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EVO 39: Glorious Turmoil PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Woleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sevent Seagull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seagull has chosen Van Halen - Jump as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Great wrestler
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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
32 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Woleman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 14 - 3, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sevent Seagull!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seagull scores with a head kick. Woleman tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A combination from Woleman does no damage.
Seagull has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Seagull avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Woleman throws out a leg kick but Seagull moves out of range and Woleman only half commits.
Woleman swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Seagull counters with a thumping low kick.
Seagull throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Woleman throws a big shot that misses.
Seagull bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Seagull uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Woleman has time to react.
Seagull drops his hands momentarily and Woleman takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Woleman avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Woleman misses with a low kick.
We've been hearing reports that Woleman has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Woleman avoids the head kick by Seagull.
Mark Woleman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Woleman paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Seagull throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Seagull finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Woleman throws a poor cross that misses
and Seagull counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Woleman really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Woleman rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Seagull counters with an inside leg kick.
Sevent Seagull is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Woleman blocks the low kick.
Woleman jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Seagull swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Woleman blocks a leg kick.
Woleman scores with a jab to the jaw.
Woleman shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Woleman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Seagull sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Woleman shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Seagull is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Seagull keeping moving, preventing Woleman from controlling successfully.
Woleman stays in close to Seagull's body and controls the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Woleman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seagull working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Woleman.
Woleman won't allow Seagull to get back to his feet.
Woleman content to stall in guard here.
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!
The ref stands the fighters back up because Mark Woleman just wasn't active enough.
Woleman takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Seagull connects with an inside leg kick.
Seagull lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seagull lands a jab to the nose.
Woleman shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Seagull as he jumps to the side.
A big left from Woleman misses.
Seagull misses with a low kick.
Woleman checks the leg kick nicely there.
Seagull scores with a jab.
Seagull steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Woleman.
Seagull throws a leg kick but Woleman sees it coming and moves out of range.
Seagull takes a swing at Woleman's ribcage but misses.
Woleman throws a hook but Seagull avoids it easily.
Seagull scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Woleman blocks a head kick by Seagull.
An inside leg kick lands from Seagull.
Woleman looks to land a right hand but Seagull moved out of range.
A clash of legs there as Woleman blocks the low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woleman shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Seagull but Seagull pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Woleman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Woleman throws out a loose jab but Seagull uses good head movement to avoid it.
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!
Woleman swings for the body but Seagull moves out of range.
Seagull misses with a leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Seagull.
Seagull jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Seagull throws a head kick that misses.
Seagull showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Woleman.
A head kick misses from Seagull.
Woleman fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Seagull throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A good leg kick by Seagull.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sevent Seagull dominated that 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.
Woleman swings for the body but Seagull moves out of range.
Woleman looks to land a body kick but Seagull moved away.
Woleman keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Woleman misses with a straight right.
Woleman throws a big shot that misses.
Woleman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Seagull - that will leave a mark!
Woleman throws a hook to the side of Seagull's head but Seagull sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Woleman blocks a head kick by Seagull.
An inside leg kick from Woleman misses.
Woleman scores with a hook to the body. Seagull takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Seagull avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Seagull keeps the fight on the outside.
The fighters circling - Woleman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Woleman wants to clinch.
Woleman throws a front kick aimed at Seagull's knee but Seagull avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seagull tries a low kick but Woleman avoids it.
Woleman throws a hook to the side of Seagull's head but Seagull sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Donk. Seagull catches Woleman right on the button with a cross.
Woleman tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Seagull defends well and Woleman ends up having to push Seagull into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Woleman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Seagull misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Woleman drops down looking for an ankle pick but Seagull pulls his leg out and moves away.
Woleman wants to clinch but Seagull slips to the side
and Seagull counters with an inside leg kick.
Woleman thows a body shot but no joy.
Seagull misses with a body kick.
Seagull misses with a leg kick.
Woleman throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Seagull counters with a nice low kick that buckles Woleman's knee momentarily.
Woleman on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Seagull misses with a low kick as Woleman jumps back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seagull takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Seagull blocks the body kick.
Seagull looks to score with a jab to the body but Woleman is just out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seagull throws a solid leg kick but Woleman takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Seagull.
Woleman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seagull moves away.
A head kick misses from Seagull.
Woleman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Seagull circles away quickly and effectively.
Woleman misses with a right hand
and Woleman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sevent Seagull seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A jab from Woleman does it's job there.
Seagull tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Woleman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Seagull has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Seagull there as he acknowledges the shot.
Woleman motions for Seagull to come forward. Woleman throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Woleman swings for the body but Seagull moves out of range.
Woleman thows a body shot but no joy.
Seagull throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woleman misses with a combination
and Seagull counters with a low kick, right behind Woleman 's knee.
Woleman scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Seagull doesn't seem bothered though.
A head kick misses from Seagull.
Woleman fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Woleman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Seagull jabs Woleman right on the nose. Woleman blinks but takes it well.
Seagull lands a nice leg kick that just misses Woleman's sensitive parts.
Seagull connects with a solid leg kick.
Woleman goes for a double leg but Seagull avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Seagull continues to drive forward.
Woleman is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Seagull pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Woleman tries to work over Seagull's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Seagull is stalling here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woleman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Woleman trying to stall but Seagull improves his position.
Seagull gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Woleman.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Seagull blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Woleman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Seagull scores with a shoulder strike.
Woleman gets through Seagull's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Woleman letting Seagull take a breather here.
Seagull lands a left hand that snaps the head of Woleman backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Woleman has Seagull pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Seagull manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Seagull stalling in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Seagull.
Still in the clinch, Seagull scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Sevent Seagull will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Woleman throws a low kick but Seagull moves out of range easily.
Seagull moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Woleman slips under a jab.
Woleman does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Woleman will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Woleman misses with a hook
and Seagull counters with a stiff right hand.
Woleman throws a body punch but Seagull moves out of range.
Good work by Woleman as he checks the leg kick.
Seagull jabs Woleman right on the nose. Woleman blinks but takes it well.
An inside leg kick lands from Seagull.
Woleman checks the leg kick nicely there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Woleman.
Seagull misses with a body shot.
Seagull walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Woleman's corner calls for a 1-2. Woleman obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Woleman attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seagull takes one on the button.
Seagull showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Woleman.
Seagull tries to land a leg kick but Woleman saw it coming and moves away.
Seagull ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Woleman moves away.
Seagull looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A telegraphed right hand from Seagull misses the target.
Seagull scores with a leg kick.
Woleman dives in and scores a takedown into Seagull's guard.
Woleman in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Woleman prevents Seagull from getting back to his feet.
Woleman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Seagull wants to stand but Woleman is controlling the position.
Mark Woleman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woleman stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Seagull swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Seagull is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Woleman is controlling him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Woleman trying to control but Seagull is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Woleman looking to sit in guard and control but Seagull gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Woleman will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seagull gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Seagull misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Woleman.
A swing and a miss from Woleman.
Woleman digs a good hook to Seagull's body.
Seagull punishes Woleman's body with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Woleman. Seagull does a little dance to reset his feet.
Seagull throws a sloppy head kick and Woleman moves out of range easily.
Seagull throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Seagull takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Woleman tests Seagull's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seagull ducks under a wild hook from Woleman.
Seagull throws a hook but Woleman blocks it.
Woleman thows a body shot but no joy.
Seagull needs to keep his hands up - Woleman had a free shot at his head there.
Woleman throws a low kick, looking for Seagull's leg but Seagull calmly moves out of range.
Sevent Seagull is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Woleman throws an off balance right hand
and Seagull cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Seagull moves out of range as Woleman strikes.
Woleman throws out a loose jab but Seagull uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Woleman blocks a leg kick.
Woleman misses the shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Woleman lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Woleman avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Seagull slips under a jab from Woleman.
Woleman throws a hook to the side of Seagull's head but Seagull sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
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 Mark Woleman.
I think Seagull 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 James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sevent Seagull!
Sevent Seagull decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Riley McCollins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Luciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McCollins comes to the cage accompanied by The Go Getter. Luciano has chosen The Mechanic as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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191 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Riley McCollins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charlie Luciano!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCollins walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Luciano checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Luciano darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Luciano throws a low kick but it's checked well by McCollins.
McCollins ducks under a wild hook from Luciano.
McCollins walks into a stiff left hand from Luciano.
McCollins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luciano was well out of range. Poor timing from McCollins.
Luciano misses with a lunging right hand
and McCollins counters with a right hand to the body.
Luciano throws a jab when McCollins was well out of range.
McCollins takes one on the chin but seems OK.
McCollins scores with a punch to the head.
It looks like Charlie Luciano has been cut.
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!
McCollins cracks Luciano with a good jab.
McCollins thuds his shin into the meat of Luciano's side.
McCollins takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
McCollins swings for the body but Luciano moves out of range.
McCollins pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've been informed that Luciano 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.
Luciano lands a glancing blow to the side of McCollins's head.
Luciano checks the leg kick.
Luciano blocks a head kick by McCollins.
A head kick misses from McCollins.
McCollins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Luciano.
Both fighters circling a little - Luciano finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Luciano lands with an overhand left.
McCollins pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Charlie Luciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCollins takes a swing at Luciano's ribcage but misses.
Luciano connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Luciano scoring well with a low kick 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!
McCollins is looking to score with low kicks.
McCollins lands a nice shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCollins lands with a slapping head kick.
Luciano pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
McCollins slips under a jab.
McCollins takes one to the side of the head.
McCollins misses with a looping right.
That kick from Luciano tenderised McCollins's leg. McCollins is trying to keep his angry face on.
McCollins is looking to wear down Luciano with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Luciano fakes a jab and throws a low kick but McCollins checks it well.
A shot to the liver by McCollins. Beautiful body shot.
Luciano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCollins was well out of range. Poor timing from Luciano.
Luciano paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Luciano lands a leg kick that knocks McCollins off balance momentarily.
McCollins uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Luciano.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Luciano throws a jab but it's blocked by McCollins.
McCollins scores with a body shot.
Luciano tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Luciano lets loose with a powerful body kick. McCollins will feel that in the morning.
Luciano throws a lazy uppercut
and McCollins counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by McCollins.
Luciano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McCollins misses with a knee strike.
Nice body punch from McCollins - that landed with a thud.
McCollins landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Luciano looks winded!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McCollins with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Luciano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Luciano lands with a light punch inside.
Luciano misses with a short punch on the inside.
McCollins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice straight punches there by McCollins. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of McCollins.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano cracks McCollins with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Luciano is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and McCollins moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Riley McCollins!
An out of breath Riley McCollins thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Heston Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Unbreakable (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Animal I Have Become. Unbreakable has chosen Busta and Yelawolf - Break Ya Neck as his entrance music. Heston Gracie had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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166 lbs
37 - 17 - 1 |
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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
19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Heston Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
37 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Unbreakable!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Unbreakable drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gracie throws a body punch but Unbreakable moves out of range.
Unbreakable feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Gracie looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Gracie is trying to keep Unbreakable in close.
Unbreakable trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracie looking to control.
Unbreakable wants to pass the guard but Gracie is keeping the position.
Unbreakable is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Unbreakable lands a couple of digs.
Unbreakable throws a strike but Gracie rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Unbreakable is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gracie defends well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie controls from within his opponent's guard.
Unbreakable working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gracie.
Unbreakable lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Gracie!
Unbreakable lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Unbreakable raining down hammerfists from mount.
Unbreakable working Gracie over with strikes here.
Gracie slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Unbreakable looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Unbreakable prevents Gracie from improving his position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Unbreakable thows a huge punch but Gracie dodges it nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie is looking for a sweep. Unbreakable is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Unbreakable sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gracie defending well though.
Gracie is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Unbreakable trying to control from half guard but Gracie is working away.
Unbreakable tries to pass to full mount but Gracie defends it.
Gracie is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Unbreakable pulls his head out easily.
Gracie is trying to maintain the position but Unbreakable is very close to passing his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is staying active underneath Unbreakable, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Gracie is trying to maintain the position but Unbreakable is very close to passing his half guard.
Unbreakable has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Not Yours. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Unbreakable with the ground and pound but Gracie uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Unbreakable tries to free his leg and advance position but Gracie is retaining full guard.
Unbreakable passes into half guard.
Unbreakable is trying to work for a kimura but Gracie is defending well.
Unbreakable with the ground and pound but Gracie uses the opportunity to regain guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Unbreakable avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Unbreakable pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gracie is keeping the position for now.
Gracie looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Unbreakable trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracie throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Unbreakable wants to pass the guard but Gracie is keeping the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Unbreakable from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Unbreakable dominated that round.
That's time! Gracie's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gracie is defended easily by Unbreakable.
Good leg kick by Unbreakable there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Unbreakable lands a really nice looking cross but Gracie seems unphased.
Unbreakable digs a good body shot into Gracie's ribs.
Gracie thows a body shot but no joy.
Unbreakable takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gracie throws a series of punches but Unbreakable moves out of range.
Unbreakable takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Unbreakable takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
No joy there for Unbreakable, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Gracie.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Unbreakable missing with a left hand there. Gracie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gracie moves forwards but Unbreakable connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gracie lands a jab to Unbreakable's midsection.
Unbreakable wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gracie lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gracie takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gracie is looking to wear down Unbreakable with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gracie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Unbreakable lands a jab to the nose.
Jon Unbreakable seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie shoots in but no luck this time.
Unbreakable throws a head kick that misses.
Unbreakable lands a jab to the nose.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Unbreakable lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Unbreakable misses with a leg kick.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Unbreakable manages to avoid it.
Gracie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Unbreakable.
Unbreakable throws a hook but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie gets caught flat footed, as Unbreakable shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Unbreakable trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Unbreakable working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gracie's head.
Gracie keeping full guard, as Unbreakable tries to pass.
Unbreakable postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Unbreakable from controlling successfully.
Unbreakable sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Gracie's guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gracie manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Unbreakable avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Unbreakable trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Unbreakable lands a couple of digs.
Gracie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Unbreakable from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jon Unbreakable has got the better of the ground game so far.
Unbreakable pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gracie is keeping the position for now.
Unbreakable trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Unbreakable tries to free his leg and advance position but Gracie is retaining full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Unbreakable got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gracie has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Unbreakable has managed to get both his arms back between Gracie's legs - danger averted.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Unbreakable's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Unbreakable postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Unbreakable showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Unbreakable will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gracie lands a right hook to the body.
Gracie closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The fighters circling - Unbreakable throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gracie scores with a body shot.
Unbreakable keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gracie looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Unbreakable is fending him off so far but Gracie persists. Nope, Unbreakable circles away and we're back to standing.
Unbreakable throws a body kick that misses
and Gracie counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie prevents Unbreakable from improving his position.
Gracie is keen to just control but Unbreakable is a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie wants to free his trapped foot but Unbreakable is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Gracie winds up and cracks Unbreakable with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Unbreakable is trying to get back to full guard.
Unbreakable is still trying to improve position.
Gracie is trying to control the action in half guard but Unbreakable is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Unbreakable is trying to control but can't.
Unbreakable wants to get back to full guard.
Still in half guard, Gracie seems content to control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Gracie working the head and body with strikes.
Gracie throwing shots but Unbreakable is blocking nicely.
Unbreakable is trying to control but Gracie manages to pass to mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie breaks from Unbreakable's wrist control and lands an elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie punishing his opponent with strikes.
Unbreakable is bucking up trying to escape but Gracie cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Gracie lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Gracie wants to control the pace but Unbreakable is squirming around nicely.
Unbreakable wants to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
Unbreakable keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Unbreakable takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Heston Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gracie scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Unbreakable?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie landing strikes from the mount.
Unbreakable is looking to improve his position but Gracie isn't that keen on the idea.
Gracie tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Gracie lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Unbreakable hang on?
Gracie avoids the attempt from Unbreakable to control.
Jon Unbreakable is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Unbreakable is looking to improve his position but Gracie isn't that keen on the idea.
Gracie scoring with strikes but Unbreakable is staying in there.
Gracie lands a heavy elbow.
Gracie working for a submission but Unbreakable is keeping him at bay.
Gracie prevents Unbreakable from getting the reversal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Unbreakable is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gracie cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Unbreakable is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Unbreakable is bucking up trying to escape but Gracie cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
It looks like Jon Unbreakable has been cut.
Unbreakable is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Gracie scoring with strikes but Unbreakable is staying in there.
Gracie 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.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Unbreakable tries to lock up and control but Gracie gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Unbreakable is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gracie raining down shots from the mount!
And that's the end of the fight!
Heston Gracie showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Unbreakable 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Unbreakable!
Jon Unbreakable seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Barry Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Li Xiaolong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scott comes to the cage accompanied by Bang - By Barry Scott. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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
28 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Barry Scott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Li Xiaolong!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Colin Fotheringham and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xiaolong slips under a jab.
Li Xiaolong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scott takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Xiaolong scores with a nice head shot.
Xiaolong thuds a left hand into Scott's body.
Scott misses with a right hand
and Xiaolong counters with a left to the body.
A big left from Scott misses.
Xiaolong avoids the head kick by Scott.
We've been informed that Xiaolong 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.
Xiaolong finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Xiaolong swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Scott connects with an inside leg kick.
Scott shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Xiaolong as he jumps to the side.
Scott works Xiaolong's body with a nice hook.
Xiaolong looks to land a left hand but Scott moved out of range nicely.
Scott lands a slapping body shot.
Xiaolong scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scott thows a body shot but no joy.
Scott closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xiaolong takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Li Xiaolong is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Xiaolong keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've been hearing reports that Scott has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Scott punishes Xiaolong's body with a nice straight punch.
Xiaolong throws a looping overhand right but Scott ducks down to avoid it.
Good exchange - Xiaolong coming out on top.
Scott swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Scott throws a low kick but Xiaolong moves out of range easily.
Scott swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Scott throws a nice inside leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Scott checks a leg kick.
Xiaolong throws a leg kick but Scott moved away.
Xiaolong connects with a crisp jab.
Xiaolong has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Xiaolong thows a body shot but no joy.
Xiaolong slips under a jab.
Xiaolong blocks a head kick by Scott.
Xiaolong's jab looks to have found its range, popping Scott under the eye.
Xiaolong is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xiaolong lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scott is looking to clinch.
Scott tries a low kick but Xiaolong avoids it.
Xiaolong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Scott moves away.
Xiaolong throws out a powerful jab.
That kick from Xiaolong tenderised Scott's leg. Scott is trying to keep his angry face on.
Xiaolong closes the distance and clinches.
Scott misses with the head strike.
Xiaolong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Scott takes an elbow to the forehead.
Scott lands a left hand.
Xiaolong lands an uppercut.
Scott tries to throw a body punch but Xiaolong avoids it by throwing Scott back against the cage.
Scott lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Xiaolong lands an elbow that stopped Scott in his tracks for a moment.
Xiaolong lands with a left to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott takes a knee to the side of the body.
Scott pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Xiaolong is looking to land body kicks.
Scott ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Xiaolong moves away.
Scott feints and then cracks Xiaolong's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Xiaolong down.
Xiaolong plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Scott fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Xiaolong checks it well.
Scott lands the left hand.
Xiaolong lands a right hook to the body.
Scott keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Scott lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A jab from Xiaolong finds it's way through Scott's defenses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scott wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Scott 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.
Xiaolong misses with a low kick as Scott jumps back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Scott tenderised Xiaolong's leg. Xiaolong is trying to keep his angry face on.
Scott misses with a kick to the body.
Scott on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Good exchange - Scott coming out on top.
Scott thows a left - swing and a miss!
A shot to the liver by Xiaolong. Beautiful body shot.
Xiaolong throws a body kick that misses.
Scott slips a jab and a cross from Xiaolong.
Scott tries a head kick but it misses.
Scott throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Xiaolong scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Xiaolong slips a jab and a cross from Scott.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Scott loads up on a big right hand but Xiaolong slips the punch.
Xiaolong throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Scott's head.
It looks like Barry Scott has been cut.
Xiaolong throws a body punch but Scott moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Li Xiaolong dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Barry Scott's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Scott gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Xiaolong.
That kick from Xiaolong tenderised Scott's leg. Scott is trying to keep his angry face on.
Scott throws a wild body kick that Xiaolong sees coming a mile off.
Scott misses with a body kick.
Xiaolong waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Scott.
Xiaolong throws out a powerful jab.
Xiaolong shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Xiaolong throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Scott lands a lovely overhand right.
Xiaolong lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Scott circles away quickly and effectively.
A big right from Xiaolong misses.
Xiaolong scores with a three punch combo!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scott throws a head kick that misses
and Xiaolong counters with a big head kick but Scott shrugs it off.
Xiaolong uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Scott.
Xiaolong connects with a body shot.
Scott tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Xiaolong is able to avoid easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xiaolong fails with an attempt to clinch.
Xiaolong closes the distance and clinches.
Scott blocks a body shot from Xiaolong.
Xiaolong tries to throw a body punch but Scott avoids it by throwing Xiaolong back against the cage.
Xiaolong working aggressively here.
A short right from Scott on the inside.
Xiaolong lands a body punch in the clinch.
Xiaolong misses with the head strike.
Scott scores with a shot to the side of Xiaolong's head.
Xiaolong tries to work over Scott's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Xiaolong lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Xiaolong.
Xiaolong misses with the head strike.
Scott misses with a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Scott's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Scott creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Xiaolong tries to throw a body punch but Scott avoids it by throwing Xiaolong back against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Scott.
Scott working aggressively here.
Xiaolong lands a knee to the body.
Scott misses with a body punch.
Scott lands a hook to the side of the head.
Scott tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Xiaolong lands a nice elbow.
Scott misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Xiaolong.
Xiaolong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Xiaolong tries to throw a body punch but Scott avoids it by throwing Xiaolong back against the cage.
Scott avoiding damage as Xiaolong throws knees to the body.
Xiaolong misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xiaolong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Scott is defending well for now.
Xiaolong lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Scott avoids the elbow strike from Xiaolong, against the cage.
Good body shot from Scott.
Scott blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Xiaolong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Scott throws a head punch that misses.
Xiaolong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Xiaolong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Xiaolong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Scott working aggressively here.
Scott goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Scott's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Xiaolong finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Xiaolong uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Scott has time to react.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xiaolong on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Scott looks to score with a jab to the body but Xiaolong is just out of range.
Xiaolong takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Xiaolong ducks under a wild hook from Scott.
Scott misses with a shot to the body
and Xiaolong counters with an outside leg kick.
Xiaolong throws a series of strikes that have Scott backpedaling.
Scott loads up on a big right hand but Xiaolong slips the punch.
Scott moves out of range of the leg kick from Xiaolong.
Xiaolong is looking to slow Scott down with leg kicks.
Xiaolong lands a leg kick that knocks Scott off balance momentarily.
Xiaolong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Scott blocks a leg kick.
Xiaolong dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Xiaolong checks a leg kick nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Li Xiaolong showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Barry Scott's cut.
That's time! Scott's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Some bone on bone action there as Scott checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Scott throws a big shot that misses.
Barry Scott has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Xiaolong connects with the punch.
Xiaolong throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Xiaolong connects with a leg kick. Scott looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Xiaolong misses with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Xiaolong throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Xiaolong wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Xiaolong throws a leg kick
and Scott counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Scott.
Xiaolong creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Scott's defenses.
Scott lands a hook to the side of the head.
Xiaolong blocks an uppercut.
Scott takes a shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Xiaolong.
Xiaolong gets through Scott's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Xiaolong swings wildly with an uppercut but Scott uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xiaolong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Scott misses with some punches.
Scott swings wildly with an uppercut but Xiaolong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Scott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Xiaolong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Xiaolong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Xiaolong fails to land.
Xiaolong wants to stall.
Xiaolong struggles to land a body shot inside as Scott controls his hands.
Xiaolong throws a head punch that misses.
Scott throws a punch but it's blocked by Xiaolong.
Xiaolong makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Xiaolong blocks an uppercut.
Li Xiaolong is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott tries to work over Xiaolong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Xiaolong lands a hook that snaps the head of Scott backwards.
A short uppercut from Scott.
Xiaolong prevents a body shot from Scott.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scott.
Xiaolong is pressed up against the cage. Scott has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Xiaolong down to the mat. Xiaolong avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Xiaolong connects with a body shot that sends Scott's belly button to the back.
Scott tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Xiaolong manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Xiaolong moves in looking to clinch but Scott pushes him off.
Li Xiaolong seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scott pivots, looking for a leg kick but Xiaolong is out of range and Scott settles back down.
Xiaolong avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xiaolong gets a clinch.
Scott misses with a body punch.
Xiaolong lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Scott.
Scott is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Xiaolong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Xiaolong gets underhooks to prevent Scott's takedown attempt.
Scott swings wildly with an uppercut but Xiaolong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Xiaolong prevents a body shot from Scott.
Xiaolong misses with a punch on the inside.
Scott goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Scott lands a right hand that snaps the head of Xiaolong backwards.
Xiaolong blocks an uppercut.
Scott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Scott misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Scott creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Xiaolong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Li Xiaolong seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Xiaolong blocking some punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Scott has a couple of punches blocked by Xiaolong.
Scott can't find room to land a body shot as Xiaolong controls the action.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Li Xiaolong.
Well Xiaolong has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Li Xiaolong!
An out of breath Li Xiaolong thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
In defeat, Barry Scott stepped up to the mic, saying 'Its about time we get some competent officials, I never should have lost!'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Noel Contemprato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaoklai Khanomtom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Contemprato comes to the cage accompanied by Cats. Khanomtom comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Jill Tracy - Pulling Your Insides Out kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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27 - 8 - 3 |
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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
27 - 14 - 3, fighting out of London, Noel Contemprato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 8 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kaoklai Khanomtom!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Contemprato staying out of range there.
Contemprato gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Khanomtom checks a leg kick.
Contemprato cracks Khanomtom with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Contemprato steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom misses with a right hand
and Contemprato counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Khanomtom throws a jab but it's blocked by Contemprato.
Khanomtom tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Contemprato swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Khanomtom.
Khanomtom takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Contemprato takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
It looks like Noel Contemprato has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Contemprato takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Contemprato ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Khanomtom swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Contemprato counters with a right hand to the body.
Khanomtom keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Contemprato.
Contemprato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khanomtom moves away.
Khanomtom throws a wild body kick that Contemprato sees coming a mile off.
Khanomtom lands a nice looking body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Contemprato. Khanomtom does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khanomtom misses with a head kick.
Contemprato tries to close the distance and clinch up but Khanomtom swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Khanomtom scores with a kick to the midsection.
Contemprato scores with a crisp jab that stopped Khanomtom in his tracks.
Contemprato stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A nice inside leg kick there by Khanomtom. That's going to slow Contemprato down.
The fighters circling - Contemprato throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Khanomtom throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Khanomtom takes one to the chin there.
Khanomtom misses with a hook. Contemprato ducked under it nicely.
Khanomtom scoring well with a low kick there.
Khanomtom ducks under a wild hook from Contemprato.
Contemprato fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khanomtom tries to bum rush Contemprato with a series of wild strikes but Contemprato uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Contemprato.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Contemprato lands a two punch combo.
Khanomtom looks for the body kick but Contemprato saw that one coming.
Contemprato fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khanomtom manages to avoid it.
Contemprato connects with a solid leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Contemprato. Khanomtom does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khanomtom scores with a spinning back kick!
Khanomtom takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Khanomtom has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Contemprato finds it's way round the side to connect with Khanomtom's head.
Contemprato throws a sloppy body shot
and Khanomtom counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Khanomtom uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Contemprato.
Contemprato walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Khanomtom throws a body kick that misses.
Khanomtom clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Contemprato.
Khanomtom has a couple of punches blocked by Contemprato.
Khanomtom breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Contemprato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Contemprato staying out of range there.
Khanomtom scores with a head kick. Contemprato tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Contemprato lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Khanomtom circles away quickly and effectively.
Khanomtom lands with a nice combination. Contemprato backs away looking to recover.
Contemprato fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Khanomtom checks it well.
Contemprato checks a leg kick.
Contemprato just misses with a punch to the body.
Khanomtom throws a body kick that misses.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Khanomtom tries to work over Contemprato's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khanomtom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Contemprato lands a right hook to the body.
Contemprato throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Khanomtom counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Contemprato avoids the head kick by Khanomtom.
Khanomtom throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom misses with a head kick.
Khanomtom misses the shot to the body.
Contemprato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khanomtom moves away.
Khanomtom closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Khanomtom tries to land a leg kick but Contemprato saw it coming and moves away.
A combination from Contemprato does no damage.
Contemprato is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Khanomtom misses with a straight left.
Contemprato dips to his left and cracks Khanomtom with an uppercut!
Khanomtom fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Contemprato is out of range.
Khanomtom throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Khanomtom lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Khanomtom.
Contemprato blocks the body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Contemprato, right into the meat.
Khanomtom misses with a looping left.
Khanomtom dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Contemprato. That did some damage!
Contemprato fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kaoklai Khanomtom will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Noel Contemprato's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Contemprato is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Khanomtom misses with a wild body shot.
Contemprato changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Contemprato checks a leg kick nicely.
Contemprato thows a left - swing and a miss!
Contemprato throws a shot from downtown. Khanomtom moves away and avoids it.
Contemprato blocks a low kick nicely.
Khanomtom lands a nice leg kick that just misses Contemprato's sensitive parts.
Khanomtom lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Khanomtom looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Contemprato throws a quick inside leg kick.
Khanomtom throws a low kick, looking for Contemprato's leg but Contemprato calmly moves out of range.
Khanomtom throws a wild body kick that Contemprato sees coming a mile off.
Khanomtom throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Khanomtom misses with a low kick.
Khanomtom pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Khanomtom throws out a loose jab but Contemprato uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khanomtom goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Contemprato misses the target.
Khanomtom throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Khanomtom pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Khanomtom throws a leg kick but Contemprato moved away.
Contemprato takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Contemprato throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Contemprato slips a jab and a cross from Khanomtom.
Contemprato moves out of range of the body kick.
A jab from Khanomtom misses.
Khanomtom has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Khanomtom there as he acknowledges the shot.
Contemprato throws an off balance right hand
and Khanomtom counters with a slapping leg kick.
Khanomtom takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Contemprato fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Khanomtom, pushing him back against the cage.
Contemprato misses with a punch to the body.
I was talking to Contemprato's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Khanomtom lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Contemprato misses with the head strike.
Khanomtom tries to throw a body punch but Contemprato avoids it by throwing Khanomtom back against the cage.
Contemprato is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A nice right hand lands inside from Contemprato.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khanomtom missing with knees to the body.
Khanomtom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khanomtom throws a nice outside leg kick.
Contemprato throws a leg kick but Khanomtom sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Khanomtom takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Khanomtom throws a sloppy head kick and Contemprato moves out of range easily.
Contemprato throws a looping overhand right but Khanomtom ducks down to avoid it.
Khanomtom chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Khanomtom moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Khanomtom takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Contemprato throws a good cross that connects.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Contemprato connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Khanomtom throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom avoids the body shot from Contemprato.
Contemprato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice shot lands for Khanomtom.
Contemprato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Contemprato throws a nice inside leg kick.
Contemprato connects with a crisp jab.
Khanomtom throws a big shot that misses.
Khanomtom throws a series of punches but Contemprato moves out of range.
Contemprato moves out of range of the body kick.
Khanomtom scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Khanomtom tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Contemprato turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Khanomtom throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Contemprato counters with a straight right hand.
Contemprato throws a quick inside leg kick.
Khanomtom steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Contemprato.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom digs a good hook to Contemprato's body.
Contemprato lands a jab to Khanomtom's midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Contemprato thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khanomtom tries to move into range but Contemprato moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A punch combination from Khanomtom misses.
Khanomtom keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Contemprato misses the shot to the body.
Contemprato throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Contemprato is looking to slow Khanomtom down with leg kicks.
Contemprato chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Contemprato jabs Khanomtom right on the nose. Khanomtom blinks but takes it well.
Contemprato misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khanomtom goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Khanomtom throws a leg kick which misses Contemprato's front leg but catches the back leg as Contemprato tries to avoid it.
Contemprato scores with a body shot.
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 Noel Contemprato will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Noel Contemprato's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Contemprato lands a nice shot to the body.
Contemprato throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice defenses there by Khanomtom.
Khanomtom misses with a low kick.
Contemprato misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khanomtom.
Contemprato tries to clinch up.
A clash of legs there as Contemprato blocks the low kick.
Khanomtom throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Contemprato sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Good work by Contemprato as he checks the leg kick.
Contemprato comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Khanomtom throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Contemprato throws a head kick that misses
and Khanomtom counters with an outside leg kick.
Khanomtom is looking to land body kicks.
Khanomtom slips under a jab from Contemprato.
Contemprato connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Khanomtom with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Contemprato to score with a decent uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khanomtom misses with a series of wild punches.
A chopping leg kick lands by Contemprato.
Khanomtom throws a chopping leg kick but Contemprato manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Khanomtom tries a head kick but it misses.
Khanomtom takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Good leg kick by Contemprato there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Khanomtom throws a sloppy head kick and Contemprato moves out of range easily.
Khanomtom throws a leg kick but Contemprato sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Khanomtom tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Contemprato was well out of range. Poor timing from Khanomtom.
Contemprato scores with a crisp jab that stopped Khanomtom in his tracks.
Khanomtom takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Khanomtom does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Khanomtom connects with a solid leg kick.
Khanomtom has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Khanomtom moves into the clinch successfully.
Contemprato tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Contemprato digs a right hand underneath Khanomtom's ribcage. Khanomtom let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khanomtom misses with the head strike.
Contemprato goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Contemprato misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Contemprato.
Contemprato blocks an elbow strike.
Contemprato lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Contemprato.
Contemprato taking a breather.
Contemprato lands with a short shot to the head.
Contemprato prevents a body shot from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Contemprato.
Contemprato digs a right hand underneath Khanomtom's ribcage. Khanomtom let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Khanomtom fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Contemprato misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khanomtom misses with a hook from the clinch.
Contemprato misses with a short punch on the inside.
Contemprato blocks a body shot from Khanomtom.
Khanomtom misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Contemprato misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Contemprato.
Contemprato misses with some punches.
Contemprato wants to stall.
Khanomtom working aggressively here.
Khanomtom lands a right hand.
Contemprato has a couple of punches blocked by Khanomtom.
A short left from Khanomtom.
Contemprato blocks the elbow strike.
Contemprato lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khanomtom backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khanomtom makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Khanomtom misses with a punch to the body.
Contemprato misses with a hook from the clinch.
Contemprato's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Contemprato blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Contemprato tries to throw a body punch but Khanomtom avoids it by throwing Contemprato back against the cage.
Khanomtom working aggressively here.
Khanomtom tries to work over Contemprato's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Contemprato lands a shot to the body.
Contemprato wants to stall.
Noel Contemprato has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Contemprato swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Khanomtom works on Contemprato's body with a couple of short punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Noel Contemprato showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Contemprato 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Noel Contemprato!
After winning the bout, Noel Contemprato thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Max Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pat Barry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steel comes to the cage accompanied by Saliva - Ladies and Gentlemen. 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Max Steel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Pat Barry!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steel scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Steel misses the shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Barry. Those never looked like landing.
Barry with a nice cross.
Barry looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Barry fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Steel on the side of the head.
Steel throws a lazy right hand but Barry sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Steel connects with a solid leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Steel!
Steel throws a hook but Barry blocks it.
Barry tries to work over Steel's front leg with a kick but Steel checks it.
Barry on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
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!
Barry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steel was well out of range. Poor timing from Barry.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barry.
Barry slips a straight right by Steel.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Steel.
Steel has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Homunculus Alembic in the buildup to the fight.
Barry lands a glancing blow to the side of Steel's head.
Barry cracks Steel with a good jab.
Barry lands a front kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barry lands a head shot.
Barry misses with an attempted mid kick.
Steel misses the jab.
Barry throws a nice inside leg kick.
Steel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Barry.
Steel uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Barry has time to react.
Barry swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Barry throws a chopping leg kick but Steel manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Barry throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Steel counters with a leg kick.
Barry is looking to clinch but Steel is avoiding it.
Steel moves out of range of the body kick.
Barry scores with a kick to the midsection.
Barry throws a series of punches but Steel moves out of range.
Barry misses with a jab, cross combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Steel misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barry throws a leg kick that is checked
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barry looks to land a body kick but Steel moved away.
Steel lands a lovely overhand right.
Barry pivots, looking for a leg kick but Steel is out of range and Barry settles back down.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Barry checks a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Steel. Those never looked like landing.
Barry misses with a series of wild punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barry. Steel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barry moves out of range of the leg kick from Steel.
Barry fails in his attempt to clinch.
Steel throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Barry ducks under a wild hook from Steel.
Steel with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Steel lands a really nice looking cross but Barry seems unphased.
Barry rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Steel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barry throws out a loose jab but Steel uses good head movement to avoid it.
A big left from Steel misses.
Barry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Steel moves away.
Barry looks to throw the jab but Steel is out of range.
Barry scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Barry - that will leave a mark!
Steel stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Steel scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Barry throws a head kick that misses.
Barry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barry swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barry takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Steel misses with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barry connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Steel's hands.
Barry tries to clinch up.
Steel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barry manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barry throws a wild body kick that Steel sees coming a mile off.
Barry just misses with a punch to the body.
Steel throws a push kick but Barry slaps the foot to one side.
Steel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barry.
Barry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Steel.
Steel ducks under a wild hook from Barry.
Steel tries to work over Barry's front leg with a kick but Barry checks it.
A leg kick checked by Steel.
Barry scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Barry lands with a right hand.
Barry doesn't manage to clinch there - Steel circles away.
Barry throws a right hand that Steel ducks under and follows up with a left that Steel also avoids with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Steel delivers a nice body kick.
Barry tries to clinch but Steel is having none of it.
A bone on bone clash there as Steel blocks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Pat Barry will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A swing and a miss from Steel.
A punch combination from Steel misses.
Steel finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Barry throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Barry is looking to clinch.
Barry just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circling - Steel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barry throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Barry takes one to the side of the head.
Steel checks a leg kick.
Barry throws a head kick that misses
and Steel counters with a nice uppercut.
Barry throws the kick towards the body but Steel avoids it.
Steel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Barry lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Steel has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Steel and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Barry swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Steel throws a head kick that half lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steel throws a hook to the side of Barry's head but Barry sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barry feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Steel's calf.
Steel feints a jab promting Barry to slip. Steel then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Barry slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Barry uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Steel.
Barry closes the distance and clinches.
Barry with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Steel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steel goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Barry lands with a nice body punch.
Steel thumps Barry with a low kick.
Steel looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Barry misses with a low kick.
Steel misses with a kick to the body.
Barry takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Steel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Steel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Max Steel is winning the standup battle so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A clash of legs there as Steel blocks the low kick.
Steel throws a leg kick but Barry moved away.
Steel throws out a loose jab but Barry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steel jabs at Barry's body.
Steel slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Steel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Steel misses.
Barry chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Barry throws a leg kick but Steel moved away.
Barry throws a lazy right hand but Steel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barry attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Steel has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Max Steel has been cut.
Steel misses with a hook.
An inside leg kick lands from Steel.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel throws a chopping leg kick but Barry manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Barry fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Steel on the side of the head.
Steel looks to score with a jab to the body but Barry is just out of range.
Steel moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Steel throws a push kick but Barry slaps the foot to one side.
Barry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Steel thows a body shot but no joy.
Steel walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Barry checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Steel misses with an attempted mid kick.
Barry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Steel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Steel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barry manages to avoid it.
Barry misses with an uppercut.
Steel connects with an inside leg kick.
Barry takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel throws the left hand but Barry avoids the punch easily.
Barry wants to clinch.
Steel throws a wild body kick that Barry sees coming a mile off.
Steel throws a low kick but it's checked well by Barry.
Barry scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
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!
Barry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barry lands a nice looking body shot.
Barry throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A jab from Barry misses.
Barry looks to throw the jab but Steel is out of range.
Steel thumps Barry with a low kick.
Steel misses with an uppercut. Barry saw that one coming.
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 Max Steel will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Max Steel's cut.
That's time! Steel's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Steel works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A combination from Steel does no damage.
Steel swings for the body but Barry moves out of range.
Barry wants to slow Steel down by chopping away at his legs.
A head kick misses from Barry.
Steel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barry takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A jab from Barry does it's job there.
Steel connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Steel pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Steel scores with a jab to the jaw.
Barry looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Steel.
Steel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barry lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel walks forward, straight into a front kick from Barry.
Barry misses with a straight left.
Steel throws the kick towards the body but Barry avoids it.
Barry slips under a jab from Steel.
Good work by Barry as he checks the leg kick.
Barry looks to score with a jab to the body but Steel is just out of range.
Steel looks to land a left hand but Barry moved out of range nicely.
Barry lands a leg kick that knocks Steel off balance momentarily.
Barry slips under a jab from Steel.
Steel on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A thudding body kick lands there by Barry!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A slow jab from Steel misses its intended target.
Barry takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Barry slips a straight right by Steel.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Steel.
Barry's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barry throws a right hand that Steel ducks under and follows up with a left that Steel also avoids with ease.
Crunch! Barry slams his shin into Steel's torso.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steel walks into a straight right hand from Barry.
Barry tries to work over Steel's front leg with a kick but Steel checks it.
Steel uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Barry throws a left and a right that both miss
and Steel counters with a good low kick that Barry was not able to check.
Steel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Steel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barry lands a leg kick that knocks Steel off balance momentarily.
Steel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barry.
Steel takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A shot to the liver by Barry. Beautiful body shot.
Steel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Steel explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel throws a nice inside leg kick.
Steel misses with a hook
and Barry finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Barry lands a nice looking body kick.
Steel scores with a nice strike.
Barry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Steel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barry scores with a jab. Steel acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Barry throws a looping overhand right but Steel ducks down to avoid it.
Barry misses with a hook. Steel ducked under it nicely.
Barry uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Steel.
Barry blocks a low kick nicely.
Barry jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barry fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Steel goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Steel.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barry tries to land a front kick but Steel steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Steel takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Barry has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Barry there as he acknowledges the shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Barry blocks the leg kick.
Barry slips a jab from Steel.
Barry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steel misses with a body kick.
Barry has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Steel.
Steel will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Barry gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Barry is trying to maintain a safe position but Steel gets an underhook and turns Barry into the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barry pushes Steel back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barry has a couple of punches blocked by Steel.
Barry blocking some punches.
Steel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Pat Barry.
I think Barry 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pat Barry!
A victorious Pat Barry thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mac Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hug Raction (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyson's entrance music is Punch-Out!!! - Theme Song. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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270 lbs
21 - 15 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mac Tyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hug Raction!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Phil Schofield and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Raction throws out the jab.
Raction works the jab nicely.
Raction looks to land a left hand but Tyson moved out of range nicely.
Raction misses with a straight right.
No joy there for Raction, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Raction swings widly with a right hand
and Tyson counters with a nice uppercut.
Raction tries to score with a low kick but Tyson moves his leg out of the way.
Raction swinging wildly here.
Tyson avoids the body shot from Raction.
Raction slips under a jab.
Raction thows a left - swing and a miss!
Raction tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson misses with a body punch
and Raction makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tyson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Raction just misses with a punch to the body.
Tyson checks a leg kick nicely.
Raction pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Raction throws a hook but Tyson blocks it.
Raction looks to land a left hand but Tyson moved out of range nicely.
Raction connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tyson's hands.
Raction lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Raction gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
It looks like Hug Raction has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Raction misses with a lunging right hand
and Tyson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Raction throws an overhand right that lands on Tyson's shoulder, as Tyson tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Raction's sensitive parts.
Raction throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tyson.
Tyson lands a glancing blow to the side of Raction's head.
Raction jabs Tyson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hug Raction is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Raction throws a low kick but Tyson moves out of range easily.
Tyson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Raction checks a leg kick.
Raction looks to throw the jab but Tyson is out of range.
Tyson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tyson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tyson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tyson misses with a wild body shot.
Raction closes the distance but Tyson moves to the side
and Tyson counters with a right hand to the body.
Raction throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Raction throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Raction tries a low kick but Tyson avoids it.
Raction works Tyson's body with a nice hook.
Raction takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tyson is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Tyson staying out of range there.
Raction displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tyson throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Raction throws a lazy right hand but Tyson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tyson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Raction is rocked!
Tyson lands an uppercut, right on the button! Raction tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mac Tyson!
Our winner, Mac Tyson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Merik Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sabin Figaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunt's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Comfortably Numb. The crowd seem to be enjoying Figaro's choice of entrance music: Prospect - Warrior. 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Merik Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sabin Figaro!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Figaro motions for Hunt to come forward. Figaro throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hunt.
Figaro throws a leg kick but Hunt sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hunt walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Figaro checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Figaro 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.
Hunt takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hunt takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hunt scores with a spinning back kick!
Figaro connects with a solid leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Figaro.
Figaro will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Figaro scoring well with a low kick there.
Figaro throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hunt counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hunt trying to control the position from guard on top but Figaro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Figaro tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Figaro has control of Hunt's left arm, preventing Hunt from doing any damage.
Figaro tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Figaro utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hunt working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hunt loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hunt trying to control the position from guard on top but Figaro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hunt is looking to work some ground and pound but Figaro has wrist control.
Hunt trying to control but Figaro is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Figaro is keeping the position for now.
Figaro preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Figaro has his hands on Hunt's head, controlling the position.
Hunt 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.
Figaro working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hunt.
Hunt works over Figaro with some ground and pound from guard.
Hunt throwing strikes from guard but Figaro blocks nicely.
Hunt wants to pass the guard but Figaro is keeping the position.
Hunt scoring with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Figaro looking to control.
Hunt loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hunt missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hunt stopping the sweep attempt from Figaro.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hunt postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Figaro is trying to keep Hunt in close.
Hunt throwing strikes from guard but Figaro blocks nicely.
Figaro can't keep his opponent in guard - Hunt advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Figaro is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hunt's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hunt's back!
Hunt is in bad spot here.
Figaro struggling to keep hold of the position.
Figaro has the hooks in. Hunt is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Figaro is riding his opponent, not letting Hunt buck him off.
Figaro avoiding Hunt 's attempts to control his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Merik Hunt dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hunt misses with a low kick.
Hunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Figaro moves away.
Figaro looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hunt checks a low kick from Figaro.
Jab, jab by Hunt - just one landing.
Hunt misses with an uppercut.
Hunt instigates a clinch.
Hunt lands a hook that snaps the head of Figaro backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hunt.
Hunt has a couple of punches blocked by Figaro.
Figaro scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hunt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Figaro, right into the meat.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Figaro.
Hunt misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Figaro swings for the body but Hunt moves out of range.
Figaro fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Figaro ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Figaro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sabin Figaro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hunt thuds a left hand into Figaro's body.
Figaro keeps the fight on the outside.
Hunt throws the left hand but Figaro avoids the punch easily.
Hunt tries to clinch but Figaro is having none of it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Figaro checks a leg kick.
Hunt dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Figaro. That did some damage!
Figaro blocks a leg kick.
Merik Hunt is winning the standup battle so far.
Figaro misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Hunt misses the target.
Figaro checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Figaro is able to avoid easily.
Hunt takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hunt on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A low kick from Figaro misses
and Hunt counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Figaro's guard now.
Figaro seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Figaro keeping moving, preventing Hunt from controlling successfully.
Hunt lands a couple of elbows.
Figaro avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Figaro keeping moving, preventing Hunt from controlling successfully.
Figaro utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt throwing strikes but missing.
Hunt throws a big elbow that misses.
Figaro is trying to keep Hunt in close.
Hunt is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Figaro manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt working to try and regain half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Figaro trying to control but Hunt is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Merik Hunt dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Figaro throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Figaro is looking to land body kicks.
Figaro throws a leg kick but Hunt sees it coming and moves out of range.
Figaro throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hunt counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Figaro's guard now.
Hunt distracts Figaro with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Figaro looking to control.
Hunt throwing strikes from guard but Figaro blocks nicely.
Figaro keeping moving, preventing Hunt from controlling successfully.
Figaro wants to sweep here but Hunt controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt with a flurry of punches that miss.
Merik Hunt overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Figaro tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hunt in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hunt wants to pass the guard but Figaro is keeping the position.
Hunt content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hunt postures up and lands a big shot to Figaro's brow.
Figaro lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hunt!
Figaro wants to control but Hunt has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Sabin Figaro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt keeping hold of Figaro's head, controlling as best he can.
Hunt trying to control but Figaro postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Figaro stalling away here and it's allowed Hunt to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Figaro not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Figaro postures up in Hunt's guard and throws a big left but Hunt blocks it.
Sabin Figaro has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Figaro throws a head kick but Hunt moves out of range.
Hunt thows a body kick. Figaro tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Figaro checks a leg kick.
Hunt scores with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Figaro throws an off balance right hand
and Hunt counters with a shoot takedown. Figaro fights it but they end up in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Figaro keeping moving, preventing Hunt from controlling successfully.
Figaro had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hunt defends it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Merik Hunt showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hunt 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Merik Hunt!
A very excited looking Merik Hunt made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hector Cabrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Power (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cabrera kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Tarot - I Walk Forever. Power is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dangerous. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Danny Power enters the cage!
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154 lbs
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31
147 lbs
29 - 12 - 1 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
39 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hector Cabrera!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Danny Power!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Power lands with a slapping head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Power. Cabrera does a little dance to reset his feet.
Power with a jab.
Power lands a big uppercut and Cabrera crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Cabrera looks OK. Power waves Cabrera back to his feet!
Cabrera is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cabrera does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Oh Cabrera is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cabrera looks for the body kick but Power saw that one coming.
Power lands a nice hook to Cabrera's body. Cabrera takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cabrera gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Power gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Danny Power!
Danny Power is the new featherweight champion!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Danny Power waved his t-shirt featuring Hellbent 's logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Smokudju Womba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taj al Din (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Womba comes to the cage accompanied by Ludacris - Blueberry Yum Yum. al Din has chosen قنب هندي as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
36 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Smokudju Womba!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
43 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taj al Din!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Paul Tew and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
al Din lands a jab.
al Din dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
al Din with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Womba to score with a decent uppercut.
al Din ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Womba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by al Din.
Womba shoots in for a double leg but al Din sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
al Din throws a jab when Womba was well out of range.
al Din feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wombas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Womba looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from al Din.
Womba stuns al Din with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Taj al Din seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
al Din buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Womba finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A left lands for al Din.
al Din goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
al Din's jab looks to have found its range, popping Womba under the eye.
Womba takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
al Din motions for Womba to come forward. al Din throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Womba uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before al Din has time to react.
al Din thows a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
al Din lands the left hand.
al Din walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Womba misses the shot to the body.
al Din throws a shot from downtown. Womba moves away and avoids it.
Womba staying out of range there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Womba.
al Din tries to work over Womba's front leg with a kick but Womba checks it.
Womba moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
al Din blocks a jab.
al Din lands a nice leg kick that just misses Womba's sensitive parts.
al Din swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Womba.
Womba tries a head kick but it misses.
Taj al Din is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A big left from Womba misses.
Womba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but al Din moves away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
al Din walks into a jab.
al Din throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
al Din throws a hook to the side of Womba's head but Womba sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Womba jabbing away but nothing is landing.
al Din connects with a solid leg kick.
al Din ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Womba moves away.
Womba looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Womba throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from al Din. Womba does a little dance to reset his feet.
Womba throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. al Din was covering up waiting for the punch and Womba finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
al Din is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Womba scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Womba pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. al Din is keeping the position for now.
Womba loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
al Din working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Womba.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
al Din has control of Womba's left arm, preventing Womba from doing any damage.
Womba throwing strikes but missing.
Womba trying to control the position from guard on top but al Din is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Womba with a flurry of punches that miss.
Womba tries to free his leg and advance position but al Din is retaining full guard.
al Din pulls Womba in close to prevent any damage.
al Din trying to control the position.
Womba is in close to al Din's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Womba pushing down on al Din's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Womba working the head and body with strikes.
al Din gets back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Womba trying to control the position from guard on top but al Din is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
al Din is trying to keep Womba in close.
Womba keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of al Din's head.
Womba is looking to work some ground and pound but al Din has wrist control.
Womba trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Womba throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
al Din keeping full guard, as Womba tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
al Din is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Womba wants to control from the top but al Din keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Taj al Din will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Womba will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Womba misses with a takedown attempt - al Din sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A big left from al Din misses.
Taj al Din seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Womba 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.
al Din misses with a body shot.
al Din cracks the inside of Womba's front leg.
al Din moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Nice sprawl there from al Din as Womba shoots in.
al Din throws a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
al Din throws a right and a left that Womba avoids nicely.
Womba takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Womba takes one to the side of the head.
Womba tries a low kick but al Din avoids it.
al Din throws a push kick but Womba slaps the foot to one side.
al Din lands a leg kick that knocks Womba off balance momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
al Din looks for the body kick but Womba saw that one coming.
al Din checks the leg kick nicely there.
Womba moves away from the strike by al Din.
al Din misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A slow jab from al Din misses its intended target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Womba checks a leg kick.
Womba slips a jab from al Din.
al Din thows a left - swing and a miss!
Womba blocks a head kick by al Din.
al Din doesn't manage to clinch there - Womba circles away.
al Din displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Womba.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Smokudju Womba. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Womba feints a jab promting al Din to slip. Womba then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. al Din slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
al Din misses with a low kick.
Womba uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from al Din.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Womba misses with an uppercut.
al Din throws a jab when Womba was well out of range.
Womba throws a quick inside leg kick.
Womba ducks under a wild hook from al Din.
al Din doesn't manage to clinch there - Womba circles away.
Womba on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Womba walks into a jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from al Din.
al Din throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Womba throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
al Din lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A telegraphed right hand from Womba misses the target.
al Din throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A slow jab from Womba misses its intended target.
Womba moves out of range of the leg kick from al Din.
al Din swings widly with a right hand
and Womba counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Womba.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Womba is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
al Din not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Womba throwing strikes from guard but al Din blocks nicely.
Womba chips away with some ground and pound.
al Din keeping full guard, as Womba tries to pass.
Smokudju Womba overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
al Din trying to keep a closed guard but Womba is proving a slippery customer.
Womba landing with the ground and pound.
Womba throwing strikes but missing.
Womba slips nicely into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
al Din controlling the position well.
al Din is trying to maintain the position but Womba is very close to passing his half guard.
Womba looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Womba is working for a submission of some sort.
al Din is trying to maintain the position but Womba is very close to passing his half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Womba trying to mount his opponent but al Din defends it.
al Din manages to get to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taj al Din showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Womba throws an overhand right that lands on al Din's shoulder, as al Din tries to avoid the shot.
Womba connects with an inside leg kick.
Womba ducks under a wild hook from al Din.
al Din scores with a nice head shot.
Womba tries to score with a low kick but al Din moves his leg out of the way.
Womba closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
al Din misses with a body shot.
al Din stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Womba.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Womba connects with a body shot that sends al Din's belly button to the back.
Womba steps to the side to avoid the strikes from al Din.
Womba misses with an uppercut. al Din saw that one coming.
Womba with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Womba throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
al Din misses with a body kick.
al Din lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Womba takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Womba walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. al Din checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Womba throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around al Din's waist but al Din gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Womba off to one side.
al Din is looking to clinch but Womba is avoiding it.
Womba takes a body punch but keeps moving.
al Din throws a right hand that misses
and Womba counters with a nice double leg into guard.
al Din pulls Womba in close to prevent any damage.
Womba pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. al Din is keeping the position for now.
Womba is looking to work some ground and pound but al Din has wrist control.
al Din is pulling down on Womba's head to control his posture.
al Din is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taj al Din has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from al Din lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Womba has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Womba and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
al Din connects with a body shot.
Womba moves out of range as al Din throws a body kick.
al Din checks the leg kick nicely there.
al Din throws a sloppy head kick and Womba moves out of range easily.
Womba shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has al Din pinned against the cage. al Din gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
al Din cracks a nice hook into Womba's ribs.
al Din fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Womba manages to avoid it.
Womba shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
al Din throws a lazy right hand but Womba sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
al Din waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Womba.
al Din misses with a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Womba on the wrong end of a nice hook.
al Din throws a body kick that misses.
Womba throws a nice inside leg kick.
al Din connects with a jab.
A momentary lapse in concentration from al Din enables Womba to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. al Din manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
al Din working a defensive guard here.
al Din working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Womba.
al Din utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
al Din pulls Womba in to control the position.
al Din controls Womba momentarily but Womba frees himself.
Womba lands a couple of digs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Womba makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
al Din looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
al Din has Womba pulled in close to control his posture.
Womba is looking to work some ground and pound but al Din has wrist control.
al Din controlling the position.
Womba connects with a couple of short punches.
al Din can't keep his opponent in guard - Womba advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Womba not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
al Din wants to get back to full guard.
Womba is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
al Din has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Womba looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Womba sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. al Din defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Taj al Din just about did enough to take it.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A low kick from al Din is predictable there
and Womba counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
al Din is trying to control but can't.
al Din manages to get to full guard.
al Din utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Womba 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.
Womba stands up over al Din, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Womba pushing down on al Din's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Womba trying to pass the guard but al Din defending well.
al Din wants to control but Womba is keeping busy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Womba working the head and body with strikes.
al Din is looking to improve his position.
Womba throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Womba wants to work for an arm triangle but al Din is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Womba moves into full mount! al Din won't be happy about that!
al Din takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Womba with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Womba landing strikes from the mount.
al Din is in all sorts of trouble here.
al Din is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Womba throwing strikes here but al Din is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
al Din is in a horrible position here. Womba smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
al Din is rocked!
Womba postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt al Din bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Womba and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Smokudju Womba!
Smokudju Womba retains his light heavyweight title!
Post fight, Smokudju Womba stared into the camera and said 'Much respect to Taj and his manager! Good fight!'.
In defeat, Taj al Din stepped up to the mic, saying '"You are a worthy adversary and the better fighter today. May we meet again." Taj bows his head, exits the cage.'.
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