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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Diggler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Makoto Shibasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shibasaki has chosen Genki Sudo - 'Mind Shift' as his entrance music. Makoto Shibasaki has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dirk Diggler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Makoto Shibasaki!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Konstantin Menshow and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shibasaki attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Shibasaki tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Diggler swivels and escapes.
Diggler has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Elite Performance Training Center in the buildup to the fight.
Shibasaki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shibasaki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Diggler lands with a kick to the temple. Shibasaki shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Shibasaki throws the kick towards the body but Diggler avoids it.
Diggler tries a head kick but it misses.
Diggler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shibasaki manages to avoid it.
Shibasaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diggler throws a one two combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diggler pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Diggler throws a right hand that misses
and Shibasaki counters with a slapping leg kick.
Diggler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shibasaki moves away.
Shibasaki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Shibasaki wants to clinch.
Diggler throws a hook to the side of Shibasaki's head but Shibasaki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shibasaki throws a half hearted mid kick.
Shibasaki fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Diggler checks it well.
Shibasaki gets a clinch.
Diggler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shibasaki is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Shibasaki misses with a knee strike.
Diggler is pushing Shibasaki up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A head punch on the inside from Diggler fails to land.
Diggler working aggressively here.
Diggler lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Diggler scores with a shoulder strike.
Diggler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggler is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Diggler just leaning against Shibasaki, taking a breather.
Shibasaki tries to land a knee to the head but Diggler blocks with his arms.
Diggler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right from Diggler.
Diggler works on Shibasaki's body with a couple of short punches.
Shibasaki looking to slow down the pace here.
Knees to the body from Diggler.
Shibasaki avoids a wild elbow strike from Diggler.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diggler lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Shibasaki misses with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Diggler lands an uppercut.
Shibasaki looking to throw knees to the head but Diggler is blocking nicely.
Diggler avoiding damage.
Shibasaki takes an elbow to the temple.
Shibasaki lands a good knee to the midsection. Diggler won't want to take too many of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggler is trying to break the clinch but Shibasaki is controlling him.
Shibasaki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Diggler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shibasaki just leaning against Diggler, taking a breather.
Diggler avoiding damage as Shibasaki throws knees to the body.
Diggler tries a knee to the head but Shibasaki blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shibasaki obliges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shibasaki.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the head but Shibasaki blocks with his arms.
Shibasaki is looking to control Diggler's arms but Diggler gets an underhook and turns him. Now Shibasaki has his back to the cage.
Shibasaki tries to land a knee to the head but Diggler blocks with his arms.
Shibasaki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shibasaki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diggler avoids it.
Diggler lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shibasaki backwards.
Shibasaki wants to stall.
Shibasaki connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Dirk Diggler has been cut.
Diggler throws a punch but it's blocked by Shibasaki.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Diggler as Shibasaki tries to tie him up.
Shibasaki is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Diggler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shibasaki has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the head but Shibasaki blocks with his arms.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diggler wants to get back to striking at distance but Shibasaki won't allow it.
Diggler with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Shibasaki.
Diggler breaks from the clinch.
Shibasaki lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Shibasaki swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shibasaki misses with a kick to the body.
Shibasaki clinches up against the cage.
Diggler throws an elbow that misses.
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 Dirk Diggler will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dirk Diggler's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Diggler misses the shot to the body.
Shibasaki avoids the head kick by Diggler.
Diggler throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Shibasaki on the side of the head.
Diggler throws a series of punches but Shibasaki avoids them all with ease.
Shibasaki walks into a straight right hand from Diggler.
Shibasaki on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Shibasaki staying out of range there.
Shibasaki ducks under a wild hook from Diggler.
Dirk Diggler is winning the standup battle so far.
Diggler throws a big shot that misses.
Diggler doesn't manage to clinch there - Shibasaki circles away.
Shibasaki walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Shibasaki tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diggler lands a slapping body shot.
Shibasaki throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shibasaki tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Diggler defends well and Shibasaki ends up having to push Diggler into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Shibasaki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diggler blocks it with crossed arms.
Diggler on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shibasaki controlling the action here for a moment.
Shibasaki tries a knee to the head but Diggler blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Diggler.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Diggler creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Makoto Shibasaki seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Shibasaki stalling in the clinch but Diggler improves position.
Shibasaki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diggler avoids it.
Diggler works on Shibasaki's body with a couple of short punches.
Shibasaki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diggler blocks it with crossed arms.
Shibasaki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diggler tries a knee to the head but Shibasaki blocks it.
Diggler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shibasaki looking to stall.
Diggler throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Shibasaki looking to slow down the pace here.
Diggler takes a knee to the side of the body.
Diggler lands a nice uppercut.
Shibasaki blocks an elbow strike from Diggler.
Diggler landing knees to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Diggler fails to land.
Shibasaki effectively controlling the action here.
Diggler lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diggler.
Shibasaki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diggler is defending well for now.
Diggler stalling in the clinch but Shibasaki improves position.
Shibasaki avoiding damage as Diggler throws knees to the body.
Shibasaki blocking some punches.
Diggler lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Shibasaki trying to stall but Diggler improves his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shibasaki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diggler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shibasaki is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Diggler lands a damaging elbow.
Diggler pushes Shibasaki back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Diggler lands a right hand.
Still in the clinch, Diggler scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diggler scores with a shoulder strike.
Shibasaki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diggler scores with a knee to the head.
Diggler cracks Shibasaki with a nice body shot.
Diggler lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diggler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diggler misses with a knee strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shibasaki misses with a hook to the ribs.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Shibasaki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Diggler looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Shibasaki tries to land a knee to the head but Diggler blocks with his arms.
A short left from Diggler.
Shibasaki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diggler lands a body shot.
Diggler lands an uppercut.
Shibasaki lands with a short shot to the head.
Diggler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shibasaki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shibasaki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diggler.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shibasaki misses with a knee to the head.
Shibasaki connects with a knee to the head.
Diggler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diggler scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Shibasaki takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dirk Diggler dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dirk Diggler's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Diggler lands a slapping body shot.
Shibasaki tries to keep at a distance but Diggler has taken the fight into the clinch.
Diggler avoiding damage as Shibasaki throws knees to the body.
Shibasaki avoids the elbow strike from Diggler, against the cage.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the head but Shibasaki blocks with his arms.
Diggler working aggressively here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Diggler as Shibasaki tries to tie him up.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Shibasaki misses with the head strike.
Diggler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shibasaki landing knees to the head.
Shibasaki misses with a knee to the head.
Diggler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shibasaki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shibasaki looking to stall.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the head but Shibasaki blocks with his arms.
Shibasaki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diggler avoids it.
Diggler lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Shibasaki.
Diggler scores with a knee to the head.
Diggler gets through Shibasaki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Diggler.
Shibasaki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Shibasaki looking to throw knees to the head but Diggler is blocking nicely.
Diggler is trying to stall.
Shibasaki blocks an uppercut.
Diggler trying to land knees to the body.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the head but Shibasaki blocks with his arms.
Diggler takes a knee to the side of 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!
Diggler throws a head punch that misses.
Diggler lands a hook that snaps the head of Shibasaki backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shibasaki slows down the pace here.
Diggler wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Diggler misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diggler throws a punch but it's blocked by Shibasaki.
Diggler misses with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Diggler as the two fighters clinch.
Diggler lands a hook that snaps the head of Shibasaki backwards.
Shibasaki trying to stall but Diggler improves his position.
Diggler lands a hook that snaps the head of Shibasaki backwards.
Diggler misses with a punch on the inside.
Diggler is trying to break free.
Diggler misses with a knee strike.
Shibasaki landing knees to the head.
Diggler fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shibasaki misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shibasaki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diggler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The referee calls for Shibasaki to work.
Shibasaki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Diggler lands a damaging elbow.
Shibasaki blocks an uppercut.
Shibasaki with a knee to the head.
Shibasaki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Diggler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diggler has a couple of punches blocked by Shibasaki.
A short right from Shibasaki on the inside.
Diggler lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Shibasaki scores a nice knee to the body.
A short right from Diggler on the inside.
Shibasaki tries a knee to the head but Diggler blocks it.
Shibasaki taking a breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shibasaki is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Diggler is keeping busy.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shibasaki obliges.
Makoto Shibasaki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shibasaki blocks an uppercut.
Diggler working aggressively here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Shibasaki looking to throw knees to the head but Diggler is blocking nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diggler.
Diggler lands with a left to the head.
Diggler avoiding damage as Shibasaki throws knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A knee to the head by Shibasaki.
A right hook to the body lands for Diggler.
Diggler lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Shibasaki struggles to land a body shot inside as Diggler controls his hands.
Shibasaki missing with knees to the body.
Diggler has a couple of punches blocked by Shibasaki.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dirk Diggler showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Diggler 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dirk Diggler!
Dirk Diggler looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Excuse me while I whip this out...'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zeus Zorrander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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265 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zeus Zorrander!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rocky Tyson!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Illya Tyunina and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyson lands an overhand right.
We've been hearing reports that Zorrander has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Tyson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Zeus Zorrander seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tyson tries to land a front kick but Zorrander steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tyson moves out of range of the strikes.
Zorrander throws an off balance right hand
letting Tyson counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zorrander swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tyson throws a poor cross that misses
and Zorrander counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Tyson!
Zorrander decides to stand back up. Zorrander steps back and let's Tyson get back to his feet.
Zorrander throws the left hand but Tyson avoids the punch easily.
Tyson cracks Zorrander with an open hand slap.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Tyson.
Zorrander is breathing heavily.
Tyson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tyson feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Zorrander sprawling to the canvas! Zorrander rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Tyson finish him?!
Zorrander is rocked!
It looks like Zeus Zorrander has been cut.
Tyson lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Zorrander falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Rocky Tyson!
A victorious Rocky Tyson 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Yoshihiro Imanari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryuken Yanagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yoshihiro Imanari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ryuken Yanagi!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yanagi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Yanagi has his takedown stuffed
and Imanari counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Yanagi!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Imanari tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Imanari wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yanagi keeps working.
Imanari creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Imanari landing a few strikes.
Imanari creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Imanari is working Yanagi over with some ground and pound from side control.
Check out the look on Imanari's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Imanari tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Imanari 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Imanari trying to control the position but Yanagi is working away.
Imanari working the head with strikes.
Imanari working the head and body with strikes.
Yanagi managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Imanari.
Yanagi is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Imanari lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yanagi manages to get back to half guard.
Imanari passes to full mount!
Yanagi taking shots to the head.
Yanagi is looking to get to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Imanari looking for a guillotine from mount but Yanagi is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yanagi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Yanagi bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yanagi pushing down on Imanari's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Yanagi seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Imanari is trying to maintain the position but Yanagi is very close to passing his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yanagi takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Yanagi is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Yanagi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Yanagi with the ground and pound but Imanari uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Yanagi wants to control from the top but Imanari keeps moving.
Yanagi with a nice head shot there.
Yanagi throws an elbow that misses. Imanari uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Yanagi's guard. Nice move by Imanari!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yanagi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Imanari pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yanagi is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yoshihiro Imanari dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Yanagi gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Imanari counter with a right hand.
Yanagi gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Imanari counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Imanari lands a nice short elbow.
Imanari wants to control but Yanagi is keeping him busy.
Imanari is really struggling to control Yanagi but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Imanari sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Imanari is nestled in close to Yanagi, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yanagi wants to improve his position but Imanari is controlling well.
Yanagi is refusing to be controlled, as Imanari sits in half guard.
Yanagi wants to sweep but Imanari has passed to side control!
Yanagi defending against the ground and pound.
Imanari taking a breather here.
We've been hearing that Imanari has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Yanagi defending against the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Imanari content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Imanari is looking to take a break and control but Yanagi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Imanari working the body and head with strikes.
Yanagi is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Imanari lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Imanari wants to control but Yanagi is keeping him busy.
Imanari is working Yanagi over with some ground and pound from side control.
Yoshihiro Imanari overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Yanagi parries the strikes from Imanari easily there. Imanari is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Yanagi to escape.
Yanagi is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Imanari just content to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Imanari tries to score with some ground and pound. Yanagi controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Yanagi taking a bit of punishment here - Imanari scoring with strikes.
Yanagi manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Imanari wants to improve his position but Yanagi is controlling well.
Yanagi with the ground and pound but Imanari uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yanagi throws a big elbow that misses.
Yanagi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Imanari is keeping the position for now.
Yanagi scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yoshihiro Imanari dominated that second round.
That's time! Imanari's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Yanagi fails with the takedown
and Imanari counters with a good low kick that Yanagi was not able to check.
Yanagi blocks the body kick.
Yanagi shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Imanari defends it nicely.
Yanagi fails with the takedown.
Yoshihiro Imanari has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryuken Yanagi.
Yanagi misses with a takedown attempt
and Imanari counters with a body kick that stops Yanagi in his tracks momentarily.
Nice sprawl there from Imanari as Yanagi shoots in.
Yanagi looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Yanagi has his takedown stuffed
and Imanari counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Yanagi gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Imanari counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Yanagi gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Imanari counters with a head kick.
Yanagi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Imanari lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Imanari instigates a clinch.
Imanari is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Yanagi taking a breather.
A short uppercut from Imanari.
Yanagi slowing the pace effectively.
Yanagi has Imanari pressed against the cage, preventing Imanari from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Imanari leaning against his opponent.
Imanari escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Imanari fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yanagi doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Imanari counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Yanagi with a poor takedown
and Imanari counters with an outside leg kick.
Yanagi gets caught flat footed, as Imanari shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Imanari throws a big right hand that misses.
Imanari scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Imanari is working Yanagi over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Yanagi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Imanari looking to sit in guard and control but Yanagi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Imanari manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Yanagi manages to get himself to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Imanari is looking to pass into half guard but Yanagi pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Yanagi is in guard.
Yoshihiro Imanari is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Yanagi wants to control from the top but Imanari keeps moving.
Yanagi must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Yanagi throws a big elbow that misses.
Imanari looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Yanagi wants to control from the top but Imanari keeps moving.
Imanari keeping full guard, as Yanagi tries to pass.
Yanagi throwing strikes from guard but Imanari blocks nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yanagi chips away with some ground and pound.
Yanagi slips nicely into half guard.
Imanari is looking for a sweep. Yanagi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Imanari manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Imanari is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Yanagi is aware though and is defending well.
Yanagi wants to pass the guard but Imanari is keeping the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Imanari tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yoshihiro Imanari showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Imanari 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yoshihiro Imanari!
Yoshihiro Imanari really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Milwaukee's Best 160 SALE $140 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Danny Greene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Chu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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148 lbs
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147 lbs
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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
18 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Danny Greene!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tony Chu!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chu throws a head kick but Greene moves out of range.
Danny Greene seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Greene gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Chu scores with a push kick.
Chu moves out of range of the body kick.
Chu instigates a clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Greene - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Greene blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chu landing knees to the body.
Chu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chu takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Chu checks a leg kick.
Greene connects with a nice looking jab.
Chu throws a head kick that misses.
Greene paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Greene. That's going to slow Chu down.
A clash of legs there as Greene blocks the low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chu fails to land with a series of punches.
Chu misses with a double jab.
Chu throws a push kick but Greene slaps the foot to one side.
Greene misses with a two punch combination.
Chu's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Greene connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Chu scrambles back to his feet.
Chu misses with a head kick.
Chu takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Chu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Greene has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Greene, as that shot connected.
Greene scores with a nice body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Chu blocks the leg kick.
Greene wants to clinch
and Chu counters with a nice uppercut.
Chu swings for the body but Greene moves out of range.
Chu throws the left hand but Greene avoids the punch easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greene smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Chu lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chu moves out of range of the leg kick from Greene.
Chu throws a leg kick but Greene sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Greene keeps the fight on the outside.
Chu misses with a leg kick.
Chu is looking to clinch but Greene is avoiding it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Greene - that will leave a mark!
Chu takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Chu is looking to clinch but Greene is avoiding it.
Chu throws an overhand right that lands on Greene's shoulder, as Greene tries to avoid the shot.
Greene lands a head kick!
Chu tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Greene steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chu.
Greene slips a jab and a cross from Chu.
Greene has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Chu.
Chu takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Greene is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A nice combination there by Greene.
Chu wants to clinch up but Greene keeps it at a distance.
A leg kick checked by Greene.
Chu misses with an attempted mid kick.
Chu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Greene was well out of range. Poor timing from Chu.
A slapping leg kick lands for Greene.
Chu gets a clinch.
Chu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Still in the clinch, Greene scores with a nice short uppercut.
Chu avoids the elbow strike from Greene, against the cage.
Greene tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greene blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Greene has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Greene.
A short left from Greene.
Greene missing with knees to the body.
Chu is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Greene manages to break the clinch.
A jab from Greene misses.
Chu lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
An inside leg kick lands from Greene.
Greene slips a straight right by Chu.
Chu lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Chu.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good shot there by Greene.
Greene with a nice cross.
Greene moves out of range as Chu strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tony Chu will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nice body kick there by Chu.
Greene digs a good hook to Chu's body.
Greene pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Greene connects with an inside leg kick.
Greene misses with a wild body shot.
Chu motions for Greene to come forward. Chu throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Greene tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chu avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Chu connects with an inside leg kick.
Greene bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Chu's head.
Greene misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chu.
Greene throws a nice outside leg kick.
Greene looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Danny Greene is winning the standup battle so far.
Greene connects with a body shot that sends Chu's belly button to the back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chu walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Chu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Chu looks to land a right hand but Greene moved out of range.
Greene tries to clinch up but Chu circles away and keeps his distance.
Chu on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Greene throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Greene walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Chu moves into the clinch.
Chu misses with a knee strike.
Greene lands with a right to the head.
Chu lands a knee to the body.
Chu misses with a knee to the head.
Chu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Greene is defending well for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Greene can't find room to land a body shot as Chu controls the action.
Greene on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Greene breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greene's jab looks to have found its range, popping Chu under the eye.
Greene bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Chu's head backwards.
Chu takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Greene throws a head kick but Chu moves out of range.
Greene steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chu.
Chu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Greene manages to avoid it.
Good work by Chu as he checks the leg kick.
Greene lands with a thumping leg kick.
Chu smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Greene ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Chu cracks Greene with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Greene closes the distance and pushes Chu back into the cage.
Greene can't break the clinch.
Chu missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chu obliges.
Chu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Greene.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Greene as Chu tries to tie him up.
Chu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Greene avoids a wild elbow strike from Chu.
Greene swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Greene is leaning against Chu and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Greene lands with a right to the head.
Greene managing to block the knees to the body from Chu.
Greene blocks the elbow strike.
Chu is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Greene gets through Chu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Greene lands a damaging elbow.
Chu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Greene blocks it with crossed arms.
Greene pushes Chu back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Greene lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chu putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Greene in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tony Chu seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greene pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chu explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Greene feints and then cracks Chu's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Chu down.
Chu misses with the combination.
Greene throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Chu on the side of the head.
Greene dips to his left and cracks Chu with an uppercut!
Greene lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Chu backs up against the cage.
Chu lands a lovely overhand right.
Greene throws a leg kick which misses Chu's front leg but catches the back leg as Chu tries to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Greene scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Chu avoids a kick to the body.
A head kick by Chu misses
and Chu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Danny Greene will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Greene throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Chu swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Greene fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chu manages to avoid it.
Greene misses with a double jab.
Good shot there by Chu.
Chu throws a sloppy head kick and Greene moves out of range easily.
Chu 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.
Chu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A lazy left from Greene finds it's target.
Chu tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Greene is able to avoid easily.
Greene looks to throw the jab but Chu is out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Greene.
Chu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Greene circles away quickly and effectively.
Chu cracks Greene with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Greene uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chu.
Chu throws out a loose jab but Greene uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chu works Greene's body with a nice hook.
Chu throws out a leg kick but Greene moves out of range and Chu only half commits.
Greene connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Chu tries to score with a low kick but Greene moves his leg out of the way.
Chu tries to clinch there but Greene circles away.
Chu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Greene sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chu throws a leg kick but Greene sees it coming and moves out of range.
Greene thows a body shot but no joy.
Chu has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Greene.
Greene throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chu scores with a jab.
Greene avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Chu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Greene.
Chu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Greene is looking to chop away at Chu's legs.
Chu throws a nice looking combination but Greene bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Greene keeps the fight on the outside.
Greene jabs Chu right on the nose. Chu blinks but takes it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chu takes a swing at Greene's ribcage but misses.
Greene blocks a leg kick.
Chu is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Greene.
Nice body kick there by Greene.
Chu moves forwards but Greene connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Greene has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Greene avoids it.
Chu takes an elbow to the forehead.
Greene stalls.
Chu tries to land knees in the clinch but Greene avoids the damage to the body.
Greene escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Greene walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Chu checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Chu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Greene connects with a good right hand that stumbles Chu. Chu circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Chu doesn't manage to clinch there - Greene circles away.
Greene throws a head kick that Chu semi-blocks.
Greene connects with a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Greene.
Chu misses with a straight left.
Chu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Greene counters with a two punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greene scores with a leg kick.
Greene lands a jab-cross combination.
A head kick misses from Chu.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chu throws a head kick that misses.
Greene scores with a decent looking hook.
Greene comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Chu rushes Greene and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Chu takes an elbow to the forehead.
Chu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Greene is defending well for now.
Greene stalling in the clinch but Chu improves position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Greene can't find room to land a body shot as Chu controls the action.
Greene lands an uppercut.
Chu misses with a knee strike.
A short right from Greene.
And that's the end of the fight!
Danny Greene showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Greene 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Greene!
A determined Danny Greene didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Speedy Atkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Atkins might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to big in japan. Mark Reynolds has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Speedy Atkins's chin.
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150 lbs
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152 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Speedy Atkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mark Reynolds!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reynolds throws out a leg kick but Atkins moves out of range and Reynolds only half commits.
Reynolds throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Atkins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reynolds.
Atkins doesn't manage to clinch there - Reynolds circles away.
Reynolds wants to land a leg kick but Atkins is out of range.
A head kick misses from Reynolds.
Some wild striking there from Atkins.
Reynolds pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Reynolds keeps the fight on the outside.
Reynolds misses the jab.
Atkins rushes Reynolds and presses him up against the cage.
Atkins lands a right hand.
Atkins throws a head punch that misses.
Atkins definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Reynolds tries to work over Atkins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right handed body shot lands from Atkins.
Atkins using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reynolds has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Atkins lands a nice shot to the body.
Atkins lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reynolds lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Reynolds scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Atkins lands a hook that snaps the head of Reynolds backwards.
Atkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atkins scores with a shot to the side of Reynolds's head.
Reynolds tries to break the clinch but Atkins is controlling the position.
Atkins makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Reynolds blocks a body shot from Atkins.
Atkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Atkins lands a hook that snaps the head of Reynolds backwards.
Reynolds lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Reynolds prevents a body shot from Atkins.
Atkins can't find room to land a body shot as Reynolds controls the action.
Atkins has a couple of punches blocked by Reynolds.
Atkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Atkins lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Reynolds backwards.
Reynolds managing to block the knees to the body from Atkins.
Reynolds has a couple of punches blocked by Atkins.
Atkins lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reynolds tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Atkins lands a shot to the body.
Atkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Reynolds controls his hands.
Atkins tries a body shot but Reynolds blocks it.
Atkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Reynolds uses good head movement to avoid it.
Atkins lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Reynolds or not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atkins is trying to stall.
Reynolds is trying to stall.
A short uppercut from Reynolds.
Reynolds tries to work over Atkins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Atkins scores with a shot to the side of Reynolds's head.
Reynolds lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Atkins throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Atkins fails to land.
Reynolds breaks from the clinch.
Atkins slips under a jab from Reynolds.
Reynolds throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fight stays on the outside here - Atkins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reynolds throws out a loose jab but Atkins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Atkins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Atkins tries to clinch but Reynolds is having none of it.
Atkins tries to clinch but Reynolds moves out of range.
Reynolds circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Atkins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reynolds paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Atkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Atkins takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Reynolds has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Atkins is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Atkins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Atkins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reynolds swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Atkins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Atkins wants to clinch.
Atkins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Reynolds.
Atkins wants to clinch up but Reynolds keeps it at a distance.
Atkins clinches with his opponent.
Reynolds trying to control the position but instead, Atkins has worked for underhooks and has pushed Reynolds into the cage.
Atkins misses with a body punch.
Atkins slows down the pace here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Atkins fails to land.
Atkins can't find room to land a body shot as Reynolds controls the action.
Reynolds working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Reynolds tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Atkins's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Reynolds scores with a nice short uppercut.
Atkins lands with a short shot 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!
Atkins keeps control of Reynolds as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Reynolds pushes Atkins back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reynolds blocks a body shot from Atkins.
Atkins pushes Reynolds back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Good body shot from Atkins.
Atkins works on Reynolds's body with a couple of short punches.
Reynolds lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Atkins backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Atkins blocks a body shot from Reynolds.
Reynolds wants to stall.
Atkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Reynolds controls his hands.
Atkins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reynolds avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Speedy Atkins dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Reynolds connects with a jab.
Atkins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reynolds misses with a looping right.
Atkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Atkins tries to close the distance and clinch but Reynolds swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reynolds fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Atkins manages to avoid it.
Atkins tries to close the distance and clinch but Reynolds swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Atkins staying out of range there.
Atkins moves away from the strike by Reynolds.
Atkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Atkins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Atkins closes the distance but Reynolds moves to the side
and Reynolds counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Atkins thinking.
Atkins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reynolds paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Atkins tries to clinch up.
Reynolds thows a body shot but no joy.
Atkins gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Speedy Atkins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Atkins bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Atkins is looking to clinch.
Reynolds swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Reynolds.
Reynolds throws a looping overhand right but Atkins ducks down to avoid it.
Atkins tries to close the distance and clinch but Reynolds swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reynolds lands a jab-cross combination.
Atkins wants to clinch up but Reynolds keeps it at a distance.
Atkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Atkins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reynolds swats away the attempt to clinch by Atkins.
Reynolds avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reynolds keeps the fight on the outside.
Atkins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reynolds.
Reynolds throws a shot from downtown. Atkins moves away and avoids it.
Atkins clinches up with Reynolds and pushes him back against the cage.
Atkins trying to land knees to the body.
Reynolds misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reynolds throws a head punch that misses.
Atkins has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Atkins scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Atkins.
Reynolds blocks an uppercut.
Reynolds lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reynolds lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Atkins backwards.
Atkins lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Atkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reynolds's elbow.
Atkins lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Reynolds or not.
Nice body punch from Atkins - that landed with a thud.
Reynolds is breathing heavily.
Atkins lands with a left to the head.
Reynolds goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Atkins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Reynolds backwards.
Atkins lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Atkins misses with a punch to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Atkins lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Atkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Atkins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reynolds misses with a punch to the body.
Reynolds misses with some punches.
Atkins lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atkins lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Atkins blocking some punches.
Atkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reynolds's elbow.
Reynolds goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Atkins.
Reynolds trying to stall but Atkins improves his position.
Atkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Reynolds controls his hands.
A body shot lands from Reynolds.
Atkins is trying to stall.
Reynolds is trying to maintain a safe position but Atkins gets an underhook and turns Reynolds into the cage.
Reynolds lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Atkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Atkins pushes Reynolds back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Atkins trying to stall but Reynolds improves his position.
A short uppercut from Atkins.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reynolds working aggressively here.
Atkins softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Atkins stalls.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atkins pushes Reynolds back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Atkins scores with a shot to the side of Reynolds's head.
Reynolds is trying to maintain a safe position but Atkins gets an underhook and turns Reynolds into the cage.
Atkins is trying to stall.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Atkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reynolds is trying to break the clinch but Atkins is controlling him.
A short right from Atkins on the inside.
Speedy Atkins has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Atkins landing knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Atkins.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Atkins trying to stall but Reynolds improves his position.
Atkins lands a shot to the body.
A short right from Atkins on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Atkins.
Atkins works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Speedy Atkins dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Reynolds circles away from the clinch attempt.
Atkins moves out of range of the body kick from Reynolds.
Mark Reynolds seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fighters circling - Reynolds throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Reynolds keeps the fight on the outside.
Atkins tries to clinch up but Reynolds circles away and keeps his distance.
Atkins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reynolds paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Atkins throws a nice inside leg kick.
Atkins rushes Reynolds and presses him up against the cage.
Atkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reynolds's elbow.
Reynolds lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Atkins or not.
Atkins misses with a punch to the body.
Atkins lands with a light punch inside.
Reynolds tries a body shot but Atkins blocks it.
Atkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reynolds tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Atkins controlling the action here for a moment.
Reynolds tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reynolds is looking to control Atkins's arms but Atkins gets an underhook and turns him. Now Reynolds has his back to the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atkins pushes Reynolds back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Atkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reynolds misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reynolds tries to land knees in the clinch but Atkins avoids the damage to the body.
Reynolds stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Reynolds tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Atkins works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Reynolds takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Atkins lands a knee to the head.
Atkins landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Atkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reynolds's elbow.
A short body shot lands from Atkins as the two fighters clinch.
Reynolds wants to break the clinch but can't.
Atkins cracks Reynolds with a nice body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Atkins lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Atkins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Atkins lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Atkins blocking some punches.
Reynolds looking to stall.
Reynolds misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atkins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Reynolds's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Reynolds scores with a shoulder strike.
Reynolds goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Reynolds working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Atkins working Reynolds over with knees to the body.
Atkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Atkins pushes Reynolds back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Atkins.
A right handed body shot lands from Atkins.
Atkins unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Reynolds blocks a body shot from Atkins.
Atkins lands with a right to the head.
Atkins lands a shot to the body.
A right hand to the body from Atkins.
Atkins lands a body shot.
Atkins tries to land a knee to the head but Reynolds blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Atkins.
Mark Reynolds has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Atkins controlling the action here for a moment.
Atkins digs a right hand underneath Reynolds's ribcage. Reynolds let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Atkins is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Atkins works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right from Atkins on the inside.
Good body shot from Atkins.
Atkins lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Atkins lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Reynolds.
Atkins is leaning against Reynolds and scores with a nice uppercut 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!
Atkins digs a right hand underneath Reynolds's ribcage. Reynolds let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Atkins lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Atkins.
A body shot lands from Atkins.
Atkins lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Atkins scores with a nice short uppercut.
Reynolds is rocked!
Atkins jerks Reynolds's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Reynolds drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Atkins goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Atkins because Reynolds was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Speedy Atkins!
Speedy Atkins decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Soon Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyun-Chul Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Soon Do has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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165 lbs
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165 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Soon Do!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kyun-Chul Kim!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksandr Martynov and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kim scoring well with a low kick there.
Kim throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Do throws out a loose jab but Kim uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kim wants to clinch but Do slips to the side
and Do counters with a straight right hand.
Do scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kim misses with an uppercut.
Kim moves away from the strike by Do.
Do scores with a jab to the body.
A punch combination from Do misses.
Kim on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Do slips a jab from Kim.
Kim takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Do displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kim throws out the jab.
Kim sizes up Do with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Do throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kim stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Do takes a swing at Kim's ribcage but misses.
Soon Do seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Do swinging wildly here.
Kim fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Do is out of range.
Kim avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kim on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kim moves out of range of the strikes.
Do looks to land a right hand but Kim moved out of range.
Do closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Kim trying to control here.
Kim wants to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kim trying to control here.
Kim keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kim keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Do wants to take a breather but Kim is having none of it.
Do missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kim missing with punches from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kim is trying to control but can't.
Do thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kim trying to control from the bottom.
Do tries to pass to full mount but Kim defends it.
Do seems to be looking for submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Do is working away from the top position though.
Do is keen to just control but Kim is a slippery customer.
Kim avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Do.
Do not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Do throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Do throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kim desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Kim trying to control from the bottom.
Do working over Kim with some ground and pound. Kim looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kim felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Kim is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kim is trying to control but can't.
Kim is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Do is staying active.
Do is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Do thows a huge punch but Kim dodges it nicely.
Do missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kim is looking to improve his position.
Kim is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Do not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kim avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Do.
Do winds up and cracks Kim with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Soon Do dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Kim dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Do. That did some damage!
Kim loads up on a big right hand but Do slips the punch.
Do misses the shot to the body.
Kim feints and then cracks Do's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Do down.
Do looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kim is fending him off so far but Do persists. Nope, Kim circles away and we're back to standing.
Do throws a lazy right hand but Kim sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Do lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Do fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice straight punches there by Kim. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kim.
A looping hook to the body misses from Do. Kim does a little dance to reset his feet.
Do avoids the head kick by Kim.
Kim misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do misses with a body shot.
Do looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kim misses with a looping right.
Do dives in and scores a takedown into Kim's guard.
Do wants to pass the guard but Kim is keeping the position.
Kim pulls Do in close to prevent any damage.
Do throwing strikes from guard but Kim blocks nicely.
Do postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kim trying to keep a closed guard but Do is proving a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do trying to control but Kim is working from the bottom.
Do scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Do is looking to work some ground and pound but Kim has wrist control.
Do trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kim preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Do throwing strikes from guard but Kim blocks nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kim is trying to control the position but Do postures up.
Kim keeping moving, preventing Do from controlling successfully.
Do with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Soon Do overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Do working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do wants to control from the top but Kim keeps moving.
Do postures up.
Do postures up and lands a big shot to Kim's brow.
Kim utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kim pulls Do in to control the position.
Do throwing strikes but missing.
Do is looking to work some ground and pound but Kim has wrist control.
Do trying to control but Kim is working from the bottom.
We've been hearing good reports from Do's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Do pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kim is keeping the position for now.
Do with a nice head shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do cracks Kim with a solid left hand.
Do postures up in Kim's guard and throws a big left but Kim blocks it.
Do with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kim controls Do momentarily but Do frees himself.
Kim pulls Do in to control the position.
Do throwing strikes but missing.
Kim is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Do content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Do accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kim is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Soon Do dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Do cracks Kim with a good jab.
Do thumps Kim with a low kick.
Do swings for the body but Kim moves out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Do, as that shot connected.
Kim cracks the inside of Do's front leg.
Do connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kim momentarily.
Do takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Do throws a body punch but Kim moves out of range.
Do throws a body punch but Kim moves out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Kim. No joy for Do on that attempt.
Do lands a jab-cross combination.
Do moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim slips a jab from Do.
Kim misses with a low kick.
Do fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kim throws a jab but it's blocked by Do.
Kyun-Chul Kim is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Do connects with a nice looking jab.
Kim lands a head kick!
Do throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kim keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Do.
Kim tries a low kick but Do avoids it.
Do checks the leg kick.
Do misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do works the jab nicely.
Do blocks a low kick nicely.
Kim misses with a low kick as Do jumps back.
Do uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kim.
Do scores with a jab.
Do tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The fighters circle momentarily. Do darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Do swinging wildly here.
Do misses with a straight right.
Kim tries to close the distance and clinch up but Do swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kim feints and then cracks Do's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Do down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do avoids the head kick by Kim.
Kim ducks under a wild hook from Do.
Do takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kim throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Do counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Do lands a jab to the nose.
Do throws a hook but Kim avoids it easily.
Kim blocks a jab.
Soon Do is winning the standup battle so far.
Do swings for the body but Kim moves out of range.
Do steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kim.
Good shot there by Do.
A good leg kick by Do.
Kim fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Do.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kim, right into the meat.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Do checks a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kim.
Kim misses with a kick to the body.
Do takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kim swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kim moves in looking to clinch but Do pushes him off.
Kim checks the leg kick nicely there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Do fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kim avoids it really well and circles away.
Soon Do is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Do looks to throw the jab but Kim is out of range.
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 Soon Do.
Well Do 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:28
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Soon Do!
After the fight, Soon Do was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Meat Beater (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Incan Bulb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Meat Beater!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Incan Bulb!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beater connects with a high kick.
Beater throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bulb's head.
Bulb blocks a leg kick.
Beater throws a sloppy head kick and Bulb moves out of range easily.
Beater tries to bum rush Bulb with a series of wild strikes but Bulb uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Beater tries to score with a low kick but Bulb moves his leg out of the way.
Bulb tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Beater is able to avoid easily.
Bulb connects with an inside leg kick.
Beater checks the leg kick nicely there.
Beater lands a two punch combo.
Bulb looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Beater throws out a loose jab but Bulb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bulb avoids the body shot from Beater.
Jab, jab by Beater - just one landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body kick there by Bulb.
Beater lands with a shot to the body.
Beater tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bulb steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beater.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bulb moves into range and connects with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Bulb misses the target.
Beater misses with a straight left.
Bulb dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Beater. That did some damage!
Bulb misses with a wild body shot.
Bulb slips under a jab.
Bulb avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bulb fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bulb lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bulb jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Beater ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bulb takes a swing at Beater's ribcage but misses.
Bulb throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Beater thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bulb thows a leg kick but Beater checks it
and Beater counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That kick from Bulb tenderised Beater's leg. Beater is trying to keep his angry face on.
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!
Bulb swings for the body but Beater moves out of range.
Bulb looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Beater misses with a hook to the body
and Bulb counters with a body kick.
Bulb lands with a slapping head kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Beater darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bulb lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bulb lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bulb throws a jab but it's blocked by Beater.
Beater tries a head kick but it misses.
Beater displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bulb throws out the jab.
Beater misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bulb.
Bulb fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Beater has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bulb wants to slow Beater down by chopping away at his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beater lands a leg kick that knocks Bulb off balance momentarily.
Bulb looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bulb slips under a jab from Beater.
Beater looks to land a right hand but Bulb moved out of range.
Bulb thows a leg kick but Beater checks it
and Beater counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Beater lands a head shot.
Bulb lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bulb throws a nice outside leg kick.
Beater ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bulb pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Beater is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bulb steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beater.
Bulb slips under a jab from Beater.
Bulb looks to score with a jab to the body but Beater is just out of range.
Beater fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bulb is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beater misses with a looping right.
Bulb's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Bulb duly obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Beater.
Beater uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bulb.
Beater gets a clinch.
Beater scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beater.
Bulb lands a right hand that snaps the head of Beater backwards.
Bulb swings wildly with an uppercut but Beater uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right handed body shot lands from Beater.
A head punch on the inside from Bulb fails to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beater lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bulb.
Bulb breaks the clinch.
A shot to the liver by Beater. Beautiful body shot.
Beater fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bulb manages to avoid it.
Bulb steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beater.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Incan Bulb will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Bulb takes one on the button.
Beater slips under a jab from Bulb.
Beater checks a leg kick.
Beater tries a head kick but it misses.
Beater fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch combination from Beater misses.
Incan Bulb seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bulb pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bulb is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Beater misses with an uppercut.
Beater swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bulb moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bulb.
Good leg kick by Bulb there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bulb scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bulb misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beater throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beater throws a shot from downtown. Bulb moves away and avoids it.
Bulb showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beater.
Bulb misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bulb uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beater.
Beater throws a leg kick but Bulb sees it coming and moves out of range.
Beater misses with a leg kick.
Bulb throws out a powerful jab.
Beater looks to land a left hand but Bulb moved out of range nicely.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Beater, right into the meat.
Bulb ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beater moves away.
Bulb shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Beater eats them both and turns towards Bulb to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Bulb dodges the punch combination from Beater.
Beater thows a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bulb.
Beater slips under a jab from Bulb.
Bulb scores with a leg kick.
Bulb connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely 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!
Beater fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bulb misses with a looping right.
Bulb lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Beater misses the jab.
Beater swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bulb moves out of range of the strikes.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bulb. Beater shrugs it off though.
Bulb motions for Beater to come forward. Bulb throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Beater misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Bulb.
Bulb misses with a few strikes there.
Bulb attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Beater takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bulb tries a head kick but it misses.
Beater lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bulb looks to land a right hand but Beater moved out of range.
Beater takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bulb misses with a head kick.
Beater slips a jab and a cross from Bulb.
Bulb throws an overhand right that lands on Beater's shoulder, as Beater tries to avoid the shot.
Bulb throws a lazy head kick
and Beater counters with a straight right hand.
Beater misses with a series of wild punches.
Beater throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beater swinging wildly here.
Bulb lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bulb misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A leg kick checked by Bulb.
Beater just misses with a punch to the body.
Beater checks a low kick from Bulb.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big left from Bulb misses.
Beater plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beater misses with the combination.
Bulb misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Incan Bulb showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Bulb avoids the body shot from Beater.
Meat Beater is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Beater avoids the head kick by Bulb.
Beater fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Beater misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Beater throws a head kick that half lands.
Meat Beater seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beater takes a kick to the side of the head.
Beater misses with an uppercut. Bulb saw that one coming.
Bulb swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bulb throws a sloppy head kick
and Beater counters with an outside leg kick.
Beater jabs Bulb right on the nose. Bulb blinks but takes it well.
Bulb feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Beater's calf.
Bulb has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bulb there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bulb stuns Beater with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beater wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bulb throws a chopping leg kick but Beater manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Beater misses with a two punch combination.
Bulb throws a body punch but Beater moves out of range.
Beater lands a jab to Bulb's midsection.
Bulb takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bulb misses with a straight left.
Bulb throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Beater's head.
Bulb avoids the body shot from Beater.
Beater moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Beater fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beater throws a series of punches but Bulb moves out of range.
Bulb displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beater throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beater swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beater walks into a straight right hand from Bulb.
Beater connects with a solid leg kick.
Beater slips a straight right by Bulb.
Beater fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bulb tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Beater will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Beater rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bulb moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bulb lands with a nice combination. Beater backs away looking to recover.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beater throws a looping overhand right but Bulb ducks down to avoid it.
Beater keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bulb with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bulb throws a leg kick but Beater sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Bulb misses.
Beater uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bulb.
Bulb throws a leg kick
and Beater counters with a low kick, right behind Bulb 's knee.
Beater fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bulb.
Beater lands a jab-cross combination.
Beater shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bulb eats them both and turns towards Beater to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Incan Bulb is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Beater takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Bulb throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bulb feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Beaters jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Beater misses with a hook.
Bulb attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Beater misses with a looping left.
Beater throws a leg kick but Bulb checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beater misses with a straight left.
Beater throws the left hand but Bulb avoids the punch easily.
Bulb throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beater takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bulb scores with a leg kick.
Beater misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bulb scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Beater doesn't seem bothered though.
A telegraphed right hand from Beater misses the target.
Bulb lands a nice looking body kick.
Beater takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beater tries to clinch but Bulb is having none of it.
Beater swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bulb counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Meat Beater has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Beater takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bulb connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Beater momentarily.
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 Meat Beater.
I think Bulb has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Incan Bulb!
Incan Bulb bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Milan Savic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marek Jebut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Milan Savic had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Milan Savic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marek Jebut!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jebut needs to keep his hands up - Savic had a free shot at his head there.
Savic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jebut moves out of range as Savic strikes.
Jebut is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Savic.
Savic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jebut.
Jebut bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Savic's head.
Jebut slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jebut misses with a takedown attempt - Savic sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Savic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
so Jebut counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jebut throws a big elbow that misses.
Jebut not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Let's hope that Jebut has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savic keeping moving, preventing Jebut from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Marek Jebut was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Savic's corner calls for a 1-2. Savic obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jebut throws a hook to the side of Savic's head but Savic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jebut is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jebut throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Savic is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Savic wants to slow Jebut down by chopping away at his legs.
Jebut lands a nice looking body shot.
Jebut throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Savic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jebut misses with an uppercut.
Jebut thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jebut looks to score with a jab to the body but Savic is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jebut shoots in and gets a takedown into Savic's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Savic trying to keep a closed guard but Jebut is proving a slippery customer.
Jebut looking to sit in guard and control but Savic gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jebut wants to sweep but no luck.
Jebut is adopting a defensive guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jebut working a defensive guard but Savic passes into half guard.
Still in half guard, Savic seems content to control.
Savic wants to control but Jebut is keeping him busy.
The fighters are battling for position here. Jebut manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Savic throws a big elbow that misses.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jebut is on top in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jebut working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jebut trying to control the position from guard on top but Savic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jebut lands a couple of elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savic keeping moving, preventing Jebut from controlling successfully.
Savic 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.
Savic throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Savic keeping moving, preventing Jebut from controlling successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jebut engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Marek Jebut has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Jebut displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Savic throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marek Jebut dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Savic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jebut misses with a straight left.
Jebut fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jebut drops his hands momentarily and Savic takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Marek Jebut seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Savic catches Jebut with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jebut misses with a straight right.
Jebut circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jebut lunges at Savic with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Savic's hand.
It looks like Milan Savic has been cut.
Jebut digs a good hook to Savic's body.
Savic tries to move into range but Jebut moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Savic misses with a few strikes there.
Savic fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jebut looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jebut changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
No joy there for Savic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Jebut does no damage.
Jebut circles away from the clinch attempt.
Savic is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Savic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jebut keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jebut displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Savic throws out the jab.
Jebut thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jebut slips under a jab from Savic.
Jebut cracks Savic with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Savic is rocked!
Jebut drops Savic with a huge uppercut! Savic drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Jebut is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marek Jebut!
A less than humble Marek Jebut misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alastair Gridlock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aurelius Schultes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gridlock might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Robbie Williams - Come Undone. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alastair Gridlock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aurelius Schultes!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Vladimir Khabensky and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schultes throws a leg kick but Gridlock moved away.
Schultes scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gridlock in his tracks.
Schultes throws a low kick, looking for Gridlock's leg but Gridlock calmly moves out of range.
Gridlock gets a clinch.
We've been informed that Schultes has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Gridlock misses with a punch to the body.
Gridlock tries to throw a body punch but Schultes avoids it by throwing Gridlock back against the cage.
Gridlock throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Schultess head.
Gridlock has Schultes pressed against the cage, preventing Schultes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Schultes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gridlock lands a body shot.
Gridlock has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Schultes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gridlock stalling.
Gridlock can't find room to land a body shot as Schultes controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schultes.
Schultes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gridlock's elbow.
Schultes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gridlock slows down the pace here.
Gridlock is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch on the inside from Gridlock fails to land.
Gridlock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gridlock digs a right hand into Schultes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Schultes's gas tank.
Schultes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schultes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gridlock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Schultes blocks a body shot from Gridlock.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Schultes stalling against the cage.
Gridlock works on Schultes's body with a couple of short punches.
Schultes is trying to break the clinch but Gridlock is controlling him.
Gridlock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gridlock works on Schultes's body with a couple of short punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Schultes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gridlock misses with a punch to the body.
Schultes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Schultes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gridlock digs a right hand into Schultes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Schultes's gas tank.
Schultes working aggressively here.
Schultes throws a punch but it's blocked by Gridlock.
Gridlock misses with a punch to the body.
Schultes blocks a body shot from Gridlock.
Schultes trying to stall but Gridlock improves his position.
Gridlock lands a body shot in the clinch.
Schultes goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gridlock prevents it.
Gridlock lands a right hand.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gridlock.
Gridlock misses with a punch to the body.
Schultes has a couple of punches blocked by Gridlock.
Gridlock tries to throw a body punch but Schultes avoids it by throwing Gridlock back against the cage.
Gridlock lands a left hand that snaps the head of Schultes backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gridlock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Schultes blocks an uppercut.
Gridlock scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Schultes is trying to drag Gridlock to the mat but Gridlock just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Schultes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Schultes misses with some punches.
Gridlock misses with a hook to the ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Schultes.
Schultes misses with a body punch.
Schultes dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Schultes can't find room to land a body shot as Gridlock controls the action.
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 Alastair Gridlock will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Gridlock misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Schultes moves forwards but Gridlock connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gridlock cracks Schultes with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Schultes looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Gridlock finish him?
Schultes is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schultes tries to land a front kick but Gridlock steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Schultes is still on wobbly legs! Can Gridlock finish him?
Gridlock connects with an inside leg kick.
Gridlock scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Schultes seems to have recovered his senses.
Gridlock blocks a leg kick.
Gridlock keeps Schultes at a distance using the push kick.
Gridlock throws a leg kick
and Schultes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gridlock keeps Schultes at a distance using the push kick.
Gridlock throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Schultes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Schultes misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gridlock looks to land a body kick but Schultes moved away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Schultes.
Schultes blocks a head kick by Gridlock.
Gridlock throws a right hand that Schultes ducks under and follows up with a left that Schultes also avoids with ease.
Gridlock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Schultes throws a leg kick which misses Gridlock's front leg but catches the back leg as Gridlock tries to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gridlock showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Schultes.
Gridlock bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Schultes looks to land a right hand but Gridlock moved out of range.
Schultes drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Gridlock sneaks out the side door and pushes Schultes away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gridlock slips a straight right by Schultes.
Gridlock throws a head kick but Schultes moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gridlock misses the body punch
and Schultes counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gridlock's knee momentarily.
Gridlock bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Schultes's head backwards.
Gridlock just misses with a punch to the body.
Schultes looks to land a right hand but Gridlock moved out of range.
Gridlock's jab looks to have found its range, popping Schultes under the eye.
Good work by Gridlock as he checks the leg kick.
Schultes misses with a body kick.
Schultes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Alastair Gridlock is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gridlock 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.
Schultes takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gridlock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Schultes misses with a left hand
and Gridlock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Good leg kick by Gridlock there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An inside leg kick lands from Schultes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oooooh!!! Gridlock has knocked Schultes down with a huge combo! Gridlock steps away and waves a wobbly Schultes back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Gridlock has managed to clinch.
Schultes has a couple of punches blocked by Gridlock.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alastair Gridlock dominated that second round.
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!
Schultes avoids the head kick by Gridlock.
Gridlock connects with a nice looking jab.
Gridlock misses with an uppercut
and Schultes counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Alastair Gridlock is winning the standup battle so far.
Gridlock tries to clinch there but Schultes circles away.
A shot to the body from Gridlock misses
and Schultes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gridlock slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gridlock fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Schultes to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Schultes looks to clinch but Gridlock throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Schultes taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Alastair Gridlock!
After the fight, Alastair Gridlock was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Troy Glover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wei Pei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Troy Glover!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wei Pei!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pei cracks Glover with an open hand slap.
It looks like Troy Glover has been cut.
Pei with a jab.
Glover slips a jab from Pei.
Glover finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Pei looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Glover is looking to land body kicks.
Glover scores with a kick to the midsection.
Glover throws a leg kick
letting Pei counter with a right hand.
Glover tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Pei is able to avoid easily.
Glover looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Glover throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pei.
Glover moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pei blocks a head kick by Glover.
A slow jab from Pei misses its intended target.
Pei scores with a hook to the body. Glover takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Glover misses with a series of wild punches.
Troy Glover seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pei throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Glover sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Glover misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pei tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Glover closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Pei to the mat! Pei manages to get full guard.
Pei bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Glover's guard.
Glover working a defensive guard here.
Pei content to stall in guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Troy Glover just wasn't active enough.
Glover misses with a jab to the body
and Pei counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Glover takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Glover connects with a leg kick. Pei looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pei throws a nice outside leg kick.
Glover wants to land a leg kick but Pei is out of range.
Glover throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pei scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Glover lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pei fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pei cracks Glover with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Troy Glover's cut is getting worse.
Glover throws the left hand but Pei avoids the punch easily.
Pei misses with an attempted mid kick.
Glover uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pei.
Glover tries to land a leg kick but Pei saw it coming and moves away.
Pei lands with a cross.
Glover looks to land a body kick but Pei moved away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pei looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pei connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Pei connects with a jab, followed by a picture perfect straight right that sends Glover to the canvas, out cold! What a finish by Pei!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Wei Pei! Wei Pei retains his heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Wei Pei 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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