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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chris Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Ferrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Douglas comes to the cage accompanied by Notorious B.I.G - Who shot Ya?. Ferrell has chosen Gators speech as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Douglas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bill Ferrell!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferrell has his takedown stuffed
and Douglas counters with a good low kick that Ferrell was not able to check.
Ferrell feints and as Douglas raises his hands in defense, Ferrell changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ferrell controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Douglas working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ferrell.
Douglas will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Douglas is looking to stand up but Ferrell isn't so interested in that idea.
Ferrell throwing strikes but missing.
Douglas wants to stand and escape but Ferrell is having none of it.
Ferrell trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Douglas manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferrell throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Ferrell wants to hit a switch here but Douglas passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Ferrell there!
Douglas landing strikes from the mount and Ferrell is in trouble!
Douglas throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Ferrell tries to reverse the position but Douglas maintains control.
Douglas landing strikes, looking to finish!
Douglas breaks from Ferrell's wrist control and lands an elbow.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ferrell can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ferrell taking shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ferrell is squirming around, avoiding Douglas's attempts to control the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferrell tries to hold on but Douglas pushes him away.
Douglas sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Douglas throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Ferrell wants to control but Douglas is having none of it.
Ferrell really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Douglas punching from mount but Ferrell doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Ferrell really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Douglas trying to control but Ferrell is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Douglas raining down shots from the mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferrell taking shots to the head.
Ferrell is looking to improve his position but Douglas isn't that keen on the idea.
Ferrell tries to hold on but Douglas postures up.
Douglas unloading with bombs!
Douglas avoids the attempt from Ferrell to control.
Douglas loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Ferrell scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Douglas land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Douglas stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Douglas!
Chris Douglas decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Will Davenport (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ewan Ker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Will Davenport!
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, Ewan Ker!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ker tries to clinch but Davenport is having none of it.
Ker has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Davenport.
Davenport connects with a high kick.
Ker tries to score a power double leg takedown but Davenport sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ker somewhat.
Davenport fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ker has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ker on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ker will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Davenport scores with a leg kick.
Davenport throws a head kick that half lands.
Ker is rocked!
Ker tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Davenport counters with a head kick from the bowels of hell that crumples Ker! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Will Davenport!
During a confident post fight interview, Will Davenport thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lay Pray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny George (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lay Pray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny George!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pray shoots in and bounces George off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Pray controls from within his opponent's guard.
George avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pray's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Pray is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Pray stays in close to George's body and controls the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Lay Pray wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Pray scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Pray controls the position from side control.
Pray creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
George taking punishment in the form of punches.
Pray working the ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
George takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
A lull in the action here as Pray stalls from top position.
Pray scores with a couple of short elbows.
George looks winded!
Pray taking a breather here.
Pray has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pray landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Pray is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, George has escaped the position, nice work there.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Check out the look on Pray's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Pray working the head with strikes.
George is trying to escape the position but Pray is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pray working the body and head with strikes.
Pray cracks George with a big right hand but George just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
George seems a little lost for a moment, as Pray dominates the positioning.
George takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Pray working the head with strikes.
George is rocked!
Pray scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh George is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Pray can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lay Pray!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Darren Myles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Moses Malone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Myles might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop. Darren Myles could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Moses Malone's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Darren Myles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Moses Malone!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malone cracks Myles with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Malone throws a head kick that misses.
Malone takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Malone tries to clinch but Myles is having none of it.
Myles throws a right hand that Malone ducks under and follows up with a left that Malone also avoids with ease.
Myles misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Malone takes a jab right on the kisser.
Malone is rocked!
Myles shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Malone is still in real trouble! Can Myles finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Malone looks like he's trying to stand up.
Myles prevents Malone from improving his position.
Malone is still trying to improve position.
Malone seems to have recovered his senses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Darren Myles wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Malone just misses with a punch to the body.
Myles throws an overhand right that lands on Malone's shoulder, as Malone tries to avoid the shot.
Myles moves out of range as Malone throws a body kick.
Malone gets a clinch.
Malone breaks the clinch.
Malone with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Myles shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Malone manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Malone managing to control the position.
Myles has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Myles sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Darren Myles.
Malone fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Myles is out of range.
Malone lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Malone misses the jab.
Myles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Malone.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Myles scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Malone's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Malone is looking to regain half guard here but Myles keeps moving and retains side control.
Myles is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Darren Myles just wasn't active enough.
Myles fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Malone sprawls well initially but Myles persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malone is concentrating on defense, preventing Myles from advancing position.
Malone wants to control but Myles is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Moses Malone was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Myles keeps the fight on the outside.
Myles closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Malone's guard.
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!
Malone wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Malone lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Malone.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A jab lands there for Myles.
Malone misses with a hook to the body
and Myles connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
An inside leg kick lands from Malone.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darren Myles dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Malone fails in his attempt to clinch.
Malone throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Darren Myles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Myles takes a jab right on the kisser.
Malone fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Myles, pushing him back against the cage.
Malone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Myles displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Malone.
Malone closes this distance looking for a takedown but Myles circles away.
Myles misses with a jab, cross combination.
Myles displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Malone throws out the jab.
Myles shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Malone is trying to defend but Myles finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Malone keeping control of the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Malone is trying to control but can't.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Moses Malone hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Malone scores with a leg kick.
Myles shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Malone keeping control of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Malone is looking to control Myles's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Malone avoid being mounted?
The ref stands the fighters back up. Moses Malone was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Myles shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Malone napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Malone is looking to regain half guard here but Myles keeps moving and retains side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Myles is looking to take a break and control but Malone is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Malone is trying to control Myles's posture but Myles avoids it.
Malone is trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Darren Myles just wasn't active enough.
Malone is looking to clinch but Myles is avoiding it.
Myles misses with a jab, cross combination.
Myles throws a looping overhand right but Malone ducks down to avoid it.
A jab from Myles misses.
Malone looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A combination from Malone does no damage.
Malone takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Myles plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Malone to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Malone just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Darren Myles!
Darren Myles decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Anders Breivik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominick Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anders Breivik has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anders Breivik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dominick Cruz!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz shoots in looking for a takedown but Breivik manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cruz's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Cruz leaves Breivik with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Breivik shoots in and gets a takedown into Cruz's guard.
Breivik trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Breivik throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cruz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cruz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Breivik accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cruz throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Breivik trying to control the position from guard on top but Cruz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Breivik stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cruz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Breivik throwing strikes from guard but Cruz blocks nicely.
Breivik content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Breivik is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Cruz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Breivik trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Breivik postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Breivik distracts Cruz with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Breivik postures up in Cruz's guard and throws a big left but Cruz blocks it.
Breivik pushing down on Cruz's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Cruz looks like he's trying to stand up.
Breivik throwing shots but Cruz is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Breivik blocks the strikes from Cruz.
Breivik is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Breivik passes to full mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Breivik working Cruz over with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Breivik working Cruz over with strikes here.
Breivik lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Breivik with the ground and pound from mount.
Breivik can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cruz is looking to escape.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Breivik lands a nice shot to the head.
Cruz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Breivik controlling from the full mount.
Breivik cracks Cruz with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Breivik prevents Cruz from getting the reversal.
Breivik landing strikes from the mount.
The referee warns Cruz that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Cruz that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Breivik lands a big shot there that rocks Cruz but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Cruz is rocked!
Cruz looks winded!
Breivik scoring with strikes but Cruz is staying in there.
Cruz is still in real trouble! Can Breivik finish him?
Breivik working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Breivik with good strikes from the mount here!
Breivik looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Cruz covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anders Breivik!
Anders Breivik seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Benny Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adams has chosen Heartbreak Kid as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Jeff Adams enters the cage!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Benny Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jeff Adams!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver forces Adams back against the cage and clinches.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
Adams is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Silver stops a takedown attempt from Adams.
Silver lands an elbow inside that Adams shrugs off.
It looks like Jeff Adams has been cut.
Adams fails to pull guard.
Benny Silver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeff Adams.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silver stalling.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silver displaying some good clinch control by pressing Adams up against the cage.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
Adams blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Silver.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Adams in his tracks for a moment.
Silver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Adams tries for a takedown. No joy.
Silver keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Adams's efforts to push away.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
Adams blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
Silver is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver lands an elbow inside.
Silver leaning against his opponent.
Silver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silver lands an elbow inside.
Silver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
Adams blocks the elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Silver - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Adams takes an elbow to the temple.
Silver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Silver.
Adams changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silver fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Silver gets tackled into the cage by Adams. Adams maintains the clinch.
Silver controlling the action here for a moment.
Adams avoids the elbow strike from Silver, against the cage.
Adams avoids the elbow strike from Silver, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Come on Silver - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Adams has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silver is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silver taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Benny Silver.
Silver tries to clinch but Adams is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adams drives through and clinches with Silver against the cage.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Adams's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benny Silver dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jeff Adams'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.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Adams.
Silver forces Adams back against the cage and clinches.
Adams drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silver gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Silver pushes off an throws an elbow but Adams leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Adams blocks an elbow strike.
Adams has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Silver avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Benny Silver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeff Adams.
Silver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Adams in his tracks for a moment.
Adams drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silver gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Adams avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams is looking to take this one to the mat.
Silver displaying some good clinch control by pressing Adams up against the cage.
Silver lands an elbow inside that Adams shrugs off.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silver stalls.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Adams in his tracks for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams tries for a takedown but Silver manages to get underhooks.
Silver pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silver stalling in the clinch.
Silver gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Adams.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
Silver lands a nice elbow.
Silver is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Adams in his tracks for a moment.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Adams takes an elbow to the temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Silver.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silver throws an elbow but misses.
Silver lands a nice elbow.
Adams has hold of one of Silver's legs. Silver is fighting the takedown attempt but Adams gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Silver looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Adams puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Silver on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Silver tries to get out of the position.
Adams thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Adams winds up and cracks Silver with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Adams is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Silver!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Adams tries to control but Silver wriggling away.
Adams thowing shots but they're missing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Adams has control of Silver's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Silver regains control of the situation pretty easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee warns Silver that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee warns Silver that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jeff Adams will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jeff Adams's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Adams lands with a shot to the body.
Adams misses with a wild body shot.
Silver closes the distance looking to clinch
and Adams counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Silver wants to clinch
and Adams counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silver fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adams throws a shot to the body.
Adams closes the distance and clinches up with Silver, looking for a takedown. Adams pushes Silver against the cage but Silver circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Adams misses with a few strikes there.
Adams fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silver looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Adams dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Adams circles away from the clinch attempt.
Adams fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Adams changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silver tries to avoid it but Adams manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silver to the ground. Silver escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Benny Silver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeff Adams.
Silver tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Adams manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silver moves in looking to clinch but Adams pushes him off.
Benny Silver is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adams digs a good hook to Silver's body.
Silver scoring well with a low kick there.
Adams circles away from the clinch attempt.
Adams is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Silver rather than just go for the knockout.
Silver is looking to clinch.
Silver fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silver tries to clinch up.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adams clinches up against the cage.
Silver controlling the action here for a moment.
Silver lands an elbow inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silver.
Silver gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Adams fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Silver content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Adams in his tracks for a moment.
Silver just leaning against Adams, taking a breather.
Adams is looking to take this one to the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
Adams looking for a takedown.
Silver slows down the pace here.
Silver gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Adams's brow.
Adams jumps guard but Silver stands there with Adams around his waist. Adams gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Adams's defenses.
Adams takes an elbow to the temple.
Silver leaning against his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams is looking to take this one to the mat.
Silver stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Benny Silver.
Adams shoots in but no luck this time.
Jeff Adams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silver rushes Adams and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Adams avoids the elbow strike from Silver, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Adams avoids the elbow strike from Silver, against the cage.
The referee calls for Silver to work.
And that's the end of the fight!
Benny Silver showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Silver has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benny Silver!
Benny Silver made sure to mention his sponsor, Fight Night Nutrition in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Charles Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thu Pham (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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140 lbs
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144 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thu Pham!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pham shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Pham was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Oliveira struggling a bit here.
Pham thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Oliveira is trying to control Pham's posture but Pham avoids it.
Pham is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Oliveira has escaped the position, nice work there.
Pham wants to control but Oliveira is keeping him busy.
Oliveira wants to control but Pham postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pham looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
You can see the frustration on Oliveira's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Pham goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Oliveira rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Pham's guard! Nice work there by Oliveira!
Pham is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Pham wants to sweep here but Oliveira controlling him for the moment.
Oliveira pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pham is keeping the position for now.
Oliveira wants to control from the top but Pham keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pham looking to hit a scissor sweep but Oliveira is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oliveira in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pham is trying to control the position from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Oliveira misses with a takedown attempt - Pham sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Pham scores with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira moves out of range of the body kick.
Pham feints and as Oliveira raises his hands in defense, Pham changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Oliveira has momentary wrist control but Pham slips an elbow through the middle.
Pham wants to control from the top but Oliveira keeps moving.
Pham in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pham makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Pham missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Oliveira has his foot on Pham's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Pham works his way back into a safe position though.
Oliveira escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Pham gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Oliveira working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pham.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira has momentary wrist control but Pham slips an elbow through the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pham stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Oliveira swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pham trying to control the position from guard on top but Oliveira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pham is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Pham has gone for a leg lock! Oliveira slips out almost immediately though and dives into Pham's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pham manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thu Pham dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Oliveira shoots in looking for a takedown. Pham tries to sprawl out of it but Oliveira keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pham manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Oliveira walks into a straight right hand from Pham.
Pham feints and as Oliveira raises his hands in defense, Pham changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pham trying to control but Oliveira is working from the bottom.
Pham advances to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pham decides to stand and escape the position.
Oliveira gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Pham counters with a series of strikes. Oliveira will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira tries to sprawl but Pham drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Oliveira trying to hold on to Pham's head to control him but Pham postures up.
Oliveira really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Oliveira is defending against the submission attempts here by Pham.
Oliveira has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Pham is working away from the top position though.
Pham throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Oliveira keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Pham is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Oliveira is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Thu Pham!
Thu Pham decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alberto Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Spencer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodriguez's entrance music is Realeza. A fine choice. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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153 lbs
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165 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alberto Rodriguez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Spencer!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spencer scores with a head kick. Rodriguez tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Spencer tries to land a leg kick but Rodriguez saw it coming and moves away.
A punch combination from Rodriguez misses.
Rodriguez misses with a few strikes there.
Spencer misses with a low kick.
Rodriguez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Spencer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Spencer tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Spencer wants to clinch.
Rodriguez throws a right hand that Spencer ducks under and follows up with a left that Spencer also avoids with ease.
Rodriguez fails to land with a series of punches.
A nice inside leg kick there by Spencer. That's going to slow Rodriguez down.
Rodriguez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Rodriguez takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spencer lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Spencer takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Spencer throws a right hand that misses
and Rodriguez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Spencer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Spencer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Spencer misses the shot to the body.
Rodriguez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rodriguez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spencer uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Spencer throws a leg kick which misses Rodriguez's front leg but catches the back leg as Rodriguez tries to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spencer takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Spencer misses with a low kick.
Brian Spencer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Spencer tries to score with a low kick but Rodriguez moves his leg out of the way.
Rodriguez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Spencer fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rodriguez, pushing him back against the cage.
Rodriguez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Spencer will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rodriguez up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez wants to get back to striking at distance but Spencer won't allow it.
Spencer misses with a punch on the inside.
Rodriguez working hard to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Rodriguez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Spencer stalling the fight.
Rodriguez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Spencer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rodriguez tries to break free but Spencer pushes him back against the cage.
Rodriguez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Spencer wants to stall.
Rodriguez can't break the clinch.
Rodriguez wants to get back to striking at distance but Spencer won't allow it.
Rodriguez tries to break the clinch but Spencer is controlling the position.
Spencer prevents Rodriguez from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spencer tries to work over Rodriguez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Spencer tries to work over Rodriguez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Spencer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spencer misses with a punch on the inside.
Spencer trying to stall but Rodriguez improves his position.
Spencer struggles to land a body shot inside as Rodriguez controls his hands.
Rodriguez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rodriguez is looking to break free of the clinch but Spencer has double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rodriguez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Spencer stalling in the clinch.
Rodriguez can't break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Brian Spencer will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Rodriguez. Spencer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rodriguez 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.
Rodriguez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rodriguez lands a body shot.
Spencer shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rodriguez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rodriguez throws out a powerful jab.
Rodriguez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Spencer has time to react.
Rodriguez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Spencer scoring well with a low kick there.
Spencer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rodriguez tries to bum rush Spencer with a series of wild strikes but Spencer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rodriguez swings for the body but Spencer moves out of range.
Rodriguez blocks a low kick nicely.
Rodriguez throws a series of punches but Spencer moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spencer thows a body shot but no joy.
Brian Spencer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Spencer takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Spencer lands a really nice looking cross but Rodriguez seems unphased.
Spencer finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rodriguez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spencer manages to avoid it.
Rodriguez thows a body shot but no joy.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rodriguez!
Rodriguez just misses with a punch to the body.
Spencer scores with a nice body kick.
Spencer scores with the left hand. Rodriguez knows he should have avoided that one.
Spencer is looking to clinch.
Rodriguez just misses with a punch to the body.
Spencer throws a leg kick but Rodriguez moved away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez blocks a 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!
Spencer throws an off balance right hand
and Rodriguez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rodriguez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Spencer.
Rodriguez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Spencer lands with a slapping head kick.
Spencer slips a jab and a cross from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez misses with a body shot.
Rodriguez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rodriguez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Spencer.
Alberto Rodriguez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice uppercut lands for Rodriguez. That snapped Spencer's head back.
Spencer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rodriguez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spencer manages to avoid it.
Rodriguez lands with an uppercut that bounces Spencer off the cage and back into range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spencer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rodriguez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rodriguez lands a nice hook to Spencer's body. Spencer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rodriguez is looking to wear down Spencer with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Spencer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Spencer scores with a leg kick.
Spencer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Spencer is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Spencer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rodriguez's efforts to push away.
Rodriguez manages to break the clinch.
Rodriguez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Spencer stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Some wild striking there from Rodriguez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez connects with the punch.
Spencer tries to land a front kick but Rodriguez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Spencer has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rodriguez scores with a nice head shot.
Spencer just misses with a punch 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!
Rodriguez connects with a looping right hand.
Rodriguez lands with a good body shot.
Spencer throws a big shot that misses.
Spencer scoring well with a low kick there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Spencer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A combination from Rodriguez does no damage.
Rodriguez tries to bum rush Spencer with a series of wild strikes but Spencer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Spencer scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
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 Alberto Rodriguez will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Rodriguez scores with a jab.
Spencer misses with a low kick.
Spencer wants to clinch.
Spencer avoids the body shot from Rodriguez.
Spencer takes a swing at Rodriguez's ribcage but misses.
Spencer moves in looking to clinch but Rodriguez pushes him off.
Rodriguez throws a series of punches but Spencer avoids them all with ease.
Spencer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rodriguez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
An inside leg kick lands from Spencer.
An inside leg kick lands from Spencer.
Rodriguez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spencer delivers a nice body kick.
Spencer lands with a thumping leg kick.
Spencer pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rodriguez is out of range and Spencer settles back down.
Spencer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rodriguez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rodriguez tries to bum rush Spencer with a series of wild strikes but Spencer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rodriguez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Spencer walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Spencer is looking to slow Rodriguez down with leg kicks.
Spencer slips a jab and a cross from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rodriguez moves out of range of the strikes.
Spencer looks to land a body kick but Rodriguez moved away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez misses with a few strikes there.
Spencer throws a chopping leg kick but Rodriguez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rodriguez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rodriguez walks into a left hand.
Spencer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez thows a body shot but no joy.
Rodriguez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rodriguez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Spencer finds it's way round the side to connect with Rodriguez's head.
Spencer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rodriguez.
Rodriguez moves out of range of the leg kick from Spencer.
Spencer doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodriguez circles away.
Rodriguez scores with a jab. Spencer acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Spencer takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rodriguez blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spencer with a hook.
A right-left combo lands from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Spencer. Spencer circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Spencer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rodriguez's calf.
Spencer connects with a leg kick. Rodriguez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rodriguez swats away the attempt to clinch by Spencer.
Spencer moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Spencer lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rodriguez cracks Spencer with an open hand slap.
Rodriguez lands with an uppercut that bounces Spencer off the cage and back into range.
Rodriguez misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spencer scores with a leg kick.
Spencer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
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!
Spencer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rodriguez tries to bum rush Spencer with a series of wild strikes but Spencer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Spencer scores with a leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Spencer.
Spencer swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rodriguez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rodriguez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spencer throws a leg kick that misses.
Spencer is looking to chop away at Rodriguez's legs.
Spencer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Spencer really dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Rodriguez avoids the head kick by Spencer.
Rodriguez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rodriguez takes one to the side of the head.
Rodriguez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Spencer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez misses with a double jab.
Rodriguez throws a shot to the body.
Rodriguez looks to throw the jab but Spencer is out of range.
Rodriguez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rodriguez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Spencer backs up against the cage.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Rodriguez connects with the punch.
Spencer fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spencer throws a leg kick which misses Rodriguez's front leg but catches the back leg as Rodriguez tries to avoid it.
Rodriguez with a nice cross.
Some bone on bone action there as Rodriguez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Spencer throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Spencer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rodriguez.
Spencer has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Spencer dodges the punch combination from Rodriguez.
A telegraphed right hand from Spencer misses the target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Spencer.
Rodriguez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Spencer throws a hook to the side of Rodriguez's head but Rodriguez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Spencer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spencer misses the shot to the body.
Rodriguez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Spencer scores with a hook to the body. Rodriguez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A combination from Rodriguez does no damage.
A nice combination there by Rodriguez.
Spencer tries to clinch there but Rodriguez circles away.
Rodriguez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Spencer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rodriguez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Spencer misses with an uppercut. Rodriguez saw that one coming.
Rodriguez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rodriguez, as that shot connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rodriguez throws a series of punches but Spencer moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Spencer.
Spencer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Spencer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Spencer is looking to chop away at Rodriguez's legs.
Rodriguez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Rodriguez throws a right and a left that Spencer avoids nicely.
Rodriguez connects with a body shot that sends Spencer's belly button to the back.
Spencer throws a leg kick but Rodriguez checks it.
Spencer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rodriguez.
Spencer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Spencer tries to clinch but Rodriguez is having none of it.
Spencer throws a low kick, looking for Rodriguez's leg but Rodriguez calmly moves out of range.
Spencer tries to land a leg kick but Rodriguez saw it coming and moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Rodriguez.
Spencer fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rodriguez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Spencer dodges the punch combination from Rodriguez.
Spencer tries to clinch up but Rodriguez circles away and keeps his distance.
Spencer throws a low kick but Rodriguez avoids it.
Rodriguez lands with a nice combination. Spencer backs away looking to recover.
Rodriguez moves out of range of the leg kick from Spencer.
Spencer clinches with his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rodriguez wants to break free but Spencer has control.
Spencer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Spencer scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Brian Spencer will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Rodriguez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rodriguez just misses with a punch to the body.
Rodriguez throws a right and a left that Spencer avoids nicely.
Rodriguez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Spencer moves into range and clinches up with Rodriguez.
Spencer tries a body shot but Rodriguez blocks it.
Rodriguez is trying to force a seperation but Spencer has the dominant position.
Rodriguez tries to break the clinch but Spencer is controlling the position.
Spencer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rodriguez's efforts to push away.
Spencer misses with the head strike.
Spencer stalls.
Spencer prevents Rodriguez from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Spencer taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Rodriguez tries to break free but Spencer pushes him back against the cage.
Spencer is trying to maintain a safe position but Rodriguez gets an underhook and turns Spencer into the cage.
Rodriguez is trying to force a seperation but Spencer has the dominant position.
Brian Spencer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Spencer throws a punch but it's blocked by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Spencer scoring well with a low kick there.
Spencer moves in looking to clinch but Rodriguez pushes him off.
Spencer is looking to score with low kicks.
Rodriguez looks to land a combination but Spencer avoids it well.
Brian Spencer is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Spencer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rodriguez checks the leg kick.
Rodriguez throws a right and a left that Spencer avoids nicely.
Rodriguez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rodriguez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Spencer walks into a straight right hand from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rodriguez misses with a body shot.
Rodriguez throws a right hand that Spencer ducks under and follows up with a left that Spencer also avoids with ease.
Spencer thuds his shin into the meat of Rodriguez's side.
Spencer throws a solid leg kick but Rodriguez takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Spencer.
Rodriguez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Spencer circles away quickly and effectively.
Rodriguez missing with a left hand there. Spencer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rodriguez throws a lazy right hand but Spencer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Spencer tries to clinch up but Rodriguez circles away and keeps his distance.
Rodriguez misses with a looping right.
Spencer fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rodriguez is out of range.
A punch combination from Rodriguez misses.
Spencer lands a front kick.
Spencer closes the distance and pushes Rodriguez back into the cage.
Spencer wants to stall.
Spencer has Rodriguez pressed against the cage, preventing Rodriguez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spencer is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rodriguez is keeping busy.
Rodriguez will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Rodriguez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rodriguez is looking to break free of the clinch but Spencer has double underhooks.
Spencer keeps control of Rodriguez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rodriguez is trying to break the clinch but Spencer is controlling him.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Alberto Rodriguez.
Well Spencer has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 47:49
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 47:49
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Spencer!
Brian Spencer is the new lightweight champion!
Brian Spencer made sure to mention his sponsor, Fight Night Nutrition in his post fight interview.
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