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Syn' 262: Chocolat PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cliff Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco North (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying North's choice of entrance music: The Ghost Inside - Unspoken. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cliff Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marco North!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
North throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
North looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Harris moves away from the strike by North.
North comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
North blocks a head kick by Harris.
Harris throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
North scores with a jab.
North just misses with a punch to the body.
North throws a head kick that misses.
Harris is looking to land body kicks.
Marco North seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris darts in looking for a takedown but North gets double underhooks and turns Harris into the cage.
North tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harris can't find room to land a body shot as North controls the action.
North blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
North throws a head punch that misses.
North misses with a shot to the kidneys.
North blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
North is trying to break free.
North misses with a punch to the body.
North misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
North tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harris's elbow.
North scores with an uppercut up the middle.
North breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
North throws a looping overhand right but Harris ducks down to avoid it.
Harris looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
North pushes Harris off looking to stand but Harris dives back in and keeps control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
North trying to control from the bottom.
North looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Harris in particular looking to stall.
North wants to control but Harris is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris prevents North from improving his position.
Harris looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Harris has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Harris works his way into side control.
North is letting Harris control him for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Harris's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
You can see the frustration on North's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Harris is looking to take a break and control but North is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
North is looking for a sweep.
North takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
You can see the frustration on North's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
North is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Harris laying and praying for a moment but North takes advantage and regains half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris prevents North from standing back up.
Harris not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
North trying to control here.
Harris throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Harris trying to control from North's half guard. North has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
North looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
North keeping moving, preventing Harris from controlling successfully.
North is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
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 Cliff Harris will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A swing and a miss from North.
A jab from North finds it's way through Harris's defenses.
Harris shoots in for a takedown but North shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
North looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
North throws a shot from downtown. Harris moves away and avoids it.
North throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
North misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
North fails to land with a series of punches.
Harris thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on North if he has to take too many more of those.
North takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
North throws a hook to the side of Harris's head but Harris sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marco North is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris darts in looking for a takedown but North gets double underhooks and turns Harris into the cage.
Harris pushes North back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
North lands a left hand.
North has had enough of the clinch but Harris keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
North misses with a hook to the ribs.
North breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Harris.
North looks to land a body kick but Harris moved away.
North clobbers Harris with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
North chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harris can pounce on him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
North jabs Harris right on the nose. Harris blinks but takes it well.
Harris lands with an uppercut that bounces North off the cage and back into range.
It looks like Marco North has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
North tries to sprawl but Harris drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Cliff Harris overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Harris throwing shots but North is blocking nicely.
Harris takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
North looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Harris is looking to take a break and control but North is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
North is looking to escape.
Harris is looking for a kimura but North is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Harris to get the leverage.
North has hold of Harris's hands but Harris slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris wants to work for an arm triangle but North is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
North tries to roll over but Harris keeps him under control.
Harris is trying to control the action in half guard but North is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Harris is nestled in close to North, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
North actively working from the bottom here.
Harris trying to control the action but North is working from the bottom.
North actively working from the bottom here.
Harris tries to pass the half guard into mount. North knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
North keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Harris is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
North is trying to get back to full guard.
North trying to control from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harris content to control rather than advance.
North wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cliff Harris dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marco North's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Harris is defended easily by North.
North punishes Harris's body with a nice straight punch.
North throws out a leg kick but Harris moves out of range and North only half commits.
Harris is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
North lands a jab to Harris's midsection.
Harris is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harris connects with a high kick.
North throws a low kick but Harris moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
North wants to land a leg kick but Harris is out of range.
North pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
North's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and North duly obliges.
North shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Harris eats them both and turns towards North to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Harris is rocked!
A big right from North misses.
North misses the shot to the body.
North stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and North wants it to stay on the feet.
Harris tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but North swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cliff Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harris pivots, looking for a leg kick but North is out of range and Harris settles back down.
North dips to his left and cracks Harris with an uppercut!
Harris misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
North throws an off balance right hand
and Harris counters with a good, hard body kick but North shrugs it off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris tries to clinch up but North circles away and keeps his distance.
Harris gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for North.
North breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Harris misses.
Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from North.
Harris looks to throw the jab but North is out of range.
North scores with a nice head shot.
North throws a low kick but it's checked well by Harris.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
North lands a leg kick that knocks Harris off balance momentarily.
Harris forces North back against the cage and clinches.
North tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
North wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right from North.
Harris is looking to take this one to the mat.
A nice right hand lands inside from North.
Oh Harris is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harris seems to have got his legs back now.
North lands a hook to the side of the head.
North blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harris has a couple of punches blocked by North.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
North misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by North.
A quick uppercut on the inside from North.
North stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
North looking to slow down the pace here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from North.
Marco North has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harris lands with a light punch inside.
North lands a body punch in the clinch.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harris lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harris throws a punch but it's blocked by North.
North stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marco North comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Harris has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Cliff Harris!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Harry Ballzonya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marshall Mathers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mathers is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Square Dance. Marshall Mathers has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 lbs
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Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Harry Ballzonya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Marshall Mathers!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping body kick lands there for Ballzonya.
Ballzonya throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ballzonya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mathers tries to work over Ballzonya's front leg with a kick but Ballzonya checks it.
Ballzonya throws a body punch but Mathers moves out of range.
Ballzonya throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mathers sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mathers delivers a nice body kick.
A big right from Mathers misses.
Mathers tries to land a front kick but Ballzonya steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mathers misses with a hook
letting Ballzonya counter with a right hand.
Ballzonya wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ballzonya lands a jab to Mathers's midsection.
Ballzonya 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.
Mathers wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mathers takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ballzonya stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mathers scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballzonya shoots in and gets a takedown into Mathers's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Ballzonya stopping the sweep attempt from Mathers.
Mathers avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mathers looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mathers is adopting a defensive guard.
Ballzonya trying to control the position from guard on top but Mathers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mathers looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ballzonya is one step ahead there.
Ballzonya throws an elbow that misses. Mathers uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ballzonya's guard. Nice move by Mathers!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballzonya not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mathers stopping the sweep attempt from Ballzonya.
Mathers looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Mathers cracks a nice hook into Ballzonya's ribs.
Mathers misses with a low kick.
Ballzonya stuns Mathers with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ballzonya manages to avoid it.
Mathers throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ballzonya moves out of range of the body kick from Mathers.
A leg kick checked by Ballzonya.
Mathers takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mathers scores with a leg kick.
Mathers takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ballzonya misses with a looping left.
Mathers misses with a body shot.
Ballzonya throws a lazy right hand but Mathers sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ballzonya defending well as Mathers loads up on a big left hand.
Ballzonya misses with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Mathers throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mathers is looking to chop away at Ballzonya's legs.
Ballzonya has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Mathers.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mathers throws a wild body kick that Ballzonya sees coming a mile off.
Mathers is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ballzonya rather than just go for the knockout.
Ballzonya tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Mathers defends well and Ballzonya ends up having to push Mathers into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Ballzonya is looking to control Mathers's arms but Mathers gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ballzonya has his back to the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Ballzonya.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mathers is trying to break free.
Mathers is trying to push Ballzonya away but Ballzonya has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mathers has a couple of punches blocked by Ballzonya.
Mathers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ballzonya takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ballzonya lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mathers's sensitive parts.
Ballzonya scores with a hook.
Ballzonya scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A jab lands there for Mathers.
Ballzonya blocks the body kick.
Ballzonya slips a straight right by Mathers.
Ballzonya scores with a jab to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Marshall Mathers will probably get the nod.
That's time! Ballzonya's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Ballzonya cracks Mathers with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ballzonya lands with a straight right. Mathers didn't see that one coming.
Ballzonya throws a jab but it's blocked by Mathers.
Ballzonya fails with a takedown attempt.
Ballzonya misses the shot to the body.
Ballzonya shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Mathers working a defensive guard here.
Ballzonya throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mathers has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Ballzonya has passed into side control.
Mathers is looking to regain half guard here but Ballzonya keeps moving and retains side control.
Mathers managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Ballzonya.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathers is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Ballzonya asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Check out the look on Ballzonya's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Ballzonya throws an elbow but Mathers slips to the side and avoids it well.
Ballzonya throws a strike aimed at the side of Mathers's head but Mathers avoids it well.
Ballzonya lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Ballzonya wants to control but Mathers is keeping him busy.
Ballzonya is chipping away with strikes.
Ballzonya is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Mathers will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Mathers wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathers is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ballzonya landing strikes.
Ballzonya scoring with punches and elbows.
Mathers defending against the ground and pound.
Mathers takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Ballzonya in side control, throwing shots but Mathers defends.
Ballzonya fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Mathers is not content to let Ballzonya control the position.
Ballzonya working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathers dodges the ground and pound from Ballzonya.
Ballzonya fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Ballzonya working the ground and pound from side control.
Ballzonya is staying tight to Mathers's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Ballzonya is looking to take a break and control but Mathers is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ballzonya creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Mathers taking a bit of punishment here - Ballzonya scoring with strikes.
Ballzonya is chipping away with strikes.
Mathers is trying to escape the position but Ballzonya is controlling the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ballzonya working the ground and pound but Mathers is defending the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mathers is looking for a sweep.
Mathers is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Ballzonya working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Ballzonya has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mathers struggling a bit here.
Ballzonya scoring with punches and elbows.
Ballzonya working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Mathers on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Harry Ballzonya overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mathers pushes Ballzonya away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Ballzonya gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Mathers is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ballzonya connects with a decent elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ballzonya misses with the ground and pound.
Ballzonya controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harry Ballzonya dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Ballzonya tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Some wild striking there from Mathers.
Mathers misses with a low kick.
Mathers stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mathers wants it to stay on the feet.
Ballzonya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mathers.
Mathers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ballzonya dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ballzonya closes this distance looking for a takedown but Mathers circles away.
Mathers takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Mathers takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ballzonya fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mathers on the side of the head.
Ballzonya displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mathers throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathers misses with a wild body shot.
Ballzonya scores with a body shot.
Ballzonya cracks Mathers with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ballzonya on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ballzonya keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ballzonya thows a body shot but no joy.
Mathers throws the kick towards the body but Ballzonya avoids it.
Ballzonya lands with a nice body punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Mathers misses the target.
Ballzonya sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ballzonya takes one to the chin there.
Mathers just misses with a punch to the body.
Mathers displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ballzonya throws out the jab.
Ballzonya lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathers throws a leg kick but Ballzonya sees it coming and moves out of range.
Mathers scores with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mathers doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Mathers gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mathers misses with a straight right.
Ballzonya misses with a body shot.
Mathers fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ballzonya misses with a hook.
Mathers looks to land a body kick but Ballzonya moved away.
Ballzonya dives in and grabs Mathers's left leg, looking for a takedown. Mathers pushes down on Ballzonya's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Ballzonya. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ballzonya darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ballzonya.
Mathers blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballzonya bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mathers's head.
Ballzonya slips a jab from Mathers.
Mathers keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ballzonya.
Good exchange - Ballzonya coming out on top.
Ballzonya scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Mathers is looking to control Ballzonya's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mathers avoid being mounted?
Mathers gets back to full guard.
Ballzonya working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ballzonya trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mathers wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mathers keeping moving, preventing Ballzonya from controlling successfully.
Mathers looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ballzonya is one step ahead there.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ballzonya jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ballzonya walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mathers throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ballzonya moves out of range of the body kick from Mathers.
Mathers needs to keep his hands up - Ballzonya had a free shot at his head there.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Harry Ballzonya.
I think Ballzonya has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harry Ballzonya!
Harry Ballzonya decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eric Britt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doc Holliday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holliday has chosen Wanted Dead Or Alive as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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199 lbs
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202 lbs
13 - 10 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eric Britt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Doc Holliday!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holliday tries for a takedown but Britt sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Holliday slips under a jab.
Britt feints and then cracks Holliday's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Holliday down.
Britt connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Holliday momentarily.
Britt misses the shot to the body.
Britt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A low kick from Britt is predictable there
and Holliday counters with a slapping leg kick.
Holliday misses with a body shot.
Holliday shoots for a takedown but Britt saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Britt looks to score with a jab to the body but Holliday is just out of range.
Holliday wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Britt uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Holliday has time to react.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Britt digs a good body shot into Holliday's ribs.
Britt throws a body punch but Holliday moves out of range.
Britt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Britt throws a chopping leg kick but Holliday manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Holliday is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Britt.
Britt thows a body shot but no joy.
Eric Britt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Holliday checks the leg kick nicely there.
Britt lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Holliday at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Britt rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Holliday moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Britt. Holliday does a little dance to reset his feet.
Britt throws a head kick but Holliday moves out of range.
Britt lands with a cross.
Britt lands a hook that stumbles Holliday back into the cage. Britt follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Holliday to the canvas! Britt pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Holliday has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Eric Britt!
Eric Britt made sure to mention his sponsor, Milwaukee's Best 160 SALE $140 in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Danny Ochoa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Peppers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ochoa's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ice Cube - I Rep That West. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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141 lbs
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147 lbs
35 - 17 - 1 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny Ochoa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
35 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Brian Peppers!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peppers loads up on a big right hand but Ochoa slips the punch.
A combination from Ochoa does no damage.
Ochoa is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ochoa thows a body kick. Peppers tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Peppers throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Peppers tries to clinch but Ochoa is having none of it.
Nice jab there from Peppers.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Peppers, right into the meat.
Peppers scores with a hook to the body. Ochoa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Peppers walks into a straight right hand from Ochoa.
A combination from Ochoa does no damage.
Ochoa thows a leg kick but Peppers checks it
and Peppers makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Ochoa really felt that one!
A jab from Peppers misses.
Ochoa misses with a low kick as Peppers jumps back.
Peppers ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peppers throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ochoa is looking to score with low kicks.
Ochoa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ochoa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peppers lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ochoa looks to score with a jab to the body but Peppers is just out of range.
Ochoa swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Peppers.
Peppers dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ochoa. That did some damage!
Ochoa looks to score with a jab to the body but Peppers is just out of range.
Ochoa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ochoa takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Peppers takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Peppers gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ochoa tries to work over Peppers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ochoa crunches a lovely knee into Peppers's ribcage.
Peppers stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Peppers misses with a body punch.
Ochoa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Peppers lands a nice knee to the body.
Peppers can't find room to land a body shot as Ochoa controls the action.
Ochoa misses with an elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ochoa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ochoa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Peppers unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ochoa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ochoa takes an elbow to the temple.
Peppers misses with an elbow strike.
Ochoa has a couple of punches blocked by Peppers.
Peppers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Peppers using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ochoa avoids the elbow strike from Peppers, against the cage.
Ochoa lands a right hand.
Ochoa managing to block the knees to the body from Peppers.
Ochoa tries a body shot but Peppers blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ochoa.
Peppers lands an elbow just above Ochoa 's eye.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Peppers.
Peppers throws an elbow but it misses.
Peppers prevents a body shot from Ochoa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peppers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Peppers.
Ochoa lands a shot to the body.
Ochoa avoids the elbow strike from Peppers, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Peppers just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ochoa's brow.
Peppers unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ochoa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ochoa blocks an elbow strike from Peppers.
Peppers lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ochoa backwards.
Peppers landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ochoa is breathing heavily.
Peppers takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ochoa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Peppers keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ochoa's efforts to push away.
Peppers struggles to land a body shot inside as Ochoa controls his hands.
Ochoa can't find room to land a body shot as Peppers controls the action.
Ochoa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Peppers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ochoa lands an elbow inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ochoa lands an uppercut.
Ochoa lands a right hand.
Ochoa gets through Peppers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Peppers has Ochoa pressed against the cage, preventing Ochoa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ochoa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Peppers lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ochoa backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Peppers.
Peppers can't find room to land a body shot as Ochoa controls the action.
Ochoa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Peppers blocks an uppercut.
Ochoa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Peppers blocks an uppercut.
Peppers lands a damaging elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ochoa.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ochoa misses with a body punch.
Peppers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Peppers is looking to clinch but Ochoa is avoiding it.
Peppers connects with a single shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Peppers dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Peppers thumps Ochoa with a low kick.
Ochoa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ochoa 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.
Peppers lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ochoa tries to clinch but Peppers moves out of range.
Peppers drives through and clinches with Ochoa against the cage.
Peppers tries a body shot but Ochoa blocks it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Peppers 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.
Peppers tries to throw a body punch but Ochoa avoids it by throwing Peppers back against the cage.
Peppers throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ochoa.
Peppers lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ochoa tries a knee to the head but Peppers blocks it.
Peppers trying to land knees to the body.
Peppers lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ochoa.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Peppers just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ochoa's brow.
Peppers's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Peppers throws an elbow but misses.
Peppers creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ochoa's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peppers lands an elbow just above Ochoa 's eye.
It looks like Danny Ochoa has been cut.
Peppers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ochoa is defending well for now.
Peppers lands an elbow inside.
Ochoa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ochoa avoiding damage as Peppers throws knees to the body.
Peppers lands an elbow inside.
Ochoa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ochoa lands a nice uppercut.
Peppers lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ochoa managing to block the knees to the body from Peppers.
Ochoa lands a hook that snaps the head of Peppers backwards.
Ochoa lands with a right to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Peppers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Peppers digs a right hand into Ochoa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ochoa's gas tank.
Ochoa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Peppers blocks an uppercut.
Ochoa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Peppers.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ochoa throws a punch but it's blocked by Peppers.
Peppers throws an elbow but it misses.
Peppers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Peppers is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ochoa is keeping busy.
Ochoa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ochoa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ochoa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Peppers creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ochoa lands a nice shot to the body.
Peppers stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Peppers misses with an elbow strike.
Peppers prevents a body shot from Ochoa.
Peppers landing knees to the body.
Peppers blocks an elbow strike.
Nice body punch from Peppers - that landed with a thud.
Peppers creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peppers throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ochoa blocks it with crossed arms.
Peppers crunches a lovely knee into Ochoa's ribcage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Peppers trying to land knees to the body.
Ochoa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ochoa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ochoa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ochoa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Peppers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ochoa.
Ochoa tries to land knees in the clinch but Peppers avoids the damage to the body.
Ochoa can't break the clinch.
Peppers lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Peppers.
Peppers lands a nice uppercut.
Peppers lands an elbow that stopped Ochoa in his tracks for a moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ochoa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Peppers misses with a head kick.
Peppers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ochoa moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peppers throws a head kick that misses.
Peppers wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Peppers throws a body punch but Ochoa moves out of range.
Ochoa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ochoa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Peppers was well out of range. Poor timing from Ochoa.
Ochoa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ochoa on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A jab from Peppers misses.
Peppers tries a head kick but it misses.
Ochoa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ochoa misses with a leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Peppers throws a leg kick but Ochoa sees it coming and moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ochoa checks a leg kick.
Peppers wants to land a leg kick but Ochoa is out of range.
Peppers connects with the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Peppers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Danny Ochoa's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Ochoa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A decent looking cross lands there for Peppers.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Peppers checks a leg kick.
Ochoa misses with a straight right.
Brian Peppers seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Peppers scores with a head kick. Ochoa tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ochoa misses with a head kick.
Ochoa throws a sloppy head kick and Peppers moves out of range easily.
Peppers misses with a wild body shot.
Peppers lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Peppers throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Peppers tries to score with a low kick but Ochoa moves his leg out of the way.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ochoa.
A punch lands to the side of Ochoa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sloppy strikes from Ochoa. Those never looked like landing.
Ochoa misses with an uppercut
and Peppers counters with a nice leg kick.
Peppers tries to clinch there but Ochoa circles away.
Danny Ochoa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peppers dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Peppers misses with a kick to the body.
Ochoa tries a head kick but it misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ochoa crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Peppers - the referee stops the clock and Ochoa gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Peppers. Ochoa manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Nice body kick from Peppers.
Ochoa ducks right into an uppercut from Peppers.
Ochoa on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Peppers pushes Ochoa up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Peppers throws an elbow but misses.
Ochoa is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Peppers scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Peppers landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Peppers lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ochoa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ochoa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Peppers lands an elbow inside.
Peppers lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peppers softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Peppers.
A short right from Peppers on the inside.
Peppers lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ochoa backwards.
Ochoa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ochoa blocks a body shot from Peppers.
Peppers has Ochoa pressed against the cage, preventing Ochoa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Peppers lands an elbow just above Ochoa 's eye.
Ochoa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Brian Peppers seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Peppers lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ochoa backwards.
Peppers is trying to maintain a safe position but Ochoa gets an underhook and turns Peppers into the cage.
Peppers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Peppers misses with an elbow over the top.
Peppers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Peppers misses with an elbow strike.
Peppers pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peppers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ochoa is defending well for now.
Ochoa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Peppers lands a shot to the body.
Ochoa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ochoa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Peppers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Peppers lands a knee to the body.
Peppers lands an uppercut.
Peppers putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ochoa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Peppers lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ochoa backwards.
Ochoa is rocked!
Ochoa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peppers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ochoa avoids it.
Peppers throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ochoa blocks it with crossed arms.
Peppers lands a knee to the body.
Ochoa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Peppers lands a nice elbow.
Oh Ochoa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Peppers creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Ochoa's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Ochoa drops to his knees and Peppers pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Peppers!
A victorious Brian Peppers 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Oisin O Conghaile (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Calvin Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Conghaile's entrance music is The Deer's Cry by Angelina. A fine choice. Thompson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by LL Cool J - Mamma Said Knock You Out. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Oisin O Conghaile!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Calvin Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson throws a right and a left that O Conghaile avoids nicely.
O Conghaile looks for the body kick but Thompson saw that one coming.
O Conghaile throws a sloppy head kick and Thompson moves out of range easily.
O Conghaile scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A nice inside leg kick there by O Conghaile. That's going to slow Thompson down.
O Conghaile just misses with a punch to the body.
Thompson digs a good body shot into O Conghaile's ribs.
A combination from O Conghaile does no damage.
O Conghaile moves out of range of the body kick.
O Conghaile lands a front kick.
O Conghaile keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
It looks like Calvin Thompson has been cut.
Thompson closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Conghaile lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Thompson jumps guard but O Conghaile turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
O Conghaile can't break the clinch.
Thompson is trying to maintain a safe position but O Conghaile gets an underhook and turns Thompson into the cage.
O Conghaile is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Thompson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Conghaile's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A nice inside leg kick there by Thompson. That's going to slow O Conghaile down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thompson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thompson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thompson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Oisin O Conghaile seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Conghaile throws a hook to the side of Thompson's head but Thompson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Conghaile throws a head kick that misses.
O Conghaile needs to keep his hands up - Thompson had a free shot at his head there.
It looks like Oisin O Conghaile has been cut.
Thompson blocks a head kick by O Conghaile.
A good leg kick by Thompson.
Thompson avoids the head kick by O Conghaile.
Thompson lands with a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Conghaile throws a sloppy head kick and Thompson moves out of range easily.
Thompson tries to clinch but O Conghaile moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Conghaile throws a head kick that misses.
Thompson throws a head kick but O Conghaile moves out of range.
O Conghaile does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
O Conghaile tries to keep at a distance but Thompson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Thompson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Thompson.
O Conghaile prevents a body shot from Thompson.
A short left from O Conghaile.
Thompson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with O Conghaile's elbow.
Thompson tries to land knees in the clinch but O Conghaile avoids the damage to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thompson obliges.
Thompson tries to throw a body punch but O Conghaile avoids it by throwing Thompson back against the cage.
Thompson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
O Conghaile looking to stall.
Thompson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Conghaile lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
Thompson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
O Conghaile fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
O Conghaile lands an elbow inside that Thompson shrugs off.
O Conghaile fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
O Conghaile lands a hook to the side of the head.
O Conghaile misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Thompson.
O Conghaile stalling in the clinch but Thompson improves position.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and O Conghaile avoids it.
Thompson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
O Conghaile's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thompson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thompson closes the distance and pushes O Conghaile back into the cage.
Thompson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thompson is leaning against O Conghaile and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson tries to work over O Conghaile's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thompson pulls guard effortlessly.
O Conghaile stands up from guard. Let's bang!
O Conghaile misses with a head kick.
Thompson tries a head kick but it misses.
O Conghaile throws a head kick but Thompson moves out of range.
O Conghaile with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Thompson to score with a decent uppercut.
Thompson takes the fight into the clinch.
O Conghaile goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
O Conghaile escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
O Conghaile throws a head kick but Thompson moves out of range.
O Conghaile throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Thompson counters with a nice uppercut.
Thompson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of O Conghaile's head.
Thompson moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Calvin Thompson dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Thompson feints and then cracks O Conghaile's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow O Conghaile down.
O Conghaile throws a nice head kick!
Thompson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Thompson throws a body kick that misses.
Thompson connects with a nice looking jab.
Thompson lands a jab to the nose.
A head kick misses from O Conghaile.
Thompson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
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!
Thompson tries to clinch but O Conghaile is having none of it.
Thompson blocks a head kick by O Conghaile.
Thompson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
O Conghaile is rocked!
O Conghaile gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Thompson gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Calvin Thompson!
Calvin Thompson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hiranuka Stakanu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ethan Clayton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stakanu comes to the cage accompanied by Oy, To Ne Vecher. Clayton has chosen I Want It All as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Hiranuka Stakanu has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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280 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hiranuka Stakanu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ethan Clayton!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clayton throws a body punch but Stakanu moves out of range.
Clayton closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Clayton winds up and cracks Stakanu with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Clayton tries to pass to full mount but Stakanu defends it.
Clayton trying to control from half guard but Stakanu is working away.
Stakanu wants to improve his position but Clayton is controlling well.
Clayton is nestled in close to Stakanu, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice strikes from Clayton there.
Clayton is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Stakanu wants to get back to full guard.
Clayton is trying to control the action in half guard but Stakanu is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Stakanu gets full guard.
Stakanu working a defensive guard here.
Clayton scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stakanu looking for a guillotine here but Clayton defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stakanu is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Clayton trying to control but Stakanu is working from the bottom.
Stakanu throws his legs up looking for a submission but Clayton uses it to pass to side control.
Stakanu is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Stakanu regains half guard.
Clayton landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stakanu slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clayton working some strikes from top position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Clayton connects with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stakanu can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Clayton controls the pace.
Clayton avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Clayton slips nicely into half guard.
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. Clayton connects with a nice short shot to Stakanu's temple.
Clayton lands strikes from half guard.
Stakanu is looking to get back to full guard here but Clayton has managed to pass to side control instead.
Clayton working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Stakanu tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Clayton landing a few strikes.
Clayton working the ground and pound.
Clayton is working Stakanu over with some ground and pound from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stakanu on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Clayton lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Clayton working the ground and pound from side control.
Clayton scores with a couple of short elbows.
Stakanu is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Stakanu is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Clayton scores with a couple of nice shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clayton throwing shots but Stakanu is blocking nicely.
Clayton is trying to control the action in half guard but Stakanu is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Stakanu trying to control here.
Stakanu makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Stakanu.
Stakanu manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Clayton manages to get himself to full guard.
Clayton is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Clayton has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Stakanu postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stakanu thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Stakanu working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Clayton is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Stakanu defends well.
Stakanu is sitting in close to Clayton's body. Clayton has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Stakanu is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Stakanu is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Clayton.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ethan Clayton!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Ethan Clayton waved his t-shirt featuring Just Fight (Everything 7$)'s logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronnie Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Sabre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riley comes to the cage accompanied by Queen - It's A Hard Life. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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184 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Ronnie Riley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
41 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Matt Sabre!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sabre misses with the combination.
Riley checks a low kick from Sabre.
Riley misses with a straight right.
Sabre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Riley was well out of range. Poor timing from Sabre.
A chopping leg kick lands by Riley.
Sabre checks the leg kick.
Riley tries to clinch there but Sabre circles away.
Sabre slips under a jab from Riley.
Riley dives in and scores a takedown into Sabre's guard.
Sabre is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Riley tries to free his leg and advance position but Sabre is retaining full guard.
Sabre is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Sabre looking to hit a scissor sweep but Riley is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Riley pushing down on Sabre's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Sabre is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Riley trying to pass the guard but Sabre defending well.
Sabre gets full guard.
Sabre looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sabre wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Sabre looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sabre is controlling Riley's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley wants to pass the guard but Sabre is keeping the position.
Sabre is trying to keep Riley in close.
Riley showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Riley stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sabre swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Riley seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Ronnie Riley wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Riley moves forwards but Sabre connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riley scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabre fails to land the takedown.
Riley throws a hook but Sabre avoids it easily.
Riley lands an overhand right.
It looks like Matt Sabre has been cut.
Riley throws a leg kick but Sabre checks it.
Sabre pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sabre thows a body shot but no joy.
Some wild striking there from Riley.
Sabre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Riley thumps Sabre with a low kick.
Riley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Riley. That's going to slow Sabre down.
Riley lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sabre's sensitive parts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sabre takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Riley misses with a hook. Sabre ducked under it nicely.
Riley throws a head kick but Sabre moves out of range.
Sabre throws a low kick, looking for Riley's leg but Riley calmly moves out of range.
Sabre is looking to land body kicks.
Riley with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Riley moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Riley throws a leg kick but Sabre checks it.
Sabre clinches up against the cage.
Riley cracks Sabre with a nice body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Riley looking to throw knees to the head but Sabre is blocking nicely.
Riley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sabre backwards.
Sabre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronnie Riley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Sabre'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.
Riley lands a really nice looking cross but Sabre seems unphased.
Sabre throws a jab when Riley was well out of range.
Riley scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Riley tries a head kick but it misses.
Jab by Sabre.
Riley just misses with a punch to the body.
Ronnie Riley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sabre.
Riley tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Riley throws a head kick but Sabre moves out of range.
Sabre throws a head kick that misses.
A clash of legs there as Sabre blocks the low kick.
A jab from Riley misses.
Riley takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Riley gets a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sabre throws a punch but it's blocked by Riley.
Riley throws a punch but it's blocked by Sabre.
A knee to the head by Riley.
Riley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Riley gets through Sabre's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sabre.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Riley.
Sabre working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Sabre fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sabre creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Riley looking to slow down the pace here.
Riley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sabre misses with a short punch on the inside.
Riley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sabre scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Riley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sabre throws a punch but it's blocked by Riley.
Riley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sabre has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sabre goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Riley as Sabre tries to tie him up.
Riley misses with some punches.
Sabre throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Riley scores with a shot to the side of Sabre's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riley misses with the head strike.
Riley blocks an uppercut.
Riley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A left hand lands to the body for Sabre.
Riley struggles to land a body shot inside as Sabre controls his hands.
Ronnie Riley has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sabre blocks an uppercut.
Sabre blocks a body shot from Riley.
Sabre lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Riley or not.
Riley can't find room to land a body shot as Sabre controls the action.
Sabre misses with an elbow strike.
Riley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Riley throws a head punch that misses.
Riley misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sabre tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Riley avoids it.
Riley misses with a knee strike.
Sabre blocks an uppercut.
Riley throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Riley.
Riley putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sabre in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Riley can't find room to land a body shot as Sabre controls the action.
Sabre's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sabre blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sabre can't find room to land a body shot as Riley controls the action.
Riley unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sabre lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronnie Riley dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Matt Sabre's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
A nice leg kick lands there from Riley.
Riley scores with a nice head shot.
Sabre on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sabre ducks under a wild hook from Riley.
Riley stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sabre.
Sabre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Riley lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A low kick from Sabre misses
and Riley counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riley is looking to land body kicks.
A clash of legs there as Riley blocks the low kick.
Riley shoots for a double leg takedown but Sabre sprawls well. He's pushed Riley's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Riley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sabre.
Riley delivers a nice body kick.
Riley lands with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Riley tenderised Sabre's leg. Sabre is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sabre scores with a body shot.
Riley throws out a loose jab but Sabre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sabre blocks the body kick.
Sabre tries a head kick but it misses.
Riley closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Sabre to the mat! Sabre manages to get full guard.
Riley's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Sabre wants to sweep but no luck.
Sabre is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Riley wants to pass the guard but Sabre is keeping the position.
Sabre keeping moving, preventing Riley from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Sabre seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Matt Sabre.
A nice inside leg kick there by Riley. That's going to slow Sabre down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Riley smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Riley lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ronnie Riley is winning the standup battle so far.
Riley misses the shot to the body.
Riley lands a slapping body shot.
Riley misses with a left hand
and Riley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Riley misses with a low kick.
Riley scores with a nice right hand.
Matt Sabre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Riley throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Sabre as Riley shoots in.
Sabre avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Riley lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sabre lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Riley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Riley throws a front kick that sends Sabre stumbling back into the cage.
Riley throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sabre stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sabre moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Riley throws a push kick but Sabre slaps the foot to one side.
A big left from Riley misses.
Sabre gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A cross from Sabre lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
An inside leg kick from Riley misses.
Riley scores with a punch to the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Riley.
Riley throws a nice inside leg kick.
Riley doesn't manage to clinch there - Sabre circles away.
Sabre chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sabre attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Riley lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Riley loads up on a big right hand but Sabre slips the punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Riley scores with a body shot.
Ronnie Riley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Riley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sabre throws a low kick but Riley moves out of range easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ronnie Riley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Riley 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ronnie Riley!
Ronnie Riley decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roque Barretto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Hanks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Barretto might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Last Man Standing - By 4ft Fingers. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
33 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Roque Barretto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Craig Hanks!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barretto ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Barretto defending well as Hanks loads up on a big left hand.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hanks. Barretto shrugs it off though.
Hanks thows a body shot but no joy.
Hanks cracks a nice hook into Barretto's ribs.
Hanks throws a leg kick
and Barretto counters with an inside leg kick.
Barretto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hanks.
Barretto digs a good hook to Hanks's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hanks scores with a leg kick.
Nice body punch from Barretto.
Hanks staying out of range there.
Hanks throws a big shot that misses.
Barretto misses with a body kick.
Hanks lands a nice shot that snaps Barretto's head back.
Barretto slips under a jab from Hanks.
Barretto misses with a low kick as Hanks jumps back.
Craig Hanks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barretto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hanks.
Hanks misses with a jab to the body
and Barretto counters with a nice leg kick.
Barretto chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Barretto takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Barretto connects with a leg kick. Hanks looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Barretto punishes Hanks's body with a nice straight punch.
Hanks throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barretto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hanks lands with a nice body punch.
Hanks motions for Barretto to come forward. Hanks throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hanks throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hanks lands with a shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hanks digs a good body shot into Barretto's ribs.
Hanks connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Barretto tries a head kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barretto looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hanks scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Hanks misses the target.
Craig Hanks is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barretto lands a head kick!
It looks like Craig Hanks has been cut.
Nice uppercut there from Hanks.
Jab by Hanks.
A low kick from Barretto misses
and Hanks counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A clash of legs there as Hanks blocks the low kick.
Barretto thuds his shin into the meat of Hanks's side.
Barretto ducks right into an uppercut from Hanks.
Hanks misses the body punch
and Barretto counters with a nice body kick.
Hanks looks to throw a body kick
and Barretto counters with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barretto thuds his shin into the meat of Hanks's side.
Hanks looks winded!
Barretto tries to clinch up but Hanks circles away and keeps his distance.
Barretto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hanks looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Barretto lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hanks loads up on a big right hand but Barretto slips the punch.
Hanks takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Barretto looks to throw the jab but Hanks is out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hanks throws a low kick but it's checked well by Barretto.
Barretto misses with a leg kick.
Barretto scores with the left hand. Hanks knows he should have avoided that one.
Barretto misses with a head kick.
Hanks throws a body punch but Barretto moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanks uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barretto.
A shot to the liver by Hanks. Beautiful body shot.
Good leg kick by Hanks there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Barretto on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Barretto throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Barretto.
Barretto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hanks manages to avoid it.
Barretto is looking to wear down Hanks with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hanks takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Barretto tries to land a leg kick but Hanks saw it coming and moves away.
Hanks lands a nice hook to Barretto's body. Barretto takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head kick by Hanks misses
and Barretto counters with a nice body kick.
Hanks connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hanks misses with a low kick.
Barretto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roque Barretto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Craig Hanks's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Barretto fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hanks looks to throw the jab but Barretto is out of range.
Nice shot by Hanks.
Hanks throws a jab but it's blocked by Barretto.
Barretto misses the shot to the body.
Barretto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hanks moves away.
Hanks scores with a one two! Barretto had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Barretto misses with a body kick.
Hanks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hanks smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hanks throws a push kick but Barretto slaps the foot to one side.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hanks attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hanks. Barretto does a little dance to reset his feet.
That kick from Hanks tenderised Barretto's leg. Barretto is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barretto blocks a low kick nicely.
Barretto throws a head kick that misses.
Barretto tries to land a front kick but Hanks steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hanks scores with a body shot.
Hanks ducks under a wild hook from Barretto.
Hanks blocks a leg kick.
Hanks keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Barretto misses with a right hand
and Hanks counters with a good, hard body kick but Barretto shrugs it off.
Hanks digs a good hook to Barretto's body.
Hanks throws a predictable looking body shot
and Barretto counters with a nice leg kick.
Hanks connects with an inside leg kick.
Hanks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hanks.
Hanks's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanks blocks a head kick by Barretto.
Barretto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hanks.
Hanks throws a leg kick but Barretto moved away.
Barretto pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hanks lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hanks misses with a looping left.
Hanks misses with a looping left.
Barretto lands a nice shot to the body.
Hanks throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A clash of legs there as Barretto blocks the low kick.
Hanks misses with a low kick.
Barretto tries to land a front kick but Hanks steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hanks misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanks scores with a punch to the head.
Hanks throws a shot from downtown. Barretto moves away and avoids it.
Hanks finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hanks's jab looks to have found its range, popping Barretto under the eye.
A telegraphed right hand from Barretto misses the target.
Barretto scoring well with a low kick there.
A jab from Hanks misses.
Barretto thows a left - swing and a miss!
Barretto checks a leg kick.
Barretto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hanks.
Barretto throws a body punch but Hanks moves out of range.
Hanks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hanks looks to land a right hand but Barretto moved out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Hanks.
Barretto thuds a left hand into Hanks's body.
Hanks misses with a leg kick
and Barretto counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Barretto trying to pass the guard but Hanks defending well.
Well, if Barretto is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Barretto is looking to take a break and control but Hanks is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barretto is just content to waste time from the top position. Hanks takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Craig Hanks will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Craig Hanks's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Hanks throws a hook but Barretto blocks it.
Hanks takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Barretto throws a hook but Hanks blocks it.
Barretto takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Barretto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hanks.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hanks.
Barretto moves into the clinch successfully.
Barretto prevents a body shot from Hanks.
Hanks misses with a punch to the body.
Hanks lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barretto backwards.
Hanks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barretto's elbow.
Barretto swings wildly with an uppercut but Hanks uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Hanks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanks misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Barretto.
Hanks blocks a body shot from Barretto.
Good body shot from Barretto.
Hanks is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hanks throws a punch but it's blocked by Barretto.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barretto.
Hanks lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barretto backwards.
Hanks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barretto throws a punch but it's blocked by Hanks.
Barretto lands a shot to the body.
Hanks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barretto's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanks has a couple of punches blocked by Barretto.
Barretto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barretto lands a hook that snaps the head of Hanks backwards.
Barretto lands a hook that snaps the head of Hanks backwards.
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!
Barretto lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hanks misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Hanks.
Barretto misses with a body punch.
Barretto prevents a body shot from Hanks.
A short right from Barretto on the inside.
That has opened up Craig Hanks's cut even more.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Barretto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hanks avoids it.
Hanks misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hanks prevents a body shot from Barretto.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Hanks fails to land.
Barretto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hanks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hanks misses with a kick to the body.
Barretto checks a leg kick nicely.
An inside leg kick from Barretto misses.
Hanks lands a nice looking body shot.
Barretto takes one to the side of the head.
Hanks defending well as Barretto loads up on a big left hand.
Hanks blocks a low kick nicely.
A head kick from Barretto lands but Hanks takes it in his stride.
Roque Barretto is winning the standup battle so far.
Barretto jabs Hanks right on the nose. Hanks blinks but takes it well.
Barretto misses with an uppercut. Hanks saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hanks thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Barretto if he has to take too many more of those.
Barretto blocks a jab.
Barretto avoids the body shot from Hanks.
Hanks tries to move into range but Barretto moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hanks throws a shot from downtown. Barretto moves away and avoids it.
Hanks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hanks looks to land a left hand but Barretto moved out of range nicely.
Barretto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barretto needs to keep his hands up - Hanks had a free shot at his head there.
Barretto takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barretto misses with an uppercut.
Barretto moves away from the strike by Hanks.
Hanks moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roque Barretto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Barretto 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roque Barretto!
A relieved looking Roque Barretto thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Autumn Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DeAngelo Kenner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunter comes to the cage accompanied by Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys. Kenner is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by ''Death Wish'' by Jadakiss feat. Lil Wayne. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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28
276 lbs
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272 lbs
20 - 6 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Autumn Hunter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, DeAngelo Kenner!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunter connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hunter throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kenner throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Hunter scores with a decent looking hook.
Hunter looks to score with a jab to the body but Kenner is just out of range.
Kenner avoids the body shot from Hunter.
Kenner blocks the body kick.
Hunter tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kenner counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Hunter's guard now.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kenner stopping the sweep attempt from Hunter.
Kenner trying to control but Hunter is working from the bottom.
Kenner loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenner is looking to work some ground and pound but Hunter has wrist control.
Hunter looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Kenner wants to control from the top but Hunter keeps moving.
Kenner working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hunter preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hunter being controlled here, momentarily.
Hunter is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hunter connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kenner momentarily.
Kenner thuds a left hand into Hunter's body.
Hunter throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kenner misses with a low kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hunter darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hunter checks a leg kick nicely.
Kenner on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kenner lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Autumn Hunter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hunter darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Kenner is looking to score with low kicks.
Hunter turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hunter - that will leave a mark!
Hunter connects with a leg kick. Kenner looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hunter wants to clinch.
Hunter fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kenner checks it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Hunter checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A swing and a miss from Hunter.
Hunter tries to clinch up
and Kenner counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Kenner.
Hunter working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kenner.
Kenner trying to control but Hunter is working from the bottom.
Hunter pulls Kenner in to control the position.
Kenner looking to pass the guard.
Kenner with a nice head shot there.
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!
Kenner is looking to work some ground and pound but Hunter has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenner throwing strikes but missing.
Kenner throwing strikes from guard but Hunter blocks nicely.
Kenner trying to control but Hunter is working from the bottom.
Kenner lands a couple of digs.
Kenner stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hunter swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kenner with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kenner stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hunter swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hunter looking for a sweep. Not yet Hunter, not yet.
Kenner lands a couple of digs.
Kenner has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hunter wants to sweep here but Kenner controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
DeAngelo Kenner dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Kenner throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hunter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hunter wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kenner throws a leg kick
and Hunter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hunter crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kenner - the referee stops the clock and Hunter gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kenner. Hunter manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kenner swats away the attempt to clinch by Hunter.
Hunter lands with a kick to the temple. Kenner shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hunter misses with a left hand
and Kenner counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hunter's knee momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hunter. Kenner shrugs it off though.
Kenner tried to score with a low kick but Hunter checks it.
Hunter throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kenner checks a low kick from Hunter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenner throws a leg kick which misses Hunter's front leg but catches the back leg as Hunter tries to avoid it.
Good shot there by Hunter.
Kenner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hunter throws a low kick but Kenner avoids it.
Kenner lands with a right hand.
Hunter does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Kenner throws a series of punches but Hunter moves out of range.
Hunter lands with a thumping leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kenner looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice straight punches there by Hunter. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hunter.
Kenner lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kenner looks to throw the jab but Hunter is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kenner throws a looping overhand right but Hunter ducks down to avoid it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hunter, as that shot connected.
Hunter throws a shot from downtown. Kenner moves away and avoids it.
Kenner keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hunter darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hunter misses the shot to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kenner!
Hunter is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Hunter throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kenner slips a jab from Hunter.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Hunter.
Hunter throws a right hand that misses
and Kenner counters with a good low kick that Hunter was not able to check.
Kenner jabs Hunter right on the nose. Hunter blinks but takes it well.
Kenner circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenner keeps Hunter at a distance using the push kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hunter looks to land a combination but Kenner avoids it well.
Hunter tries to clinch but Kenner moves out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kenner!
Hunter tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hunter takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kenner lands a jab to Hunter's midsection.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kenner.
Hunter is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kenner moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kenner defending well as Hunter loads up on a big left hand.
Hunter moves in looking to clinch but Kenner pushes him off.
Hunter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenner misses the shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kenner.
Hunter wants to slow Kenner down by chopping away at his legs.
Hunter 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.
Hunter blocks a low kick nicely.
Hunter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hunter is looking to clinch but Kenner is avoiding it.
Hunter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kenner scores with a hook to the body. Hunter takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kenner throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kenner scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kenner punishes Hunter's body with a nice straight punch.
Kenner 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.
DeAngelo Kenner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Kenner lands with a nice body punch.
Kenner lands with a shot to the body.
A lazy left from Kenner finds it's target.
Hunter will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Kenner lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hunter misses with a leg kick.
Hunter wants to clinch.
Hunter throws a chopping leg kick but Kenner manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kenner moves out of range of the body kick.
Kenner takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kenner throws a quick inside leg kick.
That kick from Kenner tenderised Hunter's leg. Hunter is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenner looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunter is just out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kenner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hunter manages to avoid it.
Kenner throws a hook but Hunter avoids it easily.
A good leg kick by Kenner.
Kenner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kenner lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hunter misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kenner counters with a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Kenner lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hunter doesn't seem phased though.
Hunter looks to score with a jab to the body but Kenner is just out of range.
Hunter misses the jab.
Kenner is looking to land body kicks.
Hunter misses with a looping left.
Kenner scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kenner thuds a left hand into Hunter's body.
Hunter throws a lazy right hand but Kenner sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hunter walks into a jab.
No joy there for Hunter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hunter takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hunter misses with a jab to the body
and Kenner counters with a nice body shot.
A lazy left from Kenner finds it's target.
Kenner lands with a hook. Hunter tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hunter misses with a leg kick
and Kenner counters with a nice uppercut.
Hunter avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kenner feints and then cracks Hunter's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hunter down.
Hunter feints and then cracks Kenner's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kenner down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenner throws a leg kick which misses Hunter's front leg but catches the back leg as Hunter tries to avoid it.
Kenner throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kenner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hunter.
Hunter blocks a leg kick.
Kenner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kenner stuns Hunter with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Autumn Hunter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hunter misses with a low kick as Kenner jumps back.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kenner.
Kenner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hunter feints and then cracks Kenner's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kenner down.
Kenner throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kenner lands with an overhand left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hunter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kenner throws a push kick but Hunter slaps the foot to one side.
Hunter throws a head kick that misses.
Hunter throws a lazy uppercut
and Kenner counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Kenner throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kenner missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kenner is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Hunter is just riding it out for now. Kenner eventually gives up the hold.
Hunter is defending against the submission attempts here by Kenner.
And that's the end of the fight!
DeAngelo Kenner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kenner has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... DeAngelo Kenner!
Post fight, an emotional DeAngelo Kenner said '**looks around the arena for a few seconds***....DAMN!'.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Codi Gale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Turnbull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gale comes to the cage accompanied by Gravity kills - Guilty. Turnbull is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Never To Late. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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30
223 lbs
26 - 9 - 0 |
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26
215 lbs
14 - 3 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Codi Gale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Turnbull!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gale throws a push kick but Turnbull slaps the foot to one side.
Gale fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jab, jab by Gale - just one landing.
Turnbull looks for the body kick but Gale saw that one coming.
Turnbull throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gale misses with a body shot.
Gale misses with a kick to the body.
Gale stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Turnbull.
Turnbull slips a jab from Gale.
Gale throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gale darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gale moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gale tries to clinch there but Turnbull circles away.
Gale thuds his shin into the meat of Turnbull's side.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gale scores with a body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gale checks a leg kick.
Turnbull goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Gale jabs Turnbull to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gale throws a push kick but Turnbull slaps the foot to one side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gale does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gale moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Codi Gale is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Turnbull missing with a left hand there. Gale was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gale connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gale keeps Turnbull at a distance using the push kick.
Gale looks to land a body kick but Turnbull moved away.
Gale lands a nice looking body kick.
Gale ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Turnbull misses with a leg kick.
Turnbull slips a jab and a cross from Gale.
Turnbull throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Turnbull misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
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!
Gale stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gale wants it to stay on the feet.
Gale takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gale looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gale scores with a punch to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turnbull takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Turnbull blocks the body kick.
Gale misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gale cracks Turnbull with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gale throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turnbull tries a low kick but Gale avoids it.
Gale wants to clinch.
Gale lands a jab to the head.
Gale takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gale throws a body kick that misses.
Turnbull uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gale.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Turnbull, as that shot connected.
Gale is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Turnbull shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gale connects with an inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turnbull avoids the body shot from Gale.
Turnbull throws a body kick that misses.
Turnbull jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gale misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turnbull.
Turnbull blocks the body kick.
Nice defenses there by Turnbull.
Jab from Gale.
It looks like Jack Turnbull has been cut.
An inside leg kick lands from Gale.
Turnbull throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gale's waist but Gale gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Turnbull off to one side.
Turnbull throws a body kick that misses.
Gale tries to close the distance and clinch but Turnbull swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Turnbull is looking to chop away at Gale's legs.
Turnbull dives in and grabs Gale's left leg, looking for a takedown. Gale pushes down on Turnbull's head and hops out.
Codi Gale has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Turnbull.
Turnbull is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gale.
Gale throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Turnbull on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turnbull looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turnbull scoring well with a low kick there.
Turnbull lands a head shot.
Gale tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gale lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gale falls off balance throwing a combination
and Turnbull connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gale looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gale keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gale tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Turnbull is able to avoid easily.
Gale scores with the left hand. Turnbull knows he should have avoided that one.
Turnbull throws a big shot that misses.
Gale is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turnbull throws a head kick but Gale moves out of range.
Turnbull misses with a hook. Gale ducked under it nicely.
Gale tries to clinch up.
Nice jab there from Turnbull.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Codi Gale dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Turnbull's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Gale connects with a leg kick. Turnbull looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Turnbull misses with a body kick.
Turnbull misses with a head kick.
Codi Gale is winning the standup battle so far.
Gale takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Turnbull keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turnbull shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Turnbull showed some decent athleticism there.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Gale is trying to get back to full guard.
Turnbull stalling away here and it's allowed Gale to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Turnbull throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gale pulls Turnbull in to control the position.
Turnbull sitting in guard here, content to control.
Gale is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Turnbull presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Gale pushes Turnbull back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gale lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Gale - that landed with a thud.
Turnbull is breathing heavily.
Gale throws a punch but it's blocked by Turnbull.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gale.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turnbull is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Gale gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gale lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Turnbull backwards.
Gale lands a body shot.
Gale misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Gale.
Gale lands with a right to the head.
Gale on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gale lands a shoulder strike.
Turnbull misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gale avoiding damage as Turnbull throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Turnbull.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gale.
Gale lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gale lands a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gale blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Turnbull working aggressively here.
Gale lands a shot to the body.
Still in the clinch, Gale scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gale throws a punch but it's blocked by Turnbull.
Turnbull misses with a punch to the body.
Gale goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gale tries a body shot but Turnbull blocks it.
Gale throws a punch but it's blocked by Turnbull.
Gale misses with a body punch.
Gale misses with a punch to the body.
Gale lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Turnbull backwards.
Turnbull tries to land knees in the clinch but Gale avoids the damage to the body.
Turnbull is trying to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Gale fails to land.
Gale prevents a takedown attempt there.
Gale keeps control of Turnbull as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gale doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Turnbull escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Turnbull lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gale takes a kick to the side of the head.
Turnbull takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Turnbull moves out of range of the body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gale throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gale dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Turnbull. That did some damage!
Gale misses with a body shot.
Turnbull pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Codi Gale dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jack Turnbull's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Turnbull swats away the attempt to clinch by Gale.
Gale lands a front kick.
Turnbull avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Turnbull takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gale throws a combination. Turnbull tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Gale.
Gale works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turnbull stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gale.
Turnbull fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Turnbull takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gale looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
No joy there for Gale, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Turnbull throws a leg kick but Gale sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Turnbull takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turnbull throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Turnbull takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gale lands a leg kick that knocks Turnbull off balance momentarily.
Turnbull on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gale scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gale scores with a decent looking hook.
Turnbull walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gale checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gale fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gale throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Gale connects with a good right hand that stumbles Turnbull. Turnbull circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That has opened up Jack Turnbull's cut even more.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turnbull feints and then cracks Gale's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gale down.
Gale misses with a body kick.
Turnbull has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Gale.
Gale scores with a punch to the head.
Turnbull takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Gale delivers a nice body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gale.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gale lands a really nice looking cross but Turnbull seems unphased.
Jab, jab by Gale - just one landing.
No joy there for Gale, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gale scoring well with a low kick there.
Gale moves into the clinch.
Gale throws a head punch that misses.
Turnbull is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Turnbull blocks a body shot from Gale.
Gale misses with a body punch.
Gale digs a right hand underneath Turnbull's ribcage. Turnbull let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Turnbull tries to land knees in the clinch but Gale avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gale misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gale tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Turnbull's elbow.
Turnbull tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gale's elbow.
A shot in the inside from Gale.
Gale lands a body shot.
Gale lands an uppercut.
Gale misses with some punches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Gale.
Gale lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Gale.
Turnbull lands a body shot.
A shot in the inside from Gale.
Turnbull is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gale tries to throw a body punch but Turnbull avoids it by throwing Gale back against the cage.
Jack Turnbull has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turnbull tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gale avoids it.
Gale makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gale doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Turnbull working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Gale fails to land.
Gale throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Turnbulls head.
Gale pushes Turnbull back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Turnbull is still on wobbly legs! Can Gale finish him?
Turnbull blocks a body shot from Gale.
Turnbull seems to have recovered his senses.
Gale swings wildly with an uppercut but Turnbull uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gale misses with the head strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turnbull lands with a left to the head.
Turnbull blocks an uppercut.
Turnbull lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Codi Gale showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gale, 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Codi Gale!
Codi Gale seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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