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EMP 46 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kron Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rickson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes into the arena with The Bravery - time won't let me go blaring out of the sound system. Silva has chosen system of a down - violent pornography as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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198 lbs
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200 cm
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233 lbs
26 - 20 - 2 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kron Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 20 - 2, fighting out of New York, Rickson Silva!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gracie.
A head kick misses from Gracie.
A jab from Silva misses.
Gracie closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gracie.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie trying to control from half guard but Silva is working away.
Gracie trying to mount his opponent but Silva defends it.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silva is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Gracie not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gracie not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gracie scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Silva trying to hold on to Gracie's head to control him but Gracie postures up.
Silva actively working from the bottom here.
Gracie controlling the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Gracie landing punches.
Gracie looking to ground and pound but Silva is blocking nicely.
Gracie landing shots from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Silva is bucking up trying to escape but Gracie cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gracie cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Gracie's attempts to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Silva tries to hold on but Gracie postures up.
Silva is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Gracie avoids the attempt from Silva to control.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gracie cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking to finish with strikes here!
Gracie landing strikes from the mount and Silva is in trouble!
Gracie in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Gracie gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gracie working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie raining down hammerfists from mount.
Gracie punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kron Gracie dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A head kick misses from Gracie.
A head kick misses from Gracie.
Silva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gracie - that will leave a mark!
Gracie throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kron Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie tries to land a front kick but Silva steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gracie blocks a leg kick.
Nice body punch from Gracie.
Gracie defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Nice cross by Gracie.
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva gets caught napping as Gracie dives in and scores a takedown. Silva manages to retain guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Gracie loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Gracie is working hard here to advance position.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracie throws a big right hand that misses.
Gracie throws an elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gracie's guard. Nice move by Silva!
Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gracie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie working for submissions but it's allowed Silva to get to half guard.
Silva is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Gracie wants to get back to full guard.
Kron Gracie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silva takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gracie regains full guard. Nicely done.
Silva postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva pushing down on Gracie's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gracie defending well though.
Ground and pound from Silva.
Gracie slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva works over Gracie with some ground and pound from guard.
Gracie working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.
Gracie is looking to sweep but instead, Silva has passed into half guard.
Gracie looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is looking for a sweep. Silva is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Gracie actively working from the bottom here.
Silva landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie taking some punishment here, with Silva in his half guard.
Gracie tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.
Gracie blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.
Silva trying to control from half guard but Gracie is working away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva prevents Gracie from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Rickson Silva will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gracie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gracie throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A left lands for Silva.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gracie.
Gracie lands with a good body shot.
A left and a right from Gracie both land. Nice combination.
Gracie throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gracie digs a good hook to Silva's body.
Gracie misses with a body kick.
Gracie with a nice cross.
Gracie lands a jab to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva scores with a jab to the body.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Gracie moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gracie counters with a takedown into side control.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gracie throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Silva works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Gracie passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Silva!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Gracie gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gracie wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
BOOM! Gracie connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gracie lands a big shot there that rocks Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Gracie trying to control but Silva is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Silva is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Silva and Gracie has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Gracie wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.
Silva can't do much from the bottom here.
Gracie throws an elbow but Silva slips to the side and avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is not content to let Gracie control the position.
Gracie wants to take a breather but Silva manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Gracie.
Gracie trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kron Gracie clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Gracie lands with a shot to the body.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gracie lands with a kick to the ribs.
Gracie throws the kick towards the body but Silva avoids it.
Nice takedown defense from Gracie. No joy for Silva on that attempt.
Gracie throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Gracie misses with a looping left.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Silva napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Gracie wants to take a breather but Silva manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Gracie.
Gracie makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie passes into half guard.
Gracie 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.
Gracie wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gracie moves nicely into side control.
Gracie taking a break here but Silva is having none of it and regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Gracie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Silva sees it coming and defends easily.
Gracie sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Gracie throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to control but Gracie is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gracie.
Gracie working the head and body with strikes.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Gracie connects with a nice short shot to Silva's temple.
Gracie frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Gracie tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kron Gracie had his way with Rickson Silva in that round.
That's time! Gracie's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Gracie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Gracie throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Gracie lands a jab.
A big left from Gracie misses.
Silva 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.
Silva takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Gracie scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Silva avoids the body shot from Gracie.
Gracie drives through with a takedown into guard.
Silva looking for a guillotine here but Gracie defends easily.
Silva is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Gracie is really struggling to control Silva but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rickson Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gracie throws a big elbow that misses.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Gracie trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Kron Gracie just wasn't active enough.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gracie's waist but Gracie gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
Silva has a takedown stuffed.
Gracie misses with a body kick.
Gracie punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
Gracie digs a good hook to Silva's body.
Gracie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gracie connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Silva momentarily.
Gracie is looking to wear down Silva with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gracie swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silva.
Silva takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gracie takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gracie slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva tries to move into range but Gracie moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gracie counters with a single leg into guard. Silva didn't expect that.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Gracie passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Gracie lands a decent elbow from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva is not content to let Gracie control the position.
Gracie is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Silva knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kron Gracie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gracie 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 49:46
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 49:46
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kron Gracie!
After winning the bout, Kron Gracie thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Europha Emanuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heston Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Emanuel might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to I'm Not Jesus - Apocalyptica. Gracie comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Animal I Have Become kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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164 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 19 - 1, fighting out of New York, Europha Emanuel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Heston Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emanuel misses with a straight left.
Gracie slips a straight right by Emanuel.
Gracie takes a swing at Emanuel's ribcage but misses.
A left lands for Gracie.
Emanuel misses with a looping right.
Emanuel rushes Gracie and presses him up against the cage.
Emanuel tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie has Emanuel pressed against the cage, preventing Emanuel from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Emanuel can't find room to land a body shot as Gracie controls the action.
Emanuel misses with a punch to the body.
Emanuel throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gracie wants to stall.
Gracie working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Emanuel manages to break the clinch.
Gracie throws a body punch but Emanuel moves out of range.
Gracie misses with the combination.
Emanuel dodges the punch combination from Gracie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emanuel moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Emanuel misses.
Emanuel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Emanuel swings widly with a right hand
enabling Gracie to counter with a crisp jab.
Gracie lands with a nice body punch.
Gracie moves away from the strike by Emanuel.
Emanuel gets caught napping as Gracie dives in and scores a takedown. Emanuel manages to retain guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Emanuel is trying to keep Gracie in close.
Emanuel looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gracie lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Emanuel can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Gracie controls the pace.
Emanuel manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie regains half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gracie manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Gracie has his foot on Emanuel's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Emanuel works his way back into a safe position though.
Emanuel with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gracie looking for a sweep. Not yet Gracie, not yet.
Gracie is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gracie is pulling down on Emanuel's head. It's preventing any offense from Emanuel, at least for the moment.
Emanuel is looking to work some ground and pound but Gracie has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie working a defensive guard here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gracie pulls Emanuel in to control the position.
Gracie is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Heston Gracie wasn't active enough on the ground.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Emanuel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Emanuel scores with a jab to the jaw.
Emanuel throws a lazy uppercut
and Gracie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Emanuel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from Emanuel.
Emanuel misses with an uppercut.
Emanuel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie lands a slapping body shot.
Emanuel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Emanuel lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gracie doesn't seem phased though.
Emanuel scores with a sloppy right hand. Gracie should have avoided that one.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Emanuel, as that shot connected.
Emanuel moves in looking to clinch but Gracie pushes him 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!
Emanuel misses with a double jab.
Gracie ducks right into an uppercut from Emanuel.
Emanuel misses with a lunging right hand
and Gracie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Emanuel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Emanuel.
Gracie fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Europha Emanuel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emanuel misses with a jab to the body
and Gracie counters with a leg kick.
Gracie defending well as Emanuel loads up on a big left hand.
Emanuel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Europha Emanuel will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Emanuel moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nice straight punches there by Emanuel. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Emanuel.
Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Emanuel.
Gracie has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Emanuel lands a head shot.
Europha Emanuel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Emanuel with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gracie tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Emanuel is able to avoid easily.
Gracie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Emanuel.
Emanuel gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Emanuel has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Gracie has passed into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Emanuel trying his best to control but Gracie has mounted him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emanuel tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gracie wants to control the pace but Emanuel is squirming around nicely.
Gracie breaks from Emanuel's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Gracie controlling the position easily from mount.
Emanuel keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gracie looking to control but Emanuel is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Emanuel regains half guard.
Gracie seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Gracie perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Emanuel is in trouble now - Gracie has advanced to mount!
Emanuel can't escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Emanuel is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Emanuel is looking to get to half guard.
Gracie controlling from the full mount.
Gracie lands a big shot there that rocks Emanuel but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Gracie with a couple of short strikes.
Gracie lands with some strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Emanuel is looking to escape.
Emanuel tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Emanuel sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Heston Gracie has got the better of the ground game so far.
Emanuel is staying active underneath Gracie, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Emanuel avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gracie.
Emanuel gets back to full guard.
Emanuel keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Emanuel wants to sweep here but Gracie controlling him for the moment.
Emanuel is striking off his back. Gracie thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Emanuel is controlling Gracie's position as best he can from this difficult position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel tries to roll over but Gracie keeps him under control.
Emanuel trying to control here.
Emanuel is trying to get back to full guard.
Gracie is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Emanuel wants to get back to full guard.
Gracie lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Heston Gracie will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Gracie moves out of range as Emanuel strikes.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Emanuel moves away.
The crowd cheers as Gracie lands an impressive looking overhand right. Emanuel doesn't seem phased though.
Emanuel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gracie.
Gracie misses with a hook.
A big left from Emanuel misses.
Gracie shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Emanuel pinned against the cage. Emanuel gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Emanuel gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Emanuel misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emanuel slips a straight right by Gracie.
Emanuel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gracie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Emanuel tries to sprawl but Gracie drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Gracie.
Gracie is trying to control the action in half guard but Emanuel is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Emanuel slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Emanuel looking for a sweep. Not yet Emanuel, not yet.
Gracie trying to control but Emanuel is working from the bottom.
Gracie stands up over Emanuel, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Emanuel wants to sweep but no luck.
Gracie is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel working a defensive guard here.
Gracie connects with a couple of short punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Gracie sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Emanuel's guard.
Emanuel is trying to control but can't.
Emanuel is looking to improve his position.
Gracie drops an elbow to the side of Emanuel's head.
Gracie seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel manages to get to full guard.
Emanuel had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gracie defends it easily.
Emanuel can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Gracie controls the pace.
Gracie postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from Emanuel.
Emanuel is working hard here to advance position.
Emanuel had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gracie defends it easily.
Gracie working some strikes from top position.
Emanuel wants to sweep here but Gracie controlling him for the moment.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Emanuel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Emanuel 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.
And that's the end of the fight!
Heston Gracie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gracie has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Heston Gracie!
Heston Gracie really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Hellbent logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between VinniJay Acunia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hall has chosen AC/DC - Hell's Bells as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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181 lbs
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182 lbs
40 - 11 - 2 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
27 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, VinniJay Acunia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
40 - 11 - 2, fighting out of New York, Sam Hall!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Acunia lands a body shot.
Acunia scores with a nice right hand.
Acunia walks into a jab.
Acunia misses with a body shot.
Acunia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hall takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Acunia throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hall stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A low kick from Acunia is predictable there
and Hall counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like VinniJay Acunia has been cut.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hall.
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!
Acunia throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hall counters by moving into the clinch.
Hall crunches a lovely knee into Acunia's ribcage.
Hall pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hall gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hall lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hall throws an elbow but misses.
Hall creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Acunia blocks it with crossed arms.
Acunia blocks an elbow strike from Hall.
A nice left hand lands by Hall.
Acunia takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hall blocks an uppercut.
Acunia misses with some punches.
Hall looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Acunia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hall letting Acunia take a breather here.
Acunia seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hall.
Acunia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Acunia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hall tries to clinch there but Acunia circles away.
Acunia tries to land a leg kick but Hall saw it coming and moves away.
Acunia lands a head kick. Hall smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Acunia stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
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!
Acunia thuds his right hand into Hall's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Acunia works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Acunia scores with a head kick.
Acunia throws a leg kick
and Hall counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hall.
Acunia gets through Hall's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Acunia blocks the elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Acunia is working for takedown but Hall is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hall lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Acunia blocking some punches.
Hall throws an elbow that misses.
Acunia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Acunia tries to break free but Hall pushes him back against the cage.
A short left from Hall.
Acunia avoids a wild elbow strike from Hall.
Acunia misses with some punches.
Hall tries a knee to the head but Acunia blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Acunia.
Hall misses with a punch on the inside.
Hall creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hall creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Acunia wants a takedown.
Hall throws a punch but it's blocked by Acunia.
Acunia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Acunia avoiding damage as Hall throws knees to the body.
Acunia goes for a takedown attempt but Hall pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for VinniJay Acunia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Acunia takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hall fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Acunia throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hall counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hall throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hall works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hall lands with a straight right. Acunia didn't see that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sam Hall will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on VinniJay Acunia'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.
Hall looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Acunia misses with a low kick.
A lazy left from Hall finds it's target.
VinniJay Acunia is winning the standup battle so far.
Hall connects with an inside leg kick.
Hall checks a leg kick.
Acunia cracks Hall with a right hand to the side of the head.
Acunia throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Acunia throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Acunia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A low kick from Acunia is predictable there
and Hall counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A low kick from Acunia is predictable there
and Hall counters with a low kick, right behind Acunia 's knee.
Acunia thows a body kick. Hall tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hall is looking to clinch but Acunia is avoiding it.
Acunia throws an off balance right hand
and Hall counters by clinching up.
Acunia drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hall gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Acunia is trying to stall.
Acunia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hall throws an elbow that misses.
Acunia lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Acunia misses with the head strike.
Sam Hall seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Acunia blocks an elbow strike.
Hall lands an elbow just above Acunia 's eye.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hall misses with a punch on the inside.
Acunia trying to stall but Hall improves his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Acunia has Hall pressed against the cage.
Hall looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hall tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Acunia avoids it.
A short uppercut from Acunia.
Hall is trying to stall.
Acunia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Acunia.
Acunia lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Acunia can't find room to land a body shot as Hall controls the action.
Acunia misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Acunia works on Hall's body with a couple of short punches.
Acunia is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Acunia misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hall softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Acunia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Acunia letting Hall take a breather here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Acunia throws a head punch that misses.
Hall gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
VinniJay Acunia's cut is getting worse.
Acunia takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Acunia misses with a punch on the inside.
Hall misses with a body punch.
Acunia blocks a body shot from Hall.
Acunia lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hall landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Acunia takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hall lands a nice elbow.
VinniJay Acunia's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A short uppercut from Hall.
Hall stops a takedown attempt from Acunia.
Hall lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hall leaning against his opponent.
Acunia misses with a short punch on the inside.
Acunia drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hall gets the underhooks and prevents it.
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 VinniJay Acunia will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on VinniJay Acunia's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Hall tries to clinch there but Acunia circles away.
Acunia on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hall checks a leg kick nicely.
Acunia throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Acunia will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hall throws a lazy right hand but Acunia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
VinniJay Acunia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hall lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hall takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Acunia throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hall tries to clinch but Acunia is having none of it.
Acunia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hall was well out of range. Poor timing from Acunia.
Hall finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Acunia misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Acunia connects with a leg kick. Hall looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Acunia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hall takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Acunia misses with a low kick.
Hall slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jeez, VinniJay Acunia's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Hall takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Acunia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hall on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Acunia throws a leg kick
and Hall counters by clinching up.
Hall working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hall misses with a body punch.
Hall tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Acunia avoids it.
Acunia lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hall just misses with a elbow thrown towards Acunia's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Acunia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Acunia swings wildly with an uppercut but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Acunia working aggressively here.
Acunia lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hall tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Acunia takes a knee to the side of the body.
Acunia avoids a wild elbow strike from Hall.
Hall putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Acunia in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Acunia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Acunia looking for a takedown.
Acunia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at VinniJay Acunia's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sam Hall!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Richard Hickock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Topi Takala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hickock comes to the cage accompanied by Turn me on Mr Deadman. Takala is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Volga. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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194 lbs
20 - 5 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
17 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Richard Hickock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Topi Takala!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takala works the jab nicely.
Hickock throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hickock misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Takala is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hickock swinging wildly here.
Hickock gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Takala.
Topi Takala seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good work by Takala as he checks the leg kick.
Takala with a hook.
Hickock moves away from the strike by Takala.
Hickock stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Takala.
Nice shot by Takala.
Takala scores with a jab. Hickock acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Takala has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A solid leg kick lands there for Takala.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Hickock, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Takala connects with a looping right hand.
Hickock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hickock swings for the body but Takala moves out of range.
Takala is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Takala uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hickock has time to react.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takala misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hickock.
Takala with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Takala is looking to land body kicks.
Takala uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hickock.
Takala with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice jab there from Takala.
Hickock checks a low kick from Takala.
Hickock misses the shot to the body.
Takala cracks the inside of Hickock's front leg.
The fighters circle momentarily. Takala darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Takala is looking to slow Hickock down with leg kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hickock misses with a looping right.
A bone on bone clash there as Hickock blocks the leg kick.
Takala misses with a few strikes there.
Takala lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hickock circles away quickly and effectively.
Takala missing with a left hand there. Hickock was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takala closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Takala checks the leg kick.
Hickock connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Takala momentarily.
Takala cracks Hickock with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Takala scores with a jab to the head.
Takala lands a nice looking body kick.
A lazy body kick from Takala
and Hickock counters with a stiff right hand.
Takala with a jab.
Takala lands a front kick.
Hickock misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hickock has Takala up against the cage in a clinch.
Hickock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hickock takes a shot to the head.
Hickock lands with a right to the head.
Takala lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takala is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Still in the clinch, Takala scores with a nice short uppercut.
Takala managing to block the knees to the body from Hickock.
Hickock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hickock managing to block the knees to the body from Takala.
Takala tries to throw a body punch but Hickock avoids it by throwing Takala back against the cage.
Takala misses with a punch on the inside.
Takala has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Takala is stalling here.
Takala pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hickock lands a really nice looking cross but Takala seems unphased.
Takala is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hickock had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A bone on bone clash there as Hickock blocks the leg kick.
Takala lands a nice shot to the body.
Takala misses with a leg kick
and Hickock counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A nice leg kick lands there from Takala.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hickock moves out of range as Takala throws a body kick.
Hickock thumps Takala with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Takala.
Some bone on bone action there as Hickock checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Takala tries to land a body kick
and Hickock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A slapping leg kick lands for Takala.
Takala with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hickock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Takala was well out of range. Poor timing from Hickock.
Takala throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hickock takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That kick from Takala tenderised Hickock's leg. Hickock is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Takala moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hickock tries to clinch up but Takala circles away and keeps his distance.
Takala lunges at Hickock with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hickock's hand.
Hickock is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hickock takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Topi Takala dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Takala misses with a low kick as Hickock jumps back.
Takala misses with a kick to the body.
Takala avoids the body shot from Hickock.
Hickock 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.
Takala lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hickock at a distance.
Nice body kick there by Takala.
Topi Takala seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Takala goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hickock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Takala. That did some damage!
Takala shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hickock checks a leg kick.
Hickock throws a wild body kick that Takala sees coming a mile off.
Takala throws a nice inside leg kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Takala in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Takala tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A punch lands to the side of Takala 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hickock checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Takala connects with a high kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takala misses the shot to the body.
Takala lands with a nice body kick.
Hickock keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hickock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Takala was well out of range. Poor timing from Hickock.
Hickock takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hickock throws a head kick but Takala moves out of range.
Takala looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Takala.
Takala scores with a punch to the head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Takala darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hickock moves forwards but Takala connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Takala takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hickock misses with a shot to the body
and Takala counters with a right hand to the body.
Takala has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Takala fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hickock on the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takala connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hickock. Hickock circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Takala keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hickock swings away with a body shot that misses
and Takala counters with an inside leg kick.
Takala lands with an overhand left.
Hickock takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Takala lands with a nice body punch.
Takala connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Takala ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hickock moves away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hickock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Takala is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Hickock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Takala is trying to stall.
Takala blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takala lands a hook to the side of the head.
Takala avoids the elbow strike from Hickock, against the cage.
Takala blocks an elbow strike from Hickock.
Takala breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Takala ducks under a wild hook from Hickock.
Hickock lands with a nice body punch.
Takala's corner calls for a 1-2. Takala obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Takala connects with a nice looking jab.
Hickock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Takala swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A jab from Hickock misses.
Hickock looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hickock throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Takala.
Takala lands with an uppercut that bounces Hickock off the cage and back into range.
Takala misses with a leg kick.
Hickock looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Takala is predictable there
and Hickock makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takala fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hickock on the side of the head.
Takala is looking to slow Hickock down with leg kicks.
Hickock loads up on a big right hand but Takala slips the punch.
Takala keeps Hickock at a distance using the push kick.
Hickock pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Takala misses with a body shot.
Hickock tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Takala is able to avoid easily.
Hickock takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Takala fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hickock manages to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Takala is looking to clinch.
Takala feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hickock's calf.
Hickock takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Hickock throws a right and a left that Takala avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Topi Takala showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Hickock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Takala manages to avoid it.
Takala connects with a right hand. Hickock shakes it off.
Hickock tries to close the distance and clinch but Takala swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Takala, as that shot connected.
Hickock on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Takala throws a low kick, looking for Hickock's leg but Hickock calmly moves out of range.
Takala avoids a kick to the body.
Takala throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Takala checks a low kick from Hickock.
Takala moves out of range as Hickock throws a body kick.
Takala moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Takala on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hickock misses with a straight left.
Takala takes a swing at Hickock's ribcage but misses.
Takala closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takala with a hook.
Takala lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Takala tries a low kick but Hickock avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Takala.
An inside leg kick lands from Takala.
Hickock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hickock is looking to wear down Takala with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Takala thows a body kick. Hickock tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Takala bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big left from Hickock misses.
Takala finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hickock takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Takala attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Richard Hickock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Takala cracks Hickock with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hickock finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takala misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hickock.
Hickock tries to clinch but Takala is having none of it.
Hickock throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Takala fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hickock has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hickock looks to throw the jab but Takala is out of range.
Takala feints and then cracks Hickock's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hickock down.
Hickock doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hickock takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Takala fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hickock.
Hickock throws a body punch but Takala moves out of range.
Takala lands a slapping body shot.
Hickock takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Takala throws a nice head kick!
Takala swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hickock.
Takala thumps Hickock with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Takala does it's job there.
Hickock misses with an uppercut. Takala saw that one coming.
Nice jab there from Takala.
Takala walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hickock checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hickock lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Takala listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hickock slips a jab and a cross from Takala.
Hickock 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.
Hickock misses with an uppercut
and Takala counters with a leg kick.
Hickock connects with a nice looking jab.
Takala just misses with a punch to the body.
Hickock throws a shot from downtown. Takala moves away and avoids it.
Takala lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hickock's sensitive parts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takala lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hickock misses with a hook
and Takala counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A slow jab from Hickock misses its intended target.
Hickock tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Takala manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hickock misses with a straight right.
Takala clobbers Hickock with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hickock throws a sloppy head kick and Takala moves out of range easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Takala.
Hickock rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Takala moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Takala lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hickock throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Takala lands a leg kick that knocks Hickock off balance momentarily.
Hickock 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.
Takala dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Topi Takala comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Takala has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Topi Takala!
Topi Takala 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 Curtly Ambrose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nino Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ambrose comes to the cage accompanied by Me and You - Nero. Blaze is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Pendulum - Slam. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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26
268 lbs
8 - 1 - 1 |
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31
214 lbs
28 - 9 - 0 |
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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
8 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Curtly Ambrose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nino Blaze!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaze slips a jab from Ambrose.
Blaze is looking to land body kicks.
Ambrose lands a head kick!
It looks like Nino Blaze has been cut.
Blaze ducks under a wild hook from Ambrose.
Ambrose lands with a right hand.
Blaze ducks under a wild hook from Ambrose.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blaze swats away the attempt to clinch by Ambrose.
Ambrose thumps Blaze with a low kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Blaze scores with a four punch combination!
Blaze swings for the body but Ambrose moves out of range.
Blaze lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ambrose circles away quickly and effectively.
Blaze looks to score with a jab to the body but Ambrose is just out of range.
Ambrose smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Blaze wants to clinch up but Ambrose keeps it at a distance.
Blaze throws a head kick but Ambrose moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Ambrose tenderised Blaze's leg. Blaze is trying to keep his angry face on.
Blaze looks to score with a jab to the body but Ambrose is just out of range.
Blaze takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Blaze displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ambrose throws out the jab.
Blaze connects with the punch.
That kick from Blaze tenderised Ambrose's leg. Ambrose is trying to keep his angry face on.
Blaze takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ambrose catches Blaze with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Blaze throws a right hand that Ambrose ducks under and follows up with a left that Ambrose also avoids with ease.
Ambrose pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Blaze throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blaze takes a swing at Ambrose's ribcage but misses.
Blaze throws a leg kick
and Ambrose counters with a body kick that stops Blaze in his tracks momentarily.
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!
Ambrose blocks a head kick by Blaze.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ambrose throws out a leg kick but Blaze moves out of range and Ambrose only half commits.
Ambrose closes the distance and pushes Blaze back into the cage.
Ambrose misses with the head strike.
Ambrose gets through Blaze's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ambrose lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blaze blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blaze.
Blaze misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ambrose has a couple of punches blocked by Blaze.
A short right from Ambrose.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ambrose.
Ambrose lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.
Blaze is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Blaze misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ambrose tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ambrose letting Blaze take a breather here.
A short left from Blaze.
Ambrose working aggressively here.
Blaze stalling in the clinch but Ambrose improves position.
Ambrose tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ambrose swings wildly with an uppercut but Blaze uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blaze lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ambrose lands a hook that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.
Blaze blocking some punches.
Blaze stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Blaze taking a breather.
Blaze looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ambrose swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blaze has Ambrose pressed against the cage.
Ambrose throws a punch but it's blocked by Blaze.
Ambrose blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blaze tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ambrose swings wildly with an uppercut but Blaze uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blaze softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ambrose tries to throw a body punch but Blaze avoids it by throwing Ambrose back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blaze swings wildly with an uppercut but Ambrose uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ambrose tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blaze lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ambrose backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Curtly Ambrose dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nino Blaze's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
The fight stays on the outside here - Ambrose looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blaze lands with a thumping leg kick.
Blaze misses with a low kick.
Ambrose fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Blaze.
Ambrose with a nice cross.
Ambrose looks to clinch
and Blaze counters with a good low kick that Ambrose was not able to check.
Blaze misses with a low kick.
Blaze gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Ambrose counters with a nice body kick.
Ambrose fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Blaze looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ambrose takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Blaze connects with a jab.
Ambrose is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A cross from Ambrose lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ambrose tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Blaze is able to avoid easily.
Blaze lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
An inside leg kick from Blaze misses.
A jab from Blaze finds it's way through Ambrose's defenses.
Ambrose misses the shot to the body.
Blaze staying out of range there.
Curtly Ambrose is winning the standup battle so far.
Ambrose avoids the body shot from Blaze.
Ambrose lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A slapping body kick lands there for Blaze.
Blaze tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ambrose was well out of range. Poor timing from Blaze.
Blaze connects with a body shot that sends Ambrose's belly button to the back.
Blaze wants to slow Ambrose down by chopping away at his legs.
A slow jab from Blaze misses its intended target.
Ambrose scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A good leg kick by Ambrose.
Blaze is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ambrose rather than just go for the knockout.
Blaze is looking to slow Ambrose down with leg kicks.
Ambrose feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Blaze's calf.
Ambrose tests Blaze's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Good shot there by Ambrose.
A big left from Ambrose misses.
Blaze wants to land a leg kick but Ambrose is out of range.
Blaze misses with a straight left.
Ambrose dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ambrose throws a leg kick but Blaze sees it coming and moves out of range.
Blaze gets tackled into the cage by Ambrose. Ambrose maintains the clinch.
Blaze tries to throw a body punch but Ambrose avoids it by throwing Blaze back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ambrose misses with some punches.
Ambrose scores with a shoulder strike.
Ambrose doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nino Blaze seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Blaze misses with some punches.
Ambrose lands with a light punch inside.
Blaze lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right from Blaze.
Blaze stalling in the clinch but Ambrose improves position.
Ambrose misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blaze lands a shot to the body.
Blaze is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ambrose is keeping busy.
Blaze tries to work over Ambrose's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ambrose lands a left hand.
Ambrose fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ambrose misses with the head strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blaze lands a right hand.
Blaze lands a shot to the body.
Ambrose lands a body punch.
Ambrose lands with a left to the head.
Ambrose lands a left hand.
Blaze tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Blaze fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ambrose throws a head punch that misses.
Ambrose misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ambrose prevents a body shot from Blaze.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Curtly Ambrose dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nino Blaze'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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Blaze throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ambrose has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Blaze.
Ambrose is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Blaze throws a solid leg kick but Ambrose takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Blaze.
Blaze moves out of range as Ambrose throws a body kick.
Ambrose misses with a hook.
Jab from Ambrose.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ambrose.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ambrose.
Ambrose ducks under a wild hook from Blaze.
Ambrose checks a leg kick nicely.
Ambrose with a nice cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ambrose misses with a hook. Blaze ducked under it nicely.
Blaze throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blaze walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ambrose.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze misses with a looping right.
Ambrose throws a leg kick which misses Blaze's front leg but catches the back leg as Blaze tries to avoid it.
Blaze takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ambrose scores with a nice right hand.
Blaze misses with an uppercut.
Blaze throws a right hand that misses
and Ambrose counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ambrose jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blaze stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ambrose.
Blaze takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
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!
Blaze takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ambrose feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Blaze's calf.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ambrose.
Ambrose rushes Blaze and presses him up against the cage.
Blaze misses with a body punch.
Ambrose lands a shoulder strike.
Nino Blaze has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ambrose.
Blaze is trying to stall.
Blaze tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stalling in the clinch from Blaze.
Ambrose lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ambrose misses with some punches.
Ambrose misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ambrose.
Ambrose scores with a shoulder strike.
Ambrose is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Blaze blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Ambrose.
A head punch on the inside from Ambrose fails to land.
Ambrose swings wildly with an uppercut but Blaze uses good head movement to avoid it.
Curtly Ambrose is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze struggles to land a body shot inside as Ambrose controls his hands.
Blaze's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ambrose misses with the head strike.
Ambrose blocks an uppercut.
Ambrose doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blaze tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ambrose's elbow.
Blaze lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ambrose swings wildly with an uppercut but Blaze uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ambrose lands an uppercut.
Ambrose tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Ambrose fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze controlling the action here for a moment.
Blaze has a couple of punches blocked by Ambrose.
Blaze looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ambrose blocks a body shot from Blaze.
Blaze blocking some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blaze fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blaze struggles to land a body shot inside as Ambrose controls his hands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blaze is looking to control Ambrose's arms but Ambrose gets an underhook and turns him. Now Blaze has his back to the cage.
Ambrose tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Curtly Ambrose showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ambrose 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Curtly Ambrose!
After winning the bout, Curtly Ambrose thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Fernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taylor comes to the cage accompanied by . Fernandez has chosen The Eagles - Hotel Calafornia as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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30
215 lbs
18 - 5 - 0 |
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28
203 lbs
18 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
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
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tim Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Miguel Fernandez!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fernandez defending well as Taylor loads up on a big left hand.
Fernandez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Taylor.
Taylor breaks the clinch.
Taylor looks to land a right hand but Fernandez moved out of range.
Fernandez lands with a right hand.
Fernandez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fernandez throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Taylor tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Fernandez is in Taylor's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Fernandez passes into half guard.
Fernandez trying to mount his opponent but Taylor defends it.
Fernandez prevents Taylor from improving his position.
Taylor pushes Fernandez off looking to stand but Fernandez dives back in and keeps control.
Taylor missing with punches from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor wants to control but Fernandez passes into side.
Fernandez lands an elbow.
Taylor is looking to reverse the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fernandez working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Fernandez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Taylor keeps working.
Fernandez working the head with strikes.
Taylor is looking to reverse the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez working away.
Taylor throws a few strikes from the bottom but Fernandez takes advantage and mounts!
Taylor blocking the ground and pound.
Taylor is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Fernandez wants to control the pace but Taylor is squirming around nicely.
Taylor is working to get back to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taylor is working hard here to advance position.
Fernandez controlling from mount.
Taylor working to try and regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Fernandez with the ground and pound from mount.
Fernandez throwing strikes here but Taylor is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Fernandez trying to control but Taylor is having none of it.
Taylor tries to lock up and control but Fernandez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Taylor is desperately trying to improve his position but Fernandez has a good base and remains in mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor wants to hold on but Fernandez pushes him away.
Fernandez with the ground and pound from mount.
Taylor really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Fernandez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taylor is looking to get to half guard.
Fernandez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taylor is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Fernandez dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Fernandez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Taylor walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
It looks like Tim Taylor has been cut.
Tim Taylor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taylor scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fernandez misses with a kick to the body.
Taylor dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Taylor misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd cheers as Fernandez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Taylor doesn't seem phased though.
Taylor connects with a crisp jab.
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!
Fernandez misses with a body shot.
Nice body punch from Fernandez.
Fernandez slips a jab from Taylor.
Fernandez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Taylor looks to score with a jab to the body but Fernandez is just out of range.
Fernandez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Taylor manages to avoid it.
Taylor misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Fernandez counters with a right hand to the body.
Fernandez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Taylor's calf.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fernandez.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Taylor throws a body punch but Fernandez moves out of range.
Taylor throws a sloppy head kick
and Fernandez decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Taylor's guard.
Fernandez forces his way into half guard.
Fernandez works his way into side control.
Taylor is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Taylor prevents Fernandez from moving into mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taylor manages to get to full guard.
Taylor working a defensive guard here.
Taylor 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.
Taylor uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Taylor takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor tried to score with a low kick but Fernandez checks it.
Taylor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Taylor throws a right hand that misses
letting Fernandez counter with a right hand.
Taylor gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fernandez.
Taylor misses the shot to the body.
Fernandez bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An inside leg kick from Fernandez misses.
Taylor ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Taylor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fernandez counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Taylor is looking to improve his position.
Fernandez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Fernandez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Taylor does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Fernandez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor wants to control but Fernandez is keeping busy.
Fernandez is pressing down on Taylor's thigh, looking to free his foot. Taylor is holding on for now.
Taylor keeping control of the position.
Fernandez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taylor is trying to get back to full guard.
Taylor punching from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Fernandez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tim Taylor's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Taylor takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fernandez. Taylor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fernandez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Taylor misses with an uppercut.
Taylor is looking to wear down Fernandez with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Taylor tests Fernandez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fernandez lands with an overhand left.
Taylor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fernandez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Taylor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fernandez misses with an uppercut.
Fernandez loads up on a big right hand but Taylor slips the punch.
Taylor sizes up Fernandez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fernandez fails with the takedown.
Taylor throws a right and a left that Fernandez avoids nicely.
Tim Taylor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor cracks Fernandez with a good jab.
Fernandez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Taylor.
Taylor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fernandez moves away.
Taylor looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fernandez lands with an overhand left.
Fernandez lands with a hook. Taylor tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Taylor misses with a body shot.
A clash of legs there as Fernandez blocks the low kick.
Fernandez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Taylor misses with an uppercut.
Taylor walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tim Taylor's cut is getting worse.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fernandez throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fernandez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fernandez lands a nice uppercut.
Fernandez tries to work over Taylor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fernandez holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Fernandez lands a shot to the body.
Fernandez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Taylor or not.
Fernandez pushes Taylor back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Taylor is rocked!
Fernandez lands a big uppercut and Taylor is down! He's in big trouble - Fernandez follows him to the mat!
Oh Taylor is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fernandez trying to control the pace.
Fernandez lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Taylor quite badly. Taylor pulls Fernandez in close trying to recover. Fernandez postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Taylor on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Taylor doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Miguel Fernandez!
Miguel Fernandez was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Barry Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steinar Sting (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scott comes to the cage accompanied by Bang - By Barry Scott. Steinar Sting is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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144 lbs
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154 lbs
32 - 16 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Barry Scott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steinar Sting!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scott buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Barry Scott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sting tries to sprawl but Scott drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Sting is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Scott wants to take a breather but Sting is having none of it.
Sting is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Scott pulls his head out easily.
Sting has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Scott is working away from the top position though.
Scott passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Sting!
Scott with good strikes from the mount here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Sting takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sting is wriggling around trying to escape.
Scott wants to control the pace but Sting is squirming around nicely.
Sting is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
BOOM! Scott connects with a massive shot to the dome!
BOOM! Scott connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Scott lands with some strikes.
Scott putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scott wants to control the pace but Sting is squirming around nicely.
Sting is trying to escape the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Scott has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sting in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Scott prevents Sting from getting the reversal.
Scott lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sting is looking to get to half guard.
Sting is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Scott landing strikes from the mount.
Scott content just to control the position here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Scott tries to control but Sting wriggling away.
Sting is looking to improve his position but Scott isn't that keen on the idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sting is squirming around, avoiding Scott's attempts to control the action.
Scott sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Scott is stalling here but it's allowed Sting to get half guard.
Scott is looking for a kimura but Sting is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Scott to get the leverage.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Scott lands a nice short elbow.
Scott trying to control the action but Sting is working from the bottom.
Scott lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sting is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott trying to control from Sting's half guard. Sting has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Sting is looking for a triangle here but Scott uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Scott lands a few punches from side control.
Scott has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Sting!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sting is looking to get to half guard.
Scott fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Scott controlling the position easily from mount.
Scott landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barry Scott dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Scott throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sting misses with a body kick.
Sting misses with a jab, cross combination.
Scott avoids the head kick by Sting.
Scott closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sting takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sting misses with a head kick.
Scott misses with a hook.
Scott throws a good cross that connects.
Scott connects with a nice looking jab.
Scott stuffs the takedown attempt from Sting. Sting gets slowly back to his feet.
A punch lands to the side of Sting 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sting jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sting misses with a lunging right hand
and Scott counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Scott is looking to take a break and control but Sting is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sting is trying to get back to half guard.
Scott throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Sting works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Scott is trying to control the action in half guard but Sting is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sting is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Scott pulls his head out easily.
Sting is trying to control but Scott passes into side control!
Scott wants to control but Sting is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sting is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Sting is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Scott is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Scott sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Scott tries to control but Sting wriggling away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scott controlling the pace for now.
Scott wants to control the pace but Sting is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sting is bucking up trying to escape but Scott cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Scott trying to control but Sting is having none of it.
Scott content just to control the position here.
Barry Scott overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Scott trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Scott content just to control the position here.
Scott can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sting is looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sting gets back to half guard.
Scott is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Barry Scott has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Sting tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sting fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Scott sprawls well initially but Sting persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sting throwing shots but Scott is blocking nicely.
Scott trying to control from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barry Scott dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Sting on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Scott. Scott obviously looking to wear him down.
Scott scores with a body shot.
Sting lands with a kick to the ribs.
Scott throws a lazy uppercut
so Sting counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Scott has Sting pulled in close to control his posture.
Scott is trying to control the position from the bottom.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sting looking to sit in guard and control but Scott gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Scott trying to control the position from guard on top but Sting is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sting throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Scott sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Scott postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Scott trying to control the position from guard on top but Sting is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sting 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sting is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Scott is aware though and is defending well.
Steinar Sting has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Scott pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sting is keeping the position for now.
Sting looking for a guillotine here but Scott defends easily.
Scott slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Sting working for submissions but it's allowed Scott to get to half guard.
Scott wants to work for an arm triangle but Sting is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sting trying to control here.
Sting is defending against the submission attempts here by Scott.
Sting is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Scott pulls his head out easily.
Scott seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sting does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Scott controlling the action here.
Scott wants to control but Sting is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sting is trying to get back to full guard.
Scott is stalling here. Sting is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Scott seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Sting has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Scott is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Sting's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Sting not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Barry Scott is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sting throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Scott wants to get back to full guard.
Sting throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Steinar Sting.
Well Scott 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barry Scott!
A victorious Barry Scott thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cormac Maguire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Power (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maguire comes into the arena with Guns 'n Roses - Welcome To The Jungle blaring out of the sound system. Power has chosen Dangerous as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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154 lbs
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147 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
33 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cormac Maguire!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Danny Power!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Power lands with an overhand left.
Power shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Power missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Maguire is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Maguire trying to control from the bottom.
Maguire tries to roll over but Power keeps him under control.
Power controlling the action here.
Power trying to mount his opponent but Maguire defends it.
Power trying to control from half guard but Maguire is working away.
Maguire is trying to maintain the position but Power is very close to passing his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Power takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Maguire bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Power's head.
Maguire blocks the body kick.
Power bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Maguire's head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Maguire, as that shot connected.
Power lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Power fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Maguire sprawls well initially but Power persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maguire regains full guard. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Maguire is on top in guard.
Maguire seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Maguire passes Power's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maguire seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Maguire is looking to advance position but Power won't allow it.
Maguire keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Power wants to get back to full guard.
Power is trying to control but can't.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Maguire throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Maguire looks to throw the jab but Power is out of range.
Maguire tries to bum rush Power with a series of wild strikes but Power uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Maguire misses with a body shot.
Power takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Power throws an off balance right hand
and Maguire counters with a right hand to the body.
Maguire fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Power manages to avoid it.
Power feints and as Maguire raises his hands in defense, Power changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Power looking to pass the guard.
Power postures up in Maguire's guard and throws a big left but Maguire blocks it.
Power with a flurry of punches that miss.
Power scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maguire keeping moving, preventing Power from controlling successfully.
Power postures up.
Maguire is really struggling to control Power but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Maguire is pulling down on Power's head. It's preventing any offense from Power, at least for the moment.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Power advances to half guard.
Maguire wants to control but Power is keeping busy.
Maguire keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The ref stands the fighters back up. Cormac Maguire wasn't doing enough on the ground.
A thudding body kick lands there by Maguire!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Danny Power will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Power throws a low kick, looking for Maguire's leg but Maguire calmly moves out of range.
Maguire throws a half hearted mid kick.
Maguire is looking to land body kicks.
A telegraphed right hand from Maguire misses the target.
Maguire misses with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Power. That's going to slow Maguire down.
Maguire takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Power throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Maguire makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Power lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Power crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Maguire - the referee stops the clock and Power gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Maguire. Power manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Power pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Power misses with a low kick.
Nice shot by Maguire.
Maguire connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maguire throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Power cracks Maguire with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Power ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maguire closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Maguire fails to land.
Maguire lands a body punch.
Power makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Maguire looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Power blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maguire pushes off an throws an elbow but Power leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Power pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Maguire throws the kick towards the body but Power avoids it.
Maguire with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Power thows a body shot but no joy.
Maguire misses with a low kick.
Maguire thuds a left hand into Power's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maguire scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Power fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Maguire looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Maguire looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Power looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maguire tries a head kick but it misses.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Power on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Power goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Power holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Power wants to take the fight to the mat but Maguire manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Maguire.
Maguire gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Power.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maguire managing to block the knees to the body from Power.
Power misses with a hook from the clinch.
Power tries a body shot but Maguire blocks it.
Maguire struggles to land a body shot inside as Power controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maguire.
Maguire doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maguire tries a body shot but Power blocks it.
Power is trying to break free.
Maguire lands a hook that snaps the head of Power backwards.
Power looking to throw knees to the head but Maguire is blocking nicely.
Power displaying some good clinch control by pressing Maguire up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maguire missing with knees to the body.
Power has a couple of punches blocked by Maguire.
A short right from Power on the inside.
Maguire is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Power is defending well for now.
A nice right hand lands inside from Maguire.
Power misses with a hook from the clinch.
Power is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Power is trying to break free.
Maguire has Power pressed against the cage, preventing Power from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Maguire keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Power's efforts to push away.
Power misses with a shot to the kidneys.
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 Cormac Maguire will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Power slips a jab and a cross from Maguire.
Maguire thows a body shot but no joy.
A bone on bone clash there as Maguire blocks the leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maguire. Power does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maguire misses with a series of wild punches.
Power shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Maguire sprawls well. Maguire wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Power gets slowly back to his feet.
Maguire is looking to wear down Power with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Power staying out of range there.
Maguire steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Power. That one must have hurt.
Power lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Power throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Maguire's head.
Maguire misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Power.
A telegraphed right hand from Maguire misses the target.
Maguire tries to work over Power's front leg with a kick but Power checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maguire lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Power at a distance.
Maguire scores with a crisp jab that stopped Power in his tracks.
Maguire takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Power connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Maguire's hands.
Power moves out of range as Maguire strikes.
Maguire looks to score with a jab to the body but Power is just out of range.
Maguire swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Maguire with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Power to score with a decent uppercut.
Maguire waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Power.
Maguire manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Power on his heels. He'll look to pass Power's guard now, I'm sure.
Maguire slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maguire wants to control from the top but Power keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Power is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Maguire controlling from the top position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Cormac Maguire has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Maguire scores with a kick to the midsection.
Maguire fails to land with a series of punches.
Maguire closes the distance and pushes Power back into the cage.
Maguire prevents a body shot from Power.
Maguire is stalling here.
Power throws a punch but it's blocked by Maguire.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maguire tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Power's elbow.
Maguire misses with a punch on the inside.
Power struggles to land a body shot inside as Maguire controls his hands.
Maguire doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maguire lands with a left to the head.
Still in the clinch, Power scores with a nice short uppercut.
Maguire tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maguire throws a head punch that misses.
Power tries to throw a body punch but Maguire avoids it by throwing Power back against the cage.
Power on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Power tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Power breaks from the clinch.
Maguire swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Power with a hook.
Cormac Maguire is winning the standup battle so far.
Power lands with a hook. Maguire tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jab, jab by Power - just one landing.
Power throws a sloppy head kick and Maguire moves out of range easily.
Power throws the left hand but Maguire avoids the punch easily.
Power finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Maguire fails to land with a series of punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maguire tries to land a front kick but Power steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Maguire misses with an uppercut.
Power throws a looping overhand right but Maguire ducks down to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Power throws a sloppy head kick and Maguire moves out of range easily.
Power avoids a punch combination nicely.
A jab from Power misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Cormac Maguire did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Power scores with a jab to the body.
Maguire misses with a low kick.
A swing and a miss from Maguire.
Maguire takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Power throws a front kick aimed at Maguire's knee but Maguire avoids it well.
Power fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Maguire has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Maguire on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Maguire throws a body punch but Power moves out of range.
Maguire swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Power counters with a nice double leg into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maguire preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Power is looking to work some ground and pound but Maguire has wrist control.
Power is looking to work some ground and pound but Maguire has wrist control.
Maguire is trying to keep Power in close.
Power showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maguire preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Maguire wants to sweep here but Power controlling him for the moment.
Power passes Maguire's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Maguire controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Power is looking to advance position but Maguire won't allow it.
Maguire moves into full guard.
Maguire pulls Power in close to prevent any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Power scoring with some ground and pound.
Power postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Maguire is on top in guard.
Maguire trying to control but Power is working from the bottom.
Power wants to sweep here but Maguire controlling him for the moment.
Power trying to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Power looking to hit a scissor sweep but Maguire is one step ahead there.
Power controlling the position.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Danny Power wasn't active enough on the ground.
Maguire misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
The crowd cheers as Maguire lands an impressive looking overhand right. Power doesn't seem phased though.
Maguire blocks a head kick by Power.
Power closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Power has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maguire gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Maguire is looking to control Power's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Maguire avoid being mounted?
Maguire is trying to get back to full guard.
Maguire is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Maguire manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Maguire keeping moving, preventing Power from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Power pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Maguire is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danny Power dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Maguire lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Power takes a swing at Maguire's ribcage but misses.
Power misses with an uppercut
and Maguire connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Power.
Power cracks the inside of Maguire's front leg.
Power gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Maguire slips under a jab from Power.
Power ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maguire moves away.
Power lands a nice leg kick that just misses Maguire's sensitive parts.
Maguire throws a looping overhand right but Power ducks down to avoid it.
Maguire with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A slapping leg kick lands for Power.
Maguire misses the shot to the body.
Power wants to slow Maguire down by chopping away at his legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Power looks to throw the jab but Maguire is out of range.
A jab lands there for Power.
Power steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Maguire. That one must have hurt.
Power closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Maguire's guard.
Maguire wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Power trying to control the position from guard on top but Maguire is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Maguire not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Power trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Maguire pulls Power in close to prevent any damage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Cormac Maguire.
Power stalks Maguire and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Maguire's face. Maguire staggers backwards, shaken.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maguire looks to land a body kick but Power moved away.
Power throws a nice outside leg kick.
Maguire moves in looking to clinch but Power pushes him off.
A jab lands there for Power.
Maguire chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Power can pounce on him.
Power connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Maguire is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Power uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maguire.
Maguire moves out of range as Power throws a body kick.
Power misses with a low kick.
Maguire fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Maguire moves into range and clinches up with Power.
Maguire prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Power.
Maguire tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maguire's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Cormac Maguire has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Maguire misses with the head strike.
Power looking for a takedown.
Maguire lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Power digs a right hand into Maguire's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Maguire's gas tank.
Maguire gets through Power's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maguire misses with a hook from the clinch.
Power blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Power tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maguire fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Power.
Power goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Power blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Power looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Maguire keeps control of Power as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Power is working for takedown but Maguire is calmly controlling the position for now.
Cormac Maguire has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Power.
Power manages to break the clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Power.
And that's the end of the fight!
Danny Power comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Power has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 48:48
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 47:48
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 47:49
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Danny Power!
Danny Power is the new featherweight champion!
Danny Power 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between John L Sullivan IV (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Valentine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sullivan IV comes into the arena with Seven Deadly Sins blaring out of the sound system. Well, I have no idea who's going to take 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
28 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, John L Sullivan IV!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alexander Valentine!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sullivan IV thows a body shot but no joy.
Valentine misses the shot to the body.
Sullivan IV throws a chopping leg kick but Valentine manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Valentine finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sullivan IV pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Valentine misses with a looping left.
Valentine throws a leg kick but Sullivan IV checks it.
Valentine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sullivan IV misses with a straight right.
Valentine changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Valentine cracks Sullivan IV with an open hand slap.
Valentine misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sullivan IV pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sullivan IV misses with an uppercut. Valentine saw that one coming.
Valentine pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sullivan IV is out of range and Valentine settles back down.
Sullivan IV looks to score with a jab to the body but Valentine is just out of range.
Valentine lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Valentine throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Sullivan IV.
A decent looking cross lands there for Valentine.
It looks like John L Sullivan IV has been cut.
Valentine lands with a good body shot.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sullivan IV.
Sullivan IV misses with a leg kick
and Valentine counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Valentine working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Valentine trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Valentine working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sullivan IV is trying to control the position but Valentine postures up.
Valentine wants to pass the guard but Sullivan IV is keeping the position.
Valentine postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Valentine trying to control but Sullivan IV is working from the bottom.
Sullivan IV is pulling down on Valentine's head to control his posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sullivan IV working a defensive guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because John L Sullivan IV just wasn't active enough.
Sullivan IV stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sullivan IV wants it to stay on the feet.
Valentine on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sullivan IV throws a right and a left that Valentine avoids nicely.
Valentine takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Valentine avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A good leg kick by Valentine.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sullivan IV, right into the meat.
Valentine pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Valentine moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan IV scores with a decent looking hook.
Valentine throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sullivan IV throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sullivan IV lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sullivan IV swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sullivan IV darts in trying to clinch
and Valentine counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Valentine throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Valentine tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sullivan IV knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Sullivan IV gets full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Valentine dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John L Sullivan IV's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A slapping leg kick lands for Sullivan IV.
Sullivan IV throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Valentine throws a shot to the body.
Valentine fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sullivan IV ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sullivan IV fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Valentine on the side of the head.
Valentine takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Valentine looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Valentine throws a shot to the body.
Sullivan IV loads up on a big right hand but Valentine slips the punch.
John L Sullivan IV seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Valentine.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sullivan IV on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sullivan IV lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Valentine circles away quickly and effectively.
John L Sullivan IV is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A cross from Valentine lands.
Valentine digs a good body shot into Sullivan IV's ribs.
Sullivan IV jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Valentine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sullivan IV works Valentine's body with a nice hook.
Sullivan IV lands a head shot.
Sullivan IV throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Valentine.
Sullivan IV throws a hook to the side of Valentine's head but Valentine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Valentine connects with an inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Sullivan IV. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sullivan IV.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Valentine is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sullivan IV.
Sullivan IV tries to clinch up but Valentine circles away and keeps his distance.
A shot to the liver by Valentine. Beautiful body shot.
Valentine takes a kick to the side of the head.
Valentine slips a straight right by Sullivan IV.
Valentine fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sullivan IV scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Valentine doesn't seem bothered though.
Sullivan IV chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Valentine can pounce on him.
John L Sullivan IV is winning the standup battle so far.
Valentine throws a leg kick but Sullivan IV sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sullivan IV thows a leg kick but Valentine checks it
and Valentine counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Valentine.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine is looking to work some ground and pound but Sullivan IV has wrist control.
Alexander Valentine has got the better of the ground game so far.
Valentine stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sullivan IV swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Valentine missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Valentine working some strikes from top position.
Valentine tries to free his leg and advance position but Sullivan IV is retaining full guard.
Valentine trying to control but Sullivan IV is working from the bottom.
Valentine throws a big elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan IV utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Valentine throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Valentine working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sullivan IV is trying to control the position but Valentine postures up.
Sullivan IV wants to stand up but Valentine is controlling him.
Valentine has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sullivan IV working a defensive guard here.
Valentine lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Valentine throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Valentine showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John L Sullivan IV'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!
Sullivan IV throws a quick inside leg kick.
Valentine attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Valentine avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sullivan IV avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sullivan IV tries to close the distance and clinch but Valentine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sullivan IV getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sullivan IV shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Valentine takes one to the chin there.
Valentine throws a right hand that misses
enabling Sullivan IV to counter with a crisp jab.
Sullivan IV checks a low kick from Valentine.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Sullivan IV.
Valentine takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sullivan IV. Valentine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sullivan IV loads up on a big right hand but Valentine slips the punch.
Valentine loads up on a big right hand but Sullivan IV slips the punch.
Sullivan IV goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Sullivan IV lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some bone on bone action there as Sullivan IV checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sullivan IV slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sullivan IV lands with a hook. Valentine tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
John L Sullivan IV has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Valentine. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Valentine.
Valentine throws an overhand right that lands on Sullivan IV's shoulder, as Sullivan IV tries to avoid the shot.
Sullivan IV throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sullivan IV throws a body kick that misses
and Valentine counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Valentine in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Valentine trying to control but Sullivan IV is working from the bottom.
Valentine postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sullivan IV working a defensive guard but Valentine passes into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sullivan IV wants to improve his position but Valentine is controlling well.
Sullivan IV works his way to full guard. Good work.
Sullivan IV keeping full guard, as Valentine tries to pass.
Valentine wants to control from the top but Sullivan IV keeps moving.
Valentine content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Alexander Valentine is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine trying to control the position from guard on top but Sullivan IV is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Valentine controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Alexander Valentine.
Valentine buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Valentine thumps Sullivan IV with a low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sullivan IV throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Valentine slips under a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to John L Sullivan IV.
I think Valentine has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Valentine!
As Alexander Valentine got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: In a career full of ups and downs, this win , hopefully, is the start of something amazing! '.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kane Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Logan Harter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes to the cage accompanied by Celebration by Kool and the Gang. The crowd seem to be enjoying Harter's choice of entrance music: Stevie Ray Vaughan "Rude Mood" . Kane Williams could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Logan Harter's chin.
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World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kane Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Logan Harter!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harter shoots in for a double leg but Williams sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Harter connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Harter misses with a wild body shot.
Harter moves out of range as Williams strikes.
Williams throws a leg kick but Harter sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Harter blocks a low kick nicely.
The fighters circling - Harter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harter checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Harter shoots in for a takedown but Williams shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kane Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams scores with a kick to the body.
Williams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Williams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harter.
Harter takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A punch combination from Williams misses.
Harter moves out of range of the body kick from Williams.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Williams.
Harter fails with a takedown attempt.
Kane Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Logan Harter.
Williams lands with an overhand left.
It looks like Logan Harter has been cut.
Williams cracks Harter with a good jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams lands with an uppercut that bounces Harter off the cage and back into range.
Williams looks to land a body kick but Harter moved away.
Williams throws a low kick, looking for Harter's leg but Harter calmly moves out of range.
Williams looks for the body kick but Harter saw that one coming.
Williams swings for the body but Harter moves out of range.
Williams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harter.
Harter is trying desperately to land a takedown but Williams is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Harter.
Williams attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Williams looks to land a right hand but Harter moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands a jab to the nose.
Williams tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Harter blocks a low kick nicely.
Williams rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Harter counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Harter blocks a head kick by Williams.
Kane Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Williams wants to slow Harter down by chopping away at his legs.
Williams cracks the inside of Harter's front leg.
Williams throws a series of punches but Harter moves out of range.
Williams looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Williams looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Harter takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Harter scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Williams doesn't seem bothered though.
Williams misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harter manages to avoid it.
Williams lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Harter works Williams's body with a nice hook.
Williams tries to score with a low kick but Harter moves his leg out of the way.
Williams throws a head kick that misses.
Harter chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Williams can pounce on him.
Williams throws a leg kick but Harter sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Harter takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A clash of legs there as Harter blocks the low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Williams 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 Harter has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Harter and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Harter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Williams throws a low kick but it's checked well by Harter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harter.
Nice shot lands for Williams.
Williams pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Harter back to the cage. Williams follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Harter blocks the body kick.
Williams swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Williams defending well as Harter loads up on a big left hand.
Williams works Harter's body with a nice hook.
Harter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
Williams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harter.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harter checks a leg kick nicely.
Both fighters circling a little - Williams finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Harter takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kane Williams dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Logan Harter'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.
Williams lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Williams rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Harter counters with a stiff right hand.
Williams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harter moves away.
Harter moves out of range as Williams strikes.
Williams lands a head shot.
Williams swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Williams fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Williams misses with a body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Williams 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 Harter has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Harter and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Harter jabs Williams right on the nose. Williams blinks but takes it well.
Williams digs a good body shot into Harter's ribs.
Harter is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Williams rather than just go for the knockout.
Harter is breathing heavily.
Williams connects with a solid leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harter dodges the punch combination from Williams.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Harter crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Williams - the referee stops the clock and Harter gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Williams. Harter manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That kick from Williams tenderised Harter's leg. Harter is trying to keep his angry face on.
Williams misses the shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Williams.
Williams fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harter.
Harter's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Williams throws a body kick that misses.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Williams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Williams takes a swing at Harter's ribcage but misses.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Harter might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Williams has got the better of the exchanges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harter checks a low kick from Williams.
Williams lands a lovely overhand right.
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.
Williams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harter can do to turn this around?
Williams scoring well with a low kick there.
Williams throws a jab when Harter was well out of range.
Williams fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Williams throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Harter looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Williams is fending him off so far but Harter persists. Nope, Williams circles away and we're back to standing.
Williams throws a hook but Harter blocks it.
Williams throws a leg kick that misses.
Williams throws a head kick that misses.
Williams shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harter throws a poor cross that misses
and Harter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harter checks a low kick from Williams.
A solid leg kick lands there for Williams.
Harter takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Some wild striking there from Williams.
Williams shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Harter will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.
Harter blocks a head kick by Williams.
Kane Williams is winning the standup battle so far.
Harter shoots for a double leg takedown but Williams sprawls well. He's pushed Harter's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kane Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Logan Harter.
Williams lands a big right hand that sends Harter crashing to the mat! Williams stays standing though and waves Harter back to his feet!
Harter is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams digs a good hook to Harter's body.
Harter is still on wobbly legs! Can Williams finish him?
That kick from Williams tenderised Harter's leg. Harter is trying to keep his angry face on.
Williams scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Williams throws a pinpoint strike between Harter's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Harter crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Williams scores a great knockout victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kane Williams!
Kane Williams took some time post fight to say the following; 'Now that issue is outta the way, my attention turns to gold. I like gold. My momma likes gold too, and I always give my momma what she wants. You dig?'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
55% |
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