimer blocks it.
Schtrappe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Schtrappe digs a right hand into Reimer's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Reimer's gas tank.
Schtrappe is struggling to control the position.
Schtrappe is trying to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Schtrappe lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Schtrappe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Schtrappe looks to score with a jab to the body but Reimer is just out of range.
Jacque Schtrappe is winning the standup battle so far.
Reimer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Schtrappe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reimer wants to clinch up but Schtrappe keeps it at a distance.
Schtrappe cracks Reimer with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Reimer takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Reimer throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Schtrappe's waist but Schtrappe gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Reimer off to one side.
Jacque Schtrappe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Caleb Reimer.
Reimer throws a shot from downtown. Schtrappe moves away and avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Schtrappe blocks a head kick by Reimer.
Schtrappe swings for the body but Reimer moves out of range.
Reimer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Reimer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jacque Schtrappe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Schtrappe, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacque Schtrappe!
Jacque Schtrappe took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Syndicate Nutrition (DUS) for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Undercard bout
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gristle McThornbody (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cristiano Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McThornbody comes into the arena with Tame blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gristle McThornbody!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cristiano Nascimento!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nascimento goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nascimento misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McThornbody.
McThornbody fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
McThornbody throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nascimento stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McThornbody lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nascimento wants to land a leg kick but McThornbody is out of range.
Nascimento attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
McThornbody cracks Nascimento with a good jab.
Gristle McThornbody seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nascimento turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
That kick from Nascimento tenderised McThornbody's leg. McThornbody is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nascimento misses with a looping right.
McThornbody turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
McThornbody scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nascimento swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nascimento swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nascimento misses with a looping right.
McThornbody avoids the body shot from Nascimento.
An inside leg kick lands from McThornbody.
Nascimento uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McThornbody.
Nascimento looks to land a left hand but McThornbody moved out of range nicely.
McThornbody takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jab by McThornbody.
It looks like Cristiano Nascimento has been cut.
McThornbody lands a head shot.
McThornbody avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McThornbody lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McThornbody is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nascimento.
Nascimento moves out of range of the body kick.
McThornbody on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nascimento misses the shot to the body.
Nascimento misses with a left hand
and McThornbody counters with an outside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by McThornbody. That's going to slow Nascimento down.
Nascimento takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nascimento throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nascimento cracks McThornbody with a good jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McThornbody looks to land a left hand but Nascimento moved out of range nicely.
McThornbody is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nascimento.
McThornbody throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
McThornbody looking to land some kicks to the body here.
McThornbody throws a nice outside leg kick.
McThornbody lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nascimento is rocked!
Nascimento slips a straight right by McThornbody.
Nascimento is still on wobbly legs! Can McThornbody finish him?
Nascimento uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McThornbody.
McThornbody misses with a straight right.
Nascimento seems to have recovered his senses.
McThornbody misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nascimento.
Nascimento walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. McThornbody checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
McThornbody lands with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nascimento swings and misses with a shot to the body
and McThornbody scores with a counter punch that sends Nascimento to the canvas! McThornbody smells blood - he's punishing Nascimento with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Nascimento has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gristle McThornbody!
A victorious Gristle McThornbody 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 Brian Peppers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and AL Lickertwat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
30 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Brian Peppers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, AL Lickertwat!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lickertwat throws a right hand that misses
enabling Peppers to counter with a crisp jab.
Peppers walks into a jab.
An inside leg kick from Peppers misses.
Peppers throws a body kick that misses.
Peppers scores with a push kick.
Peppers throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lickertwat counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lickertwat just misses with a punch to the body.
Lickertwat throws a jab when Peppers was well out of range.
Nice defenses there by Peppers.
Peppers ducks under a wild hook from Lickertwat.
Lickertwat throws a leg kick that misses.
Peppers throws a looping overhand right but Lickertwat ducks down to avoid it.
Peppers lands with a kick to the ribs.
Peppers looks to throw the jab but Lickertwat is out of range.
Peppers throws a leg kick but Lickertwat sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Peppers instigates a clinch.
Peppers misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lickertwat lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Peppers lands an elbow inside.
It looks like AL Lickertwat has been cut.
Peppers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lickertwat.
Lickertwat blocks the elbow strike.
Come on Lickertwat - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Peppers is looking to break free of the clinch but Lickertwat has double underhooks.
Peppers looking to throw knees to the head but Lickertwat is blocking nicely.
Peppers lands a knee to the head.
Peppers tries to land knees in the clinch but Lickertwat avoids the damage to the body.
Lickertwat doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lickertwat dodges an elbow strike from Peppers.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lickertwat.
Peppers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Peppers pushes off an throws an elbow but Lickertwat leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lickertwat blocks an elbow strike from Peppers.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lickertwat managing to block the knees to the body from Peppers.
Peppers struggles to land a body shot inside as Lickertwat controls his hands.
Peppers gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Peppers crunches a lovely knee into Lickertwat's ribcage.
Lickertwat blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Peppers lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peppers lands a nice knee to the body.
Lickertwat avoiding damage as Peppers throws knees to the body.
Peppers blocks an uppercut.
Lickertwat wants to take the fight to the mat but Peppers manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Peppers throws an elbow but misses.
Peppers manages to break the clinch.
Lickertwat just misses with a punch to the body.
Lickertwat moves out of range as Peppers strikes.
Peppers lands with a thumping leg kick.
Peppers just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peppers throws a low kick, looking for Lickertwat's leg but Lickertwat calmly moves out of range.
Peppers uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lickertwat.
Peppers dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lickertwat. That did some damage!
Donk. Lickertwat catches Peppers right on the button with a cross.
Peppers throws a leg kick
and Lickertwat counters with a right hand to the body.
Lickertwat throws the kick towards the body but Peppers avoids it.
Lickertwat throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lickertwat keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lickertwat swings for the body but Peppers moves out of range.
Brian Peppers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lickertwat fails with a takedown attempt.
Lickertwat 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 low kick from Peppers is predictable there
and Lickertwat counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Peppers fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lickertwat.
Lickertwat is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Peppers tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lickertwat makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lickertwat lands a nice shot that snaps Peppers's head back.
Lickertwat stuns Peppers with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Peppers dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lickertwat. That did some damage!
Peppers scores with a jab.
Peppers takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Peppers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Peppers turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Peppers misses with a low kick.
Peppers tries to bum rush Lickertwat with a series of wild strikes but Lickertwat uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Peppers finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lickertwat avoids a punch combination nicely.
Peppers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Peppers dominated that round.
The cut man is working on AL Lickertwat's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Peppers lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Peppers misses with a wild combination.
Lickertwat feints a jab promting Peppers to slip. Lickertwat then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Peppers slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Lickertwat throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Peppers sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Peppers jabs Lickertwat right on the nose. Lickertwat blinks but takes it well.
Peppers scoring well with a low kick there.
Lickertwat blocks a leg kick.
Lickertwat throws out a loose jab but Peppers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Peppers connects with a leg kick. Lickertwat looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lickertwat keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Peppers.
Lickertwat shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lickertwat showed some decent athleticism there.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Lickertwat thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peppers wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lickertwat looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lickertwat thows a huge punch but Peppers dodges it nicely.
Lickertwat winds up and cracks Peppers with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Lickertwat is looking to take a break and control but Peppers is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Peppers keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Peppers might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Lickertwat not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lickertwat wants to lay and pray for a moment but Peppers keeps working.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lickertwat connects with a nice short shot to Peppers's temple.
Peppers avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lickertwat.
Peppers pushes Lickertwat off looking to stand but Lickertwat dives back in and keeps control.
Lickertwat wants to lay and pray for a moment but Peppers keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lickertwat lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peppers is looking for a sweep. Lickertwat is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Peppers is looking to control Lickertwat's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Peppers avoid being mounted?
Lickertwat missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lickertwat sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Peppers defending well though.
Peppers wants to control but Lickertwat is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Peppers avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lickertwat.
Peppers moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Lickertwat trying to control the position from guard on top but Peppers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lickertwat throws a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peppers pulls Lickertwat in to control the position.
Peppers keeping moving, preventing Lickertwat from controlling successfully.
Lickertwat works over Peppers with some ground and pound from guard.
Lickertwat is working Peppers over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lickertwat trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lickertwat trying to control the position from guard on top but Peppers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lickertwat throws a big elbow that misses.
Lickertwat wants to control from the top but Peppers keeps moving.
Peppers tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lickertwat working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Peppers's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lickertwat wants to control from the top but Peppers keeps moving.
Peppers wants to hit a switch here but Lickertwat passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Peppers there!
Lickertwat trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Peppers wants to control but Lickertwat is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Peppers really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lickertwat goes for an armbar but Peppers turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Peppers.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
AL Lickertwat showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on AL Lickertwat's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Lickertwat misses with an uppercut
and Peppers counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Peppers missing with a left hand there. Lickertwat was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lickertwat throws a hook to the side of Peppers's head but Peppers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good leg kick by Peppers there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lickertwat scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Lickertwat uses his free foot to push down on Peppers's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Peppers.
Peppers blocking the ground and pound.
Lickertwat wants to control the pace but Peppers is squirming around nicely.
Peppers tries to hold on but Lickertwat pushes him away.
Lickertwat lands a heavy elbow.
Peppers manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lickertwat throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lickertwat misses with a head shot. Peppers uses the momentum to regain guard.
Lickertwat is looking to work some ground and pound but Peppers has wrist control.
Peppers is trying to keep Lickertwat in close.
Lickertwat throws an elbow that misses. Peppers uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Lickertwat's guard. Nice move by Peppers!
Lickertwat is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Peppers postures up in Lickertwat's guard and throws a big left but Lickertwat blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lickertwat pulls Peppers in close to prevent any damage.
Peppers gets to his feet. Lickertwat looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Lickertwat with a jab.
Lickertwat digs a good body shot into Peppers's ribs.
Peppers pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lickertwat is out of range and Peppers settles back down.
A leg kick checked by Peppers.
Lickertwat's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Peppers buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Peppers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab lands there for Lickertwat.
Lickertwat slips under a jab.
Peppers checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peppers ducks under a wild hook from Lickertwat.
Lickertwat fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Peppers tries to sprawl but Lickertwat drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Lickertwat seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Peppers does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Peppers controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Lickertwat is nestled in close to Peppers, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Peppers regains full guard. Nicely done.
Peppers keeping moving, preventing Lickertwat from controlling successfully.
Lickertwat with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lickertwat controlling from the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lickertwat with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lickertwat lands a couple of elbows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lickertwat throws a strike but Peppers rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Lickertwat wants to sweep here but Peppers controlling him for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Peppers postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
AL Lickertwat comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lickertwat has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... AL Lickertwat!
A very excited looking AL Lickertwat 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 Jacob Obworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christopher Samba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Obworth comes into the arena with Sabaton - Wolfpack blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Samba's choice of entrance music: Bezerker by Love Among Freaks. Christopher Samba has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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275 lbs
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268 lbs
19 - 8 - 2 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jacob Obworth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Christopher Samba!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Obworth scores with a hook to the body. Samba takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice defenses there by Obworth.
Samba avoids a punch combination nicely.
Obworth moves out of range of the body kick.
Obworth misses the shot to the body.
Obworth lands a lovely overhand right.
A big right from Samba misses.
Obworth connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Samba momentarily.
Samba turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Samba shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Obworth as he avoids it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Obworth pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Obworth throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Samba connects with a solid leg kick.
Obworth connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Obworth shoots in but Samba avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Samba misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Samba waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Obworth.
Obworth throws a big shot that misses.
Samba throws a hook but Obworth avoids it easily.
Samba has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Obworth finds it's way round the side to connect with Samba's head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Samba looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice uppercut lands for Samba. That snapped Obworth's head back.
Obworth takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Samba swings for the body but Obworth moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samba bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Obworth uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Samba.
Obworth lands with a straight right. Samba didn't see that one coming.
Obworth lands a right hook to the body.
A jab from Samba does it's job there.
A jab from Samba does it's job there.
Samba steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Obworth.
Obworth shoots for a takedown but Samba saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Samba misses the shot to the body.
Samba misses with an uppercut. Obworth saw that one coming.
Obworth swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Obworth swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice cross by Samba.
Samba rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Obworth moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jacob Obworth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samba avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Obworth throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Samba looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Samba connects with a solid leg kick.
A good leg kick by Samba.
Obworth is breathing heavily.
Samba blocks a jab.
Samba steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Obworth.
Obworth throws a looping overhand right but Samba ducks down to avoid it.
Samba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Obworth throws the left hand but Samba avoids the punch easily.
Obworth connects with a single shot there.
Obworth throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Obworth misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obworth swings for the body but Samba moves out of range.
Samba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Samba throws a sloppy head kick and Obworth moves out of range easily.
Nice shot lands for Obworth.
Nice sprawl there from Samba as Obworth shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jacob Obworth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Obworth ducks under a wild hook from Samba.
Obworth misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Samba lands with a thumping leg kick.
Samba clinches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Obworth takes a shot to the head.
Samba lands a shoulder strike.
Samba tries to work over Obworth's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right handed body shot lands from Samba.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christopher Samba 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.
Samba throws a body punch but Obworth moves out of range.
Christopher Samba seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Obworth swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Samba moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Obworth tries to bum rush Samba with a series of wild strikes but Samba uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Obworth throws a right hand that Samba ducks under and follows up with a left that Samba also avoids with ease.
Samba lands a jab.
Obworth throws a one two combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big right from Obworth misses.
Samba uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Obworth.
Samba lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jab from Samba.
Samba cracks Obworth with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Samba has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Obworth to stand back up!
It looks like Jacob Obworth has been cut.
Samba dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Obworth. That did some damage!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Samba.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Samba looks to land a left hand but Obworth moved out of range nicely.
Obworth misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Samba.
Obworth uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Samba.
Obworth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Samba was well out of range. Poor timing from Obworth.
Samba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Obworth.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Samba enables Obworth to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Samba manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Samba has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Samba looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Samba controls Obworth momentarily but Obworth frees himself.
Samba wants to sweep here but Obworth controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samba managing to control the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Christopher Samba.
Obworth stuns Samba with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Obworth throws a series of punches but Samba avoids them all with ease.
Samba throws a jab but it's blocked by Obworth.
Samba throws a head kick that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Samba throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Obworth tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Samba is in Obworth's guard.
Obworth is looking for a triangle but Samba pushes his legs off easily.
Samba controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Obworth is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obworth keeping moving, preventing Samba from controlling successfully.
Obworth looking for a sweep. Not yet Obworth, not yet.
Obworth not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Obworth seems keen to control Samba's posture.
Samba must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
We're going to have a standup here because Jacob Obworth wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Samba takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Samba tries a head kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obworth misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Samba.
Samba connects with a good right hand that stumbles Obworth. Obworth circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Samba drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Samba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Obworth.
Obworth misses with a straight right.
Obworth is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
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!
Obworth stuffs the takedown.
Obworth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Samba was well out of range. Poor timing from Obworth.
Samba swings for the body but Obworth moves out of range.
Samba lands with a cross.
Samba lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big left from Samba misses.
A big right from Obworth misses.
Obworth is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Samba.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christopher Samba showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jacob Obworth's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Obworth gets a takedown into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Obworth connects with a nice short shot to Samba's temple.
Samba keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Samba wants to control but Obworth is keeping busy.
Samba is looking for a sweep. Obworth is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Obworth is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Samba doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Obworth.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Obworth seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samba is pressing down on Obworth's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Samba is on top in guard.
Obworth is trying to control the position but Samba postures up.
Samba in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Samba preventing the sweep.
Obworth manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Samba manages to get himself to full guard.
Obworth looking to pass the guard.
Jacob Obworth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obworth preventing the sweep.
Samba is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Obworth is refusing to be controlled, as Samba sits in half guard.
Obworth wants to get back to full guard.
Obworth looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Obworth is looking to control Samba's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Obworth avoid being mounted?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Samba controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samba is thwarting Obworth's attempts to control the position.
Christopher Samba is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Samba trying to control from half guard but Obworth is working away.
Obworth looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Samba trying to control from half guard but Obworth is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samba content to control rather than advance.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Christopher Samba wasn't active enough on the ground.
Samba darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Samba throws a good cross that connects.
Samba catches Obworth with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Obworth throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Obworth rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Samba counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Obworth dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jacob Obworth.
I think Samba has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Christopher Samba!
Christopher Samba was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sly Randolph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tad Ghostal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ghostal has chosen Good King Wenceslas as his entrance music. Sly Randolph could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tad Ghostal's chin.
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28
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145 lbs
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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
22 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Sly Randolph!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tad Ghostal!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Shimada and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut lands for Ghostal. That snapped Randolph's head back.
Randolph connects with a body shot that sends Ghostal's belly button to the back.
Randolph swings for the body but Ghostal moves out of range.
Ghostal clobbers Randolph with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Randolph jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Randolph misses with a low kick.
Ghostal misses with a low kick.
Ghostal tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ghostal takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ghostal has closed the distance and engaged Randolph in a clinch.
Ghostal misses with a hook from the clinch.
Randolph blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ghostal letting Randolph take a breather here.
Randolph scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Randolph blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ghostal misses with the head strike.
Randolph trying to control the position but instead, Ghostal has worked for underhooks and has pushed Randolph into the cage.
Ghostal wants to stall.
Randolph jumps guard.
Ghostal is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Randolph has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ghostal can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Randolph throws his legs up looking for a submission but Ghostal uses it to pass to side control.
Randolph is looking to reverse the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghostal lands a nice forearm strike.
Randolph takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ghostal misses with the ground and pound.
Ghostal has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ghostal trying to control the position but Randolph is working away.
Ghostal throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Randolph works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ghostal is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghostal misses with a head shot. Randolph uses the momentum to regain guard.
Randolph working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ghostal.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ghostal in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Randolph manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Ghostal in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghostal tries to reverse the position but Randolph maintains control.
Randolph trying to control but Ghostal is having none of it.
Randolph is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Randolph is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ghostal can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Randolph is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ghostal looks very frustrated and is flailing away with strikes from the bottom. His corner are telling him to stay calm.
Randolph working Ghostal over with strikes here.
Ghostal is trying desperately to improve position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ghostal tries to hold on but Randolph pushes him away.
Ghostal can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sly Randolph dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Randolph swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Good work by Randolph as he checks the leg kick.
Randolph tries a low kick but Ghostal avoids it.
Ghostal throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ghostal takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ghostal fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Randolph ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Randolph gets in close and tags Ghostal with a short punch that almost sends Ghostal to the mat! Oh Ghostal is in big trouble! He turns his back on Randolph, trying to create some distance but Randolph rushes him, striking wildly and Ghostal goes down! The referee tackles Randolph into the cage to end the fight! Randolph is one violent man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sly Randolph!
Our winner, Sly Randolph, 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 Merrick Kane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Theoran Fleury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kane comes into the arena with Blood Sugar - Pendulum blaring out of the sound system. Fleury has chosen Oh Canada! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Merrick Kane!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Theoran Fleury!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kane shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fleury but Fleury pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nice sprawl there from Fleury as Kane shoots in.
A telegraphed right hand from Kane misses the target.
Fleury misses with a body kick.
Fleury misses with a kick to the body.
Fleury keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kane.
Fleury misses with an uppercut. Kane saw that one coming.
Kane chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fleury can pounce on him.
Fleury throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Fleury looks for the body kick but Kane saw that one coming.
Fleury throws a jab when Kane was well out of range.
Kane uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fleury.
Kane wants to land a leg kick but Fleury is out of range.
Merrick Kane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kane lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fleury throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A left lands for Kane.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Fleury crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kane - the referee stops the clock and Fleury gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kane. Fleury manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Fleury looks winded!
Kane scores with a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kane.
Kane throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kane misses with a head kick.
Kane just misses with a punch to the body.
Kane delivers a nice body kick.
Kane misses with a head kick.
Kane drives through with a takedown into Fleury's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Kane throwing strikes from guard but Fleury blocks nicely.
Kane wants to control from the top but Fleury keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kane tries to free his leg and advance position but Fleury is retaining full guard.
Kane trying to control the position from guard on top but Fleury is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fleury keeping full guard, as Kane tries to pass.
Fleury trying to keep a closed guard but Kane is proving a slippery customer.
Kane is looking to advance position but Fleury has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Kane might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fleury pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Kane is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kane is working hard here to advance position.
Fleury trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Kane keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kane bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Kane passes Fleury's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kane is taking a breather. Fleury says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Fleury is not content to let Kane control the position.
Kane throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kane is looking for a kimura but Fleury is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kane to get the leverage.
Kane is trying to control the action in half guard but Fleury is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fleury wants to control but Kane is keeping busy.
Fleury manages to get to full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kane trying to control but Fleury is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Merrick Kane dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Fleury scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Merrick Kane is winning the standup battle so far.
Kane throws a series of punches but Fleury moves out of range.
Kane connects with the punch.
Fleury swats away the attempt to clinch by Kane.
Kane misses with a kick to the body.
Kane throws a lazy uppercut
and Fleury counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kane dives in and grabs Fleury's left leg, looking for a takedown. Fleury pushes down on Kane's head and hops out.
Kane throws a chopping leg kick but Fleury manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fleury lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kane uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fleury.
Both fighters circling a little - Kane finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Fleury is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kane is looking to slow Fleury down with leg kicks.
Kane fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kane lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kane closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Fleury's guard.
Kane stands and throws Fleury's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Kane scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Fleury to see if he's OK.
Kane works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fleury is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
A lull in the action here as Kane stalls from top position.
Kane is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fleury can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kane is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Fleury looks calm but he's in trouble here. Kane gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Fleury is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Kane lets go of the hold and Fleury can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Merrick Kane!
Merrick Kane retains his super heavyweight title!
Merrick Kane thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Dettman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Soriano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dettman comes to the cage accompanied by Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks . Soriano has chosen Bebot by The Black Eyed Peas as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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143 lbs
34 - 10 - 2 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Bobby Dettman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Pablo Soriano!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dettman looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Soriano bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dettman has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dettman there as he acknowledges the shot.
It looks like Bobby Dettman has been cut.
Dettman scoring well with a low kick there.
Soriano misses with a straight left.
Dettman cracks the inside of Soriano's front leg.
Soriano will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bobby Dettman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Soriano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Soriano takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Dettman clinches up with Soriano and pushes him back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Soriano is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Dettman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Soriano.
Dettman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Soriano.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dettman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dettman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Soriano is defending well for now.
Soriano struggles to land a body shot inside as Dettman controls his hands.
Soriano stalls.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soriano tries to work over Dettman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Soriano landing knees to the head.
Soriano misses with an elbow over the top.
Soriano stalling in the clinch but Dettman improves position.
Soriano misses with a punch to the body.
Dettman prevents a body shot from Soriano.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dettman.
It looks like Pablo Soriano has been cut.
Dettman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dettman misses with an elbow strike.
Dettman throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dettman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Soriano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Soriano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dettman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Soriano was well out of range. Poor timing from Dettman.
Soriano checks the leg kick.
Dettman tries to clinch there but Soriano circles away.
Soriano will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dettman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dettman tests Soriano's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dettman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dettman missing with knees to the body.
Dettman working Soriano over with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dettman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Soriano.
Soriano pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot lands for Dettman.
Dettman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Soriano moves away.
Dettman fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Soriano is out of range.
Soriano moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Soriano swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dettman checks a leg kick.
Soriano throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Soriano checks a low kick from Dettman.
Soriano scores with a leg kick.
Dettman misses with a body shot.
Dettman fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soriano tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dettman tries to clinch up but Soriano circles away and keeps his distance.
Dettman connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dettman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Soriano.
Dettman tried to score with a low kick but Soriano checks it.
Dettman moves away from the strike by Soriano.
Soriano checks a low kick from Dettman.
Dettman misses with a kick to the body.
A big left from Soriano misses.
Dettman scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Soriano lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dettman moves out of range as Soriano throws a body kick.
Dettman throws a leg kick but Soriano sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Soriano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Soriano tried to score with a low kick but Dettman checks it.
Soriano plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Soriano catches Dettman with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dettman tries to clinch up but Soriano circles away and keeps his distance.
Dettman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Soriano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dettman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dettman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dettman throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dettman goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dettman pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dettman throws a right hand that misses
and Soriano counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dettman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Soriano is looking to land body kicks.
Dettman doesn't manage to clinch there - Soriano circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Soriano lands with a thumping leg kick.
Soriano thows a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dettman. Soriano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Soriano blocks a low kick nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Pablo Soriano will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Soriano lands with a straight right. Dettman didn't see that one coming.
Dettman throws a body punch but Soriano moves out of range.
Dettman lands with a nice body punch.
Dettman closes the distance and pushes Soriano back into the cage.
Dettman tries to land a knee to the head but Soriano blocks with his arms.
Soriano has a couple of punches blocked by Dettman.
Dettman lands an elbow that stopped Soriano in his tracks for a moment.
Dettman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Soriano - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Soriano stalling in the clinch but Dettman improves position.
Soriano has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Soriano lands a shoulder strike.
Soriano lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A hook to the body from Dettman.
Dettman misses with a body punch.
Dettman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Soriano has a couple of punches blocked by Dettman.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Soriano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dettman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dettman throws an elbow that misses.
Dettman misses with a punch on the inside.
Dettman throws an elbow but it misses.
Dettman working Soriano over with knees to the body.
Soriano avoids the elbow strike from Dettman, against the cage.
Bobby Dettman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dettman tries to land knees in the clinch but Soriano avoids the damage to the body.
Soriano misses with a punch to the body.
Nice elbow from Dettman.
Dettman tries to throw a body punch but Soriano avoids it by throwing Dettman back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Soriano just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dettman's brow.
Dettman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Soriano is defending well for now.
Dettman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Soriano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dettman tries to work over Soriano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dettman prevents a body shot from Soriano.
Dettman tries to work over Soriano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dettman misses with a punch to the body.
Soriano misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soriano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dettman backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dettman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Soriano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dettman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dettman throws a punch but it's blocked by Soriano.
Soriano prevents a body shot from Dettman.
Dettman trying to land knees to the body.
Dettman lands a hook that snaps the head of Soriano backwards.
Soriano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Soriano is looking to break free of the clinch but Dettman has double underhooks.
Dettman misses with an elbow over the top.
Dettman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Soriano's elbow.
Soriano avoiding damage as Dettman throws knees to the body.
Soriano scores with a knee to the head.
Soriano wants to stall.
Dettman lands a nice elbow.
Soriano avoiding damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dettman working Soriano over with knees to the body.
Dettman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dettman.
Soriano stalling in the clinch but Dettman improves position.
Soriano manages to break the clinch.
Soriano drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A big right from Dettman misses.
Dettman swinging wildly here.
Soriano throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dettman.
Good work by Soriano as he checks the leg kick.
Soriano gets tackled into the cage by Dettman. Dettman maintains the clinch.
Dettman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Dettman.
Soriano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice elbow from Dettman.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dettman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Soriano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Soriano is looking to control Dettman's arms but Dettman gets an underhook and turns him. Now Soriano has his back to the cage.
Dettman tries to work over Soriano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dettman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dettman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Soriano throws a punch but it's blocked by Dettman.
Dettman lands an elbow that stopped Soriano in his tracks for a moment.
That has opened up Pablo Soriano's cut even more.
Dettman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dettman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dettman throws an elbow but misses.
Dettman lands a knee to the body.
Dettman looking to throw knees to the head but Soriano is blocking nicely.
Soriano blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dettman scores a nice knee to the body.
Soriano throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Soriano takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Soriano is trying to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Dettman dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Dettman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dettman slips under a jab.
Dettman connects with a solid leg kick.
Soriano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dettman misses with a low kick.
Dettman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Soriano manages to avoid it.
Dettman takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A big left from Soriano misses.
Dettman lands with a kick to the ribs.
Dettman misses with a looping left.
Soriano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pablo Soriano seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dettman looks to clinch
and Soriano counters with a good, hard body kick but Dettman shrugs it off.
Some wild striking there from Dettman.
Dettman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Soriano.
Dettman with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Soriano to score with a decent uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soriano throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Soriano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dettman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Soriano tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dettman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dettman thumps Soriano with a low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dettman.
Soriano motions for Dettman to come forward. Soriano throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Soriano uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dettman has time to react.
Soriano blocks a low kick nicely.
Dettman scores with a spinning back kick!
Soriano misses with a head kick.
Dettman walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Soriano misses the jab.
Dettman tries a low kick but Soriano avoids it.
Soriano's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dettman feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sorianos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dettman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Soriano counters with a straight right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Soriano is looking to slow Dettman down with leg kicks.
Soriano is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Dettman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dettman keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Soriano ducks right into an uppercut from Dettman.
Dettman tries to move into range but Soriano moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Dettman avoids the head kick by Soriano.
Dettman just misses with a punch to the body.
Dettman throws a right hand that Soriano ducks under and follows up with a left that Soriano also avoids with ease.
Soriano moves out of range of the body kick.
A lazy left from Soriano finds it's target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dettman checks a leg kick.
Dettman tries a low kick but Soriano avoids it.
Dettman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Soriano.
Dettman 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.
Good leg kick by Dettman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dettman moves out of range of the leg kick from Soriano.
Dettman throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Soriano counter with a right hand.
Soriano attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dettman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Soriano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Soriano throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A leg kick checked by Dettman.
Dettman tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Soriano counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dettman's knee momentarily.
Soriano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dettman.
Soriano will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Soriano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dettman.
Dettman lands a really nice looking cross but Soriano seems unphased.
Dettman takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Soriano is looking to score with low kicks.
Dettman looks for the body kick but Soriano saw that one coming.
Soriano closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Dettman throws the kick towards the body but Soriano avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dettman has closed the distance and engaged Soriano in a clinch.
Soriano trying to stall but Dettman improves his position.
Soriano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right handed body shot lands from Soriano.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Soriano is working Dettman over against the cage.
Dettman prevents Soriano from breaking the clinch.
Soriano is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Dettman digs a right hand into Soriano's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Soriano's gas tank.
Dettman misses with a knee strike.
Soriano lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dettman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Soriano blocks it with crossed arms.
Dettman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Soriano tries to stall but Dettman uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Soriano blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Soriano really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Dettman throws a body kick that misses
and Soriano counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dettman's knee momentarily.
Dettman tries to clinch there but Soriano circles away.
Soriano on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dettman lands with a straight right. Soriano didn't see that one coming.
Dettman lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Soriano looks to land a body kick but Dettman moved away.
Soriano thows a body shot but no joy.
Soriano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Soriano throws a body punch but Dettman moves out of range.
Dettman lands with a good body shot.
Dettman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dettman is looking to clinch.
Soriano throws out a loose jab but Dettman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Soriano takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Soriano motions for Dettman to come forward. Soriano throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Soriano on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dettman.
Soriano throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dettman.
Soriano stuns Dettman with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Soriano checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dettman scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dettman moves in looking to clinch but Soriano pushes him off.
Dettman avoids the head kick by Soriano.
Dettman blocks a head kick by Soriano.
Dettman fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Soriano is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Dettman fails to land with a series of punches.
Soriano throws a leg kick but Dettman sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Good standup being displayed there by Soriano as he connects with a hook.
Dettman shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Dettman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Soriano throws a big shot that misses.
Dettman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Soriano swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soriano tries to keep at a distance but Dettman has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dettman lands a left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Soriano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Soriano throws a leg kick but Dettman checks it.
Dettman will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Soriano throws a leg kick but Dettman moved away.
Dettman lands with a good body shot.
Soriano swings for the body but Dettman moves out of range.
Dettman defending well as Soriano loads up on a big left hand.
Soriano checks a leg kick.
Soriano throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dettman's head.
Soriano gets tackled into the cage by Dettman. Dettman maintains the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dettman throws an elbow but misses.
Dettman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Soriano avoiding damage as Dettman throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soriano tries to land a knee to the head but Dettman blocks with his arms.
Dettman missing with knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dettman.
Soriano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Soriano breaks the clinch.
Dettman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Soriano tries to work over Dettman's front leg with a kick but Dettman checks it.
Dettman throws a half hearted mid kick.
Soriano tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dettman avoids the head kick by Soriano.
No joy there for Dettman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dettman tries to land a body kick
and Soriano counters with a head kick.
Dettman takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dettman gets a clinch.
Dettman misses with a knee strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dettman prevents a body shot from Soriano.
Soriano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dettman throws a half hearted mid kick.
Soriano moves out of range as Dettman throws a body kick.
Dettman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Soriano fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dettman has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soriano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dettman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dettman tries to clinch but Soriano moves out of range.
Dettman gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dettman is looking to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dettman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dettman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dettman jabs at Soriano's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Dettman had his way with Pablo Soriano in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Soriano slips under a jab.
Dettman misses the shot to the body.
Soriano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Soriano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dettman takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dettman scores with a leg kick.
Dettman wants to clinch up but Soriano keeps it at a distance.
Soriano uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dettman has time to react.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dettman.
A slapping leg kick lands for Soriano.
Dettman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dettman tries to clinch but Soriano moves out of range.
Soriano tried to score with a low kick but Dettman checks it.
Dettman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dettman jabs Soriano to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Soriano lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Dettman. Beautiful body shot.
Dettman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Soriano sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dettman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Soriano swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dettman takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Soriano throws a leg kick but Dettman checks it.
Dettman throws a front kick aimed at Soriano's knee but Soriano avoids it well.
Soriano tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dettman is able to avoid easily.
Dettman blocks a low kick nicely.
Dettman wants to clinch up but Soriano keeps it at a distance.
Soriano throws a body punch but Dettman moves out of range.
Dettman swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dettman ducks under a wild hook from Soriano.
Dettman rushes Soriano and presses him up against the cage.
Soriano works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Soriano can't break the clinch.
Soriano softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dettman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Soriano's defenses.
Dettman pushes Soriano back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Soriano stalling in the clinch.
Soriano is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Soriano is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Dettman misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Soriano.
Dettman landing knees to the body.
Soriano avoiding damage as Dettman throws knees to the body.
Dettman misses with some punches.
Dettman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Soriano lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dettman lands an uppercut.
Soriano is trying to stall.
Soriano tries to land a knee to the head but Dettman blocks with his arms.
Soriano can't find room to land a body shot as Dettman controls the action.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dettman as Soriano tries to tie him up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soriano is stalling here.
Soriano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dettman's elbow.
Dettman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Soriano backwards.
Dettman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Soriano is trying to break free.
A short right from Dettman.
Soriano misses with some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Soriano just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dettman's brow.
Soriano misses with a punch on the inside.
Soriano can't find room to land a body shot as Dettman controls the action.
Dettman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Soriano backwards.
Dettman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dettman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dettman tries to land knees in the clinch but Soriano avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dettman as Soriano tries to tie him up.
Soriano lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Soriano dodges an elbow strike from Dettman.
Dettman can't find room to land a body shot as Soriano controls the action.
Knees to the body from Dettman.
Soriano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dettman connects with a solid leg kick.
Dettman misses with a series of wild punches.
Dettman throws a shot from downtown. Soriano moves away and avoids it.
Soriano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dettman fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Soriano has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Soriano throws a body kick that misses.
Dettman wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Soriano throws a wild body kick that Dettman sees coming a mile off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bobby Dettman showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dettman has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 48:47
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 48:47
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bobby Dettman!
Bobby Dettman retains his bantamweight title!
Bobby Dettman really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Syndicate Nutrition (DUS) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Murdock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jase Newson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murdock comes to the cage accompanied by You're Blind. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Murdock!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jase Newson!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murdock misses with a wild body shot.
Murdock darts in and clinches Newson up against the cage.
Murdock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murdock throws a head punch that misses.
Murdock pushes Newson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Newson tries to land knees in the clinch but Murdock avoids the damage to the body.
Murdock scores with a nice hook to the head.
Murdock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Newson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Newson.
Murdock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Newson's elbow.
Murdock scores with a shot to the side of Newson's head.
Newson lands a shot to the body.
Newson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Murdock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Newson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murdock's elbow.
Murdock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Newson backwards.
Newson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Newson blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Murdock scores with a nice short uppercut.
Murdock takes a shot to the head.
Newson is leaning against Murdock and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Newson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Newson fails to land.
Newson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Newson looking to throw knees to the head but Murdock is blocking nicely.
Murdock lands with a right to the head.
Newson working aggressively here.
Murdock scores with a shoulder strike.
Newson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murdock's elbow.
A short right from Murdock on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murdock tries to throw a body punch but Newson avoids it by throwing Murdock back against the cage.
Murdock lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Newson.
Murdock misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Newson fails to land.
Murdock lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short uppercut from Newson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Murdock as the two fighters clinch.
Murdock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Newson.
Newson lands a left hand.
Murdock scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Murdock lands a hook that snaps the head of Newson backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Newson.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Murdock fails to land.
Murdock lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Newson has a couple of punches blocked by Murdock.
Newson blocking some punches.
Newson swings wildly with an uppercut but Murdock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murdock dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Newson pushes Murdock back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Murdock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock lands with a left to the head.
Newson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murdock'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.
Newson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Newson misses with the head strike.
Murdock misses with the head strike.
Murdock being controlled against the cage.
Murdock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murdock misses with the head strike.
Murdock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murdock throws a punch but it's blocked by Newson.
Newson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Murdock blocking some punches.
Newson misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Newson lands a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murdock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Murdock cracks Newson with a nice body shot.
Murdock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Newson is trying to break the clinch but Murdock is controlling him.
Newson struggles to land a body shot inside as Murdock controls his hands.
Newson throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Murdock fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murdock.
Murdock throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Newson is trying to break the clinch but Murdock is controlling him.
Murdock misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Newson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Newson lands a body punch.
Newson has had enough of the clinch but Murdock keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Murdock fails to land.
Newson looking to slow down the pace here.
Newson throws a punch but it's blocked by Murdock.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Murdock dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Newson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Newson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murdock was well out of range. Poor timing from Newson.
Murdock gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Newson.
Newson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Newson tries a low kick but Murdock avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Newson misses the target.
Newson thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from Murdock finds it's way through Newson's defenses.
Newson throws a series of punches but Murdock moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Newson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Murdock throws a head kick that Newson semi-blocks.
Murdock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Newson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Newson catches Murdock with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Murdock darts in trying to clinch
and Newson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock tries to land a front kick but Newson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Murdock misses with a low kick as Newson jumps back.
Newson moves out of range of the leg kick from Murdock.
Some bone on bone action there as Newson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Murdock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murdock.
Murdock swings away with a body shot that misses
and Murdock takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Murdock throws a series of punches but Newson avoids them all with ease.
Murdock showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Newson.
Murdock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Newson.
Murdock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Newson. That did some damage!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newson misses with a few strikes there.
Murdock tries a low kick but Newson avoids it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Newson checks a leg kick.
Newson misses with a body kick.
Murdock lands with a thumping leg kick.
Newson tries to land a body kick
and Murdock counters with a good low kick that Newson was not able to check.
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 Newson misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Murdock.
Murdock checks the leg kick.
Murdock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Newson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Newson feints and then cracks Murdock's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Murdock down.
Newson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newson staying out of range there.
Nice jab there from Murdock.
Murdock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Newson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Newson scoring well with a low kick there.
Murdock tries to work over Newson's front leg with a kick but Newson checks it.
Murdock throws a leg kick
and Newson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Newson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Newson walks into a stiff left hand from Murdock.
Murdock tries to clinch there but Newson circles away.
Murdock looks to land a right hand but Newson moved out of range.
Murdock looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Newson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Newson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Murdock checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Newson lands with a straight right. Murdock didn't see that one coming.
Murdock tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Newson scores with a body shot.
Murdock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Newson throws out the jab.
Murdock tries to clinch up but Newson circles away and keeps his distance.
Murdock slips a straight right by Newson.
Newson misses with a lunging right hand
and Murdock counters with a straight right hand.
Murdock misses with a head kick.
Murdock fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Newson is out of range.
A low kick from Murdock is predictable there
and Newson counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murdock lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Murdock walks forward, straight into a front kick from Newson.
Murdock tries to land a body kick
and Newson counters with a nice leg kick.
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 Matt Murdock will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Newson scores with a body shot.
Murdock lands with an overhand left.
Murdock is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Newson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Murdock.
Murdock closes the distance but Newson moves to the side
and Newson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Murdock is looking to score with low kicks.
Matt Murdock is winning the standup battle so far.
Good leg kick by Newson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Newson lands with a good body shot.
Newson connects with a solid leg kick.
Newson throws a head kick but Murdock moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Newson there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Murdock - that will leave a mark!
Newson avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Newson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Murdock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Newson throws out the jab.
Newson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Murdock throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Newson counters with a good, hard body kick but Murdock shrugs it off.
Newson jabs Murdock to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A good leg kick by Murdock.
Newson misses with a few strikes there.
Murdock tries to clinch up.
Murdock misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Murdock throws a push kick but Newson slaps the foot to one side.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murdock. That's going to slow Newson down.
Newson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Newson is looking to score with low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murdock misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Newson. Murdock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Newson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murdock throws a shot from downtown. Newson moves away and avoids it.
Murdock tries a low kick but Newson avoids it.
A bone on bone clash there as Newson blocks the leg kick.
Murdock throws out a loose jab but Newson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murdock ducks under a wild hook from Newson.
Murdock takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A head kick misses from Murdock.
Newson connects with a leg kick. Murdock looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Murdock thows a leg kick but Newson checks it
and Newson counters with a leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A big left from Murdock misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock moves out of range as Newson throws a body kick.
Newson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Newson looks to land a right hand but Murdock moved out of range.
Newson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Murdock explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Newson scores with a nice body kick.
Murdock blocks the body kick.
Newson cracks a nice hook into Murdock's ribs.
Murdock lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Newson throws a head kick that misses.
Murdock cracks Newson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Newson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Murdock. Murdock obviously looking to wear him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Newson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murdock tries to land a front kick but Newson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A jab from Newson finds it's way through Murdock's defenses.
Newson throws a leg kick but Murdock checks it.
Newson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Newson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Murdock to score with a decent uppercut.
Murdock lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Murdock takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Newson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Newson there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Newson scores with a hook.
Newson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murdock misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Matt Murdock did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Newson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Newson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Newson avoids a kick to the body.
Newson throws the left hand but Murdock avoids the punch easily.
Murdock throws a leg kick that misses.
Murdock checks a low kick from Newson.
Murdock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murdock lands a nice leg kick that just misses Newson's sensitive parts.
Newson throws a wild body kick that Murdock sees coming a mile off.
Murdock lands a nice leg kick that just misses Newson's sensitive parts.
Murdock uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Newson.
Newson lunges at Murdock with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Murdock's hand.
Newson is looking to score with low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Newson moves out of range of the body kick from Murdock.
Murdock pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A head kick misses from Murdock.
Nice body kick there by Murdock.
Newson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murdock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murdock looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Newson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Newson jabs Murdock to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Newson wants to land a leg kick but Murdock is out of range.
The fighters circling - Newson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Newson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Newson misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A clash of legs there as Murdock blocks the low kick.
Murdock throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Murdock lunges at Newson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Newson's hand.
Newson misses with a series of wild punches.
Newson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murdock throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Newson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murdock throws an overhand right that lands on Newson's shoulder, as Newson tries to avoid the shot.
Newson wants to slow Murdock down by chopping away at his legs.
Nice straight punches there by Murdock. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Murdock.
Newson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murdock.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Murdock tries a head kick but it misses.
Murdock misses with a straight right.
Newson cracks Murdock with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Murdock fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Newson is out of range.
Murdock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Newson was well out of range. Poor timing from Murdock.
Newson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Newson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murdock manages to avoid it.
Newson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Newson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Newson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Newson moves out of range as Murdock strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Newson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Newson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murdock moves away.
Newson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Newson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Newson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Newson swings for the body but Murdock moves out of range.
Murdock lands with a good body shot.
Murdock takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Murdock slips under a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murdock throws an overhand right that lands on Newson's shoulder, as Newson tries to avoid the shot.
Newson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murdock moves away.
Murdock looking to land some kicks to the body here.
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 Matt Murdock will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Murdock throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murdock moves into the clinch.
Murdock throws a head punch that misses.
Murdock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murdock.
Murdock blocks an uppercut.
Newson throws a head punch that misses.
Newson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Newson lands a shoulder strike.
Murdock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Newson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Newson manages to break the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Newson.
Murdock throws a leg kick which misses Newson's front leg but catches the back leg as Newson tries to avoid it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Murdock fails to land.
A right handed body shot lands from Murdock.
Murdock works on Newson's body with a couple of short punches.
Newson is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
A head punch on the inside from Murdock fails to land.
Newson misses with a body punch.
Matt Murdock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Murdock misses with a punch on the inside.
Murdock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murdock misses with some punches.
Newson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murdocks head.
Newson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Newson working aggressively here.
Newson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A short right from Murdock on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murdock lands a left hand that snaps the head of Newson backwards.
Jase Newson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Murdock.
Newson tries to throw a body punch but Murdock avoids it by throwing Newson back against the cage.
Murdock throws a head punch that misses.
Murdock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Newson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murdock tries to work over Newson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murdock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murdock lands a nice uppercut.
Newson is rocked!
Murdock lands with a left to the head.
Newson is still on wobbly legs! Can Murdock finish him?
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murdock.
Newson struggles to land a body shot inside as Murdock controls his hands.
Murdock struggles to land a body shot inside as Newson controls his hands.
Newson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murdock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murdock throws a head punch that misses.
Murdock pushes Newson against the cage. Murdock is working some dirty boxing. Murdock pushes off with a quick right hook! Newson goes down! Newson tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Murdock moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Murdock!
Matt Murdock retains his middleweight title!
Matt Murdock 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Don Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trey Marshall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marciano's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, THE GOOD DIE YOUNG. Marshall has chosen Warrior's Pride as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Don Marciano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Trey Marshall!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marciano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marshall was well out of range. Poor timing from Marciano.
Marciano takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Marciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marshall.
Good shot there by Marshall.
Trey Marshall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marciano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marshall.
A slow jab from Marshall misses its intended target.
Marciano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Marciano scores with a kick to the midsection.
Marshall throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circling - Marciano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Marshall misses with a straight left.
Marshall connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Marshall misses its intended target.
Marshall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Marciano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Marciano swings for the body but Marshall moves out of range.
A low kick from Marshall misses
and Marshall takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Marshall to score with a decent uppercut.
Marciano slips under a jab from Marshall.
Marshall walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Marciano checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Marciano avoids the head kick by Marshall.
Marshall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marciano.
Marshall scores with the left hand. Marciano knows he should have avoided that one.
Marshall throws the left hand but Marciano avoids the punch easily.
Marshall tries to clinch up but Marciano circles away and keeps his distance.
Marciano moves out of range as Marshall strikes.
Marciano misses with a body kick.
Marshall takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Marshall fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Marshall lands with a straight right. Marciano didn't see that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marciano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marshall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshall swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Marshall throws a punch but it's blocked by Marciano.
A short right from Marshall on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marciano.
Marciano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Marshall goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marciano prevents a body shot from Marshall.
Marshall breaks the clinch.
Marciano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marshall.
Marciano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marshall takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Marciano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshall looks to land a combination. Marciano sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Marshall lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Marshall connects with an inside leg kick.
Marshall closes the distance looking to clinch
and Marciano counters with an inside leg kick.
Marshall tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marciano paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marciano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Marshall jabs at Marciano's body.
Marshall moves in looking to clinch but Marciano pushes him off.
Marciano throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice straight punches there by Marshall. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Marshall.
Marshall is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Marciano had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marshall throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marciano is looking to wear down Marshall with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Marciano throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Marshall connects with a body shot that sends Marciano's belly button to the back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano misses with a double jab.
Marciano misses with a body kick.
Marciano looks to land a body kick but Marshall moved away.
Marshall motions for Marciano to come forward. Marshall throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Marshall misses.
Marshall misses with a straight right.
Marciano ducks under a wild hook from Marshall.
Marshall avoids the body shot from Marciano.
Marciano scores with a jab to the head.
Marshall clinches up with Marciano and pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marshall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marshall throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marciano.
Marciano blocks a body shot from Marshall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trey Marshall dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A nice combination there by Marshall.
Marshall checks a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marshall looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marshall ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marciano moves away.
Marciano slips a jab from Marshall.
A jab from Marshall misses.
Marciano scoring well with a low kick there.
Marciano tries to keep at a distance but Marshall has taken the fight into the clinch.
Marciano blocks an uppercut.
Marciano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marshall tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marciano's elbow.
Marciano is trying to push Marshall away but Marshall has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Marshall tries to throw a body punch but Marciano avoids it by throwing Marshall back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marshall misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marciano working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Marshall tries to throw a body punch but Marciano avoids it by throwing Marshall back against the cage.
Marshall tries a body shot but Marciano blocks it.
Marshall throws a head punch that misses.
Marshall working aggressively here.
Marshall tries to work over Marciano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marshall misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marshall misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marshall can't find room to land a body shot as Marciano controls the action.
Marshall misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Marciano.
Marshall misses with a punch on the inside.
Marshall goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marciano stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshall struggles to land a body shot inside as Marciano controls his hands.
Marshall misses with the head strike.
Marshall misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marciano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marshall goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marshall tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marciano's elbow.
Marciano works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Marshall throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Marciano wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Marshall scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Marshall lands a right hand.
Marshall misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marshall lands a left hand that snaps the head of Marciano backwards.
Marshall can't find room to land a body shot as Marciano controls the action.
Marciano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshall takes a shot to the head.
Marciano misses with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Marshall.
Marciano blocking some punches.
Marciano prevents a body shot from Marshall.
Marciano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marshall's elbow.
Marciano manages to break the clinch.
Marshall misses with a two punch combination.
Marciano slips a jab and a cross from Marshall.
Marciano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Marciano throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nice shot by Marshall.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marshall misses with a low kick.
Marciano takes a kick to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall takes the fight into the clinch.
Marshall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marshall tries to throw a body punch but Marciano avoids it by throwing Marshall back against the cage.
Marshall misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Marciano.
Marciano scores with a shoulder strike.
Trey Marshall seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Marciano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marshall tries to clinch but Marciano is having none of it.
Marciano tries to keep at a distance but Marshall has taken the fight into the clinch.
Marshall can't find room to land a body shot as Marciano controls the action.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marciano with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marshall misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trey Marshall showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Marciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marshall.
Marshall throws a hook to the side of Marciano's head but Marciano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marshall misses with a looping right.
Marciano with a hook.
Marshall loads up on a big right hand but Marciano slips the punch.
Marciano tries to move into range but Marshall moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Marshall throws a predictable looking body shot
and Marciano counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Marciano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Marshall misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marshall looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marciano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marshall moves out of range of the leg kick from Marciano.
Marshall moves to clinch but Marciano breaks away
and Marciano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano swats away the attempt to clinch by Marshall.
Marshall lands with an uppercut that bounces Marciano off the cage and back into range.
Marshall on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Marciano. Marciano obviously looking to wear him down.
Marshall blocks a jab.
Marshall is looking to slow Marciano down with leg kicks.
Marciano takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Marciano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marciano throws a nice head kick!
Marshall is looking to clinch but Marciano is avoiding it.
Marshall tries to clinch up.
Marshall misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marshall missing with a left hand there. Marciano was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshall tries to land a front kick but Marciano steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Marshall throws a leg kick that misses.
Marshall looks to score with a jab to the body but Marciano is just out of range.
Marshall throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Marciano counters with a straight right hand.
Marshall misses with a looping left.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Marciano.
Marshall throws a leg kick that is checked
and Marciano counters with a nice uppercut.
Marshall is rocked!
Marshall misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marciano.
Marshall is still on wobbly legs! Can Marciano finish him?
Marshall tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Marciano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marshall seems to have recovered his senses.
Marshall pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Marshall missing with a left hand there. Marciano was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marshall moves out of range as Marciano throws a body kick.
Marshall just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marshall.
Oooooh!!! Marciano has knocked Marshall down with a huge combo! Marciano steps away and waves a wobbly Marshall back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marciano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marshall moves out of range as Marciano throws a body kick.
Marshall chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Marciano can pounce on him.
Marshall takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Marshall throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Trey Marshall seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A solid leg kick lands there for Marshall.
Marciano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Marshall.
Marciano fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Marshall avoids the body shot from Marciano.
Marshall throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marshall ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marciano moves away.
Marshall looks to throw the jab but Marciano is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall lands a lovely overhand right.
Marciano fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Marshall tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marciano feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Marshall's calf.
Marciano closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A good leg kick by Marciano.
Marshall throws a jab when Marciano was well out of range.
Marshall misses with a wild body shot.
Marciano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Marshall.
Marciano catches Marshall with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marshall thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Marciano! Marshall is out on his feet! Marciano rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Marshall is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Marshall is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Don Marciano!
Don Marciano is the new heavyweight champion!
Don Marciano made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Now that I have taken the time & dedication to trim down & nerf the invisible speed gap that made 0 sense, you never stood a chance. If you ever wake up we can tango again. If your manager wasn't such a class act I'd piss on your corpse - it aint nothin personal, just revenge, hasta la vista baby.'.
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