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HFC 3: No Holds Barred PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Goban MacKenna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Steinburg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Goban MacKenna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Billy Steinburg!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Alyssa Summers and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steinburg misses with a jab, cross combination.
Steinburg takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Steinburg looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
MacKenna dodges the punch combination from Steinburg.
Steinburg misses with a wild body shot.
Steinburg misses with a two punch combination.
Steinburg looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Steinburg tries to clinch but MacKenna is having none of it.
Steinburg looks to score with a jab to the body but MacKenna is just out of range.
MacKenna shoots in but no luck this time.
MacKenna shoots in for a takedown but Steinburg shows good takedown defense.
MacKenna cracks Steinburg with an open hand slap.
It looks like Billy Steinburg has been cut.
Billy Steinburg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steinburg misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from MacKenna.
MacKenna throws a sloppy head kick and Steinburg moves out of range easily.
Steinburg throws a right hand that MacKenna ducks under and follows up with a left that MacKenna also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for MacKenna with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Goban MacKenna. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Steinburg goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
MacKenna shoots in for a takedown but Steinburg shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
MacKenna fails in his attempt to clinch.
MacKenna has managed to clinch.
Steinburg's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Steinburg throws a one two combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steinburg rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but MacKenna moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Steinburg misses with the combination.
Steinburg feints a jab promting MacKenna to slip. Steinburg then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. MacKenna slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
MacKenna rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Steinburg moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Steinburg.
MacKenna doesn't manage to clinch there - Steinburg circles away.
MacKenna pushes Steinburg up against the cage in a clinch.
Steinburg pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Billy Steinburg is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Steinburg leaves MacKenna with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
MacKenna misses with a low kick as Steinburg jumps back.
MacKenna fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
MacKenna is breathing heavily.
Steinburg throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and MacKenna counters with a nice body shot.
Steinburg misses with a low kick as MacKenna jumps back.
No joy there for Steinburg, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Steinburg rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but MacKenna moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steinburg misses with a double jab.
Steinburg darts in and clinches MacKenna up against the cage.
Steinburg pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Steinburg will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Steinburg lands a jab-cross combination.
MacKenna dodges the punch combination from Steinburg.
Steinburg tries to close the distance and clinch but MacKenna swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
MacKenna shoots in for a double leg but Steinburg sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Steinburg looks to land a combination but MacKenna avoids it well.
MacKenna forces Steinburg back against the cage and clinches.
Steinburg pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steinburg connects with a jab.
Steinburg stuffs the takedown.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
MacKenna closes the distance and clinches up with Steinburg, looking for a takedown. MacKenna pushes Steinburg against the cage but Steinburg circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Steinburg has closed the distance and engaged MacKenna in a clinch.
MacKenna wants to break free but Steinburg has control.
Steinburg pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Steinburg jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Steinburg throws a right and a left that both miss.
Steinburg scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
MacKenna shoots in looking for a takedown. Steinburg tries to sprawl out of it but MacKenna keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Steinburg manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
MacKenna avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Steinburg dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Billy Steinburg's cut.
That's time! MacKenna's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
MacKenna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Steinburg.
MacKenna misses with a two punch combination.
MacKenna scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sloppy strikes from Steinburg. Those never looked like landing.
MacKenna walks into a straight right hand from Steinburg.
Steinburg with a nice cross.
MacKenna misses with a body kick.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for MacKenna. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Steinburg scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. MacKenna doesn't seem bothered though.
Steinburg is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down MacKenna rather than just go for the knockout.
Horrible takedown by MacKenna or perhaps it was just good defense by Steinburg which made him look bad.
MacKenna throws out a leg kick but Steinburg moves out of range and MacKenna only half commits.
Steinburg pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces MacKenna back to the cage. Steinburg follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
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!
Steinburg ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
MacKenna takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Steinburg drops MacKenna with a beautiful combination! MacKenna stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Steinburg is looking for the KO!
MacKenna is rocked!
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!
Steinburg cracks MacKenna with a hook to the temple - MacKenna is on wobbly legs here! Steinburg swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! MacKenna falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Steinburg wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Billy Steinburg!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Benoit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Sirpico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Benoit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Sirpico!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Joseph Jones and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benoit fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Benoit misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A head kick by Benoit misses
and Sirpico counters by moving into the clinch.
Benoit's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sirpico shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Benoit defends it nicely.
Benoit misses with a takedown attempt - Sirpico sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Benoit. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sirpico fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sirpico misses with a head kick.
Sirpico pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Benoit.
Benoit will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sirpico uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benoit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benoit fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sirpico sprawls well initially but Benoit persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Benoit looks to land a strike but Sirpico avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Benoit has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Sirpico is proving hard to escape from.
Benoit gets to his feet - Sirpico follows without any prompting.
Benoit tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Benoit darts in and clinches Sirpico up against the cage.
Benoit is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sirpico is defending well for now.
Benoit looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sirpico tries to pull guard but Benoit holds him up against the cage and eventually Sirpico drops back down to his feet.
Benoit is struggling to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sirpico wants to take the fight to the mat but Benoit manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Sirpico is trying to pull guard but Benoit turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Benoit breaks from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benoit 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.
Benoit controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Benoit has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Sirpico to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Benoit is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Sirpico pulls down on the head and he's put Benoit to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Frank Sirpico!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chad Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jonathan Jones 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 super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonathan Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chad Brown!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Chad Campbell and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jones drives through and clinches with Brown against the cage.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brown is defending well for now.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Jones.
It looks like Chad Brown has been cut.
Brown wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Brown dodges an elbow strike from Jones.
Jones controlling the action here for a moment.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Jones.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones'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.
Jones gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Brown blocks an elbow strike from Jones.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brown's defenses.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones leaning his opponent against the cage.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown blocks the elbow strike.
Jones has Brown pushed against the cage.
Brown avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Brown's brow.
Jones misses with an elbow over the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones taking a breather.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
Brown wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
Brown blocks an elbow strike.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jones.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Brown's brow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jones.
Stalling in the clinch from Jones.
Jones seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Jones misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brown tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Brown wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonathan Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chad Brown's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones needs to keep his hands up - Brown had a free shot at his head there.
Brown misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Brown looks to land a left hand but Jones moved out of range nicely.
Brown throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot.
Brown throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Brown swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Brown misses with a low kick.
Jones closes the distance looking to clinch
and Brown connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brown misses with an uppercut
and Jones counters by clinching up.
Jones is pushing Brown up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Brown is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
Jones misses with a body punch.
Nice elbow from Jones.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Brown leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the cage.
Brown can't break the clinch.
Brown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones gets a clinch.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones has Brown pressed against the cage, preventing Brown from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Brown wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Brown leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jones misses with an elbow over the top.
Brown avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the cage.
Brown is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.
Brown tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Jones leaning against his opponent.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Brown tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the cage.
Jones lands with a right to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brown is defending well for now.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Jones.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Jones is struggling to control the position.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonathan Jones dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chad Brown's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Brown pushes him off.
Jones takes the fight into the clinch.
Brown breaks from the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Brown avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the cage.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Jones has Brown pressed against the cage, preventing Brown from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Brown tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the cage.
Jones has Brown pushed against the cage.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Brown breaks the clinch.
Jones will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Brown throws a head kick that misses.
Jones steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brown.
Jones tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Brown counters with a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with a jab, cross combination.
Chad Brown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Brown throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brown rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jones counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.
Jones lands an elbow just above Brown 's eye.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jones has Brown pressed against the cage, preventing Brown from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Brown leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Brown dodges an elbow strike from Jones.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Brown is trying to push Jones away but Jones has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.
Jones stalls.
Brown wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brown escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jones throws a chopping leg kick but Brown manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Brown throws a front kick aimed at Jones's knee but Jones avoids it well.
Brown throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jones tries to clinch but Brown moves away
and Brown counters with an inside leg kick.
Chad Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Brown circles away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Brown 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 Jones has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jones and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jonathan Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jones, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonathan Jones!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ruslan Tetradze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boyani Villanueva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Tetradze might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Eye Of The Tiger. Boyani Villanueva 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 super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ruslan Tetradze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Boyani Villanueva!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Eddie Farnsworth and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tetradze throws out a loose jab but Villanueva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Villanueva shoots for a double leg takedown but Tetradze sprawls well. He's pushed Villanueva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Villanueva shoots in but no luck this time.
Villanueva shoots in for a takedown but Tetradze shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ruslan Tetradze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boyani Villanueva.
Tetradze clinches up with Villanueva and pushes him back against the cage.
Villanueva tries to pull guard but Tetradze won't allow it.
Villanueva jumps guard but Tetradze turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Villanueva pulls guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Tetradze throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Villanueva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tetradze loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Villanueva seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Tetradze content to stall in guard here.
Tetradze in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tetradze wants to stand but Villanueva is controlling his posture from full guard.
Tetradze trying to control but Villanueva is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ruslan Tetradze.
Villanueva lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Villanueva.
Villanueva tries to close the distance and clinch but Tetradze swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boyani Villanueva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tetradze stuffs the takedown.
Tetradze keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Villanueva looks winded!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tetradze will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Tetradze.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tetradze creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Tetradze is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Villanueva knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Tetradze tries to advance to mount but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tetradze tries for a kimura but Villanueva is defending well.
You can see the frustration on Villanueva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Villanueva is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tetradze working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Villanueva is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Tetradze is controlling him well.
Tetradze is looking to take a break and control but Villanueva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Villanueva is trying to get back to his feet.
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 Ruslan Tetradze will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Tetradze scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Villanueva is trying to maintain the position but Tetradze is very close to passing his half guard.
Tetradze is looking for a kimura but Villanueva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Tetradze to get the leverage.
Villanueva is looking for a sweep. Tetradze is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Villanueva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tetradze.
Tetradze is thwarting Villanueva's attempts to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tetradze wants to control but Villanueva is keeping him busy.
Tetradze is working for a kimura but Villanueva is defending it quite comfortably.
Tetradze is trying to work for a kimura but Villanueva is defending well.
Tetradze is controlling the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tetradze is pressing down on Villanueva's thigh, looking to free his foot. Villanueva is holding on for now.
Tetradze seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Villanueva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tetradze prevents Villanueva from standing back up.
Villanueva trying to hold on to Tetradze's head to control him but Tetradze postures up.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Villanueva shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Tetradze's guard.
Ruslan Tetradze overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Villanueva postures up and lands a big shot to Tetradze's brow.
Villanueva looking to sit in guard and control but Tetradze gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Villanueva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tetradze.
Villanueva is breathing heavily.
Tetradze's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tetradze's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Villanueva manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Tetradze gets back to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tetradze trying to hold on to Villanueva's head to control him but Villanueva postures up.
Villanueva prevents Tetradze from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ruslan Tetradze will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Villanueva fails with a takedown attempt.
Villanueva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tetradze pinned against the cage. Tetradze gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Villanueva darts in trying to clinch
and Tetradze counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Tetradze tries to land a front kick but Villanueva steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Villanueva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Villanueva.
Ruslan Tetradze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boyani Villanueva.
Villanueva shoots and misses
and Tetradze counters by clinching up.
Tetradze manages to break the clinch.
Villanueva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tetradze displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Villanueva.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tetradze looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Villanueva is fending him off so far but Tetradze persists. Nope, Villanueva circles away and we're back to standing.
Boyani Villanueva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tetradze scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Tetradze lands some shots froms side control.
Tetradze is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Villanueva knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Tetradze takes a little break here. Villanueva wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tetradze trying to control the action but Villanueva is working from the bottom.
Tetradze wants to control for a moment but Villanueva uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tetradze with the ground and pound but Villanueva uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Tetradze working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Villanueva's head.
Tetradze looking to pass the guard.
Tetradze trying to control the position from guard on top but Villanueva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tetradze won't allow Villanueva to get back to his feet.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Tetradze stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Villanueva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We're going to have a standup here because Ruslan Tetradze wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Tetradze explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Villanueva with a poor takedown
and Tetradze counters with a nice low kick that buckles Villanueva's knee momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tetradze shoots in and bounces Villanueva off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Villanueva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ruslan Tetradze showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tetradze has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ruslan Tetradze!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hector Gianni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and JRun Bastard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hector Gianni 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 super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hector Gianni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, JRun Bastard!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Dean Styles and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gianni avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gianni slips a jab and a cross from Bastard.
Gianni takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gianni fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bastard, pushing him back against the cage.
Gianni throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bastard blocks it with crossed arms.
Gianni keeps control of Bastard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gianni scores a nice knee to the body.
Bastard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gianni has him pressed against the cage.
Bastard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bastard is trying to push Gianni away but Gianni has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gianni tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bastard is trying to break the clinch but Gianni has him pressed against the cage.
Gianni keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bastard's efforts to push away.
Bastard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gianni has him pressed against the cage.
Gianni gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bastard manages to break the clinch.
Bastard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastard swats away the attempt to clinch by Gianni.
Bastard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
JRun Bastard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bastard looks to land a combination but Gianni avoids it well.
Bastard clinches up with Gianni and pushes him back against the cage.
Bastard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gianni has him pressed against the cage.
Gianni is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bastard is keeping busy.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gianni.
It looks like JRun Bastard has been cut.
Gianni with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gianni pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bastard throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gianni moves into the clinch.
Gianni landing knees to the head.
Gianni lands a nice knee to the body.
Bastard looks winded!
Bastard is trying to push Gianni away but Gianni has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gianni tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bastard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gianni has him pressed against the cage.
Bastard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gianni connects with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bastard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bastard takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gianni lands a knee to the body.
Gianni gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A knee to the head by Gianni.
Gianni with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bastard wants to get back to striking at distance but Gianni won't allow it.
Gianni gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gianni has Bastard pressed against the cage, preventing Bastard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gianni scores with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gianni misses with a knee strike.
Bastard being controlled against the cage.
Gianni lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bastard is trying to break free.
Gianni breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bastard throws a right and a left that Gianni avoids nicely.
Bastard misses with a combination
and Gianni counters with a body kick that stops Bastard in his tracks momentarily.
Gianni tries to close the distance and clinch but Bastard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bastard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gianni fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bastard misses with a double jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bastard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gianni.
Gianni moves in looking to clinch but Bastard pushes him off.
Bastard misses with a double jab
and Gianni counters with a flying knee that sends his opponent to the canvas! Gianni looking to finish!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Gianni decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Bastard gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A cross from Gianni lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bastard clinches up against the cage.
Gianni keeps control of Bastard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bastard takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hector Gianni dominated that round.
The cut man is working on JRun Bastard's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Bastard closes the distance and clinches.
Bastard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gianni looking to throw knees to the head but Bastard is blocking nicely.
Bastard takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bastard tries to break the clinch but Gianni is controlling the position.
Gianni with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bastard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gianni lands an elbow that stopped Bastard in his tracks for a moment.
Gianni breaks from the clinch.
Bastard fails to land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Bastard misses.
Bastard looks to land a combination but Gianni avoids it well.
Bastard closes the distance and clinches.
Gianni lands a good knee to the midsection. Bastard won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gianni with a knee to the head.
Bastard is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gianni with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gianni throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bastard blocks it with crossed arms.
Gianni manages to break the clinch.
JRun Bastard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bastard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gianni.
Gianni fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gianni clinches.
Gianni connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bastard's face.
Bastard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gianni lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Gianni.
Gianni connects with a knee to the head.
Bastard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gianni lands an elbow inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gianni stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Gianni lands a knee to the head.
Bastard is looking to break free of the clinch but Gianni has double underhooks.
Bastard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gianni has Bastard pressed against the cage, preventing Bastard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Gianni pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bastard clinches.
Gianni pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bastard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gianni moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gianni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bastard darts in and clinches Gianni up against the cage.
Hector Gianni has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gianni lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gianni prevents Bastard from breaking the clinch.
Bastard tries to circle away but Gianni has him pinned against the cage.
Gianni lands a good knee to the midsection. Bastard won't want to take too many of those.
Gianni lands an elbow inside that Bastard shrugs off.
Gianni with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gianni landing knees to the body.
Gianni lands an elbow that stopped Bastard in his tracks for a moment.
Bastard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gianni manages to break the clinch.
Gianni gets a clinch.
Gianni connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bastard's face.
Gianni trying to control the position but instead, Bastard has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gianni into the cage.
Gianni is pushing Bastard up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gianni is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gianni prevents Bastard from breaking the clinch.
Gianni lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gianni leaning his opponent against the cage.
Gianni using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bastard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gianni breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bastard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A combination from Bastard does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hector Gianni dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on JRun Bastard's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Bastard misses with a two punch combination.
Bastard swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gianni cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gianni is looking to clinch.
Bastard goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gianni is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No joy there for Bastard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bastard swinging wildly here.
Bastard looks to land a combination but Gianni avoids it well.
Gianni fails with a takedown attempt.
Gianni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bastard takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gianni avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gianni fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bastard, pushing him back against the cage.
Gianni tries a knee to the head but Bastard blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Bastard's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bastard is trying to push Gianni away but Gianni has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bastard takes an elbow to the temple.
Gianni is looking to control Bastard's arms but Bastard gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gianni has his back to the cage.
Gianni lands a damaging elbow.
Gianni unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bastard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gianni with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gianni tries to land a knee to the head but Bastard blocks with his arms.
Bastard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gianni breaks from the clinch.
Bastard misses with a series of wild punches.
Bastard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bastard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
JRun Bastard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gianni tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bastard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gianni tries to clinch there but Bastard circles away.
A punch combination from Bastard misses.
Gianni moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gianni lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gianni connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bastard's face.
Gianni with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gianni has Bastard pressed against the cage, preventing Bastard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gianni landing knees to the head.
Bastard takes an elbow to the temple.
Gianni tries to stall but Bastard uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Gianni creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bastard's defenses.
Gianni is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bastard can do to turn this around?
Bastard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gianni scores a nice knee to the body.
Gianni working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gianni landing knees to the head.
Bastard takes an elbow to the temple.
Gianni with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gianni obliges.
Gianni lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hector Gianni is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gianni misses with a knee to the head.
Bastard working hard to break the clinch.
Gianni lands a knee to the head.
Bastard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bastard wants to get back to striking at distance but Gianni won't allow it.
Gianni creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bastard's defenses.
Bastard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gianni landing knees to the head.
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!
Knees in the clinch landing for Gianni.
Gianni keeps control of Bastard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gianni misses with a knee strike.
Bastard is looking to break free of the clinch but Gianni has double underhooks.
JRun Bastard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gianni lands a damaging elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hector Gianni showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gianni 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hector Gianni!
Hector Gianni managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Fishy Fighting, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dwayne Hubbard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zeke Powers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hubbard comes to the cage accompanied by Rehab......drinkin problem. Zeke Powers will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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283 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dwayne Hubbard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zeke Powers!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jorge Garcia and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hubbard checks a leg kick.
Powers is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
It looks like Zeke Powers has been cut.
Powers misses the shot to the body.
Powers drives through and clinches with Hubbard against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Powers.
Powers misses with a knee to the head.
Powers creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hubbard's defenses.
It looks like Dwayne Hubbard has been cut.
Hubbard throws a punch but it's blocked by Powers.
Powers breaks from the clinch.
Powers takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hubbard scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Powers misses its intended target.
Hubbard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hubbard scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Powers throws a leg kick but Hubbard moved away.
Hubbard misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Hubbard.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Powers.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Powers clinches.
Powers is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Powers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hubbard tries to bum rush Powers with a series of wild strikes but Powers uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A jab lands there for Hubbard.
Hubbard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Powers circles away quickly and effectively.
A jab from Hubbard finds it's way through Powers's defenses.
Sloppy strikes from Hubbard. Those never looked like landing.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hubbard!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Powers has closed the distance and engaged Hubbard in a clinch.
Hubbard is looking to break free of the clinch but Powers has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powers comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Powers lands a nice elbow.
Powers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hubbard avoids it.
Hubbard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Powers breaks from the clinch.
Hubbard tries to clinch but Powers is having none of it.
Hubbard catches Powers with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That has opened up Zeke Powers's cut even more.
Hubbard connects with a single shot there.
Hubbard scores with a jab to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Powers. Hubbard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Powers looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Powers takes one on the button.
The cut above Zeke Powers's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Hubbard lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hubbard cracks Powers with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hubbard throws a leg kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powers rushes Hubbard and presses him up against the cage.
Hubbard stalling in the clinch but Powers improves position.
Powers breaks from the clinch.
Hubbard scores with a punch to the head.
Zeke Powers's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Powers with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hubbard to score with a decent uppercut.
Hubbard is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hubbard gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Powers moves into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Powers.
Dwayne Hubbard's cut is getting worse.
Hubbard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hubbard drops down looking for an ankle pick but Powers pulls his leg out and moves away.
Hubbard looks to land a combination. Powers sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Zeke Powers's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Dwayne Hubbard!
An intense looking Dwayne Hubbard took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'i wanna thank Jim Beam devil's cut for helping me realize that im a mma fighter and i can take 1 hell of a punch..Oh my guys at dudes gym the best coaches and training partners in las vegas....after party at club 69 cmon ladies!!!'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Greco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wily Kealoha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greco comes to the cage accompanied by Inner Circle- Bad Boys. Kealoha has chosen Hula Hula 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 super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sam Greco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wily Kealoha!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jonathan Paton and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greco drives through and clinches with Kealoha against the cage.
Greco lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kealoha keeps control of Greco as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kealoha tries to pull guard but Greco won't allow it.
Kealoha working aggressively here.
Greco wants to break free but Kealoha has control.
Kealoha keeps control of Greco as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Greco with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kealoha manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Kealoha not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Greco wants to stand and escape but instead Kealoha has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Kealoha passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Kealoha is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Greco looks calm but he's in trouble here. Kealoha gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Greco is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Kealoha lets go of the hold and Greco can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Wily Kealoha!
A victorious Wily Kealoha thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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