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Fallen Champions VIII PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Staale Dal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cyrus The Virus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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270 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Staale Dal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cyrus The Virus!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Virus throws the left hand but Dal avoids the punch easily.
The Virus changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Dal looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The Virus working the ground and pound but Dal is defending the strikes.
The Virus working the ground and pound but Dal is defending the strikes.
Dal is not content to let The Virus control the position.
Dal avoids any damage from the ground and pound of The Virus.
The Virus in side control, throwing shots but Dal defends.
The strikes coming from The Virus are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The Virus in side control, throwing shots but Dal defends.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dal dodges the ground and pound from The Virus.
The Virus fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The Virus in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Dal really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The Virus looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Dal is avoiding damage well.
Dal pushes The Virus away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, The Virus gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The Virus postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Dal wants to get back to his feet.
Dal is trying to escape the position but The Virus is controlling the position.
Dal parries the strikes from The Virus easily there. The Virus is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Dal to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Virus misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The Virus prevents Dal from escaping the position.
The Virus sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Dal is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The Virus has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Dal!
The Virus misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The Virus throws some wild stikes that Dal manages to avoid easily.
The Virus unloads with some shots from mount but Dal bucks and avoids them well.
Dal is breathing heavily.
Dal holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as The Virus tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Virus controlling his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dal blocking the ground and pound.
The Virus looking to finish with strikes here!
The Virus throws some wild stikes that Dal manages to avoid easily.
The Virus misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The Virus can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dal is looking to escape.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The Virus sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Virus misses with a head shot.
The Virus throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The Virus looking to ground and pound but Dal is blocking nicely.
The Virus throws some wild stikes that Dal manages to avoid easily.
The Virus punching from mount but Dal doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The Virus in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The Virus throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The Virus throwing strikes here but Dal is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
The Virus controlling his opponent.
The Virus wants to control the pace but Dal is squirming around nicely.
The Virus throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The Virus throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The Virus throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dal because The Virus loaded up on that one.
The Virus misses with a head shot.
The Virus punching from mount but Dal doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The Virus throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The Virus throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dal because The Virus loaded up on that one.
The Virus throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Dal is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The Virus throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The Virus has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dal avoids a series of strikes thrown by The Virus.
The Virus looking to finish with strikes here!
The Virus sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The Virus looking to finish with strikes here!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The Virus looking to ground and pound but Dal is blocking nicely.
The Virus misses with a head shot.
The Virus throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dal because The Virus loaded up on that one.
The Virus misses with a head shot.
The Virus punching from mount but Dal doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The Virus throwing strikes here but Dal is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Dal wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by The Virus.
Dal is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The Virus controlling from mount.
The Virus unloads with some shots from mount but Dal bucks and avoids them well.
Dal blocking the ground and pound.
The Virus sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The Virus throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dal because The Virus loaded up on that one.
The Virus throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dal because The Virus loaded up on that one.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The Virus unloads with some shots from mount but Dal bucks and avoids them well.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The Virus unloads with some shots from mount but Dal bucks and avoids them well.
Dal blocking the ground and pound.
The Virus throws some wild stikes that Dal manages to avoid easily.
Dal wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by The Virus.
Dal avoids a series of strikes thrown by The Virus.
The Virus unloads with some shots from mount but Dal bucks and avoids them well.
Dal avoids a series of strikes thrown by The Virus.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dal blocking the ground and pound.
The Virus misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cyrus The Virus dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
The Virus misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Dal lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dal tries to keep at a distance but The Virus has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dal wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The Virus is leaning against Dal and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The Virus breaks the clinch.
Dal slips a jab and a cross from The Virus.
Dal misses with a combination
and The Virus counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Virus.
Dal misses with a two punch combination.
A swing and a miss from Dal.
Dal throws a right hand that The Virus ducks under and follows up with a left that The Virus also avoids with ease.
The Virus scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Virus throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Dal tumbling to the canvas!
Dal is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Virus is looking to work some ground and pound but Dal has wrist control.
Oh Dal is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The Virus throws a big elbow that misses.
Dal seems to have got his legs back now.
The Virus trying to control but Dal is working from the bottom.
Dal knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for The Virus on the ground.
The Virus is looking to work some ground and pound but Dal has wrist control.
The Virus trying to control but Dal is working from the bottom.
The Virus throwing strikes from guard but Dal blocks nicely.
Cyrus The Virus has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dal working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from The Virus.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Virus missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The Virus throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dal works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The Virus is looking to work some ground and pound but Dal has wrist control.
The Virus throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dal works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The Virus passes Dal's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The Virus sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dal defending well though.
The Virus performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The Virus not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dal keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The Virus thows a huge punch but Dal dodges it nicely.
The Virus thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The Virus is trying to control. Dal wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The Virus throwing shots but Dal is blocking nicely.
The Virus not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The Virus missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The Virus thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dal's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Virus trying to control from half guard but Dal is working away.
The Virus trying to pass the guard but Dal defending well.
The Virus missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The Virus throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dal blocking the ground and pound attempt from The Virus.
The Virus throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The Virus trying to control from half guard but Dal is working away.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
The Virus not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dal avoiding damage under a succession of punches from The Virus.
The Virus looks to land a strike but Dal avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
The Virus postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dal will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The Virus throws a big elbow that misses.
The Virus controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The Virus in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The Virus wants to control from the top but Dal keeps moving.
The Virus has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The Virus sitting in guard here, content to control.
The Virus postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The Virus with a flurry of punches that miss.
The Virus trying to control the position from guard on top but Dal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Virus throws a big right hand that misses.
The Virus with a flurry of punches that miss.
The Virus postures up in Dal's guard and throws a big left but Dal blocks it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The Virus passes Dal's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The Virus throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The Virus throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The Virus missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The Virus not doing much here.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The Virus thows a huge punch but Dal dodges it nicely.
The Virus wants to take a breather but Dal is having none of it.
Dal blocking the ground and pound attempt from The Virus.
The Virus wants to control but Dal is keeping him busy.
The Virus thows a huge punch but Dal dodges it nicely.
The Virus works his way into full mount!
The Virus punching from mount but Dal doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Cyrus The Virus is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The Virus throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dal because The Virus loaded up on that one.
Dal holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as The Virus tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The Virus looking to control and managing it successfully.
The Virus throwing strikes here but Dal is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cyrus The Virus comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well The Virus has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight for Cyrus The Virus!
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight for Cyrus The Virus!
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight for Cyrus The Virus!
Cyrus The Virus wins by unanimous decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vossie Vos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Bermudez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bermudez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. I'm Shipping Up To Boston kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Vossie Vos has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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205 lbs
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205 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vossie Vos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Bermudez!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Micheangelo Fripello and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bermudez blocks a head kick by Vos.
Bermudez shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Vos's guard.
Vos looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Vos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bermudez.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Bermudez stands up over Vos, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bermudez works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Vos is looking to improve his position.
Bermudez tries to stand and escape but Vos is controlling the position.
Vos controlling the position well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vos trying to control but Bermudez postures up.
Bermudez is keen to just control but Vos is a slippery customer.
Vos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bermudez shoots in and bounces Vos off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Bermudez trying to control the position from guard on top but Vos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bermudez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bermudez is looking to advance position but Vos has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Vos lands with some strikes.
Bermudez wants to control but Vos is having none of it.
Vos is landing with some decent strikes but Bermudez is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vos is landing with some decent strikes but Bermudez is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bermudez is looking to get to half guard.
Bermudez wants to hold on but Vos pushes him away.
Vos wants to finish this one by submission but Bermudez is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Vos.
Bermudez is desperately trying to improve his position but Vos has a good base and remains in mount.
Bermudez tries to hold on but Vos pushes him away.
Vos lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bermudez is trying to escape the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vos is landing with some decent strikes but Bermudez is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bermudez is looking to improve his position but Vos isn't that keen on the idea.
Vos putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Bermudez really wants to buck Vos off and get back to his feet.
Bermudez is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bermudez swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Vos with shots to the head and body - Bermudez looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bermudez tries to lock up and control but Vos gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bermudez looks winded!
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bermudez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Vos landing strikes, looking to finish!
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Vos! Bermudez is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Vossie Vos!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gstring Borad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike OMalley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike OMalley has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Gstring Borad's chin.
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155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gstring Borad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike OMalley!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Roger Salmon and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
OMalley gets in close and instigates a clinch.
OMalley can't get the takedown.
Borad missing with knees to the body.
Borad with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Borad lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
OMalley is trying to drag Borad to the mat but Borad just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
OMalley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
OMalley looking to stall.
OMalley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
OMalley wants a takedown but no success here.
Gstring Borad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike OMalley.
OMalley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
It looks like Gstring Borad has been cut.
Borad lands an elbow inside.
Knees to the body from Borad.
OMalley managing to block the knees to the body from Borad.
OMalley has hold of one of Borad's legs. Borad is fighting the takedown attempt but OMalley gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
OMalley wants to stand but Borad is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borad utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
OMalley advances to half guard.
OMalley perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Borad has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. OMalley is working away from the top position though.
OMalley is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Borad sees it coming and defends easily.
Borad is trying to control but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
OMalley passes to side control.
Borad is not content to let OMalley control the position.
Borad is looking for a sweep.
OMalley wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Borad, who protects the arm well.
Borad regains half guard there - taking advantage of OMalley's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
OMalley is working for a submission of some sort.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
OMalley is working for a kimura but Borad is defending it quite comfortably.
OMalley working Borad over with strikes.
OMalley is looking to take a break and control but Borad is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borad trying to control from the bottom.
OMalley is looking for a kimura but Borad is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for OMalley to get the leverage.
OMalley wants to pass to mount but Borad is defending the position.
Borad is trying to maintain the position but OMalley is very close to passing his half guard.
OMalley is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Borad looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
OMalley is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
OMalley seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Borad is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Mike OMalley!
A relieved looking Mike OMalley thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Askarian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Russell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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209 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tim Askarian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Diego Russell!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Askarian lands a nice hook to Russell's body. Russell takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Askarian, right into the meat.
Askarian closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Russell has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Askarian after a bit of a struggle.
Askarian struggles to land a body shot inside as Russell controls his hands.
Russell changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Askarian fights it off and pushes away nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Askarian.
Askarian clinches up against the ropes.
A knee to the head by Askarian.
Russell wants a takedown.
Tim Askarian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diego Russell.
Askarian scores with a shoulder strike.
Askarian stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Askarian is trying to maintain a safe position but Russell gets an underhook and turns Askarian into the ropes.
Askarian comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees to the body from Askarian.
Askarian looking to slow down the pace here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Russell is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Askarian gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Askarian lands a damaging elbow.
Askarian content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Askarian gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Askarian lands an elbow that stopped Russell in his tracks for a moment.
Still in the clinch, Askarian scores with a nice short uppercut.
A knee to the head by Askarian.
Askarian is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Russell is keeping busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Askarian putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Russell in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Russell looks winded!
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!
Askarian lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Askarian connects with a nasty looking knee right to Russell's face.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Askarian scores with a knee to the head.
Askarian crunches a lovely knee into Russell's ribcage.
Askarian lands an uppercut.
Askarian connects with a nasty looking knee right to Russell's face.
Askarian softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Askarian lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Askarian lands an elbow inside that Russell shrugs off.
Askarian lands a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Askarian tries to throw a body punch but Russell avoids it by throwing Askarian back against the ropes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Askarian.
Askarian lands a damaging elbow.
Askarian comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Russell takes an elbow to the forehead.
Askarian lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Askarian.
Askarian lands an elbow that stopped Russell in his tracks for a moment.
Askarian struggles to land a body shot inside as Russell controls his hands.
Knees to the body from Askarian.
Askarian connects with a nasty looking knee right to Russell's face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees in the clinch landing for Askarian.
Askarian lands a damaging elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Askarian taking a breather.
Askarian lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Askarian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Askarian lands an elbow that stopped Russell in his tracks for a moment.
Askarian lands a good knee to the midsection. Russell won't want to take too many of those.
Askarian lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Askarian comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Askarian lands a shot to the body.
Askarian prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Askarian scores with a knee to the head.
Askarian lands a knee to the head.
Askarian scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Askarian lands a nice elbow.
Russell takes an elbow to the forehead.
Askarian is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Askarian lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Askarian.
Askarian lands an elbow inside.
Askarian landing knees to the head.
Askarian stalling in the clinch.
Askarian lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Askarian lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Askarian is looking to control Russell's arms but Russell gets an underhook and turns him. Now Askarian has his back to the ropes.
Askarian lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Askarian looking to stall.
Askarian landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Askarian scores with a shot to the side of Russell's head.
Russell has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Askarian avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Askarian pushes Russell back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Askarian lands an elbow that stopped Russell in his tracks for a moment.
Russell takes an elbow to the temple.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Askarian scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Askarian lands an elbow inside.
Russell has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Askarian is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Askarian lands an elbow inside that Russell shrugs off.
Russell takes an elbow to the temple.
Askarian lands a damaging elbow.
Askarian lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Askarian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Russell takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Askarian.
Askarian unloads a knee to the mid-section. Russell lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Russell takes an elbow to the forehead.
Askarian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Askarian lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Russell backwards.
Askarian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Askarian connects with a knee to the head.
A short left from Askarian.
Askarian lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Askarian.
Askarian landing knees to the head.
Russell is rocked!
Askarian lands a damaging elbow.
Russell is still on wobbly legs! Can Askarian finish him?
Askarian lands an elbow that stopped Russell in his tracks for a moment.
Askarian lands a hook that snaps the head of Russell backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Askarian creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Askarian lands an elbow inside.
Askarian lands an elbow that stopped Russell in his tracks for a moment.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Askarian.
Askarian has Russell pressed up against the ropes in a tight Thai clinch. Russell is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Askarian - that's hurt Russell badly! Oh, another knee lands and Russell is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Russell doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Tim Askarian!
A very excited looking Tim Askarian 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Al Coholic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and cm The Great (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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270 lbs
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18
275 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Brawler
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Al Coholic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, cm The Great!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Chris Saunders and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Great throws a leg kick
and Coholic counters with a series of strikes. The Great will be more careful next time no doubt.
The Great looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Coholic misses with a takedown attempt - The Great sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Oooh a lovely combination from Coholic sends The Great down but not out. Coholic dives into side control looking to finish.
It looks like cm The Great has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Coholic works to advance to full mount. The Great defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Coholic takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Coholic gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Coholic closes the distance and clinches.
The Great is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Coholic has dropped down and is working for a takedown. The Great is trying to keep an underhook but Coholic manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The Great really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Coholic. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Coholic perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Coholic frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coholic stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Coholic takes the fight into the clinch.
The Great is fighting off a takedown attempt but Coholic is just too persistent for him and manages to trip The Great to the mat. The Great regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Coholic stands up from The Great's guard - Coholic perhaps looking for a knockout.
Coholic ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The Great takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Al Coholic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Great takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Coholic changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. The Great looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Great is trying to improve his position.
The Great is trying to control Coholic's posture but Coholic avoids it.
Coholic happy to just control the position for now.
Coholic seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down The Great for as long as he can get away with.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The Great on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on The Great's face as Coholic controls the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Al Coholic just wasn't active enough.
The Great gets caught flat footed, as Coholic shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Coholic sitting in guard here, content to control.
Coholic slips nicely into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coholic takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Coholic's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Coholic passes to full mount!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Coholic controlling the position easily from mount.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Coholic forces the positional change into back control.
Coholic has good solid back control here.
The Great is trying to stand back up.
Coholic has both hooks in and is working for a choke. The Great is in real trouble here. Coholic gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, The Great is tapping out! Coholic wins by rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Al Coholic!
Al Coholic took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Landen Connell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Connell has chosen Ain't No Rest for The Wicked as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Jeff Wood could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Landen Connell's chin.
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185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jeff Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Landen Connell!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wood throws a nice inside leg kick.
Connell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Connell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wood throws out the jab.
No joy there for Connell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wood shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Connell sprawls well. Connell wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Wood gets slowly back to his feet.
Connell misses with a body kick.
Connell looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Connell throwing strikes but missing.
Connell trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Connell really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wood. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Connell is looking to advance position but Wood has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Wood throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Connell because Wood loaded up on that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Connell blocking the ground and pound.
Wood wants to get back to his feet but Connell is holding on tight.
Connell tries to hold on but Wood pushes him away.
Connell is just holding on here. Wood manages to take his back.
Wood working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Connell is doing well to defend. Wood seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Connell is forced to tap and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jeff Wood!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kyrie Perry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Madison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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174 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kyrie Perry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Madison!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Colin Fray and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Madison gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Perry counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Madison shoots and misses
and Perry counters with a slapping leg kick.
Madison with a poor takedown
and Perry makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kyrie Perry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Madison.
Madison throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Perry was covering up waiting for the punch and Madison finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Madison postures up in Perry's guard and throws a big left but Perry blocks it.
Perry preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Perry utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Madison working some strikes from top position.
Madison tries to free his leg and advance position but Perry is retaining full guard.
Madison throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Perry works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Perry keeping full guard, as Madison tries to pass.
Madison is in close to Perry's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Madison advances to half guard.
Madison is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Madison is thwarting Perry's attempts to control the position.
Madison thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Madison thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Perry's head.
Madison lands with a punch from half guard.
Madison looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Madison working the head and body with strikes.
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!
Perry blocking the ground and pound attempt from Madison.
Perry is in trouble now - Madison has advanced to mount!
Madison has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Madison raining down shots from the mount!
Perry is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perry wants to hold on but Madison pushes him away.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Madison landing shots from mount.
Oh Perry is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Perry takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Madison's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Madison!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between David King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Javier Esteban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David King has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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26
162 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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21
167 lbs
0 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, David King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Javier Esteban!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Ryoma Takatsuka and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Esteban throws a shot from downtown. King moves away and avoids it.
King thuds a left hand into Esteban's body.
Esteban clinches up against the ropes.
King scores with a shoulder strike.
King scores with a shoulder strike.
King blocks a body shot from Esteban.
Still in the clinch, King scores with a nice short uppercut.
Esteban is rocked!
A nice right hand lands inside from King.
Esteban is still on wobbly legs! Can King finish him?
King lands a left hand that snaps the head of Esteban backwards.
Esteban throws a head punch that misses.
King lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Esteban to his knees! King keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David King!
David King 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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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chappa Chippa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Mercury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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188 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chappa Chippa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pete Mercury!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chippa swinging wildly here.
Chappa Chippa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mercury throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mercury displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chippa throws out the jab.
Chippa throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mercury counters with a right hand to the body.
Chippa has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mercury pushes Chippa back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chippa is trying to stall.
Chippa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Chippa as Mercury tries to tie him up.
Chippa lands an elbow just above Mercury 's eye.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chippa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mercury looks winded!
Mercury is trying to maintain a safe position but Chippa gets an underhook and turns Mercury into the ropes.
Knees to the body from Chippa.
A bit of stalling here from Chippa.
Chippa connects with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chippa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Chippa scores a nice knee to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Chippa.
Chippa drops down looking for an ankle pick but Mercury pulls his leg out and moves away.
A big left from Chippa misses.
Mercury slips under a jab.
Mercury keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Chippa slips under a jab.
Chippa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chippa tries to score a power double leg takedown but Mercury sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Chippa somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chappa Chippa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chippa tries to close the distance and clinch but Mercury swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chippa misses with a few strikes there.
Chippa closes the distance and clinches.
Mercury lands a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chippa looking to stall.
Chippa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mercury has had enough of the clinch but Chippa keeps him there for the moment.
Mercury lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chippa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mercury takes an elbow to the temple.
Mercury lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Chippa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chippa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mercury lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Chippa is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Mercury takes an elbow to the temple.
Chippa has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mercury avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Mercury lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Chippa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mercury in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chippa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mercury gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Chippa.
Mercury prevents a takedown attempt there.
Chippa landing knees to the head.
Chippa really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Chippa has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Mercury after a bit of a struggle.
Chippa can't get the takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chippa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Chippa looking to stall.
Chippa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mercury breaks the clinch.
Chippa misses with a left hand
and Mercury counters with a stiff right hand.
Mercury thows a body shot but no joy.
Mercury moves away from the strike by Chippa.
Chippa will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Chippa throws the left hand but Mercury avoids the punch easily.
Chippa throws a hook to the side of Mercury's head but Mercury sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mercury tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chippa was well out of range. Poor timing from Mercury.
Chippa drops his hands momentarily and Mercury takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Chippa slips a jab from Mercury.
Mercury keeps the fight on the outside.
Mercury throws an overhand right that lands on Chippa's shoulder, as Chippa tries to avoid the shot.
Chippa closes the distance but Mercury moves to the side
letting Mercury counter with a right hand.
Chippa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chippa ducks under a wild hook from Mercury.
Chippa misses with a hook
and Mercury counters with a two punch combo.
Chippa tries to clinch but Mercury moves away
and Mercury connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chippa misses with a low kick.
Pete Mercury is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mercury steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chippa.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Mercury swats away the attempt to clinch by Chippa.
Chippa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mercury.
Chippa throws a sloppy body shot
and Mercury cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chippa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mercury.
Mercury misses the jab.
Mercury slips a straight right by Chippa.
The fighters circling - Chippa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chippa tries to clinch but Mercury moves away
and Chippa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chippa missing with a left hand there. Mercury was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mercury keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Chippa misses.
Chippa wants to clinch up but Mercury keeps it at a distance.
Chippa looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mercury is fending him off so far but Chippa persists. Nope, Mercury circles away and we're back to standing.
Chippa misses with a left hand
and Mercury counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Chippa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A swing and a miss from Chippa.
The fighters circling - Chippa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mercury fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chippa manages to avoid it.
Nice uppercut lands for Mercury. That snapped Chippa's head back.
Chippa tries to close the distance and clinch but Mercury swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Chippa looks to clinch
and Mercury counters with a nice uppercut.
Mercury throws an overhand right that lands on Chippa's shoulder, as Chippa tries to avoid the shot.
Mercury misses the shot to the body.
A shot to the body from Chippa misses
and Mercury counters with a left to the body.
Mercury slips a straight right by Chippa.
Chippa closes the distance and clinches up with Mercury, looking for a takedown. Chippa pushes Mercury against the ropes but Mercury circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Mercury looks to throw the jab but Chippa is out of range.
Mercury closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Chippa misses with a right hand
and Mercury counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Chippa thinking.
Nice shot by Mercury.
Chippa moves into range and clinches up with Mercury.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Chippa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Chippa.
Chippa blocks an uppercut.
Chippa landing knees to the head.
Chippa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Chippa lands a knee to the head.
Chippa lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mercury is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Chippa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mercury's defenses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chippa obliges.
Chippa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mercury prevents a takedown attempt there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chippa lands a nice elbow.
Chippa lands an elbow inside.
Mercury takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chappa Chippa dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Mercury keeps the fight on the outside.
Chippa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chippa tries to clinch up.
Mercury throws a hook to the side of Chippa's head but Chippa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chippa throws a hook but Mercury avoids it easily.
Chippa throws a series of punches but Mercury moves out of range.
Chippa throws a series of punches but Mercury avoids them all with ease.
Chippa wants to clinch up but Mercury keeps it at a distance.
Chippa misses with a takedown attempt - Mercury sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Mercury misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chippa swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mercury counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big left from Mercury misses.
Mercury uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chippa.
Chippa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mercury uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Chippa has time to react.
Mercury throws a big shot that misses.
Mercury misses with a looping left.
Mercury uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chippa.
Chippa throws a leg kick but Mercury sees it coming and moves out of range.
Chippa darts in trying to clinch
and Mercury counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercury throws a hook to the side of Chippa's head but Chippa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mercury connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Chippa throws a shot from downtown. Mercury moves away and avoids it.
Chippa misses with a takedown attempt
and Mercury counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mercury swats away the attempt to clinch by Chippa.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Chippa.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chappa Chippa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mercury fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chippa manages to avoid it.
Chippa throws a looping overhand right but Mercury ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercury slips a jab from Chippa.
Chippa misses with a straight right.
Mercury looks to land a right hand but Chippa moved out of range.
Chippa misses with a two punch combination.
Chippa swings for the body but Mercury moves out of range.
Mercury connects with a jab.
Chippa throws an overhand right that lands on Mercury's shoulder, as Mercury tries to avoid the shot.
Chippa misses with a takedown attempt - Mercury sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Chippa has Mercury up against the ropes in a clinch.
Chippa lands a nice elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mercury is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Chippa tries to stall but Mercury uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mercury lands with a short shot to the head.
Mercury misses with the head strike.
Mercury lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chippa backwards.
Chippa slowing the pace effectively.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Chippa.
Chippa lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chippa connects with a knee to the head.
Chippa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Chippa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mercury in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Chippa.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mercury as Chippa tries to tie him up.
Chippa wants a takedown but no success here.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Mercury working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Chippa scores with a knee to the head.
Chippa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mercury.
Chippa being controlled against the ropes.
Chippa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mercury has had enough of the clinch but Chippa keeps him there for the moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chippa.
Mercury is trying to force a seperation but Chippa has the dominant position.
Chippa turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Chippa scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Mercury to see if he's OK.
Chippa fails to land a wild elbow strike.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Mercury sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Chippa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mercury keeps working.
Chippa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chippa trying to control the action but Mercury is working from the bottom.
Mercury is trying to get back to full guard.
Mercury makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Mercury.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Mercury looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Chippa stops Mercury from standing up.
Mercury looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mercury preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Chippa stopping the sweep attempt from Mercury.
Mercury has momentary wrist control but Chippa slips an elbow through the middle.
Mercury has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Chippa can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Chippa keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mercury's head.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Chippa postures up and lands a big shot to Mercury's brow.
Chippa looking to sit in guard and control but Mercury gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Chippa manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Mercury manages to get himself to full guard.
Mercury trying to control the position.
Mercury looking to hit a scissor sweep but Chippa is one step ahead there.
Chippa postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Chippa has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Chippa lands a couple of digs.
Chippa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mercury can do to turn this around?
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Mercury is on top in guard.
Mercury stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Chippa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mercury postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mercury keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Chippa's head.
Chippa wants to sweep here but Mercury controlling him for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chippa manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Pete Mercury has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chappa Chippa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Chippa looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chappa Chippa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chippa has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight for Chappa Chippa!
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight for Chappa Chippa!
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight for Chappa Chippa!
Chappa Chippa wins by unanimous decision!
Chappa Chippa took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Malcolm Master (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance Stevens (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 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Malcolm Master!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lance Stevens!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Roger Salmon and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Master shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Stevens manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Master drops back, looking for a kneebar! Stevens looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Stevens looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Stevens!
Stevens advances to mount.
Stevens controlling from the full mount.
Stevens really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Master. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Master tries to reverse the position but Stevens maintains control.
Stevens throws some wild stikes that Master manages to avoid easily.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Stevens unloads with some shots from mount but Master bucks and avoids them well.
Master is looking to improve his position but Stevens isn't that keen on the idea.
Master 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.
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!
Master blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stevens.
Stevens is looking to advance position but Master won't allow it.
Master slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Master looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Stevens is defending well. Master quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Stevens has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Master celebrates on the ropes, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Malcolm Master!
Malcolm Master 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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