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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rubin Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baki Hanma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carter comes to the cage accompanied by Bob Dylan - Hurricane. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Rubin Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Baki Hanma!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanma looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Baki Hanma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carter cracks Hanma with a good jab.
Hanma scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hanma throws a head kick that misses.
Carter tests Hanma's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hanma swings for the body but Carter moves out of range.
Hanma misses with a low kick.
Hanma misses with a leg kick
and Carter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Carter moves out of range as Hanma throws a body kick.
Carter avoids a kick to the body.
Hanma just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter moves out of range as Hanma throws a body kick.
Carter displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hanma.
Hanma fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Carter looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Carter avoids the head kick by Hanma.
Hanma scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hanma shoots for a double leg takedown but Carter sprawls well. He's pushed Hanma's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hanma throws a push kick but Carter slaps the foot to one side.
Carter misses with an uppercut.
Hanma swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Carter throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hanma counters with a single leg into guard. Carter didn't expect that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Carter 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.
Hanma throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hanma throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hanma with a nice head shot there.
Carter manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hanma is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Carter breaks from Hanma's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hanma is in all sorts of trouble here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hanma is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hanma in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter dominating with strikes here.
Carter can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hanma is looking to escape.
Hanma is in a horrible position here. Carter smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hanma tries to reverse the position but Carter maintains control.
Carter lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Carter pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hanma is trying to escape the mount.
Carter in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carter scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanma is looking to improve his position but Carter isn't that keen on the idea.
Carter landing punches.
Hanma is rocked!
Hanma slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Carter wants to pass the guard but Hanma is defending well.
Hanma has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Carter is working away from the top position though.
Carter thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hanma's head.
Carter is trying to control. Hanma wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hanma is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hanma has a hand on Carter's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Carter takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Carter can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hanma is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rubin Carter dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hanma pivots, looking for a leg kick but Carter is out of range and Hanma settles back down.
Hanma misses with a hook to the body
and Carter counters with a left to the body.
A swing and a miss from Carter.
Hanma takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hanma has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Carter finds it's way round the side to connect with Hanma's head.
Hanma uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Carter.
Rubin Carter is winning the standup battle so far.
Hanma lands a body shot.
Hanma swings for the body but Carter moves out of range.
Carter on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hanma. Carter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Carter looks to land a left hand but Hanma moved out of range nicely.
Hanma takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hanma thows a body shot but no joy.
Carter checks a low kick from Hanma.
Hanma staying out of range there.
Hanma throws a predictable looking body shot
and Carter counters with a straight right hand.
Carter buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hanma tries for a takedown but Carter sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hanma misses with a left hand
and Hanma takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hanma.
Hanma lands a jab to Carter's midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hanma tries to bum rush Carter with a series of wild strikes but Carter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Carter avoids the head kick by Hanma.
Carter defending well as Hanma loads up on a big left hand.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hanma.
Hanma tries to land a front kick but Carter steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Carter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hanma jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanma throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hanma misses with a body shot.
Carter with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hanma looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hanma throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hanma misses with a wild body shot.
Carter throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hanma decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Carter's guard.
Carter not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hanma postures up in Carter's guard and throws a big left but Carter blocks it.
Carter not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hanma preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanma stands up over Carter, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hanma is looking to work some ground and pound but Carter has wrist control.
Hanma lands a couple of elbows.
Carter wants to sweep but no luck.
Hanma loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Carter pulls Hanma in close to prevent any damage.
Hanma with a nice head shot there.
Hanma content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hanma throwing strikes but missing.
Carter 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.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carter working a defensive guard here.
Hanma is looking to work some ground and pound but Carter has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Rubin Carter will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Hanma cracks Carter with an open hand slap.
Carter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hanma closes this distance looking for a takedown but Carter circles away.
Carter throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hanma counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Hanma moves nicely into side control.
Carter takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Carter is trying to improve his position.
Hanma wants to control but Carter is keeping him busy.
Carter tries to improve position but can't.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hanma landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter wants to control but Hanma postures up.
Carter regains half guard.
Hanma is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Carter trying to hold on to Hanma's head to control him but Hanma postures up.
Hanma has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Carter is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hanma scores with a couple of nice shots.
Carter is trying is best to control the position here.
Carter is looking to control Hanma's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Carter avoid being mounted?
The fighters are battling for position here. Carter manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Carter throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hanma accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hanma throws a strike but Carter rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Baki Hanma has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter trying to control the position from guard on top but Hanma is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Carter has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Carter accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hanma 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carter wants to control from the top but Hanma keeps moving.
Hanma has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Carter can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Carter distracts Hanma with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carter won't allow Hanma to sweep him here.
Carter loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rubin Carter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter stops Hanma from standing up.
Carter is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Carter avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hanma looking for a sweep. Not yet Hanma, not yet.
Carter is in close to Hanma's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Carter throws a big elbow that misses.
Carter is looking to work some ground and pound but Hanma has wrist control.
Hanma is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Carter with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Carter has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Hanma is proving hard to escape from.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Carter stays in close to Hanma's body and controls the position.
Carter postures up.
Carter trying to control the position from guard on top but Hanma is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hanma utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Carter stopping the sweep attempt from Hanma.
Carter postures up and lands a big shot to Hanma's brow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hanma will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Carter content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hanma escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Carter gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hanma lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Baki Hanma.
Well Carter 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 James Glass scores the fight 29:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Trillanes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and High Voltage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trillanes's entrance music is It's A Fight - Three 6 Mafia. A fine choice. 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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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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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 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Antonio Trillanes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 15 - 4, fighting out of London, High Voltage!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Voltage, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Voltage just misses with a punch to the body.
Trillanes tries to close the distance and clinch but Voltage swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd cheers as Voltage lands an impressive looking overhand right. Trillanes doesn't seem phased though.
Voltage keeps the fight on the outside.
Voltage digs a good body shot into Trillanes's ribs.
Nice uppercut lands for Voltage. That snapped Trillanes's head back.
Voltage throws a leg kick but Trillanes moved away.
Trillanes cracks Voltage with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Trillanes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Voltage. Voltage obviously looking to wear him down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Trillanes crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Voltage - the referee stops the clock and Trillanes gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Voltage. Trillanes manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Trillanes is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Trillanes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Voltage on the side of the head.
Voltage throws a leg kick but Trillanes sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Voltage scores with a shot to the body.
Voltage rushes Trillanes and presses him up against the cage.
Trillanes tries to throw a body punch but Voltage avoids it by throwing Trillanes back against the cage.
Voltage goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voltage lands a shoulder strike.
Voltage blocking some punches.
Trillanes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Voltage backwards.
Trillanes cracks Voltage with a nice body shot.
Voltage lands a shot to the body.
Voltage is leaning against Trillanes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Voltage lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Trillanes or not.
Voltage breaks the clinch.
Trillanes tries to score with a low kick but Voltage moves his leg out of the way.
Voltage throws a leg kick but Trillanes sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Voltage lands a nice looking body kick.
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!
Voltage ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Trillanes takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Voltage misses with a lunging right hand
and Trillanes counters with a nice uppercut.
High Voltage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick from Voltage misses.
Voltage lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Trillanes checks a leg kick.
Voltage fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Trillanes is out of range.
Trillanes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Voltage manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Trillanes takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Trillanes scores with a punch to the head.
Trillanes takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Trillanes swinging wildly here.
Voltage darts in and clinches Trillanes up against the cage.
Trillanes lands with a short shot to the head.
Voltage tries to throw a body punch but Trillanes avoids it by throwing Voltage back against the cage.
Trillanes drops down looking for an ankle pick but Voltage pulls his leg out and moves away.
Voltage's jab looks to have found its range, popping Trillanes under the eye.
It looks like Antonio Trillanes has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voltage stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Trillanes.
Voltage swings widly with a right hand
and Trillanes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Voltage tries to clinch up but Trillanes circles away and keeps his distance.
Voltage misses with a leg kick
enabling Trillanes to counter with a crisp jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Voltage.
Trillanes moves away from the strike by Voltage.
Voltage thumps Trillanes with a low kick.
Voltage misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Voltage misses with a hook to the body
and Trillanes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Voltage throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Trillanes.
Trillanes finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Voltage goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Trillanes staying out of range there.
Voltage clobbers Trillanes with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Trillanes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voltage moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Voltage throws a nice inside leg kick.
That kick from Voltage tenderised Trillanes's leg. Trillanes is trying to keep his angry face on.
Trillanes sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Trillanes needs to keep his hands up - Voltage had a free shot at his head there.
Trillanes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Voltage.
Trillanes lands a glancing blow to the side of Voltage's head.
Voltage blocks a head kick by Trillanes.
Trillanes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Trillanes wants to land a leg kick but Voltage is out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Voltage throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Trillanes lands a jab to the nose.
Trillanes lands a jab.
Voltage misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
High Voltage dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Trillanes's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Voltage, as that shot connected.
Trillanes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Voltage counters with a stiff right hand.
Voltage just misses with a punch to the body.
Voltage doesn't manage to clinch there - Trillanes circles away.
Trillanes takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Voltage tries a head kick but it misses.
Voltage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Trillanes tries a low kick but Voltage avoids it.
Voltage checks a leg kick.
Voltage throws a hook but Trillanes blocks it.
A head kick misses from Trillanes.
Trillanes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Voltage circles away quickly and effectively.
Trillanes fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Voltage, pushing him back against the cage.
Trillanes has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Voltage avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Voltage is trying to break the clinch but Trillanes has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trillanes has Voltage pressed against the cage, preventing Voltage from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Trillanes jumps guard but Voltage turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Trillanes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trillanes.
Voltage breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Voltage thows a leg kick but Trillanes checks it
and Trillanes counters with a thumping low kick.
Trillanes tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Voltage connects with a leg kick. Trillanes looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Trillanes moves out of range of the leg kick from Voltage.
Trillanes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Voltage manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Voltage. That's going to slow Trillanes down.
High Voltage seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Good leg kick by Voltage there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Voltage connects with a leg kick. Trillanes looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Trillanes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Voltage dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Trillanes. That did some damage!
Trillanes is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Voltage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Voltage 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 Trillanes has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Trillanes and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Trillanes misses with a body kick.
Voltage swings for the body but Trillanes moves out of range.
Voltage throws a nice outside leg kick.
Voltage throws a leg kick which misses Trillanes's front leg but catches the back leg as Trillanes tries to avoid it.
Trillanes 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.
Trillanes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Voltage circles away quickly and effectively.
Trillanes throws a head kick that misses.
Voltage scores with a nice head shot.
Nice jab there from Voltage.
Voltage closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Voltage looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Voltage moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Voltage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Trillanes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trillanes takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Trillanes sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Voltage moves out of range as Trillanes throws a body kick.
Voltage fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Trillanes has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Trillanes will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Voltage dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Voltage cracks Trillanes with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Voltage ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Voltage lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Trillanes goes down and covers up as Voltage starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). High Voltage!
An out of breath High Voltage thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Calvin Duran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Oven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duran comes to the cage accompanied by Seven devils - Florence. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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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
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Calvin Duran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 2, fighting out of New York, George Oven!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duran swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Oven counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Duran rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Oven counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Duran wants to stand up but Oven is controlling him.
Duran can't keep his opponent in guard - Oven advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Oven not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Oven is pressing down on Duran's thigh, looking to free his foot. Duran is holding on for now.
Oven wants to take a breather but Duran is having none of it.
Oven trying to pass the guard but Duran defending well.
Oven wants to take a breather but Duran is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oven prevents Duran from standing back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oven throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Oven passes to side control.
Duran is trying to buck Oven off.
Oven connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Duran some visible discomfort.
Oven is looking to take a break and control but Duran is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Oven throws a strike aimed at the side of Duran's head but Duran avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oven misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Oven in side control, just content to control the action for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oven throws an elbow but Duran slips to the side and avoids it well.
Duran defending against the ground and pound.
Oven lands some shots froms side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duran is looking for a sweep.
An elbow from Oven crashes against the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oven trying to control the action but Duran is working from the bottom.
Duran can't do much from the bottom here.
An elbow from Oven crashes against the mat.
Oven wants to lay and pray for a moment but Duran keeps working.
Duran takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oven lands an elbow.
Oven controlling the position from side mount.
Duran manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Oven is looking to improve his position.
Oven is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Duran's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Duran's back!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oven lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Calvin Duran has been cut.
Duran is really stuck here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Oven dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Calvin Duran'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.
Duran scores with a body shot.
Duran throws a hook but Oven avoids it easily.
Oven staying out of range there.
Duran clobbers Oven with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Oven fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Duran.
Oven looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Oven checks a low kick from Duran.
Calvin Duran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duran with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Duran looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Duran throws a leg kick but Oven moved away.
Oven avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Duran connects with a leg kick. Oven looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Duran misses with a body kick.
Duran tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oven was well out of range. Poor timing from Duran.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oven fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Duran avoids it really well and circles away.
Duran pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Oven back to the cage. Duran follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Oven throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Duran's waist but Duran gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Oven off to one side.
Duran misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oven waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Duran.
Duran feints and then cracks Oven's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Oven down.
Oven throws a leg kick but Duran checks it.
Oven throws a lazy uppercut
and Oven takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Duran on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Duran uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Oven.
Duran scores with the left hand. Oven knows he should have avoided that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duran throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Duran - that will leave a mark!
Duran falls off balance throwing a combination
so Oven counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Oven throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Oven trying to control the position from guard on top but Duran is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Oven throws an elbow that misses. Duran uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Oven's guard. Nice move by Duran!
Oven lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Duran!
Duran is in a horrible position here. Oven smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oven with good strikes from the mount here!
Oven is landing with some decent strikes but Duran is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Calvin Duran's cut is getting worse.
Duran takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Calvin Duran's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Calvin Duran's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). George Oven!
A very excited looking George Oven made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Pott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Klaus Andersen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pott comes to the cage accompanied by Meat Loaf - Bat out of Hell. 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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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
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Pott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Klaus Andersen!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A cross from Pott lands.
Pott fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Andersen, pushing him back against the cage.
Andersen is trying to maintain a safe position but Pott gets an underhook and turns Andersen into the cage.
Pott lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Andersen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pott scores with a shoulder strike.
Pott misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pott pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Pott misses.
Andersen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pott paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pott throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pott misses with a hook to the body
and Andersen counters with a nice double leg into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Andersen makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Pott is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Pott wants to control the position but Andersen says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Andersen wants to work for an arm triangle but Pott is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Andersen is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pott wants to get back to full guard.
Andersen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Andersen looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Andersen is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Andersen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pott trying to control here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pott is trying to get back to full guard.
Andersen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Andersen is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Pott is just riding it out for now. Andersen eventually gives up the hold.
Pott is trying to get back to full guard.
Andersen is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Andersen.
Pott avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Andersen.
Pott is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Andersen wants to free his trapped foot but Pott is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Pott gets full guard.
Andersen works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pott is trying to maintain the position but Andersen is very close to passing his half guard.
Andersen passes to side control.
Andersen tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andersen is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Pott is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pott wants to control but Andersen postures up.
Pott is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Andersen goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Pott rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Andersen's guard! Nice work there by Pott!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pott trying to control the position from guard on top but Andersen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Klaus Andersen 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.
Andersen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pott is fending him off so far but Andersen persists. Nope, Pott circles away and we're back to standing.
Andersen is looking to clinch but Pott is avoiding it.
Pott ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Andersen moves away.
Horrible takedown by Andersen or perhaps it was just good defense by Pott which made him look bad.
The fight stays on the outside here - Andersen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Andersen tries to clinch there but Pott circles away.
Andersen is looking to clinch.
Andersen tries to move into range but Pott moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jack Pott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Andersen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Andersen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pott paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Good exchange - Pott coming out on top.
Pott moves into the clinch.
Pott lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pott.
Pott misses with the head strike.
Andersen jumps guard but Pott turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Jack Pott has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Klaus Andersen.
Andersen misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersen changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Pott fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Pott connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice defenses there by Andersen.
Andersen is looking to clinch.
Pott takes a swing at Andersen's ribcage but misses.
Andersen moves out of range of the strikes.
A lazy left from Pott finds it's target.
Andersen tries to score a power double leg takedown but Pott sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Andersen somewhat.
Andersen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Andersen throws a jab when Pott was well out of range.
Pott connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Andersen's hands.
Andersen tries to clinch but Pott is having none of it.
Andersen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pott gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pott.
Pott misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pott digs a right hand into Andersen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Andersen's gas tank.
Andersen is breathing heavily.
Pott breaks from the clinch.
Andersen throws a right hand that misses
and Pott counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Pott gets tackled into the cage by Andersen. Andersen maintains the clinch.
Pott lands an uppercut.
A short right from Pott.
Pott lands with a short shot to the head.
Andersen is rocked!
Pott is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Andersen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pott.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pott.
Andersen is still on wobbly legs! Can Pott finish him?
Pott dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Andersen seems to have recovered his senses.
Pott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Andersen drags the fight down to the ground.
Pott stopping the sweep attempt from Andersen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andersen is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Pott pushes down on Andersen's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Andersen regains full guard. Nicely done.
Andersen wants to sweep here but Pott controlling him for the moment.
Pott wants to control from the top but Andersen keeps moving.
Andersen 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.
Andersen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Pott tries to free his leg and advance position but Andersen is retaining full guard.
Pott trying to control the position from guard on top but Andersen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jack Pott.
Andersen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pott punishes Andersen's body with a nice straight punch.
Andersen is looking to clinch.
Andersen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pott instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Andersen is looking to control Pott's arms but Pott gets an underhook and turns him. Now Andersen has his back to the cage.
Pott with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Andersen decides to pull guard.
Pott pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Andersen is keeping the position for now.
Pott got a little sloppy there for a moment and Andersen has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Pott has managed to get both his arms back between Andersen's legs - danger averted.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Andersen working for a triangle but Pott defends it easily.
Pott slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Pott dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from Pott. Andersen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Andersen tries to clinch but Pott moves out of range.
Andersen walks into a stiff left hand from Pott.
Pott ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pott pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pott lands a lovely overhand right.
Pott misses the jab.
Pott throws a shot from downtown. Andersen moves away and avoids it.
Andersen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pott defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Andersen.
Pott connects with a body shot that sends Andersen's belly button to the back.
Nice takedown defense from Pott. No joy for Andersen on that attempt.
Pott works over Andersen's head and body with a nice combination.
Pott forces Andersen back against the cage and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Andersen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jack Pott has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Andersen jumps guard but Pott turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Jack Pott has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Klaus Andersen.
Pott misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pott tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pott digs a right hand into Andersen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Andersen's gas tank.
Andersen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Andersen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pott connects with a knee to the head.
Pott blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pott lands a left hand that snaps the head of Andersen backwards.
Andersen looking to slow down the pace here.
Pott lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Andersen backwards.
Pott presses Andersen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Andersen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pott is looking to control Andersen's arms but Andersen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pott has his back to the cage.
Andersen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pott breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Andersen does no damage.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Andersen is defended easily by Pott.
Pott connects with a body shot that sends Andersen's belly button to the back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pott lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pott throws a shot 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!
Andersen looks up at the clock. Bad move! Pott lands a right hand from hell, dropping Andersen. Pott pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Pott!
An out of breath and clearly excited Jack Pott thanked Hilo Nutrition for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Trudeau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rand al Thor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pierre Trudeau is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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215 lbs
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224 lbs
17 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
17 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Pierre Trudeau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rand al Thor!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
al Thor just misses with a punch to the body.
Trudeau connects with a crisp jab.
It looks like Rand al Thor has been cut.
A bone on bone clash there as Trudeau blocks the leg kick.
Rand al Thor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good leg kick by al Thor there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Trudeau on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Trudeau chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before al Thor can pounce on him.
Trudeau fails in his attempt to clinch.
Trudeau slips a jab from al Thor.
This has been an exciting period of action!
al Thor digs a good body shot into Trudeau's ribs.
Trudeau takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
al Thor misses with a jab, cross combination.
al Thor throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Trudeau slips under a jab.
Trudeau slips a jab and a cross from al Thor.
al Thor throws a sloppy head kick and Trudeau moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trudeau avoids the head kick by al Thor.
al Thor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
al Thor throws an overhand right that lands on Trudeau's shoulder, as Trudeau tries to avoid the shot.
Trudeau throws a right and a left that both miss.
al Thor pivots, looking for a leg kick but Trudeau is out of range and al Thor settles back down.
Trudeau lands a nice hook to al Thor's body. al Thor takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A clash of legs there as Trudeau blocks the low kick.
al Thor throws a solid leg kick but Trudeau takes the impact on his shin and smiles at al Thor.
al Thor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trudeau sees it coming and avoids it easily.
al Thor thumps Trudeau with a low kick.
al Thor swings away with a body shot that misses
and Trudeau counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
al Thor on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
al Thor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Trudeau connects with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps al Thor's head backwards.
al Thor is rocked!
Trudeau throws an overhand right that has al Thor reeling! Trudeau follows up with more punches and al Thor is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Pierre Trudeau!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Don Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timo Yo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wilson comes into the arena with The Last Dragon blaring out of the sound system. Yo is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Yö - Likaiset Legendat. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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187 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
14 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Don Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Timo Yo!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Phil Schofield and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wilson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wilson swings for the body but Yo moves out of range.
Yo scores with a punch to the head.
Wilson punishes Yo's body with a nice straight punch.
Wilson lands a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Yo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wilson.
Yo jabs Wilson right on the nose. Wilson blinks but takes it well.
Wilson tries to close the distance and clinch but Yo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yo shoots in but Wilson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Yo lands with a shot to the body.
Yo takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wilson is rocked!
Yo throws out a loose jab but Wilson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oh Wilson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wilson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yo throws out the jab.
Yo misses with a straight right.
Yo moves out of range as Wilson strikes.
Yo looks to land a left hand but Wilson moved out of range nicely.
Wilson seems to have got his legs back now.
Yo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Yo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wilson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yo might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Wilson misses with a wild body shot.
Yo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yo is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yo is looking to clinch but Wilson is avoiding it.
Yo feints with a jab and clips Wilson right behind the ear with a massive overhand right! Wilson is sent crashing into the canvas and Yo leaps in for the kill! Wilson tries to get to his feet but Yo is just battering him from every conceivable angle. The ref decides that Wilson is in need of a savior and steps in!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Timo Yo!
Timo Yo spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Conteh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zoran Miloshevich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miloshevich is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Kosovskiy front. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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208 lbs
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217 lbs
18 - 9 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Conteh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zoran Miloshevich!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conteh misses with a series of wild punches.
Miloshevich lands a right hook to the body.
Conteh connects with a jab.
Conteh bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Miloshevich ducks under a wild hook from Conteh.
Conteh misses with a hook
and Miloshevich counters with a stiff right hand.
A shot to the body from Conteh misses
and Conteh takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
It looks like John Conteh has been cut.
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!
Conteh lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Conteh throws a right hand that Miloshevich ducks under and follows up with a left that Miloshevich also avoids with ease.
Miloshevich takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Conteh looks to land a left hand but Miloshevich moved out of range nicely.
A swing and a miss from Miloshevich.
Miloshevich scores with a hook.
Conteh connects with a good right hand that stumbles Miloshevich. Miloshevich circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Conteh keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conteh scores with a jab to the body.
Miloshevich tries to clinch but Conteh is having none of it.
Miloshevich misses with a straight left.
Conteh slips a jab and a cross from Miloshevich.
Conteh pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Conteh bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Conteh wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A punch lands to the side of Miloshevich 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Conteh uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Miloshevich.
Miloshevich moves forwards but Conteh connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Conteh sizes up Miloshevich with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conteh digs a good hook to Miloshevich's body.
Miloshevich fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Conteh manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conteh connects with a right hand. Miloshevich shakes it off.
Conteh swinging wildly here.
Conteh fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Miloshevich, pushing him back against the cage.
Miloshevich misses with the head strike.
Miloshevich lands a nice uppercut.
Conteh misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Conteh fails to land.
Miloshevich misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Miloshevich throws an elbow but misses.
Miloshevich is trying to push Conteh away but Conteh has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch on the inside from Conteh fails to land.
A short uppercut from Conteh.
Conteh looking to slow down the pace here.
Conteh blocking some punches.
Conteh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conteh misses with a punch on the inside.
Conteh misses with a hook to the ribs.
Miloshevich blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Conteh.
Miloshevich misses with some punches.
Conteh tries a body shot but Miloshevich blocks it.
Conteh lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Conteh.
Miloshevich lands an elbow just above Conteh 's eye.
Nice elbow from Miloshevich.
Conteh misses with the head strike.
Conteh misses with a hook to the ribs.
Miloshevich blocking some punches.
Conteh will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Miloshevich up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miloshevich lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Conteh misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Conteh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miloshevich wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Miloshevich pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Miloshevich connects with the punch.
Conteh cracks Miloshevich with an open hand slap.
John Conteh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Miloshevich looks to land a left hand but Conteh moved out of range nicely.
Conteh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Miloshevich.
Conteh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Conteh looks to land a combination but Miloshevich avoids it well.
Good exchange - Conteh coming out on top.
Miloshevich stuns Conteh with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Conteh fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Conteh connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Conteh throws a shot from downtown. Miloshevich moves away and avoids it.
Miloshevich looks to land a left hand but Conteh moved out of range nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Conteh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Conteh's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Miloshevich slips under a jab.
Miloshevich takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Miloshevich uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Conteh.
Miloshevich doesn't manage to clinch there - Conteh circles away.
Conteh throws out a loose jab but Miloshevich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conteh misses with a wild body shot.
Conteh throws a good cross that connects.
Conteh dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
John Conteh is winning the standup battle so far.
Conteh misses with a straight right.
Conteh closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Miloshevich misses with an uppercut.
Miloshevich gets tackled into the cage by Conteh. Conteh maintains the clinch.
Conteh tries a body shot but Miloshevich blocks it.
Miloshevich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Miloshevich pushes off an throws an elbow but Conteh leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miloshevich lands a damaging elbow.
Miloshevich throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Miloshevich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Conteh.
Miloshevich lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Miloshevich just misses with a elbow thrown towards Conteh's brow.
Miloshevich misses with an elbow over the top.
Conteh avoids the elbow strike from Miloshevich, against the cage.
Miloshevich's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Conteh trying to stall but Miloshevich improves his position.
Conteh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Miloshevich escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Conteh misses with a looping left.
Miloshevich throws a jab when Conteh was well out of range.
Conteh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Miloshevich.
Nice uppercut lands for Conteh. That snapped Miloshevich's head back.
Conteh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Miloshevich.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conteh scores with a sloppy right hand. Miloshevich should have avoided that one.
It looks like Zoran Miloshevich has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conteh's jab looks to have found its range, popping Miloshevich under the eye.
Miloshevich ducks right into an uppercut from Conteh.
Conteh just misses with a punch to the body.
Miloshevich waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Conteh.
Miloshevich ducks under a wild hook from Conteh.
Miloshevich takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Conteh throws a body punch but Miloshevich moves out of range.
A big left from Miloshevich misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Miloshevich ducks under a wild hook from Conteh.
Conteh misses with a straight left.
Conteh swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Miloshevich slips a jab from Conteh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miloshevich scores with a three punch combo!
Conteh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Miloshevich manages to avoid it.
Miloshevich looks to land a combination but Conteh avoids it well.
Miloshevich slips a jab from Conteh.
Miloshevich throws a shot from downtown. Conteh moves away and avoids it.
Nice straight punches there by Miloshevich. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Miloshevich.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Conteh pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Miloshevich closes the distance looking to clinch
and Conteh counters with a straight right hand.
Conteh bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Miloshevich's head backwards.
Conteh throws a right and a left that Miloshevich avoids nicely.
Miloshevich is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miloshevich scores with a nice strike.
John Conteh's cut is getting worse.
Miloshevich just misses with a punch to the body.
Miloshevich waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Conteh.
Miloshevich uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Conteh.
Miloshevich connects with a single shot there.
Conteh moves away from the strike by Miloshevich.
A looping hook to the body misses from Conteh. Miloshevich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Miloshevich misses with a shot to the body
and Conteh counters with a nice uppercut.
Miloshevich slips a straight right by Conteh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Miloshevich feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Conteh sprawling to the canvas! Conteh rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Miloshevich finish him?!
Conteh is rocked!
Miloshevich looks to land a combination but Conteh avoids it well.
Oh Conteh is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Miloshevich moves out of range as Conteh strikes.
A swing and a miss from Miloshevich.
Conteh seems to have got his legs back now.
Miloshevich might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Conteh gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Miloshevich gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Conteh is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zoran Miloshevich!
Zoran Miloshevich seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kirk Laputa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wade Stoker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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27
265 lbs
17 - 5 - 0 |
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285 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Kirk Laputa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wade Stoker!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Glass and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stoker throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Stoker slips a jab from Laputa.
Wade Stoker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laputa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stoker.
Laputa ducks under a wild hook from Stoker.
Stoker throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Laputa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stoker shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Laputa eats them both and turns towards Stoker to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Kirk Laputa has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laputa throws a leg kick
and Stoker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Laputa moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Wade Stoker has been cut.
Stoker throws a good cross that connects.
Laputa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stoker throws a hook but Laputa avoids it easily.
Nice shot by Stoker.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stoker lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Laputa, right into the meat.
Stoker misses with an attempted mid kick.
Stoker clinches up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Laputa throws an elbow but misses.
Laputa manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Stoker trying to control the position but instead, Laputa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Stoker into the cage.
Laputa controlling the action here for a moment.
Stoker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laputa missing with knees to the body.
Stoker takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laputa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Stoker looks winded!
Laputa trying to land knees to the body.
Stoker is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Stoker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Laputa missing with knees to the body.
Laputa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Laputa misses with a punch to the body.
Stoker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Laputa is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Laputa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Laputa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Laputa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stoker is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stoker trying to stall but Laputa improves his position.
Laputa lands an elbow inside that Stoker shrugs off.
Stoker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Laputa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stoker in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Laputa slows down the pace here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Laputa for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Laputa blocks an elbow strike.
Stoker being controlled against the cage.
Laputa lands an elbow inside that Stoker shrugs off.
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!
Stoker is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Stoker letting Laputa take a breather here.
Stoker blocks an elbow strike.
Laputa looking to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laputa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stoker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Laputa.
Laputa trying to land knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Stoker - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Stoker managing to block the knees to the body from Laputa.
Laputa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Laputa misses with an elbow over the top.
Stoker misses with a punch on the inside.
Laputa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That has opened up Wade Stoker's cut even more.
Stoker misses with an elbow over the top.
Laputa missing with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stoker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Laputa throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Stoker throws a nice looking combination but Laputa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stoker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Laputa throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kirk Laputa dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Laputa scoring well with a low kick there.
Laputa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Laputa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Laputa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Laputa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Stoker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
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!
Stoker moves out of range of the body kick from Laputa.
Stoker throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Laputa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Stoker connects with a crisp jab.
Stoker takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Stoker throws out a loose jab but Laputa uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head kick from Laputa lands but Stoker takes it in his stride.
Stoker is breathing heavily.
Laputa checks a low kick from Stoker.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Laputa.
Stoker chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Good leg kick by Laputa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Stoker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A slapping leg kick lands for Laputa.
Laputa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stoker.
Stoker lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Laputa circles away quickly and effectively.
Stoker blocks a head kick by Laputa.
Laputa clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laputa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Stoker is rocked!
Nice elbow from Laputa.
Stoker is still on wobbly legs! Can Laputa finish him?
Laputa creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Stoker! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Laputa.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kirk Laputa!
Kirk Laputa seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nate Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kung Lao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes comes to the cage accompanied by Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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31
210 lbs
25 - 13 - 0 |
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217 lbs
14 - 5 - 0 |
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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
25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nate Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Kung Lao!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Chris Edwards and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lao pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barnes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lao on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lao checks a low kick from Barnes.
Lao avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lao misses the body punch
and Barnes counters with a low kick, right behind Lao 's knee.
Lao drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Barnes tried to score with a low kick but Lao checks it.
Barnes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lao. That did some damage!
Lao looks to throw the jab but Barnes is out of range.
Barnes moves away from the strike by Lao.
Lao throws a body punch but Barnes moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lao just misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lao at a distance.
Barnes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lao.
Barnes just misses with a punch to the body.
Lao misses with a leg kick
and Barnes counters with an outside leg kick.
Lao throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barnes moves away.
Nice shot lands for Barnes.
Barnes blocks a jab.
Lao throws a looping overhand right but Barnes ducks down to avoid it.
Lao misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lao tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Barnes.
Barnes throws a solid leg kick but Lao takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Barnes.
Lao moves away from the strike by Barnes.
Lao uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barnes.
Lao lands with an uppercut that bounces Barnes off the cage and back into range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lao.
Lao scores with a crisp jab that stopped Barnes in his tracks.
Barnes misses with a kick to the body.
Barnes is looking to score with low kicks.
Barnes closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
It looks like Nate Barnes has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Lao avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barnes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lao slips a jab from Barnes.
Lao misses with a wild body shot.
Barnes takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Barnes getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lao fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lao scores with a crisp jab that stopped Barnes in his tracks.
Lao looks for the body kick but Barnes saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes checks a leg kick nicely.
Lao misses with a leg kick
and Lao takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lao swings for the body but Barnes moves out of range.
Good exchange - Lao coming out on top.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barnes.
Lao missing with a left hand there. Barnes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lao throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barnes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lao takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Barnes throws a hook to the side of Lao's head but Lao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nate Barnes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nate Barnes'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.
Lao throws a body punch but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes checks the leg kick nicely there.
Barnes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Lao. Barnes shrugs it off though.
Lao throws a leg kick but Barnes moved away.
Lao throws a body punch but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A swing and a miss from Lao.
Lao throws a low kick but Barnes moves out of range easily.
Lao closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lao tries to work over Barnes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes gets through Lao's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lao manages to break the clinch.
Barnes misses with a body shot
and Lao makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Barnes really felt that one!
Lao ducks under a wild hook from Barnes.
Barnes throws out a leg kick but Lao moves out of range and Barnes only half commits.
Barnes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nate Barnes is winning the standup battle so far.
Lao looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The fighters circling - Barnes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barnes tries to work over Lao's front leg with a kick but Lao checks it.
Lao on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A swing and a miss from Lao.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Barnes misses with a looping right.
Barnes loads up on a big right hand but Lao slips the punch.
Lao 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.
Lao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnes.
A leg kick checked by Barnes.
Barnes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barnes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lao.
Barnes throws a body punch but Lao moves out of range.
Lao misses with a looping left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lao.
Lao bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Barnes's head backwards.
Barnes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lao.
Lao looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lao walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lao just misses with a punch to the body.
Lao fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Barnes checks it well.
Lao misses with a wild combination.
Barnes throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes throws a head kick that misses
and Lao counters with a slapping leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Lao blocks the low kick.
Lao lunges at Barnes with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Barnes's hand.
Barnes thumps Lao with a low kick.
Barnes throws a head kick that half lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Barnes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lao.
Lao misses with an uppercut
and Barnes counters with a good low kick that Lao was not able to check.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lao wants to slow Barnes down by chopping away at his legs.
That kick from Lao tenderised Barnes's leg. Barnes is trying to keep his angry face on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Nate Barnes will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nate Barnes'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!
Lao connects with a high kick.
Sloppy strikes from Barnes. Those never looked like landing.
Barnes lands a really nice looking cross but Lao seems unphased.
Barnes avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nice defenses there by Lao.
Lao ducks under a wild hook from Barnes.
Lao on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Barnes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lao. Lao obviously looking to wear him down.
Lao uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes.
Lao will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lao wants to land a leg kick but Barnes is out of range.
Barnes throws a head kick that misses
enabling Lao to counter with a crisp jab.
Barnes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lao. Lao obviously looking to wear him down.
Barnes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lao was well out of range. Poor timing from Barnes.
Lao jabs Barnes to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A big right from Barnes misses.
Lao thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Barnes if he has to take too many more of those.
Lao on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lao 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 Barnes has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Barnes and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barnes moves away.
Kung Lao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lao scores with a push kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnes misses with a straight left.
Lao throws the kick towards the body but Barnes avoids it.
Barnes tries to move into range but Lao moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd cheers as Barnes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lao doesn't seem phased though.
Barnes throws a sloppy head kick and Lao moves out of range easily.
Barnes takes one to the side of the head.
Lao uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barnes.
Lao tries to work over Barnes's front leg with a kick but Barnes checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lao is out of range and Barnes settles back down.
Lao scoring well with a low kick there.
Lao moves out of range as Barnes throws a body kick.
Lao avoids the head kick by Barnes.
Lao keeps Barnes at a distance using the push kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lao thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Barnes if he has to take too many more of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lao's corner calls for a 1-2. Lao obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lao throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A leg kick checked by Barnes.
Lao scores with a punch to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Barnes misses.
Lao throws a shot to the body.
Barnes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lao counters with a thumping low kick.
Lao finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lao has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Barnes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lao has Barnes up against the cage in a clinch.
Barnes prevents a body shot from Lao.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lao creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lao lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barnes is rocked!
Nate Barnes's cut is getting worse.
Lao has a couple of punches blocked by Barnes.
Oh Barnes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Barnes will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Lao lands a shoulder strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kung Lao comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Barnes has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nate Barnes!
Nate Barnes very nearly forgot to thank Untouchable Fight Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julius Lawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Tatov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tatov has chosen Soundgarden - Superunknown 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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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
25 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Julius Lawson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Igor Tatov!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawson misses with a wild body shot.
Lawson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lawson throws a sloppy body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Tatov shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lawson eats them both and turns towards Tatov to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Julius Lawson has been cut.
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!
Lawson misses with a hook
and Tatov counters with a nice leg kick.
Tatov is looking to clinch.
Tatov slips under a jab.
Tatov scores with a nice head shot.
Lawson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tatov. Tatov obviously looking to wear him down.
Tatov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lawson takes one to the chin there.
Lawson swings widly with a right hand
and Tatov counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lawson is breathing heavily.
Tatov lands a nice looking body shot.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tatov tries to work over Lawson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Tatov.
Tatov gets through Lawson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tatov pulls guard effortlessly.
Tatov looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lawson is one step ahead there.
Tatov wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Lawson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tatov has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lawson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tatov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tatov throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Lawson is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatov 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tatov is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Julius Lawson just wasn't active enough.
Lawson misses with a body shot
and Tatov counters by moving into the clinch.
Lawson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tatov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Tatov as the two fighters clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tatov lands a nice elbow.
Julius Lawson's cut is getting worse.
Tatov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lawson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lawson tries to throw a body punch but Tatov avoids it by throwing Lawson back against the cage.
Tatov working aggressively here.
Lawson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tatov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Lawson fails to land.
Tatov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Julius Lawson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Tatov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lawson tries a body shot but Tatov blocks it.
Tatov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jeez, Julius Lawson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Julius Lawson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Igor Tatov!
After winning the bout, Igor Tatov 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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