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The Smashes: Round 6 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Trent Punchy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Davies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Punchy comes to the cage accompanied by Trent From Punchy. Trent Punchy has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Trent Punchy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Luke Davies!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Winston Howard and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Punchy tries to sprawl but Davies drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Punchy has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Davies is working away from the top position though.
Punchy gets back to full guard.
Davies wants to control from the top but Punchy keeps moving.
Punchy keeping full guard, as Davies tries to pass.
Davies really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Punchy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Davies trying to control but Punchy is working from the bottom.
Davies got a little sloppy there for a moment and Punchy has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Davies has managed to get both his arms back between Punchy's legs - danger averted.
Davies throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Punchy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Punchy keeping moving, preventing Davies from controlling successfully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davies chips away with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Punchy working for a triangle but Davies defends it easily.
Davies postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Punchy escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Davies gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Punchy wants to sweep here but Davies controlling him for the moment.
Davies is looking to advance position but Punchy has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Davies can do anything to dispel that myth.
Punchy looking for a guillotine from mount but Davies is having none of it.
Davies working to try and regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Punchy has hold of Davies's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Davies manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Punchy is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Davies has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Punchy avoids the attempt from Davies to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davies is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Punchy is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Davies has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Davies really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Davies holds on for dear life, controlling Punchy's posture momentarily.
Punchy is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Davies has managed to escape the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Punchy working for a guillotine from mount but Davies is in no mood to give up.
Davies can't escape the position.
Davies wants to control but Punchy is having none of it.
Punchy looking for a guillotine from mount but Davies is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davies tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trent Punchy dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Punchy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Davies.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Punchy.
Punchy avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Punchy looks to score with a jab to the body but Davies is just out of range.
Punchy throws a head kick but Davies moves out of range.
Punchy lands the left hand.
Punchy lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Davies takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A head kick from Davies lands but Punchy takes it in his stride.
Punchy avoids the head kick by Davies.
Punchy throws a leg kick but Davies sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Davies is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Punchy's half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Punchy gets back to full guard.
Davies postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Punchy wants to sweep here but Davies controlling him for the moment.
Davies is looking to work some ground and pound but Punchy has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Punchy is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Punchy being controlled here, momentarily.
Punchy throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Davies tries to free his leg and advance position but Punchy is retaining full guard.
Davies must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Punchy can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Davies controls the pace.
Punchy keeping moving, preventing Davies from controlling successfully.
Punchy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Davies doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Davies manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davies content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Davies content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Davies landing some decent shots from guard.
Punchy can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Davies controls the pace.
Punchy has momentary wrist control but Davies slips an elbow through the middle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davies got a little sloppy there for a moment and Punchy has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Davies has managed to get both his arms back between Punchy's legs - danger averted.
Davies postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Davies scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davies scoring with some ground and pound.
Davies trying to control the position from guard on top but Punchy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Punchy has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Davies can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Davies sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Davies working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Davies is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Davies postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davies scoring with punches to the head and body.
Punchy looking to control.
Davies stands up over Punchy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Punchy manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davies is in all sorts of trouble here.
Punchy tries to control but Davies wriggling away.
Davies tries to hold on but Punchy pushes him away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Davies is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Punchy is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Punchy extends the arm and Davies is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Trent Punchy!
Post fight, Trent Punchy stared into the camera and said 'My mum... yeah she worked pretty hard ay. A lot of cock for cash.'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shane Warne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Freeman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Freeman told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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160 lbs
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158 lbs
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shane Warne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mike Freeman!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Donatello Bradman and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warne misses with a hook.
Freeman scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Warne misses with a wild body shot.
Freeman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Freeman throws a jab when Warne was well out of range.
Warne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Freeman manages to avoid it.
Freeman throws a series of punches but Warne moves out of range.
Freeman misses with a two punch combination.
Warne misses with a lunging right hand
and Freeman counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Freeman!
Warne scores with a leg kick.
Warne feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Freemans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Warne fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Freeman throws a right hand that Warne ducks under and follows up with a left that Warne also avoids with ease.
Freeman throws a series of punches but Warne avoids them all with ease.
Warne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Freeman moves away.
A jab from Freeman finds it's way through Warne's defenses.
Warne swings for the body but Freeman moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Freeman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Warne.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warne slips a jab and a cross from Freeman.
Freeman throws a right and a left that Warne avoids nicely.
Good standup being displayed there by Freeman as he connects with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Warne. Freeman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Warne scores with a body shot.
Warne defending well as Freeman loads up on a big left hand.
Freeman throws a right hand that Warne ducks under and follows up with a left that Warne also avoids with ease.
Freeman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Freeman looks winded!
Warne dodges the punch combination from Freeman.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Warne.
Freeman looks to land a combination but Warne avoids it well.
A nice inside leg kick there by Warne. That's going to slow Freeman down.
Warne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Freeman.
Warne misses with an uppercut. Freeman saw that one coming.
Warne showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Freeman.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freeman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Warne throws out the jab.
Warne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Freeman was well out of range. Poor timing from Warne.
The fighters circling - Warne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Warne thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from Warne misses.
Mike Freeman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Warne scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Warne looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Freeman is pressing down on Warne's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Freeman isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Warne stacks Freeman on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Warne!
Warne scores with a couple of short elbows.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Freeman tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Warne wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Freeman is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freeman on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Freeman takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Freeman takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Freeman is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Warne in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Warne grinds an elbow into Freeman's temple.
Warne slows the pace down.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Warne scores with punches from side control.
Freeman takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Warne knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Freeman on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Freeman tries to buck Warne off but Warne is having none of it.
Warne just content to control the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freeman manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Warne lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Warne seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Warne lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Freeman regains full guard. Nicely done.
Warne slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Freeman has momentary wrist control but Warne slips an elbow through the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Warne dominated that round.
That's time! Warne's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Warne looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Freeman!
Freeman can't escape the position.
Warne with a couple of short strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Warne landing strikes from the mount and Freeman is in trouble!
Freeman really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Warne cracks Freeman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Freeman is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Warne is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Freeman is still in real trouble! Can Warne finish him?
Freeman is working to get back to half guard.
Freeman is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Freeman seems to have recovered his senses.
Freeman sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warne takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Freeman tries to roll over but Warne keeps him under control.
Freeman is breathing heavily.
Warne lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Freeman has hold of Warne's hands but Warne slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Warne seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Warne seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Freeman trying to control here.
Freeman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Warne scores with a couple of nice shots.
Freeman looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Freeman has hold of Warne's hands but Warne slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freeman taking some punishment here, with Warne in his half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Warne is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Freeman wants to control but Warne is keeping busy.
Warne scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Warne working the head and body with strikes.
Warne keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Freeman trying to control but Warne postures up.
Warne lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Warne lands a nice short elbow.
Shane Warne overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Freeman has hold of Warne's hands but Warne slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Freeman is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warne landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Warne lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Warne winds up and cracks Freeman with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Warne is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Warne slips a nice elbow through Freeman's hands, connecting with Freeman's forehead.
Freeman looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Freeman has hold of Warne's hands but Warne slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Warne takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Warne lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Warne working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warne working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Freeman has one foot on Warne's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Mike Freeman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Warne bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Freeman misses with a double jab.
Warne lands with a nice body punch.
Freeman takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Warne lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Freeman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Warne is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Freeman can do to turn this around?
Freeman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Warne throws a right and a left that both miss.
Warne thuds a left hand into Freeman's body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Warne misses the target.
Shane Warne is winning the standup battle so far.
Warne thows a left - swing and a miss!
Warne darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Freeman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Warne.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Warne dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Freeman throws a big shot that misses.
Freeman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Warne dodges the punch combination from Freeman.
Warne plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Freeman closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Freeman throws an overhand right that lands on Warne's shoulder, as Warne tries to avoid the shot.
Freeman throws a right hand that Warne ducks under and follows up with a left that Warne also avoids with ease.
Freeman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Warne sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Warne throws a shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Warne.
Warne throws a looping overhand right but Freeman ducks down to avoid it.
Freeman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Freeman drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Warne throws a hook but Freeman avoids it easily.
Warne throws a nice looking combination but Freeman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warne lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Freeman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Warne lands with a good body shot.
Warne throws a right and a left that both miss.
Freeman slips a jab from Warne.
Freeman misses with a two punch combination.
Warne scores with a jab. Freeman acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Warne lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Freeman at a distance.
Warne defending well as Freeman loads up on a big left hand.
Freeman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mike Freeman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Warne goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A slow jab from Warne misses its intended target.
Freeman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Warne.
Freeman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Warne works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Freeman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Freeman might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freeman takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Warne misses with a hook.
Warne throws out a loose jab but Freeman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Warne keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Warne dives in and scores a takedown into Freeman's guard.
Warne sitting in guard here, content to control.
Warne has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Freeman working a defensive guard here.
Warne lands a couple of elbows.
Warne working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Freeman's head.
Warne pushes down on Freeman's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Warne working Freeman over with strikes.
Warne passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freeman is desperately trying to improve his position but Warne has a good base and remains in mount.
Warne landing strikes from the mount.
Freeman is desperately trying to improve his position but Warne has a good base and remains in mount.
Warne punishing his opponent with strikes.
Warne with shots to the head and body - Freeman looks very uncomfortable down there.
Warne postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Freeman bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Warne and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shane Warne!
During a confident post fight interview, Shane Warne thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Peter Lowey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cole Taggart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lowey might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Land Down Under. Peter Lowey had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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160 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Peter Lowey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cole Taggart!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Summer Carpenter and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taggart throws a lazy uppercut
and Lowey counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Taggart misses with a straight left.
Taggart takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Taggart misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lowey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Taggart.
Lowey ducks under a wild hook from Taggart.
Taggart throws an overhand right that lands on Lowey's shoulder, as Lowey tries to avoid the shot.
Taggart on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lowey cracks Taggart with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lowey tries to move into range but Taggart moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taggart keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lowey slips under a jab from Taggart.
Taggart throws out a loose jab but Lowey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taggart misses with a hook. Lowey ducked under it nicely.
Taggart misses with a hook. Lowey ducked under it nicely.
Taggart circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Lowey drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Taggart follows Lowey to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cole Taggart!
Our winner, Cole Taggart, 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Clive Churchill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sathington Willoughby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Churchill comes to the cage accompanied by Australian National Anthem . Clive Churchill could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Sathington Willoughby's chin.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clive Churchill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sathington Willoughby!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Steve Erwin and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willoughby takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Churchill defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Willoughby.
Willoughby shoots in for a double leg but Churchill sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A nice inside leg kick there by Churchill. That's going to slow Willoughby down.
Willoughby with a poor takedown
and Churchill counters with a nice kick to the body.
Clive Churchill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sathington Willoughby.
Willoughby takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Churchill throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Churchill bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Willoughby misses with a takedown
and Churchill counters with a nice low kick that buckles Willoughby's knee momentarily.
Willoughby looks winded!
Churchill scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Churchill lands a big head kick that sends Willoughby tumbling to the mat! Churchill takes a step backwards and waves Willoughby back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Willoughby is rocked!
It looks like Sathington Willoughby has been cut.
Willoughby is trying desperately to land a takedown but Churchill is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Willoughby.
Willoughby has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Churchill.
Willoughby is still on wobbly legs! Can Churchill finish him?
Churchill scores with a leg kick.
Churchill fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Churchill moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Churchill throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Willoughby is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Clive Churchill!
Clive Churchill decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tony Dawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Turbitt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dawson comes to the cage accompanied by Cog - Run. Sam Turbitt is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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163 lbs
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164 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tony Dawson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Sam Turbitt!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, John Mangel and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dawson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dawson gets a clinch.
Dawson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dawson lands a hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Sam Turbitt has been cut.
Dawson controlling the action here for a moment.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dawson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dawson lands a body punch.
Turbitt tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dawson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Turbitt goes for a takedown attempt but Dawson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Turbitt tries for a takedown but Dawson circles away easily
and Dawson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tony Dawson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sam Turbitt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dawson scores with a shoulder strike.
Dawson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Turbitt looks winded!
Dawson lands with a left to the head.
Nice body punch from Dawson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Dawson.
Dawson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dawson just leaning against Turbitt, taking a breather.
Dawson scores with a shot to the side of Turbitt's head.
Dawson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Turbitt up against the cage.
A short right from Dawson.
Dawson breaks from the clinch.
Dawson sizes up Turbitt with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dawson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Turbitt is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turbitt throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dawson's waist but Dawson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Turbitt off to one side.
Dawson clinches with his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Dawson.
Dawson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Dawson for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Dawson lands a left hand.
Dawson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Turbitt backwards.
Turbitt is still on wobbly legs! Can Dawson finish him?
That has opened up Sam Turbitt's cut even more.
Dawson pushes Turbitt against the cage. Dawson is working some dirty boxing. Dawson pushes off with a quick right hook! Turbitt goes down! Turbitt tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Dawson moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Dawson!
A victorious Tony Dawson thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Trent Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Milk Nibbles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trent Smith could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Milk Nibbles's chin.
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160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Trent Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Milk Nibbles!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Eliza Hachem and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith closes the distance and clinches.
Smith landing knees to the body.
Nibbles tries to pull guard but Smith won't allow it.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nibbles is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Smith pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nibbles looking for a takedown.
Trent Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Milk Nibbles.
Smith is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nibbles looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Smith utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smith content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Smith landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Smith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nibbles in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nibbles tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith slowing the pace effectively.
Smith landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Smith connects with a knee to the head.
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Come on Smith - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Smith landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Smith prevents a takedown attempt there.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Smith landing knees to the body.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith taking a breather.
Knees to the body from Smith.
Knees to the body from Smith.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nibbles in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Smith with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smith landing knees to the body.
Smith slows down the pace here.
Nibbles goes for a takedown in the clinch but Smith prevents it.
Nibbles drops down looking for an ankle pick but Smith pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith is looking to clinch but Nibbles is avoiding it.
Smith stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Smith wants it to stay on the feet.
Trent Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smith closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Smith scores a nice knee to the body.
Smith has Nibbles pushed against the cage.
Smith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nibbles in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nibbles wants a takedown but no success here.
Smith prevents a takedown attempt there.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nibbles is trying to drag Smith to the mat but Smith just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smith effectively controlling the action here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith working Nibbles over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Smith.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Smith stalls.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trent Smith 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.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Nibbles pushes him off.
Smith drives through and clinches with Nibbles against the cage.
Nibbles drops down looking for an ankle pick but Smith pulls his leg out and moves away.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smith closes the distance looking to clinch
and Nibbles counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Smith is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nibbles can do to turn this around?
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Nibbles wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Nibbles throwing strikes but missing.
Nibbles prevents Smith from getting back to his feet.
Nibbles won't allow Smith to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nibbles with a nice head shot there.
Smith is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Nibbles won't allow Smith to get back to his feet.
Nibbles passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Nibbles grinds an elbow into Smith's temple.
Nibbles looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Smith tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nibbles working the body and head with strikes.
Smith stops Nibbles from passing to mount.
Nibbles working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nibbles cracks Smith with a big elbow.
Smith tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Nibbles wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Smith is not content to let Nibbles control the position.
Smith taking a bit of punishment here - Nibbles scoring with strikes.
Smith tries to bench press Nibbles off him but Nibbles keeps the position.
Nibbles has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Smith is trying to control Nibbles's posture but Nibbles avoids it.
Smith tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Nibbles wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Nibbles lands a nice forearm strike.
Smith is not content to let Nibbles control the position.
Nibbles is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith taking a bit of punishment here - Nibbles scoring with strikes.
Smith is trying to get back to his feet.
Nibbles scoring with punches from side control.
Nibbles working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Nibbles in side control lands a decent elbow.
Smith trying his best to control but Nibbles has mounted him.
Smith is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Nibbles pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
BOOM! Nibbles connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Nibbles scoring with strikes but Smith is staying in there.
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!
Nibbles landing punches.
Smith is rocked!
Nibbles working Smith over with strikes here.
Oh Smith is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Smith can't escape the position.
Nibbles looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Nibbles drops a big elbow. That's hurt Smith! More shots from Nibbles and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Milk Nibbles!
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