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GAMMA#353 Connor v Kadoic PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cletus White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Haverford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White comes to the cage accompanied by Thunderhorse. Haverford has chosen Jay-Z & Kanye West - N** In Paris 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cletus White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Haverford !
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
White throwing shots but Haverford is blocking nicely.
Haverford gets full guard.
White is pushing down on Haverford 's leg trying to pass to half guard. Haverford is fighting to maintain full guard but White has managed to sneak the leg through.
Haverford gets full guard.
Haverford is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and White defends well.
Haverford has his foot on White's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. White works his way back into a safe position though.
White wants to stand but Haverford has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
White throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White with a nice head shot there.
White has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Haverford is proving hard to escape from.
Haverford working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. White doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. White manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
White avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Haverford looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White wants to get up but he can't break Haverford 's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Haverford is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
White is looking to stand up but Haverford won't let him.
White got a little sloppy there for a moment and Haverford has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, White has managed to get both his arms back between Haverford 's legs - danger averted.
White decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Haverford looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Haverford keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from White.
White jabbing away but nothing is landing.
White throws a hook to the side of Haverford 's head but Haverford sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cletus White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White tries to clinch but Haverford moves out of range.
White scores with the left hand. Haverford knows he should have avoided that one.
White throws a lazy right hand but Haverford sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
White misses with a hook.
Haverford looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Haverford is looking for a sweep.
Haverford is still trying to improve position.
White postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Haverford sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
White prevents Haverford from improving his position.
White tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Haverford .
White gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Sloppy strikes from White. Those never looked like landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White cracks the inside of Haverford 's front leg.
White throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
White pushes Haverford up against the cage in a clinch.
White tries to land a knee to the head but Haverford blocks with his arms.
White misses with an elbow over the top.
White misses with the head strike.
White lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
White pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Haverford avoids the elbow strike from White, against the cage.
White with an attempt at a knee that misses.
White looking to throw knees to the head but Haverford is blocking nicely.
White lands a damaging elbow.
Haverford gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Haverford slips nicely into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haverford is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, White has managed to free his arm - good work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haverford seems to be working for a kimura but White defends the submission attempt.
Haverford wants to pass the guard but White is defending well.
Haverford is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. White doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Haverford .
White is looking to escape.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Haverford is sneakily working for an arm triangle but White sees it coming and defends easily.
White kicks Haverford off and gets back to his feet.
Haverford displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab.
White throws a hook but Haverford blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cletus White dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Haverford loads up on a big right hand but White slips the punch.
White feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Haverford s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
It looks like Tom Haverford has been cut.
A slow jab from White misses its intended target.
White keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
White missing with a left hand there. Haverford was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
White throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Haverford counter with a right hand.
White stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and White wants it to stay on the feet.
White looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
White misses with a looping right.
Nice cross by White.
White pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Haverford looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
White gets a double leg takedown into Haverford 's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haverford working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because White has passed into half guard!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haverford is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
White seems to be looking for submissions.
White throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
White tries to stand and escape but Haverford is controlling the position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Haverford manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
White has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Haverford is proving hard to escape from.
White stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Haverford throws a low kick but White moves out of range easily.
White bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Haverford 's head backwards.
White fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
White is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
White goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White tries to clinch but Haverford moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haverford avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - White looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Haverford rushes White and presses him up against the cage.
White using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Haverford has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
White lands a hook to the side of the head.
Haverford 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
White scores with a crisp jab that stopped Haverford in his tracks.
A jab from White misses.
White pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice takedown defense from White. No joy for Haverford on that attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White connects with a body shot.
Haverford lands a lovely overhand right.
Haverford gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
White stands and steps away. Haverford gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
White getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
White misses with a looping right.
White throws a hook but Haverford blocks it.
Haverford misses with a looping right.
Haverford tries to work over White's front leg with a kick but White checks it.
White misses with a looping right.
White stalks Haverford and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Haverford 's face. Haverford staggers backwards, shaken.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haverford goes for a double leg but White avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as White continues to drive forward.
Cletus White has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tom Haverford .
With the fighters up against the cage, White throws an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haverford breaks from the clinch.
White jabbing away but nothing is landing.
White throws a right hand that misses
and Haverford counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Haverford on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by White. White obviously looking to wear him down.
White throws out a powerful jab.
White lands a nice shot that snaps Haverford 's head back.
White lands with a hook. Haverford tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
White throws a hook to the side of Haverford 's head but Haverford sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Haverford uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from White.
Haverford dives in and grabs White's left leg, looking for a takedown. White pushes down on Haverford 's head and hops out.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White throws a right hand that misses
and Haverford makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
White looks to land a left hand but Haverford moved out of range nicely.
Haverford takes one to the chin there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cletus White dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tom Haverford 's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
The fighters circling - White throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Haverford staying out of range there.
Haverford circles away from the clinch attempt
and Haverford counters with a slapping leg kick.
Haverford jabs White right on the nose. White blinks but takes it well.
Haverford moves away from the strike by White.
White throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Haverford sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Haverford moves out of range of the strikes.
White jabbing away but nothing is landing.
White works over Haverford 's head and body with a nice combination.
White scores with a takedown into Haverford 's guard.
White tries to stand but Haverford is controlling from the bottom.
White trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haverford trying to control the position.
Haverford wants to sweep here but White controlling him for the moment.
White wants to control from the top but Haverford keeps moving.
Haverford looking for a guillotine here but White defends easily.
Haverford looking to hit a scissor sweep but White is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haverford is working an open guard so White takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
White throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A big left from White misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White scores with a head kick.
Haverford ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
White cracks Haverford with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
White loads up on a big right hand but Haverford slips the punch.
White throws a hook but Haverford blocks it.
White gets a double leg takedown into Haverford 's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White tries to stand but Haverford is controlling from the bottom.
White in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Haverford is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
White preventing the sweep.
White wants to stand but Haverford is controlling his posture from full guard.
White stands up from Haverford 's guard - White perhaps looking for a knockout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haverford wants to clinch.
Haverford scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. White doesn't seem bothered though.
White connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
White lands an overhand right.
Haverford slips a jab from White.
White keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
White throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Haverford stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
White lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Haverford backs up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White tries to close the distance and clinch but Haverford swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big left from White misses.
Cletus White is winning the standup battle so far.
White takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
White throws a looping overhand right but Haverford ducks down to avoid it.
White throws a big shot that misses.
Haverford lands a jab to the nose.
Cletus White is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haverford slips a straight right by White.
White is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Haverford can do to turn this around?
White throws a right hand that misses
and Haverford makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
White misses with an uppercut
and Haverford counters with an inside leg kick.
White throws a hook but Haverford avoids it easily.
Tom Haverford has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Haverford takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
White keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Haverford decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cletus White showed his dominance in that final round.
Well White 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cletus White!
A victorious Cletus White 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 Charlie Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kreator - Extreme Aggressions kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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192 lbs
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World class 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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charlie Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy misses with a kick to the body.
Thompson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Thompson.
Murphy throws a leg kick which misses Thompson's front leg but catches the back leg as Thompson tries to avoid it.
Thompson misses with a body kick.
Thompson loads up on a big right hand but Murphy slips the punch.
Thompson throws a jab when Murphy was well out of range.
Thompson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A slow jab from Thompson misses its intended target.
Thompson throws a good cross that connects.
Murphy avoids the head kick by Thompson.
Murphy throws a wild body kick that Thompson sees coming a mile off.
Thompson moves out of range of the body kick.
Nick Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thompson.
Murphy pushes Thompson up against the cage in a clinch.
Thompson misses with a punch on the inside.
Thompson lands an elbow inside that Murphy shrugs off.
Thompson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thompson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murphy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murphy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thompson.
Thompson lands a good knee to the midsection. Murphy won't want to take too many of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Nick Thompson has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy avoids the elbow strike from Thompson, against the cage.
Murphy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thompson blocks it with crossed arms.
Thompson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but Thompson blocks with his arms.
Thompson tries a body shot but Murphy blocks it.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thompson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Murphy's defenses.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but Thompson blocks with his arms.
Murphy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Thompson takes a knee to the side of the body.
A hook to the body from Thompson.
Thompson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thompson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murphy.
Murphy blocking some punches.
Thompson scores with a hook to the body.
Murphy working Thompson over with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thompson misses with the head strike.
Murphy misses with a knee to the head.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but Thompson blocks it.
Thompson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thompson's defenses.
Thompson lands a right hand.
Thompson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Thompson gets through Murphy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thompson working aggressively here.
A short right from Murphy.
Murphy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thompson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Murphy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thompson's brow.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but Thompson blocks it.
Thompson misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Thompson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Murphy blocks an uppercut.
Murphy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thompson blocks it with crossed arms.
Murphy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice left hand lands by Thompson.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Murphy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Murphy misses with a knee strike.
Murphy taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a knee to the head.
Thompson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murphy's elbow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Thompson.
Thompson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thompson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thompson lands an elbow inside.
Murphy tries to stall but Thompson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Thompson misses with some punches.
Thompson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Murphy connects with a knee to the head.
Thompson swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thompson crunches a lovely knee into Murphy's ribcage.
Murphy is breathing heavily.
Thompson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Murphy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy takes an elbow to the temple.
Thompson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Thompson misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thompson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson takes a knee right on the jaw!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Thompson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Murphy's brow.
Murphy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thompson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Murphy misses with a knee to the head.
Thompson can't find room to land a body shot as Murphy controls the action.
Murphy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thompson.
Murphy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thompson has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
Murphy misses with a knee strike.
Thompson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.
Murphy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Murphy blocks the elbow strike.
Murphy lands a body shot in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Thompson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thompson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thompson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Murphy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Murphy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson pushes Murphy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nick Thompson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nick Thompson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A slapping leg kick lands for Murphy.
Thompson throws a jab but it's blocked by Murphy.
A head kick misses from Murphy.
Charlie Murphy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Murphy scores with a jab to the head.
Thompson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A clash of legs there as Thompson blocks the low kick.
Thompson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Murphy throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Thompson.
Thompson is rocked!
Thompson looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
Thompson is still on wobbly legs! Can Murphy finish him?
A lazy left from Thompson finds it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thompson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Murphy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Murphy throws a head kick that misses.
Thompson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thompson misses with the body kick
and Murphy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Thompson gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Murphy gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Thompson is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charlie Murphy!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark McGowan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gareth Bale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGowan comes to the cage accompanied by The BBC Sucks O' Cock News. Gareth Bale 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark McGowan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gareth Bale!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oooooh!!! Bale has knocked McGowan down with a huge combo! Bale steps away and waves a wobbly McGowan back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
It looks like Mark McGowan has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bale lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as McGowan crumples to the floor! Bale milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Gareth Bale!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shinobu Tsukasa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leandro Rodrigues (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodrigues has chosen New Order Blue Monday as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Leandro Rodrigues enters the cage!
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174 lbs
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184 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shinobu Tsukasa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Leandro Rodrigues!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodrigues lands with an overhand left.
Tsukasa rushes Rodrigues and presses him up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Rodrigues's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rodrigues is trying to push Tsukasa away but Tsukasa has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tsukasa content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tsukasa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rodrigues.
Rodrigues is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rodrigues blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rodrigues pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tsukasa scores with a body shot.
Tsukasa needs to keep his hands up - Rodrigues had a free shot at his head there.
Rodrigues scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Tsukasa sneaks back into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rodrigues wants to pass to mount but Tsukasa is defending the position.
Rodrigues is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsukasa is trying to control but Rodrigues passes into side control!
Tsukasa is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Rodrigues tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Rodrigues remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Rodrigues wants to control but Tsukasa is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsukasa is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Rodrigues taking a breather here.
Tsukasa is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Rodrigues takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Leandro Rodrigues wasn't active enough on the ground.
Tsukasa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rodrigues is out of range.
Rodrigues connects with a body shot that sends Tsukasa's belly button to the back.
Tsukasa takes one to the side of the head.
Rodrigues throws a jab when Tsukasa was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rodrigues lunges at Tsukasa with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tsukasa's hand.
Rodrigues closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Tsukasa to the mat! Tsukasa manages to get full guard.
Tsukasa has a closed guard, preventing Rodrigues from standing up.
Tsukasa will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Rodrigues postures up.
Rodrigues gets to his feet - Tsukasa follows without any prompting.
Tsukasa cracks Rodrigues with a right hand to the side of the head.
A jab lands there for Rodrigues.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tsukasa lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rodrigues has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rodrigues and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tsukasa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tsukasa connects with an inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Tsukasa misses its intended target.
Rodrigues's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tsukasa under the eye.
Rodrigues throws out a loose jab but Tsukasa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rodrigues shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tsukasa sprawls well. Tsukasa wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rodrigues gets slowly back to his feet.
Rodrigues closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Tsukasa did well to prevent Rodrigues getting side control.
Tsukasa controlling the position for now.
Rodrigues stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Tsukasa to get to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rodrigues avoids the head kick by Tsukasa.
Tsukasa tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodrigues swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A jab from Tsukasa finds it's way through Rodrigues's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leandro Rodrigues dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tsukasa lands a high kick!
Rodrigues keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good exchange - Rodrigues coming out on top.
Rodrigues lands with a cross.
Rodrigues thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tsukasa blocks a jab.
Tsukasa defending well as Rodrigues loads up on a big left hand.
Leandro Rodrigues seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rodrigues misses with a looping left.
Rodrigues throws an off balance right hand
and Rodrigues takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rodrigues swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tsukasa tries to work over Rodrigues's front leg with a kick but Rodrigues checks it.
Tsukasa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tsukasa misses with an uppercut.
Tsukasa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rodrigues to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tsukasa takes a swing at Rodrigues's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Rodrigues.
Tsukasa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rodrigues.
Good leg kick by Tsukasa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rodrigues moves out of range of the body kick from Tsukasa.
Tsukasa swings for the body but Rodrigues moves out of range.
Rodrigues takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Leandro Rodrigues has been cut.
Rodrigues scores with a shot to the body.
Rodrigues thuds his right hand into Tsukasa's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A jab from Rodrigues finds it's way through Tsukasa's defenses.
A lazy left from Tsukasa finds it's target.
Rodrigues scores with a punch to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rodrigues throws out a powerful jab.
Rodrigues checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Rodrigues looks to land a right hand but Tsukasa moved out of range.
Tsukasa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rodrigues has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues moves away from the strike by Tsukasa.
Rodrigues uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsukasa.
Tsukasa drives through and clinches with Rodrigues against the cage.
Rodrigues is trying to break free.
Rodrigues blocking some punches.
Tsukasa tries to land knees in the clinch but Rodrigues avoids the damage to the body.
Rodrigues wants to get back to striking at distance but Tsukasa won't allow it.
Tsukasa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tsukasa trying to land knees to the body.
Tsukasa is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Knees to the body from Tsukasa.
Rodrigues tries to break the clinch but Tsukasa is controlling the position.
Tsukasa working Rodrigues over with knees to the body.
Tsukasa keeps control of Rodrigues as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tsukasa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsukasa lands a good knee to the midsection. Rodrigues won't want to take too many of those.
Rodrigues is trying to break free.
Tsukasa crunches a lovely knee into Rodrigues's ribcage.
Rodrigues pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rodrigues 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.
Rodrigues on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tsukasa slips a jab from Rodrigues.
Tsukasa scoring well with a low kick there.
Rodrigues throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tsukasa counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tsukasa scores with a jab to the head.
Shinobu Tsukasa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tsukasa lands a leg kick that knocks Rodrigues off balance momentarily.
Tsukasa is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Rodrigues's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Rodrigues duly obliges.
Tsukasa slips under a jab from Rodrigues.
Tsukasa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tsukasa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rodrigues fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsukasa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rodrigues throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tsukasa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rodrigues checks a low kick from Tsukasa.
Tsukasa is looking to chop away at Rodrigues's legs.
Rodrigues's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rodrigues has a takedown stuffed.
Rodrigues looks to land a right hand but Tsukasa moved out of range.
Tsukasa lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Tsukasa lands a high kick!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tsukasa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rodrigues checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tsukasa catches Rodrigues with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Rodrigues shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tsukasa pinned against the cage. Tsukasa gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Shinobu Tsukasa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leandro Rodrigues.
Rodrigues ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shinobu Tsukasa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Leandro Rodrigues's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Rodrigues stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tsukasa.
Tsukasa tries to clinch but Rodrigues moves out of range.
Rodrigues throws a lazy right hand but Tsukasa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An inside leg kick from Tsukasa misses.
Rodrigues's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tsukasa under the eye.
Rodrigues throws a jab when Tsukasa was well out of range.
Tsukasa throws a sloppy head kick and Rodrigues moves out of range easily.
Rodrigues throws a big shot that misses.
Tsukasa tries to score with a low kick but Rodrigues moves his leg out of the way.
Tsukasa throws a leg kick which misses Rodrigues's front leg but catches the back leg as Rodrigues tries to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Tsukasa misses the target.
Rodrigues looking to score a takedown here. Tsukasa is defending well but Rodrigues drives through and ends up in Tsukasa's guard.
Rodrigues tries to free his leg and advance position but Tsukasa is retaining full guard.
Tsukasa 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 one minute gone in the round.
Tsukasa is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Rodrigues trying to control but Tsukasa is working from the bottom.
Tsukasa is adopting a defensive guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Rodrigues keeps the fight on the outside.
Tsukasa misses with a wild body shot.
Rodrigues throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rodrigues lands with an overhand left.
Rodrigues loads up on a big right hand but Tsukasa slips the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsukasa throws a leg kick which misses Rodrigues's front leg but catches the back leg as Rodrigues tries to avoid it.
Rodrigues shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tsukasa sprawls well. Tsukasa wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rodrigues gets slowly back to his feet.
Rodrigues is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tsukasa.
Rodrigues scores with a jab to the head.
Tsukasa misses with a body shot
and Rodrigues counters with a stiff right hand.
Tsukasa cracks Rodrigues with an open hand slap.
Rodrigues has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tsukasa.
Tsukasa stuffs the takedown.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tsukasa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rodrigues checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tsukasa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rodrigues.
Tsukasa misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rodrigues counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tsukasa takes one to the chin there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues feints and as Tsukasa raises his hands in defense, Rodrigues changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rodrigues stays in close to Tsukasa's body and controls the position.
Tsukasa is trying to keep Rodrigues in close.
Tsukasa 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.
Tsukasa is adopting a defensive guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A head kick from Tsukasa lands but Rodrigues takes it in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsukasa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rodrigues was well out of range. Poor timing from Tsukasa.
Tsukasa throws a leg kick but Rodrigues sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rodrigues lands a jab to Tsukasa's midsection.
Tsukasa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rodrigues stuns Tsukasa with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A big left from Tsukasa misses.
Rodrigues throws an off balance right hand
and Tsukasa counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rodrigues throws a hook but Tsukasa avoids it easily.
Rodrigues throws out a loose jab but Tsukasa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tsukasa cracks the inside of Rodrigues's front leg.
Tsukasa misses with an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rodrigues pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rodrigues feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Tsukasa manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Leandro Rodrigues.
I think Rodrigues 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Leandro Rodrigues!
Leandro Rodrigues seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Myles O Donnell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Blanks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 lbs
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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
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Myles O Donnell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Billy Blanks!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Donnell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice inside leg kick there by O Donnell. That's going to slow Blanks down.
A jab from O Donnell misses.
Blanks feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to O Donnell's calf.
Blanks drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Blanks throws a lazy right hand but O Donnell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
O Donnell misses the body punch
and Blanks makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
O Donnell will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That kick from Blanks tenderised O Donnell's leg. O Donnell is trying to keep his angry face on.
Blanks misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donk. O Donnell catches Blanks right on the button with a cross.
Blanks tried to score with a low kick but O Donnell checks it.
Blanks slips a jab from O Donnell.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Donnell stuns Blanks with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Blanks shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Blanks takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
An inside leg kick from O Donnell misses.
Blanks misses with a low kick.
Blanks tries to work over O Donnell's front leg with a kick but O Donnell checks it.
Blanks is looking to land body kicks.
O Donnell throws a shot from downtown. Blanks moves away and avoids it.
Some bone on bone action there as Blanks checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
O Donnell lands with a straight right. Blanks didn't see that one coming.
Blanks fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches O Donnell on the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Donnell cracks the inside of Blanks's front leg.
O Donnell misses with a body shot
and Blanks counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. O Donnell is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Blanks looks for the body kick but O Donnell saw that one coming.
O Donnell throws a leg kick that misses.
O Donnell throws a front kick aimed at Blanks's knee but Blanks avoids it well.
O Donnell lands a jab to the head.
Blanks fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
O Donnell looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
O Donnell throws a head kick but Blanks moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from O Donnell.
Blanks lands with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Donnell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Blanks sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Blanks throws a chopping leg kick but O Donnell manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Blanks throws a head kick but O Donnell moves out of range.
A jab from O Donnell misses.
A shot to the body from O Donnell misses
and Blanks counters with a leg kick.
O Donnell with a hook.
Blanks misses the shot to the body.
O Donnell fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Blanks.
A leg kick checked by Blanks.
Blanks lands with a thumping leg kick.
Blanks throws a push kick but O Donnell slaps the foot to one side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Donnell takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A solid leg kick lands there for Blanks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blanks blocks a low kick nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Blanks blocks the leg kick.
O Donnell blocks a head kick by Blanks.
O Donnell avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
O Donnell lands a nice leg kick that just misses Blanks's sensitive parts.
O Donnell throws out a leg kick but Blanks moves out of range and O Donnell only half commits.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Some bone on bone action there as Blanks checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
O Donnell throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Blanks counters with a nice kick to the body.
A big left from O Donnell misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Billy Blanks will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
O Donnell throws a nice outside leg kick.
O Donnell connects with an inside leg kick.
A shot to the liver by O Donnell. Beautiful body shot.
O Donnell thows a leg kick but Blanks checks it
and Blanks counters with a good low kick that O Donnell was not able to check.
Blanks is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down O Donnell rather than just go for the knockout.
O Donnell misses with a body shot.
O Donnell's jab looks to have found its range, popping Blanks under the eye.
Blanks takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
O Donnell showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blanks.
O Donnell checks a leg kick.
Nice shot lands for O Donnell.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Donnell tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Blanks is able to avoid easily.
Blanks pivots, looking for a leg kick but O Donnell is out of range and Blanks settles back down.
Blanks throws a nice inside leg kick.
O Donnell throws a nice outside leg kick.
O Donnell lands with a right hand.
O Donnell scores with a jab to the head.
Blanks misses with the body kick
and O Donnell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
O Donnell missing with a left hand there. Blanks was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blanks pushes O Donnell away with a front kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Donnell throws a looping overhand right but Blanks ducks down to avoid it.
O Donnell throws a chopping leg kick but Blanks manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blanks misses with a head kick.
O Donnell looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as O Donnell checks a leg kick.
Blanks's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Blanks moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
O Donnell thows a left - swing and a miss!
O Donnell takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
O Donnell takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Blanks steps to the side to avoid the strikes from O Donnell.
Blanks attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
O Donnell throws a shot from downtown. Blanks moves away and avoids it.
O Donnell 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Donnell on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Blanks. Blanks obviously looking to wear him down.
O Donnell swings for the body but Blanks moves out of range.
Blanks misses with a kick to the body.
Blanks connects with a body shot.
O Donnell connects with a body shot that sends Blanks's belly button to the back.
Blanks throws a low kick but it's checked well by O Donnell.
Blanks pulls out of a head kick attempt.
O Donnell throws a body punch but Blanks moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from O Donnell. Blanks does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blanks throws a leg kick but O Donnell moved away.
O Donnell throws a hook but Blanks avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from O Donnell misses.
O Donnell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blanks was well out of range. Poor timing from O Donnell.
O Donnell misses with a lunging right hand
and Blanks counters with a body kick.
Billy Blanks seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Donnell chopping away at his opponent's legs.
O Donnell's corner calls for a 1-2. O Donnell obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Blanks scores with a kick to the body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Blanks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Some wild striking there from Blanks.
A thudding body kick lands there by Blanks!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Blanks showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Blanks.
Blanks fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and O Donnell has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
O Donnell jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Myles O Donnell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blanks misses with a body kick.
Whack! Blanks lands a heavy head kick that drops O Donnell. The ref tackles Blanks to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because O Donnell was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Billy Blanks!
As Billy Blanks got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Wana go for a third Jack? Didn't think so... hey Leopold do I have to call you out again!? Stop being a pussy and sign the contract boy!! Blanks v Stotch... or are you scared?'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Usain Watts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Narvaez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watts comes to the cage accompanied by 9000 Watts. Narvaez has chosen Soca Warriors Anthem as his entrance music. Rafael Narvaez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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194 lbs
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200 lbs
23 - 10 - 1 |
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World class 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
34 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Usain Watts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rafael Narvaez!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Narvaez.
Watts connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Watts moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Narvaez throws a series of punches but Watts avoids them all with ease.
Narvaez throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Watts counters with a slapping leg kick.
Narvaez throws a jab when Watts was well out of range.
Narvaez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watts was well out of range. Poor timing from Narvaez.
Watts misses the shot to the body.
Narvaez tries to bum rush Watts with a series of wild strikes but Watts uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A chopping leg kick lands by Watts.
Watts waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Narvaez.
Nice straight punches there by Watts. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Watts.
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!
Narvaez moves in looking to clinch but Watts pushes him off.
Watts connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narvaez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Watts scores with a jab.
Narvaez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Watts's head.
A slow jab from Narvaez misses its intended target.
Watts waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Narvaez.
Narvaez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
It looks like Usain Watts has been cut.
Narvaez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Watts circles away quickly and effectively.
Narvaez closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Watts's guard.
Narvaez looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Narvaez wants to control from the top but Watts keeps moving.
Watts seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez preventing the sweep.
Watts keeping moving, preventing Narvaez from controlling successfully.
Rafael Narvaez has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Narvaez lands a leg kick that knocks Watts off balance momentarily.
Narvaez throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Watts to counter with a crisp jab.
Watts with a jab.
Narvaez fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts throws a body punch but Narvaez moves out of range.
Narvaez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Watts lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Narvaez at a distance.
Watts dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Watts sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Narvaez's defenses. It connects perfectly with Narvaez's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Usain Watts!
After the fight, Usain Watts was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vladik Fedotov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brodie Sinclair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sinclair has chosen as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladik Fedotov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brodie Sinclair!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sinclair throws a poor cross that misses
and Fedotov holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Sinclair fails to land.
Fedotov being controlled against the cage.
Fedotov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sinclair manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Fedotov lands an elbow inside that Sinclair shrugs off.
Sinclair tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sinclair throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fedotovs head.
Sinclair is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sinclair.
Fedotov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fedotov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sinclair throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fedotovs head.
Sinclair throws a head punch that misses.
Sinclair works on Fedotov's body with a couple of short punches.
Fedotov struggles to land a body shot inside as Sinclair controls his hands.
Sinclair takes a shot to the head.
Sinclair swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fedotov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sinclair is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Fedotov lands a nice elbow.
Fedotov struggles to land a body shot inside as Sinclair controls his hands.
Sinclair is trying to maintain a safe position but Fedotov gets an underhook and turns Sinclair into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Sinclair fails to land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fedotov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sinclair is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Fedotov is defending well.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sinclair takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fedotov.
Fedotov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sinclair trying to stall but Fedotov improves his position.
Fedotov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Still in the clinch, Fedotov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Come on Sinclair - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Fedotov lands a good knee to the midsection. Sinclair won't want to take too many of those.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Fedotov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sinclair looks winded!
Fedotov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sinclair lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fedotov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fedotov blocks an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Sinclair.
Sinclair is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Fedotov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sinclair misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sinclair has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Fedotov is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Vladik Fedotov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brodie Sinclair.
Sinclair goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sinclair tries for a takedown. No joy.
Fedotov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sinclair stalling in the clinch but Fedotov improves position.
Fedotov struggles to land a body shot inside as Sinclair controls his hands.
Fedotov lands a hook that snaps the head of Sinclair backwards.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sinclair can't break the clinch.
Sinclair takes a shot to the head.
Sinclair tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Sinclair's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fedotov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sinclair lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fedotov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fedotov lands an uppercut.
Sinclair ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Sinclair no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Sinclair looking for subs off his back but Fedotov has passed one foot through into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Sinclair wants to get back to full guard but Fedotov has passed into side control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Fedotov stands up and we're back to a striking position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crunch! Fedotov slams his shin into Sinclair's torso.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vladik Fedotov dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Fedotov misses with an attempted mid kick.
Vladik Fedotov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sinclair throws a poor cross that misses
and Fedotov counters by moving into the clinch.
Sinclair has a couple of punches blocked by Fedotov.
A head punch on the inside from Fedotov fails to land.
Fedotov tries to land a knee to the head but Sinclair blocks with his arms.
Fedotov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sinclair works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Sinclair working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fedotov seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Sinclair throws a big elbow that misses.
Fedotov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sinclair.
Sinclair missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sinclair trying to control the position from guard on top but Fedotov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sinclair accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sinclair missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sinclair throwing strikes but missing.
Sinclair throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Fedotov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Fedotov is on top in guard.
Fedotov pushing down on Sinclair's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Fedotov postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Sinclair to stand up.
Sinclair throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A bone on bone clash there as Sinclair blocks the leg kick.
Fedotov clinches up with Sinclair and pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fedotov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sinclair avoids it.
Fedotov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sinclair's elbow.
Sinclair lands with a left to the head.
Sinclair misses with some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sinclair misses with the head strike.
Sinclair softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fedotov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fedotov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fedotov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sinclair backwards.
Sinclair is looking to take this one to the mat.
Sinclair misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sinclair is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Fedotov is defending well.
Sinclair is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Fedotov tries to throw a body punch but Sinclair avoids it by throwing Fedotov back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair pushes Fedotov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fedotov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sinclairs head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fedotov.
Fedotov struggles to land a body shot inside as Sinclair controls his hands.
Sinclair has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Fedotov is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Vladik Fedotov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brodie Sinclair.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fedotov obliges.
Fedotov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sinclair is breathing heavily.
Fedotov lands a shot to the body.
Fedotov blocks an uppercut.
Fedotov lands a shoulder strike.
Fedotov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sinclairs head.
Sinclair misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fedotov.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sinclair misses with some punches.
Fedotov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fedotov lands a knee to the body.
Fedotov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sinclair tries for a takedown. No joy.
Knees to the body from Fedotov.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fedotov.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fedotov.
Fedotov lands a big knee to the head and Sinclair goes down! Fedotov pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vladik Fedotov!
Vladik Fedotov thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Puff Dragon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Harbor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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24
200 lbs
10 - 2 - 1 |
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193 lbs
14 - 9 - 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
10 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Puff Dragon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Harbor!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harbor throws a body punch but Dragon moves out of range.
Dragon tries to close the distance and clinch but Harbor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dragon tries to clinch there but Harbor circles away.
Dragon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harbor.
Harbor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dragon.
Dragon throws a good cross that connects.
Harbor swings widly with a right hand
and Dragon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dragon scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Harbor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dragon takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dragon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dragon lands a nice shot to the body.
Harbor closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dragon circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragon feints with a left and delivers a massive head kick! Harbor collapses like a ragdoll! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Puff Dragon!
After winning the bout, Puff Dragon thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Degen Gambler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gegard Mousasi (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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208 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Degen Gambler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gegard Mousasi!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mousasi lunges at Gambler with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gambler's hand.
Gambler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gambler thows a body shot but no joy.
Gambler lands with a nice body punch.
Mousasi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Gambler. Those never looked like landing.
Mousasi avoids the head kick by Gambler.
Gegard Mousasi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mousasi lands with a hook. Gambler tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gambler swings for the body but Mousasi moves out of range.
Gambler lands with a shot to the body.
Gambler looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mousasi lands a leg kick that knocks Gambler off balance momentarily.
Mousasi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gambler throws out the jab.
Gambler stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mousasi.
Mousasi misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gambler thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gambler misses with a kick to the body.
Mousasi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A head kick by Gambler misses
and Mousasi counters with a nice double leg into guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Mousasi's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Gegard Mousasi was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Gambler misses the shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mousasi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gambler stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gambler misses with a body kick.
Mousasi misses with a leg kick
and Gambler counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Gegard Mousasi has been cut.
Mousasi throws a low kick, looking for Gambler's leg but Gambler calmly moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Gambler.
Gambler has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gambler there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gambler stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mousasi.
Mousasi throws a wild body kick that Gambler sees coming a mile off.
Mousasi misses with a head kick.
Gambler throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mousasi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Degen Gambler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mousasi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mousasi throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Gambler tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Mousasi is in Gambler's guard.
Mousasi not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gegard Mousasi has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Mousasi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gambler's head backwards.
Mousasi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mousasi misses with a kick to the body
and Gambler counters with a leg kick.
Mousasi pushes Gambler up against the cage in a clinch.
Gambler displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mousasi up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mousasi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gambler blocks a body shot from Mousasi.
Gambler stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand 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!
Mousasi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gambler doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mousasi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gambler throws a head punch that misses.
Gambler dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gambler.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mousasi.
Mousasi lands with a light punch inside.
Mousasi can't find room to land a body shot as Gambler controls the action.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mousasi misses with the head strike.
Gambler misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Mousasi fails to land.
Mousasi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gamblers head.
Gambler tries to work over Mousasi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gegard Mousasi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gegard Mousasi's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A big right from Mousasi misses.
Gegard Mousasi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gambler walks forward, straight into a front kick from Mousasi.
Mousasi drops his hands momentarily and Gambler takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Mousasi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gambler scores with a kick to the midsection.
Gambler takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Mousasi clobbers Gambler with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mousasi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gambler.
Mousasi connects with a solid leg kick.
Mousasi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mousasi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gambler has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Mousasi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gambler is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mousasi 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.
Gambler is looking to wear down Mousasi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mousasi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gambler looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mousasi is looking to slow Gambler down with leg kicks.
Mousasi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mousasi thumps Gambler with a low kick.
Mousasi drops Gambler with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Gambler looks back up at him and smiles so Mousasi waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Gambler is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mousasi connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Gambler out cold! This one is over in a flash!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gegard Mousasi!
After winning the bout, Gegard Mousasi thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Drazen Kadoic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jia O Connor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Connor comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Parkway Drive - Feed them to the pigs kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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30
218 lbs
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24
215 lbs
11 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Drazen Kadoic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jia O Connor!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Connor works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
It looks like Drazen Kadoic has been cut.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kadoic. O Connor shrugs it off though.
Kadoic looks to score with a jab to the body but O Connor is just out of range.
Kadoic 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.
O Connor sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Connor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kadoic.
O Connor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kadoic throws a nice head kick!
It looks like Jia O Connor has been cut.
O Connor dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kadoic throws a push kick but O Connor slaps the foot to one side.
Kadoic's corner calls for a 1-2. Kadoic obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kadoic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
O Connor scores with a nice right hand.
Kadoic lands with a hook. O Connor tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kadoic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
O Connor is rocked!
Kadoic fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked O Connor out cold! Brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Drazen Kadoic!
Drazen Kadoic 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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