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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jojo Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davie Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jojo Williams could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Davie Smith's chin.
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240 lbs
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273 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jojo Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Davie Smith!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Alyssa Summers and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams moves into range and connects with a jab.
Williams lands with a shot to the body.
Williams throws a right hand that Smith ducks under and follows up with a left that Smith also avoids with ease.
Williams slaps away a takedown attempt from Smith, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Davie Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith shoots in but no luck this time.
Williams bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Smith dives in and grabs Williams's left leg, looking for a takedown. Williams pushes down on Smith's head and hops out.
Jojo Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davie Smith.
Williams thuds a left hand into Smith's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams jabs at Smith's body.
Smith looks winded!
Williams lands a jab to the nose.
Smith is trying desperately to land a takedown but Williams is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Smith.
Smith shoots in for a takedown but Williams shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Williams cracks Smith with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Smith looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Williams finish him?
Smith is rocked!
Smith switches off momentarily and Williams cracks him with a monster right hand! Smith topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Williams dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Williams!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jojo Williams!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Snabbo Smido (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Desjardins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smido comes to the cage accompanied by Breathe. Desjardins has chosen Bob Marley - I Shot The Sheriff as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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182 lbs
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185 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 17 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Snabbo Smido!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonathan Desjardins!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Bruno Lombardi and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Desjardins misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A low kick from Desjardins is predictable there
and Smido counters with an inside leg kick.
Smido connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Desjardins takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Desjardins misses with a body shot.
Desjardins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smido.
Desjardins moves out of range of the body kick.
A slow jab from Desjardins misses its intended target.
Smido with a jab.
Desjardins misses with an uppercut. Smido saw that one coming.
Smido scores with a shot to the body.
Desjardins moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Desjardins tries to work over Smido's front leg with a kick but Smido checks it.
Smido looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smido moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A low kick from Smido is predictable there
and Desjardins makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Desjardins keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Desjardins checks the leg kick.
Snabbo Smido seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Desjardins throws a front kick that sends Smido stumbling back into the cage.
A solid leg kick lands there for Smido.
Smido circles away from the clinch attempt.
A head kick misses from Smido.
Smido throws a chopping leg kick but Desjardins manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A slow jab from Smido misses its intended target.
Desjardins throws the kick towards the body but Smido avoids it.
Desjardins thows a body shot but no joy.
Desjardins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smido was well out of range. Poor timing from Desjardins.
Desjardins feints and then cracks Smido's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Smido down.
A swing and a miss from Smido.
Smido checks a low kick from Desjardins.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smido throws a leg kick which misses Desjardins's front leg but catches the back leg as Desjardins tries to avoid it.
Desjardins misses with a body kick.
Desjardins lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Smido at a distance.
Desjardins avoids the head kick by Smido.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smido waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Desjardins.
Smido paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Desjardins gets the takedown into side control.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Smido is not content to let Desjardins control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Desjardins tries to stand but Smido is controlling his head.
Smido is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Desjardins off and has taken his back!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smido connects with a big shot to the side of Desjardins's head.
Smido trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Desjardins doesn't escape.
Desjardins looking very determined here, making life difficult for Smido.
Desjardins trying to control the action but Smido just sinks the hooks in.
Desjardins wants to escape the position.
Desjardins trying to control the position but Smido manages to sink in the hooks.
Smido keeps control of the position as Desjardins tries to break free.
Desjardins tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Desjardins is squirming around, avoiding Smido's attempts to control the action.
Smido lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smido sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smido putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Smido trying to control but Desjardins is having none of it.
Desjardins tries to lock up and control but Smido gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Smido landing strikes from the mount.
Desjardins really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Desjardins gets back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Desjardins wants to improve his position but Smido is controlling well.
Smido trying to control the action but Desjardins is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Snabbo Smido 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.
Jab from Smido.
Desjardins closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Desjardins working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smido managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Desjardins.
Desjardins throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Desjardins tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Jonathan Desjardins has got the better of the ground game so far.
Desjardins decides to stand up, so the ref orders Smido to his feet.
Smido paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Smido throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Desjardins is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Smido rather than just go for the knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Desjardins tries to clinch but Smido is having none of it.
Desjardins with a nice cross.
Desjardins tries to clinch up but Smido circles away and keeps his distance.
Smido misses with a body shot.
Smido misses with a looping right.
Desjardins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smido paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smido misses with an attempted mid kick.
Desjardins stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Smido.
Smido turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Desjardins pivots, looking for a leg kick but Smido is out of range and Desjardins settles back down.
Desjardins cracks a nice hook into Smido's ribs.
A jab from Desjardins finds it's way through Smido's defenses.
Smido looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Smido tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smido thumps Desjardins with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Desjardins just misses with a punch to the body.
Smido slips a straight right by Desjardins.
Smido dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Desjardins. That did some damage!
Smido attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Smido fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Smido. That's going to slow Desjardins down.
Desjardins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smido swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Desjardins takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Snabbo Smido is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smido lands with a thumping leg kick.
Smido scores with a leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Smido lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Desjardins has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Desjardins and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A low kick from Desjardins is predictable there
and Smido counters with an outside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smido throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Smido fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Desjardins is out of range.
Desjardins throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A big right from Smido misses.
Smido throws a jab but it's blocked by Desjardins.
Smido feints and then cracks Desjardins's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Desjardins down.
Smido throws a leg kick which misses Desjardins's front leg but catches the back leg as Desjardins tries to avoid it.
Desjardins shoots in looking for a takedown. Smido tries to sprawl out of it but Desjardins keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Smido manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Desjardins dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Smido. That did some damage!
Desjardins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smido was well out of range. Poor timing from Desjardins.
Desjardins closes the distance and clinches up with Smido, looking for a takedown. Desjardins pushes Smido against the cage but Smido circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Snabbo Smido is winning the standup battle so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Desjardins misses.
A combination from Desjardins does no damage.
Desjardins is breathing heavily.
Desjardins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smido fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Smido throws a quick inside leg kick.
Smido throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Smido throws a chopping leg kick but Desjardins manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Desjardins throws a quick inside leg kick.
Smido lands with an uppercut that bounces Desjardins off the cage and back into range.
Smido dips to his left and cracks Desjardins with an uppercut!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Desjardins chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Smido can pounce on him.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Smido, right into the meat.
Smido throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Snabbo Smido dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Smido dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Desjardins. That did some damage!
Desjardins displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smido throws out the jab.
Smido throws a low kick but Desjardins avoids it.
Desjardins has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Smido.
Desjardins has a takedown stuffed.
Smido moves out of range as Desjardins strikes.
Desjardins's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Desjardins walks into a left hand.
Desjardins throws a half hearted mid kick.
A solid body kick from Smido.
Desjardins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smido manages to avoid it.
Smido lands with a thumping leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Desjardins checks a leg kick.
Desjardins on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smido displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Desjardins throws out the jab.
Desjardins misses with a double jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Smido.
Desjardins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smido.
Desjardins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Smido turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Desjardins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smido was well out of range. Poor timing from Desjardins.
Smido dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Desjardins. That did some damage!
Smido keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smido throws a right hand that misses
and Desjardins counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Smido scoring well with a low kick there.
Desjardins tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Smido counter with a right hand.
Desjardins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Desjardins lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Smido circles away quickly and effectively.
Jonathan Desjardins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Desjardins takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Desjardins thuds a left hand into Smido's body.
Jab, jab by Smido - just one landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Desjardins has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Smido.
Smido scores with a kick to the midsection.
Desjardins wants to clinch.
Desjardins lands a leg kick that knocks Smido off balance momentarily.
Desjardins shoots in and drives through. Smido sprawls well.
Smido lands the left hand.
Smido throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Desjardins stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Smido.
A low kick from Smido is predictable there
and Desjardins counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Desjardins throws a lazy right hand but Smido sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Smido throws a quick inside leg kick.
Smido avoids a kick to the body.
A slow jab from Desjardins misses its intended target.
Desjardins has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Smido.
Smido lands with a nice body kick.
Smido throws a nice outside leg kick.
A jab from Smido finds it's way through Desjardins's defenses.
Smido moves out of range as Desjardins throws a body kick.
Smido scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Desjardins doesn't seem bothered though.
Smido fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Desjardins tries to work over Smido's front leg with a kick but Smido checks it.
Smido getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Smido, right into the meat.
Smido lands with an overhand left.
Smido dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Desjardins. That did some damage!
Desjardins checks a leg kick.
Smido throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Desjardins.
Smido lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Desjardins attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smido tests Desjardins's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Smido lands a nice leg kick that just misses Desjardins's sensitive parts.
And that's the end of the fight!
Snabbo Smido showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Smido, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Snabbo Smido!
Snabbo Smido 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between PitPat Spokesthing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dmonray Malapitan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malapitan has chosen My Time is Now as his entrance music. Dmonray Malapitan has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with PitPat Spokesthing's chin.
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140 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, PitPat Spokesthing!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dmonray Malapitan!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Chad Campbell and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malapitan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Spokesthing lands a jab to Malapitan's midsection.
Spokesthing scoring well with a low kick there.
Spokesthing misses with an uppercut. Malapitan saw that one coming.
Spokesthing throws a leg kick that misses.
Malapitan ducks under a wild hook from Spokesthing.
Spokesthing misses with a wild body shot.
Spokesthing missing with a left hand there. Malapitan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Malapitan tries to move into range but Spokesthing moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Malapitan ducks under a wild hook from Spokesthing.
Spokesthing throws a hook but Malapitan avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spokesthing pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Spokesthing throws a leg kick
enabling Malapitan to counter with a crisp jab.
Malapitan ducks under a wild hook from Spokesthing.
PitPat Spokesthing seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spokesthing cracks Malapitan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Spokesthing lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A big left from Spokesthing misses.
Spokesthing lands a head shot.
Spokesthing tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Malapitan is able to avoid easily.
Spokesthing lands a glancing blow to the side of Malapitan's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spokesthing connects with a body shot that sends Malapitan's belly button to the back.
Malapitan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Spokesthing throws out the jab.
A big right from Spokesthing misses.
Spokesthing throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Malapitan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Malapitan slips a straight right by Spokesthing.
Spokesthing throws a solid leg kick but Malapitan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Spokesthing.
Spokesthing throws a jab when Malapitan was well out of range.
Spokesthing pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Spokesthing feints and then cracks Malapitan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Malapitan down.
Malapitan moves away from the strike by Spokesthing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malapitan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Malapitan moves away from the strike by Spokesthing.
A jab from Spokesthing misses.
Spokesthing scores with a shot to the body.
Malapitan staying out of range there.
Malapitan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Spokesthing.
Malapitan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Spokesthing throws a sloppy body shot
and Malapitan decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Spokesthing's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Malapitan stands up over Spokesthing, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malapitan pushing down on Spokesthing's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Malapitan throwing shots but Spokesthing is blocking nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Malapitan throwing shots but Spokesthing is blocking nicely.
Spokesthing is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Malapitan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Spokesthing avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Malapitan.
Malapitan is trying to work for a kimura but Spokesthing is defending well.
Spokesthing avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Malapitan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Malapitan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Spokesthing's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
PitPat Spokesthing dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Spokesthing throws a lazy uppercut
and Malapitan counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Spokesthing's guard now.
Malapitan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Malapitan lands a couple of digs.
Malapitan advances to half guard.
Malapitan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Malapitan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Spokesthing's head.
Spokesthing wants to get back to full guard.
Malapitan trying to mount his opponent but Spokesthing defends it.
Malapitan is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Malapitan is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Spokesthing doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Malapitan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malapitan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Malapitan looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Spokesthing tries to roll over but Malapitan keeps him under control.
Malapitan is looking for a kimura but Spokesthing is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Malapitan to get the leverage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spokesthing blocking the ground and pound attempt from Malapitan.
Spokesthing slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Malapitan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Spokesthing works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Spokesthing keeping moving, preventing Malapitan from controlling successfully.
Malapitan is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Malapitan preventing the sweep.
Malapitan trying to control but Spokesthing is working from the bottom.
Malapitan throwing strikes but missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malapitan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Malapitan postures up and lands a big shot to Spokesthing's brow.
Malapitan trying to move into half guard but instead Spokesthing has managed to sweep!
Malapitan keeping moving, preventing Spokesthing from controlling successfully.
Spokesthing is looking to work some ground and pound but Malapitan has wrist control.
Malapitan working a defensive guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Spokesthing accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Spokesthing postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Malapitan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Malapitan lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Spokesthing!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malapitan misses with a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dmonray Malapitan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Malapitan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Spokesthing can pounce on him.
Dmonray Malapitan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Spokesthing lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
PitPat Spokesthing is winning the standup battle so far.
Spokesthing connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Spokesthing misses the jab.
A clash of legs there as Malapitan blocks the low kick.
Spokesthing loads up on a big right hand but Malapitan slips the punch.
Spokesthing ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Malapitan moves away.
Spokesthing fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A jab from Spokesthing misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spokesthing rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Malapitan counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Spokesthing!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Malapitan wants to control but Spokesthing is keeping him busy.
Spokesthing defending against the ground and pound.
Malapitan tries to move to mount but Spokesthing blocks the move with his legs.
Malapitan advances nicely into full mount.
Spokesthing avoids a series of strikes thrown by Malapitan.
Malapitan content just to control the position here.
Spokesthing holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Malapitan tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spokesthing is in a horrible position here. Malapitan smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
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!
Malapitan thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Malapitan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Malapitan tries to control but Spokesthing wriggling away.
Malapitan working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Malapitan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spokesthing is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Malapitan sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Spokesthing regains half guard.
Malapitan wants to take a breather but Spokesthing is having none of it.
Malapitan seems to be looking for submissions.
Malapitan tries to pass the half guard into mount. Spokesthing knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Spokesthing keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malapitan is looking to stall here but Spokesthing recovers full guard.
Spokesthing avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Spokesthing utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Malapitan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Spokesthing keeping moving, preventing Malapitan from controlling successfully.
Malapitan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Spokesthing works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Malapitan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dmonray Malapitan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Malapitan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dmonray Malapitan!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nawal Chekhemani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rasheed Willis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Willis comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kendrick Lamar - HiiiPower kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Nawal Chekhemani had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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25
191 lbs
13 - 10 - 0 |
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27
200 lbs
9 - 5 - 1 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nawal Chekhemani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rasheed Willis!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Steve Montenegro and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chekhemani misses the shot to the body.
Willis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Willis scores with the left hand. Chekhemani knows he should have avoided that one.
Chekhemani scores with a three punch combo!
Willis throws a series of punches but Chekhemani moves out of range.
Chekhemani scores with a body shot.
Willis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nawal Chekhemani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chekhemani keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Willis throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Danga de danga de dang - Chekhemani scores with a four punch combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Willis blocks a jab.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Chekhemani enables Willis to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Chekhemani manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Willis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Chekhemani works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Willis trying to control the position from guard on top but Chekhemani is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Willis passes Chekhemani's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Willis missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Willis is trying to work for a kimura but Chekhemani is defending well.
Willis sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Chekhemani defending well though.
Willis not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Willis trying to control from Chekhemani's half guard. Chekhemani has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Willis must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Willis content to stall in guard here.
Chekhemani keeping moving, preventing Willis from controlling successfully.
Chekhemani is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Chekhemani.
Willis makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Willis.
Chekhemani trying to control but Willis is working from the bottom.
Chekhemani postures up.
Chekhemani drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Willis manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Chekhemani has Willis in his guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Willis trying to control the position from guard on top but Chekhemani is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chekhemani is controlling Willis's posture.
Chekhemani keeping moving, preventing Willis from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willis lands a couple of digs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chekhemani escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Willis gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Willis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Chekhemani pulls Willis in to control the position.
Willis slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Willis chips away with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willis postures up in Chekhemani's guard and throws a big left but Chekhemani blocks it.
Willis advances to half guard.
Willis wants to control but Chekhemani is keeping him busy.
Chekhemani blocking the ground and pound attempt from Willis.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chekhemani is trying to get back to full guard.
Willis thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Chekhemani's head.
Willis prevents Chekhemani from improving his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chekhemani is staying active underneath Willis, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Willis throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Chekhemani to regain full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rasheed Willis dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Chekhemani lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Chekhemani.
Chekhemani tries to land a leg kick but Willis saw it coming and moves away.
Chekhemani takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Willis scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Chekhemani throws a nice looking combination but Willis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Willis throws a right hand that misses
and Chekhemani counters with a two punch combo.
Chekhemani takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Willis.
Willis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Chekhemani drops Willis with a left and a right! Oh, Willis is hurt - Chekhemani dives into side control looking to finish!
Willis is rocked!
It looks like Rasheed Willis has been cut.
Willis is looking for a sweep.
Willis is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chekhemani takes a little break here. Willis wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Check out the look on Chekhemani's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Willis is trying to get back to half guard.
Chekhemani is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Willis has escaped the position, nice work there.
Willis manages to work his way to half guard, despite Chekhemani's best efforts.
Ground and pound from Chekhemani.
Chekhemani is thwarting Willis's attempts to control the position.
Willis keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Willis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Willis is controlling Chekhemani's trapped leg to prevent Chekhemani from advancing to side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chekhemani looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Willis trying to control from the bottom.
Willis moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chekhemani is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Chekhemani avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Willis is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Chekhemani is aware though and is defending well.
Chekhemani is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Chekhemani is pushing down on Willis's leg trying to pass to half guard. Willis is fighting to maintain full guard but Chekhemani has managed to sneak the leg through.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willis trying to control from the bottom.
Willis is trying to get back to full guard.
Chekhemani trying to control from half guard but Willis is working away.
Willis tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Chekhemani has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Chekhemani tries to control but Willis wriggling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Willis is looking to get to half guard.
Chekhemani wants to control the pace but Willis is squirming around nicely.
Chekhemani putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chekhemani trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Chekhemani lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Willis regains half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Willis has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Chekhemani is working away from the top position though.
Willis is not content to let Chekhemani control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nawal Chekhemani dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rasheed Willis's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Willis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown by Willis or perhaps it was just good defense by Chekhemani which made him look bad.
Chekhemani throws a right and a left that both miss.
Chekhemani throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A left lands for Willis.
Willis misses with a wild body shot.
Chekhemani throws a one two combo.
Good shot there by Willis.
Willis misses with the combination.
Chekhemani looks to land a combination but Willis avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chekhemani lands a left and a right that sends Willis crashing to the canvas! Chekhemani dives into mount looking to finish!
Willis is still in real trouble! Can Chekhemani finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chekhemani postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Willis bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Chekhemani and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nawal Chekhemani!
Nawal Chekhemani managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Legion of Pain Nutrition, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Mctanned (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Kirk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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21
240 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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35
280 lbs
7 - 7 - 1 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paul Mctanned!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, James Kirk!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Kavanagh and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kirk throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mctanned swats away the attempt to clinch by Kirk.
Kirk shoots in but Mctanned avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mctanned shoots in for a double leg but Kirk sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Kirk shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kirk doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Mctanned counters with a shoot takedown. Kirk fights it but they end up in guard.
Paul Mctanned has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Kirk.
Mctanned stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kirk swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mctanned works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Mctanned is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Kirk!
Kirk is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Mctanned locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Kirk is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Paul Mctanned!
Paul Mctanned decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bill Annunaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zachery Rey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Annunaki comes to the cage accompanied by Tool - Aenima. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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37
208 lbs
24 - 13 - 0 |
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34
205 lbs
22 - 10 - 1 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Bill Annunaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Zachery Rey!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Eddie Farnsworth and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Annunaki throws the kick towards the body but Rey avoids it.
Annunaki avoids the body shot from Rey.
Annunaki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Annunaki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Annunaki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rey's calf.
Rey is looking to clinch but Annunaki is avoiding it.
Annunaki misses with a head kick.
Annunaki wants to slow Rey down by chopping away at his legs.
Annunaki scores with a leg kick.
Annunaki wants to clinch.
Rey checks a low kick from Annunaki.
Annunaki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rey.
Annunaki clinches.
A hook to the body from Annunaki.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Annunaki stalling in the clinch but Rey improves position.
Annunaki lands a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Annunaki lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rey backwards.
Rey creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Annunaki.
Rey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rey lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Annunaki misses with the head strike.
Rey throws a knee to the head but misses.
Annunaki swings wildly with an uppercut but Rey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Annunaki tries to throw a body punch but Rey avoids it by throwing Annunaki back against the cage.
Annunaki misses with a short punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Annunaki.
It looks like Zachery Rey has been cut.
Rey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Annunaki lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rey backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Annunaki.
Rey stalling in the clinch but Annunaki improves position.
Annunaki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rey trying to land knees to the body.
Annunaki can't find room to land a body shot as Rey controls the action.
Annunaki misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Annunaki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rey.
Rey trying to stall but Annunaki improves his position.
Rey lands a damaging elbow.
Annunaki is trying to maintain a safe position but Rey gets an underhook and turns Annunaki into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rey.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Annunaki tries a body shot but Rey blocks it.
Annunaki is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Annunaki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rey's elbow.
Annunaki blocks an uppercut.
Rey misses with a knee strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Annunaki tries to land knees in the clinch but Rey avoids the damage to the body.
Annunaki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Annunaki lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Annunaki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Annunaki.
Rey tries to land knees in the clinch but Annunaki avoids the damage to the body.
Rey tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Annunaki avoids it.
Annunaki misses with a punch to the body.
Rey is trying to stall.
Rey connects with a nasty looking knee right to Annunaki's face.
Annunaki lands with a right to the head.
Annunaki holding his opponent close, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Annunaki misses with a punch to the body.
Annunaki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rey blocks an uppercut.
Annunaki throws a punch but it's blocked by Rey.
Annunaki misses with a body punch.
Annunaki lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rey backwards.
Annunaki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rey wants to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Annunaki tries a knee to the head but Rey blocks it.
Rey lands an elbow inside that Annunaki shrugs off.
Annunaki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Annunaki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Annunaki throws a punch but it's blocked by Rey.
Annunaki blocks an elbow strike.
Annunaki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Annunaki backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rey.
Annunaki lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rey or not.
Rey throws a knee to the head but misses.
Annunaki is pushing Rey up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Rey is trying to stall.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Annunaki lands a left hand.
Rey misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bill Annunaki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zachery Rey's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Rey takes one to the chin there.
Annunaki doesn't manage to clinch there - Rey circles away.
Annunaki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Annunaki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Annunaki misses with a jab, cross combination.
Annunaki looks to score with a jab to the body but Rey is just out of range.
Rey swats away the attempt to clinch by Annunaki.
Rey stalks Annunaki and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Annunaki's face. Annunaki staggers backwards, shaken.
Rey checks the leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Annunaki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bill Annunaki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rey - that will leave a mark!
Rey lands a glancing blow to the side of Annunaki's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rey misses with a wild body shot.
Annunaki is looking to clinch but Rey is avoiding it.
Nice cross by Rey.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rey throws a hook but Annunaki blocks it.
Annunaki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Annunaki has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Annunaki stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rey.
Rey thows a leg kick but Annunaki checks it
and Annunaki counters with a body kick that stops Rey in his tracks momentarily.
Rey connects with a good right hand that stumbles Annunaki. Annunaki circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Annunaki tries a low kick but Rey avoids it.
Rey tries to clinch up.
Rey wants to clinch up but Annunaki keeps it at a distance.
Annunaki misses with a body shot.
Annunaki throws a leg kick but Rey moved away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Annunaki slips a jab and a cross from Rey.
Nice shot lands for Rey.
Annunaki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rey counters with a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rey lands with a cross.
Annunaki tries to clinch up but Rey circles away and keeps his distance.
Annunaki misses with a low kick.
Annunaki throws a push kick but Rey slaps the foot to one side.
Annunaki avoids the body shot from Rey.
Bill Annunaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Annunaki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rey has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Annunaki.
Rey throws a series of punches but Annunaki avoids them all with ease.
Rey throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Annunaki throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rey tries to close the distance and clinch but Annunaki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Annunaki lands with a nice body punch.
Annunaki is looking to clinch but Rey is avoiding it.
Rey throws a lazy right hand but Annunaki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Annunaki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Annunaki explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Rey is breathing heavily.
Annunaki lands a nice shot to the body.
Rey needs to keep his hands up - Annunaki had a free shot at his head there.
Rey tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Annunaki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rey buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Annunaki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rey tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Annunaki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Annunaki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rey.
Rey tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Annunaki misses the shot to the body.
Rey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Annunaki.
Annunaki scores with a decent looking hook.
Annunaki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rey. That did some damage!
Annunaki gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Annunaki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rey blocks a body shot from Annunaki.
Annunaki lands a shoulder strike.
Annunaki throws a head punch that misses.
Annunaki avoiding damage as Rey throws knees to the body.
Annunaki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bill Annunaki has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rey blocking some punches.
Annunaki trying to stall but Rey improves his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rey lands an elbow that stopped Annunaki in his tracks for a moment.
Annunaki lands a left hand.
Rey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Annunaki can't find room to land a body shot as Rey controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bill Annunaki dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Zachery Rey's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Rey jabs Annunaki to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Annunaki is looking to score with low kicks.
Annunaki clinches with his opponent.
Annunaki tries a body shot but Rey blocks it.
Rey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Annunaki misses with the head strike.
Rey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Annunaki's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Annunaki.
Annunaki lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Annunaki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Annunaki lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rey.
Annunaki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rey looking to slow down the pace here.
Annunaki working aggressively here.
Annunaki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Annunaki avoids the elbow strike from Rey, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Annunaki tries to land knees in the clinch but Rey avoids the damage to the body.
A short right from Annunaki on the inside.
Rey crunches a lovely knee into Annunaki's ribcage.
Rey lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Annunaki backwards.
Annunaki throws a punch but it's blocked by Rey.
A head punch on the inside from Annunaki fails to land.
Annunaki can't find room to land a body shot as Rey controls the action.
Rey lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rey lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Annunaki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rey looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rey blocking some punches.
Rey using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Annunaki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Annunaki avoids a wild elbow strike from Rey.
Rey managing to block the knees to the body from Annunaki.
Annunaki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Annunaki seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Rey is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Annunaki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Annunaki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rey will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Annunaki up against the cage.
Rey stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rey misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Annunaki.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Annunaki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rey throws an elbow but misses.
Rey blocks a body shot from Annunaki.
Rey holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Annunaki misses with some punches.
Annunaki takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rey gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Annunaki has a couple of punches blocked by Rey.
Rey blocks a body shot from Annunaki.
Annunaki misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Annunaki works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rey blocks a body shot from Annunaki.
Annunaki gets through Rey's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Rey.
Annunaki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rey.
Annunaki lands a body punch.
Annunaki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Annunaki swings wildly with an uppercut but Rey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Annunaki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Annunaki lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Annunaki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bill Annunaki is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Annunaki misses with some punches.
Annunaki swings wildly with an uppercut but Rey uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rey with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rey looking to throw knees to the head but Annunaki is blocking nicely.
Annunaki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Annunaki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rey stalls.
Rey tries to land a knee to the head but Annunaki blocks with his arms.
Zachery Rey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A bit of stalling here from Annunaki.
Annunaki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Annunaki lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rey backwards.
Rey lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Annunaki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Annunaki takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rey creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bill Annunaki showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Annunaki has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bill Annunaki!
Our winner, Bill Annunaki, 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adonis Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Primo Carnera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes into the arena with Who Let the Dogs Out blaring out of the sound system. Carnera has chosen DMX - one more road to cross as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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30
271 lbs
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284 lbs
13 - 2 - 1 |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adonis Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Primo Carnera!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Kavanagh and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carnera pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Primo Carnera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab lands there for Silva.
It looks like Primo Carnera has been cut.
Carnera bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Carnera.
Carnera misses with a double jab.
Silva blocks a head kick by Carnera.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carnera.
Silva takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Adonis Silva has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sloppy strikes from Carnera. Those never looked like landing.
Carnera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carnera scores with a head kick.
Carnera misses with a combination
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carnera throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a slapping leg kick.
Carnera throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva catches Carnera with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Carnera is aggressively charging in as Silva backs up avoiding any damage. Silva tosses out a jab and Carnera runs right into it face first! Carnera is out cold! Silva dropped down on all fours and is barking in Carnera's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Adonis Silva!
After winning the bout, Adonis Silva thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nando Rafael (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terry Tate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nando Rafael could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Terry Tate's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 2, fighting out of New York, Nando Rafael!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Terry Tate!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Russell Pearce and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tate shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rafael as he jumps to the side.
Tate shoots for a takedown but Rafael saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Tate throws a good cross that connects.
Rafael has managed to clinch.
Rafael is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rafael tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tate's elbow.
Tate tightens his grip and picks Rafael up, before dumping him to the ground. Rafael manages to land in guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Rafael is adopting a defensive guard.
Tate throwing strikes but missing.
Tate being controlled here momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rafael is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Tate throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tate throws an elbow that misses. Rafael uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Tate's guard. Nice move by Rafael!
Rafael is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate keeping moving, preventing Rafael from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Nando Rafael just wasn't active enough.
Tate shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Rafael wants to stand back up but Tate manages to pass into side control.
Tate cracks Rafael with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Tate tries to advance to mount but Rafael denies him.
Tate misses with the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rafael is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Tate is controlling him well.
Tate lands a few punches from side control.
Rafael is looking to regain half guard here but Tate keeps moving and retains side control.
Rafael defending against the ground and pound.
Tate sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Rafael is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Tate creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Rafael sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Tate throws an elbow but Rafael slips to the side and avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tate looks up at the clock and then as Rafael takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Tate smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Tate wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rafael keeps working.
Rafael is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Sloppy strikes there by Tate.
Rafael taking punishment in the form of punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tate moves into full mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tate with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Terry Tate dominated that 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.
Rafael bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tate shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Rafael looks like he's trying to stand up.
Tate tries to pass to full mount but Rafael defends it.
Rafael is staying active underneath Tate, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Tate thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tate thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rafael's head.
Rafael trying to control from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Tate there.
Tate thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Rafael is trying to control but can't.
Tate not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rafael is refusing to be controlled, as Tate sits in half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tate lands a nice short elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rafael is trying to stand up here but Tate is controlling him well.
Tate not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rafael trying to get back to full guard but Tate takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Rafael somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Rafael is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tate throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rafael's waist but Rafael gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tate off to one side.
Tate tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rafael swivels and escapes.
Rafael stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nando Rafael is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rafael defends it nicely.
Nando Rafael has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Terry Tate.
Rafael drives through and clinches with Tate against the cage.
Tate drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rafael gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Rafael gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Tate.
Rafael misses with the head strike.
Rafael lands a nice uppercut.
Rafael prevents a body shot from Tate.
Rafael lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tate backwards.
Tate is looking to take this one to the mat.
Tate is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Rafael is defending well.
Rafael makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rafael lands a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rafael is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Rafael lands with a right to the head.
Rafael works on Tate's body with a couple of short punches.
Tate is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tate being controlled against the cage.
Rafael lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tate backwards.
Tate tries to score a body lock takedown but Rafael shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Rafael tries to work over Tate's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rafael is leaning against Tate and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tate is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Rafael is defending well.
Tate takes a shot to the head.
Rafael digs a right hand underneath Tate's ribcage. Tate let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tate goes for a takedown attempt but Rafael pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Rafael lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tate backs up against the cage.
Tate is rocked!
It looks like Terry Tate has been cut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rafael lunges at Tate with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tate's hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nando Rafael dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Terry Tate's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Tate keeps the fight on the outside.
Tate is still on wobbly legs! Can Rafael finish him?
A thudding body kick lands there by Rafael!
Tate shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rafael but Rafael pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rafael listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tate will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rafael tries to clinch up but Tate circles away and keeps his distance.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Rafael! Tate is out on his feet! Rafael rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Tate is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Tate is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nando Rafael!
Nando Rafael thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lars Larsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Paterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larsen comes into the arena with Ennio Morricone - A Fistful Of Dollars blaring out of the sound system. Paterson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Guerilla Radio by Rage Against The Machine. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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31
277 lbs
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26
280 lbs
16 - 8 - 0 |
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lars Larsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Paterson!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Reed Andrews and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larsen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Larsen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Paterson clinches with his opponent.
Larsen pushes off an throws an elbow but Paterson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Larsen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Larsen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Paterson's brow.
Paterson takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like David Paterson has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paterson dodges an elbow strike from Larsen.
Knees to the body from Larsen.
Paterson looks winded!
Nice elbow from Larsen.
Larsen pushes off an throws an elbow but Paterson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Larsen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Larsen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Larsen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Paterson takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paterson tries to pull guard but Larsen holds him up against the cage and eventually Paterson drops back down to his feet.
Larsen lands an elbow inside that Paterson shrugs off.
Paterson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Larsen working Paterson over with knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Larsen lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Larsen.
Larsen lands an elbow inside that Paterson shrugs off.
That has opened up David Paterson's cut even more.
Larsen lands a good knee to the midsection. Paterson won't want to take too many of those.
Paterson dodges an elbow strike from Larsen.
Nice elbow from Larsen.
The cut above David Paterson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Knees to the body from Larsen.
Larsen crunches a lovely knee into Paterson's ribcage.
Larsen lands an elbow inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larsen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Larsen.
Larsen lands an elbow that stopped Paterson in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Larsen.
Larsen stalling against the cage.
Larsen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Larsen connects with a knee to the head.
David Paterson's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Larsen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Paterson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Larsen to keep the fight standing.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Larsen.
Larsen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Larsen lands an elbow just above Paterson 's eye.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at David Paterson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Lars Larsen!
Lars Larsen decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tedd Strongham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toby Le Rone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Strongham comes to the cage accompanied by Creed - My Sacrifice. Le Rone has chosen Let The Bodies Hit The Floor - Drowning Pool as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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33
205 lbs
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30
213 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tedd Strongham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Toby Le Rone!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Reed Andrews and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le Rone connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Strongham moves out of range of the strikes.
Le Rone is looking to score with low kicks.
Le Rone thuds his shin into the meat of Strongham's side.
Nice shot lands for Le Rone.
It looks like Tedd Strongham has been cut.
Le Rone ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Strongham moves out of range as Le Rone strikes.
Strongham scores with a spinning back kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Le Rone takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Strongham takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Le Rone misses with a body kick.
Strongham tries to work over Le Rone's front leg with a kick but Le Rone checks it.
Strongham throws a hook to the side of Le Rone's head but Le Rone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Strongham keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Le Rone just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Rone takes a swing at Strongham's ribcage but misses.
Toby Le Rone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Le Rone throws a jab when Strongham was well out of range.
Strongham looks to land a left hand but Le Rone moved out of range nicely.
Le Rone lands with a hook. Strongham tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Le Rone takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Le Rone cracks Strongham with a right hand to the side of the head.
A shot to the liver by Strongham. Beautiful body shot.
Strongham tests Le Rone's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Le Rone scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Strongham slips under a jab.
Strongham takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Strongham lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Rone chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Strongham can pounce on him.
Strongham takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Le Rone swings for the body but Strongham moves out of range.
Strongham looks to land a left hand but Le Rone moved out of range nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Strongham.
A telegraphed right hand from Le Rone misses the target.
Strongham misses with a body kick.
Le Rone scores with a spinning back kick!
Strongham gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Le Rone connects with a nice looking jab.
Le Rone scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Le Rone misses the jab.
Strongham ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Le Rone.
Le Rone scores with a head kick. Strongham tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Le Rone lands a leg kick that knocks Strongham off balance momentarily.
Le Rone lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Strongham connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Le Rone's hands.
Le Rone throws a big shot that misses.
Strongham misses with a straight left.
Le Rone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Strongham was well out of range. Poor timing from Le Rone.
Strongham lands with a hook. Le Rone tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Le Rone.
A big left from Le Rone misses.
Strongham takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Strongham throws a sloppy head kick
and Le Rone counters with a thumping low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Rone scores with a kick to the body.
Le Rone throws a jab when Strongham was well out of range.
Le Rone looks to land a body kick but Strongham moved away.
Strongham checks a leg kick nicely.
Le Rone thumps Strongham with a low kick.
Le Rone thows a left - swing and a miss!
Strongham takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Le Rone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Strongham throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Le Rone lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Strongham takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Le Rone throws a looping overhand right but Strongham ducks down to avoid it.
Le Rone throws an overhand right that lands on Strongham's shoulder, as Strongham tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toby Le Rone dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tedd Strongham's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Strongham checks a leg kick.
Le Rone walks into a stiff left hand from Strongham.
Le Rone lands a nice shot that snaps Strongham's head back.
Strongham throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Le Rone sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Le Rone takes a kick to the side of the head.
Strongham on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Le Rone tries to move into range but Strongham moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Strongham uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Le Rone.
Le Rone throws out a loose jab but Strongham uses good head movement to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Le Rone misses the target.
Le Rone works the jab nicely.
Le Rone defending well as Strongham loads up on a big left hand.
Le Rone lands with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strongham throws a head kick that misses.
Strongham misses with an attempted mid kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Le Rone.
Strongham swings for the body but Le Rone moves out of range.
Strongham throws a hook to the side of Le Rone's head but Le Rone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Le Rone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Strongham moves away.
Le Rone checks a low kick from Strongham.
Strongham slips under a jab from Le Rone.
Le Rone is looking to land body kicks.
Le Rone looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Le Rone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Strongham tries a low kick but Le Rone avoids it.
Strongham pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strongham displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Le Rone throws out the jab.
Le Rone darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Strongham throws a body punch but Le Rone moves out of range.
Le Rone lands with a shot to the body.
Strongham uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Le Rone.
Strongham with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Le Rone to score with a decent uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A low kick from Le Rone is predictable there
and Strongham counters with a nice body kick.
Strongham checks a leg kick.
Strongham tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Le Rone throws a low kick but it's checked well by Strongham.
Le Rone throws a hook but Strongham blocks it.
Le Rone lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Rone throws a nice head kick!
Le Rone uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Strongham throws a looping overhand right but Le Rone ducks down to avoid it.
Strongham lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Le Rone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Strongham swings widly with a right hand
and Le Rone counters with a straight right hand.
Le Rone does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Le Rone misses with a leg kick
enabling Strongham to counter with a crisp jab.
Le Rone misses with a straight right.
Strongham lands with a kick to the temple. Le Rone shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
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!
Strongham connects with a looping right hand.
Le Rone cracks a nice hook into Strongham's ribs.
A big left from Le Rone misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Rone moves into range and connects with a jab.
Le Rone darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Le Rone takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Le Rone misses the shot to the body.
Strongham throws a nice outside leg kick.
Le Rone throws the left hand but Strongham avoids the punch easily.
An inside leg kick from Le Rone misses.
Strongham moves out of range as Le Rone strikes.
Le Rone pivots, looking for a leg kick but Strongham is out of range and Le Rone settles back down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Le Rone uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Strongham.
Strongham cracks the inside of Le Rone's front leg.
Le Rone buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toby Le Rone showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tedd Strongham's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Strongham swings widly with a right hand
and Le Rone counters with an inside leg kick.
Strongham scores with a punch to the head.
Strongham closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Strongham rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Le Rone cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Le Rone misses with a head kick.
Strongham wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A jab from Le Rone misses.
Strongham lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
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!
Strongham throws a head kick but Le Rone moves out of range.
Le Rone connects with a jab.
Le Rone lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Strongham walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Le Rone misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Rone tests Strongham's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Le Rone misses with a right hand
and Strongham counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Strongham misses with a low kick as Le Rone jumps back.
Strongham wants to slow Le Rone down by chopping away at his legs.
Le Rone misses with a looping right.
Strongham looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Strongham slips a jab from Le Rone.
Some bone on bone action there as Strongham checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Le Rone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Le Rone bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Strongham's head.
Strongham is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Le Rone motions for Strongham to come forward. Le Rone throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Le Rone throws a big shot that misses.
Le Rone avoids the head kick by Strongham.
Tedd Strongham has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Rone swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Strongham takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Strongham fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Le Rone has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Strongham throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Strongham walks into a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Strongham walks into a jab.
Strongham misses with a straight left.
Strongham on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A bone on bone clash there as Le Rone blocks the leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Strongham checks a leg kick.
Le Rone cracks Strongham with an open hand slap.
Le Rone fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Rone catches Strongham with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Strongham is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Le Rone throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Strongham sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Strongham.
Strongham takes one on the button.
The fighters circling - Strongham throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Strongham walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Strongham throws a front kick aimed at Le Rone's knee but Le Rone avoids it well.
Le Rone throws a leg kick that misses.
Le Rone throws a shot from downtown. Strongham moves away and avoids it.
Le Rone uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Strongham.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Rone slips a jab from Strongham.
Strongham throws a quick inside leg kick.
Toby Le Rone is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Strongham misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Le Rone counters with a stiff right hand.
Le Rone checks the leg kick nicely there.
Strongham drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Le Rone lands a right hook to the body.
Le Rone uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Le Rone lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Le Rone thuds a left hand into Strongham's body.
Le Rone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Strongham.
Le Rone fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Strongham is out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Toby Le Rone comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Le Rone 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Toby Le Rone!
A victorious Toby Le Rone thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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