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ITFL 2 - Week 3/2 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Evgeniy Malkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Salvatore Lucania (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Evgeniy Malkin has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Evgeniy Malkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Salvatore Lucania!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malkin misses with a wild combination.
Some bone on bone action there as Malkin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Malkin just misses with a punch to the body.
Lucania slips a straight right by Malkin.
Malkin throws a sloppy body shot
and Lucania counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Malkin thumps Lucania with a low kick.
Lucania gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lucania fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lucania darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Lucania scores with a hook to the body. Malkin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Malkin lands a jab to the nose.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Malkin stuns Lucania with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lucania tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lucania blocks the body kick.
A clash of legs there as Lucania blocks the low kick.
A head kick misses from Malkin.
Nice jab there from Malkin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucania checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lucania avoids a kick to the body.
Malkin slips under a jab.
Lucania lands a high kick!
Malkin throws a body kick that misses
and Lucania counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lucania walks forward, straight into a front kick from Malkin.
Lucania on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Malkin. Malkin obviously looking to wear him down.
Malkin takes a swing at Lucania's ribcage but misses.
Malkin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Malkin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Malkin checks a leg kick nicely.
Malkin lands with a thumping leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Malkin misses the target.
Malkin swings for the body but Lucania moves out of range.
Evgeniy Malkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Lucania.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Malkin throws a sloppy head kick and Lucania moves out of range easily.
Malkin looks to land a left hand but Lucania moved out of range nicely.
Malkin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lucania was well out of range. Poor timing from Malkin.
Lucania rushes Malkin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Malkin is looking to break free of the clinch but Lucania has double underhooks.
Malkin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lucania tries a body shot but Malkin blocks it.
Malkin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lucania.
Malkin tries to work over Lucania's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lucania breaks the clinch.
Malkin misses with a low kick.
Malkin throws a hook to the side of Lucania's head but Lucania sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Both fighters circling a little - Malkin finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Malkin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
An inside leg kick lands from Lucania.
Lucania shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malkin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Good work by Lucania as he checks the leg kick.
Lucania throws a right hand that misses
and Malkin counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Lucania!
Lucania is trying to get back to half guard.
Lucania is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Malkin working away.
Malkin looking to control but instead Lucania has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Lucania moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucania looking for a guillotine here but Malkin defends easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lucania wants to sweep here but Malkin controlling him for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lucania trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Evgeniy Malkin dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Malkin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Malkin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lucania checks a low kick from Malkin.
Lucania throws a leg kick but Malkin moved away.
Lucania misses with an uppercut. Malkin saw that one coming.
Malkin takes a swing at Lucania's ribcage but misses.
Lucania with a jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lucania, right into the meat.
Malkin jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lucania bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Malkin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Malkin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lucania.
Malkin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lucania checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lucania throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Malkin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Malkin throws a hook to the side of Lucania's head but Lucania sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Malkin checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malkin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lucania manages to avoid it.
Malkin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Malkin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Malkin scores with a leg kick.
Malkin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lucania keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Malkin.
Nice body punch from Malkin.
A good leg kick by Malkin.
Lucania throws a body punch but Malkin moves out of range.
Lucania misses the shot to the body.
Evgeniy Malkin is winning the standup battle so far.
Lucania tries to work over Malkin's front leg with a kick but Malkin checks it.
Lucania throws a hook to the side of Malkin's head but Malkin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lucania steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Malkin. That one must have hurt.
Malkin misses with a kick to the body.
Malkin throws a low kick but Lucania moves out of range easily.
Lucania has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Malkin finds it's way round the side to connect with Lucania's head.
Lucania is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malkin throws a lazy right hand but Lucania sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lucania jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A head kick by Malkin misses
and Lucania counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Lucania looks to throw the jab but Malkin is out of range.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Lucania in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Malkin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lucania.
Malkin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lucania misses with a hook.
Malkin feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lucanias jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Malkin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Malkin tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lucania is able to avoid easily.
Lucania misses with a hook.
Lucania takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lucania on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Malkin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Malkin throws a wild body kick that Lucania sees coming a mile off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Malkin.
Malkin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Malkin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Malkin misses with a low kick.
Lucania misses the jab.
Lucania is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Malkin.
Lucania looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Malkin throws a looping overhand right but Lucania ducks down to avoid it.
Lucania throws a big shot that misses.
Lucania gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Malkin.
Lucania looks to land a body kick but Malkin moved away.
Malkin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lucania moves out of range of the strikes.
Malkin feints and then cracks Lucania's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lucania down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Malkin tried to score with a low kick but Lucania checks it.
Lucania avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Lucania misses
and Malkin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lucania motions for Malkin to come forward. Lucania throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lucania will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Malkin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lucania scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lucania misses with an uppercut.
Lucania moves out of range of the strikes.
Lucania blocks a leg kick.
Malkin scores with a punch to the head.
Lucania lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lucania's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Malkin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Malkin cracks the inside of Lucania's front leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lucania takes one to the side of the head.
Lucania ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Malkin misses with a looping left.
Lucania dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Evgeniy Malkin dominated that second round.
That's time! Malkin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Lucania's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Lucania duly obliges.
Malkin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lucania takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Malkin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice jab there from Malkin.
Malkin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Malkin cracks Lucania with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Malkin throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Malkin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lucania misses with a body shot.
Lucania has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Malkin.
Lucania fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Malkin manages to avoid it.
Malkin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lucania uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Malkin.
Malkin wants to land a leg kick but Lucania is out of range.
Malkin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Malkin lands a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malkin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lucania moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jab, jab by Malkin - just one landing.
Lucania displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Malkin throws out the jab.
Malkin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lucania connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Malkin scrambles back to his feet.
Lucania buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lucania throws the left hand but Malkin avoids the punch easily.
Malkin blocks a jab.
Lucania has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Malkin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lucania misses with a double jab.
Malkin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Malkin scores with a push kick.
Malkin lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Malkin thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Lucania if he has to take too many more of those.
Evgeniy Malkin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lucania takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malkin misses with a leg kick.
Lucania misses with a lunging right hand
and Malkin counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Malkin keeps the fight on the outside.
Lucania stuns Malkin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lucania misses with a low kick as Malkin jumps back.
Malkin digs a good hook to Lucania's body.
Lucania stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Malkin.
Lucania sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Lucania takes one to the side of the head.
Malkin throws out a powerful jab.
Malkin connects with a body shot that sends Lucania's belly button to the back.
Lucania moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lucania tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Malkin lands a nice looking body kick.
Lucania pushes Malkin up against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lucania.
Lucania wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Malkin has him pressed against the cage.
Malkin lands with a right to the head.
Lucania misses with a punch on the inside.
Malkin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Malkin has Lucania pressed against the cage, preventing Lucania from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lucania's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Malkin thows a body kick. Lucania tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Malkin misses with a hook to the body
and Lucania counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lucania pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Malkin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lucania's sensitive parts.
Malkin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Salvatore Lucania has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malkin lands a body shot.
Lucania uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Malkin has time to react.
Lucania misses with an uppercut. Malkin saw that one coming.
Lucania misses with a looping right.
Malkin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lucania.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A cross from Malkin lands.
Malkin lands a glancing blow to the side of Lucania's head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Malkin.
Malkin lands with a good body shot.
Malkin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Malkin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lucania swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Malkin cracks the inside of Lucania's front leg.
An inside leg kick lands from Malkin.
Lucania throws a jab when Malkin was well out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Evgeniy Malkin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Malkin, 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Evgeniy Malkin!
An out of breath Evgeniy Malkin thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Burke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aloysius Martin Thesz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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225 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, James Burke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aloysius Martin Thesz!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thesz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Burke on the side of the head.
Burke gets the takedown into side control.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Burke tries for a kimura but Thesz is defending well.
Burke creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Thesz sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Thesz can't do much from the bottom here.
Thesz is looking to reverse the position.
Thesz gets back to half guard.
Burke wants to control but Thesz is keeping him busy.
Thesz trying to hold on to Burke's head to control him but Burke postures up.
Burke wants to work for an arm triangle but Thesz is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Burke is trying to work for a kimura but Thesz is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thesz is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burke looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Burke is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Thesz is trying to get back to full guard.
Thesz trying to control but Burke postures up.
Burke is looking for a kimura here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burke trying to mount his opponent but Thesz defends it.
Thesz gets back to full guard.
Thesz trying to keep a closed guard but Burke is proving a slippery customer.
Thesz is pulling down on Burke's head. It's preventing any offense from Burke, at least for the moment.
Thesz keeping full guard, as Burke tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burke throws a big elbow that misses.
Burke looking to sit in guard and control but Thesz gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Thesz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Burke swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Burke manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thesz is squirming around, avoiding Burke's attempts to control the action.
Thesz is looking to get to half guard.
Burke punching from mount but Thesz doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burke throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Burke prevents Thesz from getting the reversal.
Burke fails to move to back control.
Burke scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Thesz?
Thesz is controlling an arm, preventing Burke from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Burke throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thesz is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thesz can't escape the position.
Poor strikes thrown by Burke there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Poor strikes thrown by Burke there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Thesz is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Burke 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.
Thesz misses with a body shot.
Burke checks a low kick from Thesz.
Burke sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Burke scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Burke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Burke throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thesz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Thesz misses with a straight left.
Thesz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Burke.
Burke smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Burke misses with an uppercut
and Thesz counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burke gets back to half guard.
Thesz is breathing heavily.
Thesz winds up and cracks Burke with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thesz lands strikes from half guard.
Thesz tries to pass to full mount but Burke defends it.
Burke keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Burke regains full guard. Nicely done.
Burke has his hands on Thesz's head, controlling the position.
Burke trying to control the position.
Thesz content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Burke has locked up a guillotine! Burke's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Thesz is holding on here and Burke must be using up a lot of energy. Thesz has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Burke gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). James Burke!
James Burke decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luis Garavito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wooden Pencil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garavito comes to the cage accompanied by Make Them Suffer. Pencil has chosen Full Retard as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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193 lbs
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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
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luis Garavito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wooden Pencil!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garavito has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pencil.
Garavito throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pencil throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garavito misses with a hook. Pencil ducked under it nicely.
Garavito ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Garavito moves out of range as Pencil throws a body kick.
Garavito keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Garavito throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Garavito connects with a leg kick. Pencil looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pencil closes the distance and clinches.
Pencil breaks the clinch.
Pencil on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garavito avoids the body shot from Pencil.
Garavito throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Garavito scores with a jab. Pencil acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Garavito.
Pencil is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garavito keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garavito misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pencil throws a nice outside leg kick.
Garavito throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pencil scoring well with a low kick there.
Garavito throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Pencil walks into a stiff left hand from Garavito.
Garavito is looking to slow Pencil down with leg kicks.
Pencil thumps Garavito with a low kick.
Garavito throws a solid leg kick but Pencil takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Garavito.
Pencil throws a sloppy body shot
and Garavito counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Garavito uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pencil.
Garavito swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pencil tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garavito was well out of range. Poor timing from Pencil.
Garavito throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Garavito bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garavito throws out a loose jab but Pencil uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pencil walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Garavito checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Pencil pushes Garavito away with a front kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garavito throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pencil misses with an uppercut
and Garavito counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A leg kick checked by Garavito.
Garavito misses with a head kick.
Garavito scores with the left hand. Pencil knows he should have avoided that one.
Garavito misses with an uppercut. Pencil saw that one coming.
Pencil throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Garavito loads up on a big right hand but Pencil slips the punch.
Garavito's jab looks to have found its range, popping Pencil under the eye.
Pencil throws a head kick that misses.
Pencil takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Garavito misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garavito keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pencil lands a front kick.
Pencil fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Garavito checks it well.
Garavito lands with an overhand left.
Pencil misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garavito.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pencil lands a jab.
Pencil gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Garavito slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Pencil is rocked!
Donk. Pencil catches Garavito right on the button with a cross.
Pencil throws a head kick but Garavito moves out of range.
Garavito buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pencil throws a half hearted mid kick.
Garavito blocks a head kick by Pencil.
Garavito lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Pencil is still on wobbly legs! Can Garavito finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circle momentarily. Garavito darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Pencil throws a leg kick but Garavito moved away.
Garavito misses with a kick to the body.
Pencil throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Garavito swats away the attempt to clinch by Pencil.
Pencil throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pencil takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Pencil throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garavito misses with an uppercut.
Garavito scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Garavito moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wooden Pencil seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pencil throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pencil seems to have recovered his senses.
Garavito misses with a two punch combination.
Pencil just misses with a punch to the body.
Garavito lands with an overhand left.
Garavito looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Garavito throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pencil tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A clash of legs there as Garavito blocks the low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pencil.
Garavito ducks under a wild hook from Pencil.
The crowd cheers as Garavito lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pencil doesn't seem phased though.
Pencil fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garavito manages to avoid it.
Pencil attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luis Garavito dominated that round.
That's time! Garavito's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Garavito lands a big head kick that sends Pencil tumbling to the mat! Garavito takes a step backwards and waves Pencil back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Pencil connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pencil steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garavito.
Garavito takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pencil tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Garavito manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A bone on bone clash there as Garavito blocks the leg kick.
Pencil with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Garavito gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Garavito lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pencil's sensitive parts.
Garavito thuds his right hand into Pencil's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Pencil bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Garavito's head backwards.
Garavito sends Pencil crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Garavito is motioning to the referee to let Pencil up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Pencil misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pencil is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Garavito rather than just go for the knockout.
Garavito checks the leg kick nicely there.
Garavito cracks Pencil with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Pencil falls to his knees and Garavito doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luis Garavito!
A victorious Luis Garavito thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Shoznes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tigran Badoyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shoznes comes to the cage accompanied by O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei. Tigran Badoyan will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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270 lbs
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264 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joseph Shoznes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tigran Badoyan!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Atkins and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shoznes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Shoznes takes one to the chin there.
Badoyan catches Shoznes with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Shoznes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Shoznes misses with a body kick.
Shoznes tries to clinch but Badoyan is having none of it.
Badoyan staying out of range there.
Badoyan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Shoznes finds it's way through Badoyan's defenses.
It looks like Tigran Badoyan has been cut.
Badoyan looks to score with a jab to the body but Shoznes is just out of range.
Shoznes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Shoznes tries to clinch up but Badoyan circles away and keeps his distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Shoznes.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Shoznes lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Badoyan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Badoyan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Badoyan needs to keep his hands up - Shoznes had a free shot at his head there.
Shoznes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Shoznes tries to clinch up but Badoyan circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Badoyan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Shoznes.
Shoznes tries a head kick but it misses.
Shoznes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Badoyan scores with a nice head shot.
Shoznes misses with a left hand
and Badoyan counters with a shoot takedown. Shoznes fights it but they end up in guard.
Badoyan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Badoyan wants to control from the top but Shoznes keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Badoyan slips nicely into half guard.
Badoyan looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Shoznes trying to control here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shoznes wants to get back to full guard.
Badoyan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Badoyan lands a nice short elbow.
Badoyan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Badoyan is looking to take a break and control but Shoznes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Badoyan working over Shoznes with some ground and pound. Shoznes looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Shoznes trying to hold on to Badoyan's head to control him but Badoyan postures up.
Badoyan is just content to waste time from the top position. Shoznes takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shoznes trying to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badoyan slips nicely into half guard.
Badoyan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Shoznes's head.
Badoyan looks to land a strike but Shoznes avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Badoyan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Badoyan showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Badoyan won't allow Shoznes to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badoyan wants to control from the top but Shoznes keeps moving.
Badoyan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Shoznes might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Badoyan trying to control but Shoznes is working from the bottom.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Tigran Badoyan wasn't active enough on the ground.
Nice jab there from Badoyan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Badoyan connects with a right hand. Shoznes shakes it off.
Badoyan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Badoyan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shoznes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shoznes fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Shoznes dodges the punch combination from Badoyan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tigran Badoyan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tigran Badoyan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Badoyan throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Badoyan connects with a looping right hand.
Badoyan moves out of range of the body kick.
Badoyan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shoznes avoids a kick to the body.
Badoyan cracks Shoznes with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tigran Badoyan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Badoyan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Badoyan explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Shoznes rushes Badoyan and presses him up against the cage.
Shoznes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Badoyan is defending well for now.
Shoznes throws a head punch that misses.
Badoyan blocks an elbow strike.
Badoyan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Shoznes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shoznes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Badoyan avoids it.
Shoznes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Badoyan misses with a punch to the body.
Badoyan looking for a takedown.
Badoyan lands a right hand.
Shoznes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Badoyan backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Badoyan.
Shoznes gets through Badoyan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shoznes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Badoyan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A decent looking cross lands there for Badoyan.
Shoznes scores with a hook.
Badoyan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shoznes connects with a solid leg kick.
Badoyan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shoznes.
Shoznes takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Badoyan connects with a body shot.
Badoyan cracks Shoznes with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Shoznes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Badoyan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shoznes was well out of range. Poor timing from Badoyan.
A jab from Shoznes does it's job there.
Badoyan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A jab from Badoyan does it's job there.
Badoyan misses the jab.
Shoznes with a jab.
Badoyan misses with a hook. Shoznes ducked under it nicely.
Badoyan lands with an overhand left.
Decent striking displayed by Badoyan there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shoznes moves away from the strike by Badoyan.
Badoyan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Badoyan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Shoznes misses with a body kick.
Shoznes throws a sloppy head kick and Badoyan moves out of range easily.
Badoyan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Badoyan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shoznes throws a leg kick that is checked
and Badoyan counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Badoyan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Badoyan lands with a punch from half guard.
Shoznes has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Badoyan is working away from the top position though.
Shoznes is trying to stand back up but Badoyan is controlling him
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shoznes is trying to control but can't.
Shoznes tries to get to full guard but Badoyan has control of the leg.
Badoyan looks to land a strike but Shoznes avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Badoyan showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Badoyan throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shoznes has momentary wrist control but Badoyan slips an elbow through the middle.
Shoznes is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tigran Badoyan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tigran Badoyan'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. This is the final round!
Badoyan throws a leg kick but Shoznes moved away.
Shoznes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Badoyan.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Shoznes enables Badoyan to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Shoznes manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Badoyan trying to control but Shoznes is working from the bottom.
Badoyan tries to free his leg and advance position but Shoznes is retaining full guard.
Badoyan trying to control but Shoznes is working from the bottom.
Badoyan stopping the sweep attempt from Shoznes.
Badoyan showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Badoyan's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Tigran Badoyan was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Badoyan throws a head kick that misses.
Shoznes throws a chopping leg kick but Badoyan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Badoyan with a jab.
Badoyan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Shoznes on the side of the head.
Shoznes getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Badoyan lunges at Shoznes with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Shoznes's hand.
Badoyan misses with a lunging right hand
and Shoznes counters with a nice low kick that buckles Badoyan's knee momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice defenses there by Shoznes.
Joseph Shoznes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joseph Shoznes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badoyan looks to land a left hand but Shoznes moved out of range nicely.
Shoznes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A nice inside leg kick there by Badoyan. That's going to slow Shoznes down.
Shoznes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Badoyan counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Shoznes trying to hold on to Badoyan's head to control him but Badoyan postures up.
Badoyan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Shoznes defending well though.
Badoyan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Badoyan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Badoyan prevents Shoznes from improving his position.
Shoznes blocking the ground and pound attempt from Badoyan.
Badoyan is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badoyan thows a huge punch but Shoznes dodges it nicely.
Badoyan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Badoyan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Badoyan winds up and cracks Shoznes with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Shoznes trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Badoyan manages to pass to mount!
Badoyan lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Badoyan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Badoyan trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badoyan controlling from the full mount.
Badoyan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Shoznes trying desperately to get to his feet.
Badoyan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Badoyan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tigran Badoyan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Badoyan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tigran Badoyan!
A very excited looking Tigran Badoyan 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kisuke Urahara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dragon Warfist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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216 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
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
5 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Kisuke Urahara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Dragon Warfist!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warfist takes a swing at Urahara's ribcage but misses.
Warfist throws a front kick aimed at Urahara's knee but Urahara avoids it well.
Urahara takes a kick to the side of the head.
Urahara steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Warfist.
Warfist gets off balance looking for a body kick
enabling Urahara to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Dragon Warfist has been cut.
Urahara looks to score with a jab to the body but Warfist is just out of range.
Urahara takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Warfist throws a wild body kick that Urahara sees coming a mile off.
Urahara tries to move into range but Warfist moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Warfist takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Warfist tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Urahara misses with a wild body shot.
Urahara throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Warfist throws a head kick but Urahara moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warfist scores with a crisp jab that stopped Urahara in his tracks.
Urahara throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Urahara thows a left - swing and a miss!
Urahara clinches up against the cage.
Urahara tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Urahara is looking for a takedown.
Urahara breaks the clinch.
Warfist throws a front kick that sends Urahara stumbling back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Warfist bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Urahara's head.
Warfist connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Urahara momentarily.
Warfist misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Warfist connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Warfist misses the target.
Warfist is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urahara just misses with a punch to the body.
Warfist moves into the clinch.
Urahara blocking some punches.
Come on Urahara - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Warfist goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Warfist.
Urahara blocks an uppercut.
Urahara trying to control the position but instead, Warfist has worked for underhooks and has pushed Urahara into the cage.
Warfist pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Warfist throws a low kick but Urahara avoids it.
Warfist connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Warfist tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warfist lands a leg kick that knocks Urahara off balance momentarily.
Warfist thows a body shot but no joy.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Warfist.
Warfist misses with a low kick as Urahara jumps back.
Warfist scores with a body shot.
Urahara punishes Warfist's body with a nice straight punch.
Urahara with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice uppercut lands for Warfist. That snapped Urahara's head back.
Warfist throws a looping overhand right but Urahara ducks down to avoid it.
Urahara blocks a head kick by Warfist.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Urahara moves into the clinch.
Warfist blocks an elbow strike from Urahara.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warfist scores with a shot to the side of Urahara's head.
Urahara has Warfist pushed against the cage.
Urahara blocking some punches.
Warfist's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Warfist throws a head kick that misses.
Warfist throws a head kick but Urahara moves out of range.
Warfist scores with a jab to the body.
Warfist thows a leg kick but Urahara checks it
and Urahara counters with a nice low kick that buckles Warfist's knee momentarily.
A left lands for Warfist.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Warfist with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Urahara to score with a decent uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Warfist. Urahara does a little dance to reset his feet.
Warfist catches Urahara with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dragon Warfist dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dragon Warfist's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nice body punch from Warfist.
Urahara lands with a straight right. Warfist didn't see that one coming.
Warfist throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Urahara lands a jab-cross combination.
Urahara tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Warfist was well out of range. Poor timing from Urahara.
Warfist defending well as Urahara loads up on a big left hand.
Warfist moves into the clinch.
Urahara throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch on the inside from Warfist fails to land.
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!
Urahara stalling in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Warfist.
Urahara manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Warfist lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Urahara.
Warfist goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Urahara misses with a hook to the ribs.
Urahara pushes Warfist back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Urahara.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Urahara.
Warfist lands a left hand.
Urahara jumps guard but Warfist turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Warfist lands with a left to the head.
Urahara pulls guard effortlessly.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Warfist wants to stand but Urahara is controlling his posture from full guard.
Warfist tries to free his leg and advance position but Urahara is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warfist is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Urahara looking for a sweep. Not yet Urahara, not yet.
Urahara is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Urahara looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Warfist tries to stand but Urahara is controlling from the bottom.
Urahara keeping full guard, as Warfist tries to pass.
Warfist wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Urahara's closed guard. He's half up but Urahara has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Urahara pivots and extends the arm, Warfist falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Urahara! Well done that man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kisuke Urahara!
Kisuke Urahara managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, TFP Graphics - Pit Inc, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Colin Croft (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zell Griever (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Croft comes to the cage accompanied by Break Stuff - Limp Bizkit. Griever has chosen X-Files Theme as his entrance music. Zell Griever is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Colin Croft!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zell Griever!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Croft looks to land a body kick but Griever moved away.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Croft crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Griever - the referee stops the clock and Croft gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Griever. Croft manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Croft misses with a head kick.
Griever lands a nice hook to Croft's body. Croft takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Croft moves out of range of the body kick from Griever.
A telegraphed right hand from Croft misses the target.
Colin Croft seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Griever waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Croft.
Croft throws a hook to the side of Griever's head but Griever sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Croft has taken the fight to the clinch.
Griever breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Croft tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Griever was well out of range. Poor timing from Croft.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Griever.
Croft lands a head shot.
Croft stuns Griever with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Croft swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Croft throws a hook but Griever blocks it.
Griever looks to land a body kick but Croft moved away.
Croft misses with a left hand
and Griever connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Croft tries to clinch but Griever is having none of it.
Croft throws a body punch but Griever moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Croft.
Croft lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Croft misses the shot to the body.
Croft throws a leg kick
and Griever counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Griever swings for the body but Croft moves out of range.
Croft tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Griever is able to avoid easily.
Croft tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Griever was well out of range. Poor timing from Croft.
Croft is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Griever's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Griever throws a leg kick but Croft checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griever throws a body kick that misses.
Croft is looking to chop away at Griever's legs.
Croft fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Griever is out of range.
Croft misses with a low kick.
Croft tries to clinch but Griever is having none of it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Griever throws a body punch but Croft moves out of range.
Croft misses with a looping right.
Griever misses with the body kick
and Croft counters with a slapping leg kick.
Croft misses the jab.
Croft moves in looking to clinch but Griever pushes him off.
Griever lands a slapping body shot.
Griever throws a body punch but Croft moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Croft throws a leg kick which misses Griever's front leg but catches the back leg as Griever tries to avoid it.
Croft scores with a jab to the body.
Croft looks to score with a jab to the body but Griever is just out of range.
Griever stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Croft.
Nice jab there from Griever.
Croft throws a hook but Griever blocks it.
Croft thows a body shot but no joy.
Croft looks to throw a body kick
and Griever counters with a nice kick to the body.
Croft rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Griever counters with a left to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Griever.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Croft takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Croft throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Griever sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Griever is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Croft rather than just go for the knockout.
Croft is looking to land body kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griever listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Griever moves out of range of the strikes.
Griever fails to land with a series of punches.
A low kick from Croft misses
and Griever counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Croft throws a low kick but it's checked well by Griever.
Croft steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Griever.
Griever has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Griever moves out of range of the body kick from Croft.
Griever looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Griever uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Croft.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Croft tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Griever was well out of range. Poor timing from Croft.
Griever throws a hook but Croft avoids it easily.
Croft looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
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 Colin Croft will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Croft thows a body shot but no joy.
Croft tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Croft takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Griever ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Croft throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Croft.
Croft misses with a body shot
and Griever counters with a left to the body.
Croft thows a body kick. Griever tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Croft takes a swing at Griever's ribcage but misses.
Griever keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griever closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A jab from Griever finds it's way through Croft's defenses.
Croft misses with a hook. Griever ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griever lunges at Croft with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Croft's hand.
Croft throws an off balance right hand
and Griever connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Croft throws a nice outside leg kick.
Croft ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Griever moves away.
Croft tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Griever misses with an uppercut. Croft saw that one coming.
Griever moves out of range of the body kick from Croft.
Croft moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Griever paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Griever misses with a hook
and Croft counters with a slapping leg kick.
Griever throws a hook but Croft avoids it easily.
Griever paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griever tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Croft connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Griever keeps Croft at a distance using the push kick.
Croft clinches.
Griever blocks a body shot from Croft.
Griever manages to break the clinch.
Griever's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Croft scores with a hook to the body. Griever takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Griever tries to land a body kick
and Griever takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Griever misses the shot to the body.
Croft misses with a right hand
and Griever counters with a two punch combo.
Croft throws a low kick, looking for Griever's leg but Griever calmly moves out of range.
Croft misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Griever.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Croft throws a leg kick but Griever moved away.
Croft tries to work over Griever's front leg with a kick but Griever checks it.
Croft throws the kick towards the body but Griever avoids it.
Griever throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Griever wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
An inside leg kick from Croft misses.
Croft throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Croft fails with an attempt to clinch.
Croft with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Croft with a nice cross.
Griever misses with a body shot.
Croft lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Croft blocks a head kick by Griever.
Griever throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Griever moves out of range as Croft strikes.
Croft pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Croft thows a body shot but no joy.
Griever uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Croft.
Croft rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Griever counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Griever lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Croft circles away quickly and effectively.
Griever has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Croft.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griever is looking to score with low kicks.
Croft throws a lazy right hand but Griever sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Croft thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Colin Croft dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Griever crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Croft - the referee stops the clock and Griever gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Croft. Griever manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Croft is looking to chop away at Griever's legs.
Croft misses with a head kick.
Griever lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Croft gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Croft gets through Griever's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Croft lands an uppercut.
Croft goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Croft fails to land.
Griever doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Croft blocks an uppercut.
Griever tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Croft's elbow.
Croft misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Croft can't find room to land a body shot as Griever controls the action.
Croft tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griever pushes Croft back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Griever misses with a punch to the body.
Griever scores with a nice hook to the head.
Griever breaks from the clinch.
Croft throws a wild body kick that Griever sees coming a mile off.
Griever slips under a jab.
Croft lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Griever pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Griever takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Griever tries to move into range but Croft moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
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 decent looking cross lands there for Croft.
Croft lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Griever throws a sloppy body shot
and Croft counters with a nice kick to the body.
Zell Griever has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Griever takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Croft has closed the distance and engaged Griever in a clinch.
Griever misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Croft is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Griever throws a punch but it's blocked by Croft.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Croft.
Griever throws a head punch that misses.
Colin Croft is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Griever struggles to land a body shot inside as Croft controls his hands.
Croft can't find room to land a body shot as Griever controls the action.
Croft misses with a punch on the inside.
Griever blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Croft lands a shot to the body.
Croft tries to work over Griever's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from Croft.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griever swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Griever tries to break free but Croft pushes him back against the cage.
Croft prevents a body shot from Griever.
Griever takes a shot to the head.
Griever misses with a body punch.
Griever swings wildly with an uppercut but Croft uses good head movement to avoid it.
Griever tries a body shot but Croft blocks it.
Griever has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Griever looking to stall.
Croft tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Croft lands a hook that snaps the head of Griever backwards.
Griever is trying to break the clinch but Croft is controlling him.
Croft digs a right hand underneath Griever's ribcage. Griever let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Croft digs a right hand underneath Griever's ribcage. Griever let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Croft digs a right hand into Griever's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Griever's gas tank.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Griever struggles to land a body shot inside as Croft controls his hands.
Croft lands with a right to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Croft.
Griever fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Griever fails to land.
Croft fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Griever wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Croft throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Grievers head.
Croft lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Griever.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griever misses with some punches.
Griever digs a right hand underneath Croft's ribcage. Croft let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Croft lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Griever's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that's the end of the fight!
Colin Croft showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Croft 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Colin Croft!
During a confident post fight interview, Colin Croft thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Castiel Angel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirk Lazarus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Angel kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Carry on my wayward son. Kirk Lazarus will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Castiel Angel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kirk Lazarus!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Lazarus.
The fighters circling - Angel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Angel blocks a head kick by Lazarus.
Lazarus throws a leg kick but Angel sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Angel is looking to score with low kicks.
Lazarus moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Angel stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nice body punch from Lazarus.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Angel throws a low kick but Lazarus moves out of range easily.
Angel misses with a double jab.
Angel throws a front kick aimed at Lazarus's knee but Lazarus avoids it well.
Lazarus lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Lazarus lands with a shot to the body.
Lazarus throws a body punch but Angel moves out of range.
Lazarus turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Lazarus.
Lazarus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Angel.
Lazarus shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Lazarus dodges the punch combination from Angel.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lazarus feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Angel's calf.
Lazarus checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lazarus is looking to slow Angel down with leg kicks.
Angel connects with an inside leg kick.
Angel takes a swing at Lazarus's ribcage but misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Angel misses the target.
Angel is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Lazarus's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Good leg kick by Lazarus there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Angel throws a half hearted mid kick.
Angel misses with a body shot.
Lazarus scores with a leg kick.
Lazarus throws a sloppy head kick and Angel moves out of range easily.
Angel throws a big shot that misses.
Angel 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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lazarus lands with a thumping leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Angel checks a leg kick.
Lazarus tries to clinch there but Angel circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Angel takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A big left from Angel misses.
Lazarus throws a good cross that connects.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lazarus, right into the meat.
Angel keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Angel is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A low kick from Lazarus is predictable there
and Angel counters with a nice body kick.
Angel drops Lazarus with a nice combination! Angel dives into Lazarus's guard, looking to finish!
It looks like Kirk Lazarus has been cut.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Lazarus looking to control.
Angel throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lazarus trying to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Angel accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lazarus is looking for a triangle but Angel pushes his legs off easily.
Angel loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Angel chips away with some ground and pound.
Angel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lazarus is keeping the position for now.
Angel postures up and lands a big shot to Lazarus's brow.
Angel postures up.
Angel 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.
Lazarus trying to keep a closed guard but Angel is proving a slippery customer.
Angel working some strikes from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lazarus has his foot on Angel's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Angel works his way back into a safe position though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Angel with a nice head shot there.
Lazarus being controlled here, momentarily.
Lazarus working a defensive guard here.
Lazarus keeping moving, preventing Angel from controlling successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lazarus controls Angel momentarily but Angel frees himself.
Angel postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Castiel Angel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kirk Lazarus's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Lazarus throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Lazarus throws a nice outside leg kick.
Angel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Angel looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lazarus throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Angel stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lazarus throws a leg kick that misses.
Angel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lazarus throws a low kick but Angel avoids it.
Lazarus throws a low kick but Angel moves out of range easily.
Lazarus throws a leg kick but Angel sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lazarus throws a leg kick which misses Angel's front leg but catches the back leg as Angel tries to avoid it.
Lazarus goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Angel on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Angel tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lazarus ducks right into an uppercut from Angel.
Lazarus thows a body shot but no joy.
Angel throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Angel just misses with a punch to the body.
Angel throws an overhand right that lands on Lazarus's shoulder, as Lazarus tries to avoid the shot.
Angel throws a leg kick but Lazarus moved away.
The fighters circling - Angel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Angel shoots in looking for a takedown but Lazarus manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Angel's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Angel 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.
Lazarus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Angel.
Lazarus cracks the inside of Angel's front leg.
Lazarus lands a body shot.
Angel pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Angel takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kirk Lazarus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lazarus cracks a nice hook into Angel's ribs.
Lazarus fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lazarus connects with a leg kick. Angel looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A jab from Angel misses.
Angel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Lazarus there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Angel steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lazarus. That one must have hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lazarus.
Lazarus is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Angel rather than just go for the knockout.
Lazarus slaps away a takedown attempt from Angel, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Angel lands a nice looking body shot.
Angel has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Castiel Angel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lazarus throws a leg kick which misses Angel's front leg but catches the back leg as Angel tries to avoid it.
Lazarus lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Lazarus.
Lazarus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Angel.
Lazarus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Angel throws out the jab.
Angel throws a hook but Lazarus blocks it.
A clash of legs there as Angel blocks the low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lazarus lands with a shot to the body.
Angel misses with a two punch combination.
Kirk Lazarus seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lazarus scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Lazarus. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Lazarus lands a front kick.
Lazarus connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Angel momentarily.
Lazarus lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Angel avoids the body shot from Lazarus.
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!
Lazarus throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Angel stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lazarus throws a leg kick but Angel sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Angel throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lazarus lands a head kick. Angel smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Lazarus scores with a nice body kick.
Lazarus tries to score with a low kick but Angel moves his leg out of the way.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lazarus, right into the meat.
Lazarus throws a head kick but Angel moves out of range.
Lazarus chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Angel throws a wild body kick that Lazarus sees coming a mile off.
Angel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Decent striking displayed by Lazarus there.
Lazarus ducks under a wild hook from Angel.
Lazarus bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Good leg kick by Lazarus there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lazarus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lazarus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lazarus buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lazarus chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Angel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lazarus throws a leg kick but Angel moved away.
Angel changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lazarus tries to avoid it but Angel manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lazarus to the ground. Lazarus escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Angel throws a body punch but Lazarus moves out of range.
Angel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lazarus.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kirk Lazarus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kirk Lazarus's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
A head kick from Lazarus lands but Angel takes it in his stride.
Lazarus throws a quick inside leg kick.
Angel dives in and grabs Lazarus's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lazarus pushes down on Angel's head and hops out.
Angel throws out a loose jab but Lazarus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lazarus chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lazarus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Angel takes a kick to the side of the head.
Lazarus gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Angel has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lazarus.
Angel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lazarus.
Angel throws a hook but Lazarus avoids it easily.
Lazarus lands with a shot to the body.
Lazarus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lazarus throws a leg kick but Angel checks it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Angel shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Lazarus manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lazarus is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Angel defends well.
Castiel Angel overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Angel wants to control from the top but Lazarus keeps moving.
Angel stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lazarus swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Angel working some strikes from top position.
Angel throws an elbow that misses. Lazarus uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Angel's guard. Nice move by Lazarus!
Lazarus looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lazarus drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Angel manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Lazarus has Angel in his guard.
Lazarus looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Angel lands a couple of digs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Angel slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Lazarus trying to keep a closed guard but Angel is proving a slippery customer.
Angel is sitting in close to Lazarus's body. Lazarus has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Angel is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Angel is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Lazarus.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Kirk Lazarus!
Kirk Lazarus took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Shout out to Spliffs, Cox, Stone and Stapleton. Full Retard!'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Beckett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Lineker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robert Beckett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Lineker!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beckett misses with a looping left.
Beckett with a hook.
Beckett will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Beckett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lineker tries to score with a low kick but Beckett moves his leg out of the way.
Lineker walks into a straight right hand from Beckett.
Beckett ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lineker pivots, looking for a leg kick but Beckett is out of range and Lineker settles back down.
An inside leg kick lands from Lineker.
Lineker misses with a hook.
Beckett checks a low kick from Lineker.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lineker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lineker misses with a low kick.
Lineker ducks under a wild hook from Beckett.
A head kick misses from Beckett.
Lineker is looking to chop away at Beckett's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beckett connects with an inside leg kick.
Beckett throws a sloppy head kick and Lineker moves out of range easily.
Lineker ducks under a wild hook from Beckett.
Lineker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Beckett.
Lineker is looking to score with low kicks.
Robert Beckett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lineker tries a head kick but it misses.
Beckett scores with a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Lineker blocks the leg kick.
Beckett dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lineker. That did some damage!
Lineker connects with a high kick.
Lineker misses with a head kick.
Beckett misses with a kick to the body
and Lineker counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Beckett is lucky that one didn't land flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice shot lands for Beckett.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lineker throws a leg kick but Beckett sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Lineker blocks a jab.
Beckett misses with an uppercut
and Lineker counters with a slapping leg kick.
Beckett misses with a lunging right hand
and Lineker counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Lineker connects with a leg kick. Beckett looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lineker on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Beckett. Beckett obviously looking to wear him down.
Beckett lands a big head kick that sends Lineker tumbling to the mat! Beckett takes a step backwards and waves Lineker back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Lineker is rocked!
Lineker checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lineker is still on wobbly legs! Can Beckett finish him?
Lineker throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Beckett to counter with a crisp jab.
Lineker throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Beckett throws a head kick that misses.
Lineker moves out of range as Beckett strikes.
Nice shot lands for Beckett.
Beckett throws a leg kick
and Lineker counters with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beckett swings for the body but Lineker moves out of range.
Lineker looks up at the clock. Bad move! Beckett lands a right hand from hell, dropping Lineker. Beckett pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert Beckett!
An out of breath Robert Beckett thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maubee Away (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jared Wild (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Away comes to the cage accompanied by Rude Boy Dreams. Wild comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Type O Negative - Love You to Death kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Maubee Away has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Maubee Away!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jared Wild!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wild tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wild misses with a body kick.
Wild scores with a kick to the midsection.
Wild throws a head kick that misses.
Wild throws a head kick that misses.
Away looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Wild.
Wild feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Away's calf.
Away takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
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!
Wild takes a swing at Away's ribcage but misses.
Good shot there by Wild.
Wild throws a lazy uppercut
and Away counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wild on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Away perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wild looks like he's trying to stand up.
Wild looks winded!
Away sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Away has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Wild wants to improve his position but Away is controlling well.
Away controlling the action here.
Maubee Away has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Wild pivots, looking for a leg kick but Away is out of range and Wild settles back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Wild misses.
Away blocks a head kick by Wild.
Away shoots in but Wild avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wild jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wild tries a head kick but it misses.
Wild gets caught flat footed, as Away shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Wild can do anything to dispel that myth.
Away trying to control but Wild is working from the bottom.
Away trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Away trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Away sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Away might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Away stopping the sweep attempt from Wild.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Away with a flurry of punches that miss.
Away lands a couple of digs.
Away's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Away scoring with some ground and pound.
Away advances to half guard.
Wild is not content to let Away control the position.
Wild on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Away drops an elbow to the side of Wild's head.
Away lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
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. Away connects with a nice short shot to Wild's temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wild is looking for a sweep. Away is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ground and pound from Away.
Away is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wild is looking to get back to is feet but Away passes into side control.
Wild tries to buck Away off but Away is having none of it.
Away scoring with punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Away advances nicely into full mount.
Wild is bucking up trying to escape but Away cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Away working Wild over with strikes here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Away is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Wild can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Wild is rocked!
Wild takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Away's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maubee Away!
An out of breath Maubee Away thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sherif Fathy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenta Kobashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fathy comes to the cage accompanied by Eat You Alive. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sherif Fathy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kenta Kobashi!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kobashi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kobashi connects with a high kick.
Fathy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kobashi connects with an inside leg kick.
Kobashi connects with a leg kick. Fathy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nice defenses there by Kobashi.
Sherif Fathy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kobashi. That's going to slow Fathy down.
Nice defenses there by Kobashi.
Kobashi explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kobashi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kobashi.
Fathy takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kobashi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kobashi lands with a hook. Fathy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kobashi blocks a leg kick.
Kobashi connects with the punch.
Fathy shoots in but no luck this time.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fathy. Kobashi does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kobashi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kobashi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fathy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fathy takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Kobashi stuns Fathy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Donk. Kobashi catches Fathy right on the button with a cross.
Kobashi clinches up against the cage.
Kobashi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kobashi avoiding damage as Fathy throws knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Kobashi.
Fathy is breathing heavily.
Fathy throws a punch but it's blocked by Kobashi.
Kobashi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kobashi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fathy's elbow.
Kobashi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kobashi can't find room to land a body shot as Fathy controls the action.
Kobashi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kobashi lands with a left to the head.
Kobashi is stalling here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fathy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Fathy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kobashi has him pressed against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Kobashi.
Kobashi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fathy.
Kobashi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kobashi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fathys head.
Kobashi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kobashi lands with a light punch inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kobashi.
Fathy goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kobashi prevents it.
Kobashi lands an uppercut.
Kobashi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kobashi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kobashi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Kobashi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kobashi manages to break the clinch.
Kobashi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Kobashi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kobashi.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kobashi.
Kobashi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fathy.
Kobashi jabs Fathy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kobashi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kobashi scores with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kobashi. That's going to slow Fathy down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fathy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kobashi.
Kobashi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fathy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kobashi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kobashi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fathy gets tackled into the cage by Kobashi. Kobashi maintains the clinch.
Kobashi lands a right hand.
Kobashi pushes Fathy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kobashi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kobashi tries to break free but Fathy pushes him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kobashi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kobashi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fathy's elbow.
Fathy wants to stall.
Fathy tries to work over Kobashi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Fathy fails to land.
Kobashi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kobashi lands a nice uppercut.
Fathy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kobashi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fathy is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Kobashi can't fight it off and eventually Fathy manages to take the fight to the floor. Kobashi looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Kobashi managing to control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kobashi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Fathy manages to get himself to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenta Kobashi dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Fathy misses the jab.
Fathy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kobashi misses with a head kick.
Kobashi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kobashi there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kobashi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kobashi doesn't manage to clinch there - Fathy circles away.
Kobashi avoids the head kick by Fathy.
Kobashi avoids the body shot from Fathy.
Kobashi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kobashi throws a head kick that misses.
Fathy throws a sloppy head kick and Kobashi moves out of range easily.
Fathy misses with a lunging right hand
and Kobashi holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kobashi blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Kobashi.
A head punch on the inside from Fathy fails to land.
Fathy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kobashi blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kobashi misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fathy pushes Kobashi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kobashi swings wildly with an uppercut but Fathy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fathy looking to slow down the pace here.
Kobashi working aggressively here.
Fathy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fathy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fathy tries a knee to the head but Kobashi blocks it.
A right handed body shot lands from Kobashi.
Kobashi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short body shot lands from Kobashi as the two fighters clinch.
Kobashi swings wildly with an uppercut but Fathy uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kobashi.
Kenta Kobashi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kobashi stalling against the cage.
Fathy prevents a body shot from Kobashi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kobashi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kobashi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fathy backwards.
Kobashi cracks Fathy with a nice body shot.
Kobashi lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kobashi.
Kobashi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick misses from Kobashi.
Kobashi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kobashi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fathy's hands.
Kobashi lands a high kick!
It looks like Sherif Fathy has been cut.
Kobashi's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fathy under the eye.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kobashi, right into the meat.
Kobashi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fathy's sensitive parts.
Kobashi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fathy avoids the head kick by Kobashi.
Kobashi tries to clinch but Fathy moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kobashi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kobashi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fathy takes one on the button.
Kobashi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
An inside leg kick from Fathy misses.
Kobashi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fathy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Fathy crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kobashi - the referee stops the clock and Fathy gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kobashi. Fathy manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kobashi.
Fathy takes a head kick and keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kobashi throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kobashi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fathy's sensitive parts.
Kobashi lunges at Fathy with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Fathy's hand.
Kobashi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fathy 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.
Kobashi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kobashi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kobashi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fathy takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kobashi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kenta Kobashi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fathy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kobashi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kobashi tries to clinch but Fathy is having none of it.
Fathy loads up on a big right hand but Kobashi slips the punch.
Kobashi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fathy has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kobashi.
Kobashi lands with a kick to the temple. Fathy shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kobashi throws a nice head kick!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kobashi scores with a hook to the body. Fathy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kobashi lands a head kick. Fathy smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Kobashi cracks a nice hook into Fathy's ribs.
Kobashi pushes Fathy away with a front kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenta Kobashi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sherif Fathy'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. This is the final round!
Kobashi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kobashi.
Fathy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kobashi cracks the inside of Fathy's front leg.
Kobashi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fathy manages to avoid it.
Kobashi stuffs the takedown attempt from Fathy. Fathy gets slowly back to his feet.
Kenta Kobashi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kobashi lands a head kick. Fathy smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Kobashi throws a head kick but Fathy moves out of range.
Kobashi scores with a leg kick.
Kobashi blocks a leg kick.
Kobashi tries to clinch there but Fathy circles away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kobashi. That's going to slow Fathy down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fathy thows a leg kick but Kobashi checks it
letting Kobashi counter with a right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kobashi misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kobashi throws a head kick that Fathy semi-blocks.
Crunch! Kobashi slams his shin into Fathy's torso.
Fathy 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.
Fathy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fathy ducks right into an uppercut from Kobashi.
Fathy throws a shot from downtown. Kobashi moves away and avoids it.
Kobashi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fathy misses with a head kick.
Kobashi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fathy manages to avoid it.
Kobashi misses with the combination.
Fathy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kobashi connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fathy scrambles back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fathy swats away the attempt to clinch by Kobashi.
Kobashi lands a nice looking kick to the body. Fathy takes a step back to recover.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kobashi. That's going to slow Fathy down.
Kobashi throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kobashi connects with an inside leg kick.
Kobashi connects with a body shot.
Kobashi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fathy wants to land a leg kick but Kobashi is out of range.
Fathy avoids the head kick by Kobashi.
Nice shot lands for Kobashi.
Fathy misses with a straight right.
Kobashi looks to land a body kick but Fathy moved away.
A head kick misses from Fathy.
Fathy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kobashi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fathy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kenta Kobashi 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.
A big left from Fathy misses.
Fathy misses with a double jab.
Fathy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kobashi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kobashi throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Fathy takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Kobashi tries a head kick but it misses.
Kobashi slips under a jab.
Kobashi throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Fathy throws a head kick that misses.
Kobashi cracks the inside of Fathy's front leg.
Kobashi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fathy looks to land a left hand but Kobashi moved out of range nicely.
Kobashi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kobashi. That's going to slow Fathy down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kobashi lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Fathy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kobashi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fathy.
Kobashi with a nice cross.
Fathy throws a leg kick but Kobashi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kobashi throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Fathy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kobashi lands a glancing blow to the side of Fathy's head.
Fathy misses the shot to the body.
Kobashi blocks a head kick by Fathy.
Kobashi jabs at Fathy's body.
Kobashi slips under a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fathy moves out of range of the body kick.
Fathy misses with a body kick.
Sherif Fathy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kobashi goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kenta Kobashi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kobashi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenta Kobashi!
Our winner, Kenta Kobashi, 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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