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EVO 9: The Homecoming PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Matt Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rainer Varvaskoukku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miller comes to the cage accompanied by Johnny Cash - Hurt. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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159 lbs
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147 lbs
17 - 9 - 2 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rainer Varvaskoukku!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Varvaskoukku throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Miller decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Varvaskoukku's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Miller in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Varvaskoukku looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Miller has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Miller has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Varvaskoukku to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Miller is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Varvaskoukku pulls down on the head and he's put Miller to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Rainer Varvaskoukku!
After winning the bout, Rainer Varvaskoukku thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Theo AtlaSon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and José Nabijos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nabijos has chosen IF I DIE TONIGHT as his entrance music. 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Theo AtlaSon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
37 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, José Nabijos!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
AtlaSon looks to land a combination. Nabijos sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nabijos just misses with a punch to the body.
AtlaSon jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nabijos loads up on a big right hand but AtlaSon slips the punch.
Nabijos throws a head kick but AtlaSon moves out of range.
AtlaSon throws a right and a left that Nabijos avoids nicely.
Nabijos scores with a jab to the body.
Nabijos throws a head kick that misses.
AtlaSon paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
AtlaSon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nabijos manages to avoid it.
Nabijos throws a front kick aimed at AtlaSon's knee but AtlaSon avoids it well.
Nabijos swings for the body but AtlaSon moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nabijos misses with a wild body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nabijos.
A telegraphed right hand from Nabijos misses the target.
Nabijos moves away from the strike by AtlaSon.
AtlaSon throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nabijos just misses with a punch to the body.
Nabijos connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
AtlaSon misses with a wild body shot.
AtlaSon misses with an uppercut.
AtlaSon throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nabijos finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
AtlaSon takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nabijos throws a low kick but AtlaSon moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from AtlaSon.
Nabijos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from AtlaSon.
AtlaSon attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nabijos throws a front kick that sends AtlaSon stumbling back into the cage.
A looping hook to the body misses from AtlaSon. Nabijos does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
AtlaSon avoids a kick to the body.
Nabijos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by AtlaSon.
Nabijos looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos checks a leg kick.
AtlaSon looks to land a left hand but Nabijos moved out of range nicely.
AtlaSon moves out of range of the body kick from Nabijos.
Nabijos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
AtlaSon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nabijos was well out of range. Poor timing from AtlaSon.
Nabijos throws a sloppy head kick and AtlaSon moves out of range easily.
Nabijos lands a leg kick that knocks AtlaSon off balance momentarily.
Nabijos scoring well with a low kick there.
Nabijos is looking to slow AtlaSon down with leg kicks.
AtlaSon looks to land a body kick but Nabijos moved away.
AtlaSon checks a leg kick.
Nabijos lands a nice looking kick to the body. AtlaSon takes a step back to recover.
Nabijos is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down AtlaSon rather than just go for the knockout.
Nice defenses there by Nabijos.
AtlaSon drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract AtlaSon.
Nabijos thows a body shot but no joy.
Crunch! Nabijos slams his shin into AtlaSon's torso.
Nabijos throws a sloppy head kick and AtlaSon moves out of range easily.
AtlaSon throws a push kick but Nabijos slaps the foot to one side.
AtlaSon takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nabijos gets cracked with a nice right hand there by AtlaSon.
AtlaSon lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nabijos wants to slow AtlaSon down by chopping away at his legs.
AtlaSon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nabijos.
Nabijos turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nabijos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from AtlaSon.
AtlaSon takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A good leg kick by Nabijos.
AtlaSon is breathing heavily.
Nabijos avoids the body shot from AtlaSon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos delivers a nice body kick.
Nabijos throws a leg kick but AtlaSon sees it coming and moves out of range.
AtlaSon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nabijos.
AtlaSon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nabijos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
AtlaSon goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts AtlaSon, as that shot connected.
Nabijos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
AtlaSon tries to work over Nabijos's front leg with a kick but Nabijos checks it.
AtlaSon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nabijos throws a sloppy head kick and AtlaSon moves out of range easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
AtlaSon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nabijos.
AtlaSon throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
AtlaSon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
José Nabijos dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
AtlaSon scores with the left hand. Nabijos knows he should have avoided that one.
AtlaSon thows a body shot but no joy.
AtlaSon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nabijos connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nabijos ducks under a wild hook from AtlaSon.
AtlaSon swings for the body but Nabijos moves out of range.
Nabijos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nabijos tries to score with a low kick but AtlaSon moves his leg out of the way.
Nabijos ducks under a wild hook from AtlaSon.
AtlaSon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nabijos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
AtlaSon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
AtlaSon attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nabijos with a jab.
AtlaSon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nabijos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but AtlaSon manages to avoid it.
AtlaSon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nabijos. AtlaSon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab from Nabijos.
Nabijos looks to throw the jab but AtlaSon is out of range.
AtlaSon throws a leg kick but Nabijos sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nabijos misses with a body kick.
Nabijos with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nabijos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
AtlaSon blocks the body kick.
Nabijos lands a glancing blow to the side of AtlaSon's head.
Nabijos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A head kick from Nabijos lands but AtlaSon takes it in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
AtlaSon throws a nice looking combination but Nabijos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
AtlaSon throws a nice looking combination but Nabijos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nabijos throws a jab but it's blocked by AtlaSon.
AtlaSon thows a body shot but no joy.
AtlaSon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A slapping body kick lands there for Nabijos.
José Nabijos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Donk. Nabijos catches AtlaSon right on the button with a cross.
It looks like Theo AtlaSon has been cut.
AtlaSon takes one on the chin but seems OK.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether AtlaSon might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
AtlaSon has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nabijos.
Nabijos throws a head kick but AtlaSon moves out of range.
Nabijos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on AtlaSon. That did some damage!
Nabijos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
AtlaSon looks to land a body kick but Nabijos moved away.
AtlaSon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nabijos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos scores with a punch to the head.
Some wild striking there from AtlaSon.
AtlaSon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nabijos connects with an inside leg kick.
AtlaSon will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Nabijos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but AtlaSon manages to avoid it.
Nabijos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by AtlaSon.
Nabijos connects with a good right hand that stumbles AtlaSon. AtlaSon circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nabijos. That's going to slow AtlaSon down.
AtlaSon takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
AtlaSon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nabijos.
AtlaSon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nabijos.
AtlaSon tests Nabijos's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
AtlaSon looks to score with a jab to the body but Nabijos is just out of range.
AtlaSon throws a leg kick but Nabijos checks it.
Nabijos throws a right hand that misses
and AtlaSon counters with a body kick that stops Nabijos in his tracks momentarily.
AtlaSon comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
AtlaSon misses the shot to the body.
AtlaSon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nabijos misses with a combination
and AtlaSon counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A slapping leg kick lands for AtlaSon.
AtlaSon on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Both fighters circling a little - Nabijos finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
AtlaSon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nabijos was well out of range. Poor timing from AtlaSon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
José Nabijos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Theo AtlaSon'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.
Nabijos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from AtlaSon.
Nabijos lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
AtlaSon on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Nabijos throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nabijos fails to land with a series of punches.
Nabijos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
AtlaSon misses with a body shot.
Nabijos throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nabijos fakes a head shot and lands one 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!
Nabijos lands with a cross.
Nabijos punishes AtlaSon's body with a nice straight punch.
Nabijos connects with a leg kick. AtlaSon looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nabijos misses with a wild body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nabijos lands a head shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nabijos.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from AtlaSon misses.
Nabijos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
AtlaSon moves out of range of the body kick from Nabijos.
Nabijos jabs AtlaSon to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nabijos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from AtlaSon.
AtlaSon tries to move into range but Nabijos moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nabijos motions for AtlaSon to come forward. Nabijos throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nabijos thows a body shot but no joy.
AtlaSon thows a body shot but no joy.
AtlaSon is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from AtlaSon 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 Nabijos has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nabijos and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
AtlaSon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nabijos lands a body shot.
Nabijos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nabijos stuns AtlaSon with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by AtlaSon.
AtlaSon's corner calls for a 1-2. AtlaSon obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nabijos lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nabijos scoring well with a low kick there.
AtlaSon takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nabijos moves into range and connects with a jab.
AtlaSon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nabijos.
Nabijos avoids a punch combination nicely.
AtlaSon misses with a body punch
and Nabijos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
AtlaSon is rocked!
Nabijos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by AtlaSon.
Oh AtlaSon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nabijos throws a head kick but AtlaSon moves out of range.
AtlaSon thows a body shot but no joy.
AtlaSon seems to have got his legs back now.
AtlaSon connects with a body shot.
AtlaSon tries to clinch up.
Nabijos connects with a combination that backs up AtlaSon into the cage. Nabijos lands a flurry of punches that gets past AtlaSon's guard. AtlaSon is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Nabijos bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). José Nabijos!
José Nabijos decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Valentine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John L Sullivan IV (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sullivan IV has chosen Seven Deadly Sins as his entrance music. Alexander Valentine had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alexander Valentine!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, John L Sullivan IV!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sullivan IV avoids a kick to the body.
Valentine throws a jab when Sullivan IV was well out of range.
Valentine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sullivan IV takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sullivan IV thows a body shot but no joy.
A big right from Sullivan IV misses.
Sullivan IV throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Valentine counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Valentine scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sullivan IV keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Valentine thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sullivan IV's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Well, if Valentine is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Sullivan IV trying to control but Valentine postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine passes the guard and advances to mount!
Sullivan IV is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sullivan IV is desperately trying to improve his position but Valentine has a good base and remains in mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine avoids the attempt from Sullivan IV to control.
Sullivan IV is wriggling around trying to escape.
Valentine landing shots from mount.
Sullivan IV manages to regain half guard. Good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine throwing shots but Sullivan IV is blocking nicely.
Valentine wants to pass to mount but Sullivan IV is defending the position.
Sullivan IV is looking to escape.
Sullivan IV is trying to get back to full guard.
Valentine landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan IV looks like he's trying to stand up.
Valentine throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Valentine missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Valentine wants to take a breather but Sullivan IV is having none of it.
Valentine lands with a punch from half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Valentine winds up and cracks Sullivan IV with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sullivan IV wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Valentine dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sullivan IV's corner calls for a 1-2. Sullivan IV obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sullivan IV takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Valentine swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Valentine misses with a body kick.
Sullivan IV has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Valentine finds it's way round the side to connect with Sullivan IV's head.
Valentine connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sullivan IV misses with a low kick.
Sullivan IV fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Valentine slips under a jab.
Sullivan IV lands with a kick to the ribs.
Sullivan IV swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab, jab by Valentine - just one landing.
Sullivan IV digs a good hook to Valentine's body.
Valentine throws out a leg kick but Sullivan IV moves out of range and Valentine only half commits.
Sullivan IV staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine cracks Sullivan IV with a good jab.
Valentine has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sullivan IV finds it's way round the side to connect with Valentine's head.
Valentine scores with a shot to the body.
Sullivan IV tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sullivan IV takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Valentine scores with the left hand. Sullivan IV knows he should have avoided that one.
Good shot there by Valentine.
Sullivan IV checks a leg kick.
Valentine takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sullivan IV misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sullivan IV misses with a body shot.
Valentine misses with a wild body shot.
Sullivan IV misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Sullivan IV misses.
Nice shot lands for Sullivan IV.
Valentine tries to score with a low kick but Sullivan IV moves his leg out of the way.
Valentine tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
An inside leg kick from Valentine misses.
Valentine cracks a nice hook into Sullivan IV's ribs.
Sullivan IV throws a jab but it's blocked by Valentine.
Alexander Valentine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sullivan IV bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sullivan IV misses with a straight left.
Valentine throws an off balance right hand
and Sullivan IV counters with a stiff right hand.
Sullivan IV throws a hook but Valentine avoids it easily.
Valentine darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Alexander Valentine is winning the standup battle so far.
Sullivan IV defending well as Valentine loads up on a big left hand.
Valentine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sullivan IV was well out of range. Poor timing from Valentine.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine looks to land a left hand but Sullivan IV moved out of range nicely.
Valentine throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sullivan IV's waist but Sullivan IV gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Valentine off to one side.
Sullivan IV tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Valentine shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Valentine checks the leg kick.
Valentine connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sullivan IV attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sullivan IV connects with a leg kick. Valentine looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Valentine with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Valentine misses with a looping right.
Valentine misses with a looping right.
Valentine scores with a nice body kick.
Sullivan IV moves away from the strike by Valentine.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan IV fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Valentine has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Valentine on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valentine misses with a body shot.
Valentine moves out of range of the body kick from Sullivan IV.
Sullivan IV feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Valentine's calf.
Valentine dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sullivan IV. That did some damage!
John L Sullivan IV is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice body punch from Sullivan IV.
Valentine swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sullivan IV checks the leg kick.
Valentine misses with a looping left.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sullivan IV throws a body punch but Valentine moves out of range.
Valentine throws a hook but Sullivan IV avoids it easily.
Valentine shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Alexander Valentine will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Valentine throws a looping overhand right but Sullivan IV ducks down to avoid it.
Sullivan IV throws a shot from downtown. Valentine moves away and avoids it.
Valentine scores with a spinning back kick!
Valentine throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Valentine throws a hook to the side of Sullivan IV's head but Sullivan IV sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Valentine drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sullivan IV has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Valentine loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine throws an elbow that misses. Sullivan IV uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Valentine's guard. Nice move by Sullivan IV!
Sullivan IV stopping the sweep attempt from Valentine.
Sullivan IV postures up.
Sullivan IV not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Sullivan IV wants to stand but Valentine has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan IV seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up. John L Sullivan IV was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Valentine fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sullivan IV.
Sullivan IV blocks a leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sullivan IV darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Valentine lands the left hand.
Valentine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sullivan IV moves away.
Valentine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sullivan IV lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan IV connects with a leg kick. Valentine looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sullivan IV lands with a shot to the body.
Valentine's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sullivan IV under the eye.
Nice defenses there by Valentine.
Valentine misses with a left hand
and Sullivan IV counters with a nice low kick that buckles Valentine's knee momentarily.
Valentine misses the shot to the body.
Valentine misses with a body shot.
Valentine takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sullivan IV thows a body shot but no joy.
Sullivan IV throws a leg kick which misses Valentine's front leg but catches the back leg as Valentine tries to avoid it.
Valentine misses with a hook
letting Sullivan IV counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sullivan IV pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sullivan IV has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Valentine finds it's way round the side to connect with Sullivan IV's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan IV throws a leg kick which misses Valentine's front leg but catches the back leg as Valentine tries to avoid it.
Valentine takes a jab right on the kisser.
Valentine just misses with a punch to the body.
Valentine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sullivan IV sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sullivan IV connects with a nice looking jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sullivan IV.
Sullivan IV fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Valentine.
Valentine fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sullivan IV checks it well.
Sullivan IV feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Valentine's calf.
Valentine is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sullivan IV keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sullivan IV. Valentine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sullivan IV swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sullivan IV misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John L Sullivan IV really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Valentine is looking to chop away at Sullivan IV's legs.
Valentine moves out of range as Sullivan IV strikes.
Valentine throws a hook but Sullivan IV avoids it easily.
Valentine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sullivan IV moves away.
Valentine swings for the body but Sullivan IV moves out of range.
Valentine throws a leg kick but Sullivan IV checks it.
Sullivan IV lands with a shot to the body.
Valentine throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sullivan IV stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sullivan IV slips a jab from Valentine.
A telegraphed right hand from Valentine misses the target.
Sullivan IV ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sullivan IV thumps Valentine with a low kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Valentine.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sullivan IV delivers a nice body kick.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Sullivan IV lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Valentine thows a left - swing and a miss!
A decent looking cross lands there for Sullivan IV.
Valentine has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sullivan IV finds it's way round the side to connect with Valentine's head.
Valentine uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Valentine pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick by Sullivan IV misses
and Valentine counters with a nice double leg into 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!
Sullivan IV looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sullivan IV is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sullivan IV has control of Valentine's left arm, preventing Valentine from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Valentine loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by John L Sullivan IV.
Valentine scoring well with a low kick there.
Valentine moves out of range of the strikes.
Valentine throws an off balance right hand
and Sullivan IV cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sullivan IV misses with a body kick.
Valentine works Sullivan IV's body with a nice hook.
Sullivan IV throws a jab but it's blocked by Valentine.
Valentine takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sullivan IV scores with a jab. Valentine acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Valentine tries to land a leg kick but Sullivan IV saw it coming and moves away.
Sullivan IV displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Valentine.
Sullivan IV on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Valentine doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Valentine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sullivan IV.
A clash of legs there as Sullivan IV blocks the low kick.
Valentine takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Valentine takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sullivan IV is looking to chop away at Valentine's legs.
Sullivan IV throws a leg kick
and Valentine counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Valentine.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Valentine preventing the sweep.
Alexander Valentine overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine connects with a couple of short punches.
Valentine stops Sullivan IV from standing up.
Sullivan IV controls Valentine momentarily but Valentine frees himself.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Sullivan IV trying to control the position here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The ref stands the fighters back up. John L Sullivan IV was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Sullivan IV slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but John L Sullivan IV will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Valentine throws a hook to the side of Sullivan IV's head but Sullivan IV sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sullivan IV thuds his shin into the meat of Valentine's side.
Valentine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sullivan IV.
Sullivan IV throws a lazy head kick
and Valentine counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Sullivan IV's guard now.
Valentine preventing the sweep.
Valentine trying to control but Sullivan IV is working from the bottom.
Sullivan IV trying to keep a closed guard but Valentine is proving a slippery customer.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sullivan IV avoids the body shot from Valentine.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sullivan IV throws out a powerful jab.
Valentine darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Valentine throws a big shot that misses.
Sullivan IV misses with a hook
and Valentine counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Valentine missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Valentine has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sullivan IV is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Valentine looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Valentine missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Valentine misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Valentine has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sullivan IV.
Sullivan IV takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Valentine thows a body shot but no joy.
Sullivan IV uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Valentine.
Sullivan IV throws out a loose jab but Valentine uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan IV throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sullivan IV lands a right hook to the body.
Sullivan IV throws a hook but Valentine blocks it.
Sullivan IV is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Valentine.
It looks like John L Sullivan IV has been cut.
Valentine catches Sullivan IV with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sullivan IV throws a looping overhand right but Valentine ducks down to avoid it.
Valentine walks into a jab.
Valentine takes a swing at Sullivan IV's ribcage but misses.
Sullivan IV is looking to chop away at Valentine's legs.
Valentine looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sullivan IV is fending him off so far but Valentine persists. Nope, Sullivan IV circles away and we're back to standing.
Valentine gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sullivan IV.
Valentine shoots in looking for a takedown but Sullivan IV manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Valentine's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
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!
Sullivan IV cracks a nice hook into Valentine's ribs.
An inside leg kick from Sullivan IV misses.
Valentine cracks Sullivan IV with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Valentine avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sullivan IV uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Valentine.
Valentine misses with a left hand
and Sullivan IV counters with a body kick.
Sullivan IV scores with a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sullivan IV is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Valentine.
Valentine throws a body punch but Sullivan IV moves out of range.
Valentine throws a wild body kick that Sullivan IV sees coming a mile off.
Valentine slips a straight right by Sullivan IV.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Valentine showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Valentine 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 48:47
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 48:47
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Valentine!
Alexander Valentine retains his middleweight title!
Post fight, an emotional Alexander Valentine said 'In a career full of ups and downs, this win , hopefully, is the start of something amazing! '.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Merik Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pluto Palhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunt comes to the cage accompanied by Comfortably Numb. Palhares has chosen TOQUINHO as his entrance music. Pluto Palhares has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Merik Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pluto Palhares!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt connects with a crisp jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hunt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Palhares slips a jab and a cross from Hunt.
Hunt wants to clinch up but Palhares keeps it at a distance.
Palhares is looking to slow Hunt down with leg kicks.
Pluto Palhares seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hunt on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Palhares. Palhares obviously looking to wear him down.
Hunt scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hunt stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Palhares.
Hunt takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Palhares checks a leg kick.
Palhares scores with a spinning back kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hunt misses with a looping right.
Nice body punch from Hunt.
Hunt shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hunt misses with a low kick.
Palhares moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hunt tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Palhares is able to avoid easily.
Hunt takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Palhares taking a breather here.
Hunt tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palhares tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Hunt is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Palhares looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Palhares looks to land a strike but Hunt avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt keeping moving, preventing Palhares from controlling successfully.
Hunt pulls Palhares in to control the position.
Hunt can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Palhares controls the pace.
Pluto Palhares has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Palhares throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hunt throws a one two combo.
Hunt throws out a leg kick but Palhares moves out of range and Hunt only half commits.
Palhares fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Palhares checks it well.
Hunt throws a nice inside leg kick.
Palhares's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Palhares duly obliges.
Hunt throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hunt checks a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Palhares feints and then cracks Hunt's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hunt down.
Hunt throws a low kick but Palhares avoids it.
Palhares connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hunt's hands.
Palhares cracks the inside of Hunt's front leg.
Palhares throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Hunt counters with a takedown into side control.
Hunt working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Palhares manages to get back to half guard.
Hunt throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Palhares slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pluto Palhares dominated that round.
That's time! Hunt's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hunt slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Palhares slips a jab from Hunt.
A good leg kick by Palhares.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Palhares.
Pluto Palhares seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hunt throws a hook but Palhares blocks it.
Palhares slips under a jab.
Palhares scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hunt scores with a decent looking hook.
Palhares throws a low kick but Hunt avoids it.
Hunt fails with the takedown.
Hunt has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Hunt. Palhares does a little dance to reset his feet.
Palhares checks a leg kick.
Hunt lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hunt lands a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Hunt counters with a shoot takedown. Palhares fights it but they end up in guard.
Hunt is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hunt looking to pass the guard.
Hunt trying to control but Palhares is working from the bottom.
Hunt postures up in Palhares's guard and throws a big left but Palhares blocks it.
Palhares looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hunt throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palhares utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hunt is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Palhares trying to control the position here.
Hunt wants to pass the guard but Palhares is keeping the position.
Hunt looking to sit in guard and control but Palhares gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Palhares advances position into side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palhares working away.
Palhares tries to score with some ground and pound. Hunt controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Hunt dodges the ground and pound from Palhares.
Hunt has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hunt is looking for a sweep.
Palhares creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Hunt sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt is looking to reverse the position.
Palhares fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Sloppy strikes there by Palhares.
Hunt is not content to let Palhares control the 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 Merik Hunt will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Palhares throws the kick towards the body but Hunt avoids it.
Hunt lands a jab to the head.
Hunt walks into a jab.
A head kick misses from Palhares.
Palhares misses with a body shot.
Hunt lands a leg kick that knocks Palhares off balance momentarily.
A clash of legs there as Hunt blocks the low kick.
Hunt chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Palhares can pounce on him.
Palhares scores with a kick to the midsection.
Palhares is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hunt takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hunt chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hunt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Palhares was well out of range. Poor timing from Hunt.
Palhares swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Palhares. Hunt does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt shoots in for a double leg but Palhares sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Palhares tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Palhares staying out of range there.
Hunt scoring well with a low kick there.
Hunt tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Palhares is able to avoid easily.
Palhares misses with a kick to the body.
Palhares scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hunt lands a high kick!
Palhares shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Palhares was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Palhares has control of an arm but Hunt manages to advance to Palhares's back!
Palhares covering up well under a series of strikes from Hunt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt missing with strikes from the back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Palhares trying to control the hands but Hunt won't let him.
Hunt controlling well, preventing Palhares from escaping the position.
Hunt throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Hunt has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Palhares.
Palhares covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Hunt lands a shot to the head.
Hunt scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt is controlling the position but Palhares somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.
Hunt trying to control from half guard but Palhares is working away.
Merik Hunt overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hunt thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Palhares's head.
Hunt is thwarting Palhares's attempts to control the position.
Hunt wants to pass to mount but Palhares is defending the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Palhares to regain full guard.
Palhares working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hunt.
Hunt throws a big right hand that misses.
Hunt works over Palhares with some ground and pound from guard.
Hunt postures up.
Palhares tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hunt throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Palhares works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Palhares preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hunt slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Hunt trying to control but Palhares is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Merik Hunt clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nice shot by Palhares.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hunt.
Some bone on bone action there as Palhares checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Palhares has a takedown stuffed.
Hunt has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Palhares.
Hunt throws a sloppy head kick and Palhares moves out of range easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hunt. Palhares does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hunt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Palhares thows a left - swing and a miss!
Palhares getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hunt slips a jab from Palhares.
Palhares is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hunt sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hunt takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hunt dodges the punch combination from Palhares.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hunt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hunt avoids the body shot from Palhares.
A low kick from Palhares misses
and Hunt counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hunt.
Hunt connects with a couple of short punches.
Hunt wants to control from the top but Palhares keeps moving.
Hunt pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Palhares is keeping the position for now.
Hunt won't allow Palhares to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Palhares lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hunt!
Palhares wants to control the pace but Hunt is squirming around nicely.
Palhares with shots to the head and body - Hunt looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palhares lands a nice shot to the head.
Hunt is looking to get to half guard.
Hunt holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Palhares tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Palhares lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palhares with shots to the head and body - Hunt looks very uncomfortable down there.
Palhares pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Palhares avoids the attempt from Hunt to control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Palhares content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pluto Palhares dominated that fourth round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Palhares thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hunt if he has to take too many more of those.
Hunt takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hunt throws a chopping leg kick but Palhares manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hunt tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Palhares is able to avoid easily.
Palhares moves into range and connects with a jab.
Palhares slips under a jab.
Palhares throws a lazy right hand but Hunt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hunt fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Palhares checks it well.
Palhares tried to score with a low kick but Hunt checks it.
Horrible takedown by Hunt or perhaps it was just good defense by Palhares which made him look bad.
Hunt tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Palhares throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Palhares. Hunt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hunt throws a wild body kick that Palhares sees coming a mile off.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hunt 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 Palhares has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Palhares and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hunt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hunt fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Palhares throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hunt's waist but Hunt gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Palhares off to one side.
Palhares checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hunt stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Palhares.
Palhares is looking to chop away at Hunt's legs.
Palhares connects with a nice looking jab.
Palhares closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hunt scores with a shot to the body.
Palhares turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Palhares dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hunt is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Palhares slips under a jab.
Palhares has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hunt.
Hunt moves out of range of the strikes.
Palhares lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hunt fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Palhares on the side of the head.
Hunt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hunt throws a hook but Palhares blocks it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hunt. That's going to slow Palhares down.
Nice jab there from Hunt.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hunt crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Palhares - the referee stops the clock and Hunt gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Palhares. Hunt manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Palhares lands with an uppercut that bounces Hunt off the cage and back into range.
Hunt scores with a jab.
Hunt moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hunt throws a leg kick that is checked
so Palhares counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Palhares is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palhares trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hunt is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hunt is working hard here to advance position.
Palhares passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Sloppy strikes there by Palhares.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palhares scores with a couple of short elbows.
Hunt is trying to control Palhares's posture but Palhares avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Palhares is looking to take a break and control but Hunt is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pluto Palhares comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Palhares has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 47:48
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 47:48
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pluto Palhares!
A victorious Pluto Palhares thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Otso Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Dingleberry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokinen comes into the arena with E.S. Posthumus - Unstoppable blaring out of the sound system. Dingleberry has chosen PANTERA - F*CKING HOSTILE as his entrance music. Dick Dingleberry will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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142 lbs
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World class boxer
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TWGC Champion
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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
44 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Otso Jokinen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 8 - 2, fighting out of London, Dick Dingleberry!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokinen misses with a few strikes there.
Jokinen cracks Dingleberry with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
It looks like Dick Dingleberry has been cut.
Dingleberry walks into a stiff left hand from Jokinen.
Jokinen motions for Dingleberry to come forward. Jokinen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jokinen takes a swing at Dingleberry's ribcage but misses.
Jokinen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jokinen closes the distance and clinches.
Jokinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Jokinen - that landed with a thud.
Dingleberry manages to pull guard.
Jokinen slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dingleberry tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jokinen trying to control but Dingleberry is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dingleberry is trying to control the position but Jokinen postures up.
Dingleberry is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Otso Jokinen wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Jokinen throws a low kick but Dingleberry avoids it.
Jokinen clinches up against the cage.
Jokinen pushes Dingleberry back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dingleberry is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jokinen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Dingleberry goes for a takedown attempt but Jokinen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Dingleberry throws a body punch but Jokinen moves out of range.
Jokinen throws a low kick, looking for Dingleberry's leg but Dingleberry calmly moves out of range.
Dingleberry throws a leg kick that misses.
Jokinen slips a straight right by Dingleberry.
Jokinen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dingleberry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dingleberry slips under a jab from Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jokinen throws the left hand but Dingleberry avoids the punch easily.
Dingleberry feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jokinen's calf.
Jokinen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dingleberry lands a slapping body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jokinen tried to score with a low kick but Dingleberry checks it.
Jokinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dingleberry takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dingleberry blocks a head kick by Jokinen.
Jokinen wants to clinch up but Dingleberry keeps it at a distance.
Dingleberry swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jokinen wants to clinch up but Dingleberry keeps it at a distance.
Dingleberry fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jokinen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jokinen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dick Dingleberry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokinen. Dingleberry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dingleberry moves out of range as Jokinen strikes.
Jokinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dingleberry moves away.
Dingleberry wants to clinch.
Dingleberry misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick from Dingleberry lands but Jokinen takes it in his stride.
Dingleberry shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jokinen defends it nicely.
Otso Jokinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dick Dingleberry.
Jokinen jabs Dingleberry to the body, keeping him at a distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dingleberry.
Dingleberry checks a low kick from Jokinen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen lands a glancing blow to the side of Dingleberry's head.
Dingleberry stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dingleberry looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dingleberry throws a front kick aimed at Jokinen's knee but Jokinen avoids it well.
Dingleberry misses with a low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dingleberry cracks Jokinen with a good jab.
Dingleberry lands with a good body shot.
Dingleberry dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jokinen. That did some damage!
Dingleberry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dingleberry throws an overhand right that lands on Jokinen's shoulder, as Jokinen tries to avoid the shot.
Jokinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dingleberry is looking to land body kicks.
Jokinen wants to land a leg kick but Dingleberry is out of range.
Jokinen blocks a jab.
Dingleberry on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Otso Jokinen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dick Dingleberry'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.
Jokinen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jokinen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dingleberry on the side of the head.
Jokinen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dingleberry connects with an inside leg kick.
Dingleberry throws a leg kick but Jokinen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dingleberry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jokinen manages to avoid it.
Dingleberry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jab, jab by Jokinen - just one landing.
Dingleberry takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dingleberry jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dingleberry misses with a looping left.
Jokinen blocks a low kick nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jokinen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dingleberry checks a leg kick nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Dingleberry cracks Jokinen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A telegraphed right hand from Jokinen misses the target.
Dingleberry misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jokinen goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Dingleberry tries to work over Jokinen's front leg with a kick but Jokinen checks it.
Dingleberry fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dingleberry takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jokinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jokinen connects with a body shot that sends Dingleberry's belly button to the back.
Dingleberry moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dingleberry fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jokinen.
Jokinen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dingleberry looks to land a left hand but Jokinen moved out of range nicely.
Dingleberry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dingleberry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dingleberry throws a leg kick but Jokinen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jokinen feints and as Dingleberry raises his hands in defense, Jokinen changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dingleberry looking for a sweep. Not yet Dingleberry, not yet.
Jokinen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dingleberry's head.
Dingleberry can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Jokinen controls the pace.
Jokinen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dingleberry works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dingleberry had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jokinen defends it easily.
Dingleberry wants to sweep here but Jokinen controlling him for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen throws a strike but Dingleberry rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Jokinen wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Jokinen'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.
Jokinen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dingleberry's guard.
Dingleberry wants to sweep here but Jokinen controlling him for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dingleberry is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jokinen might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dingleberry tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jokinen works over Dingleberry with some ground and pound from guard.
Jokinen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jokinen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dingleberry is keeping the position for now.
Dingleberry trying to control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Otso Jokinen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dick Dingleberry's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Jokinen has closed the distance and engaged Dingleberry in a clinch.
Dingleberry wants a takedown.
Dingleberry jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jokinen walks away with a smile on his face. Dingleberry gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jokinen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dingleberry throws a shot from downtown. Jokinen moves away and avoids it.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
Jokinen shoots in for a takedown but Dingleberry shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jokinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dingleberry misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dingleberry throws a jab but it's blocked by Jokinen.
Jokinen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jokinen doesn't manage to clinch there - Dingleberry circles away.
Jokinen checks a low kick from Dingleberry.
Dingleberry takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dingleberry blocks a low kick nicely.
Dingleberry throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dingleberry misses with a body shot.
A good leg kick by Jokinen.
An inside leg kick lands from Dingleberry.
Jokinen misses with a leg kick.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but Dingleberry sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dingleberry fails with a takedown attempt.
Otso Jokinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dick Dingleberry.
Jokinen throws a low kick, looking for Dingleberry's leg but Dingleberry calmly moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokinen. Dingleberry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jokinen digs a good body shot into Dingleberry's ribs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jokinen, right into the meat.
Jokinen lands a nice looking body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dingleberry 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 Jokinen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jokinen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dingleberry checks a low kick from Jokinen.
Dingleberry tried to score with a low kick but Jokinen checks it.
Jokinen checks a leg kick.
Dingleberry moves out of range of the leg kick from Jokinen.
Jokinen is looking to clinch.
Dingleberry throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jokinen connects with a single shot there.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but Dingleberry sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jokinen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Dingleberry fakes the leg kick and cracks Jokinen in the body.
Jokinen throws a low kick, looking for Dingleberry's leg but Dingleberry calmly moves out of range.
Otso Jokinen is winning the standup battle so far.
Jokinen misses with a straight left.
A leg kick checked by Dingleberry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dingleberry slips under a jab from Jokinen.
Jokinen moves into range and connects with a jab.
A cross from Dingleberry lands.
Jokinen takes a swing at Dingleberry's ribcage but misses.
Jokinen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Dingleberry walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jokinen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jokinen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jokinen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dingleberry.
Jokinen takes one to the chin there.
Jokinen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A lazy left from Dingleberry finds it's target.
Jokinen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dingleberry throws a wild body kick that Jokinen sees coming a mile off.
A solid body kick from Dingleberry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dingleberry cracks Jokinen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jokinen misses with a lunging right hand
and Dingleberry counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jokinen won't be happy with that.
Dingleberry in side control, throwing shots but Jokinen defends.
Dingleberry wants to control but Jokinen is keeping him busy.
Jokinen manages to get back to half guard.
Jokinen is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen trying to hold on to Dingleberry's head to control him but Dingleberry postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Otso Jokinen did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Dick Dingleberry'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.
Dingleberry fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jokinen avoids it really well and circles away.
Jokinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A head kick by Jokinen misses
and Dingleberry decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Jokinen's guard.
Dingleberry looking to pass the guard.
Dingleberry passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Jokinen manages to get back to half guard.
Jokinen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dingleberry is pressing down on Jokinen's thigh, looking to free his foot. Jokinen is holding on for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dingleberry keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Dingleberry wants to control but Jokinen is keeping him busy.
Jokinen tries to roll over but Dingleberry keeps him under control.
Dingleberry controlling the action here.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Dingleberry wants to free his trapped foot but Jokinen is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Jokinen is staying active underneath Dingleberry, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Dick Dingleberry.
Dingleberry misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dingleberry has a takedown stuffed.
Jokinen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jokinen throws an overhand right that lands on Dingleberry's shoulder, as Dingleberry tries to avoid the shot.
Dingleberry scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Dingleberry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dingleberry is pressing down on Jokinen's thigh, looking to free his foot. Jokinen is holding on for now.
Jokinen trying to control here.
Jokinen wants to get back to full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dingleberry seems to be working for a kimura but Jokinen defends the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dingleberry is trying to work for a kimura but Jokinen is defending well.
Jokinen is looking to control Dingleberry's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jokinen avoid being mounted?
Jokinen desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Dingleberry trying to control from half guard but Jokinen is working away.
Well, if Dingleberry is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen wants to control but Dingleberry is keeping busy.
Jokinen keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Otso Jokinen wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Dingleberry scores with a nice body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jokinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dingleberry manages to avoid it.
Jokinen moves out of range as Dingleberry strikes.
Dingleberry ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Dingleberry dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Dick Dingleberry's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Dingleberry connects with an inside leg kick.
Jokinen cracks a nice hook into Dingleberry's ribs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jokinen. That's going to slow Dingleberry down.
Dingleberry with a hook.
Jokinen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dingleberry feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jokinen's calf.
Jokinen thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Dingleberry if he has to take too many more of those.
Dingleberry misses with a low kick as Jokinen jumps back.
Dingleberry throws a push kick but Jokinen slaps the foot to one side.
Dingleberry throws a shot from downtown. Jokinen moves away and avoids it.
Jokinen throws a head kick but Dingleberry moves out of range.
Jokinen checks a leg kick.
Dingleberry misses with a straight left.
Jokinen sizes up Dingleberry with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dingleberry throws a solid leg kick but Jokinen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dingleberry.
Dingleberry throws a head kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dingleberry. Jokinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dingleberry checks a leg kick.
Jokinen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dingleberry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dingleberry thuds his shin into the meat of Jokinen's side.
Dingleberry fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jokinen.
Dingleberry attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dingleberry checks the leg kick.
Jokinen throws a chopping leg kick but Dingleberry manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dingleberry misses with a low kick.
Jokinen moves in looking to clinch but Dingleberry pushes him off.
Jokinen slips a jab from Dingleberry.
Dingleberry moves in looking to clinch but Jokinen pushes him off.
Otso Jokinen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dingleberry tries a head kick but it misses.
Jokinen checks a low kick from Dingleberry.
Jokinen tries to clinch up but Dingleberry circles away and keeps his distance.
Jokinen has closed the distance and engaged Dingleberry in a clinch.
Dingleberry jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jokinen walks away with a smile on his face. Dingleberry gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jokinen displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dingleberry.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dingleberry.
Otso Jokinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dick Dingleberry.
Dingleberry is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Dingleberry's jab looks to have found its range, popping Jokinen under the eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jokinen throws a leg kick which misses Dingleberry's front leg but catches the back leg as Dingleberry tries to avoid it.
Nice jab there from Dingleberry.
Dingleberry swats away the attempt to clinch by Jokinen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Jokinen misses.
Jokinen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dingleberry tries to move into range but Jokinen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Dingleberry throws a leg kick but Jokinen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dingleberry's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dingleberry throws out a leg kick but Jokinen moves out of range and Dingleberry only half commits.
Jokinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Jokinen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dingleberry moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dingleberry shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jokinen as he jumps to the side.
Jokinen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jokinen throws a big shot that misses.
Jokinen slips a jab from Dingleberry.
Dingleberry checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jokinen lands a nice looking body shot.
Dingleberry throws a hook to the side of Jokinen's head but Jokinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jokinen takes a swing at Dingleberry's ribcage but misses.
Dingleberry fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jokinen is out of range.
Jokinen throws a body punch but Dingleberry moves out of range.
Dingleberry throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dingleberry misses with a looping left.
Dingleberry jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Dingleberry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jokinen.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dingleberry throws a lazy right hand but Jokinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jokinen throws a push kick but Dingleberry slaps the foot to one side.
Dick Dingleberry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jokinen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dick Dingleberry.
I think Jokinen 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 48:47
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 48:47
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Otso Jokinen!
Otso Jokinen retains his lightweight title!
Otso Jokinen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Douglas comes to the cage accompanied by La La La - Snoop Lion. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dustin Douglas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Josh Williams!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Douglas works Williams's body with a nice hook.
Douglas delivers a nice body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Douglas.
Williams throws a low kick but Douglas avoids it.
Williams jabs at Douglas's body.
Williams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Douglas.
Nice body punch from Williams.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Williams goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Williams throws a hook but Douglas blocks it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Douglas.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Douglas.
Douglas lands with a right hand.
Williams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Douglas was well out of range. Poor timing from Williams.
Williams throws a head kick but Douglas moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Williams.
Douglas throws a body punch but Williams moves out of range.
Douglas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Williams.
Douglas slips under a jab from Williams.
Douglas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Josh Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams throws a leg kick but Douglas checks it.
Douglas thumps Williams with a low kick.
Douglas avoids the body shot from Williams.
Douglas takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Williams throws a body kick that misses.
Williams throws a low kick but Douglas avoids it.
Williams listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Douglas lands a nice leg kick that just misses Williams's sensitive parts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Douglas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Williams closes the distance and lands a one-two.
It looks like Dustin Douglas has been cut.
Williams throws a hook to the side of Douglas's head but Douglas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Douglas misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas avoids the body shot from Williams.
Williams takes a jab right on the kisser.
It looks like Josh Williams has been cut.
Williams tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Douglas lands with a good body shot.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up but Douglas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Williams cracks the inside of Douglas's front leg.
Douglas is looking to wear down Williams with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Douglas misses with a hook. Williams ducked under it nicely.
Williams throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Williams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Douglas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Douglas just misses with a punch to the body.
Williams wants to slow Douglas down by chopping away at his legs.
Williams attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Williams misses with the body kick
and Douglas counters with a right hand to the body.
Williams scores with a leg kick.
Williams takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A punch lands to the side of Williams 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Douglas.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Douglas throws a leg kick that misses.
and Douglas counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Williams! He's just covering up as Douglas starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dustin Douglas!
Post fight, an emotional Dustin Douglas said 'We are all one - one people - one love. The movement is real. The lion is real. These fists, while only used for sport, are also very real.'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alistair Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Overeem's entrance music is Anthem. A fine choice. Marciano has chosen DEAD MAN'S GUN as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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265 lbs
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239 lbs
39 - 8 - 2 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alistair Overeem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
39 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Don Marciano!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Overeem looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Marciano looks to score with a jab to the body but Overeem is just out of range.
Marciano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Overeem manages to avoid it.
Overeem has managed to clinch.
Marciano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Marciano swings wildly with an uppercut but Overeem uses good head movement to avoid it.
Overeem throws a knee to the head but misses.
Overeem lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Marciano backwards.
Overeem blocks a body shot from Marciano.
Marciano works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
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!
Marciano lands a left hand that snaps the head of Overeem backwards.
Marciano breaks from the clinch.
Marciano motions for Overeem to come forward. Marciano throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick by Overeem misses
and Marciano finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Overeem slips a jab and a cross from Marciano.
Marciano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Marciano ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Overeem is breathing heavily.
Marciano throws the left hand but Overeem avoids the punch easily.
Marciano connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Overeem circles away quickly and effectively.
Marciano lands a nice hook to Overeem's body. Overeem takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Marciano explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Marciano lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A chopping leg kick lands by Marciano.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Overeem has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Overeem there as he acknowledges the shot.
Marciano lands with a nice body kick.
Marciano comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Marciano cracks the inside of Overeem's front leg.
Marciano lands a right hook to the body.
Marciano lands with a nice body kick.
Marciano lands a big head kick that sends Overeem tumbling to the mat! Marciano takes a step backwards and waves Overeem back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Overeem is rocked!
Marciano is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Overeem rather than just go for the knockout.
Overeem is looking to clinch.
A combination from Overeem does no damage.
Overeem misses with a hook. Marciano ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano throws a nice inside leg kick.
Overeem fails with an attempt to clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Marciano.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Marciano.
Marciano dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Overeem. That did some damage!
Marciano looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Marciano ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Overeem takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A head kick misses from Marciano.
Marciano throws a leg kick which misses Overeem's front leg but catches the back leg as Overeem tries to avoid it.
Overeem with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Marciano to score with a decent uppercut.
Marciano is looking to land body kicks.
Marciano takes a swing at Overeem's ribcage but misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Overeem crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Marciano - the referee stops the clock and Overeem gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Marciano. Overeem manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Marciano fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Overeem's calf.
Marciano misses with a body kick.
Marciano darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Marciano lands a big head kick that sends Overeem tumbling to the mat! Marciano takes a step backwards and waves Overeem back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh Overeem is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marciano scores with a kick to the midsection.
Marciano thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Overeem if he has to take too many more of those.
Overeem seems to have got his legs back now.
Marciano scores with a jab to the head.
Overeem pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Marciano fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Overeem looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Marciano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Overeem.
Marciano checks the leg kick nicely there.
Marciano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Overeem checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Overeem tries a head kick but it misses.
Overeem is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Marciano connects with an inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano digs a good hook to Overeem's body.
Marciano buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Overeem will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Overeem doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Marciano bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Overeem's head.
Overeem gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Marciano sends Overeem crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Marciano is motioning to the referee to let Overeem up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Marciano cracks Overeem with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Overeem tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Marciano pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Overeem is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Don Marciano!
Don Marciano decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kane Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Art Vandalay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes to the cage accompanied by Celebration by Kool and the Gang. 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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262 lbs
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240 lbs
25 - 4 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kane Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Art Vandalay!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams lets loose with a powerful body kick. Vandalay will feel that in the morning.
Vandalay keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Vandalay keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice body kick there by Vandalay.
Williams digs a good body shot into Vandalay's ribs.
Vandalay finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Vandalay works the jab nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams lands a jab-cross combination.
Williams checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Art Vandalay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vandalay moves away.
Vandalay stuns Williams with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Vandalay with a jab.
Vandalay turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Vandalay sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vandalay looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams misses with a head kick.
Williams scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Williams swings for the body but Vandalay moves out of range.
Vandalay takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vandalay throws a jab when Williams was well out of range.
Vandalay moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Vandalay bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Vandalay thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Williams if he has to take too many more of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good leg kick by Vandalay there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Vandalay lands a leg kick that knocks Williams off balance momentarily.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Vandalay looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vandalay cracks Williams with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Vandalay tries to land a leg kick but Williams saw it coming and moves away.
Vandalay scores with a crisp jab that stopped Williams in his tracks.
Vandalay lands with a shot to the body.
Vandalay looks to land a right hand but Williams moved out of range.
Good leg kick by Vandalay there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Vandalay takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Some bone on bone action there as Vandalay checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Vandalay misses with a hook.
Vandalay is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Vandalay tries to land a front kick but Williams steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Vandalay fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vandalay throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vandalay defending well as Williams loads up on a big left hand.
Williams looks to land a right hand but Vandalay moved out of range.
Vandalay does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Williams throws a leg kick
and Vandalay finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Williams takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Williams has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Williams there as he acknowledges the shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vandalay looks for the body kick but Williams saw that one coming.
Williams thows a body shot but no joy.
Vandalay looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for Vandalay.
Williams is looking to score with low kicks.
Vandalay throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Williams tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Vandalay uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Williams.
A good leg kick by Vandalay.
Vandalay fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Williams moves forwards but Vandalay connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Vandalay lands with a nice body kick.
Vandalay fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vandalay throws a push kick but Williams slaps the foot to one side.
Williams drops his hands momentarily and Vandalay takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
It looks like Kane Williams has been cut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams takes one to the chin there.
Vandalay stuns Williams with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Williams on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Art Vandalay dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kane Williams's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Vandalay throws a half hearted mid kick.
Vandalay cracks the inside of Williams's front leg.
Vandalay scores with a jab to the jaw.
Williams is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Vandalay takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
Vandalay digs a good body shot into Williams's ribs.
Good leg kick by Vandalay there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A nice leg kick lands there from Vandalay.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vandalay's corner calls for a 1-2. Vandalay obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Vandalay looks to score with a jab to the body but Williams is just out of range.
Good leg kick by Vandalay there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vandalay's jab looks to have found its range, popping Williams under the eye.
Williams will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Vandalay connects with a body shot.
Vandalay scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vandalay lands a big uppercut and Williams crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Williams looks OK. Vandalay waves Williams back to his feet!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vandalay throws a nice outside leg kick.
Vandalay lands a big right hand that sends Williams crashing to the mat! Vandalay stays standing though and waves Williams back to his feet!
Williams is rocked!
Williams drops his hands momentarily. Vandalay doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Williams staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Williams doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Art Vandalay!
As Art Vandalay got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: This was my last fight with JLP. My skills and physical are unsustainable. The new engine shits all over the clinch game. It's easier to get a TD than to clinch.'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Katsu Higashikuni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Power (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Power is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dangerous. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Danny Power was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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28
146 lbs
22 - 8 - 0 |
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147 lbs
26 - 8 - 1 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Katsu Higashikuni!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Danny Power!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Higashikuni.
Power turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Power attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Higashikuni fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Power avoids it really well and circles away.
Higashikuni misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Power.
Power defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Higashikuni.
A shot to the body from Higashikuni misses
and Power counters with a right hand to the body.
Power uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Higashikuni.
Power walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Power misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Higashikuni with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Power to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Katsu Higashikuni. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Power scores with a hook.
Nice uppercut there from Power.
It looks like Katsu Higashikuni has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Higashikuni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Power was well out of range. Poor timing from Higashikuni.
Power steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Higashikuni.
Power walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Higashikuni scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Higashikuni misses with a wild body shot.
Higashikuni looks to land a left hand but Power moved out of range nicely.
Power lands the left hand.
Higashikuni is rocked!
Power throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Power avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
An inside leg kick from Power misses.
Higashikuni scores with a hook.
Katsu Higashikuni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Higashikuni with a hook.
Power cracks Higashikuni with an open hand slap.
Oh Higashikuni is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Higashikuni throws out a loose jab but Power uses good head movement to avoid it.
Power keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Power.
Power throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Higashikuni seems to have got his legs back now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Power moves out of range of the strikes.
Power takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Good standup being displayed there by Higashikuni as he connects with a hook.
Higashikuni fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Higashikuni slips a straight right by Power.
Higashikuni takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Power ducks under a wild hook from Higashikuni.
Higashikuni chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Power misses with an uppercut.
Power throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Power misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Higashikuni.
Power dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Power scoring well with a low kick there.
Higashikuni connects with a solid leg kick.
Power looks to land a body kick but Higashikuni moved away.
Power avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Power drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Higashikuni blocks a head kick by Power.
Power connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Higashikuni is looking to slow Power down with leg kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Higashikuni lands with a hook. Power tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Power has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Higashikuni checks a leg kick nicely.
Power looks to land a left hand but Higashikuni moved out of range nicely.
Higashikuni is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Power throws a jab but it's blocked by Higashikuni.
Higashikuni tries to land a leg kick but Power saw it coming and moves away.
Higashikuni misses with a leg kick
and Power counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Power.
Higashikuni is trying to maintain a safe position but Power gets an underhook and turns Higashikuni into the cage.
Nice body punch from Higashikuni - that landed with a thud.
Power displaying some good clinch control by pressing Higashikuni up against the cage.
Power lands a left hand.
Higashikuni lands a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Power.
Power stalling the fight.
Higashikuni lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Higashikuni lands a takedown into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Higashikuni trying to control but Power is working from the bottom.
Power managing to control the position.
Power working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Power wants to sweep but no luck.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Danny Power hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Higashikuni wants to land a leg kick but Power is out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Higashikuni takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Power steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Higashikuni.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Higashikuni 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 Power has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Power and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Higashikuni shoots in for a takedown but Power shows good takedown defense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danny Power dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Katsu Higashikuni'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.
Higashikuni jabs Power to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Power 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 Higashikuni has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Higashikuni and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Power swings for the body but Higashikuni moves out of range.
Power 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.
Higashikuni blocks a jab.
Power lands a lovely overhand right.
Power connects with a jab.
Higashikuni cracks Power with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Higashikuni misses the shot to the body.
Higashikuni cracks Power with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Higashikuni wants to land a leg kick but Power is out of range.
Higashikuni avoids a kick to the body.
Higashikuni fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Higashikuni shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Power counters with a stiff right hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Power.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Higashikuni throws an off balance right hand
and Power counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Higashikuni's guard now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Higashikuni had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Power defends it easily.
Higashikuni preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Power trying to control the position from guard on top but Higashikuni is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Power throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Higashikuni looking for a sweep. Not yet Higashikuni, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Higashikuni is working hard here to advance position.
Power throwing strikes from guard but Higashikuni blocks nicely.
Power postures up in Higashikuni's guard and throws a big left but Higashikuni blocks it.
Power trying to control the position from guard on top but Higashikuni is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Power looking to sit in guard and control but Higashikuni gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Higashikuni throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Higashikuni working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Power preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Power tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Higashikuni looking to pass the guard.
Power not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Higashikuni landing some decent shots from guard.
Power keeping moving, preventing Higashikuni from controlling successfully.
Power tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Power avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Power is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Power controls Higashikuni momentarily but Higashikuni frees himself.
Danny Power has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Higashikuni misses with a low kick.
Power slips under a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Higashikuni misses the target.
Power throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Higashikuni.
Higashikuni connects with a good right hand that stumbles Power. Power circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Power cracks Higashikuni with a right hand to the side of the head.
Higashikuni has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Power.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Power on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Higashikuni. Higashikuni obviously looking to wear him down.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Higashikuni checks a leg kick nicely.
Power avoids the head kick by Higashikuni.
Higashikuni tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Power manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Higashikuni lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danny Power showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Katsu Higashikuni's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Power stuffs the takedown.
Both fighters circling a little - Power finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Power's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Higashikuni tries a head kick but it misses.
A low kick from Higashikuni is predictable there
and Power counters with a stiff right hand.
Higashikuni throws a lazy right hand but Power sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Higashikuni misses with a low kick as Power jumps back.
Higashikuni catches Power with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Danny Power seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Power tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Higashikuni swivels and escapes.
Higashikuni misses with a leg kick
and Power counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Higashikuni looks for a takedown but Power sprawls well.
Higashikuni misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Katsu Higashikuni. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Power ducks under a wild hook from Higashikuni.
Power scores with a decent looking hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Higashikuni will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Power tries to keep at a distance but Higashikuni has taken the fight into the clinch.
Higashikuni blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Higashikuni breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Higashikuni ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Higashikuni misses with a combination
and Power counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Power.
Higashikuni just leaning against Power, taking a breather.
Higashikuni misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Power.
Power pressing his opponent against the cage.
Higashikuni blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Power throws a head punch that misses.
Higashikuni throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Higashikuni misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Power breaks from the clinch.
Power throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Power scoring well with a low kick there.
Power checks a low kick from Higashikuni.
Power paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Power lands with a kick to the temple. Higashikuni shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A jab from Power misses.
Higashikuni misses with an uppercut.
Higashikuni swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Higashikuni throws a push kick but Power slaps the foot to one side.
Power connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Higashikuni looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Power is fending him off so far but Higashikuni persists. Nope, Power circles away and we're back to standing.
Higashikuni misses with a left hand
and Power counters with a low kick, right behind Higashikuni 's knee.
Higashikuni tries a head kick but it misses.
Higashikuni scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Higashikuni displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Power throws out the jab.
Higashikuni pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Higashikuni throws a head kick but Power moves out of range.
Higashikuni scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Power ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Higashikuni moves away.
Higashikuni scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Power doesn't seem bothered though.
Power misses with a head kick.
Higashikuni takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Power gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Higashikuni slips under a jab.
Power missing with a left hand there. Higashikuni was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Power throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Power does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Power avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Power misses the target.
Higashikuni fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Higashikuni swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Power takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A jab from Higashikuni does it's job there.
Power buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Power scoring well with a low kick there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Power scoring well with a low kick there.
Power jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Higashikuni tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Higashikuni tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Higashikuni lands a right hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Power misses the target.
Power avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danny Power really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Katsu Higashikuni's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Higashikuni checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Power connects with a nice looking jab.
Higashikuni listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Higashikuni moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Higashikuni displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Power throws out the jab.
Power uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Higashikuni.
Higashikuni misses with a straight right.
Higashikuni works Power's body with a nice hook.
Power on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Higashikuni. Higashikuni obviously looking to wear him down.
Higashikuni tries a low kick but Power avoids it.
Higashikuni slips under a jab from Power.
The crowd cheers as Power lands an impressive looking overhand right. Higashikuni doesn't seem phased though.
Higashikuni lands with a cross.
Higashikuni looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Power is fending him off so far but Higashikuni persists. Nope, Power circles away and we're back to standing.
Higashikuni throws a shot from downtown. Power moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Higashikuni fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Power manages to avoid it.
Power misses with a looping right.
Higashikuni thows a leg kick but Power checks it
and Power counters with a stiff right hand.
A swing and a miss from Higashikuni.
Higashikuni just misses with a punch to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Higashikuni.
Higashikuni throws a predictable looking body shot
and Power moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Power.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Power.
Power working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Higashikuni is trying to break free.
Power lands a nice uppercut.
Higashikuni tries a body shot but Power blocks it.
Higashikuni is trying to break the clinch but Power is controlling him.
Power is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Higashikuni misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Higashikuni lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Higashikuni lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Higashikuni misses with some punches.
Higashikuni has picked Power up - he's going for a ride! Higashikuni dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Power wants to get back to full guard.
Higashikuni misses with a head shot. Power uses the momentum to regain guard.
Power is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Higashikuni scoring with punches to the head and body.
Power preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Power trying to keep a closed guard but Higashikuni is proving a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Danny Power was stalling too much, according to the referee.
A telegraphed right hand from Higashikuni misses the target.
Power looks to score with a jab to the body but Higashikuni is just out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Higashikuni 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Higashikuni fails with a takedown attempt.
Power uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Higashikuni with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A cross from Higashikuni lands.
Higashikuni scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Power connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Higashikuni lands a nice looking body shot.
Power throws a low kick but it's checked well by Higashikuni.
Power swings for the body but Higashikuni moves out of range.
Power with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Higashikuni digs a good hook to Power's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Higashikuni takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Higashikuni connects with a body shot that sends Power's belly button to the back.
Higashikuni scores with a decent looking hook.
A jab from Higashikuni misses.
Higashikuni throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Power.
Higashikuni missing with a left hand there. Power was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Higashikuni moves out of range of the strikes.
Power stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Katsu Higashikuni. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Power moves away from the strike by Higashikuni.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Katsu Higashikuni will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Katsu Higashikuni's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Power scoring well with a low kick there.
A head kick misses from Power.
Higashikuni blocks a head kick by Power.
Higashikuni walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Power checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Power looks to land a left hand but Higashikuni moved out of range nicely.
Higashikuni throws a front kick aimed at Power's knee but Power avoids it well.
Higashikuni looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Higashikuni shoots for a takedown but Power saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Higashikuni lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Power tries a head kick but it misses.
Higashikuni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Power tries to move into range but Higashikuni moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Higashikuni fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Power checks it well.
Power lands with an overhand left.
A nice leg kick lands there from Higashikuni.
Higashikuni scores with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Higashikuni, right into the meat.
Higashikuni defending well as Power loads up on a big left hand.
Power lands a brutal head kick. Higashikuni looks out on his feet and Power throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Danny Power!
Danny Power is the new featherweight champion!
Post fight, an emotional Danny Power said 'RANDOLPH!!! You think that you're hunting me down for my #1 ranking and this here gold belt *holds up title* but the hunter is about to become the hunted! I'm coming for you..*walks out of the cage*'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arnie Ironz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Carlton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ironz kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Limp Bizkit - Gold Cobra. Carlton has chosen Samael - Baphomets Throne as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arnie Ironz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kyle Carlton!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ironz lands a nice shot that snaps Carlton's head back.
Ironz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A combination from Carlton does no damage.
Ironz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Carlton.
Ironz throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Carlton throws a jab when Ironz was well out of range.
Ironz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ironz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ironz misses with an uppercut. Carlton saw that one coming.
Carlton plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
It looks like Arnie Ironz has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ironz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Carlton looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Carlton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Carlton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ironz misses with a low kick.
Carlton shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nice defenses there by Carlton.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ironz avoids the body shot from Carlton.
Carlton lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Ironz lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donk. Ironz catches Carlton right on the button with a cross.
Nice jab there from Carlton.
Carlton has closed the distance and engaged Ironz in a clinch.
Ironz tries to throw a body punch but Carlton avoids it by throwing Ironz back against the cage.
Ironz lands a shot to the body.
Ironz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carlton.
Carlton gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ironz misses with an elbow over the top.
Ironz tries to work over Carlton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Carlton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Carlton misses with a body punch.
Carlton misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ironz misses with a knee strike.
Carlton scores with a shot to the side of Ironz's head.
Ironz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Carlton backwards.
Ironz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Carlton backwards.
Ironz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ironz lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Kyle Carlton has been cut.
Carlton misses with a punch on the inside.
Ironz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Carlton is defending well for now.
Ironz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Carlton blocks an elbow strike.
Carlton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ironz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Carlton swings wildly with an uppercut but Ironz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carlton missing with knees to the body.
Carlton tries a body shot but Ironz blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carlton throws an elbow but it misses.
Ironz throws a head punch that misses.
Carlton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Carlton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ironz.
Carlton working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Carlton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ironz tries to work over Carlton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Carlton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Carlton takes a shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ironz lands a shoulder strike.
Ironz working aggressively here.
Carlton has a couple of punches blocked by Ironz.
Carlton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ironz can't find room to land a body shot as Carlton controls the action.
Carlton lands with a left to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carlton misses with some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Ironz.
Carlton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ironz lands with a light punch inside.
Ironz misses with the head strike.
Carlton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ironz's elbow.
Carlton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ironz avoids the elbow strike from Carlton, against the cage.
Carlton throws an elbow that misses.
Ironz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Carlton softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Carlton trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carlton misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ironz.
Ironz misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Ironz fails to land.
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 Arnie Ironz will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Carlton checks a leg kick nicely.
Ironz throws a leg kick that is checked
and Carlton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Carlton takes one to the side of the head.
Ironz scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ironz drops his hands for a split second and Carlton immediately capitalizes on the opportunity by smashing a powerful hook into Ironz face, sending his mouthguard sailing through the air, much to the delight of the crowd. Carlton follows up with a right hand that knocks Ironz into next week. He's out cold and this fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kyle Carlton!
Kyle Carlton is the new heavyweight champion!
A victorious Kyle Carlton thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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