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TTFC Kearney Vs Frank PPV 10 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Julius Peppers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Itor Lamope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Peppers might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Day N Nite-Kid Cudi. Lamope has chosen Bulletproof as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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156 lbs
15 - 12 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 19 - 2, fighting out of New York, Julius Peppers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Itor Lamope!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Eddie Farnsworth and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peppers loads up on a big right hand but Lamope slips the punch.
Lamope connects with a nice looking jab.
Lamope lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Peppers thows a left - swing and a miss!
Peppers scores with a nice head shot.
Lamope stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lamope ducks under a wild hook from Peppers.
Lamope works Peppers's body with a nice hook.
Peppers looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Peppers walks into a jab.
Lamope has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Peppers.
Nice defenses there by Lamope.
Lamope jabs Peppers right on the nose. Peppers blinks but takes it well.
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!
Peppers misses with a body punch
and Lamope counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Peppers misses with a looping left.
Peppers misses with a hook. Lamope ducked under it nicely.
Lamope tries to clinch up.
A head kick misses from Peppers.
Peppers throws a leg kick but Lamope sees it coming and moves out of range.
Julius Peppers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lamope smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Peppers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamope scores with a hook to the body. Peppers takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Peppers just misses with a punch to the body.
Lamope dips to his left and cracks Peppers with an uppercut!
Peppers throws an overhand right that lands on Lamope's shoulder, as Lamope tries to avoid the shot.
Peppers scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lamope doesn't seem bothered though.
Peppers is looking to land body kicks.
Lamope ducks under a wild hook from Peppers.
Peppers throws a leg kick but Lamope moved away.
Lamope connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Peppers throws a hook to the side of Lamope's head but Lamope sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lamope digs a good hook to Peppers's body.
Lamope scores with a punch to the head.
Lamope moves out of range of the strikes.
Peppers shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lamope gets a double leg takedown into Peppers's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lamope works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Lamope sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Peppers defending well though.
Lamope is looking for a kimura here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamope wants to pass to mount but Peppers is defending the position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lamope connects with a nice short shot to Peppers's temple.
Lamope prevents Peppers from improving his position.
Lamope has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Lamope has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Demon's stand up gym, LOP. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Peppers keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lamope looking to control but Peppers is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Lamope lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Lamope is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Peppers can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Peppers is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lamope raining down hammerfists from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peppers is in a horrible position here. Lamope smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peppers tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Peppers is working hard here to advance position.
Lamope raining down hammerfists from mount.
Lamope takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Lamope can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Peppers is looking to escape.
Peppers is desperately trying to improve his position but Lamope has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lamope unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Itor Lamope dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Lamope scores with a jab.
Peppers misses with a body shot.
Peppers thows a body shot but no joy.
Peppers looks to land a body kick but Lamope moved away.
Peppers throws a body punch but Lamope moves out of range.
Lamope scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lamope listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lamope lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Lamope bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Peppers's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Lamope misses the target.
Lamope pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Peppers walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lamope lands with a nice body kick.
Peppers fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lamope looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lamope takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lamope buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Peppers ducks under a wild hook from Lamope.
Peppers swings widly with a right hand
and Lamope counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Peppers. Lamope does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peppers looks for the body kick but Lamope saw that one coming.
Lamope tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Donk. Lamope catches Peppers right on the button with a cross.
Peppers throws a front kick that sends Lamope stumbling back into the cage.
Lamope connects with a crisp jab.
Lamope lands a jab to the head.
Lamope displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Peppers throws out the jab.
Peppers takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Peppers is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Lamope punishes Peppers's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice cross by Lamope.
Peppers attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Peppers misses with an uppercut
and Lamope counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Peppers tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peppers misses with an uppercut
and Lamope counters with a left to the body.
Lamope throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lamope goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Some bone on bone action there as Peppers checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Peppers looks to land a left hand but Lamope moved out of range nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Peppers.
Lamope lunges at Peppers with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Peppers's hand.
Peppers throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lamope cracks a nice hook into Peppers's ribs.
Lamope misses with a body kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lamope, as that shot connected.
Peppers connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lamope tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lamope lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Peppers at a distance.
Peppers connects with a jab.
Lamope punishes Peppers's body with a nice straight punch.
Julius Peppers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Peppers swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Lamope counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Peppers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Peppers lands with a nice body punch.
Lamope throws a good cross that connects.
Lamope uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Peppers.
Peppers throws a right hand that misses
and Lamope counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Lamope there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Peppers looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Peppers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lamope moves away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A good leg kick by Lamope.
Peppers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lamope manages to avoid it.
Lamope listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That kick from Peppers tenderised Lamope's leg. Lamope is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lamope lands a slapping body shot.
Lamope stuns Peppers with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Peppers misses with a right hand
and Lamope makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lamope sizes up Peppers with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lamope moves into range and connects with a jab.
Peppers pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Itor Lamope seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lamope.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lamope scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Peppers doesn't seem bothered though.
Lamope clobbers Peppers with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Peppers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lamope.
Peppers scoring well with a low kick there.
Peppers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamope works the jab nicely.
Peppers is rocked!
Peppers throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Peppers cracks Lamope with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Peppers gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Peppers moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Oh Peppers is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lamope punishes Peppers's body with a nice straight punch.
Peppers throws a body kick that misses
and Lamope counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Peppers on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lamope. That's going to slow Peppers down.
Lamope checks the leg kick.
Peppers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A low kick from Peppers is predictable there
and Lamope counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A punch lands to the side of Peppers 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
and Lamope counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Peppers! He's just covering up as Lamope starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Itor Lamope!
Itor Lamope seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xtreme Mma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santeri Sikaniska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mma comes to the cage accompanied by I Wont Back Down. Sikaniska comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 2 Brothers on the 4th floor - Fairytales kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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21 - 23 - 1 |
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315 lbs
23 - 20 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Xtreme Mma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Santeri Sikaniska!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Franklyn Lucas and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sikaniska closes the distance and clinches.
Mma missing with knees to the body.
Mma tries to break the clinch but Sikaniska is controlling the position.
Mma lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Santeri Sikaniska has been cut.
Sikaniska lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mma backwards.
We've been hearing reports that Mma has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Mma stalling the fight.
Mma pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mma misses with a hook. Sikaniska ducked under it nicely.
Sikaniska darts in trying to clinch
letting Mma counter with a right hand.
Mma lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sikaniska rushes Mma and presses him up against the cage.
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!
Mma leaning his opponent against the cage.
Mma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mma's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mma takes a shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sikaniska.
Mma escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sikaniska jabs Mma to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Mma tried to score with a low kick but Sikaniska checks it.
A big right from Mma misses.
Sikaniska tries to bum rush Mma with a series of wild strikes but Mma uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mma scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sikaniska doesn't seem bothered though.
Mma pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sikaniska uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mma.
Sikaniska gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mma goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mma misses with an elbow over the top.
Mma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sikaniska dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sikaniska throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Sikaniska throws a punch but it's blocked by Mma.
Sikaniska avoids the elbow strike from Mma, against the cage.
Sikaniska lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mma or not.
Sikaniska trying to land knees to the body.
Sikaniska wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mma tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sikaniska avoids it.
Sikaniska tries a body shot but Mma blocks it.
Mma misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sikaniska.
Sikaniska is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mma is keeping busy.
Mma throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sikaniska blocks it with crossed arms.
Sikaniska scores with a shot to the side of Mma's head.
Sikaniska is trying to break the clinch but Mma has him pressed against the cage.
Sikaniska throws a punch but it's blocked by Mma.
Sikaniska working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sikaniska gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Mma.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sikaniska letting Mma take a breather here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sikaniska.
Sikaniska blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mma tries a body shot but Sikaniska blocks it.
Mma managing to block the knees to the body from Sikaniska.
Nice body punch from Sikaniska.
Mma blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mma.
Sikaniska working aggressively here.
Sikaniska breaks from the clinch.
Sikaniska tries to clinch up.
Mma wants to clinch up but Sikaniska keeps it at a distance.
Sikaniska closes the distance and pushes Mma back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sikaniska lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sikaniska tries to clinch but Mma is having none of it.
Mma thows a body shot but no joy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sikaniska lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sikaniska takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sikaniska has Mma up against the cage in a clinch.
Sikaniska misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Sikaniska scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sikaniska fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mma misses with a punch to the body.
Mma is trying to push Sikaniska away but Sikaniska has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sikaniska makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sikaniska misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Santeri Sikaniska dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Santeri Sikaniska's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Mma cracks the inside of Sikaniska's front leg.
Sikaniska misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sikaniska throws a series of punches but Mma moves out of range.
Sikaniska pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sikaniska tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mma manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sikaniska throws a right hand that Mma ducks under and follows up with a left that Mma also avoids with ease.
Mma misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sikaniska.
Sikaniska takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sikaniska moves out of range of the strikes.
Mma keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Xtreme Mma is winning the standup battle so far.
Mma slips a jab and a cross from Sikaniska.
Mma throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sikaniska fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sikaniska tries to clinch but Mma moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mma cracks Sikaniska with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sikaniska closes the distance looking to clinch
and Mma counters with a stiff right hand.
Mma misses with a lunging right hand
and Sikaniska counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sikaniska lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mma circles away quickly and effectively.
Sikaniska closes the distance and clinches.
Sikaniska tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mma blocks an uppercut.
Sikaniska's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mma escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sikaniska checks the leg kick.
Sikaniska tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santeri Sikaniska is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mma throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sikaniska.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sikaniska fails to land with a series of punches.
Mma swings for the body but Sikaniska moves out of range.
Mma throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mma throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sikaniska tries to bum rush Mma with a series of wild strikes but Mma uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No joy there for Mma, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sikaniska looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sikaniska doesn't manage to clinch there - Mma circles away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mma. That's going to slow Sikaniska down.
Mma circles away from the clinch attempt
and Mma counters with a stiff right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Sikaniska. Those never looked like landing.
Mma clinches up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sikaniska missing with knees to the body.
Mma tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sikaniska misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sikaniska is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Mma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Sikaniska.
Mma blocks the elbow strike.
Mma takes a shot to the head.
Mma throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sikaniska misses with a punch to the body.
Mma throws a head punch that misses.
Sikaniska tries to throw a body punch but Mma avoids it by throwing Sikaniska back against the cage.
Mma drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mma leaning against his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mma avoids a wild elbow strike from Sikaniska.
Sikaniska managing to block the knees to the body from Mma.
Mma tries to throw a body punch but Sikaniska avoids it by throwing Mma back against the cage.
Sikaniska goes for a takedown in the clinch but Mma prevents it.
Mma struggles to land a body shot inside as Sikaniska controls his hands.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sikaniska slowing the pace effectively.
Sikaniska wants to break free but Mma has control.
Sikaniska is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mma.
Nice body punch from Sikaniska - that landed with a thud.
Mma keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sikaniska's efforts to push away.
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 Xtreme Mma will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Santeri Sikaniska's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Sikaniska slips a jab and a cross from Mma.
Sikaniska moves out of range of the strikes.
Mma throws out a loose jab but Sikaniska uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mma ducks under a wild hook from Sikaniska.
Sikaniska misses with a hook. Mma ducked under it nicely.
Sikaniska fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sikaniska tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mma manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sikaniska gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mma.
Mma fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sikaniska walks into a left hand.
Mma with a body punch. A glancing blow.
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!
Sloppy strikes from Sikaniska. Those never looked like landing.
Sikaniska uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mma.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mma misses with a wild body shot.
Mma keeps the fight on the outside.
Mma swats away the attempt to clinch by Sikaniska.
Sikaniska tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mma manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sikaniska shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mma looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Mma wants to control from the top but Sikaniska keeps moving.
Mma will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sikaniska wants to stand but Mma is controlling the position.
Mma postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mma landing with the ground and pound.
Mma cracks Sikaniska with a solid left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mma in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mma wants to control from the top but Sikaniska keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mma postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mma working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sikaniska is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Mma chips away with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sikaniska wants to stand up but Mma is controlling him.
Sikaniska takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mma content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Mma keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sikaniska's head.
Sikaniska is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Mma presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Sikaniska working aggressively here.
Mma lands an uppercut.
Sikaniska is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mma is trying to drag Sikaniska to the mat but Sikaniska just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Sikaniska is still on wobbly legs! Can Mma finish him?
Sikaniska misses with a body punch.
Sikaniska seems to have recovered his senses.
Sikaniska prevents the takedown attempt.
Sikaniska trying to control the position but instead, Mma has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sikaniska into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Sikaniska fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sikaniska struggles to land a body shot inside as Mma controls his hands.
Mma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sikaniska looks to clinch
and Mma counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sikaniska tries to clinch
and Mma lands a stunning uppercut that sends Sikaniska to the mat!
Mma thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sikaniska's head.
Sikaniska is trying to stand back up but Mma is controlling him
Mma lands a big elbow - Sikaniska is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Mma!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Xtreme Mma!
A very excited looking Xtreme Mma made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Natural (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Natural's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Tupac- Me Against The World. Randy Natural could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jim Brown's chin.
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27
236 lbs
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25
267 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Randy Natural!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jim Brown!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Reed Andrews and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown instigates a clinch.
Natural content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Natural has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Brown after a bit of a struggle.
Brown misses with an elbow strike.
Brown creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Brown looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brown looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Natural breaks the clinch.
Brown wants to clinch but Natural slips to the side
and Natural counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Brown clinches.
Natural pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brown fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brown moves to clinch but Natural breaks away
and Natural counters with a good low kick that Brown was not able to check.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown moves into the clinch.
Natural blocks an elbow strike.
Brown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Natural takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Randy Natural has been cut.
Brown stops a takedown attempt from Natural.
Brown lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brown crunches a lovely knee into Natural's ribcage.
Natural is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Brown lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brown throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Brown lands a nice knee to the body.
Brown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Brown.
Natural takes an elbow to the temple.
Randy Natural's cut is getting worse.
Natural wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randy Natural. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stalling in the clinch from Brown.
Natural takes an elbow to the temple.
Natural on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown lands an elbow inside that Natural shrugs off.
Brown avoiding damage.
Natural working hard to break the clinch.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Natural avoids the damage to the body.
Natural gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Brown regains guard.
Brown is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Natural is controlling him.
Natural works over Brown with some ground and pound from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown pushes Natural off and gets back to his feet.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brown darts in and clinches Natural up against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Brown - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Natural tries to score a body lock takedown but Brown shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natural is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Brown is defending well.
Natural avoids the elbow strike from Brown, against the cage.
Brown throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Natural drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Brown gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Brown with a knee to the head.
Randy Natural's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Natural avoiding damage as Brown throws knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Brown.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brown obliges.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
Natural avoids a wild elbow strike from Brown.
Brown digs a right hand underneath Natural's ribcage. Natural let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Natural goes for a takedown attempt but Brown pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Brown dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Randy Natural's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Brown tries to clinch but Natural moves away
and Natural counters with a one-two to the body.
Jim Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown wants to clinch but Natural slips to the side
and Natural counters with a nice double leg into side control. Brown won't be happy with that.
Brown pushes Natural away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Natural gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Natural misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Brown is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Check out the look on Natural's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Brown wants to get back to his feet but Natural drags him back down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Natural working the ground and pound from side control.
Natural is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Brown knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Brown wants to get back to his feet but Natural drags him back down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Natural is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Brown has escaped the position, nice work there.
Natural working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Brown is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Natural asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Natural fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Natural tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Natural tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Brown tries to escape but Natural is in control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Natural wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Brown, who protects the arm well.
Natural is trying to get an arm triangle but Brown is defending well.
Brown explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Brown throws a leg kick that is checked
and Natural counters with a three punch combo that has Brown backing up. Brown nods at Natural to acknowledge the strikes.
Brown has closed the distance and engaged Natural in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Natural wants a takedown but no success here.
Natural blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Natural tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Natural avoids a wild elbow strike from Brown.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brown gets underhooks to prevent Natural's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randy Natural. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Natural blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown is pressed up against the cage. Natural has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Brown down to the mat. Brown avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch but Natural swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brown tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Natural manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natural circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brown tries to clinch there but Natural circles away.
Jim Brown is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brown tries to clinch up but Natural circles away and keeps his distance.
Randy Natural is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Natural circles away from the clinch attempt.
Natural keeps the fight on the outside.
Brown wants to clinch but Natural slips to the side
and Natural counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown tries to clinch up but Natural circles away and keeps his distance.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up but Natural swats him away and circles back towards the center.
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 Randy Natural will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Randy Natural's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Natural avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Brown. That's going to slow Natural down.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Natural gets tackled into the cage by Brown. Brown maintains the clinch.
Brown has Natural pressed against the cage.
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Natural avoids it.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Natural blocks it with crossed arms.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brown lands an elbow that stopped Natural in his tracks for a moment.
Jim Brown seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Natural avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Brown.
Natural blocks an elbow strike.
Brown lands an elbow just above Natural 's eye.
Natural blocks the elbow strike.
Natural managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
Brown throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Brown has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Brown misses with an elbow strike.
Brown prevents a takedown attempt there.
Natural tries for a takedown but Brown manages to get underhooks.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
Jeez, Randy Natural's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Randy Natural's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jim Brown!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sadiq Hossein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renato Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Gracie's choice of entrance music: Bring Da Ruckus. Sadiq Hossein has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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30
152 lbs
19 - 10 - 3 |
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158 lbs
33 - 21 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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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
19 - 10 - 3, fighting out of New York, Sadiq Hossein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Renato Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Reed Andrews and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hossein misses with a hook
and Gracie counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hossein is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Hossein throws a looping overhand right but Gracie ducks down to avoid it.
Hossein moves out of range of the body kick from Gracie.
Gracie scoring well with a low kick there.
Hossein throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hossein avoids the head kick by Gracie.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Hossein.
Hossein throws out a loose jab but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good leg kick by Gracie there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hossein lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gracie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sadiq Hossein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hossein avoids a kick to the body.
Hossein throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a left hand
and Hossein counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hossein.
A jab lands there for Hossein.
Hossein takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gracie takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hossein misses with a wild body shot.
Hossein takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
It looks like Sadiq Hossein has been cut.
Hossein throws the left hand but Gracie avoids the punch easily.
Hossein fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Hossein swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Gracie counters with a big head kick but Hossein shrugs it off.
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!
Hossein lands a jab.
Hossein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've been told by Hossein's head coaches at The Sweat Lodge that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hossein.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hossein misses with a hook.
Nice uppercut there from Hossein.
Gracie misses with a double jab.
Hossein throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hossein thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hossein throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hossein wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hossein ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Hossein misses with a kick to the body.
Gracie slips under a jab.
Gracie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A lazy body kick from Gracie
and Hossein counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A big right from Hossein misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Hossein misses its intended target.
Hossein throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hossein keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hossein loads up on a big right hand but Gracie slips the punch.
Gracie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gracie throws a body kick that misses.
Hossein missing with a left hand there. Gracie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gracie throws a body kick that misses.
Gracie lands with a shot to the body.
Hossein blocks a leg kick.
Hossein throws a lazy uppercut
and Gracie counters with an outside leg kick.
Hossein misses with a looping left.
Hossein lands a nice looking body shot.
Gracie slips under a jab from Hossein.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hossein, as that shot connected.
Hossein jabs Gracie right on the nose. Gracie blinks but takes it well.
Hossein swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
Hossein tests Gracie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick by Gracie misses
and Hossein counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hossein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Hossein is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Hossein does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hossein throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gracie throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hossein.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hossein throws the left hand but Gracie avoids the punch easily.
Hossein misses the body punch
and Gracie counters with an inside leg kick.
Hossein throws a hook to the side of Gracie's head but Gracie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hossein checks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sadiq Hossein dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sadiq Hossein'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.
Hossein throws a predictable looking body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Hossein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Nice body punch from Hossein.
Hossein throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hossein. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hossein digs a good hook to Gracie's body.
Gracie is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hossein rather than just go for the knockout.
Hossein swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hossein.
Hossein throws a hook but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gracie throws the kick towards the body but Hossein avoids it.
Hossein fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Gracie closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hossein tried to score with a low kick but Gracie checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hossein lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gracie throws a head kick but Hossein moves out of range.
Gracie slips under a jab from Hossein.
Gracie throws a lazy right hand but Hossein sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hossein pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hossein moves out of range of the body kick from Gracie.
Gracie moves away from the strike by Hossein.
Gracie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hossein.
Hossein throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses.
Hossein scores with a nice right hand.
Hossein scores with a jab to the body.
Hossein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Hossein cracks Gracie with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gracie lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hossein listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Gracie.
Gracie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hossein.
Gracie takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gracie misses with a series of wild punches.
Gracie throws a front kick aimed at Hossein's knee but Hossein avoids it well.
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hossein.
Hossein misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Hossein misses.
Gracie misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Gracie.
Hossein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from Hossein.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hossein.
Gracie connects with a right hand. Hossein shakes it off.
A swing and a miss from Hossein.
Sadiq Hossein is winning the standup battle so far.
Gracie scores with a spinning back kick!
Gracie takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hossein misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hossein throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
No joy there for Hossein, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hossein slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Hossein misses the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie misses with a head kick.
The crowd cheers as Gracie lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hossein doesn't seem phased though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hossein.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hossein just misses with a punch to the body.
Hossein pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hossein misses the jab.
Hossein throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Hossein looks for the body kick but Gracie saw that one coming.
Jab, jab by Hossein - just one landing.
Hossein keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hossein throws a nice head kick!
Hossein misses with an uppercut.
Hossein avoids the head kick by Gracie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sadiq Hossein dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sadiq Hossein's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Gracie tried to score with a low kick but Hossein checks it.
Gracie looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gracie is looking to land body kicks.
Hossein chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gracie can pounce on him.
Gracie lands a glancing blow to the side of Hossein's head.
Gracie looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gracie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hossein connects with a body shot.
Hossein pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice body punch from Gracie.
Hossein throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hossein on the side of the head.
Hossein stuns Gracie with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gracie throws a sloppy head kick and Hossein moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hossein throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crunch! Gracie slams his shin into Hossein's torso.
That kick from Gracie tenderised Hossein's leg. Hossein is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hossein misses with a wild combination.
Hossein is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hossein misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick by Gracie misses
and Hossein counters with a right hand to the body.
Hossein fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gracie looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hossein pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hossein takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hossein misses with a straight right.
A jab from Hossein misses.
Gracie looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein throws a right hand that Gracie ducks under and follows up with a left that Gracie also avoids with ease.
Hossein scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hossein misses with a body shot.
Hossein throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hossein misses with a straight left.
Hossein throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gracie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hossein swings widly with a right hand
and Gracie counters with a straight right hand.
Hossein throws a jab but it's blocked by Gracie.
A thudding body kick lands there by Gracie!
Gracie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gracie throws a looping overhand right but Hossein ducks down to avoid it.
Gracie on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a jab when Hossein was well out of range.
Gracie needs to keep his hands up - Hossein had a free shot at his head there.
Hossein looks to land a left hand but Gracie moved out of range nicely.
Gracie throws a half hearted mid kick.
The fighters circling - Hossein throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hossein just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hossein blocks a leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Hossein there.
Gracie looks to land a combination but Hossein avoids it well.
Hossein jabs Gracie right on the nose. Gracie blinks but takes it well.
Gracie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gracie throws a sloppy head kick and Hossein moves out of range easily.
No joy there for Hossein, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Renato Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a lazy right hand but Hossein sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gracie lands a two punch combo.
Hossein lands a nice hook to Gracie's body. Gracie takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hossein will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hossein fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gracie lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hossein swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hossein walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hossein bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Gracie throws a sloppy head kick and Hossein moves out of range easily.
Gracie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gracie swings for the body but Hossein moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Renato Gracie.
Well Hossein has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sadiq Hossein!
Sadiq Hossein 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brock Samson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Convicted Killer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Samson comes to the cage accompanied by The Venture Brothers Opening Theme. Brock Samson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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298 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brock Samson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Convicted Killer!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Alyssa Summers and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Killer.
Killer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Killer connects with a solid leg kick.
Nice shot by Samson.
It looks like Convicted Killer has been cut.
Samson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Midnight MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Samson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Killer doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Samson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Samson misses with a head kick.
Killer moves out of range of the body kick from Samson.
Killer misses with a body shot.
Killer doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Samson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
No luck for Samson with that takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Killer.
Samson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Killer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Samson can pounce on him.
Killer getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Killer just misses with a punch to the body.
Killer wants to slow Samson down by chopping away at his legs.
Samson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Killer's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Killer throws a chopping leg kick but Samson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Killer doesn't manage to clinch there - Samson circles away.
Samson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Samson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Samson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Killer tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice uppercut there from Samson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Samson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Killer looks winded!
Killer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Samson throws the kick towards the body but Killer avoids it.
A big left from Samson misses.
Samson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Killer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Samson can pounce on him.
Brock Samson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Killer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Killer misses with a head kick.
Samson sends Killer crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Samson is motioning to the referee to let Killer up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Killer blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Killer gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Samson gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brock Samson!
An out of breath and clearly excited Brock Samson thanked Firebird Designs for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Palmares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marciano has chosen Kid Charlemagne as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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218 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rodrigo Palmares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rocky Marciano!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Dean Styles and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palmares will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Marciano misses with a wild body shot.
Palmares finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Palmares tries for a takedown but Marciano sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Rodrigo Palmares seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice sprawl there from Marciano as Palmares shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodrigo Palmares. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marciano cracks a nice hook into Palmares's ribs.
Palmares shoots for a double leg takedown but Marciano sprawls well. He's pushed Palmares's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Palmares throws a low kick but Marciano moves out of range easily.
Palmares throws a low kick but Marciano moves out of range easily.
Palmares throws a lazy right hand but Marciano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Palmares doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Marciano checks a leg kick nicely.
Palmares shoots for a takedown but Marciano saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Marciano has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Marciano scores with a punch to the head.
It looks like Rodrigo Palmares has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marciano slips under a jab from Palmares.
Marciano jabs at Palmares's body.
Palmares has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Palmares there as he acknowledges the shot.
Marciano fakes the leg kick and cracks Palmares in the body.
Palmares is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marciano slips under a jab from Palmares.
Marciano motions for Palmares to come forward. Marciano throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Palmares misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marciano.
Marciano pivots, looking for a leg kick but Palmares is out of range and Marciano settles back down.
Marciano moves into the clinch.
Palmares is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Marciano pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Marciano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Marciano gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Palmares.
Marciano cracks Palmares with a nice body shot.
I was talking to Palmares's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Marciano lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Palmares.
Marciano misses with a body punch.
Marciano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palmares takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short body shot lands from Marciano as the two fighters clinch.
Marciano lands a body shot in the clinch.
Marciano landing knees to the body.
Marciano lands a damaging elbow.
Still in the clinch, Marciano scores with a nice short uppercut.
Marciano scores with a hook to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Marciano.
Marciano unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A right hook to the body lands for Marciano.
Marciano lands an elbow inside that Palmares shrugs off.
Marciano landing knees to the head.
Rodrigo Palmares's cut is getting worse.
A short right from Marciano on the inside.
Knees to the body from Marciano.
Marciano lands a body punch.
Palmares takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Marciano - that landed with a thud.
A right hand to the body from Marciano.
Marciano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Marciano lands a hook to the side of the head.
Palmares looking to stall.
Marciano using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marciano lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Marciano creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Palmares's defenses.
Palmares prevents a body shot from Marciano.
Marciano lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Palmares backwards.
Palmares is looking to take this one to the mat.
Marciano lands an uppercut.
Marciano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Palmares. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Marciano using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano lands a knee to the body.
Marciano stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Palmares takes an elbow to the temple.
Marciano pushes Palmares back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marciano.
Marciano lands a nice elbow.
Marciano lands an elbow inside that Palmares shrugs off.
Marciano throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Marciano scores with a shot to the side of Palmares's head.
Palmares takes a knee right on the jaw!
Marciano creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Palmares's defenses.
Marciano lands a left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short left from Marciano.
Marciano lands a damaging elbow.
Marciano is leaning against Palmares and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rocky Marciano dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Palmares's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Marciano ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Palmares throws a jab when Marciano was well out of range.
Marciano throws a left that rocks Palmares and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Marciano dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Palmares regain composure!
Palmares is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marciano landing strikes.
Oh Palmares is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Marciano staying calm.
Marciano works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The referee asks Marciano politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Marciano prefers to stall for the moment though.
Palmares seems to have got his legs back now.
Marciano is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Palmares is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Palmares is looking to reverse the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Marciano controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmares can't do much from the bottom here.
Marciano postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Marciano with the ground and pound but Palmares regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Palmares trying to control but Marciano postures up.
Marciano tries to pass to full mount but Palmares defends it.
Well, if Marciano 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.
Palmares has a hand on Marciano's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Marciano takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano controlling his opponent.
Marciano is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Marciano can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Palmares is looking to escape.
Marciano throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Marciano has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Marciano avoids the attempt from Palmares to control.
Marciano controlling his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano prevents Palmares from getting the reversal.
Palmares sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Well, if Marciano 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.
Palmares controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Marciano seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Marciano moves into full mount! Palmares won't be happy about that!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano controlling his opponent.
Palmares is trying desperately to improve position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marciano throws some wild stikes that Palmares manages to avoid easily.
Palmares is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rocky Marciano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Palmares's cut.
That's time! Palmares's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Marciano fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A cross from Marciano lands.
Marciano scores with a jab to the head.
Marciano misses with a low kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Palmares is defended easily by Marciano.
Palmares takes a swing at Marciano's ribcage but misses.
Palmares pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Marciano wants to slow Palmares down by chopping away at his legs.
Palmares shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Marciano blocks a low kick nicely.
Palmares throws a leg kick that is checked
and Marciano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marciano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano digs a good hook to Palmares's body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Marciano, right into the meat.
Palmares throws a lazy right hand but Marciano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Palmares tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marciano was well out of range. Poor timing from Palmares.
Marciano pushes Palmares away with a front kick.
Marciano lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marciano takes the fight into the clinch.
Marciano lands an elbow just above Palmares 's eye.
Palmares is trying to pull guard but Marciano has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodrigo Palmares. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marciano lands a shoulder strike.
Palmares takes an elbow to the temple.
Rodrigo Palmares's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Marciano lands a knee to the head.
Marciano lands a body punch in the clinch.
Marciano crunches a lovely knee into Palmares's ribcage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Marciano.
Marciano lands a body shot in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Marciano.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Marciano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Marciano lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Palmares.
Marciano scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Marciano scores a nice knee to the body.
A shot in the inside from Marciano.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marciano.
Rocky Marciano seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Marciano works on Palmares's body with a couple of short punches.
Marciano lands a knee to the body.
Marciano working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Marciano.
Marciano lands a nice shot to the body.
Rocky Marciano is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Palmares's defenses.
Palmares tries for a takedown. No joy.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Marciano obliges.
A shot in the inside from Marciano.
Marciano lands a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Marciano.
Rodrigo Palmares has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marciano lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jeez, Rodrigo Palmares's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Marciano throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Marciano lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marciano lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Marciano lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marciano lands a right hand that snaps the head of Palmares backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Palmares backwards.
Marciano prevents the takedown attempt.
Marciano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Palmares's elbow.
Palmares is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Marciano's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Marciano presses Palmares against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Marciano tries a body shot but Palmares blocks it.
Marciano presses Palmares against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Marciano lands a damaging elbow.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Rodrigo Palmares's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rocky Marciano!
After the big win, Rocky Marciano made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Luke Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinichi Fuujin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Will T. Bear - For a Few Dollars More. Fuujin has chosen 変化を通過 as his entrance music. Shinichi Fuujin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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30
161 lbs
22 - 5 - 0 |
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160 lbs
34 - 14 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Luke Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shinichi Fuujin!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Joseph Jones and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fuujin moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Johnson.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fuujin. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fuujin scores with a jab to the head.
Fuujin throws a wild body kick that Johnson sees coming a mile off.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Fuujin slips the punch.
Fuujin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Johnson cracks Fuujin with a good jab.
Fuujin throws a low kick, looking for Johnson's leg but Johnson calmly moves out of range.
Johnson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fuujin. That's going to slow Johnson down.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fuujin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fuujin throws a wild body kick that Johnson sees coming a mile off.
Johnson scores with a jab. Fuujin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Johnson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fuujin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuujin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Shinichi Fuujin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson scores with a nice right hand.
Fuujin cracks Johnson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Johnson scores with a jab.
Fuujin throws out a powerful jab.
Fuujin throws a push kick but Johnson slaps the foot to one side.
Fuujin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fuujin throws a body kick that misses
and Johnson counters with a single leg into guard. Fuujin didn't expect that.
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!
Fuujin controls Johnson momentarily but Johnson frees himself.
Johnson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fuujin is keeping the position for now.
Johnson trying to control but Fuujin is working from the bottom.
Fuujin is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson looking to pass the guard.
Johnson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Fuujin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fuujin has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Fuujin keeping full guard, as Johnson tries to pass.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Fuujin keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Johnson slips under a jab from Fuujin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a straight right.
An inside leg kick lands from Johnson.
Johnson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fuujin.
Fuujin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fuujin.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Johnson checks a leg kick.
Fuujin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Johnson counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Fuujin!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fuujin managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Johnson.
Johnson tries to advance to mount but Fuujin denies him.
Johnson is looking to take a break and control but Fuujin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Johnson working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin tries to buck Johnson off but Johnson is having none of it.
Fuujin regains half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson wants to advance to full mount but Fuujin doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Johnson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Fuujin is trying to control the position but Johnson postures up.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Fuujin keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fuujin controlling the position.
Johnson postures up in Fuujin's guard and throws a big left but Fuujin blocks it.
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 Luke Johnson will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Horrible takedown by Johnson or perhaps it was just good defense by Fuujin which made him look bad.
Nice body punch from Fuujin.
Fuujin throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fuujin, right into the meat.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
Fuujin throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Shinichi Fuujin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Johnson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fuujin throws a leg kick but Johnson moved away.
Johnson moves into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Fuujin.
Fuujin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fuujin working aggressively here.
Johnson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Fuujin is trying to stall.
Johnson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Fuujin controls the action.
Fuujin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Johnson tries for a takedown but Fuujin manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luke Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The referee calls for Johnson to work.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Fuujin.
Fuujin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fuujin wants to stall.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Johnson tries to work over Fuujin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Johnson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fuujin throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Fuujin can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Fuujin pulls his leg out and moves away.
Johnson throws a leg kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fuujin. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnson closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Fuujin did well to prevent Johnson getting side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fuujin tries to get to full guard but Johnson has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Johnson wants to pass the guard but Fuujin is defending well.
We've been hearing good reports from Johnson's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Fuujin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Johnson uses his free foot to push down on Fuujin's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Fuujin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson breaks from Fuujin's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Johnson can't control as he wanted to and Fuujin manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Johnson wants to take a breather but Fuujin is having none of it.
Fuujin tries to get to full guard but Johnson has control of the leg.
Johnson throws a strike but Fuujin avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Johnson wants to pass the guard but Fuujin is keeping the position.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Fuujin keeps moving.
Fuujin looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin keeping full guard, as Johnson tries to pass.
Fuujin is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Fuujin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Fuujin plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fuujin throws out the jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fuujin misses with a low kick.
Johnson throws a leg kick but Fuujin checks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Fuujin slips the punch.
Fuujin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
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 Luke Johnson will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Fuujin tries to land a leg kick but Johnson saw it coming and moves away.
Johnson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Fuujin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Johnson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Fuujin keeps moving.
Fuujin controls Johnson momentarily but Johnson frees himself.
Fuujin keeping full guard, as Johnson tries to pass.
Johnson 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.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Luke Johnson.
Fuujin tries to land a leg kick but Johnson saw it coming and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuujin throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Fuujin tries a low kick but Johnson avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Fuujin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Johnson scores with a hook to the body. Fuujin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Johnson shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Fuujin manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Johnson content to stall in guard here.
Fuujin is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Fuujin keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin controls Johnson momentarily but Johnson frees himself.
Fuujin controlling the position.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Shinichi Fuujin hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Fuujin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fuujin throws a push kick but Johnson slaps the foot to one side.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Fuujin. Johnson shrugs it off though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big right from Fuujin misses.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Fuujin circles away and keeps his distance.
Fuujin looks to land a body kick but Johnson moved away.
Fuujin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
Fuujin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Shinichi Fuujin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fuujin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson cracks a nice hook into Fuujin's ribs.
Fuujin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Fuujin misses with a body kick.
Johnson checks the leg kick nicely there.
A low kick from Fuujin misses
and Johnson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fuujin desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Johnson trying to control the action but Fuujin is working from the bottom.
Johnson slips a nice elbow through Fuujin's hands, connecting with Fuujin's forehead.
Fuujin is refusing to be controlled, as Johnson sits in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson is looking to advance position but Fuujin won't allow it.
Fuujin has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Johnson is working away from the top position though.
Fuujin is staying active underneath Johnson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Johnson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Fuujin is trying to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fuujin is trying to maintain the position but Johnson is very close to passing his half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Luke Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Johnson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Luke Johnson!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Howlett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Foul Play (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Howlett comes to the cage accompanied by Berserker. Play has chosen Simon Says-Pharaohe Monche as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Howlett!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 19 - 1, fighting out of New York, Foul Play!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Reed Andrews and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Play throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Play misses with a kick to the body
and Howlett counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Play tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Play ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Howlett moves away.
Howlett takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Play takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Play misses with a low kick.
Play gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Howlett counters with a nice kick to the body.
Howlett just misses with a punch to the body.
Howlett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Play moves away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Play fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Howlett manages to avoid it.
Play misses with a wild body shot.
Howlett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Foul Play seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Howlett lands a leg kick that knocks Play off balance momentarily.
Howlett bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Play has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Howlett misses with a wild body shot.
Play misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Howlett.
Howlett looks to score with a jab to the body but Play is just out of range.
Play lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Play waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Howlett.
Howlett has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Mary Gracies Jiu Jitsu in the buildup to the fight.
Play is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Howlett rather than just go for the knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Play throws the kick towards the body but Howlett avoids it.
Play keeps the fight on the outside.
Foul Play is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice body punch from Play.
Play misses with a shot to the body
and Howlett counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Play's guard now.
Howlett sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Play wants to sweep but no luck.
Howlett working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Howlett throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Play trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Howlett loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Play looking for a sweep. Not yet Play, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Howlett loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Howlett 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.
Howlett throws an elbow that misses. Play uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Howlett's guard. Nice move by Play!
Howlett wants to sweep here but Play controlling him for the moment.
Howlett is looking for a triangle but Play pushes his legs off easily.
Howlett is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Play frees his head nicely. Oh but Howlett has switched to an armbar! Play is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). James Howlett!
James Howlett retains his welterweight title!
Our winner, James Howlett, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chris Mullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronny Bruvik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mullen comes to the cage accompanied by Country Boy Can Survive. Bruvik comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Rånny Bruvik kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ronny Bruvik has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
43 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Chris Mullen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 13 - 2, fighting out of New York, Ronny Bruvik!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Columbo Gatti and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mullen swings for the body but Bruvik moves out of range.
Mullen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Mullen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bruvik moves away from the strike by Mullen.
Mullen avoids the body shot from Bruvik.
Mullen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bruvik throws the left hand but Mullen avoids the punch easily.
Bruvik looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bruvik is looking to slow Mullen down with leg kicks.
Bruvik takes a head kick and keeps coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mullen lands with an uppercut that bounces Bruvik off the cage and back into range.
Bruvik is rocked!
Bruvik with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bruvik avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mullen throws a wild body kick that Bruvik sees coming a mile off.
Mullen loads up on a big right hand but Bruvik slips the punch.
Bruvik throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Mullen.
Mullen scores with a nice body kick.
Mullen lands a glancing blow to the side of Bruvik's head.
Mullen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mullen throws a push kick but Bruvik slaps the foot to one side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mullen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bruvik. Bruvik obviously looking to wear him down.
Mullen has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Midnight MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Mullen tries a low kick but Bruvik avoids it.
Bruvik motions for Mullen to come forward. Bruvik throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Chris Mullen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bruvik throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - Mullen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bruvik keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mullen thumps Bruvik with a low kick.
A jab lands there for Mullen.
Mullen lands a really nice looking cross but Bruvik seems unphased.
Bruvik shoots in for a takedown but Mullen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A lazy left from Bruvik finds it's target.
Nice body kick there by Mullen.
Mullen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bruvik lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Mullen throws a sloppy head kick and Bruvik moves out of range easily.
Mullen throws a head kick but Bruvik moves out of range.
Mullen thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mullen misses with a kick to the body.
Bruvik lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mullen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bruvik lands a slapping body shot.
Mullen misses with a leg kick
and Bruvik cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bruvik takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Mullen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bruvik.
Bruvik walks forward, straight into a front kick from Mullen.
Mullen misses with a head kick.
Mullen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bruvik.
Mullen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bruvik manages to avoid it.
Mullen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A low kick from Mullen misses
and Bruvik counters with a nice body shot.
Mullen takes a jab right on the kisser.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bruvik.
Mullen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mullen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bruvik's hands.
Bruvik scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mullen doesn't seem bothered though.
Chris Mullen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mullen throws a body punch but Bruvik moves out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Bruvik blocks the leg kick.
Mullen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bruvik counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mullen's knee momentarily.
Mullen misses the shot to the body.
Bruvik jabs at Mullen's body.
Mullen tries to score with a low kick but Bruvik moves his leg out of the way.
Mullen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bruvik moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bruvik. That's going to slow Mullen down.
A bone on bone clash there as Bruvik blocks the leg kick.
Mullen throws a body kick that misses.
Mullen scores with a nice strike.
Mullen throws a body kick that misses.
Mullen throws a head kick that misses
and Bruvik counters with a single leg into guard. Mullen didn't expect that.
Mullen is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Bruvik wants to pass the guard but Mullen is keeping the position.
Bruvik preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruvik sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Bruvik is working Mullen over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Mullen looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Mullen working a defensive guard here.
Bruvik postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bruvik postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mullen keeping moving, preventing Bruvik from controlling successfully.
Bruvik won't allow Mullen to sweep him here.
Bruvik working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Mullen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Mullen throws a body punch but Bruvik moves out of range.
Bruvik stuns Mullen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mullen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mullen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bruvik moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bruvik takes a swing at Mullen's ribcage but misses.
Mullen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A head kick by Mullen misses
and Bruvik counters with a good, hard body kick but Mullen shrugs it off.
Mullen cracks Bruvik with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mullen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mullen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mullen throws a shot from downtown. Bruvik moves away and avoids it.
Bruvik moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Chris Mullen is winning the standup battle so far.
Mullen throws a sloppy body shot
and Mullen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bruvik is looking to slow Mullen down with leg kicks.
Bruvik lands a jab-cross combination.
Bruvik takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mullen is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Mullen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mullen moves out of range as Bruvik throws a body kick.
Mullen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bruvik manages to avoid it.
Mullen misses with the body kick
and Mullen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bruvik uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mullen.
Mullen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Bruvik avoids a kick to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bruvik looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mullen misses with a wild body shot.
Bruvik checks a leg kick nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bruvik. Mullen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mullen lands a head kick. Bruvik smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Bruvik connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mullen momentarily.
Bruvik's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mullen connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bruvik scrambles back to his feet.
Mullen throws a low kick but Bruvik avoids it.
Bruvik is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mullen rather than just go for the knockout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mullen misses with an uppercut
and Bruvik counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruvik in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mullen 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.
Bruvik looking to pass the guard.
Mullen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mullen throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Mullen is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bruvik is looking for a sweep. Mullen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bruvik is trying to control but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mullen is trying to control the action in half guard but Bruvik is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mullen not doing much here.
Bruvik wants to get back to full guard.
Mullen is trying to control the action in half guard but Bruvik is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
We're going to have a standup here because Chris Mullen wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Mullen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bruvik's hands.
Mullen throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Mullen throws a sloppy body shot
and Bruvik counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mullen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mullen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bruvik manages to get himself to full guard.
Bruvik keeping moving, preventing Mullen from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruvik is trying to control the position but Mullen postures up.
Mullen trying to control the position from guard on top but Bruvik is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mullen sitting in guard here, content to control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mullen wants to control from the top but Bruvik keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Chris Mullen.
Mullen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Mullen dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
An inside leg kick from Mullen misses.
Mullen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bruvik rushes Mullen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bruvik prevents a body shot from Mullen.
A nice left hand lands by Mullen.
Bruvik is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mullen is keeping busy.
Mullen blocks an uppercut.
Bruvik lands a left hand.
Bruvik wants to get back to striking at distance but Mullen won't allow it.
A short left from Mullen.
Mullen misses with some punches.
Bruvik just leaning against Mullen, taking a breather.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mullen.
Bruvik has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Mullen after a bit of a struggle.
A short right from Mullen on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mullen throws a punch but it's blocked by Bruvik.
Bruvik keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mullen's efforts to push away.
A head punch on the inside from Mullen fails to land.
Bruvik drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Mullen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mullen.
Bruvik blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bruvik stalling the fight.
Mullen struggles to land a body shot inside as Bruvik controls his hands.
Bruvik blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mullen tries to throw a body punch but Bruvik avoids it by throwing Mullen back against the cage.
Bruvik prevents a body shot from Mullen.
Bruvik swings wildly with an uppercut but Mullen uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mullen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bruvik looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mullen is fending him off so far but Bruvik persists. Nope, Mullen circles away and we're back to standing.
Chris Mullen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ronny Bruvik.
Bruvik checks a leg kick.
Mullen avoids a kick to the body.
Mullen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bruvik checks it well.
Mullen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bruvik. Mullen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mullen lands with an uppercut that bounces Bruvik off the cage and back into range.
Mullen is looking to slow Bruvik down with leg kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mullen scores with a leg kick.
Mullen misses the jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bruvik.
Bruvik scoring well with a low kick there.
Bruvik fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bruvik shoots in looking for a takedown. Mullen tries to sprawl out of it but Bruvik keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mullen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruvik walks into a jab.
Bruvik buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mullen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bruvik's sensitive parts.
Bruvik connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mullen momentarily.
Mullen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jab by Mullen.
Mullen cracks Bruvik with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mullen tries to score with a low kick but Bruvik moves his leg out of the way.
Mullen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bruvik throws a hook but Mullen blocks it.
Mullen misses with a body shot
and Bruvik counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mullen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Mullen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bruvik closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mullen trying to hold on to Bruvik's head to control him but Bruvik postures up.
Mullen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ronny Bruvik has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bruvik looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Mullen looking for submissions off his back.
Mullen is not content to let Bruvik control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mullen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Mullen clearly takes that round.
That's time! Mullen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Bruvik moves out of range of the strikes.
Mullen scores with a spinning back kick!
A chopping leg kick lands by Bruvik.
Mullen gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Bruvik counters with a good low kick that Mullen was not able to check.
Bruvik with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mullen misses with a body kick.
Mullen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bruvik.
Mullen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bruvik.
Mullen is looking to land body kicks.
Mullen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mullen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bruvik ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mullen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bruvik uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mullen.
Bruvik lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mullen cracks a nice hook into Bruvik's ribs.
Mullen misses with a lunging right hand
and Bruvik makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A head kick misses from Mullen.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Bruvik walks into a stiff left hand from Mullen.
Bruvik connects with an inside leg kick.
Mullen misses with a low kick.
Mullen throws a push kick but Bruvik slaps the foot to one side.
Bruvik wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bruvik scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mullen doesn't seem bothered though.
Mullen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mullen throws a body punch but Bruvik moves out of range.
Mullen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
An inside leg kick lands from Bruvik.
Mullen takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Bruvik tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mullen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bruvik connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mullen momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bruvik works Mullen's body with a nice hook.
Mullen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mullen throws a shot to the body.
Bruvik tries a head kick but it misses.
Mullen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bruvik was well out of range. Poor timing from Mullen.
Mullen misses with a hook.
Bruvik has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Mullen.
Crunch! Mullen slams his shin into Bruvik's torso.
Mullen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mullen throws a leg kick
and Bruvik counters with a takedown into side control.
Mullen manages to work his way to half guard, despite Bruvik's best efforts.
Bruvik wants to pass to mount but Mullen is defending the position.
Bruvik controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruvik lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mullen wants to control but Bruvik is keeping busy.
Mullen is looking to improve his position.
Mullen is working hard here to advance position.
Bruvik is looking to take a break and control but Mullen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mullen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bruvik is looking to take a break and control but Mullen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mullen gets full guard.
Mullen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bruvik is one step ahead there.
Bruvik 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.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mullen keeping moving, preventing Bruvik from controlling successfully.
Bruvik stopping the sweep attempt from Mullen.
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 Chris Mullen will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Mullen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bruvik counters with a body kick that stops Mullen in his tracks momentarily.
Bruvik cracks a nice hook into Mullen's ribs.
Mullen misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Bruvik counter with a right hand.
Mullen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bruvik scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mullen cracks Bruvik with an open hand slap.
Bruvik fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mullen.
Bruvik lands a slapping body shot.
Mullen throws a leg kick but Bruvik sees it coming and moves out of range.
Mullen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bruvik fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Mullen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mullen throws a leg kick but Bruvik sees it coming and moves out of range.
Mullen looks to land a body kick but Bruvik moved away.
Bruvik connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruvik takes one on the button.
Bruvik takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bruvik fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mullen on the side of the head.
Mullen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mullen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mullen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mullen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Good shot there by Mullen.
Bruvik is still on wobbly legs! Can Mullen finish him?
Mullen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mullen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mullen scores with a jab to the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Mullen misses the target.
Mullen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bruvik.
Bruvik throws a body kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mullen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bruvik on the side of the head.
Mullen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bruvik. Bruvik circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Mullen misses with a body kick.
Mullen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Mullen stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mullen wants it to stay on the feet.
Mullen swings for the body but Bruvik moves out of range.
Bruvik takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mullen throws a series of punches but Bruvik moves out of range.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
A swing and a miss from Mullen.
Mullen throws a head kick that misses.
Ronny Bruvik has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mullen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mullen scores with a jab to the body.
Bruvik seems to have recovered his senses.
Bruvik thows a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Bruvik does it's job there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruvik lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bruvik looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Mullen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bruvik is one step ahead there.
Bruvik lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mullen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bruvik pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mullen is keeping the position for now.
Chris Mullen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mullen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mullen trying to keep a closed guard but Bruvik is proving a slippery customer.
Mullen looking for a sweep. Not yet Mullen, not yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruvik trying to control the position from guard on top but Mullen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mullen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bruvik manages to get himself to full guard.
Mullen sitting in guard here, content to control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mullen won't allow Bruvik to sweep him here.
Mullen wants to control from the top but Bruvik keeps moving.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bruvik misses with a hook. Mullen ducked under it nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A bone on bone clash there as Mullen blocks the leg kick.
Mullen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Mullen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mullen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 50:45
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 50:45
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Mullen!
Chris Mullen retains his bantamweight title!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Chris Mullen made sure he mentioned Firebird Designs, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kearney McGarrity (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Bellator (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGarrity comes to the cage accompanied by Payback-Slayer. Bellator comes into a darkened arena with his song building. A Lesson Never Learned kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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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 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kearney McGarrity!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Bellator!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Joseph Jones and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGarrity lands a jab to Bellator's midsection.
Good exchange - McGarrity coming out on top.
It looks like Frank Bellator has been cut.
McGarrity thows a body shot but no joy.
Kearney McGarrity seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGarrity with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
McGarrity fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bellator has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice uppercut lands for Bellator. That snapped McGarrity's head back.
McGarrity uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bellator has time to react.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bellator misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGarrity.
A slow jab from McGarrity misses its intended target.
Bellator shoots in and drives through. McGarrity sprawls well.
Bellator throws a hook but McGarrity blocks it.
Bellator keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bellator.
McGarrity fails with a takedown attempt.
McGarrity drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Bellator wants to sweep but no luck.
Bellator is looking to sweep but instead, McGarrity has passed into half guard.
McGarrity is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bellator defends it well.
Bellator slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bellator throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
McGarrity stopping the sweep attempt from Bellator.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGarrity throwing strikes but missing.
McGarrity content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
McGarrity stopping the sweep attempt from Bellator.
Bellator is still trying to improve position.
McGarrity trying to control but Bellator is working from the bottom.
McGarrity is looking to work some ground and pound but Bellator has wrist 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.
McGarrity trying to control but Bellator is working from the bottom.
Bellator lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for McGarrity!
McGarrity wants to hold on but Bellator pushes him away.
McGarrity is squirming around, avoiding Bellator's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bellator avoids the attempt from McGarrity to control.
McGarrity is trying to escape the mount.
Bellator putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGarrity is looking to improve his position but Bellator isn't that keen on the idea.
McGarrity gets back to half guard.
Bellator prevents McGarrity from improving his position.
Bellator is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGarrity is pressing down on Bellator's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McGarrity keeping moving, preventing Bellator from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kearney McGarrity dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Bellator'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.
McGarrity misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McGarrity tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bellator swivels and escapes.
Bellator tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but McGarrity swivels and escapes.
McGarrity tries a head kick but it misses.
Bellator is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McGarrity.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting McGarrity here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
McGarrity blocks a jab.
McGarrity throws a nice looking combination but Bellator bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bellator swings for the body but McGarrity moves out of range.
Bellator drives through with a takedown into guard.
McGarrity is trying to control the position but Bellator postures up.
We've been hearing good reports from McGarrity's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bellator accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bellator throws an elbow that misses. McGarrity uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bellator's guard. Nice move by McGarrity!
McGarrity tries to free his leg and advance position but Bellator is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bellator looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but McGarrity puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
McGarrity lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bellator tries to get to full guard but McGarrity has control of the leg.
Bellator keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bellator tries to get to full guard but McGarrity has control of the leg.
Bellator is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of McGarrity's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take McGarrity's back!
McGarrity can't escape the position.
Bellator throwing sloppy strikes.
McGarrity just trying to survive but Bellator is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bellator has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for McGarrity.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bellator cracks McGarrity with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing McGarrity from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
McGarrity tries to break free.
McGarrity trying to control the hands but Bellator breaks the grip.
McGarrity turns into Bellator and is now in his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bellator is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bellator is thwarting McGarrity's attempts to control the position.
McGarrity is trying to get back to full guard.
Bellator thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed McGarrity's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bellator throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
McGarrity is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bellator's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bellator's back!
Bellator is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Frank Bellator has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bellator is having to fend off submission attempts from McGarrity, who is looking to sink in the choke. McGarrity doesn't have the hooks in though and Bellator manages to reverse position! He's now on top, in his opponent's guard.
Bellator postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bellator working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
McGarrity wants to sweep but no luck.
Bellator works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Bellator lands with a punch from half guard.
Bellator is trying to control. McGarrity wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
McGarrity is trying is best to control the position here.
McGarrity regains full guard. Nicely done.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bellator drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and McGarrity dives on top into guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bellator preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
McGarrity working some strikes from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Bellator showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Frank Bellator's cut.
That's time! McGarrity's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nice defenses there by Bellator.
McGarrity fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
McGarrity lands with a thumping leg kick.
McGarrity throws a half hearted mid kick.
McGarrity doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Bellator counters with an outside leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bellator, as that shot connected.
McGarrity shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kearney McGarrity is winning the standup battle so far.
Bellator avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bellator throws an off balance right hand
and McGarrity counters with a nice double leg into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McGarrity won't allow Bellator to sweep him here.
McGarrity's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Our spies down at at Disciples Top Team inform us that Bellator has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
McGarrity scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bellator working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGarrity preventing the sweep.
McGarrity stays in close to Bellator's body and controls the position.
Bellator pulls McGarrity in close to his closed guard and prevents McGarrity from doing any damage or advancing position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Good exchange - McGarrity coming out on top.
McGarrity attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bellator displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McGarrity throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGarrity pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Bellator back to the cage. McGarrity follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
McGarrity throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
McGarrity misses with a takedown attempt
and Bellator counters with a takedown into side control.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kearney McGarrity. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An elbow from Bellator crashes against the mat.
Bellator has knee on belly momentarily but McGarrity bucks him off and regains half guard.
Bellator scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bellator wants to pass to mount but McGarrity is defending the position.
Bellator takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGarrity is looking to improve his position.
Bellator missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bellator has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
McGarrity looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
McGarrity gets back to full guard.
Bellator trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bellator scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bellator in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGarrity is trying to keep Bellator in close.
McGarrity is pulling down on Bellator's head to control his posture.
Bellator is stalling in the full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bellator throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Frank Bellator just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Frank Bellator's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bellator blocks the body kick.
McGarrity cracks Bellator with a good jab.
McGarrity slips a jab from Bellator.
McGarrity throws a looping overhand right but Bellator ducks down to avoid it.
McGarrity closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Bellator's guard.
McGarrity stands up over Bellator, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bellator working for a triangle but McGarrity defends it easily.
McGarrity got a little sloppy there for a moment and Bellator has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, McGarrity has managed to get both his arms back between Bellator's legs - danger averted.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGarrity slips nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGarrity wants to take a breather but Bellator is having none of it.
Bellator is pressing down on McGarrity's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
McGarrity cracks Bellator with a solid left hand.
Bellator has his foot on McGarrity's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. McGarrity works his way back into a safe position though.
Bellator looking for a guillotine here but McGarrity defends easily.
McGarrity drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and McGarrity jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Bellator working a defensive guard but McGarrity passes into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bellator is looking to improve his position.
McGarrity is looking for submissions but instead, Bellator has regained full guard.
McGarrity is looking to work some ground and pound but Bellator has wrist control.
Bellator wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and McGarrity is now in half guard.
McGarrity wants to control but Bellator is keeping him busy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGarrity is looking for a kimura but Bellator is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for McGarrity to get the leverage.
Bellator wants to improve his position but McGarrity is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bellator is staying active underneath McGarrity, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Bellator wants to get back to full guard.
Bellator has a hand on McGarrity's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. McGarrity takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
McGarrity lands a heavy elbow.
Bellator is desperately trying to improve his position but McGarrity has a good base and remains in mount.
McGarrity working the ground and pound effectively.
That has opened up Frank Bellator's cut even more.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGarrity wants to control the pace but Bellator is squirming around nicely.
Bellator is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGarrity lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The cut above Frank Bellator's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Frank Bellator's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kearney McGarrity!
Kearney McGarrity retains his heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Kearney McGarrity made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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