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UPF-H 42: Reem Vs Caradagian PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Pruvhe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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192 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Stefan Pruvhe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Josh Moore!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Colin Fray and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Moore.
Pruvhe with a hook.
Moore fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Pruvhe sprawls well initially but Moore persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Moore decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Pruvhe ducks under a wild hook from Moore.
No joy there for Moore, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pruvhe slips a jab from Moore.
Moore throws a hook to the side of Pruvhe's head but Pruvhe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Pruvhe misses.
Pruvhe jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Pruvhe digs a good hook to Moore's body.
Moore fails to land with a series of punches.
Pruvhe lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Moore misses with a double jab
and Pruvhe counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pruvhe avoids the body shot from Moore.
Stefan Pruvhe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pruvhe lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Moore circles away quickly and effectively.
Moore fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Moore throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pruvhe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pruvhe avoids the body shot from Moore.
Nice cross by Pruvhe.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pruvhe scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pruvhe ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Moore takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Moore gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Pruvhe counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stefan Pruvhe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josh Moore.
Pruvhe slips under a jab from Moore.
Pruvhe keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pruvhe connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Moore scrambles back to his feet.
Moore shoots in looking for a takedown but Pruvhe manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Moore's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Moore shoots in for a double leg but Pruvhe sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Pruvhe throws a right hand that Moore ducks under and follows up with a left that Moore also avoids with ease.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pruvhe moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pruvhe jabs at Moore's body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Moore throws an overhand right that lands on Pruvhe's shoulder, as Pruvhe tries to avoid the shot.
Pruvhe stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stefan Pruvhe dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Pruvhe defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Moore.
Moore swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pruvhe throws a good cross that connects.
Moore misses with a left hand
and Pruvhe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pruvhe showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Moore.
Pruvhe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pruvhe scores with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pruvhe defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Moore.
Josh Moore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moore misses with a jab to the body
and Pruvhe counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Pruvhe scores with a sloppy right hand. Moore should have avoided that one.
Moore fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Stefan Pruvhe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josh Moore.
Pruvhe lands the left hand.
Moore misses with a hook to the body
and Pruvhe counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore misses with a series of wild punches.
Pruvhe scores with a hook to the body. Moore takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Moore misses with a double jab
and Pruvhe counters with a right hand to the body.
Moore throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pruvhe counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moore pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pruvhe 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.
Moore throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd cheers as Pruvhe lands an impressive looking overhand right. Moore doesn't seem phased though.
Moore looks to throw the jab but Pruvhe is out of range.
Horrible takedown by Moore or perhaps it was just good defense by Pruvhe which made him look bad.
Stefan Pruvhe is winning the standup battle so far.
Moore tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pruvhe was well out of range. Poor timing from Moore.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pruvhe connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Moore momentarily.
Moore is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pruvhe works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Pruvhe with a body punch. A glancing blow.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Moore.
Moore just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stefan Pruvhe dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Moore looks to land a combination but Pruvhe avoids it well.
Josh Moore is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pruvhe displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Moore.
Moore misses with a two punch combination.
Pruvhe with a jab.
Moore falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pruvhe counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pruvhe connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pruvhe connects with a crisp jab.
Moore is rocked!
Moore misses with a wild combination.
Pruvhe throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pruvhe throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pruvhe scores with a body shot.
Moore takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pruvhe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Moore.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pruvhe showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Moore.
Pruvhe bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Moore's head.
Pruvhe drops Moore with a beautiful combination! Moore stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Pruvhe is looking for the KO!
Moore is still on wobbly legs! Can Pruvhe finish him?
Pruvhe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Moore can do to turn this around?
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!
Pruvhe closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Moore out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Stefan Pruvhe!
Stefan Pruvhe gave a mention to Fight Night Nutrition in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Harrington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Walsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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211 lbs
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217 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
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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
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Harrington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ben Walsh!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrington tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Walsh manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harrington tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walsh swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A swing and a miss from Walsh.
Harrington tries to clinch but Walsh is having none of it.
Harrington tries to keep at a distance but Walsh has taken the fight into the clinch.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but Walsh blocks with his arms.
Walsh misses with a knee strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Harrington looking to throw knees to the head but Walsh is blocking nicely.
Harrington landing knees to the body.
Walsh looks winded!
Harrington misses with a knee strike.
Walsh throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harrington blocks it with crossed arms.
Harrington misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harrington tries a knee to the head but Walsh blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harrington.
Harrington connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Ben Walsh has been cut.
Harrington using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Harrington misses with some punches.
Harrington is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but Walsh blocks with his arms.
Harrington with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington avoiding damage as Walsh throws knees to the body.
Harrington working aggressively here.
Harrington looking to throw knees to the head but Walsh is blocking nicely.
Harrington using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Walsh prevents a body shot from Harrington.
Harrington lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harrington lands a knee to the head.
Harrington unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walsh lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Walsh on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harrington is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Harrington working Walsh over with knees to the body.
Harrington using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walsh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Walsh misses with a knee strike.
Walsh on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Walsh tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Walsh throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harrington missing with knees to the body.
Harrington struggles to land a body shot inside as Walsh controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walsh tries a knee to the head but Harrington blocks it.
Walsh looking to throw knees to the head but Harrington is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Harrington.
Walsh tries a knee to the head but Harrington blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harrington misses with a knee strike.
Harrington tries to land knees in the clinch but Walsh avoids the damage to the body.
Walsh on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Walsh looking to throw knees to the head but Harrington is blocking nicely.
Walsh tries to land a knee to the head but Harrington blocks with his arms.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Walsh takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harrington lands a knee to the body.
Walsh's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harrington tries a head kick but it misses.
Walsh rushes Harrington and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Walsh throws a punch but it's blocked by Harrington.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walsh throws a head punch that misses.
Harrington scores with a knee to the head.
Walsh throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harrington with a knee to the head.
Harrington misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Walsh.
Harrington tries a knee to the head but Walsh blocks it.
Walsh looking to throw knees to the head but Harrington is blocking nicely.
Harrington trying to land knees to the body.
Harrington with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Walsh avoiding damage.
Harrington with a knee to the head.
Harrington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Walsh with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Walsh landing knees to the head.
Harrington unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Harrington unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walsh lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrington crunches a lovely knee into Walsh's ribcage.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harrington misses with a short punch on the inside.
Walsh managing to block the knees to the body from Harrington.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Walsh breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harrington doesn't manage to clinch there - Walsh circles away.
Walsh throws a half hearted mid kick.
Walsh swats away the attempt to clinch by Harrington.
Walsh forces Harrington back against the cage and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harrington working aggressively here.
Walsh avoiding damage.
Walsh misses with a knee strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harrington with a knee to the head.
Harrington working Walsh over with knees to the body.
Harrington misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Harrington dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ben Walsh's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Harrington closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walsh.
Walsh tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harrington lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harrington tries a knee to the head but Walsh blocks it.
Harrington lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Walsh takes a knee to the side of the body.
Harrington with a knee to the head.
Harrington with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chris Harrington has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Harrington using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walsh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Walsh scores with a knee to the head.
Harrington lands a knee to the body.
Harrington landing knees to the head.
Harrington misses with a knee to the head.
Walsh is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Harrington is keeping busy.
Walsh seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harrington connects with a nasty looking knee right to Walsh's face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walsh tries a knee to the head but Harrington blocks it.
A knee to the head by Harrington.
Walsh is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Walsh misses with a knee to the head.
Harrington is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Walsh is defending well for now.
Walsh avoiding damage as Harrington throws knees to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Walsh 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.
Walsh avoiding damage as Harrington throws knees to the body.
Walsh landing knees to the head.
Walsh with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Walsh with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harrington unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walsh lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Harrington connects with a knee to the head.
Harrington working aggressively here.
Walsh lands a knee to the head.
Walsh stalling in the clinch.
Walsh throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harrington blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walsh working aggressively here.
Harrington lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harrington scores with a knee to the head.
Walsh misses with a knee to the head.
Walsh takes a knee right on the jaw!
Walsh managing to block the knees to the body from Harrington.
Harrington using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walsh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Walsh lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harrington struggles to land a body shot inside as Walsh controls his hands.
Walsh tries to land a knee to the head but Harrington blocks with his arms.
Harrington looking to throw knees to the head but Walsh is blocking nicely.
Harrington lands a good knee to the midsection. Walsh won't want to take too many of those.
Walsh tries a knee to the head but Harrington blocks it.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but Walsh blocks with his arms.
Walsh connects with a nasty looking knee right to Harrington's face.
Harrington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Walsh blocks it with crossed arms.
Walsh breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harrington rushes Walsh and presses him up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walsh misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Harrington.
Harrington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Walsh avoids it.
Walsh scores with a knee to the head.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Walsh avoids it.
Harrington tries to land knees in the clinch but Walsh avoids the damage to the body.
Walsh throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harrington blocks it with crossed arms.
Walsh avoiding damage as Harrington throws knees to the body.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but Walsh blocks with his arms.
Walsh with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Walsh takes a knee to the side of the body.
Walsh misses with a knee to the head.
Harrington crunches a lovely knee into Walsh's ribcage.
Walsh lands a knee to the head.
Walsh tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Walsh using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harrington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walsh with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harrington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Walsh blocks it with crossed arms.
Walsh misses with a knee strike.
Harrington lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harrington blocks an uppercut.
Harrington with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Walsh putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Harrington in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harrington tries to land knees in the clinch but Walsh avoids the damage to the body.
Walsh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harrington looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Walsh attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harrington closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Walsh lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harrington misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Harrington dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ben Walsh's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Walsh feints a jab promting Harrington to slip. Walsh then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Harrington slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Harrington tries to clinch but Walsh moves out of range.
Harrington tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Walsh manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Walsh. Those never looked like landing.
Harrington gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Walsh with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees to the body from Harrington.
Walsh takes a knee to the side of the body.
Harrington scores with a knee to the head.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harrington lands a nice knee to the body.
Harrington tries a knee to the head but Walsh blocks it.
Walsh throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harrington blocks it with crossed arms.
Walsh misses with a knee to the head.
Harrington tries a knee to the head but Walsh blocks it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harrington connects with a nasty looking knee right to Walsh's face.
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!
Walsh throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington misses with a knee strike.
Harrington unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Walsh working aggressively here.
Knees to the body from Walsh.
Harrington using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walsh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Walsh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harrington fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harrington darts in and clinches Walsh up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Walsh.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Walsh with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harrington with a knee to the head.
Walsh looking to throw knees to the head but Harrington is blocking nicely.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Walsh avoids it.
Walsh working aggressively here.
Harrington takes a knee right on the jaw!
Walsh throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harrington blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrington with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harrington tries to land knees in the clinch but Walsh avoids the damage to the body.
Walsh will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Harrington up against the cage.
Walsh connects with a nasty looking knee right to Harrington's face.
Harrington tries to land knees in the clinch but Walsh avoids the damage to the body.
Walsh avoiding damage as Harrington throws knees to the body.
Walsh misses with a knee to the head.
Harrington misses with a knee strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harrington tries to land knees in the clinch but Walsh avoids the damage to the body.
Harrington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harrington using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walsh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Walsh misses with a knee to the head.
Harrington is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Walsh tries a knee to the head but Harrington blocks it.
Harrington missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walsh tries to circle away but Harrington has him pinned against the cage.
Walsh with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harrington misses with a knee strike.
Walsh tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harrington crunches a lovely knee into Walsh's ribcage.
Walsh throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harrington.
Harrington tries a knee to the head but Walsh blocks it.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Walsh stalling in the clinch but Harrington improves position.
Walsh blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Walsh connects with a knee to the head.
Harrington misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Walsh.
Walsh tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Walsh avoiding damage.
Harrington using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ben Walsh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrington misses with a knee to the head.
Walsh tries a knee to the head but Harrington blocks it.
Walsh takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harrington landing knees to the head.
Walsh tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harrington using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Walsh with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harrington missing with knees to the body.
Walsh using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harrington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Harrington as Walsh tries to tie him up.
Harrington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walsh misses with a hook from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walsh looking to throw knees to the head but Harrington is blocking nicely.
Harrington misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harrington tries to land knees in the clinch but Walsh avoids the damage to the body.
Walsh with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harrington is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Walsh is defending well for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Harrington showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Harrington 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Harrington!
A very excited looking Chris Harrington made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Judge Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Testa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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189 lbs
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191 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Judge Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nick Testa!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Roger Salmon and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Testa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nelson.
Nelson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Testa looks to score with a jab to the body but Nelson is just out of range.
Nelson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Testa.
Testa is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Nelson's half guard.
Nelson keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Nelson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nelson gets full guard.
Nelson controlling Testa's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Testa throws a big elbow that misses.
Testa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nelson is keeping the position for now.
Testa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nelson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Testa thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Testa wants to control from the top but Nelson keeps moving.
Nelson working a defensive guard here.
Nelson keeping full guard, as Testa tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson is looking to stand up but Testa isn't so interested in that idea.
Nelson looking for a sweep. Not yet Nelson, not yet.
Testa thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Nelson is on top in guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Testa is on top in guard.
Testa gets to his feet. Nelson looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Testa shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nelson defends it nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nelson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Testa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nelson manages to avoid it.
Testa misses with a looping left.
Testa stalks Nelson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Nelson's face. Nelson staggers backwards, shaken.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nelson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nelson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Testa getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nelson misses the shot to the body.
Testa tries for a takedown but Nelson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A shot to the body from Testa misses
and Nelson finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Testa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Testa tries to close the distance and clinch but Nelson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Testa shoots for a takedown but Nelson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Judge Nelson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Testa.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A slow jab from Testa misses its intended target.
Testa looks for the body kick but Nelson saw that one coming.
Testa connects with a body shot that sends Nelson's belly button to the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Testa dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Testa throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Nelson to counter with a crisp jab.
Nelson moves out of range as Testa strikes.
Testa misses the body punch
and Nelson counters with a right hand to the body.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Testa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Testa walks into a jab.
Nelson swats away the attempt to clinch by Testa.
Testa throws a lazy uppercut
and Nelson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Nelson.
Testa tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Nelson smiles and moves away.
Testa misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch but Testa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nelson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Testa.
Nick Testa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nelson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nelson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Testa throws an overhand right that lands on Nelson's shoulder, as Nelson tries to avoid the shot.
Testa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nelson.
Testa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Testa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nelson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Testa. Nelson does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nelson ducks under a wild hook from Testa.
Testa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nelson tries to sprawl but Testa drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Nelson wants to improve his position but Testa is controlling well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Testa trying to pass the guard but Nelson defending well.
Testa is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Testa thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Testa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Testa prevents Nelson from improving his position.
Testa is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Nick Testa has got the better of the ground game so far.
Testa 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.
Nelson is looking for a sweep. Testa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Testa is looking to take a break and control but Nelson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Testa 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.
Nelson is looking for a sweep. Testa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Testa is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Nelson is just riding it out for now. Testa eventually gives up the hold.
Nelson scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Testa manages to mount him!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Testa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Testa tries to clinch there but Nelson circles away.
Testa throws a hook to the side of Nelson's head but Nelson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Testa is looking to land body kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Testa. Nelson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Testa misses with a body shot.
Nelson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Testa.
Testa fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Testa takes a swing at Nelson's ribcage but misses.
Nelson moves away from the strike by Testa.
Nelson closes the distance and pushes Testa back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Testa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nelson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nelson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Testa.
Testa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nelson leaning against his opponent.
A knee to the head by Nelson.
It looks like Nick Testa has been cut.
Nelson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nelson working Testa over with knees to the body.
Testa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Testa is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Nelson to keep the fight standing.
Nelson is pushing Testa up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Judge Nelson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nelson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Nelson.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Testa avoids the damage to the body.
Testa is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Nelson is defending well.
Knees to the body from Nelson.
Testa can't get the takedown.
Judge Nelson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Testa.
Testa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nelson is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Testa tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Testa avoids the damage to the body.
Nelson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nelson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Testa.
Nelson lands a knee to the body.
Nelson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Testa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nelson crunches a lovely knee into Testa's ribcage.
Nelson digs a right hand underneath Testa's ribcage. Testa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice body punch from Nelson - that landed with a thud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot in the inside from Nelson.
Nelson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Testa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nelson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson scores with a knee to the head.
Nelson stalling against the cage.
Testa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nelson lands a good knee to the midsection. Testa won't want to take too many of those.
Nelson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nick Testa is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Nelson landing knees to the head.
Nelson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Nelson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nelson tries to throw a body punch but Testa avoids it by throwing Nelson back against the cage.
Nelson struggles to land a body shot inside as Testa controls his hands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Judge Nelson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Testa 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Testa!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Snow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yunus Abshir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abshir has chosen Africa by Toto as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
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199 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power |
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Decent boxing
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Snow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yunus Abshir!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Chris Saunders and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snow lands a big head kick that sends Abshir tumbling to the mat! Snow takes a step backwards and waves Abshir back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Yunus Abshir has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abshir moves out of range of the body kick.
Snow looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Snow looks to land a left hand but Abshir moved out of range nicely.
Crunch! Snow slams his shin into Abshir's torso.
Snow throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Abshir loads up on a big right hand but Snow slips the punch.
Snow lands with a thumping leg kick.
Abshir blocks a head kick by Snow.
Nice body kick there by Snow.
Snow misses with an attempted mid kick.
Snow lands a leg kick that knocks Abshir off balance momentarily.
Abshir jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A big right from Abshir misses.
Abshir looks to land a right hand but Snow moved out of range.
Snow thows a body kick. Abshir tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Yunus Abshir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abshir throws a lazy uppercut
and Snow counters with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abshir takes a swing at Snow's ribcage but misses.
Abshir checks a leg kick.
Snow wants to clinch.
Snow thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Abshir if he has to take too many more of those.
Snow dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Abshir. That did some damage!
Snow throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Snow slips under a jab.
Abshir is trying hard to land a takedown here. Snow sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Abshir misses with a hook
and Snow counters with a slapping leg kick.
Abshir looks winded!
Abshir pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Snow lands with a kick to the ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Snow throws a front kick that sends Abshir stumbling back into the cage.
Abshir takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abshir gets tackled into the cage by Snow. Snow maintains the clinch.
Snow has Abshir pushed against the cage.
Snow prevents the takedown attempt.
Abshir on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Abshir breaks the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Snow.
A nice leg kick lands there from Snow.
Abshir stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Snow.
Abshir's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Snow throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Abshir's head.
Abshir has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Snow.
Abshir tries to keep at a distance but Snow has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Snow obliges.
Snow crunches a lovely knee into Abshir's ribcage.
Snow scores a nice knee to the body.
Snow lands a good knee to the midsection. Abshir won't want to take too many of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snow avoiding damage.
Snow tries to land knees in the clinch but Abshir avoids the damage to the body.
Snow tries to work over Abshir's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Abshir has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Snow is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Jon Snow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yunus Abshir.
Abshir lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Snow has his hands clasped together around Abshir's back. He's all about the action.
Abshir is keen to just control but Snow is a slippery customer.
Snow trying to control from the bottom.
Snow wants to get back to full guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Abshir in particular looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snow looks like he's trying to stand up.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Snow throws a half hearted mid kick.
Snow shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Snow scores with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Snow keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Abshir.
A chopping leg kick lands by Snow.
Snow thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Abshir if he has to take too many more of those.
Snow scores with a leg kick.
Snow clinches up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Snow scores a nice knee to the body.
Abshir blocks an elbow strike from Snow.
Snow tries to land a knee to the head but Abshir blocks with his arms.
Abshir has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Snow is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Snow dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yunus Abshir's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Abshir sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Snow is looking to slow Abshir down with leg kicks.
Jon Snow is winning the standup battle so far.
Snow moves into the clinch successfully.
Snow landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Snow scores a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Snow with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Snow connects with a knee to the head.
Snow lands a damaging elbow.
Snow controlling the action here for a moment.
Snow is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Abshir has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Snow is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A right hook to the body lands for Snow.
Snow unloads a knee to the mid-section. Abshir lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Snow lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Abshir.
Abshir is breathing heavily.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Snow.
Abshir tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snow crunches a lovely knee into Abshir's ribcage.
Snow lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Snow'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.
Knees in the clinch landing for Snow.
Snow working Abshir over with knees to the body.
Jon Snow has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Snow controlling the action here for a moment.
Snow landing knees to the head.
Snow struggles to land a body shot inside as Abshir controls his hands.
Snow putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Abshir in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abshir on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Snow landing knees to the body.
Snow lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Abshir or not.
Come on Snow - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snow is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Snow with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Snow is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Snow is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Abshir can do to turn this around?
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jon Snow.
Snow throws a quick inside leg kick.
Abshir fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jon Snow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yunus Abshir.
Abshir tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Abshir takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Snow.
Snow dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Abshir. That did some damage!
A nice inside leg kick there by Snow. That's going to slow Abshir down.
Snow throws a head kick that half lands.
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!
Snow scores with a spinning back kick!
Jon Snow is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A solid body kick from Snow.
Snow bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Snow.
Abshir has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Snow.
Nice body kick there by Snow.
Abshir is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Snow lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Abshir at a distance.
Snow lands a nice looking kick to the body. Abshir takes a step back to recover.
Abshir has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Snow.
Snow throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Abshir.
Abshir getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Snow gets a clinch.
Nice body punch from Snow - that landed with a thud.
Snow stalling in the clinch but Abshir improves position.
Snow scores with a knee to the head.
Snow is pressed up against the cage. Abshir has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Snow down to the mat. Snow avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Snow fakes the leg kick and cracks Abshir in the body.
Abshir 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.
Abshir sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Snow ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Snow tries to clinch but Abshir moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Snow lands with an uppercut that bounces Abshir off the cage and back into range.
Snow throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Abshir.
Abshir throws a hook but Snow blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Snow dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Yunus Abshir's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Abshir takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Abshir rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Snow counters with a slapping leg kick.
Abshir throws a lazy right hand but Snow sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Abshir misses with a lunging right hand
and Snow moves into the clinch.
Snow lands a knee to the head.
Abshir drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Snow connects with a knee to the head.
Abshir is rocked!
Abshir avoids the elbow strike from Snow, against the cage.
Snow landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abshir being controlled against the cage.
Snow landing knees to the head.
Snow comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Abshir takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snow drops Abshir with a big knee straight up the middle! Abshir is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Abshir is still on wobbly legs! Can Snow finish him?
Snow seems to be stalking Abshir here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastatic head kick! Abshir drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jon Snow!
During a confident post fight interview, Jon Snow thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Shamrock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bishop comes into the arena with Mama said knock you out blaring out of the sound system. Shamrock has chosen Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue as his entrance music. Bobby Bishop has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bobby Bishop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chuck Shamrock!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Jeff Smith and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop slips a jab from Shamrock.
Shamrock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bishop walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Shamrock checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Shamrock looks to land a left hand but Bishop moved out of range nicely.
Bishop throws a jab but it's blocked by Shamrock.
Shamrock misses with a jab, cross combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Shamrock misses the target.
Shamrock misses with a hook. Bishop ducked under it nicely.
Shamrock connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bishop's hands.
Shamrock lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice straight punches there by Shamrock. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Shamrock.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Shamrock lands with a shot to the body.
Shamrock gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bishop working aggressively here.
Bishop misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bishop lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shamrock's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Shamrock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chuck Shamrock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bishop digs a good hook to Shamrock's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shamrock misses the shot to the body.
Shamrock staying out of range there.
Shamrock fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock thuds a left hand into Bishop's body.
Some wild striking there from Bishop.
Bishop gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Shamrock.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bishop - that will leave a mark!
Shamrock rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bishop moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shamrock closes the distance and clinches.
Shamrock can't find room to land a body shot as Bishop controls the action.
Shamrock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bishop fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bishop throws a punch but it's blocked by Shamrock.
Shamrock blocking some punches.
Bishop lands a left hand.
Bishop doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bishop lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Shamrock on the inside.
Bishop throws a punch but it's blocked by Shamrock.
Shamrock is trying to break the clinch but Bishop has him pressed against the cage.
Bishop misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shamrock wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bishop has him pressed against the cage.
Shamrock is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Bishop is defending well.
Shamrock blocking some punches.
Shamrock has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short uppercut from Bishop.
Bishop gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Shamrock working hard to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shamrock.
Bishop misses with the head strike.
Shamrock is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bishop gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bobby Bishop has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chuck Shamrock.
Shamrock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bishop lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Shamrock tries to circle away but Bishop has him pinned against the cage.
Bishop throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shamrocks head.
Bishop doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Bishop.
Bishop throws a head punch that misses.
Shamrock tries to break free but Bishop pushes him back against the cage.
Bishop lands with a light punch inside.
Bishop keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Shamrock's efforts to push away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Bishop fails to land.
Bishop makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Shamrock tries to throw a body punch but Bishop avoids it by throwing Shamrock back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bishop.
Bishop blocks a body shot from Shamrock.
Shamrock is trying to break free.
Bishop swings wildly with an uppercut but Shamrock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shamrock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bishop creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Shamrock's defenses.
Bishop lands a right hand.
Shamrock is rocked!
Shamrock managing to block the knees to the body from Bishop.
Shamrock is still on wobbly legs! Can Bishop finish him?
Bishop working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bishop creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Shamrock's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Shamrock drops to his knees and Bishop pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bobby Bishop!
During a confident post fight interview, Bobby Bishop thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Caco Antibes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Speed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Antibes might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Liquor store blues - Bruno mars ft. Damian Marley. Tyson Speed acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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237 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Caco Antibes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyson Speed!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Speed shoots in and drives through. Antibes sprawls well.
Speed misses with the combination.
Sloppy strikes from Antibes. Those never looked like landing.
Antibes throws a leg kick that misses.
No luck for Speed with that takedown attempt.
Antibes stuffs the takedown.
Caco Antibes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyson Speed.
Antibes throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Speed avoids a punch combination nicely.
Speed showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Antibes.
Antibes misses with a two punch combination.
Antibes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Antibes looks to land a combination but Speed avoids it well.
Antibes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Speed tries to clinch but Antibes moves out of range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Speed.
A good leg kick by Speed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Speed shoots in but Antibes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Caco Antibes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Antibes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Speed counters with a nice double leg into side control. Antibes won't be happy with that.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Speed decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Antibes misses the shot to the body.
Antibes dips to his left and cracks Speed with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Antibes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Speed counters with a nice kick to the body.
Speed takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Speed shoots in but no luck this time.
Antibes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sloppy strikes from Speed. Those never looked like landing.
Antibes throws a combination that misses
and Speed holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Speed pressing his opponent against the cage.
Antibes wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speed is trying to pull guard but Antibes turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Antibes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Antibes is trying to break free.
Antibes breaks the clinch.
Antibes throws a right hand that Speed ducks under and follows up with a left that Speed also avoids with ease.
Speed fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Antibes has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Antibes's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Antibes duly obliges.
Some wild striking there from Antibes.
Antibes misses with a low kick.
Antibes throws a low kick but Speed avoids it.
Speed fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A leg kick checked by Speed.
Antibes swats away the attempt to clinch by Speed.
Antibes closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Speed fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Antibes to the ground. Speed is now in Antibes's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antibes wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Speed wanted to stand there but Antibes had control of the position.
Speed is fighting to break Antibes's control of his arms but Antibes is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Speed trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Antibes bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Speed's guard.
Speed working for submissions but it's allowed Antibes to get to half guard.
Speed is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Speed looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Antibes controlling the action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Speed works his way to full guard. Good work.
Antibes not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Antibes passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
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 Caco Antibes will probably get the nod.
That's time! Antibes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Antibes throws a wild body kick that Speed sees coming a mile off.
Antibes throws a right and a left that Speed avoids nicely.
Caco Antibes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Speed shoots in and drives through. Antibes sprawls well.
Nice takedown defense from Antibes. No joy for Speed on that attempt.
Speed showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Antibes.
Speed misses with a takedown attempt - Antibes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Caco Antibes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyson Speed.
Speed looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Antibes is fending him off so far but Speed persists. Nope, Antibes circles away and we're back to standing.
Speed fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Speed lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Speed wants to clinch.
Antibes misses with a low kick.
Antibes misses with a combination
and Speed counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Caco Antibes has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Antibes throws a lazy head kick
and Speed counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Speed looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Antibes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Antibes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Speed tries a head kick but it misses.
Antibes goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
It looks like Tyson Speed has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Antibes misses with a leg kick
and Speed counters with a good, hard body kick but Antibes shrugs it off.
Speed drives through and clinches with Antibes against the cage.
Antibes is looking to break free of the clinch but Speed has double underhooks.
Speed keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Antibes's efforts to push away.
Speed drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Antibes gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Antibes is trying to break the clinch but Speed has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antibes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Speed closes the distance and clinches up with Antibes, looking for a takedown. Speed pushes Antibes against the cage but Antibes circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Antibes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Speed counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Speed with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Speed trying to control from half guard but Antibes is working away.
Antibes manages to get to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Speed wants to control from the top but Antibes keeps moving.
Antibes 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 three minutes gone in the round.
Antibes is working hard here to advance position.
Antibes looking to control.
Speed controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Tyson Speed hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Speed dives in and grabs Antibes's left leg, looking for a takedown. Antibes pushes down on Speed's head and hops out.
Antibes throws a head kick that misses
and Speed counters with a straight right hand.
Speed pushes Antibes up against the cage in a clinch.
Speed prevents Antibes from breaking the clinch.
Speed pulls Antibes into guard.
Speed is trying to control the position but Antibes postures up.
Speed pulls Antibes in close to prevent any damage.
Antibes looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antibes tries to free his leg and advance position but Speed is retaining full guard.
Speed is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Speed lands a hook that snaps the head of Antibes backwards.
Speed keeps control of Antibes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Antibes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Speed has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Speed jumps guard and drags Antibes to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Speed can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Antibes controls the pace.
Antibes wants to stand but Speed is controlling his posture from full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tyson Speed will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Speed shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Antibes pinned against the cage. Antibes gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Speed shoots in but Antibes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Speed bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Antibes is trying to buck Speed off.
Speed taking a break here but Antibes is having none of it and regains half guard.
Antibes moves into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Speed wants to control from the top but Antibes keeps moving.
Antibes looking to hit a scissor sweep but Speed is one step ahead there.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Antibes holds on and takes a little breather.
Antibes working a defensive guard but Speed passes into half guard.
Speed tries to pass to full mount but Antibes defends it.
Antibes trying to control here.
Tyson Speed has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antibes tries to get to full guard but Speed has control of the leg.
Speed throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Speed wants to stand up but Antibes is controlling the position.
Antibes is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speed is trying to control the action in half guard but Antibes is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Tyson Speed.
Speed fails with a takedown attempt.
Caco Antibes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyson Speed.
Speed drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Speed tries to stand but Antibes is controlling from the bottom.
Antibes keeping moving, preventing Speed from controlling successfully.
Speed trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Speed is looking to work some ground and pound but Antibes has wrist control.
Speed wants to pass the guard but Antibes is keeping the position.
Antibes is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Antibes bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Speed's guard.
Speed trying to keep a closed guard but Antibes is proving a slippery customer.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Speed is looking to stand back up but Antibes counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Speed.
Speed is looking for a sweep. Antibes is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tyson Speed comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Speed 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyson Speed!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Tyson Speed waved his t-shirt featuring Perkele!'s logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jose Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Kroft (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kroft has chosen Ironman - Black Sabbath as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jeremy Kroft was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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199 lbs
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194 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jose Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jeremy Kroft!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Roger Salmon and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kroft misses with a head kick.
Lopez throws a sloppy head kick and Kroft moves out of range easily.
Lopez thows a body shot but no joy.
Lopez misses with a wild combination.
Lopez tries to clinch up.
Kroft tries a head kick but it misses.
Lopez clinches.
Lopez throws an elbow but it misses.
Lopez tries a knee to the head but Kroft blocks it.
Lopez prevents Kroft from breaking the clinch.
Lopez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lopez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kroft is defending well for now.
Lopez lands an elbow just above Kroft 's eye.
Kroft wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lopez pushes off an throws an elbow but Kroft leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kroft tries to circle away but Lopez has him pinned against the cage.
Lopez looking to throw knees to the head but Kroft is blocking nicely.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Lopez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kroft wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lopez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kroft's face.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the head but Kroft blocks with his arms.
Lopez has Kroft pressed against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lopez throws an elbow but misses.
Lopez prevents Kroft from breaking the clinch.
Lopez stalls.
Kroft is trying to break the clinch but Lopez is controlling him.
Lopez prevents Kroft from breaking the clinch.
Lopez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lopez lands a nice knee to the body.
Kroft has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lopez taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kroft blocks an elbow strike from Lopez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lopez.
Lopez misses with an elbow strike.
A body shot lands from Lopez.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lopez gets through Kroft's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the head but Kroft blocks with his arms.
A short uppercut from Lopez.
Lopez misses with a knee strike.
Kroft is trying to break the clinch but Lopez has him pressed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Lopez.
Kroft looks winded!
Kroft prevents a body shot from Lopez.
Kroft wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lopez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kroft's face.
Lopez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lopez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kroft is trying to break the clinch but Lopez is controlling him.
Kroft is trying to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez tries to throw a body punch but Kroft avoids it by throwing Lopez back against the cage.
Kroft tries to break the clinch but Lopez is controlling the position.
Kroft is trying to break the clinch but Lopez has him pressed against the cage.
Kroft takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Jeremy Kroft has been cut.
Lopez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lopez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lopez lands an elbow just above Kroft 's eye.
Kroft takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the head but Kroft blocks with his arms.
Lopez pushes off an throws an elbow but Kroft leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kroft tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lopez avoids it.
Lopez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lopez landing knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Kroft's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lopez trying to land knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Lopez scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez looking to throw knees to the head but Kroft is blocking nicely.
Kroft misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lopez throws an elbow but it misses.
Kroft blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lopez landing knees to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lopez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lopez lands a knee to the body.
Lopez leaning against his opponent.
Kroft wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lopez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lopez lands an elbow just above Kroft 's eye.
Kroft tries to break free but Lopez pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A frustrated look appears on Kroft's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Lopez.
Lopez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kroft's efforts to push away.
Lopez scores with a shot to the side of Kroft's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Lopez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jeremy Kroft's cut.
That's time! Lopez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kroft tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kroft throws a sloppy head kick and Lopez moves out of range easily.
Jeremy Kroft seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kroft pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lopez clinches.
Lopez has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Lopez lands a big knee from the Thai clinch and Kroft goes down hard! The ref takes a good look at him but he's still defending himself. Lopez in side control.
Kroft is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Lopez is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Kroft looks calm but he's in trouble here. Lopez gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Kroft is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Lopez lets go of the hold and Kroft can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jose Lopez!
A very excited looking Jose Lopez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chrystov Aleksey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Remnant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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199 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chrystov Aleksey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Remnant!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aleksey swinging wildly here.
Remnant shoots in but Aleksey avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Aleksey fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Remnant shoots and misses
and Aleksey counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Chrystov Aleksey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aleksey walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Aleksey throws a series of punches but Remnant avoids them all with ease.
Aleksey moves into the clinch successfully.
Aleksey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Remnant escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Remnant gets tackled into the cage by Aleksey. Aleksey maintains the clinch.
Aleksey lands a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Aleksey creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Aleksey.
Remnant is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Aleksey pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Chrystov Aleksey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Remnant.
Aleksey breaks the clinch.
Remnant lands with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aleksey throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Remnant.
Remnant has his takedown stuffed
and Aleksey counters with a one-two to the body.
Remnant with a lazy takedown attempt
and Aleksey counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Remnant down! Aleksey is looking to finish but Remnant is intelligently defending himself.
Remnant is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Remnant working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Aleksey.
Remnant is still in real trouble! Can Aleksey finish him?
Aleksey lands a couple of elbows.
Aleksey lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Aleksey lands a couple of digs.
Aleksey lands a couple of digs.
Remnant looking for a sweep. Not yet Remnant, not yet.
Aleksey postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Remnant covers up, he's hurt! Aleksey keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Aleksey and the ref steps in to end the fight! Aleksey can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chrystov Aleksey!
Chrystov Aleksey 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 Kibbe Sly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lincoln Burrows (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burrows has chosen Sweet Child 'O Mine as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kibbe Sly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lincoln Burrows!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Ryoma Takatsuka and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burrows connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sly momentarily.
Sly staying out of range there.
Burrows ducks under a wild hook from Sly.
Sly loads up on a big right hand but Burrows slips the punch.
Sly moves into the clinch.
Sly tries to land a knee to the head but Burrows blocks with his arms.
Sly leaning his opponent against the cage.
Burrows wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sly has him pressed against the cage.
Burrows breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice body punch from Burrows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burrows ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Sly out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lincoln Burrows!
A victorious Lincoln Burrows thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Henkka Reem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Caradagian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caradagian is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Martin Caradagian Song. Martin Caradagian has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Henkka Reem!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Martin Caradagian!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Colin Fray and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caradagian misses with a takedown attempt
and Reem cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Caradagian doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Reem counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Reem cracks Caradagian with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Reem lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Reem throws a leg kick but Caradagian sees it coming and moves out of range.
Caradagian doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Reem counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Martin Caradagian has been cut.
Henkka Reem has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martin Caradagian.
Caradagian shoots and misses
and Reem connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Caradagian shoots and misses
and Reem counters with a nice body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Caradagian walks into a left hand.
Caradagian fails with the takedown
and Caradagian takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reem misses with the combination.
Caradagian misses with a takedown attempt
and Reem counters with a nice uppercut.
Caradagian shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Reem connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Caradagian looks winded!
Reem fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Caradagian on the side of the head.
Caradagian shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Reem counters with a nice double leg into side control. Caradagian won't be happy with that.
Reem looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reem tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Caradagian is looking to reverse the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reem tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Reem has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Reem thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Reem looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Caradagian is avoiding damage well.
Caradagian is looking to regain half guard here but Reem keeps moving and retains side control.
Reem tries to move into full mount but can't pass Caradagian's legs.
Reem is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Caradagian looks calm but he's in trouble here. Reem gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Caradagian is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Reem lets go of the hold and Caradagian can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Henkka Reem!
Henkka Reem retains his middleweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Henkka Reem thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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