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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Josh Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Myers Hockles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Myers Hockles told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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163 lbs
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157 lbs
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Josh Michaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Myers Hockles!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hockles lands a nice looking kick to the body. Michaels takes a step back to recover.
Michaels thows a body shot but no joy.
Hockles slips a jab and a cross from Michaels.
Nice defenses there by Hockles.
Michaels displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hockles throws out the jab.
Hockles throws a front kick that sends Michaels stumbling back into the cage.
Hockles lands a left and a right that send Michaels crashing to the mat, dazed. Hockles thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Michaels is rocked!
Myers Hockles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Michaels is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Michaels avoids the head kick by Hockles.
Oh Michaels is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Michaels on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hockles throws a head kick that misses.
Sloppy strikes from Michaels. Those never looked like landing.
Hockles uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Michaels.
Michaels seems to have got his legs back now.
Hockles closes the distance and clinches.
Hockles pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hockles gets a clinch.
Michaels is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hockles gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hockles gets through Michaels's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hockles throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Michaels blocks it with crossed arms.
Hockles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hockles darts in and clinches Michaels up against the cage.
Hockles breaks the clinch.
Hockles misses with a head kick.
Hockles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Michaels.
Hockles scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Michaels doesn't seem bothered though.
Hockles tries to clinch up.
Hockles forces Michaels back against the cage and clinches.
Hockles makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hockles pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Michaels misses with a series of wild punches.
Hockles scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels blocks a head kick by Hockles.
Hockles throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Michaels just misses with a punch to the body.
Hockles clinches up against the cage.
Hockles tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hockles landing knees to the head.
Hockles stalling the fight.
Hockles pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hockles moves into the clinch.
Michaels tries to break free but Hockles pushes him back against the cage.
Hockles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hockles closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hockles goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The fighters circling - Michaels throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hockles lands a big head kick that sends Michaels tumbling to the mat! Hockles takes a step backwards and waves Michaels back to his feet - he wants the finish!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hockles dives in and gets a big takedown. He lands in full mount and immediately unloads a series of heavy strikes! Michaels has had enough and taps out.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Myers Hockles!
Our winner, Myers Hockles, 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Colt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Claude Noir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Colt kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Steppenwolf - Born to be Wild. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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210 lbs
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214 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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alex Colt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Claude Noir!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Robert Douchet and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Noir takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Colt lands a jab to the head.
Colt jabs Noir right on the nose. Noir blinks but takes it well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Colt tries for a takedown but Noir sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Colt throws a good cross that connects.
Colt misses the shot to the body.
Colt has taken the fight to the clinch.
Noir breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Colt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Colt throws a right and a left that Noir avoids nicely.
Colt shoots for a double leg takedown but Noir sprawls well. He's pushed Colt's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Colt with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Colt throws a hook but Noir avoids it easily.
Colt closes the distance and clinches.
Colt has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Noir is trying to keep an underhook but Colt manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Colt working the head and body with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noir is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Colt pulls his head out easily.
Colt is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Colt working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Colt slips a nice elbow through Noir's hands, connecting with Noir's forehead.
Colt throws a strike but Noir avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Colt keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Noir's head.
Colt 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.
Colt passes Noir's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Colt is thwarting Noir's attempts to control 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. Colt connects with a nice short shot to Noir's temple.
Noir trying to control from the bottom.
Colt working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Colt looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Noir with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ground and pound from Colt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noir missing with punches from the bottom.
Noir has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Colt escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Colt!
Noir wants to get back to his feet but Colt drags him back down.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Noir can do anything to dispel that myth.
Colt lands some shots froms side control.
Noir is looking to regain half guard here but Colt keeps moving and retains side control.
Noir looks winded!
Colt working the head and body with strikes.
Noir is rocked!
Colt lands a huge shot from side control! Noir is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Alex Colt!
Alex Colt spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andy Whitfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zahir Nolam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nolam has chosen Mo Money mo Problems as his entrance music. Andy Whitfield has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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220 lbs
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213 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andy Whitfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zahir Nolam!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nolam tries to close the distance and clinch but Whitfield swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nolam is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Whitfield looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nolam closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Whitfield's guard.
Whitfield keeping moving, preventing Nolam from controlling successfully.
Whitfield looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Whitfield has control of Nolam's left arm, preventing Nolam from doing any damage.
Nolam drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Nolam jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Whitfield keeping full guard, as Nolam tries to pass.
Whitfield preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nolam must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Nolam trying to control the position from guard on top but Whitfield is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Whitfield lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Nolam!
Nolam is trying desperately to improve position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitfield controlling from mount.
Nolam is trying desperately to improve position.
Whitfield is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nolam.
Whitfield avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nolam shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Whitfield uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Nolam has time to react.
Zahir Nolam seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nolam bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Whitfield is looking to reverse the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Whitfield regains half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nolam throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Whitfield kicks off Nolam and gets to his feet.
Whitfield fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Whitfield cracks the inside of Nolam's front leg.
Whitfield slaps away a takedown attempt from Nolam, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Andy Whitfield has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zahir Nolam.
Whitfield throws a quick inside leg kick.
Whitfield connects with a leg kick. Nolam looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nolam looks winded!
Whitfield scores with a punch to the head.
Whitfield 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.
Whitfield throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nolam takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nice body kick there by Whitfield.
Whitfield feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nolam's calf.
Whitfield throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Whitfield bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nolam's head backwards.
A good leg kick by Whitfield.
Nolam stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Whitfield.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nolam has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Nolam there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nolam is rocked!
Nolam takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nolam is still on wobbly legs! Can Whitfield finish him?
Whitfield with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nolam seems to have recovered his senses.
Whitfield uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Nolam has time to react.
Whitfield throws an overhand right that drops Nolam like a sack of potatoes! Whitfield dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andy Whitfield!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gary Marabou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tsuyoshi Inagaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gary Marabou has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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266 lbs
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276 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gary Marabou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tsuyoshi Inagaki!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marabou throws a right and a left that both miss.
Marabou bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Marabou throws a right and a left that both miss.
Marabou ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Inagaki moves away.
Gary Marabou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Inagaki looks to land a body kick but Marabou moved away.
Inagaki moves out of range of the strikes.
Inagaki throws a nice inside leg kick.
Inagaki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marabou scores with a jab to the body.
Inagaki throws a head kick but Marabou moves out of range.
Inagaki throws a head kick but Marabou moves out of range.
Marabou misses with a hook
and Inagaki finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Inagaki lands a jab to Marabou's midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Inagaki throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Inagaki closes the distance and pushes Marabou back into the cage.
Marabou avoids the elbow strike from Inagaki, against the cage.
Inagaki lands an elbow just above Marabou 's eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Inagaki stalls.
Inagaki scores a nice knee to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Inagaki.
Marabou pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marabou closes the distance and clinches.
Marabou wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Inagaki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marabou.
Marabou is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Inagaki landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Inagaki lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Gary Marabou has been cut.
Inagaki drops Marabou with a big knee straight up the middle! Marabou is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Marabou is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Inagaki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Inagaki sends Marabou crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Inagaki is motioning to the referee to let Marabou up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Marabou is rocked!
Inagaki comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Oh Marabou is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Inagaki instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Inagaki lands an elbow that stopped Marabou in his tracks for a moment.
Inagaki effectively controlling the action here.
Inagaki scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Inagaki.
Inagaki lands a nice knee to the body.
Inagaki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marabou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Inagaki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Marabou seems to have got his legs back now.
Crack! A monster head kick from Inagaki and Marabou falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Inagaki!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Tsuyoshi Inagaki!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chris Vaughn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Fernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fernandez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Yakety Sax kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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192 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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190 lbs
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World class MT
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Vaughn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jason Fernandez!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vaughn scores with a leg kick.
Vaughn leaves Fernandez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Vaughn is looking to land body kicks.
Fernandez throws a right hand that Vaughn ducks under and follows up with a left that Vaughn also avoids with ease.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Fernandez.
Vaughn is looking to chop away at Fernandez's legs.
Fernandez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Vaughn circles away.
Chris Vaughn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Fernandez.
Fernandez misses with a takedown
and Fernandez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vaughn connects with a solid leg kick.
Vaughn slaps away a takedown attempt from Fernandez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Fernandez throws a series of punches but Vaughn avoids them all with ease.
Vaughn goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
It looks like Jason Fernandez has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fernandez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Fernandez looks winded!
Vaughn moves into range and clinches up with Fernandez.
Vaughn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vaughn stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaughn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fernandez jumps guard but Vaughn stands there with Fernandez around his waist. Fernandez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vaughn.
Vaughn misses with an elbow strike.
Fernandez is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Vaughn to keep the fight standing.
Vaughn lands a big knee! That's hurt Fernandez! Oh, he's all over the place! Vaughn lands another knee that sends Fernandez to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Vaughn!
Chris Vaughn thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wrestling Bot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wrestling Bot will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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169 lbs
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169 lbs
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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
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bruce Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wrestling Bot!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Ian Loll and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bot lands with an overhand left.
Bot scores with a body shot.
Gracie doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Bot counters with a stiff right hand.
Bot has managed to clinch.
Gracie is working for takedown but Bot is calmly controlling the position for now.
Gracie wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie jumps guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Gracie is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bot with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bot is aware though and is defending well.
Bot slips nicely into half guard.
Gracie blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bot.
Bot wants to control but Gracie is keeping him busy.
Gracie makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Gracie.
Bot wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bot loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bot chips away with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Bot from controlling successfully.
Gracie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bot wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Bot got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gracie has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Bot has managed to get both his arms back between Gracie's legs - danger averted.
Gracie looking to control.
Bot connects with a couple of short punches.
Bot trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bot trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bot slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Bot's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries to get to full guard but Bot has control of the leg.
Bot is looking for a kimura here.
Gracie tries to roll over but Bot keeps him under control.
Bot drops an elbow to the side of Gracie's head.
Nice strikes from Bot there.
Gracie is trying to get back to full guard.
Gracie gets full guard.
Bot throws a big elbow that misses.
Gracie is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bot is aware though and is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie working a defensive guard here.
Bot looking to pass the guard.
Bot pushing down on Gracie's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Bot lands with a punch from half guard.
Bot is controlling the pace.
Bot is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Gracie is looking to control Bot's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gracie avoid being mounted?
Gracie blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bot seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bot is working for a kimura but Gracie is defending it quite comfortably.
Gracie tries to get to full guard but Bot has control of the leg.
Gracie moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gracie working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bot doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bot manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bot stopping the sweep attempt from Gracie.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie has momentary wrist control but Bot slips an elbow through the middle.
Gracie working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bot doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bot manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wrestling Bot dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bot.
Bot looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Gracie is trying to control but can't.
Bot is nestled in close to Gracie, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Gracie regains full guard. Nicely done.
Gracie controls Bot momentarily but Bot frees himself.
Gracie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Bot from controlling successfully.
Bot might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Gracie haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Wrestling Bot wasn't active enough on the ground.
Nice sprawl there from Bot as Gracie shoots in.
Bot shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Gracie's guard.
Wrestling Bot has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bot trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gracie wants to sweep here but Bot controlling him for the moment.
Gracie is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bot defends well.
Bot stands up over Gracie, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bot working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bot lands a couple of elbows.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Bot from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie keeping full guard, as Bot tries to pass.
Bot is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bot 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.
Bot keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gracie's head.
Bot stands up over Gracie, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bot is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Gracie has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Bot is looking to defend but Gracie has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Bot! Gracie pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Bot taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Bruce Gracie!
A relieved looking Bruce Gracie thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Jayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Trickle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jayne comes to the cage accompanied by The Doors-People Are Strange . Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Patrick Jayne!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dick Trickle!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trickle misses the jab.
Jayne is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Trickle's half guard.
Trickle trying to control here.
Trickle preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Trickle avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jayne.
Trickle is doing well to control the position and prevent Jayne from advancing to side control.
Trickle avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jayne.
Trickle controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Dick Trickle was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Jayne avoids the head kick by Trickle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trickle tests Jayne's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jayne needs to keep his hands up - Trickle had a free shot at his head there.
Dick Trickle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Jayne finds it's way through Trickle's defenses.
Trickle lands a nice looking kick to the body. Jayne takes a step back to recover.
Trickle scores with a hook.
Trickle looks to land a right hand but Jayne moved out of range.
Jayne throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trickle sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jayne shoots in looking for a takedown. Trickle tries to sprawl out of it but Jayne keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Trickle manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Trickle looks to throw the jab but Jayne is out of range.
Dick Trickle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trickle takes the fight into the clinch.
Jayne escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jayne takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jayne slips under a jab from Trickle.
Trickle throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Trickle throws a lazy right hand but Jayne sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circling - Jayne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trickle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jayne moves away.
Trickle connects with a right hand. Jayne shakes it off.
A jab from Trickle finds it's way through Jayne's defenses.
Trickle swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Trickle is looking to clinch.
Jayne moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jayne throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Trickle on the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jayne just misses with a punch to the body.
Trickle looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Trickle connects with a body shot.
Jayne checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Trickle defending well as Jayne loads up on a big left hand.
Trickle misses with a hook.
Trickle misses with an uppercut.
Trickle wants to land a leg kick but Jayne is out of range.
Trickle tries to land a front kick but Jayne steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Trickle cracks Jayne with an open hand slap.
Jayne misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Trickle to counter with a crisp jab.
Trickle misses with a leg kick.
Trickle connects with a leg kick. Jayne looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jayne tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Trickle swivels and escapes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trickle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Trickle is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jayne had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Trickle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jayne swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jayne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Trickle tries to clinch but Jayne is having none of it.
Trickle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jayne was well out of range. Poor timing from Trickle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trickle fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Trickle lands a slapping body shot.
Trickle fails in his attempt to clinch.
Trickle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jayne takes one to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Trickle is looking to clinch.
Jayne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trickle manages to avoid it.
Trickle lands with an overhand left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Trickle dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A leg kick checked by Jayne.
Trickle tries to clinch but Jayne moves out of range.
Jayne is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Trickle.
Trickle cracks the inside of Jayne's front leg.
A jab from Trickle misses.
Jayne missing with a left hand there. Trickle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jayne ducks under a wild hook from Trickle.
Dick Trickle seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Trickle takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jayne misses with a wild body shot.
A shot to the body from Jayne misses
and Trickle cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Trickle lands with a kick to the temple. Jayne shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Trickle walks into a straight right hand from Jayne.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jayne. Trickle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trickle loads up on a big right hand but Jayne slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trickle fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jayne, pushing him back against the cage.
Jayne's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jayne keeps the fight on the outside.
Jayne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Trickle.
Jayne throws a jab but it's blocked by Trickle.
Jayne avoids the head kick by Trickle.
Trickle stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Trickle wants it to stay on the feet.
Trickle clinches with his opponent.
Trickle lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jayne scores with a shoulder strike.
Jayne misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trickle looking to throw knees to the head but Jayne is blocking nicely.
Trickle misses with the head strike.
Trickle can't find room to land a body shot as Jayne controls the action.
Trickle blocks a body shot from Jayne.
Trickle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jayne.
Trickle throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jayne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jayne leaning his opponent against the cage.
Trickle throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jaynes head.
Jayne tries to work over Trickle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trickle throws a punch but it's blocked by Jayne.
Trickle letting Jayne take a breather here.
Jayne is trying to push Trickle away but Trickle has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jayne turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Jayne manages to end up in side control.
Trickle is looking to reverse the position.
Jayne trying to control the action but Trickle is working from the bottom.
The strikes coming from Jayne are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trickle takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Trickle is looking to regain half guard here but Jayne keeps moving and retains side control.
Jayne tries to advance to mount but Trickle denies him.
Jayne is looking to take a break and control but Trickle is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sloppy strikes there by Jayne.
Jayne throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Jayne 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.
Jayne swings around for an armbar but Trickle sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Jayne's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jayne trying to control the position.
Trickle trying to control but Jayne is working from the bottom.
Jayne seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Trickle trying to control the position from guard on top but Jayne is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jayne looks to land a right hand but Trickle moved out of range.
Jayne lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Trickle at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick Jayne dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Trickle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Horrible takedown by Jayne or perhaps it was just good defense by Trickle which made him look bad.
Trickle misses with an uppercut. Jayne saw that one coming.
Jayne blocks the body kick.
Jayne takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jayne's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Trickle connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jayne scrambles back to his feet.
Jayne drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Trickle looks to throw the jab but Jayne is out of range.
Trickle fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Trickle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jayne keeps the fight on the outside.
Trickle is looking to land body kicks.
Trickle throws a hook but Jayne blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trickle scores with a jab to the head.
A jab from Trickle finds it's way through Jayne's defenses.
Jayne slips a straight right by Trickle.
Trickle is looking to land body kicks.
Trickle tries to work over Jayne's front leg with a kick but Jayne checks it.
Trickle misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jayne moves out of range as Trickle throws a body kick.
Jayne ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jayne stuns Trickle with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jayne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Trickle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Trickle feints and then cracks Jayne's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jayne down.
A big right from Trickle misses.
Jayne takes one to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jayne takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Trickle throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jayne moves out of range as Trickle strikes.
Trickle tries to clinch there but Jayne circles away.
A head kick misses from Trickle.
Trickle lands an overhand right.
Jayne with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Trickle to score with a decent uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trickle throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jayne counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jayne.
Trickle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Trickle looking to throw knees to the head but Jayne is blocking nicely.
Jayne is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Trickle is keeping busy.
Trickle struggles to land a body shot inside as Jayne controls his hands.
Jayne tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trickle's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trickle is trying to maintain a safe position but Jayne gets an underhook and turns Trickle into the cage.
Trickle pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Trickle tries a knee to the head but Jayne blocks it.
Jayne working aggressively here.
Trickle tries to land a knee to the head but Jayne blocks with his arms.
Trickle stalling in the clinch but Jayne improves position.
Jayne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trickle misses with a punch on the inside.
Jayne holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Trickle pushes Jayne back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trickle lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dick Trickle seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Trickle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jayne manages to break the clinch.
Trickle with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trickle misses with a low kick.
Trickle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A bone on bone clash there as Jayne blocks the leg kick.
Jayne shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Trickle sprawls well. Trickle wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jayne gets slowly back to his feet.
Trickle takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Donk. Trickle catches Jayne right on the button with a cross.
Trickle throws a big shot that misses.
Trickle misses with a low kick as Jayne jumps back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Trickle motions for Jayne to come forward. Trickle throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jayne takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Jayne looks to score with a jab to the body but Trickle is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Trickle really dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A telegraphed right hand from Trickle misses the target.
Jayne moves away from the strike by Trickle.
Jayne staying out of range there.
Jayne connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Trickle momentarily.
Jayne looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jayne throws a big shot that misses.
Jayne lands a nice hook to Trickle's body. Trickle takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Trickle throws a hook but Jayne blocks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Trickle misses the target.
Jayne keeps the fight on the outside.
A decent looking cross lands there for Trickle.
Jayne will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Trickle is looking to clinch.
Jayne slips a jab from Trickle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trickle is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jayne misses with a hook. Trickle ducked under it nicely.
Jayne looks to score with a jab to the body but Trickle is just out of range.
A jab from Trickle finds it's way through Jayne's defenses.
Jayne takes one to the side of the head.
Trickle misses with a hook.
Jayne throws out a loose jab but Trickle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trickle ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jayne scores with a nice strike.
A slow jab from Trickle misses its intended target.
Jayne looking to score a takedown here. Trickle is defending well but Jayne drives through and ends up in Trickle's guard.
Jayne looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trickle preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jayne throws an elbow that misses. Trickle uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jayne's guard. Nice move by Trickle!
Jayne pulls Trickle in close to his closed guard and prevents Trickle from doing any damage or advancing position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jayne looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jayne trying to keep a closed guard but Trickle is proving a slippery customer.
Trickle wants to control from the top but Jayne keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jayne working a defensive guard here.
Trickle is stalling in the full guard.
Trickle must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Patrick Jayne wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Jayne uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Trickle.
Trickle doesn't manage to clinch there - Jayne circles away.
Trickle lands a glancing blow to the side of Jayne's head.
A low kick from Trickle misses
and Jayne counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Jayne.
Jayne advances to half guard.
Trickle is not content to let Jayne control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trickle is defending against the submission attempts here by Jayne.
Trickle wants to control but Jayne is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Trickle is looking for a sweep. Jayne is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jayne seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Patrick Jayne overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jayne throwing shots but Trickle is blocking nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jayne not doing much here.
Trickle blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jayne.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick Jayne had his way with Dick Trickle in that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
A nice leg kick lands there from Trickle.
Jayne misses the jab.
Trickle lands with a hook. Jayne tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jayne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Trickle misses with a straight left.
Trickle lands a nice looking body kick.
Jayne closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nice straight punches there by Jayne. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jayne.
Jayne lands a nice hook to Trickle's body. Trickle takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jayne moves away from the strike by Trickle.
Trickle throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Trickle is looking to slow Jayne down with leg kicks.
Trickle comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jayne looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jayne dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Trickle misses with an uppercut.
Trickle misses with a hook. Jayne ducked under it nicely.
Trickle scores with a punch to the head.
Trickle feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jaynes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Trickle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jayne.
Trickle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jayne was well out of range. Poor timing from Trickle.
Jayne moves out of range of the body kick.
Trickle connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Trickle stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Trickle looks to throw the jab but Jayne is out of range.
Trickle misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jayne wants to clinch up but Trickle keeps it at a distance.
Jayne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Trickle.
Jayne tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Trickle swivels and escapes.
Jayne moves out of range of the strikes.
Jayne misses with a body shot.
Jayne shoots in for a takedown but Trickle shows good takedown defense.
Trickle wants to clinch.
Trickle throws a shot from downtown. Jayne moves away and avoids it.
Trickle keeps the fight on the outside.
Trickle displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jayne throws out the jab.
A shot to the liver by Trickle. Beautiful body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trickle scores with a nice body kick.
Trickle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jayne ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice defenses there by Jayne.
Trickle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jayne.
Trickle tries a head kick but it misses.
Jayne tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Trickle swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Patrick Jayne. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jayne takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Trickle connects with a high kick.
Trickle fails in his attempt to clinch.
Trickle scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Trickle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trickle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jayne swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Trickle looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jayne throws out a loose jab but Trickle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trickle throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jayne takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Trickle looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jayne steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Trickle. That one must have hurt.
Trickle closes the distance and clinches.
Jayne will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
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!
Trickle connects with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Trickle looking to throw knees to the head but Jayne is blocking nicely.
Jayne wants a takedown.
Jayne pushes Trickle back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jayne lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dick Trickle comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Trickle has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 47:48
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 47:48
Judge William Peck scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dick Trickle!
Dick Trickle is the new middleweight champion!
Dick Trickle thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kenshi Zuko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Digital (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zuko's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Wu Tang- Hellz Wind Staff. Digital is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta F'Wit . Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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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
24 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Kenshi Zuko!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bobby Digital!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Digital misses with an uppercut
enabling Zuko to counter with a crisp jab.
Zuko turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Digital loads up on a big right hand but Zuko slips the punch.
Digital misses the shot to the body.
Digital throws a quick inside leg kick.
Digital changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Zuko takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zuko lands a jab to Digital's midsection.
Digital connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
It looks like Kenshi Zuko has been cut.
Digital is looking to slow Zuko down with leg kicks.
Zuko fakes the leg kick and cracks Digital in the body.
Digital buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Digital blocks the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zuko moves forwards but Digital connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Zuko throws a leg kick but Digital checks it.
Bobby Digital is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Digital connects with a body shot that sends Zuko's belly button to the back.
Zuko punishes Digital's body with a nice straight punch.
Bobby Digital seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Digital wants to land a leg kick but Zuko is out of range.
Zuko swats away the attempt to clinch by Digital.
Digital steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zuko.
Zuko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zuko looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nice body punch from Digital.
Digital tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Digital throws a nice outside leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Digital tries to land a leg kick but Zuko saw it coming and moves away.
Digital misses with a low kick.
Digital gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Digital blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zuko gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Digital is concentrating on defense, preventing Zuko from advancing position.
Digital slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Zuko throwing strikes from guard but Digital blocks nicely.
Digital avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Zuko looking to sit in guard and control but Digital gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Digital avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Zuko looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Digital puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Zuko moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Digital working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Zuko is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Digital trying to control the position from guard on top but Zuko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Digital passes Zuko's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Digital trying to control from half guard but Zuko is working away.
Zuko moves into full guard.
Digital stopping the sweep attempt from Zuko.
Zuko has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Digital can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zuko working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Digital doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Digital manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Digital dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kenshi Zuko's cut.
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.
Zuko fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Digital misses the shot to the body.
Zuko digs a good hook to Digital's body.
Bobby Digital seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Digital moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Digital throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zuko fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Digital is out of range.
Digital misses the jab.
Digital swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A low kick from Digital misses
and Zuko counters with a right hand to the body.
Digital tries to clinch but Zuko moves out of range.
Digital fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zuko.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Digital fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zuko lands with an uppercut that bounces Digital off the cage and back into range.
Digital uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zuko.
Zuko misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Digital counters with a left to the body.
Digital displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Zuko.
Zuko stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Digital.
Zuko takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Digital wants to land a leg kick but Zuko is out of range.
Zuko takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Zuko is looking to wear down Digital with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Digital scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Digital walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Zuko checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zuko tries to keep at a distance but Digital has taken the fight into the clinch.
Zuko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Digital misses with a low kick as Zuko jumps back.
Zuko thows a body shot but no joy.
Digital connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice defenses there by Digital.
Zuko throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Zuko takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Digital moves out of range as Zuko strikes.
Digital works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Zuko is rocked!
Zuko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oh Zuko is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Digital throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Zuko seems to have got his legs back now.
Digital tries a head kick but it misses.
Zuko lands a really nice looking cross but Digital seems unphased.
Zuko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Digital tries to clinch
and Zuko connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Digital scores with the left hand. Zuko knows he should have avoided that one.
Kenshi Zuko's cut is getting worse.
Digital drives through and clinches with Zuko against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Digital.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zuko.
Digital misses with a punch on the inside.
Zuko tries to throw a body punch but Digital avoids it by throwing Zuko back against the cage.
Zuko wants to take the fight to the mat but Digital manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Digital misses with a body punch.
Zuko prevents a body shot from Digital.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Digital throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Digital.
Digital misses with some punches.
Zuko misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Digital lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zuko is trying to force a seperation but Digital has the dominant position.
Zuko throws a punch but it's blocked by Digital.
Zuko lands a nice uppercut.
Zuko drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenshi Zuko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Digital works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Come on Digital - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Digital.
Digital lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zuko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Digital showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kenshi Zuko's cut.
That's time! Zuko's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Jab from Digital.
Digital misses with a body kick.
Digital sends Zuko crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Digital is motioning to the referee to let Zuko up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Digital swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zuko keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Digital misses with a wild body shot.
Digital lands a right hook to the body.
Digital feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Zukos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Digital tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Zuko connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zuko throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Zuko moves out of range of the body kick from Digital.
Zuko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Digital has taken the fight to the clinch.
Digital lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A body shot lands from Digital.
Digital scores with a shoulder strike.
Bobby Digital seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Digital lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zuko backwards.
Digital lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zuko backwards.
A short right from Digital on the inside.
Zuko changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Digital fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Digital throws a right and a left that Zuko avoids nicely.
Digital drops Zuko with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Zuko looks back up at him and smiles so Digital waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
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!
Digital just misses with a punch to the body.
Zuko scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Digital ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Digital tries to clinch but Zuko is having none of it.
Nice body kick there by Digital.
Digital connects with a solid leg kick.
Digital connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Digital lands a big right hand that sends Zuko crashing to the mat! Digital stays standing though and waves Zuko back to his feet!
Zuko throws a leg kick
and Digital counters by clinching up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Digital creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Digital has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Zuko has hold of one of Digital's legs. Digital is fighting the takedown attempt but Zuko gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Zuko wants to control from the top but Digital keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Digital controlling the position.
Digital's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Zuko pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Digital is keeping the position for now.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Digital has Zuko pulled in close to control his posture.
Kenshi Zuko overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Kenshi Zuko wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Digital stuffs the takedown attempt from Zuko. Zuko gets slowly back to his feet.
Digital works Zuko's body with a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Digital attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Digital falls off balance throwing a combination
and Zuko counters with a stiff right hand.
Digital on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Digital misses with a kick to the body.
Zuko is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Digital slips a jab from Zuko.
Digital showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zuko.
Digital misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zuko.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Digital throws a leg kick but Zuko sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Digital drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Digital really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kenshi Zuko's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Digital wants to slow Zuko down by chopping away at his legs.
Zuko checks the leg kick nicely there.
Zuko misses with a double jab.
Zuko ducks under a wild hook from Digital.
Digital misses with a wild body shot.
Digital on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Zuko turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Zuko shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Digital defends it nicely.
Digital throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Digital avoids the body shot from Zuko.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Digital changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Digital takes a swing at Zuko's ribcage but misses.
Digital tries to clinch but Zuko is having none of it.
Digital moves in looking to clinch but Zuko pushes him off.
Digital takes a swing at Zuko's ribcage but misses.
Nice shot by Digital.
Digital looks to land a left hand but Zuko moved out of range nicely.
Zuko shoots in looking for a takedown but Digital manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Zuko's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Zuko circles away from the clinch attempt.
Digital tries to clinch but Zuko moves out of range.
Zuko thuds his right hand into Digital's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Digital fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Zuko is out of range.
Digital tries to clinch there but Zuko circles away.
Zuko checks a leg kick.
Digital pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Digital scores with a hook.
Digital fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Digital uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zuko.
Some bone on bone action there as Zuko checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Digital throws a sloppy head kick
and Digital takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Digital just misses with a punch to the body.
Digital lands a head shot.
Zuko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zuko on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Digital. Digital obviously looking to wear him down.
Digital throws a front kick aimed at Zuko's knee but Zuko avoids it well.
Zuko misses with a combination
and Digital connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zuko tries to score with a low kick but Digital moves his leg out of the way.
Digital drives through and clinches with Zuko against the cage.
Digital softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kenshi Zuko's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Zuko works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Digital swings wildly with an uppercut but Zuko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zuko lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zuko throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zuko is looking to break free of the clinch but Digital has double underhooks.
Zuko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Digital.
Digital goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
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!
A short right from Digital.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Digital scores with a nice short uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Zuko lands with a light punch inside.
Digital is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Digital works on Zuko's body with a couple of short punches.
Digital misses with a body punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zuko lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Digital tries a body shot but Zuko blocks it.
Zuko has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Digital after a bit of a struggle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Digital dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Kenshi Zuko's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Digital lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Digital tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Zuko makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Zuko throws a sloppy body shot
letting Digital counter with a right hand.
Zuko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zuko misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Digital dodges the punch combination from Zuko.
Digital takes a swing at Zuko's ribcage but misses.
Zuko takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Digital drops Zuko with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Zuko looks back up at him and smiles so Digital waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Zuko just misses with a punch to the body.
Digital wants to clinch up but Zuko keeps it at a distance.
Digital drops Zuko with a naaaaasty hook - Zuko is in real trouble here! Digital dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bobby Digital! Bobby Digital retains his welterweight title!
An out of breath and clearly excited Bobby Digital thanked Red Hand Clothing for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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