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CCF 138: PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donnie Alto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Farofa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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205 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Donnie Alto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Farofa!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alto clinches with his opponent.
Alto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alto misses with a hook.
Farofa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Alto thuds his right hand into Farofa's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Alto clinches up against the cage.
Farofa is trying to push Alto away but Alto has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Alto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Farofa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Alto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Alto closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Alto.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Alto breaks from the clinch.
Alto lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
It looks like Carlos Farofa has been cut.
Alto moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Farofa.
Farofa throws a combination that misses
and Alto makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Alto throws a quick inside leg kick.
Alto scores with a hook.
Alto dances in with a quick combination. Farofa is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Alto snaps Farofa's head back. Farofa stumbles backwards against the cage. Alto steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Farofa's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Farofa just didn't come prepared.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Donnie Alto!
After winning the bout, Donnie Alto 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Crawley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malcolm Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reynolds has chosen Ballad Of Serenity as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!
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218 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Robert Crawley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Malcolm Reynolds!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crawley scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Crawley on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Reynolds fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crawley manages to avoid it.
Crawley shoots in but Reynolds avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Robert Crawley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice straight punches there by Crawley. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Crawley.
Crawley throws a sloppy body shot
and Reynolds decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Crawley's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reynolds trying to control but Crawley is working from the bottom.
Reynolds controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Reynolds loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds looking to pass the guard.
Crawley is pulling down on Reynolds's head. It's preventing any offense from Reynolds, at least for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Reynolds uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Crawley.
Crawley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reynolds sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Crawley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reynolds.
Reynolds throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A big right from Crawley misses.
Crawley throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Crawley.
Reynolds connects with a single shot there.
Crawley clinches with his opponent.
Crawley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Reynolds goes for a takedown in the clinch but Crawley prevents it.
Reynolds managing to block the knees to the body from Crawley.
Crawley taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Reynolds pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Crawley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Reynolds will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Crawley slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reynolds misses with an uppercut. Crawley saw that one coming.
Crawley throws a right hand that misses
enabling Reynolds to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawley just misses with a punch to the body.
Reynolds will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Crawley loads up on a big right hand but Reynolds slips the punch.
Crawley thows a body shot but no joy.
Reynolds shoots in looking for a takedown. Crawley tries to sprawl out of it but Reynolds keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Crawley manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Robert Crawley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Malcolm Reynolds.
Reynolds looks to land a right hand but Crawley moved out of range.
Reynolds shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Crawley manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Reynolds throws a big right hand that misses.
Reynolds throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Crawley works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawley being controlled here, momentarily.
Crawley keeping moving, preventing Reynolds from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Malcolm Reynolds was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Reynolds ducks right into an uppercut from Crawley.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crawley gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Malcolm Reynolds dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Reynolds throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reynolds closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Crawley did well to prevent Reynolds getting side control.
Reynolds is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Crawley has managed to free his arm - good work.
Reynolds wants to take a breather but Crawley is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Crawley tries to roll over but Reynolds keeps him under control.
Reynolds looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Reynolds throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds is taking a breather. Crawley says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crawley won't allow Reynolds to pass to mount.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Malcolm Reynolds wasn't active enough on the ground.
Reynolds ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Crawley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reynolds.
Crawley misses with a hook to the body
and Reynolds counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Reynolds on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Crawley clinches.
Crawley digs a right hand into Reynolds's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Reynolds's gas tank.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawley swings wildly with an uppercut but Reynolds uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crawley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Reynolds lands a hook that snaps the head of Crawley backwards.
Reynolds manages to break the clinch.
Crawley lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Crawley thuds a left hand into Reynolds's body.
No luck for Reynolds with that takedown attempt.
Crawley misses with a few strikes there.
Crawley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Robert Crawley is winning the standup battle so far.
Some wild striking there from Crawley.
Crawley doesn't manage to clinch there - Reynolds circles away.
Reynolds has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds defending well as Crawley loads up on a big left hand.
A punch combination from Reynolds misses.
Decent striking displayed by Crawley there.
Crawley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reynolds.
Crawley is looking to clinch but Reynolds is avoiding it.
Crawley lands a slapping body shot.
Crawley throws a big shot that misses.
Reynolds with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Crawley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crawley misses with a wild body shot.
Reynolds connects with the punch.
Crawley looks to throw the jab but Reynolds is out of range.
Crawley avoids the head kick by Reynolds.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawley avoids a kick to the body.
Crawley closes the distance but Reynolds moves to the side
and Reynolds counters with a good low kick that Crawley was not able to check.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crawley shoots in and bounces Reynolds off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Reynolds wants to sweep here but Crawley controlling him for the moment.
Reynolds looking for subs off his back but Crawley has passed one foot through into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reynolds avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Crawley.
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 Robert Crawley will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A swing and a miss from Crawley.
Reynolds blocks a jab.
Crawley tries to clinch but Reynolds moves out of range.
Reynolds is trying hard to land a takedown here. Crawley sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Crawley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reynolds lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Crawley backs up against the cage.
Reynolds misses with a head kick.
Crawley throws a lazy right hand but Reynolds sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab from Crawley does it's job there.
Crawley misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Crawley misses the target.
Crawley fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Reynolds, pushing him back against the cage.
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!
Reynolds can't find room to land a body shot as Crawley controls the action.
Reynolds is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crawley is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Reynolds swings wildly with an uppercut but Crawley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crawley lands a body punch.
Crawley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reynolds jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Crawley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crawley misses with a series of wild punches.
Crawley throws a hook but Reynolds blocks it.
Reynolds connects with a good right hand that stumbles Crawley. Crawley circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Crawley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reynolds.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crawley wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawley blocks a low kick nicely.
Reynolds takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Good standup being displayed there by Reynolds as he connects with a hook.
Crawley takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Reynolds misses with an uppercut.
Crawley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Crawley misses with a looping right.
Reynolds connects with a body shot that sends Crawley's belly button to the back.
Crawley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reynolds sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Crawley throws an overhand right that lands on Reynolds's shoulder, as Reynolds tries to avoid the shot.
Crawley doesn't manage to clinch there - Reynolds circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawley stuffs the takedown attempt from Reynolds. Reynolds gets slowly back to his feet.
Crawley lands a slapping body shot.
Reynolds bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Crawley throws an off balance right hand
and Reynolds decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Crawley's guard.
Reynolds pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Crawley is keeping the position for now.
Reynolds is looking to work some ground and pound but Crawley has wrist control.
Reynolds trying to control the position from guard on top but Crawley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Malcolm Reynolds was stalling too much, according to the referee.
A swing and a miss from Reynolds.
Reynolds misses with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crawley misses the jab.
Crawley wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Crawley keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crawley misses with a straight left.
Reynolds shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Reynolds wants to take a breather but Crawley is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Malcolm Reynolds just about did enough to take it.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Crawley tries to clinch there but Reynolds circles away.
Crawley scores with a jab.
Crawley lands a glancing blow to the side of Reynolds's head.
Crawley tries to clinch up but Reynolds circles away and keeps his distance.
Crawley works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Reynolds.
Crawley checks a leg kick.
Crawley throws a lazy right hand but Reynolds sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Crawley misses with an uppercut.
Crawley clinches up with Reynolds and pushes him back against the cage.
Crawley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Crawley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds avoiding damage as Crawley throws knees to the body.
Crawley can't break the clinch.
Crawley is trying to break the clinch but Reynolds has him pressed against the cage.
Crawley manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Crawley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right from Reynolds on the inside.
Reynolds breaks the clinch.
Crawley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crawley. Reynolds does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reynolds darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Crawley looks to land a right hand but Reynolds moved out of range.
Reynolds throws a right hand that Crawley ducks under and follows up with a left that Crawley also avoids with ease.
Crawley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Reynolds looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Crawley.
A chopping leg kick lands by Reynolds.
Reynolds dodges the punch combination from Crawley.
Crawley looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
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!
Crawley throws a lazy uppercut
and Reynolds counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Crawley is trying to maintain the position but Reynolds is very close to passing his half guard.
Reynolds slips a nice elbow through Crawley's hands, connecting with Crawley's forehead.
Reynolds is looking to advance position but Crawley won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Crawley does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Reynolds works his way into side control.
Reynolds trying to control the action but Crawley is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds tries to advance to mount but Crawley denies him.
Reynolds tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Crawley dodges the ground and pound from Reynolds.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Malcolm Reynolds dominated that fourth round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Crawley connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Reynolds's hands.
Reynolds throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Crawley tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Reynolds is in Crawley's guard.
Crawley wants to sweep here but Reynolds controlling him for the moment.
Crawley has control of Reynolds's left arm, preventing Reynolds from doing any damage.
Crawley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Reynolds trying to control the position from guard on top but Crawley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Robert Crawley just wasn't active enough.
Reynolds displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Crawley throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawley wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Reynolds throws a front kick that sends Crawley stumbling back into the cage.
Reynolds misses the jab.
Crawley throws an off balance right hand
and Reynolds counters with a stiff right hand.
Crawley tries to clinch up
and Reynolds counters with a body kick that stops Crawley in his tracks momentarily.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Reynolds lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Reynolds throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reynolds takes one to the side of the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Crawley.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawley misses with a hook. Reynolds ducked under it nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reynolds comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Crawley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reynolds.
Reynolds throws a jab when Crawley was well out of range.
Crawley throws a shot from downtown. Reynolds moves away and avoids it.
Crawley paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Crawley looks to land a left hand but Reynolds moved out of range nicely.
Crawley closes the distance and clinches.
Reynolds working aggressively here.
Reynolds lands with a left to the head.
Crawley is pressed up against the cage. Reynolds has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Crawley down to the mat. Crawley avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A jab from Crawley finds it's way through Reynolds's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawley throws a looping overhand right but Reynolds ducks down to avoid it.
A jab from Crawley misses.
Crawley misses the jab.
Crawley misses with an uppercut.
A punch combination from Reynolds misses.
Nice defenses there by Reynolds.
Reynolds shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Crawley napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Reynolds wants to control but Crawley is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds tries to move to mount but Crawley blocks the move with his legs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crawley is not content to let Reynolds control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Malcolm Reynolds comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Reynolds has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Malcolm Reynolds!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Malcolm Reynolds!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Malcolm Reynolds!
Malcolm Reynolds wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Malcolm Reynolds 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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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniels Drinkis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kane Yamada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kane Yamada told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daniels Drinkis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Kane Yamada!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drinkis fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Yamada throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Drinkis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Drinkis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Yamada manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yamada misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Drinkis.
Drinkis scores with a head kick.
Drinkis drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Drinkis trying to control the position from guard on top but Yamada is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Drinkis won't allow Yamada to get back to his feet.
Drinkis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Yamada is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Drinkis is controlling him.
Drinkis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Yamada keeping moving, preventing Drinkis from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drinkis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Drinkis wants to control from the top but Yamada keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We're going to have a standup here because Daniels Drinkis wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Drinkis clinches up against the cage.
Yamada tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drinkis's elbow.
Yamada stops a takedown attempt from Drinkis.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniels Drinkis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Drinkis misses with a punch to the body.
Yamada tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yamada can't find room to land a body shot as Drinkis controls the action.
Drinkis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yamada is defending well for now.
Yamada trying to control the position but instead, Drinkis has worked for underhooks and has pushed Yamada into the cage.
Yamada misses with a hook to the ribs.
Drinkis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Drinkis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Drinkis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Yamada or not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamada throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Drinkiss head.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Yamada has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Drinkis scores a nice knee 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!
Drinkis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Yamada or not.
Yamada lands with a right to the head.
Drinkis working aggressively here.
Drinkis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yamada manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Drinkis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yamada lands with a right to the head.
Drinkis turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Drinkis looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Yamada is avoiding damage well.
Yamada pushes Drinkis away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Drinkis gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Drinkis working the ground and pound.
Drinkis trying to control the position but Yamada is working away.
Drinkis misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yamada pushes Drinkis away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Drinkis gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Drinkis landing a few strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drinkis is looking to take a break and control but Yamada is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Drinkis working the ground and pound but Yamada is defending the strikes.
Yamada is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Drinkis has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Yamada is looking for a sweep.
Drinkis lands a decent elbow from side control.
Drinkis working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Drinkis creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Yamada sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Drinkis trying to control the position but Yamada is working away.
Yamada wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Drinkis 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.
Yamada is working to avoid the ground and pound but Drinkis connects with a decent elbow.
Yamada is not content to let Drinkis control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamada is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Drinkis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yamada keeps working.
Drinkis slows the pace down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamada tries to escape but Drinkis is in control.
Yamada regains half guard there - taking advantage of Drinkis's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Yamada pushes Drinkis off looking to stand but Drinkis dives back in and keeps control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yamada is trying to maintain the position but Drinkis is very close to passing his half guard.
Drinkis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniels Drinkis dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Drinkis.
Yamada turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yamada moves out of range of the strikes.
Drinkis closes the distance and clinches.
Yamada swings wildly with an uppercut but Drinkis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Yamada.
Yamada lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamada tries to work over Drinkis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Drinkis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yamada tries to work over Drinkis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Drinkis.
Yamada works on Drinkis's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yamada's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yamada misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yamada fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Drinkis trying to stall but Yamada improves his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamada tries a body shot but Drinkis blocks it.
Yamada lands a body shot.
Yamada lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yamada.
Yamada tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drinkis's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Yamada fails to land.
Yamada is leaning against Drinkis and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yamada lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yamada lands on the inside with an uppercut.
It looks like Daniels Drinkis has been cut.
Yamada scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yamada lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yamada throws a punch but it's blocked by Drinkis.
Yamada lands an uppercut.
Yamada misses with some punches.
Yamada struggles to land a body shot inside as Drinkis controls his hands.
Yamada gets through Drinkis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Drinkis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yamada avoids it.
Yamada tries to work over Drinkis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yamada.
Yamada misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamada scores with a shoulder strike.
Yamada lands with a right to the head.
Yamada can't find room to land a body shot as Drinkis controls the action.
Drinkis lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yamada backwards.
Drinkis is looking for a takedown.
Yamada misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yamada misses with the head strike.
Drinkis jumps guard but Yamada turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniels Drinkis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yamada misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kane Yamada seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch on the inside from Yamada fails to land.
Drinkis misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yamada.
A short left from Yamada.
Drinkis is rocked!
Yamada dips a shoulder and cracks Drinkis with a mighty uppercut! Drinkis falls back against the cage and Yamada unloads with a barrage of strikes! Drinkis is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Yamada screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kane Yamada!
A victorious Kane Yamada 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 Shane Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Khasm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griffin comes to the cage accompanied by Wait and Bleed by Slipknot. Khasm has chosen Kickstart My Heart as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shane Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Khasm!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khasm gets a double leg takedown into Griffin's guard.
Khasm throwing strikes but missing.
Khasm postures up.
Khasm working some strikes from top position.
Khasm in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Khasm working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Khasm throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Griffin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Khasm postures up in Griffin's guard and throws a big left but Griffin blocks it.
Khasm throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Griffin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Khasm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Khasm forces his way into half guard.
Khasm thows a huge punch but Griffin dodges it nicely.
Griffin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Khasm.
Khasm missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Griffin's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khasm seems to be looking for submissions.
Griffin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Khasm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khasm not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Griffin is trying to get back to full guard.
Khasm misses with a head shot. Griffin uses the momentum to regain guard.
Khasm in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Griffin trying to control the position.
Khasm throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Khasm throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Khasm has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Griffin is proving hard to escape from.
Khasm won't allow Griffin to sweep him here.
Khasm loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Khasm with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Khasm accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Khasm trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Khasm is working Griffin over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Khasm trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khasm postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khasm postures up in Griffin's guard and throws a big left but Griffin blocks it.
Khasm working some strikes from top position.
Khasm pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Griffin is keeping the position for now.
Griffin controlling Khasm's posture.
Khasm throws an elbow that misses. Griffin uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Khasm's guard. Nice move by Griffin!
Khasm looking to hit a scissor sweep but Griffin is one step ahead there.
Khasm working for a triangle but Griffin defends it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin got a little sloppy there for a moment and Khasm has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Griffin has managed to get both his arms back between Khasm's legs - danger averted.
Griffin's corner is telling him to maintain position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Khasm has his foot on Griffin's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Griffin works his way back into a safe position though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khasm is trying to keep Griffin in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Khasm dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Khasm has a takedown stuffed.
Khasm shoots for a double leg takedown but Griffin sprawls well. He's pushed Khasm's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Khasm shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Griffin defends it nicely.
Shane Griffin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Khasm.
Khasm moves forwards but Griffin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Khasm tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Khasm tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Griffin swivels and escapes.
Khasm uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Griffin.
Griffin connects with a body shot that sends Khasm's belly button to the back.
Griffin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice sprawl there from Griffin as Khasm shoots in.
Khasm shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Griffin defends it nicely.
Griffin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khasm lands with an overhand left.
Khasm shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Griffin but Griffin pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Khasm throws out a loose jab but Griffin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khasm looks to land a right hand but Griffin moved out of range.
Khasm misses with a hook
and Griffin counters with a nice leg kick.
Khasm misses with a takedown attempt
and Griffin counters with a left to the body.
Khasm closes this distance looking for a takedown but Griffin circles away.
Khasm is breathing heavily.
Khasm staying out of range there.
Griffin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Griffin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Khasm has time to react.
Khasm darts in looking for a takedown but Griffin gets double underhooks and turns Khasm into the cage.
Griffin lands a hook that snaps the head of Khasm backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khasm drops down looking for an ankle pick but Griffin pulls his leg out and moves away.
Griffin looks to score with a jab to the body but Khasm is just out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griffin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Khasm's sensitive parts.
Khasm misses with a hook
and Griffin counters with a leg kick.
Griffin throws a hook but Khasm avoids it easily.
Griffin stuffs the takedown.
Griffin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Horrible takedown by Khasm or perhaps it was just good defense by Griffin which made him look bad.
A decent looking cross lands there for Griffin.
Griffin looks to score with a jab to the body but Khasm is just out of range.
Griffin misses with a low kick as Khasm jumps back.
Griffin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khasm looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Griffin is fending him off so far but Khasm persists. Nope, Griffin circles away and we're back to standing.
Griffin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Khasm momentarily.
It looks like Kevin Khasm has been cut.
Khasm shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Griffin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Griffin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Khasm shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Griffin gets full guard.
Griffin has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Khasm is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
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!
Khasm wants to take the fight to the mat but Griffin manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Griffin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shane Griffin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Griffin's corner calls for a 1-2. Griffin obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Khasm shoots and misses
and Griffin counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Khasm shoots for a double leg takedown but Griffin sprawls well. He's pushed Khasm's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Griffin scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Shane Griffin is winning the standup battle so far.
Khasm shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Griffin defends it nicely.
Nice shot lands for Griffin.
Khasm fails with the takedown
and Griffin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Khasm thinking.
Griffin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Khasm.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griffin throws a leg kick but Khasm sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Griffin misses with a head kick.
Khasm tries to score a power double leg takedown but Griffin sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Khasm somewhat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Griffin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Khasm's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Griffin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kevin Khasm seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Griffin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Khasm checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A right-left combo lands from Griffin.
Khasm shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Griffin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A leg kick checked by Khasm.
Khasm shoots for a takedown but Griffin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Griffin cracks Khasm with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Khasm shoots in looking for a takedown but Griffin manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Khasm's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Shane Griffin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Khasm.
Griffin misses with the combination.
Griffin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khasm takes a swing at Griffin's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Griffin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Khasm doesn't seem bothered though.
Khasm takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Griffin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Khasm throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Griffin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Griffin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Khasm's head backwards.
Khasm fails to land the takedown.
Khasm shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Griffin pinned against the cage. Griffin gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Griffin thumps Khasm with a low kick.
Khasm fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Khasm shoots in but Griffin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Khasm looks for a takedown but Griffin sprawls well.
Khasm keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Griffin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Khasm avoids a punch combination nicely.
Khasm shoots in but Griffin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Griffin stuffs the takedown.
Donk. Griffin catches Khasm right on the button with a cross.
Khasm shoots for a double leg takedown but Griffin sprawls well. He's pushed Khasm's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Griffin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khasm looks for a takedown but Griffin sprawls well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khasm on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Griffin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Khasm. That did some damage!
Griffin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Griffin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Griffin throws a leg kick but Khasm sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Griffin.
Griffin misses with a body shot.
Khasm takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Griffin misses with a series of wild punches.
Khasm avoids the head kick by Griffin.
A good leg kick by Griffin.
Griffin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khasm.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khasm with a poor takedown
and Griffin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
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!
Griffin thows a body shot but no joy.
Khasm looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Khasm throws an elbow that misses. Griffin uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Khasm's guard. Nice move by Griffin!
Griffin slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Griffin has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Khasm lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Griffin!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Griffin clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Khasm's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Khasm shoots for a double leg takedown but Griffin sprawls well. He's pushed Khasm's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Griffin stuffs the takedown attempt from Khasm. Khasm gets slowly back to his feet.
Griffin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
No luck for Khasm with that takedown attempt.
Shane Griffin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Khasm.
Griffin scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Griffin connects with an inside leg kick.
Khasm looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Khasm doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Griffin counters with a thumping low kick.
Khasm's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Khasm is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Griffin throws a leg kick but Khasm moved away.
No joy there for Griffin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khasm shoots in looking for a takedown. Griffin tries to sprawl out of it but Khasm keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Griffin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Griffin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Griffin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khasm.
Griffin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Khasm shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Griffin scores with a nice body kick.
Griffin displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Khasm.
Khasm is trying hard to land a takedown here. Griffin sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Khasm shoots for a takedown but Griffin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Griffin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Khasm on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khasm. Griffin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Griffin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Griffin punishes Khasm's body with a nice straight punch.
The fighters circling - Griffin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Griffin lands a nice hook to Khasm's body. Khasm takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Griffin misses with a series of wild punches.
Griffin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Griffin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khasm darts in looking for a takedown but Griffin gets double underhooks and turns Khasm into the cage.
Khasm is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Griffin lands a hook that snaps the head of Khasm backwards.
Khasm is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Griffin pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Griffin.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Griffin digs a right hand underneath Khasm's ribcage. Khasm let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Griffin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khasm tries to score a power double leg takedown but Griffin sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Khasm somewhat.
Khasm drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Khasm shoots in for a takedown but Griffin shows good takedown defense.
Griffin fails to land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khasm sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khasm just misses with a punch to the body.
Khasm tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Griffin swivels and escapes.
Khasm has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Griffin throws a leg kick which misses Khasm's front leg but catches the back leg as Khasm tries to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Griffin thuds a left hand into Khasm's body.
Griffin lands a nice shot that snaps Khasm's head back.
Griffin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khasm.
Khasm shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Griffin misses with a low kick as Khasm jumps back.
Khasm shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Griffin pinned against the cage. Griffin gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griffin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Griffin swings for the body but Khasm moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Griffin had his way with Kevin Khasm in that round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Khasm's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
A good leg kick by Griffin.
Khasm fails with the takedown
and Griffin counters with a straight right hand.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Griffin!
Griffin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Khasm.
Khasm 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.
Griffin controls Khasm momentarily but Khasm frees himself.
Khasm throws a big right hand that misses.
Khasm throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Griffin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Khasm stopping the sweep attempt from Griffin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khasm is looking to work some ground and pound but Griffin has wrist control.
Griffin lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Khasm!
Khasm is in all sorts of trouble here.
Khasm has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Griffin wants to control the pace but Khasm is squirming around nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khasm can't escape the position.
Khasm is still trying to improve position.
Griffin tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Khasm sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Griffin trying to control the action but Khasm is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Shane Griffin wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Griffin scores with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin motions for Khasm to come forward. Griffin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Khasm is defended easily by Griffin.
Shane Griffin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Khasm.
Khasm misses with a takedown attempt - Griffin sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Khasm doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Griffin counters with a good low kick that Khasm was not able to check.
Khasm shoots in but Griffin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Khasm is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Khasm shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Griffin throws a lazy right hand but Khasm sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khasm takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Khasm walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khasm closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Horrible takedown by Khasm or perhaps it was just good defense by Griffin which made him look bad.
Griffin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Griffin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Griffin is looking to slow Khasm down with leg kicks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khasm tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Griffin defends well and Khasm ends up having to push Griffin into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Griffin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Griffin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Griffin misses with a straight left.
Khasm shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Griffin sprawls well. Griffin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Khasm gets slowly back to his feet.
Kevin Khasm has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Griffin throws a combination that misses
and Khasm counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Griffin thinking.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shane Griffin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Griffin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Shane Griffin!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Shane Griffin!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Shane Griffin!
Shane Griffin wins by unanimous decision!
An out of breath Shane Griffin 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between David Peters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Archer Christian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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199 lbs
13 - 13 - 0 |
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193 lbs
19 - 15 - 2 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Peters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Archer Christian!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peters throws a right and a left that Christian avoids nicely.
David Peters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Peters will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Christian scores with the left hand. Peters knows he should have avoided that one.
Peters throws a right and a left that Christian avoids nicely.
Peters looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Christian tries to close the distance and clinch up but Peters swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Christian misses with an uppercut.
A combination from Peters does no damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Christian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Peters throws a nice looking combination but Christian bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Christian connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Peters keeps the fight on the outside.
Christian looks to land a combination. Peters sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A jab from Christian does it's job there.
Peters is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Christian tries to clinch up.
Oh Peters is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Peters has his takedown stuffed
and Christian scores with a counter punch that sends Peters to the canvas! Christian smells blood - he's punishing Peters with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Peters has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Archer Christian!
Archer Christian 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aung San Suu Kyi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liha Rekka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suu Kyi comes to the cage accompanied by Peace Prize Speech. Aung San Suu Kyi could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Liha Rekka's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aung San Suu Kyi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Liha Rekka!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suu Kyi instigates a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Suu Kyi as Rekka tries to tie him up.
Rekka prevents a body shot from Suu Kyi.
Rekka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Suu Kyi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Suu Kyi throws a punch but it's blocked by Rekka.
Rekka blocks the elbow strike.
Suu Kyi tries to land knees in the clinch but Rekka avoids the damage to the body.
Rekka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Suu Kyi is defending well for now.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rekka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Suu Kyi tries to land a knee to the head but Rekka blocks with his arms.
Rekka tries to land a knee to the head but Suu Kyi blocks with his arms.
Rekka connects with a nasty looking knee right to Suu Kyi's face.
Rekka slowing the pace effectively.
Rekka trying to land knees to the body.
Suu Kyi digs a right hand underneath Rekka's ribcage. Rekka let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Suu Kyi trying to land knees to the body.
Suu Kyi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rekka blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rekka stalling in the clinch but Suu Kyi improves position.
Rekka tries to land a knee to the head but Suu Kyi blocks with his arms.
Suu Kyi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rekka landing knees to the head.
It looks like Aung San Suu Kyi has been cut.
Suu Kyi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Suu Kyi misses with an elbow strike.
Suu Kyi lands a nice uppercut.
Suu Kyi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Suu Kyi lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rekka doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Suu Kyi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rekka avoids it.
Suu Kyi misses with a knee to the head.
Rekka takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short right from Suu Kyi on the inside.
Suu Kyi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rekka avoids it.
Suu Kyi lands a nice knee to the body.
Rekka manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Suu Kyi lands a damaging elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suu Kyi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Suu Kyi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rekka takes a knee right on the jaw!
Suu Kyi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rekka avoids it.
Suu Kyi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Suu Kyi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rekka looks winded!
Rekka misses with a knee to the head.
Suu Kyi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rekka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Suu Kyi misses with an elbow strike.
Rekka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Suu Kyi is defending well for now.
Suu Kyi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Suu Kyi lands a body shot.
Rekka takes a shot to the head.
Suu Kyi tries to work over Rekka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rekka takes an elbow to the forehead.
Suu Kyi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rekka.
Suu Kyi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Knees to the body from Rekka.
Rekka avoiding damage as Suu Kyi throws knees to the body.
Suu Kyi lands a nice elbow.
Suu Kyi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rekka content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Suu Kyi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rekka backwards.
Knees to the body from Rekka.
Suu Kyi misses with a body punch.
Suu Kyi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rekka tries a knee to the head but Suu Kyi blocks it.
Suu Kyi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rekka's defenses.
Rekka tries to land knees in the clinch but Suu Kyi avoids the damage to the body.
Rekka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rekka misses with a knee strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rekka lands a right hand that snaps the head of Suu Kyi backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suu Kyi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rekka backwards.
Suu Kyi trying to land knees to the body.
Suu Kyi throws a punch but it's blocked by Rekka.
Suu Kyi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rekka avoids it.
Suu Kyi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rekka trying to land knees to the body.
Suu Kyi tries to land knees in the clinch but Rekka avoids the damage to the body.
Rekka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Suu Kyi.
Suu Kyi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rekka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rekka dodges an elbow strike from Suu Kyi.
Rekka taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Suu Kyi.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rekka avoids the elbow strike from Suu Kyi, against the cage.
Suu Kyi avoiding damage as Rekka throws knees to the body.
Suu Kyi managing to block the knees to the body from Rekka.
Suu Kyi tries to land a knee to the head but Rekka blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aung San Suu Kyi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aung San Suu Kyi's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Rekka throws a hook but Suu Kyi avoids it easily.
Suu Kyi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rekka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Suu Kyi throws a right hand that misses
and Rekka counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Suu Kyi gets tackled into the cage by Rekka. Rekka maintains the clinch.
Suu Kyi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Suu Kyi looking to throw knees to the head but Rekka is blocking nicely.
Rekka managing to block the knees to the body from Suu Kyi.
Rekka looking to throw knees to the head but Suu Kyi is blocking nicely.
Stalling in the clinch from Rekka.
Suu Kyi misses with a knee to the head.
Suu Kyi scores with a shoulder strike.
Suu Kyi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rekka is defending well for now.
Rekka slowing the pace effectively.
Suu Kyi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Suu Kyi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Suu Kyi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rekka blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suu Kyi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rekka looking to throw knees to the head but Suu Kyi is blocking nicely.
Suu Kyi missing with knees to the body.
Rekka blocks an elbow strike from Suu Kyi.
Suu Kyi managing to block the knees to the body from Rekka.
Suu Kyi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rekka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Suu Kyi blocks it with crossed arms.
Suu Kyi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rekka blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Suu Kyi misses with a knee to the head.
Suu Kyi scores with a knee to the head.
Suu Kyi pushes off an throws an elbow but Rekka leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Suu Kyi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The referee is keeping an eye on Rekka - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Suu Kyi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rekka's elbow.
Rekka connects with a nasty looking knee right to Suu Kyi's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suu Kyi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Suu Kyi has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Suu Kyi misses with an elbow over the top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rekka taking a breather.
Rekka takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rekka avoids the elbow strike from Suu Kyi, against the cage.
Rekka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Suu Kyi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rekka avoids it.
Rekka trying to land knees to the body.
Rekka blocks an elbow strike.
Suu Kyi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rekka blocks it with crossed arms.
Suu Kyi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Suu Kyi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Suu Kyi misses with a punch to the body.
Suu Kyi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rekka has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Suu Kyi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rekka avoiding damage as Suu Kyi throws knees to the body.
Rekka misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suu Kyi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rekka tries a knee to the head but Suu Kyi blocks it.
Rekka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Suu Kyi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rekka tries to land a knee to the head but Suu Kyi blocks with his arms.
Suu Kyi scores with a shoulder strike.
Suu Kyi lands a good knee to the midsection. Rekka won't want to take too many of those.
Rekka is breathing heavily.
Rekka blocks the elbow strike.
Rekka landing knees to the body.
Aung San Suu Kyi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rekka avoiding damage as Suu Kyi throws knees to the body.
Rekka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rekka managing to block the knees to the body from Suu Kyi.
Suu Kyi lands a nice uppercut.
Rekka tries a knee to the head but Suu Kyi blocks it.
Suu Kyi tries a knee to the head but Rekka blocks it.
Suu Kyi avoiding damage as Rekka throws knees to the body.
Suu Kyi trying to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rekka tries to stall but Suu Kyi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Suu Kyi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Suu Kyi lands an elbow that stopped Rekka in his tracks for a moment.
Rekka landing knees to the head.
Suu Kyi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Suu Kyi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Suu Kyi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rekka in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Suu Kyi lands a big knee to the head and Rekka goes down! Suu Kyi pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aung San Suu Kyi!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Aung San Suu Kyi made sure he mentioned Conviction, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe The One Armed Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Konstantin Magomedov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The One Armed Man's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Stand Up To be C**ted. Magomedov has chosen Ave Maria as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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28
240 lbs
20 - 7 - 0 |
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28
245 lbs
18 - 10 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe The One Armed Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Konstantin Magomedov!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The One Armed Man tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The One Armed Man swings for the body but Magomedov moves out of range.
Magomedov just misses with a punch to the body.
Magomedov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The One Armed Man lands with a right hand.
The One Armed Man throws a hook to the side of Magomedov's head but Magomedov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Magomedov lands a head shot.
The One Armed Man on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Magomedov. Magomedov obviously looking to wear him down.
The One Armed Man keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Magomedov.
Magomedov scores with a hook.
The One Armed Man looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
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 One Armed Man lands the left hand.
A big right from The One Armed Man misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Magomedov.
The One Armed Man scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The One Armed Man throws the kick towards the body but Magomedov avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The One Armed Man tries to work over Magomedov's front leg with a kick but Magomedov checks it.
The One Armed Man looks to score with a jab to the body but Magomedov is just out of range.
Magomedov tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice jab there from Magomedov.
Magomedov throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Magomedov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Magomedov connects with a body shot that sends The One Armed Man's belly button to the back.
Magomedov misses with a wild combination.
Magomedov misses with a kick to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Magomedov avoids the head kick by The One Armed Man.
The One Armed Man steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Magomedov. That one must have hurt.
Magomedov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The One Armed Man throws a head kick but Magomedov moves out of range.
The One Armed Man takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov throws a right hand that The One Armed Man ducks under and follows up with a left that The One Armed Man also avoids with ease.
The One Armed Man looks for the body kick but Magomedov saw that one coming.
Magomedov misses with an attempted mid kick.
Magomedov lands a jab.
The One Armed Man 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.
The One Armed Man connects with a leg kick. Magomedov looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Magomedov throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Magomedov wants to slow The One Armed Man down by chopping away at his legs.
The One Armed Man misses with an uppercut
and Magomedov counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Magomedov controlling the action here.
Magomedov working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The One Armed Man keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The One Armed Man wants to control but Magomedov is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Magomedov looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The One Armed Man tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Magomedov has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
The One Armed Man wants to hold on but Magomedov pushes him away.
The One Armed Man taking shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Magomedov cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Magomedov avoids the attempt from The One Armed Man to control.
Magomedov tries to control but The One Armed Man wriggling away.
Magomedov controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Magomedov lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The One Armed Man is rocked!
It looks like Joe The One Armed Man has been cut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Magomedov loads up with a big shot that hurts The One Armed Man! He's pulled Magomedov in close but Magomedov has postured up and lands more strikes. Can The One Armed Man survive? More strikes from Magomedov and The One Armed Man is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Konstantin Magomedov!
An out of breath Konstantin Magomedov 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luther Doherty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kickin Rad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Doherty comes to the cage accompanied by Evil Boy. Rad has chosen Kids Of The K-Hole as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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245 lbs
4 - 1 - 1 |
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264 lbs
23 - 7 - 0 |
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Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luther Doherty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kickin Rad!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rad chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Doherty thows a body shot but no joy.
Doherty looks to score with a jab to the body but Rad is just out of range.
Doherty darts in trying to clinch
and Rad counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Rad.
Doherty is trying to keep Rad in close.
Rad throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rad passes into half guard.
Doherty tries to get to full guard but Rad has control of the leg.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rad missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doherty keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rad seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Doherty does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Rad throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rad is trying to control the action in half guard but Doherty is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Doherty tries to get to full guard but Rad has control of the leg.
Rad stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rad not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rad is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Doherty!
Doherty is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Rad prevents Doherty from getting the reversal.
Rad punching from mount but Doherty doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Rad misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Rad avoids the attempt from Doherty to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doherty avoids a series of strikes thrown by Rad.
Rad sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Rad looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rad has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Doherty's face.
It looks like Luther Doherty has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rad throws some wild stikes that Doherty manages to avoid easily.
Rad thowing shots but they're missing.
Doherty in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Luther Doherty's cut is getting worse.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doherty is trying to escape the mount.
Rad throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Rad has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Doherty sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rad wants to take a breather but Doherty is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rad trying to work for an americana but Doherty has managed to regain full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rad working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kickin Rad dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luther Doherty's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Doherty misses with a wild combination.
Doherty walks into a left hand.
Doherty moves away from the strike by Rad.
Doherty fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rad on the side of the head.
Doherty looks to score with a jab to the body but Rad is just out of range.
Doherty is looking to clinch.
Rad fakes the leg kick and cracks Doherty in the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rad tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Doherty was well out of range. Poor timing from Rad.
Rad throws a leg kick that misses.
Doherty tries to clinch up.
Doherty looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Luther Doherty's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Rad moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rad throws a head kick that misses.
Rad throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Doherty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Doherty closes the distance and pushes Rad back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doherty gets through Rad's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Doherty has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rad tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rad with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Doherty manages to break the clinch.
Rad explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Rad scores with a punch to the head.
Rad lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Doherty closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rad counters with a good, hard body kick but Doherty shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Doherty connects with the punch.
Doherty throws a looping overhand right but Rad ducks down to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Rad misses the target.
Doherty moves to clinch but Rad breaks away
and Rad counters with a low kick, right behind Doherty 's knee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rad lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jeez, Luther Doherty's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Luther Doherty's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kickin Rad!
Kickin Rad made sure to mention his sponsor, Conviction in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Searlas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Makahlen Gorbachoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Searlas might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to I'm Shipping up to Boston. 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 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Searlas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Makahlen Gorbachoff!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Searlas scores with a nice strike.
The fighters circling - Searlas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gorbachoff catches Searlas with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Searlas ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Searlas connects with a crisp jab.
Searlas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gorbachoff.
Gorbachoff connects with a single shot there.
Searlas throws a series of punches but Gorbachoff avoids them all with ease.
Searlas misses with a body punch
and Gorbachoff counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Gorbachoff tries to throw a body punch but Searlas avoids it by throwing Gorbachoff back against the cage.
Searlas tries to throw a body punch but Gorbachoff avoids it by throwing Searlas back against the cage.
Gorbachoff misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gorbachoff creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gorbachoff tries a body shot but Searlas blocks it.
We've been hearing reports that Searlas has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Searlas goes for a takedown attempt but Gorbachoff pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gorbachoff jabs Searlas right on the nose. Searlas blinks but takes it well.
Steve Searlas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Searlas scores with a shot to the body.
Searlas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gorbachoff decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Searlas's guard.
Searlas is pulling down on Gorbachoff's head. It's preventing any offense from Gorbachoff, at least for the moment.
Searlas wants to sweep but no luck.
Searlas manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gorbachoff manages to get himself to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Searlas loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Searlas throwing strikes but missing.
Gorbachoff avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gorbachoff tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Searlas throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Searlas is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gorbachoff keeping moving, preventing Searlas from controlling successfully.
Searlas is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Gorbachoff is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Gorbachoff trying to keep a closed guard but Searlas is proving a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Searlas engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Gorbachoff keeping moving, preventing Searlas from controlling successfully.
Searlas with a flurry of punches that miss.
Searlas 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 ref stands the fighters back up because Steve Searlas just wasn't active enough.
Gorbachoff throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Searlas drops Gorbachoff with a left right combo! Searlas follows him down to the ground into side control.
Gorbachoff is rocked!
It looks like Makahlen Gorbachoff has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Searlas in side control, throwing shots but Gorbachoff defends.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
What's Gorbachoff going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Gorbachoff is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Searlas controls the position.
Searlas is looking to take a break and control but Gorbachoff is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gorbachoff taking a bit of punishment here - Searlas scoring with strikes.
Searlas trying to control the action but Gorbachoff is working from the bottom.
Searlas scoring with punches and elbows.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Searlas looks up at the clock and then as Gorbachoff takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Searlas smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Searlas throwing strikes but Gorbachoff manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Searlas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Makahlen Gorbachoff's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Gorbachoff looks to land a right hand but Searlas moved out of range.
Searlas misses with a wild body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Searlas, as that shot connected.
Gorbachoff has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gorbachoff there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gorbachoff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Searlas moves away.
A head kick from Gorbachoff lands but Searlas takes it in his stride.
Gorbachoff swings for the body but Searlas moves out of range.
Gorbachoff throws a head kick but Searlas moves out of range.
Gorbachoff throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Searlas 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.
BOOM! Searlas lands a beautiful left hook that drops Gorbachoff. Gorbachoff tries to recover but Searlas is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Gorbachoff lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steve Searlas!
Steve Searlas is the new heavyweight champion!
Steve Searlas managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Steel Penn's All 160, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Lin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alberto Tomba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Lin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alberto Tomba!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lin throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tomba's waist but Tomba gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lin off to one side.
Lin fails with the takedown.
Lin tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tomba sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Lin somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Lin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lin shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Tomba wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lin controlling the action here.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Frank Lin.
Lin ducks under a wild hook from Tomba.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A punch combination from Tomba misses.
Tomba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lin moves away.
Lin fails with a takedown attempt.
Lin shoots for a takedown but Tomba saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Tomba. No joy for Lin on that attempt.
Lin darts in looking for a takedown but Tomba gets double underhooks and turns Lin into the cage.
Tomba blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Lin fails to land.
Tomba on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tomba looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lin scores with a shot to the side of Tomba's head.
Lin content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tomba wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tomba breaks from the clinch.
A shot to the liver by Tomba. Beautiful body shot.
Alberto Tomba is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
It looks like Frank Lin has been cut.
Tomba misses with a looping left.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Lin is defended easily by Tomba.
Lin is breathing heavily.
Tomba lands with a big right hook that stumbles Lin - he's out on his feet here! Tomba follows up with another monster hook that separates Lin from consciousness! Lin falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Tomba stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Alberto Tomba!
Alberto Tomba managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Just Fight (Everything 7$), into his post fight interview.
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